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I was supposed to post this chapter a few days ago, but I was busy with college stuff.
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#2

Shocked. Magnus was shocked. Alec was so close to him, but then the boy walked away and disappeared in the air, leaving him standing alone in the middle of the dance floor. It took him a few minutes to get back to his sense and move to go after the boy. He searched the whole place, looking for Alec, but he couldn't find him anywhere. He couldn't also see Isabelle, Jace or Clary as well, so probably Alec succeeded in dragging them out of there. The warlock sighed heavily and found a sit at the counter of the bar.

He sat there for a while, drinking alone. Some people still tried to approach and start a conversation, but he just turned them down and focused his gaze on his glass. His mood was ruined and he felt irritated. Irritated at Alec, because the boy had rejected him, at Isabelle, who would probably be laughing at him now, and mostly, at himself. He could have just forgotten about it and gone after someone else, but he couldn't let the thought and the sensation of almost kissing Alec go. He had never felt like this before and that's exactly why he felt so irritated.

He decided to go home when the barman shot him a look filled of pity and started saying something about being used to watch people drinking until they had to be thrown out of the place, barely able to walk alone, because someone else had dumped them. "Nobody dumped me", Magnus said. The barman just laughed and murmured "yeah, sure" in a very sarcastic way. The warlock stood up and drank the rest of his drink. "Why don't you go and clean some dirty glasses?". Said that, he stormed out the place and went as fast as possible to his house.

When getting home, he threw his clothes on the floor of his bedroom – poor Chairman got hit by his coat and let out an angry meow – and jumped in his bed. Magnus realized that he wasn't even drank – he had played with the drinks, three or four, for hours instead of drinking them straight away– and took him a while to sleep. The sun was already rising when his mind finally gave up and allowed his body to rest. Although his sleep was invaded by a pair of blue eyes and a shy smile.

It was almost the end of the afternoon when Magnus woke up. Chairman was sitting on top of him and looked very angry, either because of the coat thrown over him or because he was hungry and there wasn't any food on his bowl. The warlock just put his hand up and used his powers to provide food to the little cat. He rubbed Chairman's ears and the cat meowed, pleased, so he assumed he was forgiven. Magnus got up and went to the bathroom to take a nice bath and then he could think about what to do that night.

Considering he was more relaxed now, he thought about throwing a party and inviting Alec and the other shadowhunters, because he suspected that the boy wouldn't come alone. He knew Alec didn't enjoy parties, but this time would be different: he could take the boy to his bedroom, where nobody would see them, and finally kiss him. Maybe Alec didn't kiss him at the previously night because there were too many people around them. Crowded room would no longer be a problem.

With that in mind, Magnus chose carefully his clothes, spiked his hair with glitter and put on makeup: everything to impress Alec. He had an appointment, but after that he could drop by the Institute and invite the shadowhunters to his party. It was around nine o'clock when he left his place and went to his appointment. To tell the truth he was glad that he didn't forget about it. It took him only an hour, some of his magic, and compliments about his great work to be done with the client.

When he reached the Institute, someone else was already waiting on the sidewalk, staring at the door. Getting closer, he recognized the mundane that was at his party, the one who was turned into a mouse and kidnapped by vampires. "Why are you standing here like a moron?" he asked.

The boy looked in the direction of the voice and smiled in recognition. "Ah, I was at your party the other day and one of your drinks transformed me into a mouse. What is your name again?"

"Magnus Bane", he replied. "And I see you are not a mouse anymore. I told them that they shouldn't worry".

"Yes, I know. It was a big adventure being a mouse and hanging out with some vampires", the boy said and just adjusted the glasses on his face. "I'm Simon, by the way".

"Great story to tell your grandchildren", Magnus smiled. "So, Simon, will you be here on the street all night or what?"

"Oh, that! Well, I wanted to talk to Clary, but I don't know if I can just enter this place", Simon replied. "Traps can be triggered at the moment I touch the door".

Magnus had to laugh at his comment. "Well, you could call her".

Simon stared at Magnus for a second before blinking. "Great idea", he said and fished the cellphone out of his pocket. He dialed Clary's number and started talking after a few seconds. Then, he hung out and grinned at Magnus. "Someone's coming down to let me in. What about you? Were you just passing by or what?"

"Oh, no, I need to talk to someone as well", Magnus replied. He hoped that Alec would open the door, but instead, Isabelle opened it and gesture to Simon to get in the place. When she saw Magnus, she walked toward him. "Hello, Isabelle. How are you doing?".

"I'm fine, thank you. What about you?", she answered and crossed her arms over her chest, looking at him, amused.

"I'm great. I would like to talk with your brother, please", he said.

"I bet you do. After all, things didn't go well between the two of you last night", she gave him a small smile. "Did you give up?"

"No, I didn't. That's why I'm here", he said. "I want to invite you guys to a party at my place".

She thought about it for a second, but then shook her head. "We got into trouble in your last party".

"Simon got into trouble. And you got into trouble because you were supposed to be taking care of him", he said, but he regretted his words as soon as they left his mouth. Isabelle didn't seem happy now.

"That wasn't my fault. Simon's grown up enough to take care of himself and his drinks", she said, narrowing her eyes, but Magnus still could see a shadow of guilt in them. "But I'm sorry, I'm afraid we can't go to your party".

"Isabelle, please…", he started saying, but the girl shook her head. "Fine. At least tell me if he has got a cellphone".

"Yes, he does", the girl smiled again.

"Can you give me the number?", he asked.

"No, I can't.", she said. "Find your own way to have his number"

"Isabelle…", he was about to ask again, but the girl spoke.

"Do you really wanna to keep this on?", she asked and Magnus shook his head enthusiastically. "Okay. I won't give you his number, but meet us at Taki's in fifteen minutes", said that, she went back to the Institute and closed the door behind her. Magnus smiled to himself and wandered around the neighbourhood for half an hour, enough time to them to get a table and then he would show up, like he was just passing by.

He walked in and looked around, searching for them, but they weren't anywhere to be seen. They couldn't have gone to the bathroom, could they? At the same time? He wondered but that was a stupid idea. It was more probable that Isabelle had lied to him, just to make him go away. He swore under his breath and left the place, heading on the street. He was thinking about how he would take revenge on Isabelle when he spotted the girl outside a coffee shop.

She waved at him. "Magnus, come here".

"What the hell, Isabelle", he started to say, but she didn't let him finish.

"I'm sorry, but Clary said we should try food from this place, Jace agreed and we all had to come here", she explained. "I'm sorry. But I stayed outside, just in case that you showed up".

He abandoned his plans of revenge and thanked her. He entered the place and it was empty; they were the only costumers there. "Ah, hello", he greeted. Jace and Simon barely looked at him and just waved, because they were into a fight about the last chocolate donut or something like that. Clary greeted back and took her plastic glass and the donut that the boys were fighting for and walked toward a little table next to the door. Alec, in the other hand, almost dropped the little basket of donuts that was in his hand when he saw Magnus. His eyes widened, but he quickly recovered his composure.

Jace and Simon were at the table now, both in front of Clary, because Isabelle took the place beside the girl. The boys were still arguing and Clary was trying to make them stop, so Isabelle took the opportunity to gesture toward a table with her head while Alec wasn't looking.

He understood it and stopped beside Alec, who was waiting for his coffee. "Alec, can I talk to you for a second, please?" he asked.

The boy blinked his eyes twice. "Hm, sure. Just let me get my coffee", he said. Magnus nodded and sat at the table. It was a four or five tables away from where the other ones were and only Clary and Isabelle would be able to see them, but the red-haired was still with her eyes set on Jace and Simon. Isabelle just moved her lips saying good luck and joined the conversation of the other three. Magnus wondered why Isabelle was helping him, but he didn't have much time to build some idea because Alec had joined him.

The boy put the little basket of donuts and the plastic glass on the table. "I wonder why they write our names in here", he said, turning the glass around to read his name. "He misspelled my name, by the way". He turned the glass again so Magnus could read "Alexander", even though someone scribbled on it, and "Alex" was written beneath it. "And imagine you that while Simon went to the bathroom, Jace ordered him a coffee and told the attendant to write Rat on the glass. They got into a fight about this".

Magnus laughed. "Yeah, I can hear them. Poor Clary".

Alec sighed when Magnus said the name of the red-haired girl. "I don't know why we came here. I'd rather go to Taki's".

"This place is not that bad", he said. "Wait here", he said and got up from the table to order a coffee for himself. He shot a quick glance to Alec to find the boy only staring to his food. When he got back, took a sip from his coffee. "Won't you eat them?"

"I don't want to", he answered.

"Why not?", Magnus asked.

Another sigh. "Clary ordered them and I just don't like the flavour".

Magnus smiled a little. "What flavour do you like then?"

"Hm, chocolate, I think", he answered. Then Magnus snapped his fingers and the two donuts in the basket were replaced by chocolate donuts. Alec's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. "Now you can eat them".

"Magnus, you shouldn't…", he started, but the warlock looked at the donuts. Alec nodded and tried one. "Hmm". Magnus watched in silence while the boy ate his donuts and drank his coffee. He couldn't help but check the boy out again: worn out pants, black t-shirt and a coat that should have been black months ago. His hair wasn't that messed up, but still falling over his eyes. Magnus put his chin on his hand and admired how beautiful Alec was, even if he kind of hid himself into those old clothes. He had to look away, because Alec's cheek started to redden.

"Hm, Alec?", he said and the boy transferred his gaze from the table to the warlock. "I was wondering if you would like to go out with me."

The boy stopped chewing for a second and his mouth was an inch opened, then he realized his terrible manners and closed it. He finished his donut, took a package of sugar from the table and started to play with it, looking away from the warlock.. "Ah, well, I-I don't know, I don't…"

Magnus smiled a little. "We can just go to Taki's to eat something", he said and took a napkin. He took a pen from his pocket – that wasn't there before – and wrote his phone number in it, then passed it to Alec. "Here's my number. Give me a call and we can set a day to meet, okay?"

Alec dropped the package of sugar and took the napkin in his hands. "Yeah, sure", he said and took a long look at the napkin before putting it in his pocket. Magnus noticed some chocolate in the boy's cheek and he lifted his hand to clean it. Alec was surprised, but he didn't move, what Magnus considered a good sign. He brushed the dirt off Alec's cheek but couldn't move his hand away. He caressed the boy's check tenderly with his fingers, studying carefully his face, yet so pale, it made a good contrast with his dark hair and blue eyes. His skin was somehow soft and warm, but that could be because his cheeks were bright red now.

Blue eyes met yellow-green ones, but Alec looked away for a moment, straight to Magnus' lips. Magnus smiled a little and confidently leaned toward the boy. They were about to kiss when a noise made Alec move away and hit his back against the seat. Both of them searched to the source of the sound and found out that someone's cup of coffee had fallen from the table. They heard Simon swear at Jace, so probably it was his coffee spilled on the floor. They started a fight again and got up, ready to leave the place. Clary got up too and Isabelle tried to make them sit again, but failed.

Alec looked back to Magnus. "I-I think we are taking off", he said and got up. "Thank you for the donut". He hushed out off the table and dragged Jace and Simon out of the place with him. Clary followed and Isabelle shot an apologetic look at Magnus. The warlock leaned over the table and hit his hand against it.