The Tides... they are a changin. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and I look forward to reading your thoughts.
Clique Chapter Seven: Tides of Change.
Jonathan Pov- I stood at the doors of the lunch room shocked at what I was seeing. What I was looking at was just wrong and it had to be stopped. Seelie walked passed me but I quickly grabbed her arm pulling her back to stand next to me. "Seelie look around and tell me what you see."
She looked around before looking back at me "I see the same lunch room and the same people I see every day." I rolled my eyes "look closer. Look at the fashionista table." She looked over looking at the table consisting of Magnus Bane, Helen Blackthorn, Camille Belcourt and the Lightwood siblings.
"I don't see anything different about it" she said crossing his eyes. "The Nobody is sitting at their table again. He's been sitting with them for the past week now." She shrugged "what's new about that?"
I looked at her "am I the only one who sees the problem here? He's out of place. The fashionistas aren't his group of people to hang out with. He's breaking the rules and if the Nobody can break the rules then what's stopping anyone else? Soon band geeks and nerds will think they can just sit wherever they want."
Seelie looked and pointed to the nerd table "it seems like it's already happening." I looked toward the nerd table and gasped seeing William Herondale leaning on the table obviously flirting with Tessa Gray. "This is not happening" I growled before making my way to the fashionista table. The moment I stopped in front of it the entire lunch room went quiet and everyone stared.
Alec and Magnus both looked up at me Alec looking confused, and Magnus looking pissed behind his glasses. "Wow why are you wearing those hideous glasses again" I asked trying not to laugh. Magnus frowned glancing away, pushing the glasses up the rim of his nose. "What do you want Jonathan" Isabelle Lightwood asked glaring at me.
I ignored her looking at her brother "I've tried to be polite but I can't overlook it anymore. Alec you're sitting at the wrong table. Your table is off in the corner alone where you belong." Alec frowned starting to stand up but stopped when Magnus put his hand on his shoulder, pushing him back into his seat.
"Alec you don't have to go anywhere" Magnus said not taking his eyes off of me. I smirked at him appreciating his guts. "Magnus if you're going to start dressing like a nerd again you might want to save yourself the trouble and just go back over to the nerd table with your reject friends." Magnus glanced over at his old friends before glaring at me "they aren't rejects."
"They must be since you so easily dropped them. I understand why you did it though. I wouldn't want to be seen with them either. Dropping them was maybe the best thing you ever did." He stayed silent and I smirked before looking back at Alec "I'm not over here to taunt him, I'm here to put you in your place."
Jace walked over to us putting his hand on my shoulder "Jonathan back off. Alec being over here isn't effecting you none." "Oh but it is Jace. Alec here is breaking the rules and that's making others think they can do the same" I said glancing over at Will.
Will frowned and made his way back to his table looking annoyed. I watched him before looking back at Alec "get up." "He's not going anywhere" Magnus said again glaring at me. I smirked putting my hand on the table and leaning forward until I was in Magnus's face.
"How sweet. The old Nobody is protecting the new Nobody. You two make a beautiful couple." Magnus paled "I wasn't a… we're not…" "Cat got your tongue" I asked not losing my smirk.
"You can try to deny all you want that you weren't a nobody back then but all the seniors here know the truth. We were with you in middle school yet no one remembers because you weren't important till the final year. Everyone thought that you were a new student for crying out loud. No one cared about you."
Magnus sat there not saying another word and I leaned up smiling smugly "I must have hit the nail on the head." I turned around walking away from their table to go to my own. Something slimy hit my back and the back of my head making me freeze in place. I glanced at my shoulder seeing spaghetti noodles clinging to my leather jacket.
I turned around glaring, expecting Bane to be the one who threw it. I was shocked to see Alec Lightwood standing there with a hand covered in sauce from him picking the spaghetti up and flinging it at me. Everyone in the room was staring at him in shocked silence but Alec was just glaring at me. "Take it back" he growled lowly.
I raised an eyebrow in question "take back what?" "Those things you said about Magnus. Take it back. Magnus has never been like me. I deserve the Nobody status, there is nothing interesting about me but that's not the case with Magnus. Magnus has always been extraordinary even before he changed himself. No one ever took the time to see it."
I cocked my head to the side glaring at him "I won't take back anything. What I said is true." "no it's not" he said glaring back at me. "Take it back or else."
I crossed my arms smirking again "or else what?" Alec grabbed another hunk of noodles and flung it at me hitting me in the face with it. Everyone in the room gasped staring at me wondering how I would react. I took a couple deep breaths before reaching over grabbing potatoes off of someone's tray and chucking them at Alec, hitting him in the face as well.
There was a moment of silence in the room before chaos erupted.
Magnus Pov- The lunch room was a warzone. Seconds after Jonathan threw the potatoes a food fight broke out and everyone was throwing food at each other. I screamed as I got hit in every direction by spaghetti, potatoes, and pudding. All foods that will leave unspeakable stains in my gorgeous outfit.
I looked around the room for Alec, having been separated from him in the middle of the chaos. I couldn't believe that he was the first to throw the food and on my behalf. He looked so angry at what Jonathan said to me and he wanted him to take it back. Why was Alec so passionate about what people thought about me in middle school?"
"Alec? Where are you" I asked looking around the room. Food was flying everywhere and it was close to impossible to avoid it. I grabbed a tray and held it in front of me to try to keep the food out of my face as I made my way around the room. I kept looking around for Alec until finally I spotted him close to the lunch room doors, trying to get some pudding out of his eyes.
With some struggle I made my way over to him and grabbed his arm pulling him out of the room with me. Once we were in the quiet hallway Alec looked around. "Magnus is that you" he asked feeling around with his free hand. I frowned watching him "can you see Alec?"
He shook his head no "I have pudding in my eyes. I would say it doesn't hurt but honestly it burns like a bitch." I laughed grabbing both his hands, entwining our fingers. "I'll take you to the nurses' office."
I led him down a couple hallways to the nurses' office and when we got there the room was empty. "The nurse isn't here" I sighed looking around. "I just need a cloth to wash off my face and hopefully get the pudding out of my eyes." I nodded leading him over to a cot and making him sit down.
"What made you do that Alexander? You're the last person I would think to start a food fight" I said grabbing a washcloth and running it under some warm water. Alec frowned looking down "I didn't like the things he was saying. He couldn't have been more wrong."
I glanced at him frowning before wringing out the cloth and going over to him, sitting next to him on the cot. "Alec he wasn't wrong. I was pretty much invisible in middle school." "I was the invisible one Magnus. I was next to you every day and you were all I would ever look at so I know you weren't invisible."
I looked at him shocked before frowning and starting to wipe the pudding out of his eyes "what do you mean you next to me every day?" He shrugged frowning "I told you before that we had science class together. Well we had science class together every year for three years and I sat next to you every time." I stared at him shocked "why would you do that if I ignored you?"
Alec carefully opened his eyes looking at me "because I thought you were amazing. Watching you work and create was one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. You shined so brightly, someone who shines that bright couldn't possibly be a nobody. You were somebody to me."
I searched his eyes, feeling tears stinging at mine. "I thought… I thought no one outside of my friends cared." Alec looked back into my eyes, his baby blues shining "I've always cared about you Magnus." I reached up placing my palm against his cheek "really" I asked softly.
He nodded slightly as I leaned in so close to him that I could feel his breath on my face. "Magnus" he breathed out before my lips captured his. Our lips brushed softly making Alec sigh happily and wrap his arms around me running his hands into my hair and kiss me more. I kissed him back wrapping my arms around his waist.
Kissing Alec felt like I had a thousand-pound weight on my back and Alec's lips made the weight vanish. It was like floodgates opened and all kinds of suppressed feelings were pouring out of the both of us. Alec's grip got tighter on my hair as he pulled me so close I was almost on top of him. He kissed me like he's been wondering a desert for years and finally came across some water.
I forced myself to break the kiss, needing to take a moment to breath and I looked into Alec's eyes searching them. Alec caught his breath searching my eyes back. "Alec… I think I might be Bi" I said softly. Alec searched my eyes a moment longer before sighing "thank god" before pulling me back into a kiss.
I held him righter, my hands running up his back until I was holding his shoulder blades. I laid him down on the cot climbing on top of him in the process. Alec moved one of his hands to the back of my neck and he licked my bottom lip wanting entrance. I let him in without any hesitation and moaned happily when his hot tongue explored all the caverns of my mouth.
A loud ringing noise filled the room forcing us to break the kiss. The ring was the sound of the intercom coming on and the principals voice followed soon after it. "Jonathan Morgenstern and Alexander Lightwood come to the principal's office at once." The intercom turned off with a click and I stared up at the ceiling before looking back down at Alec.
Alec frowned looking back at me "sounds like I'm in trouble." "Most likely for starting the food fight" I sighed sitting up. Alec sat up too "I hope I don't get into too much trouble. My father will chew my head off if I get suspended." "I'm sure it will just be a few weeks in detention" I said smiling.
He nodded looking lost in thought before looking at me "You kissed me… what does that mean for us?" I glanced at him "what do you want it to mean?" Alec was silent for a long moment before saying "I want it to mean that you'll go out with me."
I looked at Alec shocked "you want to go out with me?" He nodded "I have liked you since Elementary school." I watched him wondering if I should come clean and tell him about the bet. I want to date Alec; I realize that now but I can't start a relationship on lies.
"Alec… you have to know that when we first met… the reason I talked to you at all is…" Alec looked at me with big hopeful eyes and looking at them made my heart break. Alec likes me and my telling him that the whole reason I even talked to him to begin with is for some bet would just crush him. Our relationship would be over before it even started. Alec frowned confused by my silence "what is it Magnus?"
I shook my head grabbing his hands and entwining my fingers "I would be honored to be your boyfriend Alec." His eyes widened in surprise "Am I dreaming?" I laughed shaking my head "No Alexander you aren't dreaming. I really want to be with you."
He looked down at our joint hands "but we can't be together… I'm the Nobody remember?" I let go of one of his hands and grabbed his chin making him look at me "Alexander Lightwood you are far from 'nobody' to me." Alec smiled sweetly at my words before leaning in and kissing me again. I kissed him back smiling before breaking it "you have to go face the music."
He sighed laying his forehead on mine, closing his eyes. "I've never done anything bad in my entire life." "Nice to know I'm a bad influence on you" I teased before standing up with him. "Do you want me to walk with you to the principals' office?"
He shook his head no "I can make my way there on my own. I'll see you after school right?" I nodded smiling "I'll be waiting for you by your locker." He nodded and kissed me one more time "I'll never get over how wonderful it is to finally get to kiss you."
I laughed shoving him gently to the door "get going dork. If you take too long, then the principle will get even angrier." He nodded smiling at me before turning and running out the door. I watched him go still able to feel the linger of his lips on mine.
Alec Pov- A week's detention plus cleaning the cafeteria. I suppose the punishment could have been worse so I'm not complaining but cleaning the mess in the lunch room could take hours. I don't even know what came over me to make me throw the pasta. Jonathan was saying horrible things about Magnus and It just pushed me over the edge.
Still, I would start a thousand food fights if each of them resulted in Magnus becoming my boyfriend. Boyfriend… wow I can't believe I can say it and it be true. Magnus Bane was my boyfriend and I wanted to just climb onto the school roof and shout it to the heavens. I wanted the world to know yet I couldn't really tell anyone since I'm in the closet with my family.
Everyone at school knows I'm gay so if Magnus wants them to know then they'll know. My parents on the other hand don't know about my sexuality and I don't really know how they will react to my telling them. I refuse to keep Magnus a secret though so if I have to come out to my parents to be with him then that's just what I'm going to do.
I walked up to my locker where Magnus was standing, waiting for me. "So what's the verdict" he asked leaning in and kissing my cheek once I got to him. A couple people stopped and stared for a moment when he kissed my cheek before going back to walking and whispering to themselves. "A week detention and cleaning the lunch room" I sighed putting my books in my locker.
He frowned "you have to clean the lunch room alone?" I shook my head no "I have to clean it with Jonathan." Magnus shook his head "that's even worse than cleaning it alone. I'll help you since it's my fault that you started the food fight in the first place." "You didn't tell me to throw the spaghetti. Besides the principal said Jonathan and I had to do it on our own so that means no help from anyone else."
Magnus shook his head "I swear that old man is so strict. Do you want me at least to stay with you so you at least have some good company?" I shook my head no "I don't want you to be bored so you can head home. Thanks for helping me get the puddling out of my eyes."
He smiled closing his locker "Your welcome. I should head home now that you mention food. It will take hours to get this dried sauce and potatoes out of my hair." I smiled leaning up and kissing his cheek "good luck with that." He wrapped his arms around my waist before capturing my lips with his.
I melted into him happily kissing him back and wrapping my arms around his neck. Kissing Magnus was like eating a delicious peace of chocolate. It's like the feeling you get when you let the chocolate melt in your mouth and you savor the flavor. Kissing Magnus was paradise.
He broke the kiss smiling before kissing the tip of my nose making me laugh. "I'll call you tonight Alexander." "I'll be waiting" I said happily before letting him go and heading to the lunch room.
When I got to the room I had to take a moment to take in the sight around me. Dried potatoes and sauce were all over the tables, walls, and the floor. Noodles were dangling off the ceiling fans and the counters. The salad bar was a complete mess as well.
Someone standing beside me whistled looking around "wow you got your work cut out for you." I looked over and smiled seeing it was Jace "hey what are you doing here?" He smiled "I thought I would come to help you since I figured it would be a lot of work." "I appreciate the offer but the principal said that Jonathan and I had to clean it alone."
"Well Jonathan told me that he was just going to go home and let you do all the work. So I'm here in his place so you don't have to work alone." I frowned looking around the room "he was going to let me clean all of this by myself?" he nodded "afraid so buddie."
I sighed shaking my head before grabbing the bucket and scraper that were left on the counter for Jonathan and I. "I guess you can grab that scraper then and we can get started." Jace nodded grabbing it and he walked over to a wall getting started scraping off potatoes. "I was shocked when I saw you throw that food."
"I don't even remember throwing it to be honest. It was all a blur and I remember is that I was really pissed. I didn't like the things he was saying about Magnus." He looked over at me "I know you don't like hearing bad things about Magnus but what he said was the truth. No one really knew Magnus existed before the last year of middle school."
"I knew he existed" I said frowning. "I know you did but that was because you have literally built your life around him. Everything you do has Magnus in mind. No one else watched him the way you used to."
I moved over to the sports table starting to scrape pudding off the corners "Magnus kissed me today. He's finally seen me the way I have always seen him. We're going out now." Jace looked at me shocked "Alec are you sure that's a good idea?"
I frowned looking at him "why wouldn't it be a good idea?" "Well you haven't really figured out why it is Magnus originally started talking to you. Don't you think you should find that out before you so easily give away your heart?" I sighed going back to scrapping "my heart has always belonged to Magnus Jace."
He nodded "yes and that's just the thing. You are blinded by your feelings so you don't want to think rationally about what Magnus could possibly be using you for. What if he's dating you for the same reason he started talking to you? Maybe him and Camille aren't really separated and they are only pretending to be because they want to embarrass you."
"Magnus wouldn't do that Jace" I said softly, not wanting to think of the possibility. Jace watched me in silence for a few moments before looking at the food covered wall. "This will take hours." "We better stop talking and start moving then."
It took three hours to finish the lunch room and by time we were done Jace and I were both laying on the newly mopped floor dead tired. "I can't feel my arms" Jace whined laying his head back. "I would have been here all night without your help. Thanks Jace" I said looking at him.
He looked back at me smiling "we're best friends so I'll help you in any way I can." I smiled not able to stop myself "I've never had a best friend before. Magnus says I'm his best friend but it doesn't ever feel like our friendship does. Jace smirked playfully at me "well now you moved up from his best friend to his boyfriend."
I blushed looking up at the ceiling and smiling happily. "Magnus Bane is my boyfriend. No matter how much I say it, it just doesn't seem real." "You bet it's real. You're dating the king of fashion" he said sitting up.
I sat up looking at him "what do you think the school is going to think? The Nobody being with the fashion king breaks so many clique rules." He shrugged pulling his cellphone out of his jean pocket "I'm sure this relationship will start breaking down the walls each clique has made around each other. We'll start branching out and maybe I'll finally get to date Clary."
"Did reading that art book help you with her at all?" He nodded "a little bit. I was able to understand what she was saying for the most part…" Jace trailed off frowning at his phone causing me to frown as well. "what is it?"
He looked at me "I don't think you have to worry about breaking the news to everyone at school" he said handing me his phone. I took it and was shocked to see a photo of Magnus as I kissing in the hallway. Someone must have taken it while we weren't looking and sent it to the entire school. "Looks like everyone knows now" Jace said watching me.
I looked at him frowning "do you think people will start attacking Magnus?" He shook his head "I think Magnus knew what he was getting himself into when he agreed to date you. He knew people would have a problem with it. I don't think people will have the guts to go up to his face and complain about it though. You on the other hand, they won't have any problem giving you a hard time over it."
"So I'm pretty much going to get attacked tomorrow" I sighed. He shrugged "not if you have Magnus with you at all times." I handed him his phone back "you'll be there to help me right?" He nodded taking the phone from me "of course I will Alec. I won't let you get bullied over something so stupid. Magnus should be allowed to date you if he chooses to."
"I completely disagree" Jonathans voice came from the cafeteria door. We both looked up and he was standing there with his arms crossed, all clean with no more food clinging to him. When I saw him in the principal's office he was covered head to toe in food so he must have gone home and cleaned up. "What are you doing here Jonathan? I thought you were leaving the cleaning to Alec" Jace asked standing up.
"I came back to interrogate Alec about this disgusting photo that appeared on my phone. Why are you here Jace? You're still covered in food so that means you never left." Jace frowned "I thought I would help Alec clean since you weren't going to."
"Since when are you and Alec friends" he asked glaring at Jace. Jace frowned not knowing how to answer that. Jace told me that he didn't want Jonathan to know we were friends because he knows how unstable he can be at times and he doesn't want Jonathan to hurt me. "We aren't friends. He was just helping me" I said standing up.
Jace looked at me before looking back at Jonathan "I thought that maybe it was too much work for him to do alone and since my friend was one of the reasons it started, I felt like I owed it to him to help." Jonathan watched him before a moment before looking back at me "explain this photo to me Lightwood" he said holding up his phone and showing the picture of Magnus and I kissing. "I knew you were slow Jonathan but I thought you would at least know what kissing looked like."
I was shocked at how easily I was talking back to him. A week ago I would have coward under his glare let alone him yelling at me. Something is changing in me and I have Jace and Magnus to thank for it. "Don't talk back to me you little nobody. What do you think you're doing kissing Magnus Bane?"
"If you want to be specific to that very picture then it's Magnus who is kissing me. He's my boyfriend now so I'm allowed to kiss him as much as I want." "Him being your 'boyfriend' is against clique rules." "I'm not part of any clique if you remember correctly. I don't care if Magnus is into fashion or science. I love him no matter what his interests are."
"You can't possibly think that Magnus actually likes you right? He's obviously using you to get something. Magnus Bane isn't as innocent as you fooled yourself into believing he is." "I keep hearing that I'm being used but I don't believe it. Magnus wouldn't do that."
Jonathan scoffed "you claim to know him so well yet you're blind to all his flaws. I shouldn't be surprised that you two have been drawn to each other. Two nobodies finding each other and falling in love. How sickly romantic."
"Magnus is far from a nobody. He will do amazing things someday in either the fashion or science world. Hell, maybe even in both." Jonathan crossed his arms "what about you?" I frowned at this. "What about me?"
He shrugged "What do you have to offer Magnus? What do you want to be when you leave high school? All you have ever wanted is Magnus and now you have him. What now? What's next for Alec Lightwood?"
I frowned not knowing how to answer that. Jace and I were talking about this the other day. I don't know what I want to do with my life. All I ever wanted was to be with Magnus, I didn't fit any other dreams into my heart.
"High school is ending for you and I in three little months. I'm sure Magnus will get a scholarship to some fashion school but what about you? What will you do after high school? Isn't your daddy expecting great things out of you? How disappointed he will be when he sees that all this time you wasted your time chasing some guy instead of planning for your future."
"Jonathan stop it you're going too far" Jace said looking at him. Jonathan looked back at him "I'm just being honest. Why is it considered bad to be honest with the people around you? If he can't take the truth, it's not my fault."
"I'm… going to go home" I said walking over to one of the tabled and grabbing by backpack. Jace frowned watching me "Alec don't take what he says to heart. You'll figure out what you want to do it will just take some time." I threw my backpack over my shoulder before walking out of the lunch room, going home.
Alec's got to figure out his life plan. On the bright side though Alec and Magnus are now a couple! Let's hope Magnus doesn't screw it up
