Chapter Two

As soon as Alec got home from school he went straight to his room. But that was just the usual for him. If nobody wanted him there then why be there at all? Alec fell on to his bed and put his arm over his eyes. He hated being there. Alec was surprised his parents didn't kick him out of the house when he came out. Maybe they thought he was just going through a faze? Alec will never understand his parents. He put in his iPod and shut his eyes, hoping that his music and dreams will keep him far away from reality.

Alec waited for his family to sit down. Well almost his family. His sister, Isabelle was still at boarding school. But Alec couldn't do anything about that. It was now or never and Alec was finally ready to tell his family that he was gay.

"What's this about, dear?" Alec's mum asked him, sitting down in her chair. Alec cleared his throat and ignored the sick feeling in his stomach. They were his family. That meant that they would love them no matter what…Right? Alec took a deep breath and finally answered his mum.

"I'm…Gay." Alec looked up from his hands and saw his family. His mum looked like she was about to be sick, his dad was curling his lip, Jace looked more shocked than disgusted and Max –bless his soul- had a look of pure confusion on his face.

Alec reached out and grabbed his mum's hands. Surely she would accept him. Alec's mum pulled her hands away and wiped her hands on the serviettes that were on the table. It took a minute for Alec to realise that she was wiping away his touch.

Alec sat up with a start. He couldn't help the tears that were overwhelming him. Why can't they just realise that I'm no different from them? Alec wiped away the tears from his cheek. He couldn't wait to finish school and finally leave them for good. He'd still send letters to Max and maybe the occasional one to his parents; just to let them know he was doing better without them. Alec slipped out of his clothes and put a track suit on. Running always helped him think and helped him run away from others when needed.

Alec sat down on the oval's grass. The world wasn't up yet. The birds were still asleep and the owls were just coming out to hoot. Alec sat and watched his neighbourhood for a while. It was peaceful and the stars were shining as bright as the sun. Alec got up started to stretch his leg on the bench nearest to him. He used to be on the field hockey team with Jace last year. When the coach found out about him being gay, he kicked Alec off the team. Alec was good at hockey, maybe even great. But everything comes with a catch these days. Good at something you enjoy? Don't get too attached because it'll get taken away from you one way or another. Alec learned that with both hockey and his family.

Finished stretching, Alec put in his earphones and started to jog around the oval. He let all bad memories aside in his head and just focused on his breathing. No matter how hard he tired Alec couldn't stop thinking about him, the flamboyant, sparkly guy from school. Alec couldn't help and confess to himself that he did like him. There was something about him that just made Alec want to wrap his arms around him and run his hand through his hair.

Alec was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't see the person in front of him. Which was ironic considering the person he ran into was the exact person he was thinking about. He bounced off Alec with an oof and fell to the floor.

"Ouch." Said the sparkly man who was rubbing his hurt head. Noticing who he ran into Alec's eyes widened and went to help him off the floor.

"Crap, I'm so sorry. I didn't see you there. Are you ok?" Alec said to him. He waved Alec's apology off and straightened out his clothes.

"You're that new guy aren't you? I'm Alec." He said to him, holding out his hand for him to shake.

"Yes, I'm the one and only 'new guy'. Please, call me Magnus." Magnus said no, purred to Alec. Alec, being the bashful person that he is, blushed and tried to cover it with his hand, a not very smooth move on his account.

"So, Alec what brings you here so late at night? Or early if you looked at it from another point of view." Magnus asked Alec with a raise of an eyebrow.

"Just couldn't sleep. The usual clichéd thing, I guess." Alec replied. He noticed that even in the latest at night Magnus still dressed to impress. Noticing that Alec's was lingering on him, Magnus gave Alec a wink.

"See something you like, blue-eyed darling?" Magnus asked with a flirty smile on his face. Alec's eyes widened in shock, no way was Magnus flirting with him let alone calling him 'darling'. Alec coughed awkwardly and scratched at the back of his neck. A nervous habit Alec does when in an awkward situation.

"So…How are you fitting in?" Asked Alec who trying to change the subject.

"Besides the few snide comments about my fabulous fashion sense it's been ok. Speaking of douchbags, I saw what that dude did to you. Are you ok?" Said Magnus, placing a hand on Alec's shoulder in concern. Alec, of course, blushed at the contact. Not knowing what to say he just nodded in reply. Magnus bit his lip as if to hide back a smile. Alec wished he didn't.

"Anywho, I'd love to stay and chat but I've got to go," Magnus grabbed a pen out of his shiny bag, grabbed Alec's hand and started to write something down," But feel free to call me anytime." And with that, he ran off, not before he turned back and waved to Alec.

Alec looked down and his hand. '555.3211 Call me xxx' was written in feminine hand writing. Alec couldn't help the smile that was taking over his face.

Helllllooo! Yes, it is I again :P Luckily for you I've been sick so I've been able to write quite quickly. But not study for school, funnily enough...Not really much to say today or tonight, I guess. Oh, I just wanted to say that Magnus' number is actually Anna's number from My Sister's Keeper. 10 points if you already knew that ;)

Random fact: I've had My Chemical Romance's Welcome To The Black Parade in my head for about a week now. Not that I'm complaining :P

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-Addy