Little Lightwood

Bad Memories and Strange Ladies

Eva followed Magnus out of the kitchen and towards the front door where Alec was standing opening the door and she saw her mother with a big grin on her face and a bottle in her hand and Eva paled looking at the bottle... she knew her mother was better but she was worried that if her mother drank grown up juice that she would get all angry like how she had one of the last times she had visited the family for a meal, Eva walked up behind her brother as she held her arms out "My boys!" Her mother says with a smile and she chuckles and gives Magnus a hug, shocking all three of them and then she hands the bottle of wine to Alec and then she gives him a hug as well, she looks down at Eva who she can see is looking very nervous and she sees that Eva is looking from her to the bottle of wine and she realises why Eva is afraid and it kills her but she is distracted before she can say anything "I'm far from being a boy, but I appreciate the sentiment." Magnus says still recovering from his shock of Maryse hugging him and Maryse puts a smile back on her face "My apologies. I should respect my elders." She says and Alec smiled at her happy to see his mother happy, he was completely oblivious to Eva's scared face behind him "Can I get you a drink?" Alec asks his mother as Magnus finally looks down at Eva and sees she looks worried so he picks her up and holds her close "you okay my dear?" He whispers into her ear and she nods her head and leans up to whisper back to him "Grown up juice makes mommy mad." She tells Magnus who now nods understanding exactly why she is worried. "How about a round of Magnus' famous cocktails?" Maryse says as she goes to the living room and Bob watches as she walks into the room before he turns to Alec and Magnus "This is your mother on edge?" Magnus says as he takes the wine from Alec and follows Maryse into the living room and he makes sure to still keep a secure hold on Eva whilst Bob stays with Alec who picks him up "what's wrong with my sister Bob?" He asks and the elephant looks at him "I think she's nervous about Maryse having alcohol due to how she's behaved in the past." The elephant says and Alec sighs and nods remembering exactly how alcohol would effect their mother if she consumed too much of it.

Maryse was sitting against the wall on the floor with her hands over her ears and a bottle of some kind of alcohol by her side and a baby was wailing loudly and she was losing her patience quickly and a teen boy with raven hair came running into the room it was Alec "what did you do to her?" He asks picking up the screaming baby and bouncing her whilst shushing her gently "damn thing wouldn't stop crying, it's all she does!! Scream and cry for all this attention and it's ridiculous!!" A drunken Maryse shouts at him and she tries to use the wall to get up but she's leaning and stumbling and she also picks up the bottle as she stands taking another drink and baby Eva keeps crying and Maryse reaches breaking point "OH SHUT UP!!" She screams and that upsets the baby worse and Alec holds her close and shushes her "Don't talk to her like that! She's your daughter! it's okay Eva... it's all okay shhh." He says appalled and Maryse has her free hand in her hair pulling on the hair at the roots making her groan in anger "she's not anything more than a mistake!" She shouts and Alec decides that he is not standing around listening to that whilst his sister is distressed and crying her heart out so he leaves the room "and where do you think your going?!" Maryse shouts after him trying to follow but she doesn't get very far stumbling over her feet and he turns to face her when he's in the hallway "I'm going anywhere away from you! You should be ashamed of yourself... call yourself a mother..." he says and he walks away as Maryse keeps screaming at him but he doesn't look back or say anything else he just goes to a quieter room to look after his sister and to feed her and make sure that she was alright.

He follows after the others to sit at the table with Eva and Magnus whilst Maryse sits across from them but before Alec says anything he picks up Eva and holds her close kissing her head "it's okay, nothing will happen." Alec says and Magnus leans over to check on Eva as well and Maryse takes a second to watch them, she gets a sad look on her face as she realises they look like a happier family than their own family had ever been and it made her regretful of everything she had ever done. She watched her son and daughter sitting together looking more like a father and daughter than siblings, the three of them sitting across from her looked like a little picture perfect family and it stung a lot, she knew that she would never have a strong connection with her daughter, it was her own fault for that but she was grateful that Alec had stepped up to raise Eva along with Izzy and Jace, she just regretted how she had been in the past, she didn't know that maybe if she'd gotten help maybe things could've been different but it was too late now... "it's okay my dear." Magnus whispers and she nods her head and Alec kisses her head again and rubs her back as Bob tries to cheer her up, Alec sits her back in her seat and gives her Bob to hug as he goes into the kitchen to serve the food "you like getting hugs from Alexander?" Magnus asks her with a smile on his face and she nods her head "I love getting cuddles from my Alec, I love my Alec." She says and Magnus chuckled at her "you so cute, he loves you too." Magnus says and Eva smiled and looked at Bob with a grin, Magnus makes cocktails for the adults but gives Eva a mock tail and puts a sparkler in the glass which makes Eva squeal happily "look my drink sparkles!!" She says happily as Alec carries the plates through with the stew on it and Bob and Eva sit happily waiting for it as they look at Eva's sparkly drink, Alec puts Eva's plate down in front of her before booping her nose with his pointer finger "it's hot princess be careful." He says and she laughs at having her nose booped and Alec sits down beside her and watches her eating to make sure she doesn't make a mess. After they were done eating Magnus and Maryse are talking but Eva is zoning out a little bit, she feels pain in her chest again not as bad as before but it hurts a bit, she focuses back on the conversation when she hears her mother and Magnus start laughing and she looks at her brother to see that Alec looks surprised with how well the dinner is going "I'm serious. Truman Capote was a total closet warlock, and he never knew when to leave." Magnus says before he begins imitanting the man called Truman "I'd like to stay here the entire night drinking cognac and regaling you all with all my stories." He says making Maryse laugh again "Well, you do know how to host." She says and Magnus brushes it off "Oh, please. Tonight was all Alec." He says and Maryse looks shocked as she looks over at her son "Really? That stew was incredible. Who knew you could cook?" She says and Magnus and Eva both look over at each other knowing that they were about to get found out "Oh I've made that for you before." Alec says and Maryse smiles and nods her head turning to Magnus "Oh, how could I forget? Alec and Isabelle made this for me when they were little kids. To see the looks on their faces when they brought it to me. It still warms my heart. But that stew, I still have nightmares." Maryse says holding a hand to her heart as she speaks at the end and Alec looks confused "I thought you loved that stew." He says and she nods her head happily "Oh, I do now. Whatever you've done to the recipe, it's unrecognizable." She says and Alec looks at Magnus who looks at the table before he turns to Eva who 'drinks' and 'sips' from an empty glass whilst looking away "Would anyone care for a digestif?" Magnus asks and Maryse shakes her head "No, thank you. I'm probably embarrassing Alec as it is." She says and Magnus smiles "Oh, we're just happy to see you in such good spirits." He says and Alec nods and leans forward looking at his mother "We thought you might be upset, what with the divorce and everything." Alec says and Eva still doesn't know what the word means but she has a feeling that now isn't the time to ask "I've made my peace with that. But your instincts are right. I do have some unpleasant news. I wanted Isabelle and Jace to be here, but you need to know. In light of Malachi's coup, the Clave has reopened its investigation of former Circle members." She says and Alec and Eva both look worried now "You had nothing to do with Malachi." Alec says and Maryse nods "Still. Based on a review of my actions in the Circle, the Clave has reclassified me a traitor." Maryse says and Eva gasps in shock as Alec pales "What?" Eva says and Maryse takes a deep breath before she explains what's going to happen "They're stripping me of my runes. In a few days, it'll be announced that I have been exiled from Alicante." She says and Eva looks at Bob worried as Alec shakes his head furious that his mother is being treated like this "This is completely unjust. You've given your life to the Clave..." Alec says and Magnus feels Maryse and Alec need to discuss this in private so he decides to make up an excuse to leave the table "I'll go check on the desserts." He says and gets up and leaves the table as Eva leans over to Alec who pulls her into his lap and rubs her back as she sits on his lap whilst holding Bob tightly in her arms "This is a total hypocrisy. What about the Pangborns, the Blackwells? Do they keep their positions? What about Dad?" Alec asks furious and Maryse sighs "He was assigned to the LA Institute as part of a deal." She says and Alec holds his hand up "That is exactly my point. He gets a slap on the wrist, not exiled!" He says annoyed and Eva's chest is getting worse and she whimpers a bit and tries to rub her chest which Alec sees "does it hurt again?" He asks and Eva nods her head and he sighs and kisses her forehead as she whimpers "Please, don't make this harder than it already is." Maryse says to her son and he sighs so Maryse stands up from her chair across Alec and moves so she can sit down next to him "My punishment is more severe because my crimes were, too. Back in the days of the Circle, I was convinced Valentine had all the answers. I recruited many good people, including your father. And together with Valentine, I orchestrated all the bloody details of the Uprising." She admits and Alec takes a minute to let that information settle but he doesn't stop rubbing Eva's back in circles "But you got out." Alec says looking up at his mother and she sighs "Only after I knew we were doomed. Once I saw Valentine for who he really was, I couldn't believe what I had done. I vowed to devote the rest of my life to the Clave. But the charges against me are just." She says rubbing her hands on her legs and Eva doesn't know what to say or if she should say anything at all so she decides it's better just to stay silent "That's very noble of you, Mom. But if you're not going to fight this thing, I will. Even if that means stepping down from the Institute." Alec says and Eva looks up at her brother in shock and apparently so does Maryse "No. Seeing what you have accomplished as Head of the Institute, nothing has made me prouder. The Clave has always had its faults. My generation nearly destroyed everything in our passion to fix it. Yours will have to be wiser... your sister is already doing what we should've been doing from the start, trying to forge a better relationship with the down world and the shadow hunters, giving them an equal opportunity and a voice." Maryse says and Magnus comes back into the room at that moment and sees Eva rubbing her chest and he goes and picks her up from Alec "come my dear let's get you something for that pain, I brewed a potion that I think will help." He says carrying her out the room with Bob still in Eva's arms and Alec watches them walk out before he looks back at his mother "I have something to ask you about actually... about Eva, but I need you and dads consent." He says and Maryse looks at him confused.