Ch.3- Sharing And Making Memories

I sigh as I watch the Lightwood siblings and their friends file into Alec and my apartment. I know it's going to be a long day and I'm not one to deny a party, but with Cas being around don't get a whole lot of alone time with my Nephilim. Though when Cas comes walking out of the spare bedroom wearing a form fitting tank dress with simple long necklace that looks like a locket is attached, she only has a single diamond and opal ring on her ring finger, and a set of opal earrings. Her long hair is pulled into a high ponytail, but she did leave herself some bangs probably too hide something from the looks of it. Her eyes are glamoured though I can tell that she hates every second of that.

"Oh wow, you must be Alec's friends and family,"

"Who are you?" Jace asks a bit gruffly.

"Oh sweetie I could snap you in 2 before you could even say ahh," my sister coos in a soft but commanding voice.

I look at her with a look that said too behave, "Cas, you need to behave if you plan on staying here for awhile."

"Oh Magnus," she asks as she wraps her arms around my neck, "that's not very fun. Not counting I think that boy could use a few things too stop with that attitude issue."

I chuckle as I reach up and pat my sister's head, "I know. Though they are Alec's family which makes them my family. Making them yours."

She sighs as she looks at the confused set of people standing in my doorway. She looks at me and I nod my head and she waves away here glamour and looks at them.

"What the hell is another warlock doing here?"

"Jace, be nice too my sister-in-law," Alec yells at him and I snicker.

Cas simply nods her head since her and Alec had gotten close rather quickly especially after he had allowed her to hold our lil blueberry.

"Sister-in-law… that thing has a close sibling?"

Cas rolls her eyes as she looks at Jace in distaste, "I see there are still neanderthals in the Clave still. Do I need to draw a diagram sweetie?"

I look at Cas as she seems a little annoyed with Jace… which makes sense I still don't care for him very much, but he's Alec's brother and Parabatai.

Before more can be said I raise my hand as my kids run up too Cash cause she promised to play some board games with them. Lil blue simply is attached to my sister mostly cause she sings him songs in all kinds of languages claiming that Alec and I are tone-death. Rafe simply loves her stories of knights and about everything else she's lived through from her long life.

Izzy smiles at them as she asks, "So which one of you is older?"

Cas raises her hand, "I am. I am one of our father's first children. I think I'm a few thousand years old by now. It's been a rather boring life since I've spent most of it avoiding the Clave and such. Not counting with how long I've lived… I've pissed off a lot of people."

"Oh who was the king that tried to take your head back in London?" I can't help, but to ask her.

"It wasn't the king… it was the queen cause I slept with the king. Though it was so I could steal some valuable artifacts that kind of belonged to be anyways."

I nod my head as I sit down on my couch next to Alec and I know he liking how she's taking care of the kids.

We're sitting there for a while until izzy has too ask Cas another question one of the few hundred that she probably has, "So Cassandra, did you have a person like Alec is too Magnus?"

I watch as she freezes up and curtly nods her head, "Yes, though he was a shadowhunter he loved me even after knowing who i was. Though this was close to the beginning of the Clave. They didn't want to strip him of his runes hoping they could get rid of one of us before we'd embarrass the family name," she smiles fondly as she places her hand over her locket, "Would you like to see a picture?"

Izzie nods her head now realizing what she had just asked an immortal. Cas shows a picture of a handsome young man with dark hair and blue eyes. Weird enough you are from his line of family the Lightwoods. Though mostly cause they didn't have another male to take on their family's name so it was lived on through his sister. So luckily Lilith's children are sterile huh."

I know she was trying to lighten the mood so I pull her into my lap so I can hug her tightly. Though I'm surprised as I watch Izzy flip through magical projections of faces until she gets too a picture of what looks like Cas with a man holding a set of twins still barely 3 weeks old.

"Who's the man with you and the twins?"

She looks panicked as she lies through her teeth, "1 of my husbands and a twins we had taken in after we found them abandoned."

I look closely at the photo to see that you can hardly notice the warlock in either of them they look perfectly human.

"What were their names?"

"The lil boy's name was Jacob and the lil girl's name was Wendy. My husband's name was Arthur."

Izzie nods her head as she looks at the locket, "This is amazing. Though some of the pictures seem odd. I mean if the first one was a knight why does it look like a regular photograph?"

"Oh I learned a spell to take images from memories and put them into objects. It's how I lived with losing so many loved ones. The locket is all images that I copied over from my memories so I'd never forget the ones that I've had in my life. I even have a photo of when I first saw magnus he looked so young back then though he doesn't look too different."

She takes the locket and whispers my name into it and an image of myself pops up and they look shocked at what seems to be a 10 year old boy, "Magnus was outcasted cause of what he was and was already learning so much on his own. I met him and he was a bit skittish around me mostly cause I was a whole lot different than most people he had met by then. It was so funny especially since he thought I was only a lil bit older than him. Not being too really age is rather hard thing to deal with. We can usually stop aging at a certain time, but I'd slow it especially during the middles ages. Man marrying age was so young back then and so was births. Ahh I'm kind of glad I'm stuck at this age though. Looking this old is perfect."

I nod my head knowing what she means.

I sigh as Clary asks her about an artist that was a bit before my day. Cas simply nods her head as she talks about all kinds of artists she's met and comments on what they were like in and out of bed. Oh I love my sister we are so much alike. Though the topic of love seems to be completely avoided.

Cas' phone goes off and she gasps for a second as she jumps up, "I'm sorry I have to take this."

I tilt my head too my side and watch her walk into the guest room where she seems too had thrown up a sound barrier.

Alec looks at me about as confused as I am.

"Is Cas alright? She seemed to act like she got suddenly bad news."

"It was the hospital," Jace says as he looks at us slightly confused as well, "I didn't catch the name, but it was the hospital that's a bit away."

I nod my head worried what my sister had gotten herself wrapped in. I look at Alec knowing he's still a bit tired from whatever he was sick from a bit ago. It's a bit later that Cas walks into the room with a sad look on her face and soon she's in my arms crying.

"Shh… it's alright, what's wrong?"

"He's dead. I didn't even get to spend a lot of time with him, but he died. Stupid mundanes and their cancer," she shouts the last bit into my ear as she starts crying all over again.

I nod my head as i set it onto her own as I rub her back. Alec looks a bit sad as he takes her hand in his own as she looks up she smiles sadly, "Let's go get you cleaned up and talk about whatever."

Cas simply nods her head as he leads her away into our bathroom. Alec has always been a best choice for those who are grieving. I smile sadly as I look at the door too our bedroom knowing they'll probably be there for awhile.

"Alec and her seem pretty close," Clary states as she looks at the door.

"They are. Alec hasn't been feeling well lately and she's been helping out around here with the kids and under Alec's order I still deal with clients. I think it's cause she has amazing stories and I think embarrassing ones about me. Rafe and Max seem too love her as well… They see how we are around her and they automatically started too like her."

It's a couple hours later that I watch Alec and Cas leave the bedroom. Alec is busy laughing at something she said and Cas well she looks a lot more at ease. There's something in her step that worries me still though. She looks weak, but at ease. Still as she sits down on the couch opposite of me Alec sits between us and she sets her head on his shoulder. Luckily his family and friends had left with the kids cause well they wanted to spend time with them cause we've had them since Cas had shown up in our lives.

I give her a look and I watch Alec pat his lap so I happily set my head there where he starts combing his hands through my hair.

"Who died?" I can't help but to ask.

"Ummm… Arthur… in this life he was a mundane instead of a shadowhunter. He had been diagnosed with cancer a couple years ago and he was going through treatment. It didn't help him. He was shipped off to a hospital last month. They had said he didn't have much longer to live. I didn't think what they said was true. I thought I could save him, but he kept yelling at me. I should go to the morgue."

I nod my head as Alec does, "We'll go with you. I think you'll need the support."

She smiles softly as she looks between us, "Alright… Umm… Let's go then."

I watch her stand as her phone goes off again, "Hello."

"Yes, Mary… I know I should have gone straight there when I got the call, but… I couldn't stand the thought of seeing him like that…. I know that it looked bad, but I've spent everyday with him even when I was still working too make sure he was happy and not in pain. I took care of his treatment that was for home. While you his mother kept to herself and left him in my hands doing nothing that could possibly help him. Look I'm coming too the hospital right now with my brother and his husband. I will see you in a lil bit Mary," with a huff my sister hangs up her phone and I see that it looks like she has her feathers ruffled a whole lot.

I watch Alec go to her side place a hand on her shoulder and she smiles sadly at him, "It seems Arthur's mother wants to have a talk with me. Though I still wish that you'll come with me."

Alec's mothering nature seems to go into full ride as he nods his head, "Of course. I'm gonna change real quick."

Cas smiles at him as she nods his head, "Of course. Go ahead Alexander. We can make that witch wait a bit longer."

He nods his head, but I know he'll change as fast as he can. I wait for him too enter our room for I can I ask my sister, "Arthur… he gets the same name each time?"

She nods her head with a small smile, "Yes, which is a bit odd. Though he had come back as a female once or twice his name was Arta those times."

"How can you tell it's him?"

"I'm not sure I can always ready people's souls rather while so when I see his it's the same everytime as if it was the song he'd always sing to me back in his first life with me. Though he always seems to have this scar on his hand that he got when he died. Where he had a knife stabbed through it too hold him in place…. His eyes are always this beautiful color ocean blue that would make me feel like I was at sea, but there is always a small fraction in the lower left corner of his left eye that's green. He'd always joke that I only keep him cause of his eyes for no matter what we'd lay for hours doing nothing while I started in his eyes. He'd get mad at me like no other. Though I had done a spell I learned a while back too kind of tie us together so we're pulled together everytime he reaches the age of 16. Almost like a siren's song."

"You are a wonderful person. You seem to cover everything while you can."

She laughs as she nods her head, "Arthur… is more magical than any form of magic I know… that's saying a whole lot. When I refused to use magic for a large part of time we had together he accepted it and had helped me learn everything I'd need to know for a life without magic. It was fun learning to cook and I still love to do so every now and again. Ohh and doing all kinds of forms of arts."

I laugh at how excited my older sister sounds though we still are in a way are strangers… Though aren't older siblings supposed to be mysterious and know it alls for their younger siblings. I watch Alec come from our room with a tight expression on his face as if he's worried for all of us. Though my fiance… why aren't we married yet. We already have a 4 year old son that loves us both like no other and he only seems too wish the best for his father's. Our young Max… my lil blueberry truthfully everyone is tired of all the jokes I make on that. I wonder where my goes all the time.