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Colden stood up, folding the papers and carefully sticking them into his pocket, before stretching his arms above his head. There was a slight question in his blue eyes at Alexander's bizarre behavior, but he didn't ask him about it. Instead, he nodded to Ezekiel, giving a sincere smile, "Thank you, Kiel, for helping me with this." He walked over to the door, expecting Xander to follow.

Ezekiel chuckled lightly, "Anytime. See you later, Blondie, Blue Eyes," His cat eyes lingered on Alexander lastly, a lazy smile curving his lips.

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Alexander immediately followed as if he was given the privilege of being Colden's shadow, looking back at Ezekiel one last time (regretfully). He blushed again before he looked back to where he was going.

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As they waded back out into the party, though Colden steered them for the door, the blonde was nearly bursting with happiness, "I think this information will be really helpful, Xander," he told his parabatai, looking back at him.

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Alexander nodded, though he was still worrying. When Colden got excited... bad things often happened. Not to say that the emotion was horrible with him or anything, but, it just wasn't... regular.

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"Are you okay?" Colden asked, his smile melting into a frown. Blue eyes watched Xander's face carefully, "You seem awfully..worried and nervous."

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"Are you okay?" Colden asked, his smile melting into a frown. Blue eyes watched Xander's face carefully, "You seem awfully..worried and nervous."

"I... It..." He sighed. "Nothing, it's fine. I'm just a little... Mixed up."

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"Mixed up?" He blinked, "Well, are you alright? You don't feel sick or anything, do you?"

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"Mixed up?" He blinked, "Well, are you alright? You don't feel sick or anything, do you?"

He shook his head. "I'll be fine. It's just been... Really stressful with JC having his attacks and everything."

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Colden frowned and nodded quickly, "We should get home quickly, then. Just in case."

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Alexander nodded. He couldn't agree more.

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The brunette hummed softly as he sat in the windowseat of his bedroom. Usually he'd be able to fall asleep pretty quickly, but recently he'd been having a tough time. It had only been a week since his meeting with the Warlock Ezekiel, and for some strange reason he couldn't get his mind off of him. He wasn't sure if it was because he was forming a crush on the colorful Downworlder or if some sort of spell was being cast over him, but whatever it was, it was keeping him up at night, staring at the stars and questioning his current life pattern.

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The information that Colden had obtained was only mildly helpful to him. It gave him a few more names to add to his arsenal, but otherwise, he wasn't any closer to the demon that ripped his family apart.

The frustration was eating away at his insides. Outwardly, Colden still looked like the happy, wild blonde Shadowhunter that they all knew, but he was not that way in his own mind. To keep himself from going crazy with anxiety, he'd taken to rigorous training that left him exhausted at the end of the day.

Tonight, Colden threw aside his training blade and stalked from the training room, breathing heavily and sore as hell. He trudged down the hallway, grumbling something under his breath as he made his way none-too-quietly through the Institute.

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Alexander blinked and looked at the door of his room, the sounds of people -- or what seemed to be elephants -- trudging down the hallway echoing throughout the Institute. Who would possibly be up still, and who would think to act this loud?

He stood and padded across the carpet of his bedroom to open his door a few inches, poking an eye out to look down the hallway.

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Colden grumbled again under his breath, not really paying attention to his surroundings.

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"What are you doing?" Alexander asked in a hushed-shout.

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HE glanced up when he heard Alexander, his blue eyes narrowed, "Nothing. I'm going to take a shower."

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Alexander blinked, trying not to blush as a series of thoughts overwhelmed his mind. "Uh... okay... just don't make so much noise, okay? That way you don't end up waking up anybody..."

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His anger seemed to fizzle away and Colden nodded, "Yeah, right. Sorry..I'm just feeling a bit frustrated. I'll remember to keep it down."

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Alexander nodded, a small smile playing on his lips before he retreated back into his room and shut the door.

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He quickly went to take a shower, not wasting much time, and went back to his room. He got dressed in a pair of boxer shorts and a T-shirt, but Colden was too restless to sleep. Sighing, he moved out into the hallway and went over Alexander's door. He knocked gently, chewing on his bottom lip lightly.

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Alexander had returned to his place on the windowseat, continuing to be lost in his thoughts when he was interrupted by the knock on the door. Blinking, he tilted his head to the side but quickly figured it must be Colden. Standing, he walked back over to the door. He was still clad in a pair of loose dark jeans and a blue light-weight shirt -- his casual clothes for the Institute.

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