Chapter 10: The First Christmas

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Clary POV

It's been about a month since I found out I'm pregnant. Christmas is two days away and I'm still trying to figure out what to get Jace. He has everything I could imagine anyone wanting.

Then I remember the sketches from when I was dreaming about him before we met. If I add scenery then I can make it look like I drew them after we met. I pull out my sketchbook and flip through until I get to the one I'm looking for. Picture Jace has that annoying, yet adorable, smirk on his face and is looks to be leaning back on something.

I grab my supplies and start working on shading and detail. By the time it's done, which takes two hours thank you very much, it looks like he's leaning back against a tree trunk in Central Park. The sun reflects off his gold hair and it looks so realistic.

I work on a couple more before I'm so exhausted I can't think. I slide the drawings in a folder and get ready for bed. Since Jonathan is getting out of the hospital on the 26th, we're waiting to celebrate Christmas until then. So instead of doing nothing, my friends are all meeting at Jace's house.

Right as I'm about to fall asleep, I hear my phone buzz.

Goldilox: Hey. Are you up?

Me: now I am. What's up?

Goldilox: Just bored. I can't wait to see you tomorrow.

Me: Awwwww same Jace. I'm gonna go to bed. Love you.

Goldilox: Love you too.

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2 days later

I wake up at like 8:00. A light flurry is falling as I pull myself out of bed. My dad is still in bed and I have a couple hours before I have to be at the Lightwoods'. I shower quickly and start to get changed.

After pulling on a red sweater, leggings, and some Uggs I grab everyone's presents and load them into my car. Since it's still only 9:13 I decide to braid my hair. It takes like 20 minutes just to pull my thick hair back into the braid. My dad's still not up, so I just go down to my car.

I'm driving for about 15 minutes before I see the house. When I get out, Jace comes to meet me. "Happy Christmas, Jace," I say as he comes up.

"Happy Christmas. How are you?" Jace asks trapping me in the circle of his arms.

"I'm good," I say leaning my forehead on his.

"And this little guy?" Jace asks against my lips as he places a hand on my stomach. We haven't found out the gender yet since it's too early into the pregnancy, so we just refer to the baby as a boy. I smile as he slowly rubs my stomach where a small baby bump is on my body.

"He's fine Jace. You're so overprotective," I joke as I close the gap between our mouths. Jace rewraps the hand on my stomach over my waist and I wrap my arms around his neck. One of his hands traces my cheekbone as I grab small strands of his blond hair. Jace deepens the kiss and asks for entrance which I allow. Our tongues dance as I pull away. We both pant slightly and the cold air finally seems to reach me. "Help me with this box of presents."

Jace gives a small pout and opens the back door of my car to grab the box. We walk into the house and see everyone in the living room. Isabelle is in between Simon and Max smiling at Max as he opens a present. Magnus and Alec are talking and smiling with the occasional quick kiss in there.

Jace sets the box of presents down and pulls me to him again. As I lean up, his lips meet mine and we're kissing again.

"Hey hey hey! No PDA in front of the children," Izzy says covering Max's eyes. I blush a lot while Jace just rolls his eyes. I pass out my presents to people which include:
- A black dress from Forever 21 for Izzy
- Some manga for Max
- A collector's addition Star Wars set for Simon
- A Best Buy gift card for Alec
- Two huge jugs of glitter for Magnus which resulted in him yelling, "THANK YOU CLARY I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER!"
Once everyone has opened their presents, I hand Jace his.

"Now what do we have here?" Jace asks as he gently rips the wrapping paper off. I bury my face in the crook off his neck as he starts to look through them. "These are amazing Clary. Thank you."

"It was nothing," I say back before I lightly kiss him. He cups my cheek with one hand and reaches for a small box with the other. He hands it to me as we pull away.

I look at it while our foreheads are touching. I open it and see a gold bracelet with gold charms on it. I gasp and look at Jace who's smiling at my reaction. Still smiling, he takes the bracelet and puts it on my wrist. "Thank you Jace. I love it. And now I feel bad for just giving you some sketches." I laugh a little and he kisses my forehead.

"Don't. I love them. I also have something for our future child," he says pulling out another present.

"We'll open it together," I state. We open the present and I see two onesies. I laugh at them both. One is gray with blue sleeves and says 'I spent 9 months in the bat cave' in the bat symbol and the other is light yellow and has navy, uneven letters saying 'Sorry Daddy. Now you have two bosses'.

The next few hours are filled with presents and fun. At 6:00 we have dinner and group up to watch The Muppets Christmas Carol. Izzy and Simon are snuggled together on the couch with Alec and Magnus on the other end. I sit in between Jace's legs on the floor floor and lean back into his chest. He plays with my curls which he took out of the braid an hour ago.

As Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past, I close my eyes and drift off. Then I dream. I dream of a little boy with golden hair and emerald green eyes. I dream of a small girl with golden eyes and curly blond hair. Then there's Jace. Smiling at me like I'm the most valuable thing in the world.

I wake up to the Muppets singing and smile at Jace. His head is turned to Alec and is laughing at something he said. While Jace is joking with the others, I look down at my stomach and smile slightly. I place my hand on it, wondering if I'll get the little boy I saw, or the little girl.

AN:
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I KNOW I HAVEN'T UPDATED IN A WHILE AND I FEEL HORRIBLE! I still have this week and next week in school and then it will be updates galore. I'll probably have another update this week but it's all pretty crazy. See ya book nerds!~Bella

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