A/N: Without further ado, here is chapter 3! Enjoy and make sure to let us know if there's something you would like to see!
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Magnus was sleeping curled up against his Alexander. It was such a peaceful feeling being wrapped in the arms of your loved one. Both slept soundly, until their kids decided it was time to wake up.
"Daddy! Papa!" Little footsteps bounded across the room effectively waking the sleeping couple.
Alec rubbed his eyes while Magnus rolled over and put a pillow on his face.
Before either could say anything, Max jumped on the bed and started shaking his parents awake.
"Wake up, wake up, wake up!" Max whined. Max looked behind him and noticed Rafe was standing to the side of the bed, "Rafe, come on! Help me!"
Magnus peeked out from under his pillow and noted with amusement that Rafe seemed torn between staying put and joining in on the fun. Magnus caught Rafe's eye and smiled at him nodding towards Alec. Rafe smiled and nodded in understanding and then ran at the bed jumping on Alec.
"Daddy!" Rafe said sitting on Alec.
Alec smiled up at his son sleepily and ruffled his hair, "Yes, Rafe?"
Rafe smiled shyly down at his dad, "Pancakes, por favor?" Rafe was still learning English but had made a lot of progress. Alec on the other hand was doing horrible picking up any Spanish.
"Si," Alec said using his limited Spanish knowledge. He heard Magnus chuckle next to him and shot him a look because he knew he was making fun of his poor Spanish skills.
Magnus sat up and pulled Max onto his lap, "Why don't you two go wait in the kitchen? Daddy and I will be out in a minute."
Max nodded enthusiastically and hugged both of his dads before running out of the room. Rafe also looked excited and hugged Alec before moving to sit on Magnus' lap. Alec watched the two with such affection as they had a hushed conversation in Spanish. After Rafe gave Magnus a hug, he ran out of the room closing the door behind him.
Alec turned to Magnus, "Everything okay with Rafe?"
"More than okay. He was just saying that he was sorry for waking us up and that he tried to stop Max but our little blueberry is quite persistent and ran in here before Rafe could stop him. I promised him it was okay and actually funny. He then told me that he loves us and is happy to be in our family. He's come such a long way from when we first found him, Alexander. I'm so proud of the little Shadowhunter he's becoming. Some day, he will be just like his daddy" Magnus smiled at Alec who blushed at the compliment.
"Me too. I love watching the two of them together." Alec said stretching out and standing up.
"Does Rafe have training today?" Magnus asked as he stood and pulled on a pair of pajama pants and his robe.
"Yupp. Jace said training would be later this afternoon so we have all morning but I was thinking on heading over to get a bit of a work out in myself after breakfast. What time is it anyway?" Alec asked stifling a yawn.
Magnus looked at the bedside clock, "It's 7AM. It seems we have early risers on our hands. I will miss the days of sleeping until noon dearly." Magnus said ever so dramatically with a sigh.
Alec laughed and rolled his eyes at Magnus' dramatics.
"Come on, we have pancakes to make." Alec said kissing Magnus briefly before heading towards the door.
"Are we actually making them from scratch?"
"Of course, how else would we make them?" Alec asked.
Magnus grinned at Alec and wiggled his fingers causing his signature blue sparks to ignite.
Alec grabbed his hand and shook his head, "No Magnus. We are going to make pancakes with the kids. No magic involved."
"Fine, Alexander. You're lucky I love you." Magnus said following a chuckling Alec into the kitchen where their two boys sat at the table looking adorable and excited.
Jace stood in the training room, organizing the different weapons he was going to introduce little Rafe to today. He was looking forward to training his nephew because the kid was already showing great potential and took everything so seriously. He reminded Jace a lot of Alec already.
"Jace? Where are you?" He heard Clary call from the hall.
"Training room!" He shouted back knowing she'd be able to hear him.
When the door burst open, Jace turned and smiled at Clary. He noticed that she was dressed in training gear. She walked in quickly and gave him a kiss in greeting.
"Are you training today too?" Jace asked with a raised eyebrow. He was under the impression it was only going to be him, Alec and Rafe today.
Clary put her hands on her hips and looked at him challengingly, "Yes, is that a problem?"
Jace immediately shook his head, "No, of course not."
"Good," Clary smirked at him, "but don't worry about me. I'll just be doing some stuff on my own. It'll be like I'm not even here."
Jace rolled his eyes, "You expect me to ignore your presence?"
"Exactly, you have a young Shadowhunter to train Jace." She smiled sweetly at him and walked over to the punching bag and got to work.
Jace leaned against the wall and watched as Clary punched and kicked the punching bag. He had no idea how much time had passed but he could watch his fiery red head fight all day.
The sound of a clearing throat pulled him out of his gaze.
He turned to see his parabatai standing there looking a bit annoyed yet amused at him.
"Alec!" Jace said pulling him into a bro hug.
Alec returned the hug but immediately raised an eyebrow at Jace not saying a word.
"What?" Jace asked feigning innocence.
"Should I even bother having Rafe come by for his training? Are you too distracted?" Alec said with a bit of teasing in his tone.
Jace punched his arm, "Please, me get distracted? You know I can focus when I want to."
"Which is almost never," Alec commented with a smirk.
Just then Clary came over to them, "Alec! You're here early. Where's Rafe?"
Alec smiled at Clary, "Yeah, I wanted to get some training in myself so Rafe is still with Magnus and Max right now."
Jace looked giddy, "Need someone to fight?"
Clary rolled her eyes, "I'll leave you guys to it. If only Jace looked so happy when I said I wanted to train."
Alec chuckled and Jace just shrugged, "What can I say Clary, there's nothing quite like kicking Alec's ass."
Jace turned cockily to his parabatai. Alec narrowed his eyes at him.
"You kick my ass?"
Jace nodded and Alec shook his head.
"You are so going down." Alec said moving into the middle of the mats. Jace grinned and joined him and in no time the two were sparring.
She stayed in the training room and watched as they trained. Clary looked between them amused and couldn't help the smile that spread across her face. She knew that whenever Alec and Jace decided to train together, they immediately fell into old habits and were like teenagers again. They really did know each other's counters and moves better than anything. It was fascinating to watch and Clary itched for her art supplies to capture the moment of them acting like teenagers. Granted, they were only in their early 20's now but still, it reminded Clary of the days when Alec hated her and she and Jace were lucky if they made it a whole day without fighting.
A voice snapped her out of her thoughts, "Admiring the view?"
Jace smirked down at Clary and she blushed looking up at him. The couple just stared into each other's eyes lost in their own world.
Alec came over to the two, "As much as I hate to interrupt what I'm sure was a riveting staring contest, Jace has a student to train. Magnus just called to say they'd be here, like now."
"Perfect, I was just leaving." Clary says with a smile at both of them and then exited the room.
Alec left Jace alone for a minute to go get Rafe from the Institute entrance since Magnus apparently has plans with Izzy. When they get back to the training room, Jace has set up an obstacle course for Rafe and has arranged all of the weapons.
"Tío Jace!" A small voice calls out and Jace turns around with a smile at Rafe walking towards him.
"Rafe! How's my little man?" Jace says ruffling his hair, "You ready to learn to fight better than your Daddy?" Jace asks smirking at Alec who simply rolls his eyes in response.
"Do you think it's too sparkly?" Izzy asked. She turned to the left and inspected that side of her dress. She narrowed her eyes and then turned right to get a good look at the other side.
"Too sparkly?" Magnus asked. "Is that even possible?"
"Of course it's possible!" Izzy insisted. "I want my dress to look just right."
"Oh Simon won't care if it has sparkles or not," Magnus waved a hand and then crossed one leg over the other. "He will be too busy staring at you. You have that boy under some kind of spell."
"Just like you do with my big brother," Izzy smirked.
"What can I say?" Magnus clasped his hands together and smiled sneakily. "I have a way with my words."
"Sure," Izzy laughed. "That's what it is."
"Iz!" Simon knocked on the door and then slowly opened it.
"Go away!" Izzy shrieked and then rushed towards the closet.
"What?" Simon asked, clearly surprised by her answer. "Why? What did I do?"
"I'm in my dress and you can't see me in it," Izzy explained.
"Oh that's just an old myth," Simon insisted and walked into the room.
"Do you want to bring bad luck to our wedding?" Izzy asked. "Do you really think we need any more bad luck in our lives?"
"I wouldn't consider our lives bad luck," Simon said. "We are together. That seems like some pretty good luck to me."
"How charming," Magnus interjected. Izzy peeked her head out from the closet and smiled at her fiancée. Simon looked at Magnus, flustered, clearly forgetting he was there.
"Magnus!" Simon widened his eyes. "I forgot you were there."
"Well that's never happened to me before," Magnus narrowed his eyes. "Quick question though."
"What's that?" Simon asked.
"Where is my child?" Magnus asked, noticing the absence of Max.
"Wha-?" Simon widened his eyes and turned around, clearly surprised.
"Did you lose my child?" Magnus lifted himself from his chair and glared at Simon.
"He must have gotten away!" Simon insisted.
"Find him!" Magnus exclaimed. He quickly left from the room and they could hear Magnus shouting Alec's name down the hallway.
"Simon!" Izzy widened her eyes and looked at her fiancée. "How did you lose Max?"
"I turned my back for one second and he disappeared," Simon said.
"Well you are lucky Magnus was looking at my wedding dress before you came in or he might have thrown you into a wall," Izzy said. Simon walked closer and rested a hand on the doorknob.
"Are you sure I can't get a peek of your wedding dress?" Simon asked.
"Not until the wedding day," Izzy shook her head and smiled.
"Well how about I settle for a kiss?" Simon asked.
"That I can do," Izzy nodded. She leaned forward slightly and their lips touched instantly, feeling the same spark that they always did.
"SHELDON! WHERE ARE YOU?" Magnus's voice boomed down the hallway and the two sprang apart.
"I better go," Simon nudged towards the doorway.
"That may be wise," Izzy nodded. Simon turned to leave and Izzy slapped him on the butt on the way out. Simon turned around, a surprised look on his face. "I thought you may need it."
"I love you," Simon laughed.
"I love you too," Izzy smirked before he rushed out of the room.
"You really lost Max?" Jace raised an eyebrow at Simon.
"I wouldn't say I lost him," Simon said. "He got adventurous."
"Remind me to never leave our children with him again," Alec mumbled to Magnus but it was loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Oh leave him alone," Izzy rested a hand on Simon's back and glared at her brother. "Max was fine."
"He was hiding in a closet!" Magnus exclaimed.
"He was playing hide and seek," Clary said, stepping in to defend her best friend.
"Well either way Simon never babysits alone again," Alec said. Everyone knew that he and Magnus were just kidding. They knew that Simon was more than capable of watching Max and Rafe.
"Is anyone else starving?" Jace asked, completely changing the subject.
"I don't think anyone is ever as hungry as you are," Clary rolled her eyes and shook her head at her boyfriend. He nudged her side and then shrugged.
"I'm a growing man," Jace insisted.
"You've been using that excuse since you were a teenager," Izzy said.
"I could eat," Simon chimed in.
"You could always eat," Izzy said.
"Let's order Chinese," Magnus suggested. "We could all probably eat and the boys are probably hungry by now."
"That sounds good," Alec agreed. Before anyone else could get a word in, two figures came running into the training room.
"Emma! Jules!" Clary widened her eyes and smiled at the two. Her smile quickly turned into a frown when she noticed the looks on their faces.
"What's wrong?" Jace demanded.
"We have a problem," Emma said. She was panting slightly and kept sharing a nervous look with Jules.
"What's wrong?" Alec asked.
"We need your help," Jules said. "We really need your help."