Pandemonium: Chapter 9
The main characters depicted herein belong to Cassandra Clare; additionally, you may find some characters that share a resemblance to characters from other works of fiction that you have read-that resemblance was done purposefully, and those characters are the property of their creators; finally, you will find some characters that you have never heard of nor do you believe exist in any other work of fiction-this is because those characters belong to me, and are creations from my own imagination. As a reminder, this is a work of fiction; if there is any resemblance to works or events that are real in the past, present, or future, then it is completely, utterly, and purely coincidental.
A side note about this chapter: This was extremely difficult to write because of everything that I needed to put in here. There are a lot of emotions that needed to be conveyed, and some of them may not have come out. At some points it may become dry or over saturated with dialogue. For that, I apologize in advance. The real purpose of this chapter is to set everything up for the chapter that follows it.
Upon arriving into the antechamber, Alec quickly slumped onto the couch and closed his eyes. Over and over again in his head he asked himself the same question: "How could I be so stupid?" At some point, he asked himself the question out loud, because Izzy replied, "You're not that stupid; you had no way of knowing."
Alec took a moment to lift up his sunken head. His eyes seemed red, on the verge of tears; then he looked at Izzy with a stare that told her "Fuck off" and "Please help me" all at the same time. Unsurprisingly, Izzy only seemed to get the latter message and put her arms around her brother. He let out a little whimper that signified the beginning of a good cry, when he was interrupted by a knock on the door. The door opened with and in walked Simon, who entirely failed to notice Alec and was completely smitten by the sight of Isabelle, to whom he directed a deep and thorough bow. Izzy, of course, couldn't have cared less about the boy who just walked in the room; instead, she gave him her best dagger eyes stare for rudely interrupting their sibling moment. To add to his stupidity, Simon asked the question, "Is Alec alright?"
Izzy took a moment to let the fury wash over her, then turned to face the inquirer. For a second her eyes registered that the boy was somewhat good looking, a type of nerd chic, but the fury returned, and she quickly retorted, "My brother is missing his family and his home, since you lot have been SO welcoming and loving."
Simon was taken aback; he hadn't expected such a quick retort from the girl, and nor did he expect such sass. He could barely comprehend the fact that he was being chided because of his immense attraction to the girl. He was unsure of how to proceed, but decided it was best to apologize.
"I, uhm, didn't really realize that he was, uhm, missing home that much, and uh, I'm sorry. I'll try to be uh, more, attentive next time?"
The last line came out so weakly, that Izzy's stare increased exponentially. Entirely unsure of what to do Simon quickly said, "Uh, I guess I'll, uh cancel his appointments for the day, and tell everyone he's uh, sick? Yeah he's sick. Bad lunch or something."
Izzy rolled her eyes at Simon, and waved for him to leave. He quickly took that as an opportunity to evade the awkward situation, but before doing so, he said "I hope you, uh, feel better, Alec." In response he barely got a nod.
As soon as Simon left, Izzy returned her attention to Alec who was in a more miserable state than before. She wasn't even able to talk before he pushed her away, and went to the wash closet to quickly wash his face. It took all his courage and will to stop whimpering and go back to looking like a quasi-self assured Prince.
He went back to the couch where a surprisingly chipper Izzy began to tell him that there were many more fish in the sea, and that he should try the Magnus boy instead, since he held so much more promise. Alec tried at first to give her another glare that told her to stop talking about that, but in the end he couldn't help laugh at the thought of him and Magnus as fish. Of course Izzy, with her tremendous sense of humor, had to point out that they would be swordfish. Alec turned bright red, but then started laughing uncontrollably; that was Izzy for you, sometimes serious, sometimes hilarious, all around crazy, and all around his beloved little sister.
Their little family bonding time was once again interrupted by a knock on the door, and this time entered a very ashamed looking Clary and Jace. Before either Alec or Izzy could even open their mouthes, they both began to apologize profusely, and promised that it would never happen again. Alec then held up his hand to silence them.
"Listen, we were just caught a little off guard by what we saw. There's nothing wrong with it. If you two like each other, by all means go ahead, you have my permission."
Clary, while visibly relieved, seemed to be holding on to something in her thoughts. Izzy, noticing that, asked her "Is there something else, Clary?"
"Yes," she responded, "could you not tell my father about this? He would be furious if he found out that I was kissing someone, but especially Jace."
Jace immediately got defensive and asked, "What!? Am I not good enough for old Papa Morgenstern? He wouldn't want his daughter kissing a lowly guard would he?"
Clary was taken by surprise by this comment, but then whispered, "Yes, I suppose that's true."
With a fire in his eyes, Jace shouted, "Well Screw Him!" He then grabbed Clary by the hips and kissed her right there.
At first, Clary was taken by surprise at the sudden kiss, but then she overcame her surprise and delved fully into the act, parting her mouth slightly to allow him to let put his tongue in her mouth, something that again, gave her a surprise, but a very pleasant one. It was only then that she noticed Izzy and Alec staring with their jaws hanging down. She quickly pushed Jace away, and started apologizing profusely.
This time, it was Izzy who interrupted, "Don't worry. I don't think Alec plans on telling your father anything of the sort. We'll keep your secret. I'm Isabelle by the way, Alec's sister, though everyone calls me Izzy. I think we're going to be great friends! And I can see why Alec likes you both, even though he barely knows you."
Jace, for once, was dumbfounded. It was Clary, who after taking a second to compose herself, said "Thanks Izzy. We should be-uh-going now. Maybe we can all have dinner together!"
Izzy nodded happily, and guided them out of the antechamber. As soon as they left, Alec stifled a chortle.
With a touch of sarcasm he said, "Well I suppose there's no chance with Jace now."
Izzy, with a smile, asked, "Do I detect a hint of jealousy there?"
"I mean I welcome her into my palace, and then she goes about making out with my golden boy guard, but then again he was never mine, so..." Alec's voice trailed off.
Izzy rolled her eyes and exclaimed, "Whatever!"
Before the two could engage in any actual conversation, they were once again rudely interrupted. This time though, the individual took no time in knocking, and simply barged in asking, "I heard you were homesick, is there anything I can do to help?"
It was Magnus.
Izzy's jaw dropped. She was aware that Magnus was good looking, but she hadn't expected someone so beautiful. Magnus had changed since Alec had last seen him; he was now in a green shirt and beige pants, making his skin and eyes compliment each other beautifully; his hair seemed to scintillate more than usual, as if there was more glitter in them than normal; his eyes were outlined in something black, and with that their emerald beauty seemed to pop out even more, making them both fearsome and gorgeous.
Unable to say anything intelligible, Izzy said, "Alec you're right; he does smell nice!"
Magnus sauntered his way to the chair in front of the siblings, sat down, and turned his mouth into a pout; he then faced Alec and said, "Really? Is that all you could tell her, that I smell nice?"
Izzy, by that time, had recovered from her initial surprise, and quickly retorted, "Oh Mr. Bane-Magnus if I may-he has told me plenty of things about you, it just so happens that the one he was most correct about was the fact that you do smell very nice."
Magnus let out a small chortle. "And who might you be?" he asked Izzy.
Izzy put up a broad grin and said, "I'm Isabelle Lightwood-Izzy to most-and I'm this dimwit's little sister", pointing to Alec.
Magnus smiled warmly, took her hand and kissed it, saying "It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance Mademoiselle."
He then quickly turned to Alec and said, "So I heard you were feeling a bit down and homesick. Well let me tell you, the best cure to that is a nice, warm, long hug. Lucky for you, the best hugger in Idris is right here in front of you." With that, Magnus stood up and opened his arms wide.
Alec's jaw dropped. His mind could barely fathom that much physical contact with Magnus. Just being around him was intoxicating. To think of what would happen if he hugged him, if he kissed him, if he...Alec's train of thought was interrupted by the observation of just how muscular Magnus was. His arms, outstretched and wide, were rippling.
"Well?" Magnus asked, rather disappointedly.
Izzy quickly shoved Alec to his feet and lectured him on saying no to a good hug offer.
Unable to deny it much longer, Alec entered Magnus' embrace where his long arms wrapped around him, warmly but firmly.
In that moment, Alec was attacked by his senses: He saw the small beads of sweat form on Magnus' neck from his close proximity and from the nervousness of the embrace. He heard Magnus' breath and heart quicken as he pulled Alec closer and tighter to his chest. He smelled the sandalwood concoction that Magnus reeked of, and it almost intoxicated him. He tasted the combination of strawberry and mint that so delicately graced Magnus' lips, lips that Alec so desperately wanted to claim as his own. He felt the rippling muscles of Magnus' back, and how upon his touch they began to shiver.
His body too was reacting to Magnus' touch. Deep within his loins something had begun to stir as he felt a rush of blood to his nether regions.
Alec quickly removed himself from the embrace before embarrassing himself. He sat down quickly, and averted Magnus' gaze, but thanked him for the hug anyway, telling him that he felt much better.
Magnus gave him a sly smile, and sauntered to the door, giving Alec an excellent view of his full ass. Before exiting, he quickly turned around and gave Alec a wink.
Alec couldn't deny it any more; he had an erection.
He shifted uncomfortably in his seat, trying not to draw attention to the tightness in his pants. Izzy looked at him with a small smile, and then said "I think your epidermis is showing."
Alec's hands shot to his crotch and covered them instinctively.
Izzy's eyes widened and mouth curved upwards in triumph. "Ha!" she shouted, "I knew it! I knew you liked him!"
Alec's face began to burn a hot red. He gave his sister a deathly glare, and then ran to his room where he proceeded to slam the door shut.
Well I hope you enjoyed that even though it was tremendously long. Reminder: next chapter is going to be the last before my week and a half hiatus. I will, though, respond to reviews and PMs. I may also work on editing some earlier chapters. Of course I will always spend time reading other works and reviewing them. Please do me a favor and review! Thanks so much!