Hi this Chapter might not be so fantastic... sorry if it isn't but I've had so much homework from school and I was really pushing myself to finish writing chapter 20 for different. So yeah enjoy...
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Alec stood there silently not giving away any signs to show that he was surprised and excited that Magnus was his new brother. Why do I always manage to get really good looking adoptive brothers? Hethought.
Alec felt upset about being adopted, even though it's been eight years since his parents deaths, he still feels as if they're his parent and these, imposters, aren't going to feel like family at all.
Alec was always close with his parents while Isabelle and Jace would always try and stay away from them because they thought that their parents were too clinging and over protective. He gets why Max is happy and excited about having parents because Max was only a year old when his parents died, so he never got to know them.
Alec never wanted to be adopted, that's why he always showed up to the pickings messy and unprepared.
Alec just wanted to get out of the orphanage when he turned nineteen, get a job and live a normal life, not get adopted by some people pretending to be his parents.
Alec watched as Max ran forwards and Mrs Bane picked up the nine year old and held him in her arms. Max may be nine but he acts like he's a four year old.
Mrs Bane laughed "You must be Max" She said.
Max nodded "What do I call you?" Max asked.
"You can call me Vicky or whatever you want" She answered and her husband said the same thing.
Max nodded and smiled.
"How old are you?" Vicky asked.
"I'm nine, but everyone says that I act like I'm four" Max answered smiling.
Vicky spun him around "that's okay!" She put him down and kissed his cheek.
Alec watched as Jace walked over to Jeffery and started to talk to him about sports; Alec was never much of a sport fan he would rather spend his evenings curled up in the broom closet called a room reading a good book, than go watch football or something like that on the old, cracked TV.
He heard Isabelle talking excitedly to Magnus about fashion and how black is always going to be the new black.
Alec just stood at the door silently, hoping that this was all a mistake and he could go back to his broom closet.
Mrs Bane stopped talking to Max and walked over to Alec "Hi!" She greeted happily.
If she was hoping for a response she wasn't going to get one.
"You're Alec right?" She asked smiling.
Alec gave a small nod.
"Where are your shoes?" She asked.
"Don't have any" Alec told her.
"Well tomorrow we can buy you some!" she said "how does that sound?" she asked smiling.
Alec just shrugged and looked away, not returning the smile.
"Vicky let's take the kids home" Jeffery said.
Vicky nodded, "Come on follow us!"
The imposters lead them outside, into the car park and they walked over to a land rover.
"No two of you will have to sit in the back" Jeffery said.
"But it's okay! It's safe there a seats and seatbelts there!" Vicky said.
"Alec and I will!" Jace said.
Vicky opened the back and Alec and Jace climbed in and sat in the seats. Alec buckled up and he watched as Max, Isabelle and Magnus got into the seats in the middle of the car. Alec watched as Max struggled with outing on his seat belt, He unbuckled his own and leaned over the back of Max, Isabelle and Magnus's chair and Buckled Max in for him.
"Thank you Allie!" Max said, Max reached up and hugged Alec's neck.
Alec smiled and went back to his seat and buckled back up. Vicky and Jeffery Bane were already in the car, Jeffery started the car and they were off.
They were driving in complete silence.
"Where are your shoes?" Jace asked, he was pointing down at Alec's dirty feet.
Alec gave him an, are-you-kidding-me-you-seriously-just-asked-me- that, look.
"Oh right Jonathan took them like two years ago" Jace said.
"Someone took your shoes two years ago?!" Vicky asked.
"Yeah!" Jace said "There was this guy, who was the owner of the orphanages son, he always picked on Alec, I don't know why though."
"Well it's a good thing you aren't there anymore" Vicky said.
Alec didn't say anything.
"You have dirt all over your face" Isabelle said pointing at his face "When was the last time you had a shower?" She asked.
Alec brought his hand up to his face and his fingers came back covered in dirt. He shrugged and wiped his hand on his jeans.
"I think Alec had a shower like two weeks ago" Jace said.
Vicky looked behind at Alec "Oh your face is a bit dirty but you can have a shower when we get home."
"You haven't had a shower in two weeks?!" Magnus asked Alec, he sound shocked.
"Actually I think Alec hasn't had a shower in like three weeks" Jace said.
"How haven't you had a shower in three weeks?" Magnus asked Alec "I don't think I could last two days without a shower."
Alec shrugged.
"It's because Alec always gave us his shower tokens, we got three tokens each week" Max said "Alec gave us his if he thought we needed a shower or if we asked for one."
"Alec's always looking out for us!" Isabelle said, admiration lacing through her voice, "He's a great big brother!"
"Well Alec you do sound great!" Vicky said, Jeffery grunted in agreement.
Jace leaned forward and sniffed Alec and leaned away from Jace's nose "You don't smell!" He yelled out.
Everyone laughed, except for Alec.
The rest of the car ride was silent, only Max would say things like 'I haven't seen that before' and 'that looks so cool!'
They pulled up in front of a massive modern style house.
"OMG!" Isabelle shrieked "your house is huge!"
Vicky and Jeffery laughed "This is your house too" Vicky said.
"Let's get out and show you around!" Magnus said.
Max, Isabelle and Jace basically jumped out of the car and ran up to the front door. Alec hoped down from the car and trudged up to the front door, with his bag being dragged behind him.
Vicky was talking about was talking about the rooms and how they'll go shopping for stuff tomorrow.
The front door opened and the four kid's mouths dropped open. The house was amazing! There was a massive glass chandler hanging from the ceiling, there was a massive marble staircase that leads up to the second level of the house.
Jeffery and Vicky lead them to the kitchen.
Everyone sat down around the large dining room table.
"Okay how about we all split up and look around" Jeffery said.
"I'll take Isabelle and Alec" Vicky said.
"Okay, I'll take Max and Jace, Magnus you can choose whoever you want to tag along with" Jeffery said.
"I'll go with you dad" Magnus said.
A part of Alec felt relieved that Magnus went with Jace and Max, another part felt upset that Magnus didn't want to go with him and his sister, but he didn't dwell on it for too long.
Everyone got up and went off with the designated "parent."
They walked around the house, which is more like a mansion, with Vicky and she pointed out a vase or curtain or something like that and explained where it came from and how they got it. Most of the stuff in the mansion came from overseas. It turns out the Banes travelled a lot.
They stopped at the top of a hallway.
"This is where all the rooms are" Vicky told them.
Alec counted the doors there were five doors. He saw that there was already a door that was covered in a million different colours and glitter, Alec guessed that that room was Magnus's.
Alec heard footsteps behind him; he spun around on his heels, arms crossed over his chest.
Max was standing there hunched over, with one leg in the air, his arms up over his head and his hands were scrunched up to look like claws.
Alec knew that Max was trying to scare them.
"Awww Allie!" Max whined "I was trying to scare you guys!"
Isabelle and Vicky turned around just as Magnus, Jace and Jeffery came into view.
"Well Isabelle and I didn't hear you" Vicky said "I wonder how Alec heard you? How did you hear Max?" Vicky turned to Alec expecting him to answer but he just looked away and pretended that the snot coloured wall was the most interesting thing in the world.
Jace piped up "Alec probably heard Max because he has like super hearing!"
"It's probably because Alec spent years listening out for Jonathan" Isabelle said.
"It seems like this Jonathan boy gave you a bit of a hard time" Vicky said "What did he do?" She asked Alec.
Alec shrugged, he heard Vicky sigh.
"How about the kids pick their rooms?" Jeffery suggested.
"Great idea!" Vicky said.
"NO ONE CAN GO IN MY ROOM!" Magnus yelled.
Everyone except for Alec laughed.
Max, Jace and Isabelle ran forwards and opened the doors to the rooms and looked around in them, they did this to every room, while Alec stood back and waited for them to choose a room. The all chose a room leaving Alec with the last room that wasn't chosen.
"Oh that's a small room" Vicky said "If you want you can have a bigger room."
Alec walked over to the door to his room and opened it, Vicky was right it was a bit small but it was bigger than the broom closet he used to live in.
"Do you want another room? There are bigger rooms down stairs" Vicky asked.
Alec shook his head; he was fine with this room.
"Okay" Vicky said.
"What's the time?" Max asked.
"It's six thirty at night" Jeffery answered.
"How about everyone showers and gets changed into their pyjamas while I start dinner" Vicky said "I think Alec should have a shower first."
Alec shook his head.
"Yes, Alec you go have a shower first!" Isabelle said.
Alec sighed and got up.
"Come one Alec I'll show you the bathroom" Vicky said.
Alec followed her to the bathroom. He didn't get it, this house is so big yet it only has one bathroom.
"Here it is" Vicky opened the door which revealed a crystal white bathroom. The brightness hurt Alec's eyes.
Vicky walked away and Alec walked into the bathroom, he locked the door.
Alec turned on the shower and stepped under the warm spray, he tried to remember the last time he actually had a warm shower. He cleaned himself free of dirt and washed his hair.
When he got out he dried himself and got changed into his other change of clothes.
He stepped out of the bathroom and walked up the stairs to the rooms quietly.
He heard Isabelle's voice "Just don't mention anything about birthdays in front of Alec, okay, he'll talk to you in time."
"Why shouldn't mention anything about birthdays?" Alec heard Magnus ask.
"On his tenth birthday, our mum and dad were taking him to a surprise birthday party they planned out for him, Alec kept asking where they were going and he kept kicking the back of dad's chair and when our dad turned around to ask Alec to stop a massive car crashed into the front of the car Alec and our parents were in" Isabelle explained "they died instantly while Alec was taken to hospital and treated, Alec blames himself for our parents death, he's hated his birthday ever since."
"That's horrible!" Alec heard Vicky say.
He doesn't want their pity, he doesn't even want them.
Alec stomped up the rest of the stairs, stormed past Max, Jace, Isabelle, Magnus, Jeffery and Vicky and went into his new room and slammed the door shut, whishing he wasn't here.
Alec pulled out his journal. It was the only birthday gift he kept, it was a little black book.
He takes it everywhere with him. He got out a pen and opened up to a new page and started to write…
End of chapter.
So i know it seemed a little rushed i guess... but did you like it? dislike it? Love it? Hate it? throw good pies? or bad pies?
And in the next chapter i'll show you what Alec writes and why he writes in the journal.
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-Kate.