AN: I'm late, I know. Sorry. But I've been busy. Also I'm searching for a beta reader if anyone is interested send me a message.
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Chapter 6
As soon as Alec had entered his apartment he crashed on the bed, falling asleep instantly. This never happened. Ever since everything with his father had happened, Alec'd had a hard time falling asleep. Too many thoughts, too hard to relax. However after his date with Magnus he felt relaxed and the usual thoughts didn't run through his head.
He was awoken by his phone ringing. He groaned and rolled over, reaching out for his phone. He had the late shift at work, so it couldn't be about that. Alec squinted at the screen, it was a number he didn't recognize, it wasn't one added in his phone.
"Hello, this is Alexander" he answered groggily, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Hi, my name is Lily and I'm calling from Brooklyn Art" a happy voice answered Alec, he was stunned, why would they call him? When Alec didn't respond she continued "I wanted to let you know that you're the winner of our contest"
"What contest?" Alec asked, confused, she obviously had the wrong number.
"You're Alexander Lightwood right?" she asked, still with the same happy voice.
"Yeah"
"Great, your sister Isabelle entered you in our contest. So, I was wondering when you'd be able to come over here and talk about the art exhibition" she sounded even more excited and happy. Her voice was almost unbearably cheerful.
"Art exhibition?" Alec asked, still confused and sleepy. He wasn't that surprised that Izzy had entered him in a contest, however he was surprised that he'd won and had no idea what the price even was. He cursed Izzy for not letting him know about this.
"Yeah, the price is that you get to hold a art exhibition here at Brooklyn Art" Lily said, sounded excited "so we'd love it if you could come down here today and talk about when you'll be able to have it"
"Yeah, okay, ehm" Alec said, scratching his head "I can be there in about an hour, I need to take a shower first"
"Great, bring some of your work with you. See you later!"
"Oh, uhm, yeah, see you later" Alec muttered into the phone as Lily hung up on him.
When Alec put down the phone next to him, he just stared at the wall for a minute, letting it sink in. Then he panicked. She'd told him to bring some of his work?! He didn't know what to bring, he didn't know what Izzy had given them. He stumbled over to his pile of papers filled with sketches.
Okay, some of these were way too personal, he thought and moved them over to a new pile. And some are just terrible, they also went into the other pile. The one of Magnus with cat-eyes is amazing, he knew that, but he couldn't bring that. Magnus was famous and neither wanted the press to know about their, relationship or whatever, so that went into the no pile. He suddenly realized he had to tell Magnus about this, so he paused to send a text.
-Good Morning. Guess what just happened? xoxo Alec
He found a painting of Jace and Clary, it was one of his better works so he texted Jace to see if it was okay. While waiting for Jace's response he picked out a couple of landscape works, some animals and random people he'd seen around New York. His phone buzzed, it was just Jace telling him that it was okay and congratulating him. Alec typed in a quick response before jumping into the shower.
When he got out of the shower he checked his phone, waiting for Magnus to answer. He was excited to share his news with him, but he knew that Magnus wasn't a morning person. Disappointed to not have gotten an answer Alec put on some clothes, brushed his hair and gathered everything he needed. He carefully put the chosen sketches in a brown shoulder bag. Just when he was about to put on some music his phone buzzed, he got overly excited as he read the name on the screen "Magnus".
-Good morning to you too ;) It's too early in the morning to play guessing games, tell me xoxo Magnus
This made Alec smile and laugh, it wasn't even early it was 10 a.m. In the corner of his eye he saw his neighbor give him a weird glance. He'd probably never seen Alec smile before.
-Can I call you? xoxo Alec
He wanted to tell Magnus, he'd prefer to do it in person but that wasn't possible right now and he didn't want to wait. The second best thing was to call, texting just didn't feel as personal. Magnus didn't answer, instead he called, Alec felt his heart skip a beat and he took a deep breath before answering.
"Hello, it's Alec" he answered awkwardly, Magnus obviously knew who he was calling, he didn't know why he introduced himself.
"Hello there Alexander" Magnus voice was raspy and sleepy, and oh so sexy "what's the big news?"
"It's .. em .. my sister .. eh .. " Alec stuttered, distracted by Magnus's sexy raspy voice. 'Get it together Alec' he thought to himself as he heard Magnus giggle on the other side. "My sister apparently admitted me to a contest. AND I WON!" Alec screamed the last part and he heard Magnus laugh again.
"What contest? And what's the price?" Magnus laughed, his voice growing softer to Alec's disappointment.
"She sent in some of my art and I'm going to get an art exhibition" Alec practically jumped up and down and people around him looked at him, but he couldn't care less. He was happy about getting his art recognized and getting to share the news with Magnus.
"Wow, Alexander, that's amazing!" Magnus said, sounding more awake now. They continued to chat about the exhibition and contest. It was all small talk until Alec said "I'd love you to come, as my date" he just said it without thinking, they'd been on one date, he didn't even know when this exhibition was going to be, it was going to be in public, Magnus was famous. What if they weren't ready to be seen in public? What if they didn't date for that long? What if Magnus had changed his mind about dating him?
"I'd love to" Magnus's voice snapped Alec out of his thoughts and made him relax. He smiled.
"Great, I'll tell you more when I know more" he said as he saw the sign saying ´Brooklyn Art´ "I need to go now though"
"Okay, good luck on your meeting" he heard Magnus yawn and Alec smiled. Of course he was tiered, this was considered early for him.
"I'll text you later, bye" he said and heard Magnus yawn a "goodbye Alexander" before he hung up. Alec put his phone in his pocket. He looked at the glass door with the sign "Open. Welcome", next to the door was a big window, showing the interior of the studio, paintings on the wall, a desk with a girl on the phone and on the window big letters spelled out "Brooklyn Art". Alec stood there, frozen, looking at the studio. He was nervous. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before entering. Walking up to the girl with determined steps. She looked up at him and ended her call.
"Hello, how can I help you?" she smiled at him and Alec recognized the voice, it was the girl who'd called him this morning.
"I'm Alexander Lightwood" he said as he held on tight to his shoulder bag. The girl, Alec couldn't remember her name, shone up, she smiled even brighter.
"Of course, come with me" she said as she stood up and gestured towards a door. Alec took a deep breath before following her.
