Ha, so, I'm excited to get this story up and all so here's the next chapter! Let me know if you want the next cuz I felt that this chap was required after the lack of malec in the last one...ENJOY and leave me your thoughts :))

"Alec, it's here! THE SUMMIT, ALEC! GET UP!"

Izzy comes thundering into his room, opening curtains and jumping on his bed, unable to contain her excitement enough to gently wake her brother up. Alec shoots up with a start, partially blinded and very, very tired. He focuses his wounded eyes on the alarm clock next to his bed and glares upward in her general direction.

"What the hell, Izzy? It's half seven in the freaking morning! We aren't expected at the Summit for hours!" he says

"Calm down, Mr. Grumpy Pants! Aren't you excited?" He continues to frown. "Well, I know you are deep down. So anyway; I'm here because I was wide awake, tossing and turning all night in anticipation. I got to thinking and I was hoping you'd help me shop for a new outfit for our arrival at the Summit!"

Alec runs a hand down his face in an attempt to be more awake for this bull. It doesn't work.

"At seven in the morning? It's a casual event, Iz, wear something you already have."

"But I found out that Magnus Bane is going, so I have to have the perfect outfit! He's my fashion idol!" she says. Alec is instantly more awake than he had been a minute ago.

"He is?" he asks, trying to sound nonchalant. Izzy smiles mischievously.

"I don't know, probably; I just wanted you to wake up! Now, come on, get into some of your half-decent clothes! We have some shopping to do!"

"Ugh, fine," he grumbles. Why was he so easily persuaded?

Two hours go by, and they are still shopping for the 'perfect outfit', going from store to store in and around Times Square. Although Izzy still didn't have anything, she had somehow managed to pick something out for Alec.

"Izzy if you don't pick something out right now I will Tweet out pictures of you and Simon from the middle school dance!" he threatens.

"You wouldn't dare," she says, turning to squint her eyes at him. It was a very unflattering picture, for both braced Izzy and acne covered Simon. (Yes, there had been a time when they weren't both the perfect specimens) But Alec would never do that. It does speed her along, though.

Half an hour later, outfit picked, they finally meet up with Jace for lunch at their favourite restaurant, Taki's. They discuss the details of when and where they and the rest of them are going to convene for a shared taxi-bus to the Summit, and talk about what they are might be doing at the summit. When they part ways to go get ready, they are all filled with excitement.

In no time Alec, Jace, Izzy, Simon, Lydia, Clary, and Raphael are outside Alec's building, waiting for their taxi and buzzing fervently.

"Twenty minutes, you guys!" Izzy exclaims, jumping up and down.

Alec stands there, hoping he hasn't set his expectations too high.

Their taxi rolls up next to the hotel's drop-off point, and they all look outside of the window in awe.

The amount of people crowded outside of the hotel is ridiculous. Alec has never seen so many people packed together in one place, and he lives in New York.

"Oh, fans!" Izzy smiles, taking Clary's hand. Alec's mouth drops.

"Fans?!"

"Well, yeah! Tons of YouTubers going to this have posted about it, some really famous ones, so it's not very surprising. I bet some of these people drove down here from another state to see William Herondale or whatever."

Alec's still shocked. "That's so...nice."

As they get out, they hear quite a few screams from the crowd surrounding the hotel entrance, shouting a frenzy of names to get their attention. It's kind of scary, but Izzy and Jace take it like they've been expecting it their whole lives, smiling and waving charmingly. Simon and Alec sort of blush and mutter out a few 'hello's, unsure of what to do.

"Do we, uh...sign autographs or something?" Simons leans over to whisper in Alec's ear.

"I don't know, Simon! It's not like we're celebrities. Just, uh, wave, I guess." With that, they both just wave awkwardly as numerous teenagers extend their phones and waving hands out desperately.

They get inside in one piece and find the lobby empty, every other YouTuber probably in their rooms or not there yet. They sign in at the front desk, collecting their room keys, and make their ways to their rooms to get settled before activities start later that night.

Alec lies alone on his temporary bed after unpacking his small selection of clothes with his camera at arms length. He is determined to record some footage he had promised he would show to his subscribers of the event.

"Hey guys, I've just arrived at the Summit and I'm in my hotel room. I should probably be getting ready but I'm feeling kind of nervous...so here I am. I'm about to go down and meet Jace, Izzy, and Simon in the lobby before we go to the first event in the hotel's main conference room. So, uh, yeah. By the way, I know I say these kinds of things a lot, but I'd like to say thanks for all the support it took from each of you to get me here in the first place, the community we have built is so important to me, and I'll try to represent you guys as much as possible while here. I'm going to record some more later...but, uh, for now; bye."

He puts his camera away and lets out a shaky nervous breath. Suddenly, there's a thunderous knock on the door.

"Alec, COME ON! Time to go!"

Alec opens the door and looks down at his sister. She catches him off guard when she hugs him tightly, her head just about reaching his chin in those heels of hers.

"I'm so glad we're here, big bro. Glad we're doing this together," she says. He smiles, hugging her back. All the previous nerves suddenly leave him.

"Me too, Iz. Now, come on, we don't want to leave the others waiting. You know how impatient Jace gets."

They walk down together to meet the others.

Thankfully, the conference hasn't started yet by the time they get down there. It is, however, about to start, and most people have already arrived, so as a group they find a few seats in the back row of fold-out chairs laid out in front of a raised panel with a podium on it.

Almost as soon as they sit down, a dark girl with curly brown hair and a black shirt with the YouTube logo on it walks up to the podium.

"Hello everybody and welcome to the Creator's Summit 2016!" she pauses with a smile to allow everyone to cheer. "Alright, I'm Maia, I work for YouTube, and I thought it would be fun if we started this evening with a little ice-breaker before we kick things off properly tomorrow! What I want everyone to do for now is to get into small groups of four or five with some creators you don't know, and just list three random things about yourself. Sound good? OK, good, now go!"

GOreat, Alec thinks. The first day of high school all over again. He had never been the warm and friendly type, a serious stony expression stuck on his face when introduced to strangers. People are different than video cameras, he must say.

He gets up and looks over at Izzy, already storming off towards some helpless strangers. Alec scans the room for anyone who has space for him when all of a sudden a light touch to his shoulder causes him to turn. In front of him is a small, fierce-looking girl with straight black hair and even darker eyes wearing one of those black choker things, fingerless gloves, and a shirt that says 'Bite Me' in blood red.

"Hey, I'm Lily, wanna learn random shit about each other?" Alec sort of likes her already.

"Sure." He smiles.

"May I join?" A boy with white hair comes up and asks politely. He's dressed quite fancily, pressed light blue shirt, khakis and matching Vans, and his smile oozes friendliness. "My name is Jem."

"Of course. I'm Alec," he responds, sticking a hand out to shake, which Jem takes firmly. Alec feels stupid for forgetting how outgoing and friendly most YouTubers were, and that they were here because they all liked the same thing, so why shouldn't they be friends? There is nothing to worry about.

The three of them each grab a chair and arrange them in a circle, getting ready to start the activity.

"So, um, should we..." Alec starts but is interrupted by a strangely familiar silky voice from behind him.

"Is there room for one more?"

Alec turns his head quickly, seeing that behind him stands Magnus Bane, looking as glittery and magnificent as ever, although now Alec thinks of it, the camera dos not do his prominent looks justice. Alec hadn't had time to watch his videos lately, but he hadn't forgotten those piercing eyes that were looking at him right now.

"Hey, I think I know you from somewhere..." Jem says sarcastically, making Magnus laugh and look at his friend.

"Yes, well I know pretty much everyone here, Jem." His eyes go back to Alec's and he winks. "Except for this lovely thing."

"W-wha-I-uh, me?" he somehow stutters out, feeling a blush spread over his entire face. Magnus Bane could not be calling him lovely, he could; however, be making him feel like a stupid stuttery teenager again. Get it together man, he thinks to himself.

Magnus laughs. "Yes, you, darling. I'm Magnus," he says, dragging a chair from beside him next to Alec. Alec suppresses the urge to say that he knows. Was it creepy to look up to a guy who was hitting on you? Probably.

"Uh, Alec. I'm Alec." Magnus grins. A cough from elsewhere in the group tears his eyes away from the flustered boy. Lily is staring at them with an expectant 'back to business' look.

"So, Magnus, Alec, Jem. I'm Lily Chen, or 'lilvamp'. I started YouTube as a creepy goth teenager doing DIY hair dyes and such and random vlogs of myself ranting. I have been told that I'm a good leader and very scary, whether they're linked I don't care. And, uh, I like playing the piano."

"Oh, piano! I'd love to hear you sometime," Jem smiles. "I'm Jem, I started YouTube with my roommate Will when we were 19. It started as a joint channel but eventually we both had our own due to popular demand, so now I mostly do vlogs and challenges with him. I have a cat named Church and I play the violin."

"The Chairman would so beat Church in a cat fight," Magnus says. Jem rolls his eyes fondly, and Magnus takes the reigns.

"I'm Magnus, or 'baneofyourexistence', and I started YouTube almost four years ago to show off my makeup skills and do some challenges with friends. I love glitter and cats, and I'm bisexual with a preference for dark hair and hazel eyes," he says with a wink towards Alec. Alec blushes and looks away, pretty much speechless in the face of Magnus' casual flirting.

"Excuse my friend, he's very intense all the time," says Jem, catching Alec's eye. Alec smiles uneasily.

"I am not! I-"

"You kind of are, dude," Lily interjects with a shrug. Magnus huffs, but they can all tell he's holding back a smile. Alec hears him murmur 'just jealous' from beside him and holds back his own smile.

"Alec; I believe it's your turn," Jem says.

"Uh, o-okay. I'm Alec, er, I started YouTube in high school three years ago with my siblings after being inspired by...another YouTuber. Uhm, I like-" Alec's introduction is cut short by Maia's voice booming through the conference room.

"Okay, I hope everyone got to properly introduce themselves because we're almost out of time. We just have a few things to explain about schedules and ground rules before we release you for dinner..."

She goes on to talk about when and where talks and workshops and various small competitions would be taking place during the next two days, and altogether it sounds like a lot of fun to Alec, reviving his previous excitement. He almost doesn't notice the eyes on him.

Once Maia finishes up, telling them about various local restaraunts they can eat at, they are dismissed for the night. Alec gets up, nodding a polite goodbye to his fellow group members, when he feels a hand tap his shoulder. Magnus stands next to him, eyes softer and less intense than they had been before, but that telltale smile still bright on his glittery face.

"Alec, you never got to tell us what you liked." At this point, most people are already up and getting out of there, so Alec just shrugs.

"Oh, well, uh, it doesn't really matter...just an ice breaker thing."

"Of course it matters! You seem like a very interesting guy, that whole mysterious brooding thing and all. Let me take you-" Magnus' proposition is interrupted by a wild Izzy running up to her brother.

"Alec! Jace and I were thinking about going to that Ethiopian place for dinn-" she stops suddenly and smiles when she sees the man in front of her brother.

"Hi! I'm Izzy, Alec's sister."

"Oh, well hi Izzy, I'm..."

"Magnus Bane," she stops to look at Alec amusedly. "I know. Where do you think I got all these fabulous makeup techniques from?" Magnus laughs.

"Why thank you, dear. I try my hardest to look this good every day, so it's good to know people benefit from it." Izzy grins fondly, continuing to talk about various makeup brands and other things Alec doesn't understand. Alec can tell they'd be fast friends. He pretty much blanks out for the rest of their conversation, mostly distracted by the thought of food, when he catches them talking about dinner plans.

"Well, my brother Jace and I were about to go get dinner with Alec over here at a local Ethiopian place, if you'd like to come?"

"W-what?" Alec suddenly interjects. He catches a gleam in Magnus' eyes that tells him the man loves a challenge.

"I'd love to...if that's okay?" Magnus says, eyes locked on Alec's.

Alec find it unfair how enchanting the YouTuber's eyes are. He finds himself nodding without his own accordance.

"Great!" Izzy says, grinning mischievously.

On the way to dinner, Alec tries keeping in line with Izzy and Jace, the slowest walkers in the world; but finds himself walking silently ahead with Magnus about 5 minutes into the walk. He does keep an eye on them, though. He can tell they're plotting something, and wonders what it could be.

"So, what do you like, Alec?" Magnus asks, snapping Alec out of his mental panic.

"W-what?"

"You never got to tell the group what you liked, and I'm genuinely interested."

"Oh. Right. Uh, well..." he trails off with a rub to the back of his neck.

"C'mon Alec, I don't bite. Unless requested, of course." Alec smiles despite the light blush on his face.

"Well, I-" he stops when he hears a gasp from behind them.

"Oh no! Lydia just texted me saying Clary and her are locked out of their hotel rooms! I'm so sorry guys, but Izzy and I have to run!" Jace says.

Now, Alec had lived to see each and every creative lie of theirs when they were kids. Like, whenever their parents asked where they had been all night, and they said studying with friends when Alec knew they had been at a party. He knew what a lying Jace and Izzy looked like, and this was definitely it. Jace's furrowed brow and set frown, that 'o' shape of Izzy's red lips that was almost a comical shock. He gives them a challenging look.

"Can't they just ask a staff member to let them in?"

"They don't have their ID on them, the hotel staff might think they're just trying to break in." She says, not missing a beat. Well rehearsed, Iz, Alec thinks.

"So both of them are locked out of both their rooms and both of them left any sort of ID in their separate rooms? How did that happen?"

"Well, you know Clary, she was probably just excited to go swim in the pool and wanted some company. Both she and Lydia are pretty forgetful sometimes." Izzy sighs convincingly.

"Mhmmm," he squints his eyes in suspicion.

"Alexander Gideon Lightwood, are you implying that I, the good, honest Isabelle Lightwood, am lying to you? In front of a new friend? How dare you!" she says, clutching her heart dramatically. "We have to run, but you guys go ahead, we'll just order room service or something. After we get this situation under control, of course." They walk away together, and Alec swears he can see their dark retreating sihlouettes give each other a small high five.

Alec can't help but think that maybe if this wasn't his first date in years maybe his siblings wouldn't be so invested in his love life.

When they leave, Alec hears Magnus snort.

"She's quite the delight, that one." Alec rolls his eyes fondly.

"Try living with her for sixteen years." Magnus laughs again and they walk in comfortable silence for a bit.

"So, what about those likes of yours Alexander?" Magnus asks with a purr, sending a shiver up Alec's spine. The only people who call him by his full name are his family, and that's only when he is in trouble. Something about the way Magnus says it is...different.

"Alec?" Magnus asks again, grinning smugly.

"Oh, uh, yeah. I just, uh, don't really know where to start...a lot of my time is taken up by YouTube, so I guess I'd have to start with that."

Magnus nods understandingly. "I get that. The time it takes for me to come up with something to put in a video, then editing; which I haven't completely gotten the hang of yet surprisingly, barely leaves time for much else. I try to make time, but I enjoy doing it, and the response it gets by everyone who helped get me to where I am. Where would we be without those subscribers, huh?"

Alec nods and smiles as he hears the same passion in Magnus' voice from the first video he'd ever watched of his. Inside that lovely glamorous personality of his was a heart filled with passion and creativity that Alec really admired.

Magnus glances at Alec as they near the restaurant. "So what else do you like?"

"Uh, I love cows. Especially the ones at the local Zoo," he says, then kind of regrets it. What kind of interest is that?

"Ah, yes, they are quite adorable, but I must say I myself find them kind of intimidating." Alec gives a short, loud laugh.

"What? How?"

"They just stand there, staring at you saying 'I provide dairy products for all humans, show respect' with those big eyes in such a condescending way," he says, and Alec can't tell if he's being serious or not.

"You're ridiculous," Alec states. They stop outside the door to the restaurant as Magnus responds, endeared as ever.

"Maybe, but it's kind of my job, darling," and he opens the door for Alec.

They stop chatting when a woman comes up to them asking if they would like a table for two, Magnus nods and they follow her to a table next to a window at the front of the restaurant. On the short walk there, Alec changes from cool and collected, to complete internal freakout. Table for two? Is this a date? With Magnus Bane? Why the hell didn't he offer to help Izzy and Jace with Clary and Lydia? How in god's name had he even gotten into this situation? How could he get out of it? One thing he knew for certain, it wasn't going to end well. No way in hell would he just casually start dating his very attractive YouTube inspiration: there was a catch.

They take a seat across from each other, and his thoughts must be projecting from his body somehow, because Magnus looks at him kindly.

"Alec, is everything alright?"

"W-uh, yeah...it's just...why are you so interested in...me?" Magnus looks at him dubiously, then smiles.

"Is it that strange to you that someone finds you attractive and interesting, Alexander? Because that's exactly why." Alec looks away shyly. "And that."

"What?"

"Why I find you interesting. You're a YouTuber, who broadcasts to millions of people probably every week, but you're so adorably shy and guarded in front of one person," he says.

"Well...it's different. I was shy when I did videos by myself at first, but then I realized that...people who subscribe to my channel are watching because they want to see and hear what I'm doing. So after a while, it just felt like talking to a bunch of friends. With strangers..." he trails off to glance at Magnus, who is looking at him intently, nodding for him to go on. "I-I don't really know what they want..."

"I want to get to know you," he says, and that intensity from earlier is back and Alec's heart skips a beat. "So. What kind of videos do you do? Are you a gamer, or a vlogger, or..."

"Uh, kind of a mix. Recently, vlogs, but I do a couple challenges with my friends every so often, and video games with my younger brother Max. I do Izzy's makeup as a series, even though I haven't gotten any better at it." Magnus laughs. A waiter comes by to ask if they'd like any drinks, Alec's about to say water when Magnus asks for two glasses of wine. That boomerang of nerves Alec had just gotten rid of? It just came back to hit him in the face.

"That's cool," Magnus says. "How many siblings do you have? Are they all famous YouTubers?"

Alec lets out a stuttery laugh. "No, I have three, two of which you just met. The other is a middle schooler who has more interest in graphic design and art than YouTube. He actually helps me edit videos sometimes, the little computer whiz. But, uh, what about you?"

Alec had watched quite a few of Magnus' videos, but from the few collaborations he had briefly seen, he noticed that whenever Magnus had another person in a video it was always a friend or another YouTuber, never a family member. He was actually curious.

"Oh, no. I sort of always wished I had a younger sibling to influence, but alas. I do have some very close friends I would consider as good as siblings, though." Alec can tell how fond he is of them just by his face as he mentions them. Magnus really held his emotions out in the open for people to see. It makes Alec feel at ease knowing this.

"Are they YouTubers?" Alec asks.

"One of them, her name's Tessa. The two others are a nurse and a teacher."

Magnus is interrupted by the same waiter setting their glasses of wine down, then taking his pen and notepad out, asking if they are ready to order. Alec almost forgot they were out at a restaurant and were supposed to be browsing through the menu. Magnus looks just as surprised but quickly composes himself.

"Ah, yes, I'll have the yebeg alecha please." The waiter nods and scribbles it down on the pad. He looks at Alec, who picks the first thing he see's that looks safe. He's not very familiar with Ethiopian food, so he hopes for the best.

"Uh, the kitfo, please." The waiter takes their menus and leaves with a 'just a minute'.

"So what made you start YouTube?" Magnus asks, taking a sip of his wine.

"W-what?" Alec asks, eyes wide. He doesn't really want to tell Magnus why he started YouTube because he doesn't really feel like being a creep on his first date in ages, but he's not the best at lying. Is it really that big a deal? Magnus quirks an eyebrow at him.

"Oh, right. Well, I watched this YouTuber who made me think that YouTube was more than just meaningless entertainment, but that it could make people happy, so I wanted to do that too." Magnus smiles at Alec's obvious adoration for this YouTuber.

"Do I know this YouTuber?" Alec almost laughs with all the irony in the world.

"Oh, uh, no, I-I mean, I don't...probably not," he stutters out. Smooth.

"O-kay...well I started because I felt like I was bursting with ideas, and I had the time and the money for the equipment, plus my friends thought I was born for it. So, here we are."

"You are. Born for it, I mean. You have that kind of outgoing, friendly personality people like." Alec says rather unwillingly. He blushes as Magnus smiles brightly.

"Do you like it, Alexander?"

"W-what? Oh, uhm, I-"

The waiter comes with their food and never has Alec wanted to thank anyone so much in his life. This was all becoming too much for the shy YouTuber. He pretty much stuffs the food in his mouth to avoid the question, but finds that he had actually been starving. The whole meal actually goes by quickly, without much talking between the hungry YouTubers, and soon enough they're on their way back to the hotel talking easily back and forth.

"I wonder what they have in store for us tomorrow," Magnus says.

"Maia mentioned a couple interesting things, but I think they're putting up specific schedules with stuff for everyone in the lobby later, so we'll see."

"Well," Magnus says as they open the hotel door and enter the lobby. "I sincerely hope to see you around, then, Alexander."

"Y-yeah. You too, Magnus. Uhm...goodnight," he says with a small wave. He starts making his way towards the elevator, looking back once before tripping over his own feet. His arms flail wildly before he catches himself instead of falling flat on his face. He feels the blush go all the way down his neck but doesn't look back, hoping the man missed it. Little does he know that Magnus is grinning like a giddy child. The shy boy literally just fell for him.

Alec steps out of the elevator, fully intent with the idea of collapsing onto his bed and falling into a deep, much-needed sleep. But of course, Izzy is waiting outside of his room in her pink dagger pajamas, and once he catches sight of her, it's already too late.

"Alec! Oh my god, how was it? Tell me everything!" she nearly shrieks.

"The restaurant was lovely, and the food was delicious," he says with a weak smile. She rolls her eyes in pure frustration.

"Shut up, how dinner with Magnus?"

"Fine. How are Clary and Lydia?"

"What?" she asks, looking confused for a bit. "Oh, right. They're great. Turns out it was all just a big misunderstanding, they had they're keys the whole time!"

Alec glares at his sister but is actually very grateful for his sister's antics. Not that he'd let her know that, though.

"Now, come on big brother, spill.

"I'm too tired for this, Izzy," he says, reaching around her to open his door. "Ask me again some other time."

"What are you, a frikin' eightball? C'mon, I'm your sister, you're supposed to tell me these things!" she says, and he can tell she's resisting the urge to stomp her foot in frustration.

"Maybe later. Goodnight."

The last thing he see's before closing the door is Izzy frowning, so he says a loud 'love you' hoping she hears him.

One thing he doesn't feel like doing is vlogging right now, but he persuades himself by saying he owes it to the people he got him here. He switches on his camera and mentally promises himself he'll only be a minute.

"Hey, guys! So I just got back to my hotel room from the first night of the Summit, and god was it long. Not really in a bad way, in a very good way actually," he smiles unconsciously, "I met a couple YouTubers I didn't know of before, and they were really nice. I, uh, even went to dinner with one of them..." he scratched the back of his neck.

"So, yeah, not much else happened apart from that. The 'real fun' starts tomorrow, apparently. I'm really looking forward to it, and I'll tell you how my day was tomorrow. Well...you guys won't see it tomorrow, you won't see any of this footage until after all this is over but, yeah. You get it. Anyway, I'm going to bed now, bye!"

His head barely hits the pillow before he's out like a light.