"Cla-ee!" squealed the small boy as he ran, wobbling a little, towards her. "Hey Tommy" said Clary hugging him. "Hey Izzy, hey Simon" she said smiling as his parents walked in.

Thomas Lightwood was, so far, Isabelle and Simon's only child. When they married, Simon chose to take Lightwood as a surname, rather than his shadowhunter given name, Greenwing. Thomas had curling brown hair, like Simon's, but had the dark brown eyes of Isabelle.

"Hey. How are you?" said Simon hugging his best friend, and now parabatai. "Good. And you?" she replied. "Tired. I wish Rebecca would have told me how energetic toddlers were." he said smiling affectionately at his son.

"Watch out Tommy. I'm coming to get you." shouted Jace as he ran down the corridor towards the little boy. Thomas squealed and tried to run away but Jace was faster and caught the little boy and swung him up into the air before setting him down. "Hey guys" he said shaking Simon's hand and giving Izzy a quick hug.

"You know, I really need to take you maternity shopping!" said Isabelle frowning at Clary's top. Clary smiled a little. The group were heading towards the library, Jace and Simon a little ahead with Tommy trying to keep up. "How's everything going at home?" she asked. Izzy sighed. "It's like Simon said. Tommy is running about all over the place and we're both exhausted." she said. "If you need a break, we could take him for a day." offered Clary as Jace swung the toddler onto his shoulders, much to Tommy's delight.

"Thanks. But it seems like you've got enough to deal with." said Isabelle gesturing to Clary's stomach. Clary smiled gratefully. "Have you heard from Alec or Magnus recently?" she asked. "As far as I know, they're in London just now. Something about Magnus visiting old friends." Izzy replied. "Oh. You should probably talk to Jace." said Clary remembering the events of the previous day. "Why?" asked Izzy frowning. "We had some visitors yesterday and they brought some quite interesting news." said Clary. Izzy frowned further. "I'll explain in a minute." said Clary.

"Well that's...erm...weird" said Simon after Jace filled them in on the events of the previous day. Jace raised an eyebrow. "You don't say?" he said. "So hang on, Mr hot silent brothers calendar man is your long dead ancestors parabatai?" said Isabelle. Jace nodded. "Basically" he said. "And his wife, is your ancestor too, except she's a warlock?" said Simon. Jace nodded again. "Wow, your family is mucked up." said Simon sitting back. "Thanks" said Jace sarcastically. "No, I didn't mean..." said Simon trailing off. "Give him a break Jace. You know what he means." said Clary putting her hand on her husband's arm. Jace relaxed and sat back.

"So, how's Luke and your mom?" Simon asked Clary. "Mom's studio is going well, she's just been given a commission for a mural, so she's happy about that. Luke is basically the same. Still part of the pack." Clary replied. Simon nodded. "Have any of you heard from Maia recently?" Izzy asked. Clary opened her mouth to answer but was cut off by the library door swinging open. Poppy and Greg appeared around the door. "Hey Izzy. Hey Simon." chimed Greg. Simon waved and Izzy smiled as the twins took a seat on a sofa. "What have you broken?" said Jace suspiciously.

"Nothing!" said Poppy frowning. "We just wanted to see who was visiting." explained Greg. Jace narrowed his eyes. "Nosey" he said. Poppy stuck her tongue out at him. "Come on Jace. At least they aren't pointing weapons at the guests this time." said Clary smiling affectionately.

"So I was saying, have any of you heard from Maia lately?" said Isabelle. "I think she's a bit busy. She has just had a baby!" replied Clary.

Maia and Bat had had their first baby, a little girl called Megan, only a few weeks ago.

"Yep. You two are the last ones not to have kids." said Simon. "We're working on that." said Jace smiling and putting a hand to Clary's stomach. "The last ones apart from Alec and Magnus." Isabelle corrected Simon. "Well, Alec and Magnus aren't exactly genetically capable of having their own kids!" said Simon. "Don't worry. As soon as the baby is here, we're shrugging the twins off onto Alec and Magnus." said Jace grinning. "We're not!" said Clary reassuringly as she saw fear shoot through both of the twins faces.

"I can't really imagine Alec with a baby." said Isabelle thoughtfully. "Why ever not? I mean his organisation is great! Remember he decided to bring wine to a demon realm." said Jace sarcastically. Izzy made a face at him. "Let's not mention what you brought" muttered Clary.

"It's not Alec I would worry about, can you imagine Magnus with a child? Think of the mess!" said Simon. Clary laughed. "Imagine Magnus in a toy shop. Glitter glue and bright flashing toys everywhere!" she said. Izzy buried her head in her hands. "Don't remind me. I went toy shopping with Magnus once. Never again." she said. "Don't be so harsh on Magnus. I think he would make a great dad." said Jace.

The group stopped, shocked. "I do. He has the same mental ability. Takes one to know one right?" said Jace grinning.

"Excuse me! That is my husband you are talking about!" said an alarmed voice from the doorway.

The group spun round to see who it was. Jace's face lit up and he pulled the man in the doorway into a hug.

"Alec!" squealed Izzy.


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