"Are you telling me she has children?" Will whispered, sinking onto his bed, burying his face in his hands.
"Yeah, we've ourselves three nephews and a niece of Tessa's blood. Billy is 8, Drew is 6, Olly is 5 and Friday is 2 years and 2 months. There's also Annabelle, but she's Trixie's daughter, but she's more Tessa's, because she virtually takes care of her, and Trixie is virtually non-existent in Annabelle's life. So technically, it's three little sirs and two madams. Annabelle is 8 too." Frankie reeled off defensively, a hard look in her brown gaze.
"Okay, let me get this straight. If Jem marries Tessa, he's going to be a step-father to five children. I take it that these kids are all of the same father?" Will asked bleakly, looking at Frankie desperately.
"The boys are adopted, Friday was a surprise out of a horrible interlude, and Annabelle is, as you've just been told, Bellatrix's. Friday is Tessa's only flesh and blood alive."
"She has had other children, but they are deceased now. What Will? I swear, if you don't quit giving me that look, I am going to give you one hell of a fucking ouch, okay?" Frankie hissed, cracking her knuckles.
Frankie sighed and sat on Will's bed, beside him, letting out a huge yawn.
"Sorry, last night I was dancing on the wave of the ocean in Canada, with my friends, Jonah, Tessa, and the others."
Will smiled at her. "Was it fun?"
"Yeah, it was. Tessa was having a great time. She said that you and Jem would love Toronto. Her and the boys had a great time."
"Her and the boys? Do you mean Olly, Drew and Billy?"
"Oh, yeah, she had fun with them, but she really lets her hair down with Zach and Trent. Plus, she's known them since she was ten days old. With timekeepers, the way Tessa looks to you, we are born that image that age. Incidentally, she will bear the age of someone sixteen years old until she wants to go. It's a curse really. But, it's like Trent, Zach and her have a bond stronger than your parabatai. They survived a lot of thing due to one another; they are like parts of each other in a way. They worry about her, because they love her Will. They are both in love with her. That's Timekeeper's for you. They love their kids, family, and even in the darkest circumstances, always have stories to tell. That's their lives. One big story. And right now, of Tessa's time in London, with the Shadowhunter's, it's chapter 14 I think."
"You aren't a Timekeeper are you Frankie? Nor is Miles."
Frankie looked at him levelly, smiling. "No, admittedly we're not. But, I'm a girlfriend to a lovely guy, I am a best friend to my two friends, I am a sister to Miles, a twin to Hunter, yeah, fraternal twins, a sister to Tessa, Trix and Irene, a daughter of someone, and then, I'm Frankie Holmes. I'll be much more one day, but for now, that is me. Even if I'm not a Timekeeper, it doesn't matter. It doesn't mean that I don't love my other family, or that they love me and Miles any less due to it. But, I'm happy. That's all my family and friends care about." She said softly, going to the door, and walking out of the room. Before the door closed she popped her head back around it.
"For now, good luck Will Herondale. You'll be seeing me again. In fact, you're going to get absolutely sick of me."
The door closed, and he heard a loud crack. He rushed from his room, but, to see nothing was broken or out of it's place. Shaking his head and smiling to himself he thought, maybe Tessa's lot aren't as bad as I imagined.
