Ok yeah so hi this is the second chapter, and it's a bit shorter than the first one because I had to finish it in like 15 minutes I SORRY. Anyways, I'll have a head start tomorrow, so yis.
Chapter 2 (June 19th-20th 2012)
Alec was drumming his fingers on his bedside table, pondering over this "party" Jace had invited him to.
He wasn't all too sure he wanted to go but he had made a promise, granted a promise made for the safety of his new novel sitting comfortably on top of his T.V stand in his dark blue walled room, but a promise none the less.
So deciding waiting longer wasn't going to help, he walked to his closet, which uncannily was bigger than the bathroom.
Stepping inside he stood in darkness for a few seconds before finding the light switch and gently tugging in, hearing the click and then the room flooding with light.
His fingers skim past shirts for a few minutes before he stops on a button up black shirt with dark blue buttons, an accessory Alec failed to notice while buying it.
Then he grabs a pair of dark jeans and is ready an hour earlier than necessary.
After a few minutes of doubt, Alec picks up the phone, and dials Jace' number.
"Hello"
"Jace?" Alec says, having trouble hearing his best friend over loud booming music in the background.
"Hey Alec"
"Where the hell are you?"
"The party man!"
"Jace are you effing drunk?"
"What no" Jace responds a little too sharply.
"Right, what's the address I'm coming over to get you"
Jace hesitates for a minute before deciding; it's best not to mess with Alec, he gives him the address, and the dark haired man can hear the music shut off from his ears as Jace hangs up the phone.
Alec pulls his dark blue car up into a gravely parking lot.
Only two other cars are parked, the rest of the vehicles being Motorcycles, a bunch of surly looking men are hanging around them, with dark hair and unshaven faces.
Alec quickly turns away as they look towards him, not wanting to be noticed.
Stepping onto the front porch, he hears someone call out to him.
"Hey pretty boy mind coming over for a chat?" One of the motorcycle men slurs, much to the amusement of his very large friend or bystander.
"Yeah I think we could have some fun with him" The toughest looking one in the gang says, pointing a beer bottle in Alec's direction.
I should not have come here god damn it! Alec thinks in a scurry, turning back to the door and using the serpent brass door knocker to rap against the wooden frame. COME ON! His mind screams as one of the men stumble up the stairs.
"Where do you think you're going?" He asks with a slight hint of an Irish accent, but it's hard to tell due to the fact he's drunk.
Alec swallows and says "I'm not looking for any trouble here, just came to get a friend"
The man licks his lips and walks closer to Alec, who at this point is pinned up against the door, the knocker digging into his shoulder blades.
"It's not trouble we're worried about darling" he says, putting his hands on Alec's hips.
Alec is about to summon all of his old fighting skills from grade eleven when the door opens, making him stumble inside, he's caught by someone and hauled up, then thrown inside with surprising force.
He can't see the face of the person in front of him, so he just peers around their shoulder standing on tiptoe.
"Russell, get out of here before things get ugly" Alec expects the drunk man to take a swing at the person in front of him, instead he takes a few steps down and looks at Alec past whoever's standing in his way "Better hope we don't catch you in a dark alley pretty thing"
Alec swallows and then door is slammed.
The person in front of him wheels around and Alec can feel his heart sink. "Oh shit" he says, looking at the man for the second time in two days.
"Hello…Alec?" Magnus Bane says, raising an eyebrow.
"Y-yes" Alec says, shrinking back.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Magnus asks, taking a sip of the bottle of wine he's holding in his left hand.
Left handed. Alec's mind collects, scanning Magnus's body for any other clues of his personality.
Looking up through his eyelashes he sees that the spiky haired man has been watching him the whole time he spent basically looking him up and down.
A pink blush creeps towards Alec's cheeks and he turns away folding his hands behind his back as to not make it so obvious.
"Uh-I, well you see I came here too um" Alec grapples with a few hands motions before peering over Magnus's shoulder and pointing to a familiar blonde haired tall figure dancing with a pretty yet freaky girl with spiked up cotton candy pink hair and a wickedly short lime green dress.
"Jace" He manages to get out; Alec knew he was awkward in most situations, but this was just getting ridiculous.
"Oh, you know him? He's the reason for the unfortunate break up of many of my magnificent parties"
Alec swallows "Sorry about that then"
"You have no reason to be most times it's actually very exciting, or one or more people have their clothing off" Magnus says, eyeing Alec suggestively.
Turning his head away, he shakes out his hair and turns back, hoping Magnus has gone away but he's still looking at Alec with that look, the one a cat gives a particularly entertaining toy before chewing it to shreds.
It's not a pleasant look, but part of Alec doesn't want him to look away.
Clearing his throat he says "Well I really must go get Jace, he's drunk you see and-"
"As many are it's a party" Magnus says, taking a swig of the red wine in his hand.
"Yes well, if I don't take him home nobody will" Alec snaps trying to push past Magnus, but the other man takes a step to the side, blocking him off.
"Ah, so it's a friend with benefits relationship?"
"Yeah" Alec says not paying attention at all, caught up staring at a strobe light in the middle of the room.
"I MEAN NO, NO GOD NO!" he shouts, startling a few bystanders who flutter away.
Magnus grins and says "Well, that's good to know"
"What's good to know?" Alec asks, as Magnus turns on his heel and walks towards a couple of black clad kids arguing and fighting over something Alec can't see.
Weaving his way through the crowd, he finds Jace, not stopping to make an excuse to the girl his best friend is dancing with, he hauls him out of the house and into his car, speeding down the freeway like he'll never get anywhere fast enough.
It's all the same, he thinks in his blurred mind, as long as I never have to see that stupid glittery man again.
