Day 2.
'So, what was that all about?' Izzy asks as she starts applying her make up. Simon was sat on her bed, currently googling Raphael trying to find out some information. 'What do you mean?' Simon asks not looking up from his phone as he went through images of Raphael. 'Don't be an idiot simon, you know exactly what I'm on about' Izzy says looking to him through her mirror. He keeps his eyes on his phone and Izzy throws some eyeliner to get his attention, hitting him on the corner of his forehead.
'Are you even listening to me?' She practically shouts. 'I was but i might not now' he says going back to his phone, as he tries to find out anymore information on Raphael or any more photos.
Izzy puts down her make up and runs jumping onto Simon, grabbing his phone 'what is so important eh?' She asks laughing as she straddles his lap. 'Izzy! Wait!' Simon shouts, reaching for his phone, with his body lifting up Izzy falls off the bed, landing on the floor with a massive thud, knocking some things off the bedside table as well. Izzy wasn't as light as she looked. She packed some good muscle.
Within seconds Alec was bursting through the door demanding he knew what was going on. Izzy unlocks Simon's phone and smirks instantly, 'Raphael Santiago, captain of Oxford United recently came out of the closet, being one of the only openly gay football players' Izzy read out from what was on the screen. 'Well well well, seems like Simon has a little crush on the enemy' Izzy says throwing the phone back onto the bed towards Simon who was hunched over in embarrassment.
Alec still stood in the doorway, his hands on his hips 'what? Izzy what are you on about?' Alec demanded.
'I ran into a childhood friend of ours who was with another boy that Simon seems to have fallen for after meeting only once. And...he plays for Oxford United' Izzy explains as she carries on doing her make up.
Alec goes to sit next to Simon, 'bro, no way, you can't fancy someone on the opposite team' Simon sits up glaring to Alec 'I know that, and I wish I didn't but oh well.' Simon grumbled. 'Alec you can't talk, before you and Magnus even played football you've had a crush on him, hell in pretty sure you were both in love with each other and you weren't even together...kinda' Izzy says looking to Alec who was blushing red.
'That was years ago Iz, like you said it was before we even played football, well professionally at least' Alec mumbled looking to his hands. 'I don't blame you though Alec, Magnus is very good looking' Simon mumbles leaning back against the headboard.
'Wait, you know Magnus?' Alec asks in confusion. 'Yeah, I met him today, I'm guessing he's the "childhood friend" Izzy was on about'
'Well, he and Alec were more than just friends' Izzy says smirking. 'Izzy. Please.' Alec pleads, Izzy rolls her eyes but says nothing more, carrying on with her make up for the date later.
•••
Simon and Alec were led on the sofa, Alec's legs on the coffee table (Izzy hated it when he did that) and Simon's legs over Alec's. They were watching some stupid film however both were paying more attention to their phone. Simon still trying to find out as much information about Raphael as he could, and Alec going through old photos of him and Magnus, his heart stopping with every new photo he saw.
It was just a little past midnight when clary and Izzy stumbled through the door, clearly drunk. Both boys still on their phones locked them instantly, jumping off the sofa to greet the two lovebirds.
'We're off to bed, it's nice to see you both' clary says pushing Izzy against a wall, kissing her with force. Simon and Alec roll their eyes head back into the living room to turn everything off 'I'm guessing they're not engaged' Alec says closing the blinds as Simon straightens up the pillows on the sofa. Simon him in agreement, finally switching off the tv as he and Alec make their way up to bed.
They part ways and pray that Izzy and clary aren't too loud tonight.
•••
Day 2.
'Grimshaw! What are you playing at? Tackle him!' Lewis shouted from the corner of the field, Grimshaw tackled smith and made a shoot for the goal, getting it in. Lewis decided they practice shooting penalties for a while to get the aim of the goal better.
'They're good' Magnus says to Raphael and Jace. 'Yeah, especially the captain' Raphael says, a scowl on his face 'maybe even better than you Raph' Jace says joking. Raphael slaps him on the back of the head scolding him how no one is a better captain than himself.
'He only thinks that Lewis is good because he has a crush on him' Magnus mutters, keeping his eyes locked on Alec, as he takes a penalty, getting it into the net, Magnus' heart skips a beat just like it always did. 'Yeah, and you're hiding your feelings for lightwood so well' Raphael retorted back. Alec looks over to the trio and locks eyes with Magnus, a bright smile plastered on his face, shock also an evident emotion since he hadn't seen Magnus in several years.
Alec runs off to Simon and tells him something, the team is dismissed and Simon and Alec run over to the three who're stood on the corner of the stadium.
'You weren't joking when you said you wanted to check out the competition' Simon says once they reach the other three 'your team looks good simon' Magnus says looking Alec up and down, Alec doing the same, a smirk on his face.
'Right. Well we really should be going' Simon says taking Alec by the bicep trying to pull him away. 'Oh, Alexander, Izzy said that she's planning a meal for us all before the game. You will be there won't you darling?' Magnus asks taking his wrist to stop him from moving. 'Only if you will be' Alec answered back winking.
'Is Magnus always like this?' Simon asked to Raphael groaning, 'honestly? No, but i guess that's what love does to you, makes you go crazy and weird' Raphael says pulling a weird face causing Simon to laugh loudly, Raphael had a smile on his face and annoyingly he was happy that he had made Simon smile.
'Sorry but am I just completely invisible?' Jace asked, stood to the side of the four others, his arms crossed over his chest, a look of confusion etched on his face. 'Ah, Jace, this is Simon the captains of Swindon Town, and this is Alexander - Alec to you - who I've known most of my life' Magnus says introducing the two boys to Jace.
'Well I suppose you two had better get going' Alec says pulling his grip from Simon and Magnus, 'before the rest of the team see you and beat you to death or something'.
'You're right, guess we didn't think about any consequences' Magnus says picking up his duffle bag. 'No, someone was just do persistent on coming to here to check out the team' Jace says glaring at magnus, he simply rolls his eyes and huffs.
'Well it was nice seeing you again' Simon says, making eye contact with Raphael. He was happy to see Magnus again, sure, but he was even more happy to see Raphael. As much as he would deny it though.
'"It was nice meeting you jace'', thanks guys nice meeting you too' Jace grumbles to himself with sarcasm, he walks away from the group still grumbling about 'being a fifth wheel' and Raphael and Magnus both follow after him, rolling their eyes and waving goodbye.
'Never knew you and Magnus had such a history' Simon said to Alec. 'Never knew you and Raphael had so much sexual tension' Alec retorted back, knocking him with his shoulder as he ran to the locker room.
Simon couldn't even deny it, there was definitely some sort of tension between him and Raphael however he knew nothing could happen.
Simon also wouldn't deny that he'd like to be pinned up against a wall by Raphael but that was a different story completely.
Simon looked to where the trio were walking and saw Raphael look behind him to Simon. Simon smiled and waved once more while Raphael only smirked, winking.
'Si! come on!' Simon heard Alec shout and ran after him.
•••
'Izzy this is ridiculous, just let me cook' Alec complained as Izzy threw several spices into a sauce, 'no you've been training all day now go sit down and let me cook' Izzy says, throwing in even more spices in.
'Your girlfriend is so stubborn' Alec mumbles to clary as he enters the living room taking a seat on the sofa opposite Simon and Clary. They were both engrossed in a game they were playing but Alec didn't really care for it, so he pulled out his phone and decided to go onto twitter.
'She is a lightwood after all' clary says as she sticks her tongue out, leaning forward as if it's going to make her character beat up Simon any better. They throw a few more punches before Simon's character is knocked to the ground, clary jumps up cheering, a massive smile on your face.
'I do believe you ow me some money simon' clary says placing her hand out.
He hands her a twenty pound note and rolls his eyes, standing up and going to join Alec while clary joins her girlfriend in the kitchen.
'So, how long have you known Magnus?' Simon asks lifting up Alec's legs as he takes a seat, placing them back down on his own legs. 'Most of my life, high school and college was when we were together though' Alec says tapping away on his phone. 'Did you love him?' Simon asks abruptly, Alec stops typing and looks up to Simon. His face is flushing a deep red however sadness is held in his eyes.
'Shit man, I'm sorry, that was out of order' Simon says quickly apologising for over stepping the line, Alec chuckles nervously 'it's fine, just haven't really spoken about Magnus in a while or even thought about our past and how I feel about it, like I loved him back then and I do still have feelings for him but we're on rival teams we could never be together' Alec explains, his blush is gone however sadness is still evident in his green eyes.
'I get you man' Simon says playing with some loose thread on Alec's tracksuit bottoms. 'You talking about your feelings for Raphael?' Alec asks placing his phone on the table beside him, giving Simon his full attention.
'I barely know the man Alec I can't have feelings for him' Simon says rolling his eyes at the taller man, 'no maybe not, but you're attracted to him. And that's something. Plus I know you Si, if he didn't play for Oxford you would've asked him out by now, to at least get to know him' Alec says, picking his phone back up, signalling the end of the conversation.
Simon knew Alec was right, he definitely was attracted to Raphael and he does want to ask him on a date to at least get to know him better, but he knew what was standing in the way.
It was stupid really that he couldn't be with someone just because of the teams they were on. Sure there was nothing legally stopping them but he knew how the team felt about the opposing team and he knew how the fans felt.
'Guys' Izzy said walking into the living room, breaking Simon from his thoughts 'we need to order in, I burned the food' she said blushing, her hair was a mess and her dark lipstick was smudged, Alec and Simon send a knowing smirk to each other 'why's it burnt Iz?' Alec asks getting up, 'um, just...got distracted is all' Izzy says blushing deeper. 'I'll go get some menus' Alec says giggling.
'Why don't we go out for a meal?' Simon suggests, craving some sort of pub dinner. 'I'm not feeling it tonight' clary says entering the living room, wrapping her arms around her girlfriends waist, a fresh purple bruise standing out on her pale skin, confirming Alec and Simon's theories as to why the dinner was burnt.
'Well we planned to have a dinner before the game with Magnus and Raphael so we may as well plan that for tomorrow night, yeah?' Izzy suggested resting her hands on Clary's that were placed on her stomach.
'I'm down for that, just as long as we have pizza for dinner tonight' Simon says standing up, taking a menu from Alec.
'Movies and pizza sound good to everyone?' Clary says. They all agree, humming in unison.
Just as Alec and Simon were about to order their pizzas their phone buzzed at the same time, Alec getting a message from Magnus, Simon a message from Raphael.