(Once again, thank you so much for your reviews and comments - I really appreciate it! Some of you were wondering what Magnus and Maryse would say about all this - be patient my friends ;) I hope you'll like it and please let me know what you think about it!)

Alec looked away, trying his best to wipe away the tears, hoping that Jace would cover for him - he didn't want his mother to see him cry, he was a grown up for the Clave and boys don't cry - not even if they get hit by their own father.

"Oh nothing-" Jace replied, looking at Alec through the corner of his eye "I happened to go a little too hard on Alec when we were up on the attic" he tried to smile.

Maryse put the groceries down on the sink and walked up to the boys, still half sitting at the table. Jace was no longer holding the ice against Alec's eye, neither was Alec.

"You know - you should practice killing demons, not each others"

She noticed how Alec wouldn't meet her eyes, placing her hand upon his cheek to turn his head up. He closed his eyes.

"Are you okay?" she sounded worried "You look sick darling…"

"I don't feel so good actually." Alec mumbled and she stroke his hair.
He was still his little boy time to time, even though she knew that he was all grown up.

Normally Alec would have blushed because he knew that Jace would tease him later, but he was to tired now. He didn't care.

"Jace-" Maryse said "Will you follow Alec to his room and make sure he doesn't pass out or something? Try to get some sleep and I'll wake you up when it's time for dinner, okay?"

Jace followed Alec upstairs, telling him that he should have said something to Maryse. They stopped outside Alec's door.

"Jace, I'm begging you - don't say anything to Magnus, or Mum or Izzy. I need you to promise me that okay?"

"But she should know, Magnus too."

"Why? I don't want anyone to know, okay? I doubt that it will happen again."

Still he knew that Jace noticed that he was looking to see if Robert would hear them when they stood in the hallway.

"I still think you should tell Magnus"

"Well I won't and neither will you, got it?" Alec said determined while opening the bedroom door.

He was starting to get irritated on Jace even though he knew that he only wanted to help him.

"Fine" Jace said grimly and then the door shut.
He did not like this at all, he just hoped that Alec was right, that it would not happen again.

He threw himself on the bed, burying his head in the pillow and sighed. This was really not what he'd expected, not even from his father.
Sure, when he'd told his parents that he was dating Magnus he understood that maybe his father wouldn't approve to it at first, but at least he didn't think he would hate it this much.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door but he didn't move, to scared that it could be Robert. He didn't like the feeling of being careful around his father, he hadn't thought that the incident would affect him like this but it had. He almost held his breath as he reached for his phone as he kept his eyes on the door.

Can I come over? xoxo

Whoever it was on the other side of the door they walked away after a while, he could hear footsteps walking away and just a few seconds later his phone vibrated

Please do. xoxo