Ocean's Deep

Part 3

There will be a lot of crying in this so get your tissue ready cause my shirt is soaked.

Lightwood (Few Days later)

"Hey man." Jace knocked the door before he entered and Alec looked up from his iPad on his lap towards his brother. He sat on the bed with his back propped up with a pillow while his blanket pulled up till his stomach. The oxygen wire still attached to him along with his cardiac monitor that goes to his chest but it was pulled under his sleeve connected to the monitor.

The beeping sound echoed in the cold quiet room since Alec is in the private room, no other patients with him, his parents couldn't handle Alec was unable to rest from the last admission, he couldn't sleep the whole night being roommate with an old guy snoring till morning.

"Hey, what's up?" Alec asked after greeting his brother and saw Jace took a seat next to his leg on the bed. He put his long legs on the bed next to him while Alec still scrolling his iPad. "Feet off." His eyes didn't leave the screen but Jace knew better not too piss his older brother off. "Whatcha doing?" He asked while laying on his side on top of Alec's legs, bending his elbow so he could support his head on his palm.

"None of you business." He trailed his words off still scrolling through his iPad but in sudden movement, Jace snatched the iPad from his hand earning him a groaned, "Give it back." He asked but Jace refused and got off the bed and stood far away from him knowing he won't be able to get it.

"Woah." He said looking at the screen scrolling it up and down with his fingers. "Capri huh? Someone's going to Italy?" Jace questioned still scrolling the iPad. Alec turned to his side trying to get his legs out from his blanket while staring at his brother with a scowled on his face. "Give it back!" He raised his voice a little.

"Nice, beautiful beaches, great gals too, boy I would love to-"

"Give - it - back!" Alec screamed but Jace still ignores him and grinning like an idiot.

"I swear if I fall from this bed, it's on you Jace, answered that too mum." He threatened and soon as he heard the word mum, he flinched and quickly handed him the iPad and Alec smirked returning his legs back into the blanket.

"Thought so." He added while Jace sat by his side again at his earlier position and his face looks more annoyed, "Why are you looking up beaches? Shouldn't you be finishing Mrs Wilson's assignment?" He asked and Alec went back scrolling his iPad.

"I did, I submitted it this morning and she asked me about yours and like I said earlier, it's none of your business." He snapped and his eyes went back to the iPad. "I'm still working on it." He answered and plopped on the bed. Alec heard Jace huffed and lay down on the bed across his legs with his arm sprawled out.

"I wish you weren't this secretive around me. We always tell each other everything. I feel like you're going further and further away from me Alec." He said still staring at the ceiling but he had his arm folded under his head. He heard Alec shut the iPad off and sighed.

"I know, I'm sorry." He whispered and when Jace looked to his side, Alec was looking outside from his window, the sun shine directly in the room since it's already four in the evening. "I need to tell you something." He said still keeping his eyes on the window shield and he heard movement from his legs, he looked forward and Jace already sitting with his one leg crossed on the bed and the other dangled two feet from the floor.

"I don't know how much time I have." Alec started and Jace looks disappointed at his choice of word. "No! We promised not to talk negativity remember? Think positive and only positive vibes are in the house. Remember?" Jace reminded him and Alec stared at his face for a while, his tone is so desperate that for a while, he didn't want to tell him the truth, he wanted to nod and smile telling him everything will be okay but how long should he sugar coat his siblings. They deserved to know the truth, they deserved to know so they could enjoyed every single moment with the littlest time they had with him.