Glitter in the Library Chapter 5: What is going on?, a mortal instruments fanfic

Sorry this has taken so long Uni has been mental

Its longer than the last one, sorry it was so short!

I own none of the characters or places

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Chapter 5: What is going on?

"Why are we at the Quidditch match?" this is the second time since they arrived at the quidditch grounds that Ragnor had asked Magnus this question. The pair weren't exactly quidditch fans only going when it was the final match of the year and it was a house vs Ravenclaw.

"You know why. I haven't seen Alec since the library and this is the perfect opportunity." This is totally a lie!

Magnus had purposefully been dodging Alec for a week now, the question of what am I going to do? He was haunted by the idea that if he saw Alec he would do something to effect his chance of anything happening between them, this was a knew thought for Magnus he was normally fine when it came to relationships, but with Alec there came a feeling of doubt, the thought that it might not work out left a hollow feeling it Magnus' stomach that wouldn't leave.

It was definitely a lie when Magnus said he hadn't seen Alec, he'd seen him everywhere; corridors, great hall, the library, when Magnus knew Alec couldn't see him he watched the other guy and tried to pluck up the courage to approach him but each time they had made eye contact the feeling of dread would creep up on him and make him look away or even walk away. He had heard Alec call after him the first couple of times but soon there was just silence and a thick tension in the air.

Quidditch was the occasion for him to watch Alec without the possibility of them having to talk.

"Ah yes! You get to watch your new obsession from a distance without the worry of him seeing you, how clever you are!"

Before Magnus could reply with a witty come back he heard a voice shout his name, the voice did not sound happy.

"MAGNUS BANE!"

Please don't be Isabelle, please don't be Isabelle, please don't be Isabelle.

It was Isabelle, and she was storming straight for Magnus….

"What have you done this time?"

Magnus didn't have time to reply as a tall brunette ad grabbed his scalf and was dragging him towards the stand.

Once they sat down, right at the back in the corner, normally used by couples, she turned to him with a look that would scare a Dementor.

"Why have you been ignoring my brother?"

Because I'm scared that it will end disastrously and both of us will be heartbroken.

Magnus took a breath, he wasn't sure if he should tell the truth or not. He knew Izzy wanted the truth but he wasn't sure he wanted her to have it.

"Magnus?" There was no anger in her voice now, only concern.

Magnus realised that he must have blanked out for a while, from the concern to the fact that the match was about to start. He could see the players walking onto the pitch, Gryffindor's red walking towards Slytherin's green. He wasn't sure how he knew it was him but his eyes were drawn to the raven haired Gryffindor beater and he never took his eyes of him for the rest of the match.

"Magnus?" He still hadn't answered her. He decided that he should tell her the truth.

"Because I'm scared that it will end disastrously and both of us will be heartbroken." He kept his eyes on Alec as he spoke, he could feel her eyes on him instead of the match. "Your brother came into my life just this year and has turned it upside down. I was never one to think of having a long term relationship, only once and that didn't turn out well. I can't stop thinking about him, it feel every thought and dream and breath I take. I've watched him around the school and heard him shout after me, but the thought that it won't work stops me from doing the one thing that I want to do which is turn around and talk to him, hold him, protect him and just see him without having to worry."

He breathed heavily and counted to ten before turning to Izzy:

Breathe

He opened his eyes and looked at Izzy. She was staring at him like he was a complete stranger.

Is she going to cry?

The girl he had only seen being composed and confident looked like she could cry.

"Is that really how you feel?"

"One hundred percent."

The one thing he didn't expect to happen was for Izzy to hug him, which is the one thing that did happen. She flung her around and clung to his arm for the rest of the match.

The match was a close one, not that Magnus was paying that much attention, he had watched Alec.

Alec was a graceful flyer and he was fast very fast, able to dodge around other players like water and he scored most of the goals for Gryffindor. Magnus was captivated by him the wind giving him a windswept look like Magnus could say definitely liked. Gryffindor eventually won the cheers breaking Magnus out of his trance.

"WE WON!" Isabelle was standing up cheering and clapping, while Magnus tried to wake himself up.

"Why don't you come to the Gryffindor common room?"

"How would I get in? I'm pretty sure other house members can't go into the other common rooms."

Plus I can keep avoiding Alec if I don't go!

"There'll be so much excitement that the fat lady won't know whose coming and going, if you're so worried wear this!" She then put her Gryffindor scarf around his neck, "see now she will think you're a member of Gryffindor, problem solved!"

"Why do you want me come so badly?"

"Why do you think?" she raised one of her eyebrows as if that explained everything…..it did.

"No, no, no, no, no."

"A guys saying no to Izzy, miracles do happen."

Magnus turned round to see the tall blonde he had walked into on the train. From where he was stood Magnus could see why all the girls in the school swooned over him. Not my type but he is incredibly handsome. He was muscular like the rest of the quidditch players.

"JACE! You were amazing!"

"I always am sis" he had one of the brightest smiles Magnus had ever seen. Jace was the Gryffindor seeker so this was his evening of glory. He turned to Magnus and held out his hand, "Jace Lightwood."

Magnus took his hand, "you really think I don't know?"

"It is a rare occurrence when people don't know but it does happen sometimes. Like most people know that you are Magnus Bane." He released Magnus' hand and put it round Isabelle's shoulder. "You're the guy that our brother keeps trying to talk to, he's currently giving an after game speech I managed to escape, you coming to the party?"

I'm starting to feel like I don't have a choice, where's Ragnor? He could have used him as his excuse not to.

"Sure why not?" The two siblings gave him matching grins and the three of them started walking towards the Gryffindor tower, merging into a sea of red and gold.

Alec was the last to leave the changing room. He started walking back towards the Gryffindor tower about 10 minutes after the rest of the team. He knew the after match party would be in full swing now and he might be able to sneak through it and into his room.

Just go straight to bed, Izzy and the group will forgive you when you explain in the morning, mostly everyone will be drunk it'll be fine no-one will notice.

Alec wasn't anti-social he just really didn't want to be around a bunch of drunk people. There was also the thought of Magnus, the seventh year had been ignoring him since the library and it had been bringing him down, until the match. It was after Jace had caught the snitch Alec had stopped is broom mid-flight and had been cheering along with the rest of the crowd till he could feel a pair of eyes on him and had looked towards the crowd and seen his sister cheering but also Magnus staring at him with intensity until he was snapped out of it by the cheering crowd.

Why would he stare at me if he wants to stay away from me?

This thought was in his mind when he stepped through the portrait hole into a common room that was full of people and one person in particular, sat in front of the fire with his friends was Magnus and he seemed and enjoying himself.

What is going on?

Alec completely forgot about his plan to go straight to bed, he walked straight towards the group in front of the fire.

"You seem to be enjoying the party." He was glad he hadn't made his presence known because the contrast of the smiles from his friends and the look of pure surprise on Magnus' was worth it, serves him right.

"Alec you're finally here! We saved you a seat." His seat was next to Magnus on the sofa. It looked like a bigish space when he'd looked at it but once he sat down he realised it wasn't. The entire of his leg was pressed against Magnus' well this is awkward. If the look of pain on Magnus' face was anything to go by he thought so too.

Alec couldn't tell you anything of what happened, all he remembered was drinking a lot of butter beer and laughing. Magnus fit perfectly into his group of friends, him and Izzy seemed to have become close and looked like the best of friends, Magnus and Jace seemed to have an easy banter between and bounced jokes off of each other, it was only Alec that Magnus was being awkward around.

The butter beer soon went to Alec's head, he wasn't drunk just on the verge of tipsy, so when Magnus sad he should try and get to the Ravenclaw tower Alec offered to walk with him, to the happiness of both Izzy and Jace.

The walk through the castle was awkward to say the least, neither of them wanted to be the first to talk or knew what to talk about. The first major interaction between them was when they were spotted by the infamous Mrs Norris and Magnus pulled Alec into a passageway behind a tapestry that Alec didn't know existed.

Alec opened his mouth to say something but Magnus but a finger to his lips, which distracted Alec anyway, but was also a sign to tell him not to say anything. There was silence for a few minutes were all they could hear was the sound of Mrs Norris prowling the corridor looking for her prey but when this noise eventually faded down the corridor all they could hear was each other breathing.

Why does this feel like a scene from one of those crappy romance novels Izzy reads?

"So now that were finally back in each other's company, mind telling my why your ignoring me?"

Shit!

Alec couldn't see Magnus' face but he was sure the other guy was taken aback by his question by the sound of his breath catching and the sudden tension in his body, it was a very small corridor.

"Uhmm….. You noticed that did you?"

"How couldn't I? The guy that I was growing to like, all of a sudden started to ignore any attempt I made to talk to him but would still stare at me any chance he had." Butter beer was a wise decision.

There was a pause, "i…"Alec heard him swallow then felt Magnus' hand move and heard him brush it through his hair. "

"I'm scared!"

"What?"

Magnus' must have decided they needed to look at each other, he muttered "Lumos" and what Alec had thought to be a corridor was actually a small alcove.

"I'm scared we won't work and the thought of that happening is stopping me from risking it."

"You're worried were not going to work even when all we've had is a couple of hours together? We haven't even kissed! Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? And people call me a pessimist."

He gave a disbelieving smile and laughed. Magnus must have realised that Alec had made a good point and realised how ridiculous he had been and joined in.

Alec pulled Magnus into a hug and put his head on top of Magnus', "you had me worried you didn't like me."

"I'm so sorry I was too caught up in my thoughts of it failing to even think of trying to make it work." He tilted his head up to look at Alec who was looking down at him, "so that kiss you mentioned."

Alec lowered his lips onto Magnus' it was a small and gentle kiss but it was perfect to the moment and neither of them needed anything more. They stayed in the alcove for Merlin knows how long, Alec holding Magnus leaning against the wall behind him.

When they decided to leave the alcove they went off to their own towers, having one last kiss and promising to meet at their table the next day.

Hope it was worth the wait!

I was going to do a passionate kiss but with how it panned out it didn't seem right.