Magnus Bane 101 (Malec AU)

Chapter 2

Alec enjoyed his first class more than he thought he would. He and Jace headed to their lockers, to drop off their books before heading to the cafeteria to meet Clary, Izzy & Simon.

And after that, it would be time to head to the gym to pick up their jackets and meet their coaches.

"So who's your football coach?" Jace asked Alec as he pulled his backpack up onto his shoulder. Alec studied the folded slip of paper with his schedule on,

"Coach Garroway" he replied, "How about yours?"

They closed their lockers and started walking the halls, studying the helpful direction signs put up for the freshman, to find the cafeteria,

"Coach Wayland" Jace replied. "He seems pretty cool; I met him at orientation"

Alec dropped his backpack at his feet as he sat on the mess hall chair next to Isabelle who was sat in Simons' lap.

Clary came walking back to their table with a tray of what she called 'Celebratory First Day Hot Dogs' loaded with mustard, ketchup and onions, much to Jace and Simons happiness.

As first days go, they all seemed to be having a good one. Simon talked about how much he enjoyed his first music class and had everyone laughing as he told them about how this big jock, that seemed like a total jerk got up to sing and it turned out he was totally tone-deaf.
Alec's bright smile was lighting up the room as he laughed, listening to Simons story. His eyes wandered to the lunch line he could see forming behind Jace and Clary who were sat across from him, where he saw the guy from this morning, looking over at him with a sweet smile. Alec discreetly and naively looked around, wondering if the guy was looking at him or at someone else.
When he realised it was him that the guy was looking at, he felt a blush coming to his cheeks, he shyly smiled back before looking down at the can of soda in his hand, absentmindedly swirling his drink trying to distract himself from looking back up at the cute boy.

Just a few minutes later his head snapped up when he heard a Simon, calling to someone.
"Magnus. Hey Magnus, come join us" he said, pulling out an empty chair and beckoning over the lost-looking soul that stood, tray in hand, looking around the room for a free table to sit at. Alec's heart rate jumped a little as he realised that it was the smiley guy.
"Guys, this is Magnus, he's in my music class" Simon announced as Magnus sat down, smiling at them all. He went on to introduce everyone.
"Magnus, this is my girlfriend Isabelle," he said squeezing his arm around Izzy's waist "This is Jace, Clary," he said gesturing "And this is Alec," he said nodding his head towards Alec, who was sat to his right. Magnus smiled, finding out Alec's name. His smile was so bright and sweet, he was certainly a heartbreaker.
"Nice to meet you all" Magnus exclaimed, as confident as someone could be meeting a new group of people.

"So where are you from Magnus," Clary asked "I haven't seen you around town before"
"New York" he exclaimed, proudly. "I was going to go to school there, but my father got a new job here and we found out that this school specialised in the arts, so really it was a no-brainer for me"

"So you're a musician?" Jace asked, tucking into some of Clary's fries.

"I enjoy making music. I'm also taking an advanced Math class. But my passion is to dance" he said with a beautiful smile and a twinkle in his eye. It was clear from the way he said it just how much he loved to dance.

"So you're in my dance class?" Izzy asked, excited, her eyes lit up at the thought of knowing someone she could share her love with. Magnus smiled in response, he liked Izzy right away.

"And what about you Alec?" he asked, looking at Alec a little flirtatiously.

"Me? I, uh, oh I'm not a -" Alec stuttered out before Izzy interjected, "Alec's not much of a dancer" Izzy laughed, teasing her brother with a gentle shove to the shoulder.

"Math" was all Alec managed to say to a wide-eyed, inquisitive Magnus "Math and uh, football" he finished before taking a sip of his drink, his mouth suddenly very dry.