Merry Christmas! (If you celebrated Christmas! Or happy belated Hanukah) Just a short update. ;) Hope you enjoy. ~ xx Lady Knight xx

"So, about the English project." Alec said, turning around to face Magnus.

"Hm?" asked Magnus, picking up his plethora of blue glitter pens, which he had accidently scattered on the floor.

"Here, let me help." Alec said, and they began picking up the pens together.

"So how do you want to do it? It's about the Greek gods, right? So what type of myth do you want to write?"

Magnus looked stumped. "Um…let's meet up sometime later and brainstorm it. I'm much better at speaking languages than writing, really."

"Oh? How many languages do you speak?"

"Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, demon…"

"Demon?"
"Haha, only joking." Magnus winked. "Just seeing if you were listening."

"I could come to that coffee shop you work at if you want." offered Alec.

Magnus shook his head quickly and shuddered. "I spend too much time there already. Why don't you just come over to my house? Here's the address." He leaned over and wrote an address in glittery blue ink.

"Ok, sure." Alec said, looking down to see some of the glitter attach to his sweatshirt. He sighed.

"Glitter looks good on you," Magnus said, nodding, as his gaze was drawn to Alec. "I mean, you look good. I mean-"

Alec blushed again. "Why don't we head to our next class before we're almost late again?" he suggested, clearing his throat.

Magnus grinned. "Yeah, probably a good idea."

Later on that day, Alec and Magnus split up for a period as Magnus had the period free and Alec had a music lesson. Alec had told Magnus that he played the violin.

Magnus slouched against the wall, waiting for the period to be over and he could see Alec again.

All of a sudden, his friend Catarina Loss walked up. "Magnus, I hear you've made some stupid bet with Ragnor." she said, sliding down to sit next to him. Her short blue hair was styled in an attractive pixie cut, her blue eyes set off by her tan skin.

"It's not a bet. Er, well, not exactly."

"Hm. Well…that's exactly what it sounded like to me when Ragnor described it." Catarina raised an eyebrow. She poked him with one long finger. "Explain, glitter boy, explain, explain."

"What are you, a Dalek?" Magnus scoffed. "It was entirely a private conversation and Ragnor possibly has a flap in place of a mouth." he said touchily.

"Did I hear my illustrious name mentioned?" Ragnor asked, coming up to them and sitting next to Catarina.

Magnus glared. "This is such a stupid bet. Does it count if we're going to study together?"

Ragnor shook his head. "Nope. Vague rules are vague rules."

"Ugh, you're impossible!" Magnus kicked his feet in frustration.

"What bet are you guys talking about?" came a voice from behind Magnus.

"Oh! Uh." Caterina scrambled to her feet. "Call me." she said, pointing a finger at Magnus.

"Who was that?" Alec asked, staring after her.

"My friend, Catarina. And you already know…"

"Ragnor." said the boy in question, smoothly standing up and shaking Alec's hand. "We meet again."

"Ragnor, why don't you slither away? Alec and I are meeting with the other new kids for lunch." Magnus said, taking Alec's arm and beginning to pull him away.

"Unfortunately I have class now." Ragnor continued as if Magnus hadn't spoken. "But maybe I'll see you later."

Magnus made gagging noises and pulled Alec away. Alec laughed once Ragnor was out of earshot. "You two really hate each other, huh?"

"We don't hate each other exactly…Ragnor disapproves of having adventures. We've known each other a long time. For example, this one time we had to do a project on Peru…" Magnus trailed off and said brightly: "Never mind, let me show you where the cafeteria is."

Alec smiled and followed Magnus. "You'll have to tell me the rest of that story some time."

"Oh, most definitely." said Magnus, as the smells of frying meat and many bodies packed into a small space rose to meet their noses. "And a word of advice? Bring your lunch from home as much as you possibly can, unless you're particularly partial to the taste of over-cooked tennis balls."

Alec snorted with laughter and Magnus smiled.