I'm sorrrrryyy, I know this took soooooooo much longer than it should have but I had results day and holidays and my school musical and tbh life just took over but I'm off school for a week so I finally got this done. Thank you to those of you who took the time to write a review for the first chapter, I appreciate it so much and you're the reason I triedso hard to get this chapter out there. Enjoy Ps hope you guys love confident Alec ;)
Chapter 2
Magnus was in his own world. He was floating around his room thinking about blue eyes and hot lips that he could still almost feel on his skin. He wanted those lips everywhere. Seriously. However a sharp rap on the leg brought him back to reality where he was on his bed with Tessa standing over him holding her ruler out like a weapon.
"Magnus. Tell me why you have been grinning like an idiot for the past hour right now." Tessa pointed her ruler at him sternly, though the twinkle in her eye told him she wasn't actually going to hurt him. At least, not badly.
Magnus thought about keeping Alec to himself for a while and giving Tessa some flimsy excuse about being happy with life but not only would Tessa see through that, she was also his best friend and she could have some valuable information on Alec.
"Well… Okay… I flirted with this totally hot guy in maths and he actually flirted back like he flirted back with me. A hot guy, Tessa! And he was so sweet, he saw that I'd left my textbook so he picked it up to give to me and it was so nice and he's got the most beautiful blue eyes and his muscles, Tessa you know I don't rate people based on their looks but if I did, Alexander would be an 100." Magnus let out a slow breath of air and looked up to see Tessa smiling knowingly at him.
"What is it? Oh, I was just rambling wasn't I? I would say sorry but I'm not sorry at all, why are you-"
"Magnus, I mean this with all the kindness in my heart but shut up. Are you talking about Alexander Lightwood?"
Magnus nodded quickly. "Do you know him? Oh my God, please set us up on a date if you do."
"I know of him. I know his family is filthy rich for a start.' Magnus's eyes widened a fraction at this but he didn't know why he was surprised, even though Alec's jumper had clearly been worn it had also clearly been from last year's Tom Ford collection. 'He's on the basketball team and he swims outside of school. He's the smartest kid in our year as well.' Tessa looked directly at Magnus now, her grey eyes swirling with suppressed mischief. 'And he came out last month to overwhelming support from his family and friends."
Magnus gasped at that sentence. He'd been sure Alec wasn't straight but he'd never expected him to be out. This was perfect.
"Magnus. I know what that face means… Are you going to try and woo Alexander Lightwood?"
"Why shouldn't I?" Magnus looked at Tessa closely, "What is it? Tessa? What are you not telling me?"
Tessa scrunched her nose up as if she didn't want to say anything, "This is just a rumour but a lot of people have said that Alec doesn't date."
Magnus laughed shortly "That's not an issue, I don't mind inexperienced people, you know that."
"No, Magnus, he's definitely experienced. He just doesn't date." Tessa looked uncomfortable now.
OH. God.
It clicked into place in Magnus's head.
"He sleeps around." It wasn't a question. It was clear from Tessa's face that he was right.
"I don't know if it's true Magnus. I just heard from Camille that after he came out, he became very comfortable at parties, if you know what I mean."
Magnus knew exactly what that meant. Just the idea of Alec being sexual in public at parties made Magnus's mouth dry. But that didn't mean he was never going to date. It just meant he hadn't found the right person yet. And Magnus was going to make it his mission to be the right person. In fact he said that to Tessa right then.
"I hope you can Magnus,' Her eyes softened, 'Seriously, you deserve to be happy. And you of all people know that guys who sleep around aren't bad people, just misunderstood."
Magnus had to look away then, Tessa's soft tone and understanding eyes were making his throat close up and the last thing he wanted to do was get emotional while talking about a boy.
Magnus felt so jittery in History. What the hell was wrong with him? Alec was one guy. Admittedly a very attractive guy but Magnus didn't even know him very well, so why was he so nervous? Tessa had told him last night to stay cool, start a conversation with him and go from there. And that was all he needed to do, it wasn't as if he was planning on asking him out or proposing. He needed to calm down.
When the bell went, Magnus flew out of his chair and stuffed everything into his bag. He had to be in the maths class before Alexander so he could make sure he looked good and felt calm.
Alec arrived about two minutes after Magnus had sat down so he had had ample time to check his hair and make sure he was breathing at a normal rate.
When Alec walked in, Magnus felt every ounce of oxygen leave his body suddenly. Alexander was wearing tight black skinny jeans with a plain white t-shirt and a leather jacket was hanging from his arm. But this simple yet mouth-watering outfit was not what shocked Magnus, it was the almost hidden but still noticeable outline of a black tattoo that was peeking through his shirt sleeve just below his shoulder.
Magnus had always found tattoos attractive and now this had happened he was starting to feel like the universe was finally seeing how kind hearted and deserving he was of good things. Because Alexander in that outfit and having at least one tattoo at the age of 17 was a good thing.
"Hey Magnus." Alec dropped into his chair next to Magnus and started rummaging through his bag.
Magnus smirked and nodded and even though it may have looked cool to Alec it was more because of the fact that he was unsure whether he would be able to force a sentence out that wasn't in a different language or a swear word. Finally he pulled himself together.
"Nice tat," he said way more evenly than he felt.
"You like? My parents almost killed me for it but I said it was a form of art and they love art as a form of expression so they don't mind so much now." Alec looked away, almost afraid he'd said too much but Magnus was wishing he'd carried on. His voice was captivating and hearing about his personal life was a lot more interesting than it should have been to Magnus.
"What is it? Like what does it mean?" Magnus saw Alec hesitate at the question and quickly added, "You don't have to tell me obviously if it's personal..."
"No it's not, it's just no one generally asks me what it means, they're more interested in how I got it so young." Alec gazed at Magnus when he said this with a look of surprised intrigue in his eyes as if he wasn't expecting Magnus to be the way he is.
"It's a rune. They're from Ancient Greek times and this one means fearless. I got it the week before I came out." He had been looking down while saying this and when he looked up and his eyes met Magnus's they were questioning and Magnus knew Alec was waiting for Magnus to be surprised or taken aback.
But Magnus just grinned at him, trying to show without words how supportive he was and said softly, "I love it."
They looked at each other then and for a moment Magnus felt that Alec was feeling the same attraction as he was but then Miss Loss walked and the moment was over and they went straight into calculus.
One thing Magnus did not fail to notice however was the little smile that was etched onto Alec's face and that Alec's phone did not make a single appearance all lesson.
At lunch, Magnus, Tessa, Will and Jem were sitting at their usual table when Camille Belcourt strutted over and took a seat unannounced.
"Um... Camille, no offence but what are you doing?" Will had a fork full of food halfway towards his mouth and an eyebrow raised.
"I want to make sure you're all coming to my party this weekend. It's my birthday next month." She smiled icily at Will.
"Next month...? Okay whatever I'm sure we'll pop in then." Jem looked confused but as usual spoke politely and kindly towards Camille.
"And you, Magnus? You won't miss it, will you? " She smiled sweetly at Magnus, though her blue eyes remained as cold as ice.
"You know me, Camille, I never miss a party," Magnus said breezily, "Will the basketball team be there?"
"Probably, if they can drag themselves away from the courts. Why do you care?" She had an intrigued look on her face. "Got your eye on the new gay athlete Alec Lightwood?"
Magnus didn't look her in the eye and that was all the answer she needed.
"He'll be there, he loves my vast assortment of spare rooms." Camille laughed coldly and gracefully walked back to her packed table without a second glance.
"Well. At least you know he'll be there." Will tried, "And she could have been joking about that spare room thing, Camille loves to mess with people's heads so just don't take it too-"
"Just shut up, Will please." Magnus snapped and swiftly got up and headed to the library without saying goodbye to his friends.
There was a myriad of thoughts swirling around in his mind but one was more prominent than the others.
If all Alexander wanted was a hook-up, then Magnus was fine with that. But he was going to make it so good that Alec would be left coming back to Magnus again and again until eventually he'd give in and start dating Magnus properly.
So maybe it wasn't a foolproof plan but at least he could get a hot hookup with Alexander out of it. That at least was worth it.
So another chapter over,,, Hope everyone likes it and it was worth the wait and don't worry next chapter is going to be the party scene and there will be lots of malec action and more mystery about Alec added. Hopefully I will be able to get into a more fixed schedule but there's no way of knowing so just hang in there. And any new readers hello and thank u and pls review so i know what everyone thinks.
