I hope you're all happy. I promised myself I'd get this up before I went to bed, and it's now 1 am and I'm going to die. Enjoy the fruits of my labor. And I havn't somehow gained the rights to the Mortal Instruments since the last chapter, so the charachters still aren't mine.
Chapter three.
Eyes fluttering open, Alec's first horrified thought was that a rainbow had exploded in his room. Taking a deep breath he calmed himself down. He wasn't in his room, for one, and the rainbow was only on his roommate's side. Magnus was a colourful person. He had many homey touches that he had brought with him. The second thing he noticed didn't as much horrify him, but make him feel slightly awkward. He could see Magnus lying underneath a few brightly coloured blankets, but he wasn't completely covered, and Alec could see the bare swell of his hip. His roommate slept naked. That was going to take some getting used to. He could feel his face heating up at the mere sight of it, even though nobody knew he was looking. He tore his eyes away, shaking his head and sitting up. It was about six, which was the time his internal clock woke him up every day. He yawned and got to his feet, grabbing his clothes for the day and heading to the shower, eyes averted from his roommate completely. He didn't want his gaze to be drawn back.
Magnus woke up to the shrieking sound of his alarm and groaned. He flailed around for a bit before his hand found the little device, and he hit every button he could find until one finally made it stop. He sighed and dropped his arm, lying there for a moment. He had no idea why he was up so early, until he looked around. He was at school, right. The stupid, stick-up-the-ass boarding school his mother had decided to send him to. His gaze flicked to the bed next to him, expecting to see the one reason he had decided he was going to like this school, but finding him gone. He sat up, grabbing his head with one hand at the head rush. He looked around, wondering where Alec had gone so early, when he heard the telltale sound of somebody moving around in the bathroom. So Alec was an early bird. Didn't surprise him. He groaned slightly as he forced himself to his feet, kneeling down and opening one of his bags, rummaging around as he decided what to wear. It was the first day, so he had to have some kind of impression on people. He had showered the night before, so he wouldn't waste his time with that.
The bathroom door opened, and Magnus glanced up. He still wasn't wearing anything. Alec really had impeccable timing. His eyes widened and he turned away, face lighting up.
"Oh, uh, sorry! I'll just, ah, wait here" Alec said quickly, closing the door again. He turned around and slid down to sit against the door, head in his hands. Magnus had looked so unaffected, still, whereas he had barely kept himself from freaking out. He pulled his knees up to his chest and resting his head against them, letting out a sigh. He had no idea how he was going to deal with this. He was going to have to spend the whole school year with Magnus as a roommate, because he wasn't going to chicken out and ask for a switch or something. But there was no way he was going to let anybody find out about his sexuality. He just couldn't do it. Isabelle was the only one who knew, and he was going to keep it that way, but he was pretty sure Magnus was catching on because of his behaviour. A minute or so later, there was a knock on the door, which he could feel in his back. He got to his feet and opened the door, to see a shirtless Magnus standing there. He was wearing pants now, thankfully, but Alec kept his eyes trained on Magnus's, trying to seem more confident than he was.
"Sorry about that. Didn't mean to scar you or something. But its safe to come out now" Magnus had amusement written all over his face, and Alec found himself averting his eyes, despite his attempt to hold eye contact .
"It's fine, I just wanted to give you some privacy" Alec replied, which wasn't technically lying. He just wasn't telling the whole truth. Magnus stepped away from the door and the blue-eyed boy exited, hearing a light chuckle from his roommate. It was a pleasant sound, but Alec was sure it was at least slightly mocking. It might just be his paranoia, but he denied it in his mind.
"All right. Well I'll be in here for a while. Gotta get my makeup done" Magnus sighed, running a hand through his hair. It was soft when it was down, but he rarely left it that way. Alec however, kept glancing at it. And he couldn't help but wonder what he thought about it. Alec liked the way it looked shiny and soft, and he wanted to run his hands through it to test that theory. He put his hands in his pockets instead, shrugging.
"Okay. I'll see you when you finish then I guess" Alec replied, walking across the room to sort out his bed, starting to make it neatly. Magnus nodded and entered the bathroom, dragging one whole bag with him. Alec raised an eyebrow. Surely that couldn't be an entire bag full of cosmetics and such? If it was, he had more than Isabelle. And he was a guy. It just didn't compute in his mind. None of this made any sense. He finished making his bed and pulled out the things he would need for his classes, binders, paper, and pens. His schedule read as such: Science, English, lunch, History, Gym. He was sure he would get through it all easily. He couldn't help but wonder what classes he would have with his sister and adoptive brother. Hopefully at least one in each of them. He didn't want to have to deal with people getting at him for being antisocial, or too serious or something. Most of the time, he didn't understand the jokes that people made, even with growing up with Isabelle and Jace. He had a feeling he'd be getting a lot of those from Magnus too. Once he was all sorted out, he looked at the clock. It was only 6:45, and he had some time before he was expected to be at breakfast. He had a feeling that Jace would still be asleep, and Isabelle would be up and getting ready as his roommate was. They seemed to be a lot alike.
Seven o'clock came, and Alec got up, looking at the bathroom door. He hesitantly walked up to it, knocking softly. "Umm. . . Magnus? We're supposed to be at breakfast about now" he called through it, only to hear a slight shuffling sound, most likely the taller male trying to finish up quickly.
"Coming! Don't want to get in shit on the first day" Magnus said as he was opening the door, still shirtless, but now with his hair spiked up and glittery, with a few streaks of colour through it. Lime green, hot pink, electric blue, blood red, neon yellow and orange. He had dark eyeliner and mascara on, with silver glitter around his green-gold eyes. It was quite a sight, making him look slightly surreal, but it was slightly imposing to be face to face with this so suddenly. Alec felt his eyes widen slightly at the sudden appearance, not used to being that close to another man who currently wasn't wearing a shirt, unless he and Jace were wrestling. That in itself could turn into a slightly awkward situation.
Magnus grabbed a shirt off of the floor that he had set aside from the other ones that he had tossed about, making his side of the room a complete disaster already. He pulled the lime green shirt on, and threw on a few silver metal bracelets. "Mm'kay, done. Breakfast time" he decided, walking over to the door with Alec in tow after stuffing what he would need in a bag. Slinging the bag over his shoulder as he exited the room, Alec caught sight of the many buttons that decorated the surface of it. His own bag was just black. His wardrobe today however wasn't. It consisted of black pants, yes, but a dark blue sweater. Close, but not quite black. It was his excuse when Isabelle complained that he didn't wear any colour.
Falling into step beside Magnus almost tentatively, Alec trained his eyes on the floor. He felt very outshined standing next to the taller man, but it was perfectly fine with him. It was a familiar feeling, like standing next to Izzy or Jace, who both flaunted their looks. It kept people's gaze away from him most of the time, and he liked that. He hated getting public attention. It caused unnecessary judgement, which was something he didn't need. Many people would think by looking at him that he was depressed or something. He was far from, really. He was just shy, and a tad socially awkward. Isabelle had called him 'cute' a few times, in response to which he glared at her. He wasn't 'cute'. He was an eighteen year old guy. There was no way he could be 'cute'. She had also said it was because he was gay, and other guys would definitely think he was cute. This too, he denied. He had brushed it off as trying to be nice to him, and trying to boost his confidence.
Magnus was talking almost the whole way there, and Alec answered where it was necessary. He learned more about his roommate than he thought he could ever learn about him in that short time. It was less that a five minute walk. Once they got to the dining hall, Alec automatically started to scan for either of his siblings, seeing neither. Seeing Alec's hesitation, Magnus stepped in.
"Want to eat with me?" he offered, raising an eyebrow. Alec looked up, smiling slightly.
"Sure. Thanks" he replied, shrugging. He figured that Isabelle and Jace would join them when they showed up. He followed Magnus to an empty area, taking a seat on the bench beside him. They both dropped their bags and started filling their plates, as so many other people there had. True to Alec's thoughts, Jace stumbled up a few minutes later, dark bags under his eyes and looking like he wanted to die. When Alec's eyebrows drew together Jace sighed, all but collapsing onto the bench.
"I'm going to die. I can't survive this year. Neither Sebastian or I trusts each other, so we were up most of the night, just in case. And to make matters worse, I don't look pretty for the first day of school!" Jace finished his rant with another heavy sigh, looking thoroughly upset at this last bit. He seemed to only notice Magnus now, looking up at him. "Who the hell- ohh" he cut himself off, as if recalling Alec's comment about his glittery roommate the night before. "You're Alec's roommate" he stated, pointing out the obvious by now. "Well I'm Jace. Alec's best friend in the whole wide world. So that position's taken, kay?" Jace grinned widely, looking a bit more awake now.
"Hmm, that's too bad. I'm Magnus" he added his name to the end, just in case Alec hadn't mentioned it already or something over dinner. He was assuming that this 'Sebastian' was Jace's roommate. But the blonde didn't have to worry. Best friend wasn't the title he was looking for from Alec. He was just hoping that Jace wasn't going to fight him for the title he did want. His concern of that was dashed almost immediately as the blonde's attention was diverted as a rather short girl with wavy red hair walked by, accompanied by a taller, slightly attractive boy with glasses. He was obviously staring at the girl's ass, until she was out of his line of sight and he seemed to clue in to the fact that he was still sitting with his best friend and some glittery kid. There was a slightly awkward silence before a girl that greatly resembled Alec sat down. Obviously his sister.
"Hey" Isabelle greeted them all cheerfully before looking at Magnus. "I'm Isabelle. You're Alec's roommate right?" she asked, her smile turning into a bit more of a smirk as she recalled catching him staring at Alec the previous night at dinner.
"Yeah, I'm Magnus" he replied, lifting his chin slightly and smirking back. He knew he had been caught, and he could tell that Isabelle seemed to like this. He was really hoping that he was correct about the fact that Alec was batting for the other team, and he was almost completely sure that he was right about that. Isabelle seemed to think something of it, and he had a feeling that he'd be having some interesting conversations in the next little while. Isabelle looked like somebody he could definitely get along with, which he thought even more now than he did before. This Jace though. . . he wasn't too sure. He seemed like a bit of an asshole, even though he hadn't spoken much, and still looked dead tired. There was a bit of chatter as they ate, mostly between Alec's sister and roommate, and occasionally Jace. Alec finished eating first, and pulled out his schedule.
Jace caught the movement as his best friend pulled out a piece of paper. He almost jumped across the table, plucking it from Alec's hands and peering down at it. "I have. . . history with you. . . and that's it. Aww, that's bull. I'm gonna miss you buddy. What are you going to do without me to protect you? I can't be in two places at once! Although two Jace's would be better than one" he sighed, handing back Alec's schedule.
"What do I have with you, brother dearest?" Isabelle asked, taking the paper right back from him and peering down at it. "Look! English! My worst subject! You can help me with it" she grinned, putting the paper down on the table and ignoring the roll of Alec's bright blue eyes.
"I'm the only one with two classes with him? I feel privileged" Magnus laughed, looking down at the schedule again. "First and last. Perfect" Isabelle grinned in the tallest boy's direction, thinking more about the last one. Gym class was always the best time for checking people out. But it wasn't co-ed gym, so better for the gays. Magnus was going to have fun, she could tell. The classes he had with Alec were also the only two that Alec wouldn't know anybody else in, so he would probably stick by him. Keep to somebody he knew. At least, Magnus was hoping it would go that way.
"Ow!" Jace suddenly exclaimed, holding the back of his head and glaring at the dark haired boy walking by, who had a satisfied grin on his face. "Goddamnit! How does he manage to look so freaking composed after getting no sleep!" Jace asked angrily, glaring at the back of Sebastian's head now. It was true, he had looked rather awake, and like he had gotten a good sleep.
Alec laughed quietly at his friend's misfortune, and Magnus smiled at the sound. He was a bit jealous that Jace could get him to laugh so easily, and he had only laughed once before because of his roommate. It was rather annoying. They were going to have to work on that. Alec couldn't stay reserved forever.
"Well I'm going to go find my English room, just so I don't get lost" Jace decided, starting to get to his feet. In the tired state he was in, getting his legs over the bench didn't work as well as it normally would. One foot caught, and he toppled backwards, landing on his ass and then his back, finally smacking his head on the ground. This caused Alec to laugh again, louder this time. Magnus decided it was a very nice sound. Magnus was snickering, and Isabelle was laughing harder than Alec was. Jace wasn't laughing. He had pulled his legs over the bench and curled into a ball on the floor, groaning before sitting up. "I hate my life. I'm going to kill my roommate" he grumbled to himself, hefting his bag over his shoulder and flipping the table off before walking out of the room, muttering to himself the entire time.
"Well your friend seems happy with his living arrangements" Magnus commented, unaffected by the fact that he had been flipped off, along with the other two. It happened to him quite often. He was glad he wasn't stuck with somebody he would hate. He was probably the luckiest person when it came to that.
"Yeah, they were getting along so well before. Sebastian had him stuck between a couple mattresses and was sitting on top. I can tell they're going to be best friends" Alec commented, running a hand through his black hair. Magnus blinked. That was the first sarcasm he had heard Alec ever use. Isabelle gave her brother a strange look. Apparently it was very out of character. Magnus got to his feet, deciding to save Alec from the questions that Izzy looked ready to fire at him.
"Come on, let's head to science. I have no idea where it is, but I'm sure we'll find it. You any good with a map?" he asked, standing up and stretching. Alec got up as well, grabbing his bag.
"Well, I'm not bad. Bye Izzy. See you in English" he said with a smile, waving to his sister before following Magnus to the entrance of the dining hall. He pulled out his map, looking down at it. He pointed them in the right direction to get to the actual school section of the building. The only thought he really had was that this was going to be a very interesting class.
