Hiding My Life (On Hold)

Chapter Seventeen

Clary's POV

"Baby, stop worrying, mom and dad love you and they will happy to have a grandchild on the way." Jace and I now sat at the table in his parents' house. We wanted to have dinner with them to tell them about the baby.

They're both in the kitchen finishing up the food. "I know, I just, I don't know. I'm nervous. It's these fucking hormones sending me into overdrive. I feel one damn thing and it amplifies it by a thousand." He chuckled and kissed my head, holding his arm around the back of my chair.

"Alright, dinner is served." Maryse set our plates of food in front of us before sitting across from us. I covered my mouth at the smell of the lasagna. The three of them dug into their food, but the nausea was too much, so I slightly pushed the plate away.

"Clary, why aren't you eating? Are you okay?" I nodded to Robert and glanced over at Jace. He wiped his mouth with his napkin and set his fork down before his arm rested behind me again.

"Okay, so we were going to wait until after dinner, but seeing as how Clary can't eat this," He laughed. "I guess, we'll just tell you now. We've got some pretty big news." Jace spoke for me as I tried to fight back the vomit rising in my throat.

"What news? Why can't you eat?" Robert asked, but Maryse just smiled between the two of us.

"Well, the nausea prevents her from eating certain things. Um, Clary and I are expecting. We're gonna have a baby." Maryse instantly stood, hugging Jace, but before she could get to me, I hurriedly ran to the bathroom.

Kneeling in front of the toilet, I puked up my lunch. Fucking Taco Bell. That does not feel nice coming back up.

Jace hurried in and pulled my hair back, keeping it out of my way. He held my hair with one hand and rubbed my back with the other. "Get it all out, baby."

Once I finished, Jace wiped my mouth with a wet washcloth. "Thanks." He smiled and kissed my head before helping me up.

"It's what I'm here for, baby." He handed me a brand-new toothbrush. "Now, brush your teeth and meet us back in the dining room." I nodded and started to brush my teeth as he walked out.

When I was done with that, I headed back into the dining room. Jace, Robert and Maryse all stood there, congratulating Jace on the baby.

"Are you okay?" I nodded to Maryse and let her hug me. "I am so happy, Clary. Who would've thought that you would be the one to give me a grandchild?" I smiled.

"Not me, but I'm happy, too. It just took a little while." She pulled away and held my hands as she turned to Jace.

"Okay, so I am all for this, but when in the hell did you two have sex?" I laughed, sharing a knowing look with Jace.

"You remember that spring break trip to Hawaii?" Maryse nodded to him. "Well, guess who I ran into on an absolutely drunken night. That would've had to have been when she got pregnant, because we used a condom when we had sex in the restaurant bathroom." I blushed as we all laughed.

"Jace." I scolded him. "They did not need to know that we had sex in the restaurant bathroom." He shrugged and narrowed his eyes at me, mocking my glare.

"Don't worry, sweetheart, we've been in similar situations." Maryse said and I laughed.

"Okay! I did not need to know that about you two." I burst out laughing.

"I'm not shy, dear. About anything." I shook my head at her and she let go of my hands, taking my plate back to the kitchen since I couldn't eat the lasagna.

We all sat back down and they continued to eat while we chatted about things, but the topic always came back around to the baby.

"So, are you guys together now?" Robert asked.