(I'm not sure if you liked the last chapter or not but I do know that you want me to continue so, I hope you'll like it ;))

They watched Alec disappear through the door, not even able to stop him.

"What on earth was that?" Isabelle asked astonished, her hair still wet from the shower she had just step out from when Alec had stomped into the room.

"You shouldn't have sent that message to Magnus" Jace mumbled and looked at her, shaking his head before he walked out as well.

"Great! Why explain something to me, no no.." Izzy exclaimed before she started to fumble through the clothes, lying on her bed. Brothers!

Jace saw Alec swung around the corner, on his way down the stair with determined steps.

"Alec wait!" Jace shouted and started to run after him and for some reason Alec stopped.

"Jace, please-"

"I'm sorry for telling Izzy-"

"WHAT?!" Alec cried and looked like Jace had slapped him in the face, placing his hands on his hips

"NO! No no, not that - I told her that you and Magnus had a fight and that's why you've been acting so weird lately" Jace explained and tried to remain calm. Why couldn't Alec understand?
For a second Alec felt guilty, deep down he knew that both Jace and his sister just wanted to help him - why couldn't he help himself by telling his father to stop?

"If she ever finds out…" Alec whispered

"You are a dead man and so am I - to be honest, I'm more scared of her than your dad" Jace smiled carefully and shine up when he saw Alec do the same, it didn't last for long but he was sure he'd seen in. "Still, about your dad-"

Alec turned around, afraid that he was behind him and hit Jace on his arm when he noticed he wasn't.

"Please don't do that" he said and continued walking down the stair again, Jace following him.
It was funny, Alec thought - Alec was always the one following Jace around like a puppy for attention, wanting to know where he was going and worrying about him - now it was the other way around.

"Where're you going?" Jace wondered, Alec could tell that he was annoyed.

"Where do you think? Magnus's place of course, I have to try to clean up this mess - your mess, as always."

"Huh" Jace mumbled as he stopped, letting Alec walk away.

"Who dares to disturb the High Warlock of Brooklyn?" Magnus voice echoed as usual.

"Uhm, it's me" Alec mumbled, not as confident as the last time.

"A Lightwood? My lover or my killer?" Magnus replied as he opened the door, looking beautiful as always "Are you alone of should I evoke a demon or two?"

"Very funny" Alec tried but noticed that Magnus was only half joking "I need to talk to you about Izzy…"

"Oh you think?" Magnus said and Alec could tell that he was hurt and confused. Just like himself.
They stepped into the apartment, the only place where he usually didn't have to feel uncomfortable or worried, where he could just be himself and feel loved, but this time it felt different, of course - the atmosphere tense and Alec hated it.

"Look, I can explain" Alec began as they sat down opposite each other in the couch, searching his lovers eyes but it was tough."Okay...somehow Izzy got hold of my phone-"

"Yes, I noticed that." Magnus grumbled and sighed

"Uhm, yeah - anyway she got hold of it aa-and she thinks that I've been acting-"

"Weird" Magnus filled in. Alec looked down, feeling almost defeated by his lover's words, knowing that Magnus had sensed it too the last time he was here.

"Yes." Alec whispered. "But, it's not because of you and you know that! It has absolutely nothing to do with you, with..us, it's just that Jace-"

"Well why am I not surprised?" Magnus interrupted and was just about to stand up to leave when Alec grabbed his hand, his eyes begging him to stay. Damn those eyes.

"Please! Let me finish" Alec pleaded, his voice breaking and all he wanted to do was jump on his lover and overwhelm him with kisses so he really would know that it wasn't Magnus's fault. It was his own.

"Fine" Magnus exhaled and glanced at him "Sorry…"

"No, I'm sorry" Alec smiled carefully, his eyes glossy as he leaned in to kiss the Warlock "I'm so sorry, so sorry" he whispered as the kiss deepened, not wanting to break away but Magnus's hand on his chest told him to stop, at least for a second.

"Alec-" Magnus breathed

"Rii-ght, uhm - Jace, Jace told her that we'd been fighting and yeah, I guess Izzy believed him and, well you know what she's like" Alec continued, hoping for Magnus to understand.

"So she thinks that I gave you that black eye of yours? Hm, it's gone by the way" The Warlock observed and stroked away the hair from Alec's face, almost as to reassure him that he hadn't been wrong.

"Oh yeah - healing rune" Alec swallowed and remembered the whole situation in his father's office, still relaxing a bit because of his lover's touch - oh how he had missed it.

"Hm. Well, lucky you to have such an overprotective sister-" Magnus said in a low voice

Alec sighed and rested his head in his hands, knowing that he still hadn't convinced his lover that everything was fine and it was just a mistake - but on the same time, could he blame him?

"I-I'm sorry for acting weird, it's just…" Alec mumbled, feeling his throat burn and raised his head again to look at Magnus - he was leaning against the armrest of the sofa, arms crossed and his eyes sad.

"Why can't you just tell me what's going on, for real?" Magnus begged him "I can feel that something's not right"

"I ca-an't" Alec whispered and he couldn't hold back the tears anymore "Maybe I should go" he sobbed, trying to wipe away some of the tears from his face. He carefully stood up, feeling a little dizzy as Magnus reached out to touch his hand this time.

"Alexander..." Magnus said but his words got interrupted by Alec, pulling him closer to him, grasping his shirt as if his life depended on it as he kept on crying. Magnus laid his hands around him and stroked his lover on his head, not sure what was going on.

"Darling" he whispered but Alec's grip of his shirt just tightened and he buried his face deeper in it.
Oh God, it hurt - it hurt just to breath, it hurt to feel his lovers arms around him, the thought of his dad hurt and everything that he had done, it hurt not to be able to tell his lover what was going on and Alec panicked, finding it hard to breath, not able to get any air between his sobbings.
Magnus's grip around him tightened and he shook him

"Alexander, look at me-" Magnus begged, staring him in the eyes as he heard the whistling in his lover's throat
"It's going to be okay, just relax."

His voice was calming even if Alec almost couldn't hear it, his ears were ringing and he slowly sank down to the floor...