I LITERALLY REWROTE THIS CHAPTER THREE TIMES. UGH. YOU CAN CONTINUE NOW.
JACE's POV
Clary's cries are only slightly muffled by the door. Magnus thought it would be too stressful with me in there for my sons birth. I continue pacing in front of the door frame with Emily on my hip. I lose patience and knock on the door. "Magnus! Just take the locking spell off the door!" I shout. Clary's cries stop and a baby's cries replace them. I open the door and rush to the bedside of Clary. The little boy lays, now silently, in Clary's arms. A small tuft of gold hair and two beautiful green eyes all tucked in a tiny blue blanket. I turn Emily to see her brother and she giggles. Clary exhales and we switch babies. He is extremely light. "You're really light. Nothing a little training won't fix though." I whisper the last part.
CLARY'S POV
Noah James. He is beautiful. Even more with his father. I still haven't talked to my mom or Luke for 12 months. Emily is playing with a lock of my hair. "Jace," I call. He looks up from Noah. I curl my finger, beckoning him to me. He lays down next to me, carefully. Noah is in between his legs and holding Jace's index fingers. "Noah James," I say quietly. He stares into my eyes "Daddy!" Emily exclaims. Izzy's battle cry interrupts our moment. Jace hands me Noah and he runs out of the room. Noah starts to cry and Emily, surprisingly, gets him to stop. I set them both down in the crib and I stand in the doorway. Jace has disappeared along with everyone else. Is this what the rest of my life going to be like?
JACE'S POV
I punch the punching bag harder than before. My knuckles already bloody and swollen. I continue to train and eventually return to Clary's bedroom, which has transformed into Babyland. She is holding Noah close to her chest and showing Emily the Book of Grey. She points to another rune and explains it while Emily is staring off into space. Noah moves around, he is squirmy and always wants to move around. I silently step into the room. "Daddy!" Emily says trying to get off the bed. It's become obvious she was born from shadowhunters because of her fast development. "Wahhhh!" Noah cries. I lift Emily and sit next to Clary. "Ewww. You're all sweaty. Get a shower." Clary says examining a page on the book. I get into my shower and wrap a towel around my waist. I can hear Emily talking about something to Clary through the wall.
CLARY'S POV
My stomach starts to grumble and I call out to Jace. He comes into the room with his wet hair sticking to his forehead. "Can you watch them for a minute?" I ask. He nods and takes my place on the bed. I walk down to the kitchen and everybody falls silent. "Okay, what are you hiding from me?" I ask. Everyone shrugs and stares off into space. "Whatever." I roll my eyes. I grab a sandwich and go back to my room.
