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This is in Isabelle's point of view. Just cause.

Disclaimer: if I owned the Mortal Instruments, it would be nothing but pointless fluff about Alec and Magnus...

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Me and Jace walked up the stairs silently and slowly. Jace looked indifferent, as if he was just going into Magnus's apartment to get Alec instead of meeting his doom...

We reached the doorway. I took a deep breathe and knocked loudly. Just in case they weren't done yet. There was a soft rustling sound. "Enter." commanded a familiar voice. I glanced nervously at Jace, who opened the door and pushed past me. I followed...

Magnus was sitting on the couch cross-legged, one arm thrown over the back, the other was stroking Alec's hair. Alec's head was on his lap, with his hands under his chin, and his eyes closed, he was clearly enjoying it. The rest of his body was laid out across the couch. Magnus's expression reminded me of some movie I saw, right after the hero got captured and the villain thought he'd won. The part where his face was smug...and he had a cat across his lap...just like how Alec was now...

Jace was the first to speak. "Look, we just need some place to hide..." I kicked him in the shin.

"Ow!" He glared at me accusingly.

"What he means..." I turned towards the couple. "Is that we are very sorry for all we've put you through, and that in the future, we are going to treat you with more respect, isn't that right, Jace?" I gave Jace a pointed look.

"Yeah, right." he mumbled.

Alec opened his eyes and regarded us lazily. He looked so much like a cat...it was scary...

"You sound like your apologizing to mom for messing up her carpets." He said after a few moments of silence.

"Yeah and?" Now Jace was just being mean. I glared at him, but he ignored me, instead looking at Alec.

"It was a statement of the obvious, Jace." he said coolly. "You, of all people, should know that. You happen to do it a lot."

Jace looked ready to object, but I kicked him again. I ignored his glaring. "So does this mean we're forgiven?" I asked hopefully.

Magnus, who had been silent this whole time, snickered. "Oh no, far from it, darling." He said mischievously. "I'm not a very forgiving person..."

"But we don't need your forgiveness." Jace interrupted. Magnus gave him a look that said oh-really?. I aimed another kick at Jace, but before I could hurt him, Magnus held up his hand to stop me.

"That won't be necessary." He turned to Jace. "I know why you've come here, and it's not to apologize." He smirked. "It's because you're hiding from your parents." He said it like a statement. I opened my mouth to object. He held up one finger. "No lying, you know it's true." I shut my mouth. "You are allowed to stay here until the storm blows over..." I sighed in relief. "BUT!" He gave us a Cheshire cat grin, that made his face look even more feline. "Since it's my house..." he flipped Alec over, and pulled him up to his face, wrapping his arms around Alec in the process. "I'm allowed to do whatever I want..." He kissed Alec's forehead, "with no..." He kissed Alec's nose. "complaining!" He kissed Alec on the mouth. Alec kissed him back, and moved his arms up to wrap them around Magnus's neck.

Jace looked away, shielding his eyes with his hands and mumbled "Gross..." I just stared at Jace.

Alec's face turned a bright red color as Magnus broke away and started to kiss his neck, biting and sucking on his skin. Magnus's hands moved up Alec's shirt. Alec blushed deeper.

Jace made a repulsed sound and practically yelled, "Guys! Boundaries! I don't care if you do it, as long as it's not in front of ME!" Magnus stopped and looked up, obviously mad. Alec was still red, but now he looked more annoyed than embarrassed.

Magnus made as if to get up. To which Alec made a displeased sound and gripped a little tighter. I mouthed 'I'll handle this' to Magnus, grabbed Jace's arm and half-dragged, half-lead him to the kitchen.

He flashed me a look of gratitude...which disappeared the moment he saw my expression.

"WHAT THE HELL?" I practically screamed at him. "Are you trying to make him mad?"

"No, I'm trying to give him flowers and chocolates." He said sarcastically. "I'm really not in the mood to watch some boy-boy make-outs, thank you."

"This. is. our. punishment, Jace! It's OUR fault he was late, so Magnus is trying to make us pay for it!"

"We didn't do anything to Alec that we haven't done before..."

"Yes, but he's. not. a. kid. anymore." I said slowly, purely so that Jace understood the point.

"I KNOW THAT!" He threw up his hands in exasperation. "Why do you keep treating me like I'm an idiot?" I slapped my face, open-palmed and slide it down.

"Because you are." We both jumped. Magnus was standing in the door, looking amused. Jace scowled. "How long have you been standing there?"

"Long enough." He replied. "You're both idiots, but Isabelle is definitely the smarter of you two."

Jace opened his mouth to object. Magnus cut him off. "You know it's true so don't deny it." Jace went red with rage. "Don't even try, darling. You look ridiculous, and besides, that's Alec's thing." I had to tackle Jace to keep him from killing Magnus.

"From what Alec has told me," His eyes sweeping over me and Jace. "You two threw a party recently..." I nodded. "...without me..." Jace nodded.

"...so as punishment for that..." He had a look that I really didn't like. "...you two have a choice..." I let go of Jace, who glared at me, huffed and looked at Magnus calculatingly.

"One, you two can go back to the Institute, which is my suggestion..." Jace shook his head no immediately. "Two, you can watch me and Alec canoodle, although..." His grin grew a fraction wider. "...I don't think Alec would like that very much." Jace shook his head harder. He shrugged. "Those are your options." He leaned against the wall. "So what'll it be?" Jace looked at me. I thought about it for a moment. "Let's leave." Jace was about to object, but I cut him off. "You can do what you want, Jace, you always do, regardless. I, on the other hand, think I've disturbed these two long enough. I'm going home. Mom and dad will punish us either way." I walked out, leaving Jace there with his mouth hanging open.

Alec was sitting up on the couch, arms folded across his chest. He glared at me as I walked in. I sighed and sat next to him. He scouted farther away from me. I looked over at him, he turned his face away, so I couldn't see his expression.

"Look Alec, I'm REALLY sorry..." I started. Alec didn't react. "I didn't realize mom and dad would make you clean up..." He still didn't respond. "...and...I guess I didn't realize that you wanted to go..." He moved his hand to his face. "...I guess I also didn't get that you cared if the place was clean or not..." His shoulders shook a little at that. "Alec...please say something..." He turned around to face me. His eyes were shining and it was obvious that he was trying hard not to laugh. "What's so funny?" I demanded.

"You are." He chuckled. "Do you know nothing about me? You know I don't care for parties, well..." He amended when he saw my expression. "...unless it's one of Magnus's..." I grinned. "...and you know I don't care so much about cleaning up. I don't like it, but it's not a big deal." He smiled a little. "...and as for whether or not I care about cleanliness and orderliness..." He indicated around the apartment, which was a complete mess. Not as much as the Institute had been, but it was still trashed. "...let's just say that this place would be clean if that was the case." I smiled. "You do know why I was mad, though. Right?" His face was absolutely serious. I nodded my head and mouthed 'Magnus'. He nodded "But that's not all of it..."

"I know." I looked at him understandingly. "It was also because Jace was giving you a hard time and...so was I." I looked down at my hands, ashamed. "i'm sorry we teased you about missing Magnus...I promise I won't do it ever again...I swear on the Angel." He flashed me an appreciative, shy smile."No promises on Jace, though" He laughed at that.

"Wasn't planning on getting any." A crashing noise was heard in the kitchen. He rolled his eyes. "I'd better go see what that was." He got up, a little stiffly. I smirked. "Still trying to recover from Magnus's 'punishment'?" I asked teasingly. He blushed a little and walked over. I followed, still smiling.

Well? How was it? I found that the closer I get to the end, the harder it is to write flowingly. (is that even a word? -_-' God i'm lame...)

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