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Magnus, Izzy, and Clary were currently squealing and laughing and just having a good time looking over the new issue of Prestigious. The Magazine was to go out into the stores the next day, but Magnus had gotten a few copies for them to enjoy before anyone else. Even though Magnus already knew what was in the magazine, he kept getting excited about seeing it all. The thought of having a printed copy of HIS magazine was amazing. It never seemed to bore Magnus that he was living his dream. Something was missing though. He had designed his first clothing line a few years back. It had been a success and hit the stores in New York for some time. He continued to work on small clothing pieces for specific stores when he started working on the magazine and ever since he hadn't designed a complete clothing line. He had made a few designs and actually sewed some for himself or anyone who asked for one. He had made a few dresses for quite a few famous women to wear on some red-carpets. His career was alright and Magnus loved doing what he did, but lately he had wanted to design another clothing line and maybe open his own store. He already had a few designs sketched, and even though he would never admit it to anyone, they were based on his favorite combination – Black and Blue.

Alec, on the other hand, was more than happy doing what he was doing. Magnus had given him his first pay-check and it had more ceros that what Alec had ever had in his life. Also, Simon had paid him for his work on the gig a few days back and they had posted the photos on the bands' fan page and everyone had loved them. Simon's band was slowly gaining some fans and they had actually been offered to sign a recording contract. Also, the photos for Jace's movie had been released. The photo-shoot was released on the magazine's web-page two days after Simon's gig and everyone had loved the photos as well. Of course, on both pages they had given credit to Alec and it had increased the number of fans that followed Alec's blog at least twice its number. Alec was finally working professionally and it was going great! Alec couldn't believe his luck!

Things with Magnus hadn't gotten better though. They didn't fight and they still hang out on each other's flats every once in a while…but they had seemed to be distancing themselves from each other. It wasn't sane for their relationship, not this early anyways. Both of them wanted to make it work, but Alec was too afraid to go public and Magnus didn't want to push Alec into anything he wasn't ready for. It was a hard situation, but they were looking for the way of making it work.

"OMG Alec!" Isabelle exclaimed "You made me look flawless in this photo!"

"It was all you Izzy" Alec said not looking up from his laptop.

Alec was currently sitting on Magnus's chair behind his desk. His boyfriend, sister, and good friend were on the sofa that was placed just by the window of Magnus's office.

Alec was trying to update his blog. He had been posting photos every once in a while answering to some challenges. So far he had posted a photo of his favorite animal – in which he posted a photo of Magnus's cat 'Chairman Meow. He also had posted a photo of Izzy, Simon, Jace, Clary, and Magnus under the challenge of "His Family". The photo had been taken after Simon's concert where they were all just fooling around and laughing at the small shop the gig had taken place. He had posted a few other photos his fans challenged him for, but now he was about to post the photo for today's challenge – "His Job".

No one knew he worked for Prestigious Magazine. Yeah, they had seen his photos of Jace's movie, but they thought he was just part of the movie's staff or had gotten the work because he was Jace's older brother. The magazine was going on sale tomorrow, so he decided to make everyone know he worked there. He had taken a photo of the new magazine. Magnus had given him permission of posting it a day before it was released and so he did. He had only focused on the title, though, making the rest of the magazine's cover a bit foggy. He posted the photo with the title of "Working Professionally".

"There" Alec said as the photo appeared on his blog "I posted the photo"

"Great!" Magnus exclaimed standing up and leaving the two girls looking over the magazine as he made his way towards his boyfriend "Tell me what they think of it"

"The comments won't come 'till later" Alec said

"I beg to differ" Magnus said with a smirk "Last photo had a hit of 300 comments in less than 5 minutes"

"That's because it was a photo of you guys" Alec rolled his eyes "I swear, Jace's fangirls were taking control over the comments…as well as Simon's, and I might as well add yours"

"Yeah right" Magnus rolled his eyes "they commented because it was a good picture…not because of the people who appear there"

"That's where you're wrong" Alec said clicking on said photo and showing Magnus the comments it had gotten "See? They're all talking about Jace…some of the girls and Simon…and people are wondering what you're doing there"

"They have started noticing us hanging together" Magnus said quietly while reading the comments

"That's what I feared" Alec sighed "But it'll pass…we just have to lay low for a few days and no one will suspect anything"

Magnus stiffened at that comment but said nothing. He returned the laptop towards Alec and went back towards the girls. They all started talking about upcoming clothing lines that were going to be shown on this year's Fashion Week. Clary already had a runway for the event and she was completely thrilled with the idea. Isabelle, of course, was modeling for her. Now both girls were trying to convince Magnus to go.

"I'm going to be there" Magnus said "I have to go as a representative of the magazine"

"We mean go to show your work" Izzy said rolling her eyes "I saw your designs the other day"

"You saw them?!" Magnus gasped "That's confidential woman! You have no permission to see them!"

"Whatever" Izzy giggled "They were good…you should actually make them"

"I don't know" Magnus sighed "I haven't made a complete clothing line in so long…maybe I'll just stick with the magazine"

"But Magnus" Alec started "Your dream is being a designer…not a magazine manager"

"I love both works" Magnus insisted

"You should still give it a shot with your designs" Clary said "I'm sure that if you show your line on Fashion Week, you'll get your own store"

The release of the magazine was a success. It turns out that Alec's fans were a little bit too excited about him working there, and by the end of the day all the copies were sold out. Magnus had to order to get even more copies printed to get them out to sell. Alec refused to believe it was because of his photos. He stood strong that it was just because of Clary's designs and because Magnus's magazine was just great…but everyone knew it was all thanks to Alec. Good thing, also. It had beat The Clave record of "faster sold out". Their record was 3 days and now Prestigious had the record in just 1 day. Magnus was more than happy with this and found any available occasion to rub it on the competition's magazine…all in a professional way, of course.

Alec chuckled at the memory of Magnus receiving a call of the photographer that used to work for him before Alec, some Sebastian Verlac dude that had quit the job to go work for The Clave. He had called regarding the success of Magnus's magazine and the designer didn't hesitate to tell him it all had gone up since he left. Alec found it cruel that Magnus threw it all out on Verlac's face, but Magnus said he deserved for leaving him to go work for the competition. Of course, Magnus later added, that he was rather grateful for Sebastian leaving because otherwise he would have never met Alec, but they were just "details" as Magnus put it.

Alec sighed as he opened the door of his flat. It was actually earlier than Alec's normal hour of getting home. Magnus had let him get home early today because he seemed really tired. And Alec WAS really tired. All he wanted to do was lie down on his bed and wake up 'till the next day. But he couldn't do that. He had to update his blog. He hadn't posted a new photo since his job photo and it had already been four days. Alec sighed, sitting down on the sofa of his living room and turning on his laptop. He knew what he was going to post for the challenges today. The challenge was "his pastime apart from photography". Not the most creative challenge, but it worked as an update for his blog. He took his camera and took a picture of the stack of DVDs that could be found next to his TV. Movies…that was his favorite pastime apart from photography…and reading. He guessed that his fans would be happier to know that his life was more than just photos and books. Plus, he had already posted too many photos of books, so he decided to post a bit about movies this time. He uploaded the latest photos from his camera into his computer and started to edit them.

Alec sighed looking through the archive on his computer that had all of his photos. Of course he had a back-up, but this one was the one he used the most. He scrolled through all the photos until he found the photo Magnus had taken the first time he had come to Alec's flat. It was of himself and Alec. Magnus was kissing Alec's cheek while Alec looked surprised and blushed slightly at the camera. Magnus had said he wanted to get it framed, but Alec never printed it. Alec had hoped Magnus would forget about it and not ask him for it…and so far it had worked.

But Christmas was approaching and Alec didn't know what to buy Magnus. It was still mid-November, he had plenty of time to think about it, but Alec knew that if he kept putting it aside he would end buying Magnus a gift on Christmas eve…and he couldn't do that.

Alec knew there was no chance of knowing if they would still be together for Christmas, but he truly hoped it. He was happy with Magnus and he wanted to tell the world about him…but fear held him back. He knew he would do it someday, just not yet.

His train of thoughts was interrupted with his cell-phone ringing. Alec hadn't noticed it had ring a few times while he was distracted looking at the photos and thinking about Magnus. Thankfully, they were just text messages.

Alec took his phone to find 5 new messages. 3 were from Magnus and 2 were from Izzy. Alec frowned looking at the messages, what could be so important they both had to text him so many times in the past 5 minutes? Alec opened Magnus's texts first and read them all, his confusion only getting bigger.

"Hey Honey! You home yet?"

"Alec! Please tell me you don't watch ENews!"

"Alexander Please don't freak out! It'll be alright! I promise"

Alec frowned reading all the messages. What were they about? What was Magnus talking about ENews? And why did he tell him not to freak out? What was going on?

Alec then opened the texts from Izzy only to get the same kind of confusion.

"Alec! Did you see it? OMG! It's all over the internet and the TV! How could he?! We're ruined!"

"I'm coming over…"

Alec's frown only deepened with his sister's messages. What was all over the internet? Who did what? And why were they ruined?

Alec sighed, his curiosity gaining the best of him. He turned on the TV and zapped through the channels until he reached E!

What he saw however was not what he was expecting. It was on E!News and they were talking about him…or his family more likely.

"The newest scandal is invading all the social networks!" the woman was saying "The news about the Lightwood family had shocked everyone…Not only are we discovering about some of our idols pasts, but also their present!"

"I have to say" the man cut it "I was shocked when all this came"

"So let's start with our movie star, Jace Lightwood who goes with his original name Jace Herondale! He is the Lightwood's middle-kid and he was adopted by said family when he was 10-years-old…turns out he was abused by his father who almost got him killed before he was taken away"

"Poor Jace" the man said with a sigh "But what about the girl of the family? Isabelle Lightwood! She is building her career as a model and she was recently seen on the Prestigious Magazine! But what is behind all those smiles and modeling poses? Turns out our girl is not as innocent as she looks…by the end of sixteen she had an abortion of her own child!"

"That's right!" The woman nodded "And not only that…she's pregnant NOW! Is she going to keep the baby this time? Or will she get an abortion once more?"

I gasped at the screen….no, this couldn't be happening. What was all this?! They were lying! He knew about Jace…but Isabelle? An abortion? No! that couldn't be!

"And last, but definitely not least, the oldest of the Lightwood family…Alexander!" The man said "He is slowly gaining some fame with his photos. He works for the Prestigious Magazine and owns his own blog where he posts his work. But what happens behind the lenses of that camera? Alexander Lightwood has recently been seen with magazine owner and famous designer Magnus Bane! They had been seen more than once out alone…and Alexander posted a few days back a photo in which appeared Alec's siblings with their respective partners as well as Magnus Bane! What is going on here?"

"That photo, actually, was titled 'My Family'…so we all know there is no blood-relation between Bane and the Lightwoods….so is there more to that friendship between those men?"

"We can only speculate" The man said "But our sources say that they are indeed together"

Those last words were the last Alec could take. He let the control remote fall to the floor as he stared at the TV screen but not really listening what they were saying…It was done. His secret was out…Everyone knew about him and there was nothing he could do.

He heard the distant knock at his door, but he didn't care…It was all over.

Tan...Tan...Taaaaaaaaaaaan!

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