Thank you all for you kind words of encouragement! I'm not really happy how this chapter turned out, tell me what you think.

Chapter 3 "The Call"

"And? How was your first day?"

"Pretty normal, I guess," Alec answered and sat down on the couch. After his strange encounter with Magnus, school got boring. He had thought of their meeting all the time and couldn't concentrate on what the teachers had said. A perfect way to start the new school year, Alec thought.

"Just normal? Oh come on! Something must've happened!" Isabelle exclaimed while she put vegetables into a pot, Alec didn't dare to guess what she cooked.

Well, I guess a guy hit on me, he thought and felt him blush. He shook his head at this crazy notion and turned his attention away from Isabelle and to his pocket. The note with Magnus' number was still in it.

"Alec."

Said person jumped as the voice said his name near behind him and glared.

"Jace! What the heck?" Alec shouted and turned only angrier when Jace just laughed.

"Hah! You should've seen your face! Priceless," Jace snickered and went over to Isabelle.

"What are you cooking?"

Isabelle looked up and smiled at him. She put the lid of the pot away and stirred…whatever that was. Jace took a smell of it and backed away from it with a disgusted face.

"Damn, what the fuck is that?" he asked her and looked for a tissue to get out the smell of Izzy's cooking. Isabelle pouted and pointed at the pot.

"That is vegetable soup."

Alec was sure Jace's laughing could be heard in the entire city of New York.

"Tha-that's no-not soup! Tha-," he couldn't finish his sentence as he was trying to be able to breathe again. Isabelle stomped over to him and gave him a head slap, but that just increased his laughing and soon he was lying on the floor hyperventilating.

"That was for insulting me."

Alec got off the couch and bent down to examine Jace.

"Izzy, I think he's dying,"

"I-I'm not dy-dying, I w-ould die, if I a-ate Izzy's cooking," Jace replied and sat up.

Isabelle eyed him and Alec knew he had to do something or she would kill him now.

"So, how was your day?"

After Alec had to listen to all the problems his siblings had, like they couldn't walk three meters on their own, before their fan group came, or that they couldn't decide which boy/girl they would date next week, he finally made it to his room.

He was glad Isabelle hadn't asked him about his day again and he reached into his pocket.

What should I do, Alec thought and read the number. It wasn't like he didn't like Magnus, but he just thought he was nice…and maybe a little bit attractive, but that was all. He didn't even know if Magnus really hit on him or if he was just this friendly to everybody.

What do I want from him, Alec asked himself. Magnus seemed friendly and it would be great to have a friend that isn't his brother or his sister… Did Magnus also want to be his friend? Well, stupid question, Alec scolded, he gave you his number, but maybe he wanted to be more then friends. He had said that he was bisexual. Did Alec feel the same as him?

Alec was not the emotional type; he kept his feelings locked up deep inside of him, so that he wouldn't be hurt. He never really liked girls like other boys did. But did he like boys?

Maybe I'm asexual, Alec thought, but quickly dismissed this stupid idea. No, certainly not.

He always had had a tiny crush on Heath Ledger for example (one of the saddest moments of Alec's life, when he found out Heath had died), or a crush on- Alec stopped himself thinking about it and took his mobile phone.

Don't think about it, Alec, just do it, he tried to calm himself down, but it didn't really work.

Without much thinking he typed the number of his maybe crush and waited…and waited.

He isn't answering, maybe I should ju-

Hello?

Oh shit! What should I do? What should I do, Alec thought and tried to think of something.

Oh, ahm, hello.

I'm sorry that I can't remember your beautiful voice, but who are you exactly?

I'm A-Alec.

Damn, why am I stammering?

Ah! Alexander, you decided to call, how did it go?

I'm sorry?

What did Magnus mean?

How was the rest of your day?

…boring.

Magnus laughed at his confession and after a few seconds he answered.

But I wasn't so boring, was I?

No, of course not! …I, ahm, I wanted to ask you something.

And what would that be?

Why did you give me your number? It's not like we really know each other.

Well, I know your name and you know mine, isn't that the usual first step to become friends?

Alec waited for a moment to answer.

You want to be my friend?

He heard snickering.

Why wouldn't I? Just look at yourself in a mirror, but that isn't really the reason. You were the only one who didn't freak out or called me a…fag, when you saw me, beside Camille.

I would never call you something like that!

See? That's why I want you as a friend…if you also want that.

…yeah, I'd like to be your friend.

That's great!

Alec could nearly hear Magnus' grin.

I guess I'll see you tomorrow at school, Blue Eyes.

Then Magnus hung up.

Alec put his phone away and lay on his bed. Magnus is a little bit strange, he thought, but he's nice. He looked out of his window and saw cars racing through New York's streets and people chatting with their friends.

I wonder where dad or mum are now, Alec asked no one in particular, or Max.

The sky was already dark and he felt himself growing tired. He didn't know if he should be looking forward to going to school tomorrow, because of Magnus. Maybe he was just playing with him.

"I should stop worrying about every little thing," Alec mumbled, "but I guess that comes with being the older brother."

The last thing Alec noticed was that his mobile phone vibrated, but he already drifted away into a deep sleep.

Good night, Alexander~

Magnus is such a charmer. ^-^ Please review?