Learning To Love

Chapter 3: "how did you make Jace?"

Chapter 3
How did you make Jace?

I ring the doorbell and hear some shuffling behind the door when it flies open and my mother stands before me. She was beautiful and I could see why people said I looked just like her. Her brunette hair was in a bun with some strands framing her face and her brown eyes are lively like always. That's the only difference between us. I had inherited my dad's ocean blue eyes while Chris had inherited my mother's brown eyes.

"Thalia! It's so wonderful to see you." She says.

"Hey mom." I smile widely as I hadn't seen her for a while and hug her. As I pull back she says,

"Jace! How's my little grandson?" She coos and makes baby noises at him. He giggles and smiles widely as he shoves his mouth in his hand.

We head inside and sit down for a while as my mom talks to us about how Ashton, my 6 year old brother, was doing. I also have another brother, Ryder, but he was studying far away and only came to visit during the big holidays like Christmas or Thanksgiving. He lives with his girlfriend, Lynn, who was just made for him. Anyone who met them could tell they were in love. Yes, I had a very big family.

"Where's dad?" I ask her after a while.

"He's at work but he'll be home soon." She tells me. My dad worked as an architect so he was quite busy.

Suddenly I feel a pair of arms around my waist and I immediately grin at Ashton as I hug him back.

"Lia! I missed you so much!" He exclaims.

"I missed you too ninja. Tell me, who's butts have you kicked lately?" I smile at him as he talks about how he defeated an evil villain who wanted to take over the world.

My mom had left to go start on those cookies I mentioned for Allison and as I sat listening to Ashton, my phone suddenly rang. Before I can look at it, Ashton grabs it and starts talking.

"Chris! I missed you!" I hear some mumbling on the other line as Chris replied to him and they both spoke for a while before Ashton finally handed me back my phone. I shake my head at him before speaking.

"Hello?"

"Hey sis." Chris replies. "You're friends with Tiffany right?" I vaguely remembered her from college. She was a blonde girl with blue eyes and, I'm not gonna lie, had a bit of a reputation for being with various men. She was just the type of girl Chris would go for. I roll my eyes before replying.

"Light blue shirt and red tie." He frequently called me, asking me if I knew the girls he was going out with and asking for my opinion on what to wear.

"Thanks. You're the best sis." I laugh before saying bye and hanging up. I look over at Ashton as he was playing with Jace when he suddenly looks at me.

"How did you make Jace?" My face burns and I cough a bit, trying to think of a reply. I obviously couldn't tell him that babies were made through sex, he was only six!

The subject was quickly changed though when my mom walks into the room with cookies.

"Fresh out of the oven." She turns and winks at me and I realise she must have heard him ask the question and came to my rescue. God, that was mortifying!