Chapter Six: Dad..

Dad was the only one who didn't know I was gay and now he's caught me kissing a guy, not just any guy but a warlock. Dad was wide-eyed and his mouth was opened slightly, 'Dad-' I started, but he just stared. A few minutes past but it felt like hours, he seemed to be coming back down to Earth, his eyes no longer looked like they were going to pop out of his head and his mouth was now closed. He pushed past Magnus and I, 'Dad-' but he kept walking, he didn't even glance back at us. The Shadowhunters walked past us too, I some looks of sympathy, some of respect, some of disgust and some wouldn't even look at us. But none of that mattered; I just wanted my Dad to talk to me. I should have told him when I told my family and friends, but I couldn't bring myself to do it because he was the man I looked up to my entire life. Maybe if I told him, he wouldn't of reacted as badly as he did. I think.

'Alec,' It was Magnus who broke me out of my thoughts, 'it will get better, just give him time-'

'Magnus, can you please leave?' I asked without any emotion in my voice.

'Ok, but I'll call you later, everything's going to be fine.' Magnus placed a hand on my shoulder; I shrugged it off and walked into the Institute, leaving Magnus standing outside in the dark. 'Bye Alec.' I heard him say.

I hit the up button on the elevator; I stepped inside and rest my head on the mirrored wall. Ding. The doors opened, I stepped out and headed towards my room. I walked passed the lounge and Max was still up. 'Alec,' he said in his usual cheerful voice, 'how was your night?' I couldn't say anything, I tried to manage a smile but failed and I kept walking. 'Alec?' He sounded a little sad. I walked passed Izzy's room hoping she didn't see me, but of course she did. 'Alec! How'd it go! Did you have fun! Did you's kiss!' The mention of the word kiss reminded me of Dad's face. The tears came then. 'Hey, what's wrong? Did he do something! Ugh! You should never trust a warlock. I dated one once-'

'Izzy! He didn't do anything! Dad saw us kissing!'

'Oh, shit. What did he say? What did he do?'

'He said nothing, he only stared, then walked straight passed us, like we weren't even there.' My voice cracked on the last word, I couldn't speak anymore. Izzy hugged me and made soothing noises, she would always do this when I was upset. When I calmed down a little bit, I remembered Magnus, 'Oh my god, Magnus! I just left him outside, I need to call him and apologize.'

'I'm sure he'll understand.' Izzy reassured me.

I dialed Magnus' number but paused to press the ring button. What if he didn't want to speak to me after what happened? I thought back to what Izzy said and knew somehow she was right. The phone rang once before Magnus answered, 'Alec? I was just about to call you, are you ok?'

'I'll be fine. I just rang to apologize for acting the way I did-'

'You don't need to apologize for anything. I understand, you didn't tell you Dad you were gay and when he saw us, he was shocked and he didn't know how to deal with it. Just give him time and he'll come around, ok? Don't stress to much about this, I don't want that pretty little face of yours stressed out.' I could hear a smile creep into his voice; it made me smile a little bit. We talked for an hour and a half before I heard a knock on my door; 'Come in.' I called. The door opened and there stood Dad.