Hey, cuties! New chapter!

.The past weeks have been really scary for me. I've had a lot of problems and I'm not okay yet, but I will be. This chapter is a bit short, but I promise that I'll post the next chapter as fast as possible! I hope you still enjoy the story!

"Magnus, we need to talk." Ragnor says as he storms into Magnus' office and sits down on the chair opposite to Magnus.

"About what exactly?"

"Oh, you know damn well about what. I've been easy on you the past 2 weeks, but we're going to have this conversation right now!"

"I have no idea what you're talking about Ragnor…"

"I'm worried about you."

"What? Why?" Magnus asks, raising his eyebrow.

"Well… you know…"

"I actually don't. What you're saying makes no sense, Ragnor. If you don't mind, I'm busy."

"It's about Alec." That seems to get Magnus' attention. He looks up from his paperwork again and looks at Ragnor with a questioning look in his eyes.

"What about him?"

"First of all; where did he come from? I didn't even know we were hiring! I mean, he's nice enough and his cleaning skills are alright but…"

"But what? Just say it Ragnor!"

"Doesn't he remind you of someone?! A certain raven-haired, blue-eyed, British beauty? Because if you ask me, he looks an awful lot like W-"

"Oooookaaay, I get it already. Can we just not talk about… him?"

"I'm just worried about you, Magnus. Is everything okay? I mean, I know that I haven't always been the best friend, but I hope you know that if there's something you can always talk to me, okay?"

"There's nothing to be worried about, Ragnor." Magnus sighed and ran a hand through his perfect styled hair. "I know they look alike, but I'm okay Ragnor. I met Alec one day and let's just say that we made a deal. That's why he works here."

"Okay. Just to be clear; if there's something going on you'll tell me, right?"

"Of course I'll tell you, you're my best friend."

Ragnor smiled at Magnus and they sat together in silence for a while. "Okay," Ragnor said. "Enough of this girl talk. I may or may not have heard a rumor about a party…"

"Ragnor, I know you've heard that, I was the one who told you."

"So, party?"

"Yes party, it has been almost a year since I opened the Magic Cup and it has been too long since I hosted a party, so, a party it is!"

"Jordan, Clary, Alec, can I talk to you for a minute?" Magnus asks pointing in the direction of his office. It was a Tuesday afternoon and there weren't a lot of people in the pub, so not all the staff was needed at the moment. Ragnor could handle it on his own for a minute. Probably. Maybe. Probably not... Never mind.

"Sooo, I've gathered you all together to talk about something really important. As you may or may not know, I opened the Magic Cup almost a year ago! That's a reason to party! I was thinking this Saturday at 9 at my place. I'll close the business for a day. You can all bring someone if you want."

"Finally!" Jordan cheered. "It has been too long, Magnus!"

"That's what I thought! So I guess you're coming?"

"Of course!" Jordan said with a big smile.

"What about you, biscuit?"

"Oh Magnus, I'd love to, you know that. But there's this art exhibition on Saturday that I really can't miss. And I finally persuade my boyfriend in coming with me, so…" She said with a smirk.

"Say no more." Magnus said. "What about you Alec? Will you come?"

"Uhm.. I don't know…" The younger boy said pulling at his sleeves. "Parties aren't really my thing…"

"Ah, come on, Alec! It'll be fun! Magnus' parties are the best!" Jordan said.

"I don't know…"

"Please, Alec." Magnus pouted.

"Uhm… okay. I guess I could come to your party."

"Yeay! That's settled then. I'll give you my address later. You can all go back to whatever you were doing now."

"So, about Magnus' party…" Alec tried to act casually but it was clear to see that he was feeling a bit stressed.

"They're really fun, Alec, it'll be fine."

"Okay, if you say so…"

"I do."

"Okay, but-"

"Alec, if you don't want to go you don't have to."

"What makes you think I don't want to go?"

"Are you serious?" Clary looked at him with her hands on her hips and her eyebrow raised.

"It's not that I don't want to go. It's just not really my thing and I'll probably make a fool out of myself. Is it really not possible for you to come?"

"I'm sorry, Alec. This exhibition is just really interesting. Isn't there a friend you can take with you? Maybe even a girlfriend?" Clary asked wiggling her eyebrows.

"What? No, no, I don't have a girlfriend. I mean I have friends who are also girls but that's probably not what you meant… I have guy friends too! I'm not- I don't- I-." Alec sighed and put his head in his hands for a few seconds. He looked up at Clary again.

"I uh… I don't have a lot of friends. You're kinda my only friend actually.."

"It's okay, Alec. Everything will be fine. Don't get too stressed about it, okay? It's only Tuesday, the party is on Saturday. If you still don't want to go by then, you don't have to." Alec took a deep breath and smiled at the petite girl.

"Okay, thanks Clary."

I hope you're satisfied for now. The next chapter is going to be the party! And can you guys guess who Clary's boyfriend is? :3

Thanks for the reviews on the last chapter. They put a smile on my face so don't be scared to review too!

X Mariëtte