Chapter Ten

Time Jump – Three Months Later

Jace POV:

I was getting out today, but I didn't tell Clary. She thinks I'm getting out tomorrow, on my actual birthday, but Luke and Hodge told me I could leave today and surprise her. She was almost 5 months pregnant, and it had been confirmed that she was indeed carrying four babies, and I was still has happy as the day she told me. I grabbed all my stuff, said goodbye to the staff, and the few kids that I could tolerate here and made my way to the car my father brought up for me. I took a deep breath before I started the car and headed towards Clary's apartment, and I couldn't get the smile off my face the whole ride.

Time Jump – Two Hours Later

Jace POV:

I pulled up to the apartment, stood in front of it for a moment, took a deep breath and headed up to her floor. I was standing in front of her door about to knock when I heard someone talking behind me.

"I wouldn't knock on that door if I was you." She said and I turned around.

"Why not?" I asked, wondering what she was talking about.

"I heard she was in a psych ward for a while. Certifiably insane." She said and I wanted to smile, but I kept a straight face. "Plus, she's pregnant, like super pregnant. I've never seen a male enter or exit her apartment, so her baby daddy probably found out her history and bolted." She laughed. "Can't say I blame him." She said and at the moment I knocked. She was still standing there when Clary opened the door, and when I looked at her she as huge. Her smile got ten times bigger.

"Jace! What are you doing here?" She yelled and I pulled her into a hug.

"I wanted to surprise my beautiful fiancé and my babies." I said as I leaned down and kissed her swollen belly.

"Wait, you're the baby daddy?" The girl said, and I had almost forgot she was there.

"Proud baby daddy." I said and Clary giggled.

"But she's crazy. She was in a psych ward." She said and I laughed.

"Where do you think we met?" I said and her jaw dropped. "Lovely talking to you….?" She was about to answer when Clary spoke.

"Bitchney." Clary interjected. "Or Brittany, but who really cares." She said and I laughed again. She huffed and walked back into her apartment and slammed the door. Clary ushered me into her…or our apartment and I just couldn't get over the fact that I was out and how big Clary was.

"I can't believe how big you got." I said and Clary rubbed her belly.

"That's what having four kids does to you!" She said and she joined me on the couch. "Plus, I'm tiny, so I just look bigger."

"How are you feeling?" I asked as I rubbed her belly.

"Very tired. But I'm getting through." She said and at that moment I felt movement. "Looks like they're excited to see you too."

"Man, I can't believe I missed out on five months of this."

"You're here now. That's all that matter." She said and I leaned forward and kissed her. Finally being with Clary, and not having to worry about her being alone in this apartment was absolutely everything to me, and I couldn't wait to experience this journey with her now.

Time Jump – Birth

Clary POV:

I was sitting in the hospital bed waiting for the C-section to happen. Since I'm so small a vaginal birth was out of the question, and I couldn't wait to not be pregnant anymore. Don't get me wrong, it was totally worth it but I just wanted to meet my babies, and start raising them with Jace.

After about an hour, Dr. Holloway finally came in and told us it was time. They prepped me, and wheeled me down to the OR, and it was finally time to meet our babies. Jace was by my side the whole time, and I was so grateful that he was here with me. I couldn't do with without him. There was a whole lot of pressure and I knew the procedure had started. Jace was whispering the sweetest things in my ear to calm me down and it was working.

"Baby A, is a healthy baby boy." Dr. Holloway said and Jace leaned down and kissed me. A couple minutes later there was more cries. "Baby B is a beautiful little girl." Dr. Holloway announced and I shed some tears. Another couple minutes even more cries filled the room. "Baby C, is another beautiful little girl." She said and I smiled. I was excited to see what gender the next one was. Finally we heard more cries and I was so anxious for her to announce it. "Baby D is yet another little girl." She said and I laughed. "Jace, if you'd like to go up to the nursery and get a look at your kids, I'm going to close Clary up." He nodded and gave me a kiss.

"I love you." He said and I smiled.

"I love you too." I said and he kissed my forehead before he left the OR. Three girls and one little boy. I couldn't believe it, but I was super exited. I couldn't wait for this operation to be over and to hold my babies in my hand. Drowsiness took me over and before I knew it I was out.

I woke up feeling extremely groggy. When I opened my eyes I saw Jace standing over four little cribs and I smiled.

"Jace." I said and she turned around and started towards me. "How are they?"

"Perfect Clare. Absolutely perfect." He says and I can't help but cry. I was so happy they were all here and healthy. "Want to hold them and give them names?" He asks and I nod. He hands me two girls, and he has the other two. "So, while I was looking at them waiting for you to get out of surgery, I was thinking about our boy." He said and the way he said our boy just made my whole body shiver. "I think I have the perfect name for him."

"What's that?"

"Andrew. Andrew Herondale." He said and I smiled.

"I love it, and I think his middle name should be Jonathan."

"After the nurse?" Jace mocked and I laughed. "I'm offended."

"No, after his father. The best man I know." I said and he laughed.

"I love it. What about our little girls?"

"I've been thinking about that, and going through names there is one that won't leave so I think it's a sign that one of them should be named that."

"What is it?"

"Jennifer."

"Jennifer. Jenny. Jenny Herondale. I love it." He said and I smiled.

"Alright, who wants to be Jennifer?" I asked the babies and the one in my right arm yawned. "And we have a winner. Welcome to the world Jenny." I said as I kissed her head. "Now for the other two." I said and Jace had put Andrew back in his crib followed by Jenny. I was looking at my other daughter and thinking of the perfect name when it hit me. "What about Heather?"

"I like it. Heather Herondale. Love the double H." He said and I smiled.

"We have one more." I said and he looked at our other daughter. I could tell her was thinking hard about it.

"For some reason there is only one name popping into my head, and I think it suits her well."

"What is it?"

"Roxanne." He said and I looked at her, and I smiled.

"I think Roxanne is perfect. We can call her Roxy for short." I said and he smiled. Jace had put Heather and Roxanne in their cribs and when the nurse walked in asking if they had names yet we smiled at told her.

Andrew Jonathan Herondale

Jennifer Isabelle Herondale

Heather Joy Herondale

Roxanne Francesca Herondale

Our perfect babies were the most amazing things I could have ever asked for, just like Jace. We may have our problems but we had each other, and we had our friends, and we now had our family, and nothing was ever going to break us apart. Things weren't perfect but we had each other, and that's all we needed.