♛ City Of Lost Wishes ♕ Malec ♛

5) ''Jace Thinks You Like Girls''

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Despite sleeping well, it seemed that Magnus had not and when I was woken up in the middle of the night I was less than happy. Without even a glance at the clock, though, we began talking. We talked in riddles- tired, delirious speech.

Sadly, through this delirious and tired state, I hadn't realised that I was not supposed to stay the night. My siblings would panic, they noticed when someone was gone- they would only assume the worst.

Whilst Magnus was speaking, only slightly more awake than before, I glanced at the clock. Sh*t, it was five o'clock. I was running over six hours late. Izzy knew if I was going somewhere, the latest I would ever come was around eleven. They would assume that I had been attacked. Well, everyone but Izzy- she would have to feign panic to cover for me.

How would I explain this? Could I say that I had to stay at a mundane motel because of late night fighting? No, that wouldn't make sense. Could I say that...No, I had nothing else. I had no ideas of what to say, how to get out of this. I was royally f*cked.

'Magnus.' I whispered, in a state of shock, a few seconds after Magnus ended his rambled. He turned to me, his movements slow in the haze of semi-consciousness. I wanted to speak again but the scenarios were running through my head like wildfire. It was too late to get back before any of them woke up- I was too late, and I had no excuse nor was I in a good enough state to face them. I was just as tired as Magnus was.

But, I knew I did have one option and that was to rely on Isabelle. She knew what was going on and she would cover for me if need be. She was a great sister when she needed to me but I was worried that her tendency to gossip would only cause me greater turmoil than I was already suffering under now.

'Alec?' He murmured, his words slurring though not enough for him to seem drunk. I shook my head and rested my legs off the side of the bed, clutching my head in my hands. He came up behind me, wrapping his arms around my torso and leaning his head on my shoulder.

'What's wrong?' He mumbled, almost falling asleep on my shoulder there and then. I didn't answer, reaching forward for my phone. I opened it to see no new messages, they must have gone to sleep assuming I would come back. But, when they woke up and I still wasn't there and with Valentine on the loose, I knew my phone would be ringing endlessly.

Sighing, glad that I had enough time to think of an excuse, I had remembered that Magnus had spoken. 'My siblings, they're going to think something has happened to me.' I mumbled, frantically, my breath picking up a pace as it hit me harder than it did before. I wished, then, that I had just kept it to myself. It sounded so trivial when I said it aloud.

He hadn't seemed to have heard it though and he was now fast asleep on my shoulder, somehow finding it easier to sleep now than it had been in his luxurious bed. 'Magnus!' I hissed, shaking my shoulder, hoping to wake him up.

'What?' He mumbled, grouchily, in the same raspy voice he had been talking with all night.

'I have to go.' I whispered, laying him back on the bed and frantically pulling my clothes on that were scattered around the room. I approached the bed and gave him a chaste kiss before pulling away but he had a tight grip around my waist, restricting my movement.

'Text them and say you had to stay over here because we had to work overnight due to demonic activity reported in the area. Say it's sorted now and there is no need to come and investigate, though, I want a little more time with you.' He mumbled as I stared at him, awestruck.