Ater last period ended Magnus stayed behind as the class emptied out. Once they were all out he gathered his things and headed out himself but bumped into someone. "Oh Sorry."
"No it's my fault." She says lowering her phone. "I haven't seen you around, I'm Clary."
"Magnus." He replied.
"Clary!" Jace yelled going over to them. "What are you doing?"
"Just talking Jace relax." Clary says looking over at him. "It was nice meeting you Magnus."
Magnus smiled and watched her go before he headed out himself. Just as he was about to get in his car he heard his name being called. Turning around he saw Alexander coming over to him. "Hey Alexander."
"Call me Alec." He says playing with the strings of his jacket. "Um I was wondering if you wanted to start our project tomorrow. Maybe we can meet after school or something."
"Yeah." Magnus says.
"Cool I guess I'll see you tomorrow then." He gave Magnus a small wave then headed the other way to his motorcycle. Just as he was about to climb on he felt his phone vibrating. Pulling it out he got on and saw he had a text from his mom telling him to pick up Max from elementary school. He sighed and suddenly jumped when someone grabbed him from behind. "Damn it Jace!"
Jace laughed as Alec sat back. "Sorry, were gonna hang out at my place tonight. You should come, Lydia will be there."
"I can't...I got Max tonight."
"Bring him too." Replied Jace. "Come on Lydia loves Max and so does everyone else. Besides Lydia likes you and-"
"Jace...you weren't suppose say anything." Clary says. "Lydia is going to kill me."
"Well you shouldn't have told me when you know I can't keep a secret if my life depended on it." Jace replied. "Come on Lydia's hot and you're a guy so why won't you go out with her."
"Fine I'll go now will you drop it."
"Great...I'll see you later." Grabbing Clary's hand he walked off.
Shaking his head he started his bike and headed home. After dropping his bike off he walked started walking to the elementary school which was only two blocks away. He stopped when he saw a uhaul in front of a house. As he got closer he saw Magnus sitting on the front steps with a note pad in his hands. Magnus didn't seem to notice him so he figured he'd keep walking but instead found himself walking closer to him. "Hi."
Magnus looked up and smiled. "Alec hey what are you doing here?"
"I was just walking by and I saw you. I didn't know you lived here, I live a few houses down." Alec says. He was about to say something else but the door opened and a dark haired woman stepped out.
"Oh Sorry I didn't mean to interrupted...Magnus who's your friend." Meliea says.
"Alexander Lightwood." He says holding out his hand.
"You can call me Miss Bane and it's nice to meet you Alexander." She looked back to her son. "I have to run to the store really quick so lock up if you leave."
"Lightwood?" Magnus says as his mother walked away. "As in Maryse Lightwood?"
"Yeah, she's my mom." Alec says.
Magnus nodded. "So where are you heading too."
"To pick up my little brother from school, it's just a few block up the street."
"Would you like come company?"
Alec smiled. "Yeah." Side by side they slowly walked down the sidewalk to the elementary school. He saw the note pad that Magnus was holding to his chest. "What's that?"
"It's like a journal I guess. I went through a rough phase after my dad passed and I started writing. It started out with little notes but as time went on I just started doing it more, It helps."
"I'm sorry." Alec says looking down. After picking Max up they began the walk back while Max ran around, he stayed a little behind with Magnus. The walk was quiet and he'd get goosebumps every time their arms touched. He didn't know what it was but there was something about Magnus...something he couldn't quite figure out. It made him nervous and a little excited. Coming to a stop in front of Magnus house he shoved his hands. "Thanks for walking with me."
"Anytime." Magnus found himself getting lost in Alec's eyes before looking away. "Well I better go...I'll see ya."
Alec nodded. "See ya." He and Max continued their walk home and all the way he couldn't stop thinking about Magnus. After eating and changing they headed to Jace's place. Since the side gate was open they walked to the back yard where they found Jace and a few other teammates of his throwing a football around. Izzy, Clary and Lydia sat on the patio doing cheers.
Jace spotted them first and headed over to them. "You came...took you long enough." He tossed Alec the football while Max ran off. "Come on."
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Magnus was unpacking some boxes in his room when there was a knock at his door. Looking up he saw his mom with a plate of pizza and a soda. "Hey."
"Thought you might be hungry." She sat it down and sat on the bed. "So we never got to talk about your first day. How was it?"
"It was good, I like it better then private school." Magnus says continuing to unpack.
"So tell me about that handsome young man you were with?"
Magnus smiled. "He's in a few classes with me and were chemistry partners." She remained silent and he looked up to see her smiling. "Why are you smiling?"
Meliea shrugged. "No reason."
"Really mom...it's my first day...we just met"
"I didn't say anything...I'm going to finish unpacking." She got up and left the room.
Magnus got up and sat on the bed before grabbing the slice of pizza. His mind slowly drifting back to Alexander.
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Alec was in Jace's kitchen getting something to drink when he spotted Lydia behind him. "Hey." He says turning around to face her. "How's the new retinue going?"
"Good." Lydia slowly approached him. "I think this year's will be our year...you guys are going to dominate."
Alec smiled. "Thanks."
Lydia looked down as her arms came to rest over her chest. "So um I was wondering if maybe you wanted to...um...maybe hang out tomorrow."
Alec frowned but just as he was about to speak Jace walked in our of breath. "Oh Sorry I didn't mean to intterupt."
"You know what Alec just forget I said anything." Lydia says turning to leave.
"Lydia!" Alec called out but she left. He had always known that she liked him but he felt terrible because he didn't feel the same way for her.
"So did you ask her out?" Jace says leaning across from Alec. "Maybe then we can all go out and do something together."
"Jace can you just drop it."
"I don't get it." Jace says. "Are you just not attractive to her?"
"No it's not that I just...I don't-" Alec ran his fingers through his hair.
"Jace will you lay off!" Izzy yells coming into the kitchen.
Jace sighed and held up his hands. "Fine sorry." Grabbing his drink he headed back outside.
"You didn't have to do that Izzy I could have handled it." Alec says folding his arms.
Izzy smiled. "Yeah you looked like it. Are you okay?"
Alec shrugged. "I'm fine."
"Alec...you know that I'm here if you ever need to talk. Whatever you say will stay between us."
"There's nothing to talk about Izzy so just leave it." Pushing himself off the counter he walked pass her and headed out.
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Coming up...
Maryse jumps to conclusions when she sees Alec and Lydia talking in the halls and Camille will make her debut and set her sights on Magnus.
