Rock Bottom

Thoughts

Life was starting to make sense again. Alec was quite enjoying his new job and had even made friends there. Abby and Emma had proven to be rather good company when the other wasn't around, and Noah seemed like a solid guy, though very straight. Alec couldn't quite get a read on Magnus yet, but overall things were looking up.

With his phone working, Alec had gotten back in touch with Jace and Maia as well. Jace seemed super into the whole working thing, and asked if Alec could get him a position on Charlotte's crew as well.

"Don't you have college plans?" Alec asked.

"Gran can't afford to send me," Jace explained. "Besides, you're staying in town, so why would I go?"

Alec couldn't help but smile. No matter what else happened in life, it was good to have friends.

Maia had very unsurprisingly taken Jordan back, and the two of them had once again become that annoyingly adorable couple everyone loves to envy.

"Jordan's coming with me!" Maia exclaimed. "We start classes this September."

"That's wonderful, Maia," Alec beamed at her, and indeed he was happy for her, even if it sucked to have his best friend so far away.

"We will skype all the time," Maia told him. "And there's always texting."

"You better come visit on school vacations," Alec told her.

"Yes sir," Maia teased him.

"Oh, come here you!" Alec said as he pulled her into a bear hug.

"Air," Maia gasped. "Can't breath."

"Oh sorry," Alec chuckled as he let her go. "I'm really going to miss you."

"Well you have me for two whole months yet," Maia smiled. "Oh, have you heard from Izzy?"

"Not since yesterday," Alec replied. "Why?"

"She got a job," Maia explained. "At a clothing store. It's part time, but it's something for her to do over the summer and possibly continue during her senior year."

"I feel old," Alec whined. "What does one do after high school?"

"Get a life usually," Maia told him. "Or obsess over how high school is over and fail to move on."

"Oh yeah, no pressure then," Alec huffed.

"None whatsoever," Maia grinned. "I mean, it's your life right? So you get to decide what becomes of it."

"My parents decided what became of it," Alec grumbled. "Or rather what didn't."

"You can only blame your parents for your problems for so long Alec," Maia told him wisely. "At some point they just become your problems."

"Stop making sense," Alec told her.

"Never," Maia giggled. "I make dollars."

"That is just the worst pun ever," Alec whined. "And it isn't even true cause you don't have a job."

"I have an allowance," Maia stated. "Which equals dollars in the plural."

"So, two dollars then?" Alec mocked her.

"Shut up!" Maia replied, hitting him playfully on the arm.

"What am I going to do without you?" Alec sighed, beaming at her even as she was pretending to hurt him.

"Be miserable and alone?" Maia giggled.

"If Jordan ever does anything he shouldn't, I will fly up there to kick the crap out of him, understand?" Alec said.