"Xander?"
Alexander jumped, startled. "Liz?"
"Hey, Xander."
"Hi, Liz"
"Listen Xander, my brother," he watched as she winced after saying the word 'brother', "Magnus Bane is here and he wants to see you".
"Of course, darling," Alexander said smoothly, trying to disguise the fact that he felt like throwing up when he called her darling. And together they walked hand in hand to meet Magnus Bane.
Magnus Bane sighed in annoyance. Where was his…sister and her new husband.
Didn't they know he had better things to do then stand here watching everyone stare at him?
His sister.
His sister.
His sister.
God what kind of an idiot was his sister's new husband to marry someone like her? His sister…
What did she even look like?
When he was young, he could have told you instantly what his sister looked like. He frowned, he remembered calling Elizabeth "Sissy", as he couldn't pronounce the word sister. He remembered playing Barbies with her and whenever there was a storm and she would hide under the bed, he would come and hug her and tell her that he would protect her from the evil lightning bug. (He couldn't pronounce bolt either.)
But then when he turned ten and she turned thirteen everything changed.
His parents told his "Sissy" that he was a freak, part demon and shouldn't be trusted.
His relationship with his sister crumbled, leaving Magnus lonely and miserable.
And then Lucas happened…
Magnus dug his nails into the palms of his hands. Oh God, he seriously did not want think about Lucas...
Suddenly he noticed Elizabeth and her husband walking towards him.
"Elizabeth."
"Magnus."
"Magnus this is my husband Alexander. Darling, this is my brother."
Magnus watched as she winced after saying the word brother but he carefully kept his face expressionless, not displaying the hurt he felt. It was amazing how his sister could still hurt him.
"I'll leave you two to get to know each other, okay, Xander?" Elizabeth asked Alexander.
"Of course, Liz," replied Alexander.
"Thanks darling. Love you."
"Love you to," replied Alexander.
Magnus noted that his 'I love you too' seemed slightly forced. He raised his eyebrows. "So...you are my sister's husband."
"Yes."
"How lovely," he said. "How did you two meet?"
"Um well..." Alexander paused for a second. "We met at a party and we started talking and became good friends, then one thing led to another and we started dating, got engaged and married today."
Magnus noticed that the whole time he was talking to Magnus, he was looking at the floor.
Liar, liar, thought Magnus.
"So you must be really…..happy together", he said.
Alexander hesitated for a second before he got a grip on himself. Even then,he looked slightly nauseated. "Yes, of course."
Magnus scrutinized him. "You don't love her," he said, surprised at this.
Why would he marry her if he didn't love her?
Alexander went red. "Um well...no," he stammered. "She's the love of my life," he said, blushing furiously.
"That's a pity," replied Magnus. "I thought we might have something in common."
Alexander hesitated. "I don't love her because… because…because…I'm…. ga…"
"Alexander, darling, Rose Allen, you know, the famous actress, wants to meet you."
"Of course, Liz. It was nice to meet you Magnus," said Alexander.
"The pleasure was all mine darling," replied Magnus smoothly.
He waited until Elizabeth had her back turned before slipping a piece of paper into Alexander's hands and walking away.
A piece of paper that had his phone number written on it and the words call me.
A/N : A huge thank you to the lovely people who reviewed: dclib1982, crazyfreak14, chanceinalifetime079 and MerielTLA.
And of course, thank you to my lovely beta Dustland-Fairytales who corrects my... odd mistakes.
Those who review will get a spoiler from chapter four and five.
Center of The Sun.