Hello again! I am sorry about the wait again. I'm swamped but my updates will always be within a week. I hope. I'm so glad so many people like the story though. Being as this is my first fanfiction a small number is a lot. And they are all so encouraging! Enjoy the story.

Jace led Clary through the park and into the woods. Pulling her by the hand and moving fast.

"Where are we going?" Clary asked.

"It's a surprise" Jace said, turning around to smile back at her. He kept pulling her until they came into a clearing. It was surrounded by dense foliage, with a soft bed of green grass in the middle, with light streaming in through the treetops. Clary walked into the clearing, staring up in awe. Jace moved and set the picnic basket down and spread out a blanket.

"I love it!" Clary exclaimed. "How come you never told me about this place before?" she asked, turning towards him.

"Well I wanted to save it for a special occasion. Like this one" Jace said.

"What is the occasion?" Clary asked, hoping she hadn't forgotten anything important.

"Us" Jace said. He spread out all the food and Clary sat down next to him. They both dug in to the food.

"This is amazing. Where did you learn how to cook?" Clary asked.

"I picked it up watching Alec cook. Maryse taught him" he said.

"Why didn't she teach Isabelle?" Clary asked.

"I guess she didn't want Isabelle to become a woman who stays at home who only cooks and cleans and doesn't hunt. She wanted her to be a warrior and be proud. Women couldn't even train at the school in Idris until Maryse's generation" Jace said.

"Wow" said Clary.

"Yeah, that and Isabelle's cooking skills are too far gone to be saved" Jace added with a smirk. Clary laughed but then her voice became serious.

"Jace…I was wondering…"

"Clary what is it?" Jace asked, starting to get worried.

"When are we gonna tell everyone about the pregnancy?" Clary asked.

"Well Alec and Izzy already knows so…"

"No I mean my parents and Maryse and Robert." Clary said, interrupting Jace.

"Oh" said Jace. "I'm not really sure. I haven't thought about it. You?"

"Well I thought we could all get together for a dinner and then we could tell them" Clary suggested.

"Good idea, a public audience so Luke and your mother won't kill me" Jace said playfully.

"They aren't going to kill you" Clary said, with a hint of doubt in her voice.

"When did you want to do this?" Jace asked.

"How about next Wednesday?" Clary asked.

"Sure, I don't think I have anything going on"

"Cool. I'll make the reservations and everything"

"Alright" said Jace, lying down on the blankets. Clary laid down next to him, both of them taking in the view.

"I love you Jace" Clary said suddenly, breaking the silence.

"I love you too" Jace said.


Alec woke up with a start again. He was covered with cold sweat and shaking. His dreams had been getting worse still. They had changed from him burning in a room to him drowning. He got up shakily to change his shirt. He looked at his clock and realized it was 8 in the morning. Alec put on his training gear and went to the training room. He practiced throwing daggers and shooting his bow. He then trained with his new sword and did some balance work at the end. Alec dropped down from the balance beams and looked up to see Clary walk in.

"Hey Alec" Clary said.

"Hi" he said making his way around her to put all the equipment back.

"Alec….are you okay?" Clary asked.

"I'm fine. Why?" Alec said with a clipped tone.

"Well I was wondering how you were taking your breakup with Magnus."

"Well it's been almost two weeks. I'm fine" Alec said. He walked out of the room at a brisk pace, leaving Clary standing in the training room. He went to shower and when he stepped out he saw that he had a new voicemail. It was from Magnus. Alec played back the voicemail.

"Alec…I was wondering…I was wondering if you wanted to meet up. I think we need to talk. Call me back as soon as you get this message?"

Alec looked down at his phone. There was a torrent of emotions flooding through him, none of which he could control. Alec missed the sound of Magnus's voice. He knew he needed to see him but he couldn't bring himself to call him back. Alec looked at his phone and slowly dialed Magnus's number. He picked up on the first ring.

"Alec" Magnus said in a slightly surprised tone. "I didn't think you would call"

"Well your message was very convincing" Alec said.

"Alec I need to see you. And from what Isabelle tells me you need to see me too" Magnus said.

"You talked to Izzy?" Alec asked.

"She talked to me" Magnus corrected him.

"Whatever. When do you want to meet?" Alec asked.

"Can you do Taki's tonight at 8?" Magnus asked.

"Yeah sure. I'll see you then" Alec said before he hung up. Alec knew he had hurt Magnus but he still didn't know what he was feeling. But he didn't want his heart broken again so he was very guarded. A part of Alec almost regretted making plans with Magnus, but a much bigger part was excited to see where the night would go.

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