I'm so sorry this took so long everyone D: I had writers block but I think i'm on track now. I hope you like the chapter. I want to say there are maybe three or four chapters of this story left.

Blue Eyed Prince Chapter Seven: The Rehearsal Dinner.

Magnus Pov- "How do I look? Is this tie the right color? Does my suit look nice enough" Alec asked; walking around the room frantically.

Normally I would have found this adorable and funny but it wasn't today. Alec was getting ready for his rehearsal dinner and he was flipping out. Besides the fact that he doesn't want to get married he was also stressing about looking perfect for his future bride. He didn't want to hear her complain about how he looks all night.

"Just relax Alexander. Everything will be alright you'll see" I said trying to sound encouraging but was failing. I didn't want this dinner to happen any more than he did.

Alec ran his hands through his hair messing it up and letting out a loud groan. "Ugh I don't want to do this. I'm getting married tomorrow and I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack."

I got off the bed grabbing Alec by the hand and leading him to his desk chair. I pulled it away from the desk before having him sit. Once I knew he wouldn't get up I went to my room to get the hair gel he let me have.

I came back and started fixing his hair. "You need to take some deep breaths. Today's not the wedding, it's just practice and then dinner. I'll be at your side the entire time so you don't have to worry."

Alec looked up at me frowning "Magnus it may only be practice today but it won't be practice tomorrow. What if I freak out during practice and throw up or pass out? Or worse I run out of the place and let all of my family down?"

I frowned moving to the front of him and getting to his level, looking into his eyes. "If you run away then that is your choice to make. I'll be running right behind you. Whatever you choose I will support you."

Alec searched my eyes frowning before leaning up and cupping my face in his hands "I wish it was you I was marrying tomorrow."

His cheeks burned red, obviously embarrassed about what he just said. I could feel myself blushing as well, which wasn't easy to make me do.

I put my hands over his smiling sadly at him "I wish you were marrying me too but that's impossible."

"It wouldn't be impossible if I changed the law" Alec said frowning slightly.

I nodded "yes but we both know you can't. We can't do anything but hide our love in the shadows."

I was hiding more than just our love in the shadows. I was hiding a big elaborate plot to knock Alec and his family off the thrown and out of the palace.

Though honestly I didn't really know what that plan was. All Jonathan told me was to put up cameras and get footage of Alec breaking the law. He didn't really tell me what he planned on doing with that footage.

"Do you really think I can handle doing this for the rest of my life? I hate the very idea of being with Amelia and come tomorrow I'll be with her every day for the rest of my life. I like the thought of having you but I rather we actually be together then just sleeping together."

"I consider us together" I said frowning, but I knew what he meant. He wanted us to be able to hold hands, kiss in public, and go on dates together. He wanted me to be his 'queen.'

I found the thought of that ironic since I was actually the rightful king and I wanted him to be my 'queen'. I guess it shows how much we really do love each other.

I do love Alec but I also know that I can't turn my back on Jonathan or my people. My parents wanted peace for our land and they would hate me giving that all up to be with Alec. I need to take a page from Alec's book and stop being selfish.

Alec is sacrificing everything he believes in for his family so I have to do the same for mine. Even if that means Alec himself is the sacrifice.

Alec held up his trembling hands frowning "look at this. I can't go out there like this Magnus."

I grabbed his hands in mine, pressing them to my lips. "You are going to be alright Alexander. Like I said I will be there every step of the way so you won't be alone. If I see that you need a break I will find an excuse to pull you away, let you catch your breath. I have your back tonight."

Alec smiled nervously up at me before kissing me softly "Thank you so much Magnus. I don't know what I would have done without you."

I smiled back at him feeling more and more horrible about the whole situation. Alec would find out soon enough that I'm not worth being thanked or loved. I just don't know when that time will be.

Alec took a few calming breaths before standing up "okay I think I feel better now. I'm sure everyone is waiting for us in the church wing so we should head over there."

I nodded and gave him a quick kiss before leaving with him to the west wing of the palace where the church was located. When my parents ruled the people of the town were welcome to have church ceremonies and weddings there. Now it was just for the Lightwoods to use.

The moment we walked into the church Robert Lightwood jumped on Alec about being late even though we were only late by three seconds. Alec tried to argue that he was only a few seconds late but the glare his father gave him made him go quiet.

If I had my way I would tell Robert to shove him complaints up his ass along with the stick that always seems to be up there. As a servant though I wasn't allowed to say such things to him.

"Alexander please try to be more responsible for the rest of the night. Just because this is the rehearsal dinner doesn't mean it's not as important as the wedding. Make sure your future wife has a great night."

Alec nodded "yes father, I'll do my best to make this night special for Amelia." Robert nodded before going back over to his wife.

Isabelle walked up to us crossing her arms "why are you doing this Alec?" Alec and I glanced at each other before looking back at her. "What do you mean" Alec asked.

"You don't love Amelia Alec. In fact, the person you do love is standing right next to you so why are you still getting married to that horrible troll?" Alec sighed rubbing his temples "Isabelle I have no choice. It's what our parents want and I'm not going to let you marry some brut so they get what they want."

Isabelle frowned "Alexander I know you want to protect Max and I but it doesn't make us happy seeing you sacrifice yourself to do it. We both see that you don't want to do this so you shouldn't have to. Please reconsider and stop this wedding."

Alec smiled sadly, reaching out and cupping Isabelles cheek in his palm. "My sweet sister. I appreciate you saying all those things. It's nice to know that you and Max accept me for who I am. As it stands I am the oldest and next in line for the throne. It is my responsibility to run Idris and do what our parents want. I can't be selfish."

"You've never been selfish before; what's one time of selfishness" she asked frowning. Alec kissed her forehead "I love you my dear sister. Your happiness means more to me than anything else in the world."

With that Alec dropped his hand and walked away from us, going over to his parents. Isabelle watched him before looking at me "do you want him to do this?" I shook my head no "of course I don't. I'm just a servant though, I don't have a say in what Alec does and doesn't do."

Isabelle frowned shaking her head "I just wish my brother was allowed to be happy. I can't live with knowing how much he's giving up just to please our parents."

She walked away and I watched her go before looking around the church room. It was set up the same as any other church. You had brown benches lined up until you get to the front podium where the pastor does his ceremony.

For the wedding the ceiling was draped with violet tulle and there was a white carpet going down the aisle with pink rose peddles going down it. There were also crystal vases everywhere filled with white roses and violets.

"It's looks so girly in here" Max said from next to me, surprising me. I looked down at him smiling "where did you come from? You were so quiet you scared me half to death."

Max shrugged "I'm naturally quiet. Have you thought of a way to get Alec to not marry Amelia?"

I frowned glancing away from him. "I'm sorry Max, I wasn't able to talk him out of it. He thinks that he's doing the right thing for everyone." "He's not doing what's right for everyone. What he's doing isn't right at all" he said frowning.

I reached down rubbing Max's head frowning. He was such a smart boy for his age and I had no idea what Jonathan had in store for him. "I'm really sorry Max. I tried my best." "Did you tell my brother that you're the rightful prince" he asked.

I shook my head no "I can't tell him Max. Your parents will kill me if they found out who I was. You won't tell him or anyone else will you?" Max shook his head no "I won't but I think if Alec knew who you were it would change things."

Yeah, it would change things for the worst. Alec would feel betrayed and lied to. It would be obvious that I was just using him to get what I want. I really don't want to hurt Alec but I know that at this point it was unavoidable.

"You promised you wouldn't tell him so make sure to keep that promise. It's not nice to go back on your promises" I said patting his head. Max nodded looking up at me "I won't break my promise but I still think you aren't trying hard enough."

"Trying what exactly" I asked crossing my arms. "You're not trying hard enough to get Alec. You're a prince right? Isn't the prince supposed so save the one he loves from the evil dragon?"

"um… well… yeah" I said caught off guard.

"Well you love Alec right? Then you should save him from the evil dragon. The evil dragon being Amelia."

I smiled not able to help it. "You're a very clever kid. Even so, I can't save him from the dragon without blowing my cover. Blowing my cover is too risky so we need a new plan."

I don't even know why I was talking about this with Max. There won't even be a wedding tomorrow if I use the footage from the cameras to ruin it all. Everything between Alec and I will be over tomorrow one way or another. I hate the thought of it but it's unavoidable now.

"Max, stop talking to the help and come over here" Robert yelled glaring at me. I watched him before looking back down at Max "you should go before you get in any more trouble." Max rolled his eyes before going over to his father.

The church doors opened and Amelia walked into the room with two adults right behind her. The woman was obviously her mother. She had the same brown hair and small frame as Amelia. She also had her same sour face expression and I bet they have the same sour personality.

The older man was her father. He had black hair but he had Amelia's brown eyes and again, her same sour face. The sour face expression must be a genetic thing.

"Ah, Grace, Ben it's wonderful to finally get a chance to meet you" Robert said walking up to them and shaking Bens hand. He took Grace's hand kissing it before introducing his wife and children to them. They didn't really seem to care about Max and Isabelle, all they cared about was their future son-in-law.

"You look very dashing today Alexander. It's a huge improvement on the tacky suit you were wearing at dinner last night" Grace said looking Alec over.

Alec actually looked very nice last night. He had on a blue suit that brought out his eyes and it was handmade by the best tailor in Idris. To Amelia and her family though it wasn't good enough. His suit was tacky, his hair was a mess even though it was more tamed than usual, and they even made comments about the way Alec speaks.

So he didn't have to hear them complain Alec played it safe today. He had his mother choose out his suit for him which was elegant suit pants, a white undershirt, and a black suit vest. He also had a black suit coat to finish off the look. I gelled his hair back as well so he looked very dashing like Grace said.

Still, I don't like the thought of Amelia and her parents controlling Alec and making him change himself to satisfy them. Alec is already breaking his back bending backward for his own parents. Adding anymore stress on him will break him.

"I wanted to look my best for my wife to be" Alec said smiling at his future mother-in-law. Amelia smiled wrapping her arm around Alec's and kissing his cheek. "You're so sweet to me Alexander."

I rolled my eyes before going to the other side of the room where a bunch of other servants were waiting to be useful. I stood next to Simon, leaning on the wall and sighing. Simon looked at me asking "what's the matter?" "This entire wedding is the matter" I sighed. "Alexander shouldn't be marrying this girl."

"That's prince Alexander to you. You're his servant so you have to address him the proper way" Robert Lightwoods personal servant, Michael Wayland said looking at me.

Michael took his job as a personal servant very seriously. He was always with him ready to be at his beck and call. He seemed happy to be able to give Robert whatever he wanted. I wanted to find out the history behind that but it was a hard thing to just come out and ask.

"He and Prince Alexander are pretty close. I think it's alright that he doesn't use prince before his name" Simon said trying to help but he wasn't really helping at all.

"Close or not it's only respectful to use 'prince'. If the king heard you call him by his name without any formality, you would be in a lot of trouble" Michael said crossing his arms. I nodded going back to paying attention to Alec. "I'll remember that."

The practice for the wedding was supposed to take only an hour at most. It took three. Alec kept messing up on his vows and was having trouble getting his words out. His mother thought it was cute because it showed he was nervous. He was nervous but not for the reasons she thought.

Once they finally did get through the vows they started practicing the unity candle. The unity candle is when the bride and the groom each take a lit candle and use it to light another candle together. It's supposed to represent the unity of them and their families.

When Alec tried to light the candle with Amelia his flame kept going out. When it didn't go out he lit the wrong candle. Once he got over that herald he ended up dropping the candle making a small fire ignite.

The fire wasn't too bad. Michael, Simon and I had to run to get some buckets of water to put it out and there wasn't really any danger in the small fire. Even so, Amelia treated it like the entire palace was on fire. She screamed and ran out of the room, refusing to come back until the fire was put out.

Even after the fire was out it took a whole hour to convince her to come back into the church and finish rehearsing for the wedding. She ended up coming back but not without giving Alec an ear full of how incompetent he is and he better not mess up during their actual wedding.

"That girl really is a bitch" Simon said walking with me to the dining room where the rehearsal dinner was going to be. I nodded sighing "she is. There isn't anything we can do about that though since she's our future queen."

"Isabelle would have been a way better queen than her. How can Alec even think about marrying someone so horrible for the kingdom" he asked crossing his arms against his chest.

"Alec doesn't have a choice in the matter. His parents want him to marry her so that's what he's going to do. Alec will do anything his parents ask so that Isabelle won't have to do it herself. If Alec didn't marry Amelia, then Isabelle would have to marry some jerk. Would you rather that happen?"

Simon frowned shaking his head "no of course not. Isabelle doesn't deserve that but neither does Alec. None of the Lightwood children deserve it." "I agree but there's nothing servants like us can do. It's the crowns problem and so the crown needs to figure it all out."

We walked into the dining room and somehow Michael Wayland was already there setting the table for dinner. I could have sworn he was still in the church when we left. "How did he get here before us" I asked, shocked.

Simon shrugged "Michaels really good at his job. He is the top butler here so he knows a lot of secret passage ways and short cuts. He most likely used one of those to get here before us."

"I didn't trust that the two of you could handle the dinner preparations on your own" Michael said, setting the final plate at the head of the table.

Simon rolled his eyes "I think Magnus and I are capable of setting a table. We aren't that incompetent."

Michael looked at us frowning "no I don't think you two are. Not in the mindset you both seem to be in. I know prince Alexander marrying Princess Amelia isn't the best situation for our kingdom but it's not a servants place to worry about it. Magnus your job is to support Alec and help him through this wedding no matter how you may feel about it personally."

"You sound like you're speaking from experience" I said watching him. "Could it be you're pushing aside something you feel, just to serve Robert Lightwood?"

"You will address him as the king. As for my feelings they are none of your business. Go to the kitchen and help the chef make dinner. I can handle setting the table by myself."

Simon and I looked at each other before shrugging and heading to the kitchen. "There's something definitely going on there. He seems a little too attached to the king" I said thinking it all over. Simon shrugged "he's the kings' personal servant. I heard they were friends before Robert became king."

"Friends huh" I asked walking into the kitchen. The chef was running around the room trying to ground beef, stir some soup, and toss a salad all at the same time. "Do you want some help with that" Simon asked walking over to him.

The chef didn't give us an answer. All he did was grab Simon and shove him by the soup before grabbing me and shoving me over to the salad. I got his message loud and clear, and started to toss the salad with some prongs.

"This is a pretty simple dinner. I'm a little surprised" I said glancing back over at the chef who was now grounding up beef while also trying to pull a cake out of the over. "This is just the rehearsal dinner. Tomorrows dinner will be a lot more extravagant" he said putting the cake on the counter.

He went into a cabinet and pulled out some wine before going back over to the meat and pouring some of it into the pan. "You cook with wine" I asked, shocked. I heard it was something royals liked in their food but I never really tried it.

"Amelia's mother made it clear that they wanted a meal with wine soaked in it. Prince Alexander likes wine soaked meat so I wanted to make it for him to help calm his nerves."

So it was obvious to everyone that Alec was nervous about tomorrow. Nervous was truly an understatement. Alec was downright terrified of what he will be forced to do tomorrow. His future will no longer belong to him.

The kitchen door opened and I expected it to be Michael but was shocked to see that it was Alec. He looked around the kitchen at all the preparations being done before looking at Simon and the chef. "May I have a moment alone with my servant?"

Chef frowned looking at him "with all due respect your majesty, I have a lot more I need to get done. Your father wouldn't approve of the food coming out late."

"I only need a few minutes" he said, giving the chef a pleading face. Chef sighed before walking out of the kitchen with Simon. Once they were completely out of the room Alec grabbed the bottle of wine and started chugging it down. I grabbed it, taking it away from him "Alec I know you're stressed but if you get yourself drunk everything will just turn out worse."

Alec shook his head before wrapping his arms around me, hiding his face in my chest. "I can't do this Magnus. I don't want to do this."

I frowned rubbing the top of his head gently "I know. I wish you didn't have to."

He looked up at me and there were tears in his eyes "kiss me" he said softly. I looked down at him wide eyed "Alexander I can't. If someone walked in and saw us, then we I would be as good as dead."

"Please Magnus. I need you to help me right now. I feel weak and helpless and I just need some of your strength. When you kiss me I feel like I can do anything. As long as I have you I can make it through this night, tomorrow, and every night after that. Please just one kiss."

I glanced back at the kitchen door before looking down at him "as you wish your majesty." I cupped his face in my hands before leaning down and pressing my lips to his. He pretty much melted in my embrace; his body leaning against mine as he moved his arms to around my neck.

I kissed him more, pushing him backwards till he was pressed against a wall. A small gasp escaped his lip before he kissed me again. I kept kissing him until finally I parted our lips and hid my face in the crook of his neck. I stood there with him, breathing him in. Wanting to remember how it felt to hold him in my arms.

"Magnus" he whispered softly, making me lift my head and look at him. He searched my face with gorgeous sea blue eyes before hiding his face in my shoulder, hugging me tightly. "Promise me you won't ever leave me. Promise to love me forever."

I closed my eyes tightly, feeling shame hit me like a truck. Alec believed in me. Alec wanted me to stay with him. I wanted to stay with him. I want to be by Alec's side and make him happy no matter what the cost may be. Even if that meant… giving up my throne and the kingdom.

"I won't ever leave you Alec. I love you so I'll be at your side forever" I said hugging him tighter. His grip on me got tighter as well until he let me go and dropped his arms to his sides. "I have to get back to my bride."

I nodded leaning down and kissing his cheek "I'll be here for support. You can do this Alec." He nodded taking one more big sip of wine before straightening up and going back to the others.

The chef and Simon walked back in seconds after he left and Simon looked at me "what did the prince want?"

I shrugged "he wants me to go to his room and get some things for him. If you'll excuse me" I said before walking passed him and out of the kitchen. Once I got into the hallway I sprinted to Alec's room. I had to get rid of the cameras. I had to burn the footage and pretend none of this ever happened. I may be betraying my people and my family, but I just can't betray Alec.

I threw the bedroom doors open looking around the room before grabbing Alec's desk chair and pulling it to a corner of the room. I stood on the chair and practically tore the camera off the wall. I kept repeating this until finally I had all the cameras laying on the bed.

I took a moment to catch my breath before picking up one of the camera. "Now all I need to do is get the film out and there will be no evidence that Alec and I have ever been together."

I opened the camera and froze in shock when I saw that it was empty. "What? I could have sworn I filled them with film before putting them up." I dropped the camera and grabbed another but once again it was empty.

One after another I grabbed a camera and each one was empty. I looked around feeling panicked before taking deep breaths trying to calm myself down. "Magnus calm down. This a good thing right? If there was never any film, then that means there was never any video taken of Alec and I. There's no evidence of our affair."

A small voice in my head whispered maybe someone came and stole the film. I shook that thought out of my head. "No, no one knew about the cameras and even if they did, they didn't know where I had them hidden."

I looked at the cameras again feeling the weight of betraying Alec fall off my shoulders. There was no evidence. No proof that I tried to stab the man I love in the back. I know my kingdom needs me but Alec needs me too. I will stay by his side and make sure I make his life as happy as possible.

I stood up and walked to the window looking below at the town. Tomorrow was Alec's wedding and after that he will become king. As long as nothing bad happens in that time we should be okay.

"I won't lose you Alec" I whispered softly before picking up the cameras and tossing them into the lit fire place. I watched the cameras melt before taking a calming breath and heading back to the dining room.

The next chapter is the wedding. We'll have to see how that goes.