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Chapter XIV

"Jealousy is the shadow of love"

From all feelings that Alec had started to feel when his relationship with Magnus began, he never thought that he'd feel one of them so badly. And strangely, it wasn't the love. Of course he loved Magnus, he was as sure of it as the fact that the week has seven days. It was plainly obvious to him. And to be honest Alec couldn't remember the life before he was in love with Bane. Like it had been some kind of a different life, a life that ended the moment he bumped into Magnus on the very first day of school. It was amazing how everything had changed in those last five months. For Alec, it changed for the better.

Although dating Magnus was connected with one small, or rather big thing. Alec was feeling nonstop jealous when he was with Bane. But how couldn't he be? His boyfriend was a walking ideal, a god-looking beauty that caught stares from many girls and boys. And that's why Alec was jealous. He had a feeling that someone, finally, will snatch Magnus from under his nose and he won't be able to do anything, because he's afraid to admit they are together in public. Alec believed that Magnus loves him, like he has been claiming so for the past a few weeks. He believed that they can work this out if they try. If Alec will try and be able to keep Magnus with him, even though it was so hard, especially when Magnus was surrounded by so many temptations.

Just like that unfortunate day.

If Alec was to predict how and when he'll come out in school, he wouldn't bet on lunch time in the school cafeteria, where almost a hundredth percent of the student population was eating lunch. Moreover, he didn't predict that his coming out will be so sudden and shocking.

And all thanks to Camille Belcourt.

Alec decided he hated her the moment her hand touched the upper arm of Magnus, trailing her fingers over the biceps of his boyfriend. He hated her even more when her hand was moving down to his right thigh. Magnus, of course, tried to push away her hand, but she seemed to not having any of it.

"Camille, I told you to leave me alone." Said Magnus, pushing her hand away again.

"Oh, come on Magnus, we both know that you want to get back together with me." She squeezed his knee, and Bane almost jumped out of his chair.

In that moment, the blood in Alec's system boiled. But this wasn't the thing that pushed him to come out.

Camille, after Magnus pushed her hand away again, moved forward with her plan – at least that's how Alec called it. She took Magnus's hand and placed it over her chest, right above her breasts, whispering something to him. Magnus wanted to draw his hand away, but she held it harder.

"Camille, no." Magnus spoke again, after she whispered something to him. With the corner of his eye, Alec saw that Camille was still whispering to Magnus. "I have someone already!"

"Do you now? Who?"

"It's none of your business." He snorted. "I just don't want to get back together with you, Camille."

"But we were good together." She continued, bringing her hand closer to Magnus's face. "We had so much fun. You can't deny this."

"You could give me the past, Camille…now I have someo…" she didn't let him finish as she suddenly crushed her lips onto his. Magnus was so shocked that he froze. It was maybe a few nanoseconds before Magnus realized what was going on. It was like a hit of a lightening; he pushed Camille away from himself, maybe too strong because the girl stumbled and if it weren't for Ragnor, who has been standing behind her, she'd have fallen on the floor with a thud. "I told you Camille, that I don't want to be with you!"

"And I told you," she said, once she stood up again. "That we had so much fun together and that we should continue it. Where do you find a girl like me? With whom you'll have so much fun? Who will give you as much as I can?"

Alec finally realized that he's clutching the edge of the table, watching his boyfriend and Camille. He felt the anger overtaking him when she kissed Magnus. And when she wanted to do it again, he immediately got up and went to them, fisting his hands.

"But Magnus…"

"He said no." Lightwood said, standing next to his boyfriend. Magnus was surprised to see his boyfriend and even more with the said boyfriend's reaction. "Don't you understand a no?"

"What do you want, boy? It's not your business."

"Actually, it is my business," the girl looked at him confused and angry at the same time. "You're hitting on my boyfriend."

"What? Magnus, you and him…" she cut herself off as she was shocked when Alec kissed Magnus. It wasn't even a simple kiss. Alec crushed his lips over Magnus's, drawing him closer to himself and encircling his waist with his arms. Lightwood felt the shock in his boyfriend, as the said boyfriend seemed to be frozen now. When Alec was about to pull away, finally understanding what was happening around – because this kiss was the effect of the wave of sudden emotions: anger, love and possessiveness, - Magnus finally kissed him back. Maybe it was forever or maybe just a moment when their lips were connected, Alec didn't know. They pulled away when some not nice whispers were heard around them.

"Alec…" Magnus whispered, pressing his forehead to Alec's. "Do you realize that everyone is looking at us?"

"I don't care now." Despite that Alec's cheeks were red and his heart was hammering the boy was happy and proud of himself. Proud because he had overcome his own fears, because he had the courage to show that he's with Magnus; even though that courage was forced by the jealousy. "I'm sick of hiding."

"Darling…"

"I want to be with you, you know, seriously with you." There was an honest and wide smile on Magnus's lips. Never before, none words of any of his past lovers made him so happy. "I want to be…"

"Oh, look at this." A familiar voice said behind his back. Alec didn't have to turn around to know who's the owner of this voice – the biggest homophobic guy in the entire school, known as Sebastian Morgenstern. "Who would have thought that Alec is a fag."

Alec flinched on that name, trying to draw away from Magnus to hide in the darkest hole he could find. Sure he came out seconds before, but it still didn't get fully to him, he was still under the weight of emotions. He still didn't know how to deal with such word attacks. Magnus held him stronger in his arms, not letting him escape.

"Try to call him that again," Bane growled at the boy, who was now smirking. "and I'll start talking too, Johnny."

"Like what, fag?" Alec wanted to punch Sebastian for this, but Magnus once again squeezed him hard, stopping him from getting out of his arms.

"Maybe I will tell your little sister and entire school about who you are in love with, Johnny." The boy squinted his eyes in anger, it was so obvious like the snow outside. "So, you better watch what you're saying, Johnny, because I can say a lot too." He finally released Alec from his arms only to take him by his hand. In his other hand, Magnus took his bag and with a hand gesture he showed Izzy to take Alec's bag and he dragged Alec to the hallway, far from the harsh whispers and name-calling. "Are you ok, Alec?"

"I don't know." He answered honestly. His body was shaking with many emotions; excitation, fear, courage. All of it mixed inside of him, not giving him any second to calm down. "Everything will change now, right? They will not let me live. It will start now…they will make my life a living hell, just like it happened to that guy in my old school…they…"

"Calm down." Magnus took him by his arms and pressed him to the wall, blocking his movements. "I'm not going to let anyone hurt you. If anyone tries anything, believe me, I will become the bane of their existence. Don't bother them talking. They will talk and in a month, ha, even a week new gossip will come out and they will stop minding us. And even if they talk for longer, let them. They're just jealous because we're in love. They are jealous that you're dating the hottest guy in the school." Alec tried to suppress the laugh, though it was hard when Magnus was wiggling his eyebrows. "And they're jealous because I'm dating the most beautiful boy on the earth."

"You know, I didn't think that I'd be able to come out." Alec sat down on the floor and dragged Magnus down as well, so he would sit next to him. "But Camille was touching you…and the blood was boiling inside of me. I wanted to rip her eyes out."

"I'd like to see it." Magnus joked and Alec elbowed him in his side. "So, you're so jealous over me?"

"Of course." He breathed out. "You're you, and I'm…"

"The most wonderful boy on earth and in the galaxy." Magnus cupped his face and made him look into his eyes. In the cat eyes of Bane was nothing more but love for his blue eyed angel. "I love you, Alexander. And don't bother about people talking. I won't let anyone," he brushed his cheek lovingly. "To hurt you in any way. I promise."

Magnus kept his word. If there were some whispers or some harsh name calling against Alec, Bane took care of it. Alec knew that it will be a while before he becomes used to the fact that he's out in school. And even though it was hard for him because he heard all those whispers behind his back, he was proud of himself. He was proud that he finally stopped living in a lie.

And even if he did come out, it didn't mean that he stopped being jealous, quite the opposite. But at least now he wasn't afraid to show anyone that Magnus is only his.

…

Magnus was wondering, if he had ever felt so jealous over any of his partners, like he was jealous over Alec. There wasn't a day when Magnus hadn't felt a pang of jealousy in his heart, when some girl winked at Alec, - Alec of course wouldn't be interested. Or when some boy was wiggling his eyebrows suggestively at Alec, licking his lips while doing it. But he started to feel it even more when Alec started to work in a gay club. Despite the fact that Magnus wondered how Alec will feel in a room full of gays, he was proud of his boyfriend that he's doing everything to provide a life for him and his son, - Magnus hoped that Alec will let Magnus be a part of this life because Bane wanted it so much.

But let's get back to Magnus and his jealousy.

The boy often caught himself with extremely idiotic – at least that's how Ragnor called them when Magnus said that Alec works in a gay club – thoughts that Alec is being hit on in that club by other guys; most likely older guys. He couldn't stand the thought that someone may hit on, or try his way with his sweet blue eyed angel. And what if Alec finally gives in to this? What if he gives in to this temptation? After all, they say that the only way to free yourself from the temptation is to give into it. Maybe Alec will give in? After all, no one said that he won't meet someone who looks better than Magnus, someone who can give him more.

"You're going to break this pen." Ragnor threw a violet pillow on his face, which woke him from his strange thoughts. "What's going on?"

"Nothing."

"Magnus, I know you better than you know yourself." He said closing his notebook and he looked at his friend. "What's going on? You've been acting weird, lately. Does this have to do something with the fact that you and Alec came out in school? Are you afraid that someone will hurt him?"

"If anyone tries anything, I won't stop myself." Magnus turned to Ragnor, and gave him one of his serious looks. "It's not that."

"Then what?"

"Do you think that Alec could cheat on me?" For a moment Ragnor was looking at Magnus as if he was looking at an idiot – yes, you couldn't describe it better. "I mean, I know he loves me, but do you think if he was offered something better, would he go for it?"

"My dear friend, let me repeat the words that escaped your mouth, because I'm afraid you don't even understand what you said." Magnus shrugged his arms, letting Ragnor continue. "Do you think that Alec could cheat on you, ever? After god knows how many times he declared that he loves you. The same Alec, who's the shyest guy I ever met, even shyer than me. Alec, who doesn't see a world but you and it's painted on his freakishly pale face. Alec, who…"

"I get it." he clasped his hand over Ragnor's mouth. "It's stupid thinking, right?" Ragnor nodded. "It's all because of this club. I can't shake off the vision of Alec being hit on in the club by some guys, and Alec finally giving in and leaving me."

"Huh," Ragnor sighed, placing his hand over Magnus's shoulder. "It's that serious, huh?." Bane nodded. "You do love him. Like really, really love him."

"What does it mean really, really?"

"I'm starting to wonder when you'll pull out the ring." Magnus hit him with so much force onto his arm, almost making Ragnor fall off the bed. Ragnor laughed between one and the second moan of pain; there was so much force in the skinny body of Magnus. "It hurt." He massaged his arm while sitting on the bed again. "But you have to admit, you do love him. I've never seen you so much in love before, not with Woolsey nor with Camille."

"I do love him, and I don't want to lose him…ah, I'm thinking again about this club. Why couldn't he find some other job?" Magnus murmured under his nose. "I know he won't cheat on me, I trust him, but…"

"But you don't trust the other guys." He nodded again. "Hmm…" Ragnor took out his phone and smiled at him. "I'm going to be the best friend you could have, now, and I'll go with you."

"Go where?"

"To that club." Magnus looked at him surprised. "Come on, I see you're dying to go there, but have no proper reason, so Alec wouldn't think that you're checking on him. So, I'll go with you."

"But this won't be a date, you know this, right?"

"Yeah, for once you're going to be the third wheel." Once again, there was confusion in the golden eyes of Magnus. "I'll invite Raphael to that club, and you'll go with us."

"I am to be a chaperone? This isn't the eighteenth century, Ragnor. Boys our age don't need a chaperone on their dates with other boys. And," Ragnor looked at him meaningfully. "Your boyfriend doesn't like me, though I have no idea why. Everyone loves me."

"Because you're making fun of him all the time and I'll punch you for every time you laugh at him from now on." To emphasize this, Fell hit him in the back of his head. "You have to be nice to him, like I was to each of your partners."

"You weren't nice to Woolsey."

"Because I knew that he's a douchebag." Ragnor finished typing on his phone and grinned at Magnus. "Dress up, we have a date in three hours."

It wasn't Magnus's first visit at the Blue Oyster; he had been here three years ago, with this boyfriend at the time – Woolsey Scott, a few weeks before they broke up, because Scott had cheated on Magnus with some older man. Though the Blue Oyster had changed from his last visit. The club was renovated, the DJ was playing music from his station, and there was a beautiful bartender serving drinks. The bartender wore a tight, black shirt…though when Magnus looked closer the shirt turned out to be a leather vest. His arms were bare, so Magnus concluded that he didn't have anything underneath it but his pale skin and muscles.

"If I'd know you're into leather, I would have bought you something like that a while ago." Magnus spoke when the boy's back was turned to him. When Alec heard him, he almost jumped and dropped the glass he was wiping. "You're so hot in this, though I must say…" when he turned around to face Magnus, the boy realized that his eyes, or rather his eyelashes are darker than normal, as if he… "They did your make-up? You never let me put make-up on you."

"It's part of my job." He put the glass down, and raised his eyebrow at Bane. "What are you doing here, Magnus?"

"Playing the chaperone." He pointed at Ragnor and Raphael sitting by the table, consumed in a conversation, occasionally glancing at the couples dancing around them. "If something goes wrong, I have to take a crying Ragnor home, and give a ride back to the kid with no harm, his mom's order."

"Hey, cutie," some blonde guy, maybe thirty years old, winked at Alec. "One tequila, please."

"Coming right up." Said Alec blushing. Magnus glared at the blonde guy, who was now licking his lips while checking out Alec's butt. Bane growled at him, which was muffled by the sounds of music of course. Alec finished pouring the drink and passed it to the client with a small smile on his lips. The man winked at him again and when he took the drink from Alec, he brushed his hand over Lightwood's. Magnus was boiling inside, but he tried to hold back his jealousy. "Here you go."

"Thanks, gorgeous." He winked at him once again and wrote something down on a white napkin. "If you ever want to have some fun, call me. I'm sure I can please you."

Magnus hit the countertop, so hard, making all glasses shake. Pure anger was in his cat-eyes. In his head Bane was imagining that he drives a knife through the man's body because he offered sex to his sweet Alec. Alexander blushed furiously, murmured something to the man – something that Magnus didn't hear – and turned around to the other customers.

Magnus looked around the club, saw Ragnor and Raphael making out in the corner next to some couple of kissing ladies. The time was flying and Magnus was finishing another ginger beer; because Alec refused to give him any real alcohol, even though Magnus promised him everything for one small drink. So far nothing happened. Sure, once in a while someone winked at Alec or said something to him, at which the boy blushed and shyly smiled like he always did. So far Magnus let himself relax listening to some old songs and turning down every attempt of being hit on by other men in the club.

Everything seemed to go well, until the moment when two guys – looking thirty at least – walked into the club. They were really handsome, wearing nice outfits, catching the eye of most guys in the club. Magnus saw how other men were checking them out, especially when one of them took out his jacket, revealing his well-built body barely hidden underneath a transparent tight shirt. Bane looked at him too, and even though he was handsome, he couldn't compare with the beauty of his Alexander. Those two men sat down by one, free table and called for Alec. The boy, as the good barman that he was, immediately went to them.

Everything was alright until this one moment. Alec, after taking the order, turned on his heel and that was when one of the guys – the one with a transparent shirt – grabbed and squeezed Alec's butt. The boy, surprised by that, jumped and dropped his writing pad, then he looked shocked at the man. That man said something to Alec, but Magnus didn't hear it, because of the blood buzzing in his body. As if on a cue, he jumped off the bar stool and marched towards them. In the blink of an eye, he didn't even know how, he punched the guy in a face. That dark haired guy fell to the floor along with his chair looking up at Magnus with shock and anger.

"Magnus!" Alec screeched, pulling Magnus back, trying to stop whatever was about to happen. Magnus didn't give a damn over his words right now, he wanted to launch himself on that man again. Instead he was punched by him in that moment. Probably, if it weren't for the security guy, who appeared between them out of nowhere, Bane would have fallen on the ground with a loud thud. His lip was bleeding, or maybe even from his mouth – he could have a knocked out tooth, though he wasn't sure now, he was on too much adrenaline.

The security guy – he was a tall and bulky man – didn't say a word, but he grabbed them by their shirts and walked out of the club. He didn't bother them outside, he just threw them both on the cold snowy ground.

"Are you crazy, dude?" the dark haired guy had a red mark on his face and blood was streaming under his nose. "The hell…"

"Stay away from my boyfriend!" Magnus growled, being ready to launch himself at him again.

"What? That bartender? Sorry, if I'd know he's your boyfriend, I wouldn't have touched him. Chill kid." In that moment, a very angry Alec and a very irritated man behind him ran out of the club. Magnus thought that the other man has to be the owner of the club. Bane got up from the cold ground and wiped the blood off his chin, with the sleeve of his shirt. He looked at Alec, who was now nodding and talking silently with the two men.

"I'm so sorry for this." the other man apologized to the dark haired one, while Alec was explaining something to him as well, in a quiet tone. "I promise that I won't let anything like that happen ever again. Drinks on the house, for the whole night. I'm really sorry."

"It's ok. My nose isn't broken," he touched his nose to see if there's any serious damage. "There may be a bruise, but no harm done." He turned to Magnus. "You have a strong strike, man."

"You too, sir." He said, checking with his tongue if any tooth got knocked out; fortunately one was just a bit broken, so it wasn't that bad. Alec was looking at Magnus meaningfully. In his eyes Bane read that he's supposed to apologize to that man. "I'm sorry."

"Me too, I shouldn't have touched your boyfriend." He turned his head to Alec, and smiled at him. "I apologize, I went too far, but you're damn hot. A pity that you're taken. Well, I think I need a cold drink and maybe some ice for my nose."

"Of course, let's go back inside." Alec stayed outside with Magnus for a little longer.

"You're going to have a bad bruise, you know." Lightwood took off his hoodie, and put it on a shaking from the cold Magnus. "Are you pleased with what you did?"

"And what was I supposed to do, huh? He was touching you right in front of me."

"Don't you trust me?" he asked, taking a handful of cold snow, looking if it's clean, and placed it to Magnus's broken lip. "Magnus, please, understand that this is my workplace. I know that I'm being hit on, but this is my job. You have to trust me."

"I trust you. It's the other guys I don't trust. I was boiling inside when he grabbed you."

"Now you know how I felt when Camille kissed you in the cafeteria." The snow melted in his hand. "I'm flattered that you're jealous over me as much as I'm over you. It means that you care about me as much as I care about you." Magnus nodded at this obvious thing. "But I don't want you to get hurt because you're jealous. I'm asking you to trust me. I love you, and only you."

"I love you too, that's why it is so damn hard to watch as other guys hit on you." Magnus leaned down to kiss Alec, forgetting about the pain in his lips just for a moment, before he starts feeling it again. Alec kissed him back, softly as well. "I don't want anyone to take you away from me."

"It won't happen, unless you dumped me, which I never ever want to happen." Magnus shook his head. "I want to be just with you."

"You promise that you'll be just with me? That you won't let anyone to hit on you? Because I swear, I'll get rid of anyone who tries to take you away from me."

"I promise." Magnus wanted to kiss Alec again, but he was interrupted by a loud throat clearing coming from behind his back.

"I need my bartender back." Alec moved away from Magnus, and went to the other man.

"I'm sorry for what I did. I went too far."

"I'll tell you this. As a man, I'm with you. You had full right to punch him for touching Alec." Magnus laughed at this. "But as the owner of the club, I must say that it was unacceptable and if you ever want to come again to the club, you must stop with such acts, or my security guy will throw you out each time and I'll give you a ban."

"Don't worry, I'll try to keep my jealousy over Alec under control. I can't help that my boyfriend is so hot and everyone wants him."

"Magnus!" once again, Magnus succeeded in turning Alec's pale cheeks into the beautiful shade of red.

"What? It's true." The owner laughed, and told Alec that he's waiting for him inside, to give them time to say goodbye. "I think I should go." He said, when he spotted Ragnor and Raphael walking out of the club. "Yeah."

"Do you trust me?" asked Alec, taking Magnus's hand in his and Bane nodded. "And I trust you too."

"I love you Alexander and I trust you entirely. And I promise to control my jealousy."

Magnus was still horribly jealous over Alec, but Alec was just the same, but they trusted each other, so they didn't let this jealousy destroy their wonderful relationship.

A/N: Did you like it?

Yep, they are out in the school. I had to finally do it.

So to the spoilers, right?

(...) Finally, there was nothing but a darkness in the club and the last thing Alec heard was a sound of breaking glass.(...)

"I'm terrible at this..."

"Don't worry, baby, everything will be alright, I promise."

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