/I can't belive people are actually reading this and enjoying! I thought I'd just be writing for myself but it turns out there are more Band brats who like TMI than I thought. so YAY! I'm going to start doing short stories so if you have an idea (plot. pairing, picture.) send me an ask on tumblr ( .com) since im on there way mire than here. ENJOY!/

Since it was cold out Alec had kept his uniform jacket on, and had given his comfy Jacket to Magnus, who never brought anything except for the things he would be in trouble for if he didn't bring. Honestly some days Alec thought he should add 'bring you brain' to the inspection sheet.
Over the length of the first half Magnus just asked Alec questions, What his favorite color was, Favorite class, if he would want to go to the mall with him tomorrow. Alec Answered easily, Black, band, and.. He didn't know what to say to the last one, thankfully he didn't have to answer Since their team /finally/ scored a touchdown.
He didn't have time to cheer, he put his mouth piece in to his mouth and started playing the fight song. It was over ten minutes later when tht band director stopped making them repeat the song.
"So what do you say?" Magnus asked the second the mouth piece was out of his mouth.
"About what?" Alec asked, pretending he had forgotten the question while they were playing.
"Me, you, the mall tomorrow." Magnus reminded him. He tried to catch Alec's eyes but the other teen's eyes were glued to his reed, inspecting it for cracks and thinking about Magnus' question.
"I don't know.." He said after awhile, "I'll probably be tired, you never know how long these games last." He tried as an excuse. Though the real reason he was avoiding answering was that Magnus was Magnus, and Alec was Alec. Well, it made sense in Alec mind.
"Oh, you must be too far in the closet to go on dates, even ones as "friends"." Magnus did the air quotes.
"Wha-what?" Alec stammered, it that obvious that he was gay? Did everyone know? Did Isabelle tell him? What would his father think? Magnus, seeing the worried look on Alec face, sighed. So he was right.
"Don't worry, your secret's safe with me." He smiled charmingly, but Alec didn't look back up at Magnus. Instead he was busying himself by looking for the music that th band director had told them to get out. "Oh shit, what are we playing?" Magnus asked, going back into his band mode.
"I Don't Care" Alec answered as he pulled out the small sheet and used a boby pin ,that he had took from Izzy's hair bag, to pin it to the girl in front of him.
"I don't have that one." Magnus said as he flipped through his folder. He looked up at Jace, who was at the other end of the bleachers above them. Alec would beat that he didn't have it either.
"I'll get you a copy on Monday, but for now just look like you're playing." Alec advised as he watched the drummajors getting the time down. Five, six, five, six ,seven, breath play. Alec had done the breath even though he didn't start playing for four measures.
This was one of Alec's favorite songs to just listen to, he loved how the drumline sounded in this particular song.
While Magnus fake played He watched Alec do this odd swaying thing as he played. How had Magnus not noticed that before? Magnus found it adorable ow on the lower notes Alec would slouch slightly and on the higher notes he'd sit straighter. A little band dance, Magnus decided to call it.
When the song was over Alec looked over to see Magnus staring at him. Alec quickly looked away, trying to think of a reason that Magnus would be looking at hi like that. Had he played out of tune? No, he hadn't heard any little waves that didn't fit together. Played wrong notes? Of course not, he almost knew that song by heart. Maybe there was something on his face.. He reached up and tried to casually brush his face off, something that looked anything but casual .
Magnus kept watching the dark haired boy, wondering what was going on in that head of his. Finally he looked away. 'Poor boy'. Magnus thought, 'Doesn't know how adorable he is.
"Jackets on." They heard from the speaker set up near them. It couldn't be near half time already, could it?" Magnus looked at the clock, five minutes left in the second quarter. "Huh." Magnus said aloud as he took off Alec old black hoodie and replaced it with his uniform Jacket. "zip me up?" He asked Alec as he turned his back to him. Alec didn't say anything, just zipped the zipper and buttoned the flap that concealed said zipper. Magnus would have done the same to Alec, but Alec never took off his Jacket.
They made their way to the track section by section. Once down there they got into Concert arcs. Alec was first chair in the Saxophones and Magnus was first chair in the Bass clarinets. So there was a whole section between them. Something that both relieved and upset Alec.
They did a few seconds of low tones to warm their instruments before they did their normal warm-ups. Marking time they plye through several slurs an weird trill techniques that honestly just confused Alec. When they were done with the warm-ups they were in the zone, or atleast Alec was. He couldn't hear the football crowd behind him, he was running through his steps and turns in his mind.
` "Okay," Said the band director that stood before the arcs. "I want to hear the opening, Just the opening," He clarified. Isabelle set the small metronome she had on a string around her neck to 120. It's sound was too quiet for anyone else to hear. She started conducting, as did the other drummajor and Alec did the silent count down in his head again.
Five, Six, Five, six, seven, breath, play. The opening was only four measures, but it was Alec's favorite part. The opening was what grabbed the audience's attention, it said what kind of band they were. If the opening sucked, so will the rest of the performance. Which was why Alec always pushed himself to make those first four measures the best he could.
Magnus on the other hand didn't really see what difference it made. It was just music like the rest of it. He wasn't in love with band like Alec seemed to be, it was just something to do, it was fun at time and it was something to do on Fridays. Though he could be at the parties he had been invited to, or be throwing his own. It wasn't a total waste, since he got to see Alec in all his cuteness.
Of course there was that one person that played one note more than they were supposed to. Of course it was Magnus, well, it wasn't his fault that Alec had over took his thoughts, it was a wonder how he played.
Magnus smiled sweetly at the bitter look that the band director gave him before trying to look and find Alec. It was almost impossible but he did. He picked Alec out by the way the other teen had stood, Proud, but at the same time shy. Only Alec could combine the two.
Then they heard the other band, who was on the other side of the track. Magnus turned to look, they were big and impressive. Their color guard was practicing off to the side, to an untrained eye they looked in sync, but Magnus could see the slight lag between them.
They moved out of the arcs and into a misshapen glob around the drummajor and held pinkies, linking everybody in the band together. They bowed their heads, this was the time to pray if you believed in any religion, if you didn't this was your time to think through all that about to happen.
"Okay, let's starting getting in our drill team block." The band director broke the silence around them. "I'll be the fifty momentarily. You will preform as well as you think you'll preform." He said like he always did before a game. Before he moved so the band could get in the block. Alec took a deep breath and moved to his spot. Magnus looked up at the sky, waiting until everyone was in place so he could easily find his spot.