Hello peeps, here's the next chapter! Sorry it took a while to put up. But it's here now! And it's a bit longer than usual! So…ENJOY~!

Chapter 3: "Hello Alexander".

"You asshole! I'm gonna kill you!" Yelled Magnus as Simon was holding the chair to avoid falling from laughing too much while Isabelle arched an eyebrow and looked on amused.

"You should have seen your face! So worth it! I can die happy now!"

"Oh you will…though maybe not so happy." Said Magnus with a sinister look on his face.

"Will you two stop it and tell me what the hell is going on?" Said Isabelle frustrated.

"Well you see, your dear boyfriend here seems to have failed to mention that dear Alexander is your brother"

"So?"

"Well our dear Magnus" said Simon copying Magnus's form of speech "is infatuated, for a better lack of term, with dear Alec"

Magnus let out a huge gasp at that and recoiled: "I am not infatuated!"

"Oh so you weren't reading The Count of Montecristo because of him?" said Simon arching his eyebrow.

"No? It's because I love it and it's a great piece of literature?" replied Magnus tentatively.

"A-ha I knew it!" Simon exclaimed.

Right at that moment the waiter interrupted to ask for their order. Meanwhile, Isabelle who had been unusually quiet spoke up "So you've met Alec then?"

"Well met is a very loose word, I talked and he blushed a lot."

"Yea he does that" said Isabelle smiling fondly "he told me about you, you know?"

"Oh really?" Magnus raised an eyebrow at that and continued "What did he say?"

"That you're very sparkly and wear a lot of make-up," Magnus laughed loudly and heads turned to look at him. They were in a restaurant after all. He stopped and Isabelle continued "oh and don't mention this to him or I'm a dead woman"

"Don't worry I won't. Anything else I should know?"

"Yea, The Count of Montecristo is his favourite book."

The night continued smoothly, basically talking and getting to know each other. They talked about fashion until Simon got sick of it and changed the subject. They talked about university and jobs and even a little bit of Alec. At the end of the night they were happy and saying they should do it again, maybe even invite Alec along. They were about to go their separate ways when Isabelle took Magnus to the side and whispered "Break his heart and I break you" and with a quick, cheery "Bye Magnus!" she walked back to Simon and they left. Magnus gulped because he knew Isabelle was serious and she would kill him if he hurt Alec, which he didn't intend to do by any means. The boy was too cute for his own good. As he thought that he started making his way home.

The next day Magnus went to the store for a few things and maybe a little talk with a certain black-haired boy who worked there. Instead as he walked in he found a brown haired boy at the counter. He quickly gathered the things he needed and left. He returned home disappointed, he had now missed seeing Alec for two days and really hoped they could chat now that he knew his name and his sister, who has a great sense of fashion as well. He returned home and proceeded to call Simon to complain once again.

Alec had had a headache from the moment he woke up in the morning. He was still able to make it to class and draw something decent, not his best work, the professor noticed, and finally got home only to realise that he had to get to work in the evening. He decided to take a panadol and then a nap. When he woke up a few hours later he felt even worse than before and decided to call Simon to tell him he could take up another shift some other time because he really couldn't get to work. Alec said he was sorry for about a million times until Simon snapped at him and told him to stop it, that it wasn't the end of the world, and that he'd get someone else to go in. Alec said a last sorry and hung up. He got up to take a shower and some medicine, flopped on his bed and in 5 minutes he was out like a light.

As soon as Simon picked up his cell he was met with a whiny voice: "SIMONNNNN! He wasn't there! Why wasn't he there?! I went-" He sighed and smiled slightly as he waited for Magnus to finish his rant. When he was ranting, no one could stop him, the only way was to wait it out. So he did just that. He realised Magnus had stopped talking when he could hear his own name being repeated a few times.

"Have you finished now?" Simon said with a teasing tone.

"How long was it this time?"

"About 5 minutes. Not to long, considering it's you"

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Magnus asked with an exaggerated gasp and faking being outraged.

"oh nothing nothing" replied Simon

Magnus huffed and replied: "Fine" and Simon could swear he heard the pout in his voice. "Did you pay any attention at least?" Magnus continued.

"Yea, about 2 sentences after my very whiny sounding name was spoken. Then I spaced out when I realised where this was going"

Magnus laughed at that and said "FIne fine. I'll repeat myself just for your benefit"

"Oh good, I don't know what I would've done if I missed such an interesting tale!" said Simon very sarcastically.

"Well then be glad that you'll get to hear it again" Simon groaned as he heard the smirk on Magnus' voice.

"Mags. I'm warning you. Keep it short."

"Or what?" Magnus taunted, knowing Simon would never do anything. Oh how wrong he would be.

"Or I'll change Alec's schedule so it'll match your class schedule and you would never be able to see him. Unless you skipped class. Which you wouldn't dare to do, would you?" Simon said fully aware that Magnus would never skip his delighted literature classes.

Magnus once again let out an outrageous gasp "You wouldn't" he said.

"Try me."

"Fine I'll keep it short" Magnus huffed.

"Damn! I wish you would've met Alec sooner. Would've saved me a lot of your rants" Simon snickered.

"Hey! I'll get you back for that!"

"Oh really. How exactly are you gonna do that"

"Oh I can think of many things. Primarily though, I'm very good friends with your girlfriend. And I'm very good at convincing people"

"Oh shit!"

"Good. Now that we've reached a stalemate, can we get to the good part?"

"And that would be…?"

"Why, Alexander of course!"

"Oh right. Why didn't I think of that!" Simon said sarcastically once again.

"Because you're not the amazing me"

"Thank god!"

Magnus ignored that and proceeded to tell him what he had missed during his rant: that he went to the store and that Alec wasn't there. Simon helped him out and told him that Alec was sick and that he would definitely be there tomorrow. After all they were best friends and Magnus would do the same for him. He did actually. He really helped Simon with Izzy. It was ironic that Magnus who knew so much about dating came to Simon of all people for advice but he tried none-the-less. Plus he knew Alec was interested in Magnus as well and that he needed someone in his life. After all he knew how often Izzy had tried to set him up with other people. He wasn't really doing much by telling Magnus if Alec would be at the store or not. They both wanted it so they would be able to figure it out even without his help. And they do say opposites attract and how much more opposite can you get than Alec and Magnus?

The next day Alec was at the store being bored again. He had been drawing but he had grown tired of it when nothing seemed to fit so he picked up his book again and dived in, but once again he wasn't really concentrating. He hadn't turned a page in five minutes. He was hung-up wondering about the glittery dark haired boy he had talked to Izzy about. He knew there was something she wasn't telling him but he couldn't figure out just what. And it drove him crazy! He would have to find a way for her to tell him. Maybe he could get Jace's help with it. But then he would have to tell Jace about Magnus. And then Jace would be so very amused and never let it go. But maybe he didn't want him to let it go. He was so curious about the sparkly boy. He wondered if he would come to buy something today. Just as he thought that, food appeared in front of him. He looked up sharply and his apology got stuck on his lips as blue eyes met gold ones. He blushed slightly, a small amount of pink dusting his cheeks, and muttered a very low "sorry" that he even wondered if the boy opposite him had heard it. He heard a chuckle and then the same silky voice he heard the first time speak up and say "Hello Alexander. You really have got to stop being so cute."

And that is the end of the chapter! Hope you enjoyed! :)