Yay quickish update!

I know it's short, but there are basically two more large parts of the story left, and an epilogue, and I wasn't going to fit them in together, because I wouldn't update for weeks.

Thank you for the wonderful reviews! Most of you seem very geared towards the happy ending. I don't know if it will be or not yet… I mean, these boys a very unpredictable to me.

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The next few months were both hectic and slow for both of the two boys.

Alec's siblings came to Magnus' apartment and collected all of Alec's stuff, Izzy sending him sad smiles as she came and went, unlike Jace, who seemed to be holding himself back from strangling the older boy. Magnus didn't really care. He didn't find him caring about much after Alec left.

The other members of the trio tried for weeks to cheer him up, with everything from alcohol to pills to a change of diet. In the end Magnus just plastered on a smile and went back to living his life the way he did before he met Alec so they would stop worrying. Except he didn't sleep with anyone. He tried one time, and he just couldn't. He couldn't stop thinking about Alec and left after giving the guy a blowjob.

But besides the sex thing he was normal. He winked at kids at school, went back to work, focussed on prepping for the SATs and watched Alec from afar.

After Alec's siblings had set up his room as it was once again, they had tried to baby him, but he refused to let them. He had sent them on their way, called up Jem and Will and told them he needed a boy's night. They all went out to a sports bar and watched football while drinking beer and Alec almost felt better.

After that night he started hanging out with his friends off of track exclusively, rather enjoying the company of the boys. Will had offered to set Alec up with his gay cousin, but Alec had turned him down. He said he wasn't ready to date after Magnus yet, and that hadn't exactly been a lie. He wasn't ready. But that didn't mean he was ever going to be.

He acted normal. He went to training with the boys after school every afternoon, had repressed dinners with his parents, and watched Magnus from afar.

Magnus placed the last of his Math books in his locker, turning to face Camille.

"Cam, that shit has been out for months. Wear it again and I will be forced to unfriend you. I'm sorry babe. But I will not be seen in public with someone wearing that."

Cam poked out her tongue and strutted off, linking arms with Ragnor at his locker, throwing back a "save you a seat" as they walked away. Magnus rolled his eyes and closed his locker. It was a normal day. Boring classes, seniors being underprepped for their SATs, the whole shebang. Except, well, Senior Prom was coming up next week. Magnus and his friends were going together like they had to Junior Prom and Homecoming.

Of course, there was someone he wanted to go with. But that didn't matter. He had promised to wait.

"Magnus?"

That voice. Magnus hadn't heard that voice outside of his dreams for months. Fuck. He spun around to see Alec standing behind him; head hung low, hands stuffed roughly in the pickets of a pair of worn jeans. He looked nervous, a shuffling of his feet proved that, and his hair had grown to a length where you could probably tie it back in an elastic if you wanted to. It hung in front of his eyes low enough that he could barely see the blue eyes he longed for. He looked as gorgeous as ever.

"Alexander… I mean Alec, w-what do you, why are you talking to me?"

30 seconds in close proximity to Alec and he was practically turning into the other boy with his god damn stuttering.

"Can, can we talk in private?" Alec asked, not looking up from his shuffling feet.

Magnus nodded and walked to an empty classroom, not looking to see if Alec followed, afraid it would ruin his luck. He leant against the teacher's desk as the door closed, and dared to glance over to where Alec was standing, bashfully staring at him. Magnus regained a slight amount of his usual confidence as Alec's eyes darted to his ass, showed off in his tight blood red leather pants, and sent a smile at the boy.

"Um, I wanted to, you know, if you haven't already planned to, I mean," Alec took a deep breath and ran a hand roughly through his dark hair, eyes still glued to the floor, "Do you want to go to Prom with me?"

Magnus stood shell shocked for a few moments, mouth hanging open. Did this mean… fuck what did this mean? Had Alec forgiven him? Were they getting back together? Should he answer before Alec got bored and left the room?

"Um, yes. Of course. I'd love to. Pick you up at 7 from your parents?"

With a stiff nod Alec went to leave the room, his hands on the door handle when Magnus reached out a hand and grabbed his shoulder.

"Wait, Alexan- Alec. Does this mean you've forgiven me? Or what? I get it if you don't want to tell me, and I don't want to question a good thing, but I didn't think you'd… especially not in only a few months."

"God I've missed your stubbornness." With a laugh Alec turned around to face him. "I forgave you, about a week after it happened. But, I didn't want to. I didn't want to forgive you so quickly. I didn't want to still care about you. You hurt me Magnus. I didn't think I could ever be hurt that badly, and I never thought I would be hurt by you."

His voice was thick with tears, and shit if he didn't want anything else than to take him in his arms and hold him tight.

"Look Mag. I don't know if we'll ever be able to be back to what we used to be. But, I want to at least give it a try. And, well, Prom was a good excuse. So, I'll see you at 7 next Friday. And don't worry. I'll tie up Jace so he doesn't shoot you when you knock on my door."

And with that Alec left the room, leaving Magnus to take in the information. He took a deep breath. He would have to try a lot harder on his outfit now.

There! Short chappy of prep.

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Lots of Love,

Mae