*Citrus warning*
{Jace POV}
"Mm, Jace." I smiled at my beautiful girl's mumbled, barely intelligible words. Sleep talking on a regular basis was a new development that came with the pregnancy, or at least that had been what my mom told me. All I knew was that it was cute as hell, and she always said my name at least once every time she slept. I loved every way she said my name: a breathy moan when we were being intimate, angrily snapping my full name at me when I did something to piss her off, the sweet way she said it when she was telling me she loved me. I loved them all. But my favorite was every time she said it in her sleep, because it meant she was thinking about me without the conscious decision to do so. I could never, ever doubt the sincerity of her love for me when she was asleep, because she told me even though she didn't know I was listening.
I'd taken to staying up later than she did every night just so I could listen to her sweet murmurs and speak to our unborn child. It never took her very long to start talking to me, and I was never disappointed when she did start, nor was it ever a chore to talk to our baby. I just laid next to her in our bed, my arms wrapped around her tightly to hold her against me until her breathing deepened and evened out. Then, after I was sure she was fully asleep, I unwrapped myself from around her and slithered down a bit so I could put my face next to her stomach. It had only been three months since we found out she was pregnant, and she was barely showing any baby bump at all. But I still gently pressed my lips to that little dip right below her bellybutton, trying my hardest not to wake her up. I lifted my hand and drew soft designs on her skin, speaking in hushed whispers to the bundle of perfection that was steadily growing in my girl's stomach.
"Jace," she murmured again, and smacked her lips a few times. I stilled my finger against her skin and looked up at her. She was so beautiful when she was sleeping, wither crazy red hair spread out across the pillow and her perfect pink lips pouted out a little. I always felt the urge to kiss her while I was looking at her face, and –knowing that would wake her up-, I looked back down at her belly.
"Hey, baby," I whispered against her skin, pressing my lips gently to it again. "Everyone is waiting for you out here. I know it's only been three months since we even found out about you. But I'm just so excited to finally meet you. Your mother and I are going to love you so much. Actually, the whole entire village is going to love you. I just know it and I haven't even met you yet." I smiled to myself and laid my head down on the bed so I could rest a little and still speak to my future prince or princess. "We don't know what you're going to be yet," I whispered. "I hope you're a boy. That way I can teach you how to build things and you can grow up to be big and strong like your daddy. And that way, we can take care of mommy for the rest of her life, so she won't have to do anything she doesn't want to." I nuzzled my nose against Clary's hip and thought about it a little more, and then changed my mind. "No, actually I hope you're a girl. I know your mommy wants a girl. She wants a little angel she can play with and dress up. I bet if you were a girl, you'd have me and every other male on this island wrapped around your little finger before you even opened your eyes for the first time. But if you are a girl . . . you're not allowed to date until you're thirty, understand?" I wrapped one of my arms around Clary's legs and pulled her closer to me so I could press my forehead to the skin over her ribs.
"I wonder what color your eyes are going to be," I whispered, getting more and more tired by the minute. It wouldn't be the first time I fell asleep with my head next to Clary's stomach. But whenever she asked, I always told her it was because she moves a lot when she's sleeping, so I have to move further down the bed to keep from getting socked in the eye. It worried me to think about what she'd think of me speaking to her stomach and the barely-there baby growing in there. "I really hope you look like your mom, baby. She's so beautiful. I want you to have her green eyes and her curly red hair, and all her cute little freckles. God, I hope you have her freckles. But I don't want you to be as tiny as her. No, even if you're a girl, we need to get you big and strong so you can beat up anyone who tries to hurt you. I'll be there to protect you, too, always. But I need my baby to be able to take care of herself –or himself-, too. And mommy. I'll always take care of mommy, too, but I could use some help. She's so clumsy sometimes, baby." I chuckled to myself and snuggled closer to Clary's sleeping body.
"Hurry up in there so you can meet her, okay? She already loves you so much, you know that? We both do. It's insane how much we love you. I already love you just as much as I love your mother, which I thought was impossible. I never thought I could ever love someone as much as I love her. But you're just a tiny little bean growing in her stomach, and I already love you that much. I want to meet you so bad, sweetheart." My voice was getting quieter as I started drifting off, but before I could fall fully asleep, I felt a hand in my hair. I lazily lifted my head and met Clary's watery green eyes, and she smiled beautifully at me.
"I love you so much, Jace," she whispered to me. My heart clenched in my chest just like it always did when she said it, and I beamed back at her. I knew she'd heard at least some of what I'd said to her stomach, but she wasn't looking at me like she thought I was crazy for talking to it. She was looking at me with so much love and adoration I could feel it settle over my skin like a blanket I never wanted to get out of.
"I love you, too, Clary baby," I said back. She put her hand under my chin and tugged gently, trying to pull me up the bed. I crawled carefully until I was hovering over her, feeling wide awake despite the fact that I was almost falling asleep not five minutes before. She reached up, cupped my face between her palms, and pulled my face down to hers for an intense, passionate kiss I felt all the way to my toes. I settled myself on top of her, making sure I didn't put any weight on her stomach, and moved my hands to her waist so I could grab the hem of her shirt and lift it slowly over her head. She sat up and lifted her hands so I could get it completely off, before settling back against the pillow. I moved my lips down her jaw to her neck and collarbones while I quickly disposed of her shorts and panties as well as my own clothing.
I reached down and felt her between her legs, making sure she was ready for me. She let out a needy little sigh as my fingers touched her warm, slick flesh, and my already hard dick throbbed. I felt her hands tangle in my hair as I lined myself up to her entrance and slowly pushed in, until I was seated fully within her. We both let out similar sounds of pleasure as I slowly pulled out and pushed back in, rolling my hips so I pressed against her just right. "Oh Jace," she moaned, arching her back off the bed beneath her.
"Clary," I groaned right back, burying my head in her shoulder. I continued to move against her, alternating between long, quick thrusts and short, slow undulations of my hips against hers. The sounds she was making and the tight, hot suction of her body around mine drove me to the edge must faster than I would have liked, so I changed the angle of my thrusts. Every time I sheathed myself within her I hit her special spot with the head of my dick, and she pressed her mouth against my shoulder, biting down hard, to muffle her screams as she shattered around. I groaned, loud and long. I fucking loved it when she bit me. After only a few more hard ruts against her, my balls tightened and I released spurt after spurt of cum inside of her, holding myself still against her until my strength gave out on me. I collapsed onto the bed next to her and immediately reached out, wrapping my arms around her body and pulling her against me. I could feel every perfect, sweaty inch of her against me, and I didn't want to move for the rest of my life.
"I can't wait either, Jace," Clary whispered in my ear, her breath making me shiver. I pulled back to look at her face and smiled at the light shining out from her gorgeous green eyes.
"I'm going to be a daddy," I told her. Pride swelled in my chest as my eyes filled with tears of excitement and happiness the likes of which I had never felt before. Clary giggled and put her hand on my cheek, and I nuzzled against it.
"Yes, you are. You're going to be an amazing daddy." I kissed her hard, smiling against her lips, before I pulled away and tucked her more snugly against me.
"Get some sleep, baby," I whispered. "I love you."
"I love you, too, daddy." I fell asleep with a grin so wide it almost hurt.
But I was woken up not even three hours later by Clary's cry of pain. I sat bolt upright and turned to her, trying to gauge what was wrong. But she was looking down at her hands and wouldn't meet my eyes. When I followed her gaze, I could see that her fingers were covered in blood, and my heart fell like it was about to drop out of my stomach. Feeling sick, I assessed Clary further, and immediately cried out in pain when I saw where the blood came from. Her bare inner thighs and the bed underneath were soaked with the thick, red liquid. I wasn't stupid, and I knew what that most likely meant.
I was pretty sure Clary had just had a miscarriage.
So, there you have it. The first chapter of the sequel to Life On The Island. You got some information about the pregnancy, some Jace being sweet, some lemons, and some drama. I hope it lived up to some people's expectations, and I truly am sorry about the wait. I just don't have that much time anymore, and my brain would not let me focus on this story. Starting Not-So-Superhuman helped get my mind a little more willing to write again, but it didn't make it any easier to focus on the story line.
About a posting schedule . . . I will make no promises. I'm going to work on both Not-So-Superhuman and this story at the same time. Maybe I'll post a chapter for each every other week, on alternating weeks from each other? That way you'll get a chapter from one of the stories every week, and I can keep going with both of them. But, again, I truly cannot make any promises. My schedule is so crazy, truly. So with two jobs and being a full time college student, as well as trying to maintain some sort of social life, you get me being super stressed and extremely busy. The only promise I will make you is that I will do my best to keep these stories on semi-regular updating schedules, and if I'm ever late with posting one, it will be for a legitimate reason and not laziness or indifference or anything like that. I will try my best.
R&R and I'm so sorry about the wait for this. But here it is. I hope you liked it.
