"Are you all right?"

Magnus turned his attention back to the teenager on the floor.

Alec still felt the weird connection between himself and Jace.

He knew that the blond was upset over what had just happened.

"Yeah…I'm okay…I guess."

Alec reconsidered that statement.

"Except for the part were I found out I have the gift of the union even though I thought I never would, united with the school bully and you and got hit by said school bully. But apart from that everything is just brilliant."

Magus grinned at him.

"You angry at someone, darling?"

Alec blushed when he realised that Magnus was still watching him intently.

"No.. I mean yes….I mean I'm not angry at you…just…"

Magnus laughed.

It sounded like the most perfect thing in the world to Alec.

Alec looked at Magnus curiously. "Why aren't you more upset?"

Magnus just shrugged his shoulders.

"Honey, I couldn't care less who I unite with. The union is there to unite two people who are perfect for each other and if Wayland is too dumb to except that I don't have a problem with that. In fact, I'm pretty happy that I'll have you for myself."

Magnus winked playfully at the boy on the ground.

Alec felt himself heat up in all the wrong places.

He was speechless.

Was Magnus Bane flirting with him?

"Anyways"

, Magnus continued unaware of how flustered and confused Alec was,

"I'm happy. I mean sure I don't know you but we can get to know each other. We can't know if it'll work. I think I've never heard of two males uniting but we'll just have to see what happens. I'm in if you are."

He looked hopefully at Alec and extended his hand for the boy.

Alec didn't even have to think about what he'd do.

He took Magnus's hand and answered:

"Alright, let's try this out."

He'd never felt this happy and excited about anything in his life.

Magnus and Simon accompanied Alec to his house.

It wasn't far from school. Alec found out that Magnus just lived a few houses away and that Simon and Magnus were neighbours.

That did make sense to him considering that the two of them knew each other for what felt like forever.

He liked Magnus.

Sure, he'd liked him for a while now.

But still.

He liked talking to the teenager.

Which was weird considering how insecure he was.

Magnus and Simon did most of the talking.

He enjoyed being in their company, which was rarely the case when he was with people.

The two boys let him be quiet if he wanted two be they listened attentively when he actually did say something and they never forced him to take part in their conversations.

It was perfect.

During the course of their walk from school to his home he noticed how his connection to Magnus worked.

He felt drawn to him, even if he was just a few steps away and he could decipher his emotions very easily.

He noticed when Magnus lied about little things.

For example, when Simon pointed out how ridiculous he found polo shirts looked like, Magnus lied and agreed with him, though Alec felt that it was a lie.

Magnus just clearly didn't want to get into that argument.

He had to laugh when he watched the two other teenagers interact.

The way Magnus didn't even try to tell Simon his fashion dos and don'ts because it was just a lost cause, was too hilarious.

When they talked about games and movies, it was just fun to watch how passionate they were about it.

Though, most of the time Alec didn't even know what they were talking about.

Some stuff was just really weird and also Alec would never have done it because it was just plain embarrassing.

For instance, one Magnus and Simon both jumped onto a brick wall and shouted at the top of their lungs:

"Avengers assembled."

Alec really didn't get that.

He wasn't even sure what they were avenging.

He had looked at them in confusion and Magnus and Simon were both equally shocked when they found out he'd never seen a Marvel movie before.

Simon wanted to educate him right then and there.

He wanted him to come with them and watch a movie called "Iron Man" which Alec had never heard of.

Simon looked utterly shocked.

"Boy, where have you been for the last couple of years? Under a rock in Moria drinking Butterbeer and eating Lembas?"

When Alec had asked him what Moria, Butterbeer and Lembas were, Simon had looked pretty close to having a heart attack.

"Please tell me your joking. What on earth do you do with your free time?"

Alec told him about his passion for old stories like The Nibelungs, Beowulf or the Edda.

Simon had been delighted.

"Man, if you like those you'll love Lord of the Rings. There are wizards, elves and hobbits.

Alec looked at him questioningly.

"What's a Hobbit?"

Simon looked at him as if he was a helpless case.

Magnus laughed and patted Simon on the back.

"Don't worry we'll educate him."

Alec loved talking with them.

For the first time in his life he felt as if he belonged to something.

They didn't make fun of him or call him names and he had genuinely like spending time with them, which was rare enough.

He was actually sad when they arrived at his house and they had to leave.

He could literally feel the union between Magnus and him strengthening and he felt it when Magnus left, he could feel the distance getting bigger and the union fading away a bit.

It was more like a dull feeling now.

Still there, still comforting you, but he wasn't able to tell Magnus's emotions from such a long distance.

He knew he would after some time.

At the same time he also felt a dull ache and longing for Jace.

It was weird really, considering he didn't really like him.

He'd never really had any feelings for the blond.

Sure he was good-looking but that was about everything positive you could say about him.

Alec sighed he just hoped everything would turn out all right in the end.