All That Money Can't Buy

Chapter Twelve: The man you were

You are the sun, you are the only one.
You are so cool, you are so rock and roll.

~ The Subways

(Unedited.)

{Clarys POV}

"No, No NO." Jonathan screams from behind his kit stopping us for the fifth time since we've began. Alec has given up sighing at this point.

"Get your shit together Alec i can't follow if you're being so sloppy." My brothers red cheeks are just about the only colourful thing on him at the minute due to his entirely black get up and i position myself infront of the mic properly again attempting to avoid his wrath.

"Jon, chill out. He's doing fine, he might be a little less wound so tight if you got off his back." Jace always had Alecs back no matter the issue not like he's ever needed it.

"Suck a dick Jon, you're my band mate not my boss." Magnus claps his hands together from where he stands at the edge of our practice room and pushes himself off the wall. Finally some parental guidance.

"Boys, bickering doesn't get us paid unless it's on E!" This makes me snigger and thank god that my hair shields my face from the rest of them. I doubt even Magnus would find it amusing that i was laughing at a time like this, joke or not.

Truth is we were dreadfully behind where we should be in terms of practice and our first show was in a matter of weeks. Truth is, Magnus was becoming rightfully pissed off with us.

"Every single one of you needs to get it together unless you all want your career to be as dead as MC Hammer." A perfectly painted nail is pointed at us around the circle.

"Even you Clarissa." I nod because although he is a friend he is also our manager and we pay him to be brutally honest. If we slacked we pulled him down with us.

"Ugh, Magnus?" Jon raises his hand like he's in school, Magnus can be quite intimidating when he wants to be.

"What?"

"MC Hammer is very much alive."

"Yes, but is his career?" Jonathan hesitates "Uh, no?"

"No, Exactly." He spins on one foot and stalks back towards his previous position, his long royal blue coat fanning out behind him "From the fucking top."

Jace gives me a look from across the circle like he's a child been caught doing something he shouldn't and raises his eyebrows before he begins to play. I'm smiling when i take ahold of the Mic to sing.

"Arabella's got some interstellar-gator skin boots."

"And a helter skelter 'round her little finger and I ride it endlessly..."

***

"What's gotten into your brother recently?!" Magnus manages to scream loud enough over the fans collecting outside my car. Clyde tells them to back off and for the most part they do so i can sign some of their albums and t-shirts without being crushed.

"Who knows?!" I shrug and quickly sign the last album of the day letting Clyde push his way through the crowd to Jonathans front door. Somehow they had heard i was visiting my brother today despite Magnus and i keeping it on the downlow but that's how it always was. They always knew.

"Watch the suit!" Magnus yelps from behind me not used to being in the midst of all the mayhem. I tell him to ignore them and take his hand pulling him with me.

We only just manage to make it through the front doors, the doorman whisking us inside quickly and slamming them on the paparazzi and fans outside. Magnus straightens out his suit looking distraught
"He better be in." He mumbles to which i roll my eyes.