Better than Supermarket Boy - Saphael

Arrangements & Magnus Bane

Simon stared at the front door of the building. He took a deep breath, his heart pounding in his chest. This was ridiculous. He shouldn't be this nervous about simply meeting up with Raphael. They would only go over the details of their little act and yet, here he was, fidgeting and unsure if he really should knock or if he should just text him and blow the whole thing off.

Before he could make a decision, the door opened and instead of looking at the handsome face that was Raphael, his eyes were met by another gorgeous stranger.

The man was taller than him, looking him over shortly before chuckling to himself. "I couldn't help but notice you standing outside; you must be the guy Raphael met yesterday, huh? Shawn or something, right?" he asked,before adding, "I'm Magnus, his roommate."

Simon nodded "Yeah, that's me. I'm Simon, Simon Lewis, nice to meet you." he stumbled over his words, a shy smile on his lips.

"Well, I'm sure you'll have lots of fun with your arrangement. Raphael is still taking a shower, you're kinda early, you know? He said you'd come over in about thirty minutes from now, after I've already left." there clearly was amusement laced through his voice, causing Simon's cheeks to heat up.

"Anyway, what kind of reunion do you have to go to, that makes you so desperate for a date?" Magnus continued.

Simon closed his eyes fora second, willing his embarrassment to quiet down for a few seconds."Well, it's a High School reunion. Five years only but I really don't want to continue being the boring nerd who was in love with his best friend forever and this seems like a great opportunity to, you know, show them, that I'm not that person anymore." he shrugged,"Also that best friend has a lovely girlfriend now and I really don't want people to stare at me with pity because they can't see or don't know that I've moved on."

Magnus nodded "Well that sounds like a good reason to take someone you've never met before and pretend to be in a loving relationship with them." he teased, "But in your defense, I totally would have done the same if I wasn't already dating quite the eye candy." he winked.

Simon wasn't really sure what to do with Magnus and while he was nice enough, he really did hope that Raphael's shower would be over soon.

"Yeah, well, Idris High is a complicated place after all. So much drama." he shrugged,rubbing the back of his neck nervously. He almost missed the way in which Magnus' eyes widened.

"You went to Idris High?" he asked him, a quiet laugh falling from his lips, "Oh, this is hilarious. I guess we'll see each other again in a month then. My boyfriend went to Idris High and apparently his sister wants to drag him to that reunion against his will, so naturally, my dear Alexander dragged me down with him, as his date."

Now Simon was the one looking at him with a shocked expression, mouth hanging open. "Wait,Alexander, as in Alec Lightwood? As in brother of Isabelle Lightwood?" he asked, really not able to believe what he had just found out.

Magnus nodded, "Exactly,I suppose, Isabelle was in your year then?" he asked curiously, to which Simon agreed, "Yeah, that, and she's the one who's dating my best friend, Clary."

Magnus grinned "Oh, yes,I do recall that story. Alexander said something about both of his siblings trying to get a girl and his sister winning? That was recently so I guess she's the one you're talking about?"