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Clary's POV

"Hey, Mom," I said. Even after three years, it still felt weird to call her that. I remembered the first time she had woken up.

Jonathan and I sat down in a bench outside my mother's room. I had asked Jace not to come with me to meet my mother after she'd woken up from her coma. He'd agreed reluctantly. A doctor came out of the room. He looked at us.

"Are you Mrs. Morgenstern's children?" the doctor asked. I nodded.

"Yes, we are," I said.

"She's ready to see you," he said. I stood up. Jonathan did the same.

"Are you ready?" I asked, looking at Jonathan. He shook his head.

"No," he said. I took his hand and held it. He squeezed my hand, before we went in.

Inside my mother's room was white. She was sitting on her bed, wearing a hospital gown. I looked at her. Her hair was red, like mine and she had green eyes, like me. Jonathan looked at the woman –my mom- as if he were seeing her for the first time. In a way, he was.

"Mom?" he said, nearing my mother's bedside. She looked at him.

"Jonathan," she said softly and gently touched his face as he sat beside her. She hugged him. She looked up and stared at me.

"Who's this, Jonathan?" my mother said. I felt a pang in my chest. Jonathan withdrew from his mother and smiled at me.

"Mom, I'd like you to meet my sister, Seraphina. But she goes by Clary," he said.

"Clary? Are you there?" my mother's voice cut off my train of thought. I shook my head.

"Yeah, I'm still here," I said.

"Did you hear what I said? I said that I took a pregnancy test today," she said. My heart rate sped up.

"And what was the result?" I said. My mother paused and I heard her breathe in.

"I'm pregnant," she said. I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding.

"That's wonderful, Mom!" I said, enthusiastically. I was happy for her. After Luke and her got married, they tried really hard to have a kid. Now they're going to have one. My mom and I talked a bit more on the phone before she had to leave to go to the doctor. I put down the phone.

"I think we should put them to bed," I said, after the kids had dinner. Jace shrugged.

"Sure," he said. I took the kids up to the bathroom and let them brush their teeth. Then, I had to wash them both. Not at the same time, of course. I let Jace take Josh to his room to dress him, while I took care of Ariya. After both kids were in their sleepwear, I took them to the small library that Josh insisted had to be built in the house.

"Will you tell us a story?" Josh said.

"Or a poem?" Ariya said.

"Okay," I said. I took up a book. It was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.

"Would you like me to read this one?" I said. Josh and Ariya shook their heads.

"Nope," they said. Jace came in the library and picked up a book. It was a Classic Poetry book.

"How about this one?" Jace asked. They nodded.

"Yes," they said, eagerly.

"Alright," I said, "Let's get you to a bedroom first," I said.

I let the kids into the guest room a.k.a my room, which was right beside their rooms. They sat down on my bed with Jace and I. Jace opened the book to a random page and read he first poem he saw.

"The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost," Jace said, before he began to read, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood/ And sorry I could not travel both/ And be one traveler, long I stood/ And looked down one as far as I could/ To where it bent in the undergrowth/ Then took the other, as just as fair/ And having perhaps the better claim/ Because it was grassy and wanted wear /Though as for that the passing there/ Had worn them really about the same/ And both that morning equally lay/ In leaves no step had trodden black/ Oh, I kept the first for another day!/ Yet knowing how way leads on to way/ I doubted if I should ever come back/ I shall be telling this with a sigh/ Somewhere ages and ages hence/ Two roads diverged in a wood, and I/ I took the one less traveled by/ And that has made all the difference," The children clapped. I looked at Jace.

"Maybe we should read something less complicated, Jace," I said. He agreed and closed the book.

"Have you got a story?" Jace asked. I nodded.

"Yes, I have one," I said. Josh and Ariya leaned forward excitedly.

"What's it called?" they said.

"It's called Snow White and Rose Red," I said, "Once, there were two girls named Snow White and Rose Red. They lived with their mother, a poor widow, in a small cottage. They are very good little girls; they love each other dearly; and their mother is very fond of them. Rose-Red is outspoken and cheerful and loves to play outside. Snow White is quiet and shy and prefers doing housework and reading. One winter night, there is a knock at the door. Rose Red opens the door to find a bear. At first, she is terrified, but the bear tells her not to be afraid. "I'm half frozen and I merely want to warm up a little at your place," he says. They let the bear in, and he lies down in front of the fire. Snow White and Rose Red beat the snow off the bear, and they quickly become quite friendly with him. They play with the bear and roll him around playfully. They let the bear spend the night in front of the fire; and, in the morning, he leaves, trotting out into the woods. The bear comes back every night for the rest of that winter, and the family grows used to him. When summer comes, the bear tells them that he must go away for a while to guard his treasure from a wicked dwarf. During the summer, when the girls are walking through the forest, they find a dwarf whose beard is stuck in a tree. The girls rescue him by cutting his beard free, but the dwarf is ungrateful and yells at them for cutting his beautiful beard. The girls encounter the dwarf several times that summer, rescue him from some peril each time and the dwarf is ungrateful each time. Then one day, they meet the dwarf once again. This time, he is terrified because the bear is about to kill him. The dwarf pleads with the bear and begs it to eat the girls instead, but the bear pays no heed and kills the dwarf with one swipe of his paw. Instantly, the bear turns into a prince. The dwarf had previously put a spell on the prince by stealing his precious stones and turning him into a bear, but the curse is broken with the death of the dwarf. Snow White marries the prince and Rose Red marries the prince's brother and they all lived happily ever after," I said. Josh and Ariya were asleep. I carried Ariya and took her to her bedroom, while Jace did the same to Josh.

I went downstairs and sat on the couch with Jace, who turned on the TV. We sat watching a horror movie, but it was interrupted when the news came on.

"There was an airplane crash from a plane from New York, which was headed for France. The following people were declared missing," the reporter said. A list of names went down. I swallowed in horror as I read the last two names. I felt Jace sit stock still, staring at the screen. The woman read the names.

"Joanne Rivers, Carrlianne Herondale and Joshua Herondale," she said.

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