One Mistake, One Time, Four Babies

Telling Everyone

Clarys POV

"So when do you want to tell everyone?" I ask Jace as we walk to his car after our picnic.

"Whenever you're ready" Jace says.

"How about tomorrow? We can have everyone meet in the living room or something"

"That sounds perfect" he says as he laces his fingers through mine. "Clary, I was wondering if Rosie and Roni could be the flower girls" he looks over at me.

"Of course! That's a wonderful idea" he smiles, and so do I. "And Mikey and Kaiden can be ring barers"

"Of course!"

"I just wish my mom and Luke could come to the wedding" I say. "I wish Luke could be there to walk me down the isle"

Jace's POV

I feel sorry for Clary. She really misses her mom. I wish I could do something. 'Maybe I can' I start to think of a plan.

"What are you thinking about?" Clary asks, snapping me out of my reverie. She's looking at me.

"Nothing important" I say as we reach the car. I open her door for her. "M'lady"

"Thank you, sir" she says while getting in. I go to the driver's side and get in. We go back to my house.

"We're home!" I call out as we enter the house.

"We're in the livingroom" I hear Izzy call.

"Mommy! Daddy!" The kids yell as they run towards us. I pick up Roni and Kaiden, while Clary picks up Rosie and Mikey.

"We missed you guys" I say.

"We missed you, too!" They say in unison. I check the clock and see it's 9.

"Come on, it's time for bed" Clary says. The kids groan their protest. We take them upstairs and lay them in bed, in their room. We go to Jace's room and fall asleep in each other's arms.

Clary's POV

I wake up in the warmth of Jace's arms. The sun is shining through the window onto his hair, making it look like a halo of gold around his head. I just stare at him and wonder how I could deserve such a wonderful and gorgeous guy. How I could deserve four beautiful children. Jace brushes a strand of hair out of my face, snapping out of my reverie.

"What are you thinking about?" He asks me.

"I was wondering what I did to deserve you and our four beautiful children" I tell him.

"Every time you kiss me or smile at me or hug me or laugh at one of my cheesy jokes, when I look at our beautiful kids, I wonder what I did to deserve you" he says. "you definitely deserve to be loved by someone that would do anything to make you smile and laugh and be happy. I hope I can be that someone, I try my hardest to make sure you'll never be sad because I hate to see you upset"

I just stare at him. I start to cry. His face switches to one of sorrow and concern.

"Why are you crying? Did I say something to hurt you?" He sounds so genuinely worried.

"No. What you said was beautiful and perfect" I tell him.

"Then why are you crying?"

"These are tears of joy. I love you Jace Herondale" I say, putting my arms around his neck.

"And I love you Clary Herondale"

"I like the sound of that" I say as I kiss him.