Surprise! I wrote another chapter for you :) I know its shorter than my last few, but that's because originally this was supposed to have an extra scene but I decided to end it where I did in order to switch pov's. But anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter :)

However, I will now most likely not have the next chapter for a while. I'll try really hard to write it next weekend, however, if I can't, I'm afraid it will have to wait until Thanksgiving break. My school production goes on next week, and the week of I have to stay after till 10 p.m. every day, so I'm going to be way behind on homework. And then that weekend I have the shows so, yeah, I'm pretty busy. But, if I can't update next week, I hope you are willing to wait a few extra weeks.

But anyways, thank you guys so much :)

Oh, and I would like to thank RandomGeek19 for giving my story a shoutout :) You are awesome :)

Anyways, here's the next chapter :)

Alec POV

"Alexander," a familiar voice said, startling Alec to the point where he actually jumped at the sound. But he didn't turn his head to look at the direction the voice had come from. There was no need to, Alec knew who it was. And that's why he couldn't turn his head.

"Alexander…" Magnus said again. "Please… could you just look at me?"

And, despite what his conscious was telling him, he did.

There he was, the one person Alec had been avoiding; the person who, for the first day or two, kept him from leaving the Ravenclaw Tower for anything other than food in the kitchens; the person who he refused to look at whenever they passed in the halls; the boy who had him rushing out of the Great Hall as soon as he wolfed down enough food to satisfy his hunger. There he was, standing in front of him in black jeans and a blue sweater under his school robes and a Slytherin scarf wrapped around his neck, but it wasn't his clothes that caught Alec's eye. It was the fact that he seemingly had no makeup on, nothing to cover the dark circles under his eyes, nothing to cover and put a glamorous distraction from his gloomy demeanor. His normally spiked up and dyed hair was disheveled, not a touch of color in sight. It looked soft, like silk, and Alec had a brief longing to touch it, to run his fingers through it as he would have only a while ago, but the feeling was gone as soon as it had come. He couldn't feel that way, he shouldn't think about that, not when the other person didn't return those feelings. But looking at Magnus now, even though to Alec he looked as beautiful as ever, the signs of despair and gloom were clear as day. Could it be that Alec was the cause of this? No. Why would he be? It's not like he meant anything to him. So why did he look so sad?

What is he even doing here? Alec wondered to himself. How did he find me? Alec had only told Tessa, Izzy and Jace about this particular spot, not wanting too many people to know about it. So how did Magnus know? Did he, perhaps, accidently stumble across it, not even intending to find Alec there? No, that was highly improbable. He would have had to pick this particular stand, by chance, and walk around aimlessly to come across his little hiding spot. The chance of that happening was improbable. No, someone had to have told him, but who? And most importantly, why would Magnus be looking for him?

"How did you find me?" Alec asked, his voice soundly quieter then he intended. He kept his head down, refusing to look at Magnus in the eyes. He knew if he did, it would break him, and he didn't know what he would see in them when he did.

"Well, it took a lot of time, but I had to search through a couple of the other stands…" Magnus began, before Alec interrupted.

"No, how did you know I would even be at the Quidditch pitch? Did someone tell you?"

Magnus opened his mouth and closed it before turning his head down. Alec knew the answer to his question. He closed his book and stood up slowly.

"Who told you, Magnus?" At this he looked Magnus in the eye, and was surprised to see those yellow-green irises so filled with sadness and desperation. It was too much to handle, but he had to get the answer to his question, and turning his head away was not the best approach. He had to appear demanding, so, rather than looking in the other direction, he settled for fixing his gaze on the bridge of Magnus's nose.

Magnus looked like he was having a war with himself. "They… they asked me not to say."

Alec crossed his arms. "Magnus…" he said, still not looking him in the eyes, even though his eyes stole quick glances every now and then. "Who. Told. You?"

Magnus sighed. "Damn those blue eyes," he said so softly that Alec wasn't sure he had heard him correctly. "It… it was Tess," he said clearly.

Alec closed his eyes and let his head drop. He had not expected that. He thought maybe Izzy would be the one of the three, attempting to get them back together, although, truth be told, if Izzy had been the one Magnus confronted, he would have turned up in a much worse state than this. Why did Tessa tell him? She was the one who saw how heart-broken he was that night; she knew how hurt he was. Why would she trust him? True, Tessa was the closest to Magnus in the group, besides Alec, before that night, but Alec thought she would have been last to say anything. Maybe she, like Izzy, wanted to solve the problem, mend Alec's heart. After all, she did have hope that it was all a misunderstanding. But still, Alec had trouble accepting that fact.

"If you're wondering why she told me…" Magnus began, breaking through Alec's cloud of thoughts. "I asked her to help me find you earlier today. At first she was reluctant to say anythi-"

"Wait, wait," Alec cut him off. "Why were you even looking for me?"

Magnus looked at him as if he was crazy for even asking that question, even though his eyes held an understanding look to them. "To see you, of course. I needed to talk to you…"

"Why?" Alec couldn't take it. "Don't you have a girlfriend to keep you company?" he snapped, though he knew the sadness in his words was clear. He turned his head away from Magnus; he couldn't look at him for another second.

"That's what I wanted to talk to you about. Camille and I… we're not dating."

"Yeah, sure, like I'd believe that. If you're not dating, then why'd you kiss her at the Yule Ball? You know, when you were dating me?" Alec responded, his tone sorrow, but his words still dripping with venom. "Yes Magnus, I saw you two. You know, you could have just told me you didn't want to date me anymore."

"Alec! That's not what I want!"

"Really? Huh, could've fooled me."

"Alec, please, just listen. Camille, she's a bitch. At the Yule Ball, she started talking to me…"

"I don't care what she did! You kissed her!" Alec practically shouted at him. He felt his face turn red, but he didn't really care anymore.

"She kissed me!"

"You kissed her back!" Alec snapped. "And don't say you didn't. I was there. I saw it."

"Yes, I know I did. But please, Alec, just let me explain…"

"No, Magnus, I don't think I will."

"Please Alec. I've missed you and…"

"Oh, you've missed me," Alec said, disbelief laced in his words. And he didn't even care if he was being harsh at the moment. Right then, all his emotions had come bubbling to the surface, everything that he had been holding back, and anger was at the top of that boiling pot. "I find that hard to believe, because, if you really did care about me that much, you wouldn't have kissed Camille in the first place! Did you even think of how I would feel? Do you know the hell you've put me through?"

"Alec, that's all I have been thinking about. Please…" He was practically begging at this point, but Alec was having none of it.

"And to think I actually thought you cared about me," Alec said, watching the effect the words had on Magnus. He looked as if someone had just shot him, but as believable as it looked, Alec knew it was all an act. Everything with Magnus was an act. "I thought that, for once, I actually mattered. I thought I was special, that I was so lucky because someone like you actually like me." He let out a bitter chuckle. "But I was wrong, wasn't I? Of course you would pick someone else. Someone better. There's always someone better. Why did you even date me in the first place? What were you thinking? Was I just some charity cause for you? Just a fun game? That's it, isn't it? Get the shy virgin out of the closet."

"Alec, stop, please." Magnus said. He had walked up to Alec while he talked, closing the distance between them. He had grabbed Alec's face between his hands, and he was looking intently at him, locking their gazes. "Don't talk about yourself that way. How could you ever think about yourself like that?"

Alec felt like he would get lost in his eyes, despite the situation. No, stop it, he told himself, pulling out of Magnus's grasp. He couldn't afford for that to happen, not right now.

"Don't act like it's not true. All my life, I've lived in the shadows of those younger than me. Who would remember plain old Alec Lightwood when his best friend was the star of the school? Or when his sister was the hottest girl in the castle? What did he have to offer? But then you came along, and for once, I wasn't in anyone's shadow, only to have it all taken away. I don't even know why you're even here with me right now. It's not like you care."

"Alec, don't you understand? I do care." Magnus turned Alec's head to face him again. "That's what I've been trying to tell you. I care about you too much for my own good"

Alec didn't understand what Magnus was telling him. It made no sense! "Then why…"

"Because I was stupid Alec!" Magnus exclaimed. "I made what was possibly the biggest mistake in my life so far when I kissed that she-demon back. I should have pushed her off of me right away; I shouldn't even have let her get as close as she did. But I didn't. My body reacted before my mind did, it acted on instinct, and I… I kissed her back. But it felt wrong. Oh, Alec, it felt so wrong, because she wasn't you. I shouldn't have been kissing anyone but you. I knew in my heart that you're the only one. And that's when I did push her off. But I was too late, the damage was done." He looked down at his feet and took a deep breath. "I saw you leave the Great Hall." He looked up at Alec again, his eyes starting to water, just a little bit, barely noticeable, but that meant a lot from Magnus, who usually kept his feelings locked up tight. "I… I tried to follow you, but by the time I got out, you were gone. I didn't know which way to go, and I called your name but you were too far to hear. And I knew I had lost you." He let his head drop again. "And it was my fault. I knew I had broken your heart, but there was nothing I could do, and I hated that, and I hated myself for it. I should have never kissed her back. I was so stupid. Why did I kiss her back? Why didn't I push her off? Why did I even let her talk to me, especially when she was trying to get me back? Why, when I had you?" Alec's heart felt like it was going to explode at his words. "Alexander, you're too good for me. You're perfect in every way, and I hate it when you tell yourself otherwise. But your humbleness is just another wonderful piece of you. I don't deserve you, and I was stupid enough to make the mistake that pushed you away from me. I know how the past week or so has been for you, because it's been the same for me. I missed having you by my side, and knowing I was the cause for your absence made it so much harder on me. I'm so sorry, Alec. And I know I don't deserve your apology, but I need it."

Alec was speechless. He didn't know to say to that, it was the least likely thing he expected Magnus to say. Everything he said made his heart swell, and as much as he wanted to just jump into Magnus's arms and take him back, his heart and mind still remembered the pain. He wasn't ready to go back, for fear of it happening again. He couldn't take that risk.

Magnus was looking at him intently, waiting for him to answer whilst searching his face for any clues that could give it away. When he realized Alec wasn't going to answer any time soon, he sighed. "Please Alec. Please, just answer me. Even if you end it right now, even if you say you could never forgive me, please, just give me an answer. I need to know because…" he trailed off, looking at Alec hopefully, but also worried. And there was a sense of… uncertainty, which was so unlike him, Alec could only wonder what was going on in his head.

"Because… what?" Alec asked curiously.

Magnus closed his eyes, probably in thought. After a moment, he appeared to have made a decision. He took a shaky breath and opened his eyes, his gaze meeting Alec's. Alec locked his eyes with Magnus's unwavering ones, feeling as he was looking directly into Magnus's heart, as he heard the next few words uttered from Magnus's lips, words filled with more emotion and honesty than he had heard in any statement before in his life.

"Because, Alexander… I think I'm in love with you."

Awe, a little cute end :)

But don't get too comfortable...