CHAPTER 3

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN SHADOWHUNTERS. ALL RIGHTS ARE CASSANDRA CLARES.

"Everything", Magnus smiled at Alec. Magnus had the most beautiful eyes Alec had ever seen, their yellow colour staring boldly at Alec. He had realised he hadn't acknowledged Magnus' answer. "I'm 21, I live alone, I study architecture and fine art at Brooklyn college", he spoke quickly. Magnus stifled a chuckle, he leaned forward, getting closer to Alec. "You seem nervous", he spoke in a whisper, so only Alec would hear what he said. Crap, Alec thought, what was he meant to say back to that when it was the truth? He took a deep breath, "I haven't been on a blind double date before. Or any type of date." Did he just admit that he was a dateless loser, to this extremely beautiful man? Magnus' smile brightened, was he laughing at Alec? "Lucky me, getting to be your first", Magnus winked, Alec could feel himself blushing. The rest of the night went smoothly, conversation flowed between all four of them. Alec had even spoken to Raphael for a bit, he was nice, but no guy would ever be good enough for his little sister. He had learned a lot about Magnus, he was born in Indonesia and was two years older than him. He was a mechanic who owned a local garage called Pandemonium. It turned out that he only lived about 20 minutes away from Alec, in a fancy penthouse apartment in the middle of the city. He had a cat, called Chairman Meow, which Alec thought was a little odd, but he knew that Magnus was anything but ordinary.

It was a little past 10 when the evening had finished. Izzy had walked off with Raphael to say goodbye in private without her big brother watching her and scowling. "I had a great time tonight" Alec said, "it was fun." Magnus moved closer so that he was only an inch or two away from Alec. "Hopefully our second date will be even more fun" Magnus spoke softly and seductively.

"You want to go on another date? With me?" Alec was shocked.

Magnus couldn't help but laugh, "yes with you. I had a lot of fun tonight and would like to do it again, as long as you want to?"

Alec tried not to sound too excited when he answered, "I would love to."

They exchanged phone numbers and Magnus said he would text him. "Until next time Alexander" Magnus winked and smiled at Alec. "Until next time" he smiled back.

"Do you like him?" They had only just left, and Izzy was already asking her brother a million questions about Magnus. "He's different, a good different. He's nice" he couldn't help smiling a little whilst talking about his date. "He's also insanely hot" Izzy glanced at her brother and saw him grinning, "Get your own mechanic Iz" They walked back to Alec' talking about the night and laughing with each other.

"Thank you, Isabelle" Alec said gently.

Isabelle squeezed her brothers arm slightly, "you're welcome Alec"

Alec awoke to the sound of his phone ringing. He groaned and rolled over picking it up off his bed side table. It was Jace.

Half asleep he answered, "hello?"

"Still sleeping big brother?" Jace sounded way to upbeat for this time of morning Alec thought.

"What do you want Jace?" His eyes were slowly adjusting to the morning light shining through his window.

"Now now, no need to be hostile. How was your date with Izzy and her fling of the week?"

Alec sighed, "do we have to talk about this?" He hated having these conversations with his brother. They mostly consisted of Jace talking about the new girl he was seeing and then moaning that Alec never enjoyed being single and having fun.

"Yes, now tell me. Before I lose interest"

"You really are annoying" Alec said but proceeded to tell his brother about his date. "His name is Magnus, he's 23. He owns his own mechanic shop and he unlike some one, he managed to go the whole night without insulting me." Jace didn't have to be in the same room with Alec to know that his facial expression was serious.

Jace laughed, "well he sounds boring. Now can we talk about my love life?" Alec didn't bother replying, he knew Jace would say what he wanted to say regardless.

"I met this girl in the library, her name is Clary and she's- "Jace was interrupted by the sound of his brother laughing. "What were you doing in a library?" Alec couldn't help but find the idea of Jace being in a place with books hilarious.

"I had to pee. Shut up. Anyway, she's super-hot but she doesn't seem interested, I spent an hour trying to get her number. This has never happened to me before Alec."

"Jace Lightwood was turned down by a girl, someone alert the authorities. How could she?" Alec' voice was laced with sarcasm. Jace sighed in reply. "She is obviously too smart to fall for your usual tricks Jace. Maybe try getting to know her instead of just trying to get her into bed. As fun as this conversation has been, I must go. Try taking my advice for once in your life little brother."

Jace growled, "you are no help." Alec hung up. He looked at the time, 11:12 am. He didn't have class until 1. He was about to put his phone down and get out of bed, until he saw that he had a text message. It was from a number he didn't know. He shrugged and opened the message. Morning blue eyes, its Magnus. I had a great time last night. Fancy coffee?

He shot out of bed, he had given Magnus his number but hadn't expected to hear from him. Damn. What did he do now? He threw on some pyjama bottoms and ran out of his room to find Izzy. She was sleeping on the sofa. She often spent the night, where they ate pizza and watched films. Alec went into the kitchen to make some coffee, waking Izzy up without coffee was never a good idea, she wasn't a morning person at all. Holding a cup of coffee, he gently nudged his sister awake, "Wake up Iz" she opened her eyes slowly and groaned. "What?" Alec handed her the cup, she hastily took it. "Magnus texted me." Izzy sat up with speed. "Let me see!" Alec handed his phone to his sister. She screamed, "oh my god! What did you say back?"

"I haven't replied. I don't know if you've noticed but I don't really have a lot of experience with these situations. Its why I came to ask you." Alec could talk to Izzy about absolutely anything and it never felt weird. Isabelle placed her hand on her brother's shoulder. "Do you want to see him again?" she looked at him lovingly.

"Yes" he said softly. Izzy handed his phone back to him, "text him then."

Alec held his phone and began typing.

Coffee sounds great.

I tried to end this chapter on a sort of cliff-hanger. The next chapter will be up in a few days. Please leave reviews, thank you.