Hey guys! It's me again, with a new story! I've had this idea for a while in my head and I wanted to try if you liked it. So, yes, this is it. You all have read the summary so I'm not going to put it here again. I hope you like this idea as much as I do! I'm not completely sure where I want this story to go, no wait, I know where I want this to go, but I don't know how I'm going to do that!

PS. This is kind of warning: Jace is really out of his character in this story. There's still this cocky and sarcastic side in him, but he's way gentler than in the books!

But now; enjoy!

Dislaimer: I don't own The Mortal Instruments, it belongs to Cassandra Clare.

JPOV (Jace)

"Jen, please. Come on. Get up please sweetie." I pleaded her to get up. She just folded her arms and pouted.

"No." She said, still pouting. I sighed and turned around and looked for Alexandra and Valerie. They sat on the couch, Lexi playing with her favourite Barbie and Val reading.

"Jennifer, now. I'm done asking nicely. Your new nanny will be here in 10 minutes and I need you to finish your food. Please Jen." I said kneeling before her. She sighed and got up. I ruffled her hair and gave her her food. She sat down and started to eat.

"Thank you." I said to her and kissed her hair.

I walked to Val and Lexi and sat down on the couch, next to Valerie. I took my dress shoes and put them on before leaning my head against the back of the couch. I closed my eyes and rubbed my aching temples.

"Are you okay daddy?" Valerie asked, looking at me with her amber eyes.

"Yeah, I'm okay, just tired. I didn't sleep well last night." I said smiling to her.

"Why?" She asked. She was always looking after her sisters and me.

"I have many things on my mind right now." I said, still looking at her.

"Like mom." it wasn't a question, it was a statement.

"Yeah, like your mother." I admitted.

Six months ago the mother of the triplets, Melissa, just packed her stuff and left us. She ran away with her new lover, Lorenzo. They were caught in the act, on our bed, when girls and I came home from their day-care.

Valerie ran to look for their mom. I was helping Lex and Jen, taking off their rain jackets when I heard her shaking voice yelling from the upstairs: "Daddy?"

"Val? Valerie honey what's wrong?" I asked, rushing up the stairs and to her side. I looked into the room and all I saw was red. My fiancé, Melissa, was in the bed, naked, with some naked Italian guy.

"Mel?" I whispered.

"Jace, this is not what it lo-" She started.

"It's not what it looks like? Then tell me what the hell is this? Who the hell is this?" I yelled.

"Daddy don't yell." Valerie whispered and took my hand. I looked at her watery eyes and closed my eyes. Then I opened them and lifted Val up.

"Let's go to see Miss Lucy. Come on girls." I said to Alexandra and Jennifer. They followed me to our neighbour's door. I rang the doorbell and 10 seconds later Lucy opened the door. She was the most sweet and caring neighbour I could ever imagine. The girls loved her and loved to spent time with her.

"Hello Miss Lucy. I wanted to ask if you could watch after the girls. I need to talk with Melissa, without the girls. She cheated on me just 10 minutes ago and I need to talk with her." I asked after sending the girls to Lucy's back yard.

"Of course, of course!" She said.

"Thank you. I'll come back later." I said and she nodded and went to see the girls.

I walked back to our house and took a deep breath before opening the door. The Italian dude had been smart enough to go, so I went straight to the living room and sat down on the armchair, waiting for Melissa to come. I took a glass of whiskey and turned the TV on. Ten minutes later Melissa came from our bed room pulling a suitcase after her.

"So that's how you work out these kind of things. That's good to know." I said without looking at her.

"Jace, I can't do this. I can't be a good mother to our daughters, I can't be a good wife to you. Jace I'm 22-year-old, I'm not ready for those things. I just have to go." Melissa said. "I'm too young to be a mother of three kids. I have my whole life ahead. I- I just.. I just have to go."

"I couldn't care less if you left right now, but think about the girls. They need their mother." I said, looking at a picture of us and the girls.

"I know they do, but I can't be that mother to them. I need to live my own life."

"Valerie, Alexandra and Jennifer are the best thing ever happened to me. Don't the mean anything to you? Are you that emotionless that you leave your five-year-old daughters, just like that?" I yelled to her.

"I know you love them more than anything and that's why I love you. You are so passionate. But I can't do this. Not now." She said and got up, walked to the front door and turned around for the last time.

"Tell the girls I love them. But I need to go now." She said and left.

And so Melissa left our five-year-old triplets to me. Jennifer has her mother aqua blue eyes and my blond curly hair. Valerie has my amber eyes and blond hair and Alexandra was a reflection of Melissa; dark brown hair and aqua blue eyes.

"Daddy what are you thinking?" Val asked still looking at me.

"How much I love you girls. You're the word to me." I said and pulled her into a hug.

"Dad! I ate already!" Jen yelled from the kitchen.

"Come here sweetie" I said to her and she came into the living room. "Come here. You too Lex." I said and opened my arms. They wrapped their arms around me and each other and I hugged them back until the doorbell rang.

"That must be Clarissa. Lexie, would you like to open the door for her?" I asked and Alexandra nodded before running to open the door.

"Hi, I'm Clarissa but I prefer Clary. Who are you?" I heard.

"I'm Alexandra." Lexi said quietly. "But my daddy calls me Lexie or Lex."

"Well that's a beautiful name for a gorgeous girl. It's nice to meet you Lexie." I got up and went to meet our new nanny. Clarissa had long red curly hair and big green eyes. She was still outside, standing in the rain.

"Come in, please. Here, let me help you with your coat." I went to get her wet coat.

"Oh, thank you." She said smiling. I looked at the girls, standing in a line in the hallway.

"These are my daughters, Valerie, Jennifer and Alexandra, who you've already met. Can you say hi to Clarissa?" I asked.

"Hi." They said shyly.

"Hi! As your father said, I'm Clarissa but I prefer Clary." She said smiling to my girls. They nodded and smiled a little.

"Girls you can go to play while I'll help Clary with her stuff." I said and the three of them ran off. I chuckled as they ran up the stairs to their rooms.

"Let me show you your room." I said and took her other suitcase. "Are you moving in or something?" I asked laughing, looking at her two suitcases and one huge duffel bag. She laughed too and looked at her belongings as well.

"Maybe I exaggerated a little bit, yeah. But hey, you'll never know what you'll need!" She said happily. I looked at her and took her in. She was definitely one of the most beautiful girls I'd ever seen. She was small, but she didn't look small. Sure she was short but she carried herself so well that it gave a certain strength to her petite body. Her hair was beautiful shade of red and the eyes were greenest I'd ever seen.

"Is there something on my face?" She asked blushing and wiped the corner of her mouth.

"No, no. Your face is perfect." literally.. I thought before continuing "Come on, let me show you your room."

I led the way up the stairs on to the right. Her room was next to Alexandra's, a bathroom between them. I opened the door for her and stepped in after her. She looked around, her mouth hanging.

"Wow. This room is probably bigger than my whole apartment. It's so beautiful!" She said, sitting down on the big queen-sized bed. I put her suitcase down and sat next to her.

"I'm glad you like it." I said smiling. It was weird to have a grown-up woman sitting next to me. I'd made sure I was either working or with the girls after Melissa left us. I felt electricity rushing in my veins and I wanted to take her right there and right on that moment. I wanted to crush my lips against hers and tear her shirt apart with my bare hands.

But of course I couldn't do that.

She was my daughter's nanny.

"Do you mind if I ask how old are you? I think you told it in your e-mail, but I guess I forgot." I asked, looking at her carefully.

Clary just laughed and nodded. " I did tell you that in the e-mail. I'm 21. And I know your 23." She laughed again.

I nodded and smiled. "You look much younger." I reminded.

"I know. And that's because of my height. Or should I say the lack of it." I laughed. Man, that girl laughs a lot. I thought. But I don't mind. She has a beautiful voice.

"So, what are my duties?" She asked after a long silence.

"Oh, just be with the girls while I'm at work. I don't like taking them to the day-care they've been in. It's just.. Ugh.. I don't know." I said and shrugged.

"I get it. I can make dinner for you guys, so you can eat it together when you come back from work." She suggested.

"Oh you don't have to! Or if you really wanted to, you should eat with us. Since you're living with us for a while, you're part of our family. Besides it's nice to have another adult here." I said smiling brightly.

CPOV (Clary)

Jace left for work and I went to meet the girls again. They were in Jennifer's room, playing with Barbie-dolls.

"Hey girls. What are you playing? Can I join in?" I asked and sat on the floor next to them.

Jennifer explained what they were playing and Valerie gave me a Barbie-doll who had brown curly hair and blue eyes. Valerie had dressed it in a pink dress and black high heels. We played with the dolls until Alexandra said she was hungry.

"Would you like to make some pancakes with me?" I asked. They all cheered and jumped up pulling me by my hand and I followed them to the kitchen. I told them to wash their hands and put their hair into ponytails.

I asked Alexandra to break the eggs into a bowl after showing her how it's done. Then I asked for Valerie to measure the flours into another bowl. Jennifer measured the milk and I put them all into one bowl. Then I added rest of the ingredients and mixed.

Half an hour later, I put a plate full of pancakes on the table and 10 minutes later it was empty.

"Thank you Clary." Jennifer said.

"Oh you're welcome sweetie." I smiled to her. "So what do you want to do? You want to go to park?"

"Yeeeees!" They screamed in union.

I spent the day with them in the park. When we got back home, put helped them in cleaning their rooms and we made dinner together before Jace came home. The girls ran to greet their father and pulled him into the dining room.

"We made this with Clary." Valerie said proudly to their father. Jace looked at me and smiled before hugging his daughters.

"Wow, it looks really great. We should eat, shouldn't we?" Jace said and sat down. Valerie sat down next to him and Alexandra sat next to Valerie. Jennifer pulled my hand carefully and patted a chair next to her, on the other side of the table. I sat down and smiled to her. Jace had told me it was extra hard for Jennifer to accept that their mother probably wasn't coming back. So it was a big deal for me that Jennifer accepted me into her life, even as a nanny.

I knew Jace was staring at me as I helped Jennifer to cut her meat. I tried not to look at him, just focusing on Jen's meat. I avoided looking at Jace the whole time we ate.

After the dinner, I washed the dishes and dried them. Jace was playing with the kids in the living room so I went to my room. I pulled out my phone and called to my mother.

"Hello?" My mother said.

"Hi mom, it's me."

"Oh Clary! Hi honey! How are you? You got there safely?" She always worried about me.

"I'm fine. And of course I got here safely. How are you and Luke? What about Max?" I asked. Max was my 12 years old little brother.

"Oh they're fine, we're fine! It's nice you called." Mom said happily.

"Yeah, but I need to go. I just wanted to call you quickly and tell you I'm here."

"Okay honey. Call me again, okay? Bye Clary."

"Yeah, I will. Bye mom." I put the phone away and went to see Jace and the girls. They were sitting on the couch and watched the TV. Lexi's eyes closed every now and then and then opened again. Valerie was sleeping on the armchair and Jennifer was leaning against Jace's arm, her eyes closed as well.

"Jace? I think it's time for the girls to go to bed." I whispered to him. He nodded and got up before lifting Jennifer up and carried her to her room. I woke Alexandra up and told her to go to sleep before lifting sleeping Valerie up to my arms and carried her to her room. I tucked her in and kissed her forehead before turning off the lights and closing the door. I remembered Jace once said that Valerie didn't like sleeping her door closed so I left it slightly ajar. I looked into Jen's room and saw Jace crouched down beside her bed, stroking Jen's hair and whispering something to her ear.

"I love you Jennifer." Jace whispered louder and got up. I quickly walked to Alexandra's room and opened the door quietly. She had taken her jeans off and slept on top of the covers so I tiptoed into her room and gently pulled the covers over her. I brushed my fingers on her cheek lightly and whispered 'good night' to her. I turned around and saw Jace looking at me from the door frame. I blushed as he smiled to me and tiptoed out of the room.

"Let me make some tea to you." He said quietly as we walked back downstairs.

"Sure." I said smiling. "Thanks." He nodded and went to kitchen. I sat down on the couch in the living room, resting my head against the wall. 3 minutes later Jace came in with two tea ups and sat down next to me, lifting his feet on the coffee table.

"Here. It's hot." He warned as he handed me my cup. I sipped carefully and almost groaned. It was good.

"What's this? It's so good!" I asked.

"It's a secret." He said and winked. I blushed again. I must've been at least 10th time.

"So.. How was your day?" I asked.

"Stressful. Horrible. My boss is so awful." He said leaning against the wall as well. "How about yours? Did girls behave well?"

"Oh, they were great. I had fun today. Your daughters are so sweet." I said smiling and closed my eyes.

"Yeah, they are." I heard him smiling.

"It must be hard sometimes to be a single father." I said.

"It's hard sometimes but it's worth it. Valerie, Jennifer and Alexandra mean everything to me. I can't imagine my life without them, not anymore. Yeah, it was a complete shock for me when I figured out that Melissa was pregnant. I was eighteen back then and way more.. Umm.. Wild. Yeah, that's a good word. I was definitely the worst dad anyone could imagine. But when I saw the girls for the first time at the hospital, something clicked in my head. I saw Valerie's blond hair and amber eyes, Jen's blue eyes and long blond hair and Lexi's dark hair and blue eyes, I knew I needed to change. I needed to get myself together so I could take care of my family. Melissa and I were young and stupid when she got pregnant but now the girls are my world." Jace said. I opened my eyes and looked at him. He was staring at the ceiling, lost in his own world. I knew something bad had happened between him and Melissa, but I didn't have a right to ask about it. He would tell me if he wanted.

"I can definitely see that." I said smiling. Jace looked at me and smiled too. I finished my tea and tried to hide my yawn.

"You're tired. Go to sleep. Tomorrow's Saturday and I'm home the whole day so you don't have to set your alarm."

"Thank you Jace. Really." I said.

"Sure." He smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow. Good night."

"Good night Clary."

SO! What do you think? Do you think this could turn into a good story? I know Jace is way more umm.. Sweet than what he's in the books, but don't worry, there will be the old Jace too!

Please tell me what you think? Should I continue this?

Thanks for reading!

/justbeautifulme33