A/N: so this is my very first story so please go easy on me. i really am excited about where this story is going to go and it will be a longish story (20 plus chapters) so i really hope you guys like it x
Alec runs downstairs in shorts and an open button up shirt that fully exposes his chest keeping him cooler, since he had just been for a good long work out in the institutes' fitness room. He lightly jogs into the kitchen heading straight for the fridge grabbing out a cold bottle of water. Out of the side of his vision he spots something very glittery. Alec turns slightly to his right and his eyes come into contact with bright green eyes staring Alec down.
"Who are you?" Alec asks tentatively, trying not to sound rude.
"Well hello to you too." The stranger says a little sarcastically but at the same time looking up and down Alec's body. Alec freezes and faintly realises his shirt was still hanging there undone showing off his toned muscled body.
"I'm Magnus Bane, the high warlock of Brooklyn at your service," The guy says strutting towards Alec, in a confidence Alec would never have, stopping to bow grandly in front of Alec. "And who may you be gorgeous?" He says with a sly wink. Alec blushes bright red at the strangers blatant flirting. Maryse suddenly walks through the door, much to Alec's relief, and smiles kindly at the both of them.
"I see you've met my son, Alexander Lightwood." She says in the guy, Magnus Banes', direction. Alec cringes at the use of his full name.
"Yes we were just introducing ourselves weren't be Alexander?" Magnus says.
"A-Alec. I p-prefer being called Alec…and yeah." Alec stammers out eventually.
"I've located the books you're looking for Magnus, and will deliver it to you later on in the day." Maryse tells Magnus. Alec stares at them clearly confused.
"That would be wonderful Maryse!" Magnus exclaims clapping his hands twice together excitedly, "Oh and I almost forgot to tell you! I'm planning on having a dinner party this Friday and would love it if you and all the Lightwood clan would join me in celebration."
"Celebration for what?" Alec asks.
"Chairman Meows' 5th birthday of course. Oh and for what Maryse and I hope will be a successful joining of a small group of Shadowhunters in a little program we're starting." Magnus smiles infectiously.
"I'm so confused, what is he talking about, and who is Chairman Meow?" Alec asks his mum cautiously.
"I was planning on telling you, Isabelle and Jace but it's been a very long distracting week. I think I will wait till the dinner to tell you all about what Magnus and I and a few others have been working on. But for now Magnus would you mind coming with me to my office to discuss a few more things?" Maryse asks. "Oh and Alec, Jace was looking for you, I think he's in the weapons room. Now run along I've got things to do." Maryse sweeps out of the room and Magnus briskly walks after her pausing slightly at the door to give Alec a smile full of pearly white teeth.
"Very nice to meet you Alexander, looking forward to ah…getting to know you some more." Magnus states causing Alec to blush once again against his will as Magnus retreats out of the room with a low sweeping bow. Wow Alec thought. He had never met anyone like Magnus Bane before and he couldn't believe how much of a fool he must have seemed. Why does he always embarrass himself in front of gorgeous guys? Magnus had even called Alec gorgeous. Hmm that was weird, Alec had only ever thought his adopted 'brother' Jace Wayland was good looking. But it's not like he could help it! Magnus was begging to be called gorgeous, especially in his skin tight fire-truck red leather pants. Oh and that glittery black long sleeve that showed off his lean frame quite nicely Alec had to admit. And those eyes with their very distinct cat like pupils, surrounded by gold glittery eye shadow and black eye liner. His exotic tanned skin and dark hair rising up in spikes. Yes. Definitely good looking. In three days' time on Friday Alec had a feeling it was going to be a very long night.
"Alexander! Jace! You two need to stop training and get ready, we're leaving here in 30 minutes." Maryse called over to us before stalking out of the room presumably to find Isabelle or our father, Robert, to pester.
"Damn just as I was winning." Jace complains.
"Oh shut up, we both know I was the one who was winning. Oh and we should probably start getting ready or mother will drag us out of here quite literally." Alec says breathlessly. Jace punches him lightly on the arm before walking out the room leaving Alec standing in the middle of the training room harshly breathing in some of the much needed air. Its Friday night Alec thinks and he will get to see the very alluring Magnus Bane again. At the thought of that Alec's stomach uncharacteristically fills with butterflies as it had every single time Alec had thought about Magnus. This was a lot…not that Alec would admit it though.
Alec had always dressed for comfort more than to look good. That much was obvious looking into his closet after a quick shower. His mum had told them 30 minutes meaning he had 20 minutes left to decide what to wear. Alec had no idea why he felt so nervous and conscious about what he was going to wear it's not like he even knew this guy. But there was just something so alluring about Magnus Bane high warlock of Brooklyn that made him need to know him. And those eyes. Alec involuntarily sighed into the darkness of his closet. Finally after 10 minutes of staring into his closet he decided on a pair of his nicer looking black jeans save for the distressed fabric at his knees. Once that decision was made he stood in front of his closet again wearing only his jeans, trying to decide between a black shirt or a dark deep blue t-shirt when his sister Izzy walks in.
"Are you still not dressed yet Alec? We're leaving in like five minutes!" Izzy tsked at him. "Oh and go with the blue. It looks better on you." Izzy says looking at Alec standing there holding the two shirts. "Now hurry up or mother will get annoyed." Izzy cautioned Alec as she struts out of his room, the clicking of her obnoxious heels becoming more distant. After a moment's hesitation he shrugs into his dark blue shirt before absently tossing the other onto a heap of his clothes sitting at the back of the closet. But before walking out to meet the rest of his family to head over to Magnus', he stops in front of the mirror. He looks at himself in the mirror, something he doesn't really feel the need to do often, and tries to see how Magnus could think he's gorgeous. He supposed he has nice eyes, everyone tells him that. They were bright pale eyes that seemed to grow in intensity when he was angry or in an adrenaline rush during a fight. Or they dimmed when he was sad or tired. Alec also had long straight black hair that always fell into his eyes while training. Yeah he could be considered attractive. He'd received a few girls' numbers (which he had never used) while at Taki's to support that. If only he could tell them he just didn't swing that way being a closet gay and all. Wonder if Magnus is gay? Alec absently thought while pulling a hand through his constantly messy hair. Magnus wore enough makeup and glitter to suggest he was he thought.
"Alexander Gideon Lightwood, hurry up and get downstairs now we're leaving!" He heard his mother yell up at him from downstairs. Shit he really needed to get a hobby or something to stop himself from getting lost in thought of Magnus Bane and those wonderful green cats' eyes.
Pulling up to Magnus' apartment was hectic as he lived in the middle of New York, so finding a park was hard enough as it was. But eventually the Lightwood family made it to the doorstep of the 'Magnificent Magnus Bane', or so the sign on the front of the door told them. Robert leaned over and pressed the buzzer on the door as the rest of them waited to be let in. Immediately they were buzzed in and were told by a booming voice over an intercom to come straight up to his apartment. Once the Lightwoods' reached Magnus' front door it opened before Maryse even had a chance to lift up her hand to knock.
"Good evening everyone so wonderful you could all make it!" Magnus says warmly. "Please come on in, don't be shy." Maryse smiles at Magnus and walks in followed by the rest of the Lightwoods, Alec crossing the threshold last. "Very lovely to see you Alexander I trust you had a good day?" Magnus says to Alec as he closes the door.
"Yes it was alright, and I told you to call me Alec." He says shyly. "Please." Magnus gives him a puppy dog look and tells Alec,
"But Alexander sounds so much more sexy don't you reckon?" Alec immediately blushes and curses himself for it. Magnus just smirks at Alec and walks over to where the rest of Alec's family are standing looking around at Magnus' apartment.
"Wow this place looks incredible, who designed it?" Isabelle states.
"Why thank you my dear, I designed it myself. You must be Isabelle how lovely to meet you." Magnus says offering his hand for Isabelle to shake. Alec notices Isabelle blush slightly. Magnus must have that effect on a lot of people.
"Yes this is my daughter Isabelle. And this is my other son Jace," Maryse points to Jace. "And you have already met my other son Alec and my husband, Robert."
"I'm very humbled to meet you all, now come sit down. I don't know about you but I'm very hungry after spending all afternoon cooking." Magnus says leading us to an exquisite table with red and white roses sitting in the middle of the table and white place settings and red candles giving off a slightly sweet scent. Overall Alec thought it looks wonderful. Until he saw there were named place cards on the table. Everyone sits down until there are only two spots left. One for Magnus and one for Alec. They also happened to be next to each other.
After dinner everyone settled into the lounge area, most of the Lightwood family on the long sofa, while Alec was left sitting awkwardly in something that resembled red lips that were surprisingly comfortable. Magnus on the other hand sat in a chair almost like a throne that made him look very grand and royal.
"So I guess you are all wondering why we are here, well Maryse did you want to enlighten them or shall I?"
"You can tell them seeing as it was your initial idea." Maryse politely answers.
"Okay here it is: Maryse and I have devised a plan to help better the relationships between Shadowhunters and a Downworlder such as my magnificent self. But to do that we need to do a little program meaning Shadowhunters and Downworlders would live together and just try to get to know each other as people. And as a bonus you would not only make lifelong friends," he says a tad bit sarcastically, "but as a sort of trade the Shadowhunters would help teach skills to the Downworlders and vice versa. Isn't it wonderful?" Magnus exclaims.
"That's interesting," Jace states, "so Shadowhunters and Downworlders will live together somewhere?"
"Yes. At first, because we haven't exactly gotten this approved by the clave, one of you lucky ducks' will live with me for a few weeks. From there we will prove to the clave that this is something both races need to improve ourselves." Magnus' eyes were blazing with passion at this point so much so Alec thought he could persuade anyone with the way he was talking.
"Who's going to be living with you?" Alec suddenly blurts out. Magnus smirks.
"Well Maryse and I were thinking it could be you seeing as you are 18 so the clave might not mind as much when they find out. How would you feel about that Alexander?" Magnus purred.
"I-I guess that would be o-okay." Damn he really needed to stop stuttering in front of Magnus it was embarrassing. "When would this all start?" Phew, he thought, at least he got through one sentence clearly.
"We were thinking sometime in the next few days." Maryse said. "I was going to ask you a few days ago but you're always training so I haven't had much of a chance. But yes when we get home I would like you to pack up a bag or two." Alec was slightly annoyed he hadn't been told. But he understood. His mum had been dealing with a lot this past year. After some more discussion on the program (which Alec didn't pay any attention to) they said their goodbyes and left to head back to the institute. The whole ride back Alec couldn't think of anything apart from the fact he would be spending a whole lot of time with the alluring Magnus Bane. Alec couldn't decide if he was excited or nervous for it because he would have to constantly remind himself not to act on his impulses. Many people didn't know that about Alec. On the outside he might seem calm and in control, but on the inside his mind was constantly a mess of thoughts and his mind seem to always be fighting for control over his body. As Alec crawled into bed much later that night he made a promise to himself not to let himself get caught up on Magnus. It would be hard enough being around him constantly…but if Alec made it something more and Magnus didn't actually feel that same way then everything his mother worked for would go to waste. He couldn't let her down again. Not after the last time.
A/N: hey guys so how did you like the first chapter? please review and i will have the next chapter up within the next week, but no later x ashleigh