"Magnus?" Maddox stepped into his son's room, looking uncomfortable.
"Yeah, Dad?" Magnus said looking up from his magazine with a quick glance at his father. Seeing the serious look on his father's face, he closed the article and looked up. "What's going on?"
His father sat down at the edge of his bed. "Since your mother is at the store, I figured this was the best time to do this, and I'm not that good at this kind of stuff, but I want to make an effort so bare with me."
"Sure," Magnus said, sitting up on his bed, crossing his legs beneath him. "What do you want to talk about?"
Maddox looked especially uncomfortable. "I know that you're gay," he said slowly, watching Magnus's expression carefully. When his son didn't say anything, he continued. He looked Magnus in the eyes, trying to keep a serious tone without sounding too uncomfortable. "I know you're young and you have... sexual activity. It's normal, and I know that no matter what I tell you, you're going to do it anyway." Maddox tried to smile, but it just looked more like a grimace. Magnus was looking slightly uncomfortable, almost blushing. "So, I want you to take precautions. Just because there is no chance of pregnancy, doesn't mean there isn't a chance of STD's. You still need to use protection, no matter how much you love your...mate."
Though Magnus felt extremely uncomfortable, he couldn't help but feel the need to laugh at his father using the term 'mate.'
"I already know all of this, so you don't need to go into it," Magnus said, trying to save them both from becoming more awkward.
Maddox seemed to relax. "Good." He paused for a moment before looking at his son suspiciously. "Have you already...?" he trailed off, his eyebrows raised in question. His light brown hair was combed out of his green eyes, but a loose strand fell in his face making him look younger than he was.
Magnus couldn't lie to his father. "Yes," was his simple answer.
"Did you use protection?" Maddox's cheeks pinked with color.
Magnus looked down at his hands, not wanting to look at his father while talking about his sex life. "I did, yes." Magnus stated awkwardly.
"Oh, uh, good. Are you still seeing someone now?" Maddox scratched the back of his head as Magnus looked up, surprised at the question.
"No... I have...no." Magnus mentally cursed himself for almost saying that he had a crush on someone. He didn't want to give away more than necessary.
"You have what?" His father asked, sounding interested.
Magnus desperately tried to think of something to say rather than what he was originally going to say. "I have someone I kind of like..." he responded, chastising his lack of improvisation.
"Why don't you ask him out? I'll pay for you to go to the movies and dinner." Maddox suggested, trying his hardest to bond with his son.
"Thanks but no thanks, Dad. I'm not going to ask him out," Magnus said in a voice that said asking his crush out was like jumping into the Grand Canyon.
"Why not? If you don't make a move, you might regret it later," the older man said matter-of-factly. Magnus ran his hands through his black hair, sighing.
"Because he's one of my friends, and he's straight. Like one hundred percent vagina licking straight."
Maddox gave his son the 'don't talk like that' look before speaking again. "You never know. He could change his mind if you put the smooth moves on him," he said with a wiggle of the eyebrows and a laugh.
Magnus rolled his eyes with a smile. "I don't think so. He hasn't notice my flirting before, so why would he now?" Magnus said, a little more to himself.
"So you've flirted with him?" Maddox asked, finding it easier and easier to talk with his son as the time went by and they were no longer talking about sex.
Magnus huffed and lied back on his bed, tilting his head to the side to look at his dad. "Yes. Every day for the past two years. He just doesn't notice. Either that or he ignores it. I'm silently hoping for the former option."
"Why don't you invite him to spend the night?"
"Dad, I know you're trying to set us up, but it won't work. Alec is straight as an arrow. He likes girls, and he won't want me."
"Alec? The same Alec that comes over here every other weekend? Black hair, blue eyed, Alec?"
Magnus felt a little embarrassed that his father knew he was majorly crushing on his best friend, but nodded in answer anyway.
"Well, why don't you two go out for dinner this Friday instead of eating in? Your mother and I need a night alone anyway." Maddox pulled out his wallet and handed Magnus two hundred and fifty dollars.
Magnus, knowing that money was always tight with his parents before, gaped. "Where did you get this much money?"
"I got a promotion at work. I'm now the head salesman. My paycheck has increased massively, so I figured you could treat yourself to something nice. I'm sorry we haven't had a lot of money in the past, but now that we do, you'll get do have more fun. You can live and be free."
"Dad," Magnus said, holding the bills as if it were a small child, "I don't think I can take this much money from you. I'm sure you can use it to pay for the car payment or the water bill, or something." Magnus shoved the money back towards his father, feeling guilty for taking it in the first place.
"Magnus," Maddox said firmly, "We've got the money now. Take it. Be an irresponsible teenager for once." Magnus slowly took the money, stretched to pick up his wallet on the nightstand, and put it away to accompany his thirty five cents and two condoms.
"Thanks, Dad."
Maddox smiled and patted Magnus on the shoulder. "But, don't come home tomorrow night. Like I said, take Alec out. You never know what's going to happen, but whatever you do, wait until Saturday morning to come home."
"Why?" Magnus put his wallet back on the table before looking at his father who was giving him the awkward parent look. "Oh! Right... Job promotion, celebration... no kids around. Gotcha," Magnus internally grimace at the thought, but didn't care too much considering the large amount of money that was now burning a hole in his wallet.
"Good." Maddox stood up and began leaving the room, "Oh, and Magnus..." Magnus, who had already opened up his magazine again, glanced up.
"Yeah?"
"Good luck with Alec." Magnus rolled his eyes with a smile, but inside, he was hoping against hope that Alec was gay.
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"Alec," Maryse walked into the living room where Alec was playing Oblivion.
"Hmm?" he muttered, more paying attention to the game rather than his mother.
Maryse was putting on her lipstick in a mirror next to the front door, getting ready to leave. "I have a business trip and won't be back until Monday. Your father went up to help his sister build her new house, like he promised, so you will be watching Max this weekend."
Alec paused the game and looked up. "Why can't Izzy or Jace watch Max? I was going to go over to Magnus's house."
"Because Isabelle is going with your father to watch your cousin while they build, and Jace is going to baseball practice then home with that Sebastian boy. Why don't you just have Magnus come here?"
Alec picked up his controller again, and unpaused the game. "Because it's tradition that I go over to his house every other weekend. It's been like that for months."
"You're not leaving this house until Monday except for school. Understood?" she said in a deathly tone.
"Yes ma'am."
"And what game is that? It's far too violent. What's it rated?" Before Alec could hide the fact that he was playing a mature game, his mother grabbed the case. She gave him a disappointed look, then took the game out of the console. "No." she said simply before taking the disk and locking it in the off limits cabinet.
"But-" Alec protested, but once again, his mother glared at him.
"Goodbye, Alexander, I'll see you Monday."
"Bye, Mom," he said dejectedly as he turned of his Xbox. It was a Thursday night, he had no homework, he had no fun video games because his mother had just taken away his last one, and Max was already asleep because it was nearly eight thirty.
Tomorrow he and Max were going to have to ride the bus to school, but Isabelle was lucky and got to leave with their father after school earlier Thursday afternoon.
Alec went up to his room, deciding to get on his laptop when his phone beeped with a new message. He opened the message, seeing that it was from his best friend.
"Alec, this may sound weird, but do you want to go out to dinner with me tomorrow?"
Alec got a little bit excited. It sounded like a date. Of course, he knew it couldn't be; Magnus would never like him the way he liked Magnus, but it was still nice to hope.
"I would love to, but I have to baby sit Max. Maybe you could come over here?"
Alec opened up his laptop, scrolling through the facebook newsfeed, looking for something interesting while waiting on Magnus to respond.
"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow at school, then."
Alec frowned at the message. Usually he and Magnus texted nonstop after school. Maybe Magnus was mad at him? But even if that was the case, why would he invite him to dinner?
Alec, really wanting to know what was going on with his best friend, texted him back once more.
"Are you okay? I'm sorry I can't come over, but we can still have fun here... I have junk food and mature rated video."
It took Alec a moment to realize that he forgot to put 'games' after video. He was about to text back, but Magnus beat him to it.
"I'm fine. And I'm cool with going over to your house. What kind of videos are we talking? ;)"
Though Alec knew he was kidding, getting a winking smiley face made his stomach do summersaults.
"I meant video games, pervert. XD" Alec sent back the message with a smile. He loved the friendship he and Magnus shared, but still he wondered what it would be like to have more. What it would be like to kiss those lips that were so seductive and sweet. What it would be like to touch the smooth caramel skin in the middle of the night. What it would be like to just be together in a different way. Alec sighed, he was staring unseeingly into his laptop screen. He wanted Magnus so bad, and maybe it was time to tell him that.
...
Alec woke up to the sound of an incessant buzzing. His eyes shot open as he looked at his phone, seeing that he had a new message from Magnus asking where he was. He looked at the clock and saw that school was going to start in twenty minutes. "Shit." He shot out of his bed, knowing he didn't have enough time to take a shower. "Max!" he shouted. "Wake up! We have to leave now!" Alec grabbed the first pair of jeans he could find and a jacket, leaving his pajama shirt on underneath.
When he ran down the stairs with his backpack over his shoulder, he saw his little brother sitting on the couch watching television. The younger boy already had everything ready, including Alec's lunch.
"Come on, Max, we have to go to school." Max stood up calmly, handing Alec his lunch before walking with him out to the bus stop. Luckily, the bus was running just as late today, so they got on without a trouble. Max sat with his friend, but Alec kept going until he got to the back seat of the bus. No one ever sat here because it had no heater or air conditioner, but Alec didn't mind it today. He just wanted to text Magnus in private.
"I slept in late, but my bus was late too. I'm on my way."
Alec looked out the window, his fingers shaking lightly. Tonight he was going to tell Magnus that he liked him. He was going to finally get it off his chest. He had thought about what to say for the past month every night before bed. He was going to start by telling Magnus that he was gay. Then, the whole reason he was telling Magnus was because he had a crush on him. If he had zero percent chance with Magnus, then he wouldn't tell him, but he had a slight hope that Magnus might want to date him. Even if the only contribution in that slight hope was the fact that Magnus was also gay.
Still, even if he did have slight chance with Magnus, he was more nervous than when he was in the school play in the first grade. And then he had thrown up all over himself on stage.
Alec didn't feel his phone vibrate due to his shaking hands, but he did see it light up with another new message from his crush.
"Irresponsible. Shame shame. ;)"
Alec smiled at the message. In all honesty, he had been too caught up in his dream to wake up. He had been dreaming of dancing with Magnus at next Saturday's school dance. He really wished he was brave enough to come out of the closet to everyone so that might be able to actually happen, but he was satisfied at the moment for finally being able to tell Magnus.
Instead of responding, Alec just waited until his bus got to the school two minutes later. Alec got out of the yellow charter and walked over to where he and Magnus usually stood before the school bell rang. Magnus was standing there, tight black leather pants glued to his legs, red strapped boots that went to the middle of his shin, a bright red shirt with black Chinese lettering on it, and spiked up glittery hair. He was smiling widely at the cell phone in his hands, not taking any notice in anyone until Alec walked up to him.
The sparkling teen looked up to see Alec, letting his eyes roll up and down his body. "Alec?"
"What?" Alec said, rubbing his eyes sleepily.
"You do know that you're wearing girl jeans, a brony tee shirt, a cotton button down sweater and mismatched shoes, correct?"
Alec looked down at himself and blushed. "No, I didn't. I barely made it to the bus. Max even packed my lunch for me."
Magnus was trying his damned near hardest not to laugh, Alec could tell. "Well at least you're here." Magnus moved a hand to cover his lips to hide his smile, but Alec had already seen it.
"Magnus, I wouldn't suppose you had any extra clothes I could wear for today?"
Magnus's eyes twinkled in a mischievous way. "If I did, would I really want to miss this outfit all day?"
Alec groaned, feeling embarrassed at wearing his baby sister's jeans, that surprisingly fit him. "Please? All I have is my gross, sweat covered basketball clothes."
"I've got gym clothes, never been used before that you can wear. Follow me, child." Magnus turned around and began walking towards the gym doors.
"Why have they never been used?" Alec, who didn't have to take phys. ed because he was on the basketball team, didn't know what Magnus did in his class.
Magnus looked at him as if he was crazy as they entered the locker room. "I don't run. I don't sweat. I don't exercise in general...Except sex. That counts right?" he said as he spun the lock on his locker.
Alec blushed, just thinking of how much sex Magnus must have to have to stay in the shape he's in. "Yeah..." he muttered, looking anywhere but at Magnus.
"Here you are, Mrs. Girl Pants," Magnus said handing his best friend a pair of athletic shorts and a plain black tee shirt.
Alec just glared at his chuckling friend before walking towards the changing stalls.
I wrote the first three chapters a one chapter originally, but it was too long. I split it up, but they all end a bit abruptly. Please review.
