This one is going to be really short and I'm sorry about that but its leading up to the confession about a certain younger Lightwood. Spoiler alert for City of Glass. Don't want the book ruined then don't read.
Chapter 9
Magnus POV

If there was one person that I loved more in this world at this moment in time it was Isabelle Lightwood. When she figured out what had happened between Alec and me she had waited until he had left suddenly for practice before she called his phone. The caller ID popped up as Sissy on Alec's phone and I wanted to cry with how adorable he was. She had told me to meet her in a café that was near her apartment, some hole in the wall called Taki's, although it was not much to look at the coffee I'd ordered had been positively divine. I always judged a place on the quality of their coffee.
I didn't know what she wanted to meet me for but when I had sat down at the table across from her she had the kind of smile you would expect to see on someone who had just played the best joke on someone and was just waiting for them to find out. She didn't say anything, instead she handed me something that looked like one of the VIP passes for a red carpet event or a concert. It had the mascot of the NYC team which looked like a mix between a bug and a tiger and the words practice admittance. I didn't say anything for a minute until I realized what she had just given me; it was her way of getting into the arena during the teams practice.
"Izzy why are you giving me this," I asked even though I had a feeling that I already knew the answer.
"I want you to get Alec back and get your phone back because Ragnor is seriously pissed that you lost it at the party last night and l picked it up." She said and smiled before getting up and leaving the restaurant leaving me to finish my coffee and think about ways to get Alec to talk to me and not run off as soon as he got his phone back.

That was how I ended up sitting in the empty arena watching Alec and his teammate's battle on the ice for the tiny puck that moved too fast for me to keep up with it. Mostly I just watched Alec and the way he looked on the ice, there was none of the shy awkwardness that he possessed normally. all of that was replaced by confidence that rolled off of him in waves. He was faster than the others, even his brother Jace who was always said to be the best player on the team although he wasn't team captain, and he seemed to be a lot smarter like he was always three steps ahead of them and had back up plans in case the game changed. Alec should have been the team captain and it was rumored that he was offered the position but declined because of the media interviews and stuff that he would have to do. I had gotten all of this from a simple Google of the Lightwood family and more importantly Alexander Lightwood who was quickly becoming one of my obsessions, he was like the sweetest candy that I craved even though I knew it would make me fat.
When the coach had blown the whistle that probably meant take a break or some useless hockey term that only they understood and the team stopped where they stood on the ice before heading to the benches. A couple of the players noticed me sitting up in the stands but said nothing, and finally Alec looked up seemingly out of habit and met my eyes. His beautiful blue eyes widened with shock and questions started forming in them. Before he could even try to get up and start to walk towards me I was already on my feet walking towards the exit of the arena, I didn't want to do what I had planned in the arena with all of the others watching, it wasn't like I was going to kidnap him or anything I was just going to take him out for a while before I gave him back his phone.
I was waiting by my car when I saw him walk out of the arena doors his eyes searching the empty parking lot before landing on me. When he got close enough to really see me I opened the car door and got in before starting the car and waiting for him to get in the passenger side.
"Magnus what are you doing here and how did you get that pass," he asked.
"Just get in the car Alexander and I'll tell you." He didn't move and I pulled out his phone before tossing it into the passenger seat. He didn't move for a minute but after a few minutes opened the door to my car and slid inside. He grabbed his phone and before he could try and get out of the car I gunned it and we took off down the road.
He didn't say anything for a while and I could feel his eyes on me probably narrowed into a glare, the tension in the car was so thick that I thought that if I reached out into the space between us I would be able to feel it in the air like a fog. After a while he stopped glaring at me and opted for staring out the window like one of the moody singers in music videos.
"Where are we going Magnus," He finally said.
"Central Park," I answered simply and the answer seemed to satisfy him.

Fifteen minutes later I was pulling into one of the parking spaces on the side to the road nearest the park. Before Alec could do anything I had already hopped out of the car and went around and opened his door. He hadn't moved and had his arms crossed over his chest, he was staring at the floorboards of the car like they held all of the answers in the world.
"Such a gentleman," he said "opening my door for me after you kidnapped me." I sighed but didn't say anything. I knew he was right, it had been uncalled for and rude for me to force him into my car by holding his phone for ransom but it was the only idea I had that would guarantee that he wouldn't just take the phone and run.
He took off walking without another word and I hurried to lock my car and catch up to him. He didn't say anything when I started walking beside him and with his head bent towards the wind and his hands jammed deep into the pockets of his jeans; he seemed to be carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.
"I haven't been here in six years," he said out of the blue. We had been walking in silence for so long I had grown used to it and the sound of his voice startled me. That and the fact that instead of his voice being the soft musical sound like the sound of bells blowing in the wind, now though, it was hoarse and cracked like he was trying to hold back tears.
"Alec if you're really that upset about missing the last thirty minutes of practice I can take you back. I didn't think it was really that big of a deal but maybe I was wrong." He stopped walking abruptly almost making me run into him and then he was laughing. It wasn't the kind of laugh that you heard after something kind of funny or insanely stupid happened; no it was the kind that left you gasping for breath with tears streaming down your face. He couldn't seem to stop laughing and after about three or four minutes I was laughing with him, I didn't know why but it seemed so hilarious that I had never heard Alec laugh. It was sweet and sounded like a dying seal.
"No it doesn't bother me that I'm missing thirty minutes of practice, it's just that I'm trying to figure out if your serious or just trying to find a way to get me to talk," he said "how long have you been living in New York."
I didn't know where this question was going but at this point in time I was prepared to answer anything in order to get information. "About four years. Why?"
"Then you really don't know. I didn't think that you were trying to be cruel but after the way I screamed at you yesterday morning I wouldn't blame you for trying to hurt me"
"Alec I would never…" I started to say but he cut me off. He only said one word but the pain underneath it was real and immense. I hadn't heard about another Lightwood child but it was obvious that it was something that no one brought up anymore

Hope this more than make up for the lack of chapters for like a month. It shouldn't be that long a wait this time and i should have another chapter up by the weekend or maybe Friday depending on the amount of homework that i will have for the rest of the week. Also next week is SPRING BREAK! So i would be expecting a lot of updates that week.
Kisses love Sarah