Together

Chapter 5

Jocelyn jumped up from the kitchen table at her daughters words. Clary smiled at her darkly.

"You know who I'm talking about don't you?" The look in her eyes was dark glee and so was her laugh. "This is to sweet."

"How is that even possible? I though ... I though he was..." Jocelyn stuttered holding onto the back of her chair. Jocelyn's breath started coming harder. Her head and heart hurt. To find out that her daughter was alive and then to know her oldest child was too. It was all to much.

"Though what? Though that he was dead. Of course not."

"Who?" Jonathan asked what the rest of them were wondering.

"How?" Jocelyn asked falling down into her chair. Clary looked at all of them before her eyes landed on Jonathan.

"Let me guess all your life people have told you that you look like your father? Correct me if I'm wrong." He once again nodded and Clary smiled and walked over to him. She crouched down to look into his eyes. "They are all wrong."

Jonathan wanted to know how he didn't look like his father to her when even to him he looked like the old man. From his snowy blonde hair to his broad shoulders but I guess she knew their father better. Suddenly a phone rang through the Institute. It was silent after the ringing ended and then Hodge ran in

"That was Raphael from the hotel. There seems to be an emergency that needs to be taken care of now." Hodge said looking to Robert and Maryse.

"Alright." Maryse stood up along with the rest of the men. "Jocelyn is in charge till we get back. Alec makes sure Izzy doesn't leave she is in trouble. Jon watch jace and her." Maryse pointed to Clary, who was smiling so innocently. "Alright lets go." Clary watched as they left kissing and hugging each other. Patting each other on the back. It all reminded her of her own family.

She remembered her parents leaving and later on her older brothers would go with them. She could remember holding on to her mother legs with Ami begging to go. She remembered how the older boys would laugh at them for a bit before they would pat Ami on his head or hug him and kiss her forehead before they would stand by the door with their mom. All because Ami would try to block the door. She can remember glaring at all of them then from be hide her she would hear a dark chuckle. Then..

Valentine swooped her up into his arms chuckling at his daughters pouty little glare.

"What's wrong , my little angel?" He kissed her cheek as she pouted and would look up at him with those big eyes that he loved so much.

"Daddy, I want to go." She would turn in his arms and wrap her arms and legs around him. She would burry her head against his neck and shoulder. "Please, please daddy let me go with you. I can help." He would then throw her up into the air and held her up into the air. She would giggle and try to grab a hold of him.

"What have I told you about begging ? Huh?" He would make an angry face at her and her head would hang in shame.

"Not to do it but I really want to go dad." She would try to pull a glare at him but it always failed against him. He would smile at her kiss both her cheeks. Before he put her back on the ground and crouch down in front of her.

"Next time." He would hug her before they left Clary and Ami to sulk around the house.

Clary closed her eyes and turned her back away from the happy little sight in front of her. She tried to calm her breathing and fight against the tears in her eyes. She was rarely home sick but at this moment she wanted nothing more than to be home with her family. She didn't turn back till the room got completely quiet. Well till she heard Jonathan speak up.

"Who were you and mom talk about?" She plastered smiled on her face before she turned her eyes to Jocelyn.

"He doesn't know does he?" She asked

"I didn't want him to grieve." Jocelyn looked down ashamed that her son was finally gonna hear the one secret his mother had kept from him from his sister.

"That wasn't your choice to make." Clary's eyes harden and her fake smile broke. A piece of Jonathan both broke and repaired itself at his sisters next words. "He's a Morgenstern. He can handle it."

"He is not a Morgenstern! And he never will be!" Jocelyn yelled at her daughter. They all waited for Clary to do something rash.

"You don't get to decide that. Its not your choice! It's his." Mother and daughter were locked in a heated stare down till Jocelyn turn her head and let Luke wrap her in his arms.

"I'll never understand how someone like my dad could have loved someone like you." Clary whispered before she walked out. The room was left in shock.

"Don't listen to her Joss. She's just angry and hurt ." Jace said his face was serious and his eyes were calculating.

"Ya but at who?" Alec asked. "Her mom or her dad?"

"Her dad of course." Jonathan was interrupted as Izzy slammed down a picture onto the table.

"I don't think so." The whole world went quiet for Jonathan as he took the picture or rather pictures from the table. "I found them when we brought her back with us."

There where two pictures the first was of Clary and her dad. They both sat decked out in full shadow hunter gear with weapons, stony expressions on their faces, a grand marble mansion in the background as they sat on the stairs. Clary sat in front of her father her hands on his. Valentine had his arms around his daughter and his head laid against hers. The back read Following my heart.

Jonathan pushed it back to the table and couldn't help the smile that lit up his face at the next image. A young Clary her face lit up with a hug smile on her face as she reached out towards the camera. She had a painted splattered light blue shirt on which was way to big on her and she was soaking wet. Once again Valentine had his arms around her a hug smile on his face. He was dripping with water and had on a pair of black swimming truck. He sat on the floor clary in between his legs a white pool gate ,where you could see a group of boys playing in a pool, behind them. You could see how much they loved each other just from the imagine and on the back it read. I had though I knew what love was before you, my angel.

"That's insane." Jonathan said setting the picture down with the other one. He waited as everyone had a look at them. His mind was racing none of it made sense at this moment in time. His sister was alive and so was some mysterious person that terrified his mother. His heartless dad loved his sister at some point in his life just like his sister did.

"She was such a cutie." Jocelyn said setting the pictures down.

"I had though I knew what love was before you. He tells her stuff like that and then what whips her." Jace barked out.