"Magnus?" Alec murmured into his lover's ear as the feeble rays of the dawn poured into the bedroom window in the warlock's apartment. Alec was curled against Magnus' chest, relaxed as they lay there under the covers, barely awake.

"Mhm?" Magnus mumbled as he stirred a little, woken by Alec's words.

"I think I'm gonna tell my family about," Alec hesitated slightly, "us." Magnus' eyes shot open. He propped himself up with one arm and just looked at Alec as he turned himself around and faced Magnus. Magnus' eyes searched Alec's face for a moment before he spoke.

"You know you can't do that." Alec looked down at the mattress.

"But I want to." He looked up and stared into Magnus' eyes. "I'm tired of hiding such an important part of my life from my family." Magnus looked into his eyes once more before giving him a gentle kiss. Magnus sighed in defeat. He just couldn't resist not giving Alec what he wanted.

"Ok, go ahead and tell them." Magnus whispered into his ear. They sank back into the bed and fell asleep once again.

A flashy, bright red convertible drove up in front of the Institute. The sun was high in the sky, and Alec covered his eyes as he got out of the car. He waved to the glittery figure inside. He paused at the large door before walking inside and entering the elevator. It brought him down to the main entryway where he was met by Church. He was no more than four steps in before his mother came rushing over to him, demanding where he had been and asking many questions.

"Mom, wait a second. Slow down!" he said. She silenced before beginning to ask questions again.

"Alec Lightwood, where have you been? I know you like to go for nightly walks, but it's 11 am!" she demanded, getting flustered.

"That's what I want to talk to you guys about," Alec said, leading his mother to the next room. "Can we have the whole family in here? There's something I want to say." Mayrse Lightwood got a perplexed look on her face, but complied. Within five minutes, the whole Lightwood family, including Jace, was in the living room, sprawled on couches and all watching Alec.

"Please, Alec, tell us why you didn't get in until just now," Mayrse said.

"Well everyone, the thing is….I'm seeing someone." There was no response, except Isabelle's eyes got really wide. "But not just anyone. I'm seeing a warlock." Just then everyone's eyes got wide.

"You mean…you're gay??" Robert Lightwood managed to say in his disbelief. Alec slowly nodded.

"You mean you've been lying to us this entire time?" Mayrse said calmly, although she was shaking. Again Alec nodded. This time Mayrse was far from calm. "I will not have my son lie to me about something of this degree! This is so disgracing!" she yelled. "What will the inquistitor think? Oh my god, we're in so much trouble!" she said to herself, pacing around the room. Jace and Isabelle just sat on the couch the entire time, eyes still wide as saucers, only this time they were staring at thier mother. "Wait a minute," Mrs. Lightwood said, "you said you were dating a warlock. Who?" Alec stared down at the carpet as he replied. "Magnus." Mayrse's eyes were blazing with fire.

"You're dating the head warlock of New York City??" she exclaimed.

"Yes mother I am! And we're very happy!" he said in defiance.

"Well if you two are so happy you can pack your things and live with him! I don't want you to darken our doorstep again!" she yelled, pointing out of the room. Alec glanced around to all the faces before storming out the door.

Alec was throwing black clothes into a bag with more force than necessary when he heard a faint knock on his open door. He turned around to see Isabelle standing in his doorway.

"Hey," he said before turning back around and continuing to pack vigorously. He heard faint footfalls and then Isabelle was next to him, folding a shirt.

"Why'd you tell her?" she said. She took another shirt in her hands and folded that too.

"Because I don't like to lie about where I am during the night and I hate having to hide Magnus," he simply stated, also though it was obvious he was angry as he aggressively pushed a black pair of pants into his bag.

"Why didn't you tell me about Magnus?" Alec stopped in his tracks.

"I don't know," he said, "I guess I just felt it had to be a complete secret, kept from everyone." He packed his last shirt and turned around and surveyed the bare room. He zipped up his bag and walked out. Isabelle followed.

"Well, I don't care about what Mom thinks about this," she said, easily keep up with his fast pace. "I going to be checking up on you from time to time."

"Fine," he said, walking into the elevator. "Bye for now," he said, waving to her as the doors closed.