"So what are you hoping to accomplish with this book of yours, Mr. Lightwood?"

The publisher, Mr. James, and Magnus had arranged the meeting to be at a small café. It wasn't the one Alec used to go to; it was one at the outskirts of town. It had sofas against the walls, the kind that was shaped in a half circle around a round wooden table. Alec and Magnus were sitting on one side of the couch, and Mr. James was sitting opposite of them. Besides the sofa was their luggage, so they could leave right after the meeting.

"I don't know, I guess just… sharing what I write with people. I love writing, and living off of it has always been a dream of mine," Alec said and took a sip of his tea. Mr. James nodded.

"Well, as I told your friend, we'd like to publish it. We, of course, still have to correct it if there's any mistakes, and make copies, and all that of before we can actually start selling it, but it shouldn't take more than a few months to get it all set. Personally I think it'll sell pretty good, and we should be able to get a great profit from it."

Alec smiled and looked down into his tea as he nodded. He'd never expected to be a published author, and now that it was happening he could barely believe it. It was hard for him to actually realise that he was going to get his very first book published soon.

"Alright then," Mr. James said, smiling, "let's talk numbers, shall we?"

"I can't believe you couldn't get two seats next to each other, Magnus," Alec said as he pulled his sports bag, which he used for hand luggage, up onto his shoulder. They had been sitting in the airport for ten minutes, and Alec was already restless. He always got that way when he was going on a plane, and there were still two hours left before they could actually board the plane.

"Hey, it's amazing I could even get seats. Besides, your seat is right in front of mine, I think we'll be okay."

They got up from the chairs they had been sitting in and went over to the Starbucks on the other side of the room. They ordered quickly and waited for a few minutes before Magnus' coffee and Alec's hot chocolate was ready. Alec looked at it and sighed – it said Alex.

"I know, but I don't feel like spending this many hours on a plane next to some complete stranger I won't even say a word to. I want you next to me." He took a sip of his hot chocolate.

Magnus took his hand and pulled him closer. He leaned his forehead against Alec's and looked him in the eyes. Alec tried to pull back, uncomfortable with being affectionate in public, but Magnus held him close. "You'll be okay, darling. I'll be right behind you, okay?"

Alec sighed and nodded, looking down and thereby hiding his eyes from Magnus. Magnus hesitated for a moment, and then leaned in to capture Alec's lips in a chaste kiss. Alec pulled back almost immediately, staring at Magnus with wide eyes.

"I'm sorry," Magnus said quietly.

Alec shook his head and looked around, to see if anyone was looking at them, and saw a few glances in their direction. He blushed deep red and looked back at Magnus. "No, I'm sorry. I'm just not ready to kiss you in public, I'm really sorry, Mags.. Everyone's staring at us."

Magnus glanced around before looking at Alec again. "So? I don't care about them. I just care about you." He grinned. "No, scratch that. I love you, and you're the only one I care about."

Alec blushed, taking Magnus' hand. He intertwined their fingers and started dragging Magnus towards the gate. "Come on, let's just get to the gate."

Magnus frowned, but followed him. It had been a while now- a long while, in his opinion. And Alec still hadn't said I love you back. He was getting more and more scared, but he tried hard not to let it get on his nerves. He knew he'd said it fast, way too fast. But Alec was different, wasn't he? He didn't mind, did he?

They were standing in the plane, next to Alec's seat, and a man was already sitting in the one next to his seat. Magnus was the one going first of the two, because his seat was behind Alec's, but he had stopped next to Alec's seat instead of his own.

"Magnus, stop, it doesn't matter-"

"Come on; just let me give it a shot." Magnus leaned closer to the man so he would be able to hear him. "Excuse me, sir?" He waited for the man to look up at him, and then he smiled. "Would you mind sitting in the seat on the row behind this one? You see, my friend here, he's not too keen on flying, and he doesn't handle it very well, so I thought I'd sit next to him if you wouldn't mind."

The man sighed and gathered his few things. He'd been reading, so he put a book mark into his book and closed it and got up. Then he took his bag from under the seat and walked out between them. Magnus took a few steps further back, letting him get into the next two seat row. By the time he walked back, Alec had already settled in the window seat and he was looking out. Alec looked at Magnus and smiled.

"You're amazing, do you know that?"

Magnus smiled back at him and sat down. He took his hand and intertwined their fingers. "Anything for you." Alec just blushed and looked out again.

"We're on our way to Paris, Maggie."

"And I've never been more excited to go on a trip with anyone. If only the thing with Max wasn't the reason."

Alec nodded. "If only."

AN:

Woo, update. Sorry about the long wait, yadda yadda. You know what I've realised? That when it comes to Alec's dreams and all that, I'm making him a lot like myself. Woops.

Well, hope you liked it.

Review if you want.

Lea