Hey! We are back to non-cry worthy parts of the story, so be prepared. This chapter is the beginning of the Malec extravaganza week. This is a chapter in Alec's point of view. Enjoy!
It was Wednesday after school. It had been five days since Clary had told her story at the assemble and I had to admit, she made the right call by doing what she did. The whole school seemed different, realizing that things like that could actually happen to someone.
I mean, Jace had been very against it, due to the fact that he assumed Sebastian and Kaelie's crew would give her hell about it, and he had been right.
They teased her endlessly, but now she had the backing of the rest of the school. For once, the cards were on her side.
Now almost the whole school was gathered on the sets of bleachers set up around the soccer field. This was a usual turnout, soccer was popular at Alicante high, but today we were versing out rivals and everyone had come out for it.
Jace was trying to hide his stress under his arrogant, giving no shits façade, but it was obvious that he was feeling the pressure to beat them.
Our rivals were technically called Institution high school, but everyone referred to them as the Institute. And I mean everyone. They were one of the top ranking soccer teams in the nation for the high school circuit and lots of people had heard of them.
Luckily, we were top ranking too, but we still lost just as many games to them as we won.
I sat down on the cold metal bleachers and waited for Clary, Izzy, and Jon to arrive.
Jace had convinced Clary to come to the game by playing the boyfriend card. He had been all, "I need my amazing girlfriend there to be my good luck charm. And you have to come, I'm your boyfriend." It had been quite interesting to watch and eventually Jace had succeeded.
And Clary was coming, so Izzy had to come to. They were practically joined at the hip these days, but I was happy for Iz. She had never really had a friend who was a girl before, so I was glad they had hit it off.
Jon was coming because he wanted to, "protect my sweet baby sister from the sinful things her boyfriend is going to try after the game," we had all laughed at him, but he still insisted on coming. I didn't mind though, he was my best friend. He was really my only friend who wasn't a girl though, so it wasn't a very hard title to accomplish.
"Alec, why would you not drive us?" Izzy whined coming up behind me, jerking me out of my thoughts.
"Because after the game we are not going to all fit in one car. So I had to drive the others," I reminded her for the thousandth time.
"Yeah, but why couldn't I come with you? Jon was being all irritating the whole car ride, and he drives slower than a turtle. " Izzy complained as I laughed.
"Hey! First, I don't drive that slow. Second, it's not my fault that I have a bad singing voice and happen to enjoy singing along to every song." Jon tried to defend himself as he came up next to us.
Izzy groaned. "Every. Single. Song." I chuckled. It was nice to see them all get along.
"You can't even complain Izzy. I have had seventeen years of that terrible singing. And when he went through his show tunes phase? Oh my god, I can't even explain the torture." Clary said coming up behind Jon and finishing off our little group.
"You can all stop complaining. I had to sit through a car ride where Jace and Simon would not stop bickering. Literally, they didn't stop. I was just trying to enjoy a little car ride with my boyfriend next to me and I had to deal with their issues. Next time, Jon drives them." I said, upping all of them on the torture factor.
"Yeah. You win. And there is no way I'm driving them next time. Not a single freaking chance." Jon declared. I sighed.
"In hindsight I probably should have gotten you to drive them before I complained." I sighed. I needed to think thin like this through.
"Yup. Anyway, I can relieve you on the way back after the game. I'll take Jace on my bike, so then you can have your peaceful car ride with Magnus." Clary said to me.
"Thank you. You are now my new best friend." I said, putting my hands together and shaking them at her.
"Hey, thank Izzy. She's the one who told me to ride my motorcycle here. And she was right. It was so much easier to park with a small vehicle."
"Well then. Thank you Izzy." I said putting on a solemn face, which caused Clary and Jon to burst out laughing.
"Yeah, yeah. Now, to the important stuff! You and Magnus! You guys are dating?" she asked wiggling her eyebrows.
I just rolled my eyes at her excitement. "Yes. We are officially dating. Why do you think I'm here? Not for Jace. Magnus pulled his boyfriend card too." I said with a pointed look at Clary.
"Yeah. I feel you. I hate when they do that." Clary said, sighing.
"Amen." I agreed.
"Hey, hey. No getting off topic. You and Magnus. Stay on that topic. So, what's your shipname?" this was ridiculous. Izzy was more excited about this than I was, and I was very excited.
"What the hell is a shipname?" I asked her, baffled.
To my surprise Clary answered my question. "It a combo of your two names." I nodded to her, showing my understanding.
"What about Agnus?" Izzy asked. We all shook our heads.
"How about Malec?" Clary asked Iz. Izzy then continued on to squeal and say yes over and over. Girls.
"Okay. Everyone shut up. Here they come." Jon interrupted her, prompting Iz to glare daggers at him. He didn't car though. And he was right. The soccer team was out on the field, getting ready to start.
I waved to number 12, which was Magnus. He blew a kiss back and I blushed. Izzy noticed and snickered. I rolled my eyes again. Sisters.
I saw Clary run down to the side of the field and give Jace a good luck kiss before he went to the center for the start of the game. He seemed happy that Clary was wearing his fan shirt with his name and number. He seemed really happy. Maybe she was his good luck charm.
I also saw Izzy shoot a thumbs up at Simon, who was in the goal. I could see his blush all the way from here. I was so glad that Izzy was finally dating after that asshole Meliorn had cheated on her. I was also sot of happy she was dating Simon. He was a good guy.
Then the game began.
For the first few minutes of the game it was a back and forth, but then we scored a goal. The crowd cheered and booed respectively as the game went on.
Simon was a really good keeper because he didn't let a single ball past him, even though the Institute got quite a few chances.
Everyone was focused on Jace though. He was on fire. A whirlwind of gold and blue, our school color mixed with his hair. He scored five goals during the game. Magnus scored the other two and it was incredible. Jace had never played this good before. Never even close, even though he was always better than everyone else on the team.
I attribute all of it to Clary. But Magnus was playing better too. Magnus and Jace were working in perfect tandem. I was glorious to watch. But I was focused on Magnus. He only had a little bit of glitter in his hair, so it would have been harder for everyone else to pick him out of the people playing, but I saw him right away.
I watched him play the whole game, watching his muscles move as he ran. Watching the contour of his body as he dipped and dodged with the ball. He was so perfect. He was so amazing. I loved him so much. Now I just had to tell him that.
The game ended being a blowout. Us winning 7 to 0.
I ran down to the side of the field and vaulted over the fence that separated us. I met Magnus as he was coming off the field. I wrapped my arms around him and spun him around, kissing him hard.
He kissed me back just as hard and when I pulled away we were both gasping for air. He was about to say something but I cut him off.
"I love you Magnus," I told him. It felt so good to just say it. So good.
He looked shocked. Then he grinned, and it was real. I knew because it reached his eyes.
"I love you too Alexander," Now it was mine turn to grin. I was giddy with happiness.
I kissed Magnus one more time before letting him get to the locker rooms. I joined up with Jon and Izzy, Clary haven gone to see Jace. Izzy was also grinning. She clapped her hands together.
"Team Malec!" she shouted.
"Definitely," I replied smiling.
Yay Malec! I plan on updating on Saturday, so yeah. Till next chapter. Bye!