The Colour of Magic

Chapter 2

As soon as Alec sat down at the Gryffindor table he felt at home. Hogwarts had always been a safe haven for Alec, but now that Harry and Draco were his parents it felt more like a second home. Alec sat next to Jace and Clary who were in the same house as him. Simon was in Ravenclaw, Andrew was in Hufflepuff while Lorenzo was in Slytherin. 

Many people were shocked that Alec was friends with a Slytherin. As Slytherins were notorious for hating muggle borns and Gryffindors. However with Draco as their temporary head of house for the past few years things were getting better and more Slytherins were accepting muggle borns, including Lorenzo. Andrew had reassured Alec he wasn't anti muggle borns before he introduced him as his boyfriend.

Though Alec was a bit anxious when he first met Lorenzo he was happy when Lorenzo treated him with respect, instead of belittling him for being muggle born like many Slytherins still did. Andrew wasn't muggle born but Lorenzo assured Alec that didn't affect his decision to date him, if Andrew had been muggle born it would have changed nothing. While Draco had managed to change a lot of Slytherins minds about muggle borns, many still held traditional beliefs and thought they were inferior to them. Alec was thankful Lorenzo was not one of those Slytherins as he had become a permanent part of their friendship group.

Jace wasn't as trusting as Alec and had been initially wary of Lorenzo, as he was afraid he would hurt Alec or Andrew. But Lorenzo had proven himself to Jace and now he was as close to Jace as Alec was. There were times that Jace left him behind for Lorenzo and that upset Alec. But Andrew always could tell when they had upset Alec and tried to make sure he was free to spend time with Alec. He had asked Alec if he wanted him to talk to Lorenzo about it, but Alec didn't want to cause any fights so he asked him not to. 

Alec tensed when Jonathan sat opposite him, Jonathan was meant to be in Slytherin but he had somehow managed to switch houses to Gryffindor. Alec knew he had done it so he could spend more time with him. Jonathan had been trying to get Alec to go out with him since their fourth year. But Alec was in love with Magnus and wasn't interested. That didn't matter to Jonathan though and he wasn't willing to give up. Jace glared angrily at Jonathan and was about to tell him to leave but Clary beat him to it.  

"Please sit somewhere else Jonathan", Clary said trying to keep her voice calm. 

"You aren't in charge of where I sit my dear sister. I want to see Alec, I haven't seen him all summer". 

"Funny how that worked out", Alec said hoping that Jonathan would get the hint. If Jonathan did get the hint he didn't show it or let it affect his good mood. Jonathan grinned at Alec and was about to speak but one of his friends dragged him away to Alec's relief. 

"I hate that guy", Simon said, he had come over to join them and had seen Jonathan harassing Alec. 

Simon was meant to stay at the Ravenclaw table during the welcome feast. But no one could get mad at Simon or have the heart to tell him to go back to his table. Everyone found him adorable, even Raphael who seemed to hate everyone. 

"You can't hate anyone Si", Alec said fondly. Even when Simon's ex girlfriend Camille had broken his heart. He still remained friendly with her. It was another reason Jace didn't want to date Camille even though his grandmother wanted him too. Jace hated Camille for hurting Simon, Alec did too and he knew his friends felt the same way and wished Simon would scream at Camille for cheating on him. But they knew he wouldn't. 

"Fine you're right, but I'm mad at him". 

"Maybe you should tell your dads about Jonathan", Jace suggested. 

"They are already worried about my safety because of my obsessed fans. I don't want to worry them more". 

Jace was about to protest but Headmistress Minerva McGonagall began her start of term speech interrupting him.