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And then to the chapter. So this chapter is going to be a tad shorter than usually since I originally wasn't going to write it up at all but I wanted a bit more of Magnus' point of view here too.

So enjoy Magnus! He's all yours!

Hiding in plain sight

All characters belong to the one and only amazing Cassandra Clare.

Chapter 10.

Magnus' point of view

So today had been quite interesting for Magnus. He had been shopping with Izzy and Alec and let's just say Magnus got more than he asked for, definitely more.

He was all and all happy with the way the day had turned out. First of all he was happy for Alec; even though the blue eyed boy had seemed to mope most of the time, Manus could see that he was happy with his new clothes. Second of all he had gotten to know Alec a little better; like that he wasn't the type to wear animal prints or drink coffee.

And third of all Magnus had gotten to see him practically shirtless. And for the love of god he couldn't even describe it. Alec had looked so dazed and panicky which basically had to mean it meant something to him being shirtless in front of Magnus right?

Anyway, he wasn't gonna over analyze this. He was only going to enjoy the image of shirtless Alec burned in his mind possibly forever. 'He's so dreamy' Magnus caught himself thinking as he pulled up on his driveway. He killed the engine and got up not carrying a single shopping bag which was odd since he had spent the afternoon at the mall. Magnus always got something from the mall if it was a pair of new shoes or a fedora it was always something… But this time he had gotten something more than materialistic pleasure, he had well… seen Alec shirtless isn't that enough to clear things up. He couldn't stop thinking of how good Alec had looked. Back at the store he had laughed at Alec's reaction because he hadn't known what else to do. To be honest it had taken all his self-control to behave himself because that bare stomach and chest…wow.

'I should've thrown him against the wall and kissed the hell out of him' Magnus thought.

Oh well should've, could've would've and all that jazz. Magnus didn't dwell on that for too long and headed towards his front door. 'I'll get my chance' He opened it swiftly and looked around to see if anyone was home. The lights were on so that meant someone probably was.

"Dad?" He called out but didn't get an answer. That was odd. He walked up the stairs and knocked on his dad's office door "Dad are you home?" There was no answer so he just walked in. There was no one in the office though the lights were on there too. Magnus looked around to see some papers scattered around the floor, they looked important enough so he picked them up neatly placing them on the table. The big dark wooden desk was placed in front of a huge bookshelf; Magnus could smell the faint smell of smoke and cigars…and was that whiskey?

He sat down on his father's chair and started going through the papers lying on the desk. It wasn't like his father to drink and smoke in his office, after all that was where he did business with his clients.

The papers were filled with diagrams and calculations that Magnus couldn't understand at all. There were big words that he had read somewhere but couldn't place them together in any way that would make sense.

"Magnus?" He heard a slightly slurring voice call out "What are you doing in my office?"

"Dad" Magnus was surprised to see his father like this "Are you alright?"

The older Mr. Bane just shook his head and ran a hand through his ever so slightly grayish hair "I'm fine" he snapped in an agitated voice "Now answer me, what are you doing in my office?"

Magnus didn't particularly appreciate the way his father was talking to him "I was cleaning up your mess"

"There was no mess to clean up, now get out and leave me to work" he hissed.

Magnus frowned at his father but decided there was no sense in starting an argument with a guy who had probably drank half a whiskey bottle "Fine" He mumbled between his teeth.

Magnus strode out of the office and quickly made his way to his room taking longer steps than usually. Though Magnus hadn't engaged in confrontation with his father it didn't mean he wasn't upset. He hated his father for never talking to him, never telling him anything.

Magnus opened the door to his room and relaxed as soon as he stepped in. Ever since he and his father had fallen on the wrong tracks Magnus' escape had always been his room. He would lock the door and spend time watching movies and painting his nails and all that kind of stuff.

He couldn't help but wonder what the hell was up with his father; maybe business was going bad? Maybe one of his women had dumped him? Who knows?

"Meow" Magnus heard a small irritated voice call out for him.

"Ah, Hello Chairman" He picked up the tiny ball of white fur "I'm sorry for ignoring you"

The cat purred as if to say "apology accepted"

Magnus didn't put Chairman down as he jumped on his bed and lay down on it. He placed the cat on top of his chest and saw its tiny eyes staring at him.

"Oh you want to know how it went with Alec today?" Magnus arched his eyebrows.

The cat let out a small yawn.

"Very well then" Magnus sighed "It went very well, he actually seemed to enjoy some of his time spent with me and his sister"

Magnus was smiling at his cat who was totally ignoring him, he kinda felt like an idiot but was too ecstatic to care. He wanted desperately to call Alec and ask him out but he was afraid that he would spook Alec away.

Maybe he could just ask Alec if he wanted to hang out. Maybe he would say yes. Magnus really wished he would say yes.

Should he call Izzy and see if she knew what Alec liked to do? God, Magnus was starting to sound like a stalker. He contemplated on calling or not calling Izzy for a few minutes and decided not to call her after all. He didn't want to seem too desperate, even Izzy couldn't know how much Magnus desperately craved Alec's company. It was funny though; Magnus thought as he walked to his dresser/make up table, he hadn't even talked to Alec that much and still he wanted to know more, it was like Alec was a mystery that he must solve. He was like Sherlock Holmes except better dressed and Alec was the stolen diamond.

Magnus sighed out in frustration. He had too much time to spend before going to bed. He could watch a movie or something but he doubted that he could sit still for so long in his condition.

He got up and paced around in his room for a while. He sat next to the window. Then he got up again and decided to sit on the floor. After a while the floor didn't feel like a good idea anymore. Magnus shifted around his room without clear direction and it was really messing with his head.

He finally took a seat at his make-up table and started organizing his nail polish bottles. He first started to organize the bottles in alphabetical order "hot pink, heavenly glitter… Or wait is heavenly glitter supposed to be before hot pink? ... O….Shit"

Obviously alphabetical organizing whilst having your brain tampered by a cute boy isn't very productive, so Magnus just started color coding. He put the pinks with pinks and the glittery thingies with the other glittery thingies, as simple as that.

Although even the color coding had its issues. Magnus found himself stuck at all the different shades of blue, he was mixing and matching colors on an empty white sheet of paper trying to capture the exact shade of Alec's blue eyes. He was completely and utterly distracted by him, everything Magnus seemed to do had anything and everything to do with Alec.

'Screw this!' Magnus thought "I'm calling Izzy"

He quickly took his phone and dialed Izzy's number, in a span of few days she had earned a spot on his speed dial.

The phone rang, and then it rang again. Beep… Beep… 'Oh come on and pick up.' Magnus pleaded inside his head.

"Hello" He heard a muffled voice call through the phone.

"Hi Izzy" Magnus said in a cheery tone.

"Oh hey, what's up?"

"Nothing much… I was just wondering if you had any insight on to what Alec might like to do. You know, for future reference."

"What Alec would like to do, or what Alec would like to do with you?" She asked in a suggestive voice.

"Anything will do Izzy, I'm begging for crumbs here right now" Magnus admitted.

"Well I don't think you should ask him out yet, not just the two of you anyway" Izzy cleared he throat.

"Oh…" Magnus sighed disappointedly.

"Although if we made a date to hang out together and you two would by some twist of fate be left alone then… I don't know, that might work"

"Oh, that sounds extremely interesting my Izzy dear"

"I know, I'm a genius really"

"But I don't think Alec really wants to hang out with just the two of us right?" Magnus asked slightly reserved.

"Yeah you're right" Izzy mumbled obviously thinking about how to solve the problem.

"Hey here's a wild idea, how about we invite Simon?" Magnus suggested hoping Izzy would have forgotten the dinner incident. Magnus rather liked Simon and thought he would be a better choice than anyone else. Or maybe Jem would have been more trustworthy but Alec or Izzy didn't really know him yet.

"You want to invite Simon Lewis?" Izzy spat out "I don't even know what we're going to be doing yet, but I already know I don't want to do it with Simon"

"But Izzy, all you have to do is get yourself and Simon out of the group, that shouldn't be too hard to do now should it. You may insult him as much as you like although I don't see any reason for that kind of actions"

"Are you really gonna make me hang out with Simon, and besides I don't want him to know about our plan"

"You don't have to tell him. He obviously likes you so he'll do what you want" Magnus argued knowing Izzy couldn't resist a compliment.

"Simon. Really?"

Magnus waited completely silent.

"Really Magnus, Simon?"

Magnus remained silent.

"… Fine I'll do it, but if you and my brother ever elope to Canada I better be damn invited to the wedding…"

"Thank you Izzy but I think you're getting ahead of yourself" Magnus said holding back a huge smile.

"…Yeah, yeah…and I want some wedding cake and it better be chocolate…with whipped cream and sprinkles"

"I love you Iz" Magnus chimed "You're the best and the most awesome person I know" He was totally kissing up to her because he was afraid that she would change her mind about bringing Simon along.

"…Yup, I'll call you tomorrow and we'll see what we'll do ok?"

"Alright Iz bye" Magnus ended the phone call and even though he didn't necessarily want to admit it he did have a little moment there where he jumped up and down out of sheer excitement.

'Alec and me. Me and Alec. Holy shit it was meant to be' Magnus thought.

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Love Always - Alexandra