Chapter 16

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This chapter is bitty, but…...I hope you like it.

Going Home

"Where we love is home,

home that our feet may leave,

but not our hearts." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Alec awoke to the smell of coffee, a warm thing across his midriff and a sharp pain in his head. He groaned quietly and tried to move as little as possible. "And so it awakes," a loud voice said from beside him, every syllable burning it's own path through his brain. "Don't talk so loud," he croaked, shifting slightly to see Magnus beside him, giving him an amused grin.

"Okay princess," he murmured, kissing Alec's cheek, "there are two aspirins on the bedside table and I made coffee."

"I love you," Alec sighed, although it sounded more like, "Ish lurv ooo" due to the fact his head was buried in his pillow.

After downing the aspirin and drinking three cups of coffee, Alec was able to get out of bed and join Magnus on the sofa he had stolen from Jem. "How come you aren't hungover," he asked the boy, "you drank about the same as me."

Magnus smirked, sipping at his cup of tea. "Well Alexander, when you've had as much experience with alcohol as I have, you begin to build up a bit of a tolerance. I takes quite a lot to get me drunk." Thinking about Magnus spending his time drunk at bars, possibly alone made Alec feel sad, but he just put on a childish pout and elbowed his boyfriend playfully, "I'm jealous, why do you have to be good at everything."

At this Magnus stuck a dramatic pose and launched into a story about how he was given great gifts from the gods so he could lead mankind to a brighter and more "rainbowy" future. Alec laughed at Magnus' dramatic flair and sat back in his chair.

He felt so comfortable and at home with Magnus. It was if they had known each other their entire lives. At that moment Alec made a silent promise to himself that he would do anything in his power to keep Magnus Bane and never let him go.

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"Wow…just….wow," Clary groaned closing her eyes in bliss. She scooped up another forkful of the heaven on her plate and groaned again.

"Alec….I think I love you," Jace sighed next to her as he shovelled mouthful after mouthful of the fluffy pancake into his mouth.

Magnus frowned from his seat beside Alec, "hands off blondie, he's mine." Then he turned to the boy in question and kissed him full on the lips, "babe you are truly a gift from heaven, where did you learn to cook like this?"

Alec blushed from the many compliments from the five people seated around the table (Will had yet to appear). "They're just simple pancakes," he smiled.

"JUST PANCAKES!" Jace exclaimed, looking personally offended- which was weird as they were Alec's pancakes. "THEY ARE FUCKING GOLDEN CIRCLES OF PURE PLEASURE MADE BY ANGELS. THEY ARE SOFT TO THE TOUCH, GLORIOUSLY SWEET AND THEY MAKE AMBROSIA FROM FUCKING MOUNT OLYMPUS LOOK LIKE SOGGY WEETABIX!"

Alec-and practically everyone at the table (save Magnus) winced as Jace's loud words burned their hungover heads.

"Jace dear," Clary whispered, rubbing her temples, "I think you are still drunk".

Jace opened his mouth to argue but then shrugged and continued to devour Alec's cooking.

"So where did you learn to cook?" Magnus asked him again, once everyone had gone back to their individual couples conversations.

"My mum used to teach me," Alec muttered, his voice slightly sad, "before Dad left and she had to work extra time. We used to spend Saturday making cakes for everyone. Isabelle used to join in but Mum banned her."

"How come?"

Alec chuckled, his eyes distant, "she can't cook to save her life. I mean seriously, she actually managed to give us all food poisoning with a ham and cheese toastie."

Magnus snorted loudly- impressively managing to keep all food in his mouth. Alec was never not amazed by the fact that someone as funny and charismatic as Magnus found him entertaining. No one else seemed to find him funny, in fact Isabelle always used to say he was painfully boring and unadventurous and Alec had always agreed.

He was about to ask Magnus why he found Alec so interesting, when he was distracted by a loud noise.

Will stumbled in, still wearing the clothes from last night but with the addition of a pair of black sunglasses. "Damn, alcohol and stupid drinking games," he muttered darkly, slumping into a seat and grabbing a whole stack of pancakes.

Jem chuckled, "surely you of all people should know the consequences of drinking William."

Alec wondered vaguely what had happened between the three friends. He vaguely remembered something happening last night to do with kissing and Tessa running off…...But right now Tessa and Jem were holding hands under the table and Will was giving them a genuine smile.

"You would think so wouldn't you James, but as a notorious philosopher once said "The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing""

"Well that's a pile of bullcrap," Jace yelled, making everyone wince again.

"For Gods sake Jace shut up!"

But unfortunately for everyone else, he didn't

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"Look it's ok if you're scared"

"I'm not scared I'm just….cautious" Alec said, without loosening his grip on the armrest. They were sat in luxury velvet-like seats, in the first class section of a large aeroplane. Although they had got a taxi down to Jem's cabins, none of them had really wanted to suffer the bumpy journey back- what with the delicate condition of their stomachs- so they had all pitched in (except Alec, who despite offering, had been banned from doing so) and bought plane tickets.

However it wasn't until the plane had started to move, that Magnus had noticed the sickly grey pallor of his boyfriends face. "Alexander, is this your first time on a plane?" he asked, concerned.

"Yes," Alec said through gritted teeth. "Shit," he cried as the plane sped up, earning a filthy glare from a mother across the aisle. Blue eyes turned to Magnus, filled with fear, "we're going to die," Alec whispered, clutching at Magnus' shirt.

Magnus tried hard not to laugh and instead said soothingly, "Alec sweetie we're not going to die. Look, you're smart so think about it. Planes fly all the time, so they're perfectly safe."

"In the US alone, there are around 7000 aircraft in the air at any given time, worldwide, there were 373 fatalities on 18 scheduled passenger flights in 2011 and 58 airliner passengers are injured every year by turbulence"

Magnus tried to think of a way to counter this argument, but it appeared Alec had done his research.

"Well I promise to do that thing in Iron man when he catches all those passengers if the plane breaks."

Alec gave him a nervous laugh which turned into a gasp as the plane began to leave the ground. Long fingers closed around Magnus' wrists, grasping so hard he could feel his circulation being cut off. Alec squeezed his eyes shut and looked as if he was preparing himself for death.

The plane soared higher and higher into the sky, turning the houses, roads and fields into tiny doll-like specks.

"Alec baby look," Magnus said softly, gently caressing the boys cheek, "everything looks so beautiful outside."

Slowly Alec cracked open an eyelid and peered out of the window. His jaw immediately fell slack and his eyes filled with wonder. "Wow," he whispered, staring down at the landscape as it became gradually covered by clouds, "it IS beautiful."

"Not as beautiful as you though," Magnus murmured, kissing him softly. Alec blushed and leaned his head upon Magnus' chest and stared down at the clouds.

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"Who even is this," Magnus asked, staring down at the Car CD player. Alec choked loudly on the mint he was sucking, before exclaiming, "ARE YOU ACTUALLY KIDDING ME?!"

Magnus raised his eyebrow, keeping his gaze on the road, "I take it I'm meant to know?"

Alec rolled his eyes in disbelief. They had said goodbye to everyone else at the airport, leaving just the two of them, driving to Magnus'. "YES! of coarse you are meant to know. It's my chemical romance."

Magnus gave no sign of recognition.

"MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE! With Gerard Way, the sexiest man ever!"

Magnus cleared his throat expectantly

"fine, the second sexiest man ever," Alec scowled. He couldn't believe that Magnus hadn't heard of MCR. "What do you even listen to," he asked.

"umm..Lady Gaga"

"Ew"

"One Direction"

"God No!"

"Lana del ray"

"Just stop," Alec turned up Gerard Way and filled the car with the sound of "Famous last words".

After listening for a bit Magnus said, "Why is he so angry?"

"It's just the style I guess," Alec shrugged, "plus this is nothing compared to Falling in Reverse."

"Why do you listen to it then?"

Alec thought for a second, "I guess it's a good coping device. After Max died I felt so angry, at myself, my parent, the world….and listning to this kind of music helped me deal with my emotions."

"Well it's better than fighting strangers I guess," Magnus mrumurred and Alec frowned at the reminder.

"You promise not to go back there," he asked rubbing circles into the palm of Magnus' free hand.

"Yeah….I promise," the other man repied as he pulled to a stop in front of the large house Alec had come to know.

"We're home," Magnus whispered, but he didn't sound happy to be back.

Alec gave his boyfriend a chaste kiss before taking his hands and looking him right in the eye.

"You can do this," he whispered, "I promise that I'll be there every step of the way."

Magnus smiled, although his eyes were wet. A year ago tomorrow, he had lost the most important woman in his life and it had hurt every day since.

A/N

Hey guys, so although this chapter lacked drama and any real progress plot wise, It was very fluff, cute and to be honest I think some of my best writing. Please review and let me know if you liked it, so then I will put more chapters like this up in the future.

Next chapters will be angsty.

Anairafuji- Things are heating up for Alexander Lightwood, thanks for reviewing ;)

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