First of all thanks to all of you who have commented, know that I value each and every one of your comments, and that they make me extremely happy. Anyway, here's the new chapter. I'm kind of nervous about this story, because as I shared with all of you in the first chapter, this fic is very different from what I've written so far and I really don't know if I'm doing it right. So far it seems you're liking it, but only time will tell **sweats nervously**

This chapter has more interaction between Alec and Magnus, and hopefully that will help all of you to better understand Magnus as a character. Since we're following Alec's POV sometimes is hard to tell what Magnus's true intentions are and why he is the way he is, but remember that Alec is oblivious to some things, and if he doesn't see them, we won't either ;) (I'm not making any sense, am I?)

Anyway, don't mind me...enjoy reading and wait for the next chapter! It will be up tomorrow!

Chapter 3

With Autumn Halloween arrived and the entire campus was decorated accordingly. Carved pumpkins, fake ornamentation and ghostly lights were placed all over the halls and courtyards, creating a spooky and very festive mood.

All the students were dressed up for the party that the campus would be hosting. It was a 90's themed party that everybody—students and teachers alike—had been expecting for months. All over the dorms and faculty buildings, students dressed as famous pop stars, members of boy bands and rockers, smiled at each other as they made their way to the gym, where the party would be taking place.

Alec was in his room reading a book while his roommate was getting ready for the occasion. Alec had avoided all the Halloween celebrations on purpose. He had never been very keen of them. Halloween was all about dressing up and going to parties, and Alec didn't like neither, so it was definitely not his favorite holiday. In fact, if he had dressed up and/or participated in any kind of celebration in recent years, it had been because his siblings had practically forced him.

"I love Halloween!" Magnus said to no one.

Alec ignored him and pretended to keep reading his book. He had spent the last thirty minutes trying not to look at Magnus's direction. He was getting dressed as what appeared to be some sort of rock-star and the view was very...distracting. Not because Alec liked him, or because Magnus was shirtless, of course not. Alec had already told his sister that he was immune to Magnus's appearance, but he really was curious to see how the costume turned out in the end. He hadn't been able to decipher it just yet.

"Aren't you going to the party?" Magnus suddenly asked.

"Are you talking to me?" Alec asked back.

"Yes, Alexander, I'm talking to you, or do you see anyone else in here? No, right? So…?"

"No, I'm not going." Alec said, not looking up and fixing his eyes on his book as if he were actually reading. He had only been pretending to read this whole time; the truth was that he hadn't changed the page since Magnus had started to get ready.

"You should go, I heard it's going to be amazing." Magnus said.

Alec didn't reply immediately. Magnus was now putting on a blond wig with a red bandana and Alec wasn't sure who he was supposed to be. He had to admit that he was not very good with all the pop culture references. He was like a caveman when it came to trends among those his age. His sister, Izzy, was usually the one in charge of explaining him those kind of things.

"I don't like to dress up." Alec replied, once again, pretending not to look at what Magnus was doing. He seemed to be adding the final touches to his costume. He was putting on some shades and a couple of weird necklaces.

"How do I look?" Magnus asked.

Alec ignored him.

"Come on, Alexander! I've seen you criticizing me from afar, I just want your honest opinion. Do I look good? Do you think these necklaces are too much?"

Alec thought about it for a minute. He hadn't been criticizing him precisely. He had only been taking a look at the costume. "I don't know who you are supposed to be." He said sincerely.

"What!?" Magnus exclaimed almost offended. "I'm Axl Rose." He said.

Alec still didn't know who that was.

"Guns n Roses? Welcome to the Jungle? Sweet Child O' Mine? November Rain?" He questioned. "Really? Nothing? You really don't know who he is?"

Alec shook his head.

"Good Lord, Alexander. One of these days I'll have to introduce you to the world beyond your books." Magnus said. "I can't believe you don't know who Axl Rose is...it's like not knowing who Paul McCar-"

There was a knock on the door and Catarina, Magnus's best friend, entered the room.

Alec noticed that she was dressed less ridiculous than Magnus, but she still looked pretty ludicrous. First, because she seemed to be dressed as a man, and second, because she had a hideous black hat above an even more hideous curly-hair wig.

"Oh, finally!" Magnus exclaimed delighted. "The Slash to my Axl has arrived."

Catarina quickly smiled at him and hugged him tightly.

"My dear," Magnus added, "you look absolutely exquisite."

"Well, look who's talking." She said, playfully hitting Magnus's well-formed abdomen. "You look amazing, but...was the whole shirtless thing absolutely necessary? I mean, all the eyes will be on you and not me. That's not fair. I'm a chocolate flavored Slash, you don't see that every day."

"My dear," Magnus said with a playful and silly voice, "I have to take full advantage of what God gave me."

Catarina laughed and Alec rolled his eyes internally. He wanted to chuckle or make fun of Magnus, but he couldn't because if he did, then he would have to admit that he had been paying close attention to their entire interaction.

"Ready to go?" Magnus asked her.

"Yes, but can we take a picture together before we go? I'm sure that by the end of the night we won't be Axl and Slash anymore."

"Of course!"

"Alec…" Catarina said tentatively, "could you-could you take us a picture together?" She asked kindly.

Alec wanted to say no just to make Magnus mad, but Catarina had been the one to ask and she had always, always been very nice with Alec. In fact, every time she went to their room to study or hang out with Magnus she made sure to bring food not only for themselves, but for Alec too. Alec hated to admit it, but he really liked her.

"Sure." He said, putting his book aside and grabbing Catarina's phone.

Magnus and Catarina immediately made a silly pose and Alec snapped the picture.

"There…" He said, handing back the phone.

"Thanks, Alec." Catarina said.

Alec just smiled at her and picked up his book from the bed, pretending to resume his reading.

"Well, then let's go!" Catarina exclaimed, walking out the room.

Alec, very discreetly, looked up and noticed that Magnus was still there. He was adding some last-minute golden glitter on his bare chest, clearly to try to help him highlight his abs. Alec didn't know if he wanted to tell him how pathetic that was or lick every bit of golden out of his body. Wait, what?

"Well, I guess I'll leave so you can finally finish that page." Magnus said, turning around to face Alec. "It's taking you forever." He added, barely lifting his shades so that Alec could see that he was winking.

Alec felt his cheeks getting hot, but before he could act or say anything, Magnus closed the door of the room behind him. Frustrated, Alec threw the book toward the door, pretending that Magnus's face was still there.

He hated him so much.