Months had passed since Jocelyn and Luke's visit. Clary was heavily pregnant and was told to be on bedrest by Dr. Bane. Because of how close she was to her due date, Magnus Bane has become a permanent addition to the Herondale household until the baby was born, and strangely, Alec had been around more often. Currently, Clary was reading a book she had found in Jace's library while Jace napped. Alec, Izzy, and Magnus were talking down in the living room and Clary desperately wanted to join them, but if she moved an inch, Jace would pin her to the bed and give her a lecture on what bedrest means. Clary was dying to talk to someone, but she didn't want to wake up her husband. Jace had been up all night working on the nursery for the baby with Alec and Izzy. He won't let her see the nursery until the baby is born because apparently it will 'ruin the magic' which ticked Clary off. She didn't see why she wasn't allowed to see the room of her child that she will be pushing out of her any day now.
Clary groaned and instantly felt a pain in her abdomen. She had fake contractions before, but they were nearly as painful as this. She whimpered and shook Jace. "Jace, wake up! Get Magnus! I think the baby might be coming."
Jace immediately jumped up and yelled for Magnus. He ran to Clary and kissed her, "Do you really think the baby could be coming?"
"Jace, I know the baby is coming."
"And how do you know that?" Jace smugly asked as Magnus walked into the room.
"Because my water just broke." Clary informed the men.
Magnus nodded and told Clary to take off her undergarments. "Jace, I need you to leave the room." Magnus commanded him.
"Like hell I'm leaving. My wife is having my baby, I want to be here." Jace shot back at him.
"And you will. When it is almost time for her to push, I'll bring you back in here for support, but for now, I need to be alone with her with no distractions. Got it?" Magnus told him with a glare.
Jace nodded and reluctantly left the room.
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13 hours of Jace pacing and snapping at his siblings, Jace was called into the bedroom. Clary had sweat running down her face and was groaning through a contraction. Magnus instructed him to hold her hand and whisper to her about how perfect the baby will be. Jace grabbed a washcloth and wiped away the sweat on her face.
"Clary, look into my eyes. I know it hurts, I know it seems like hell, but soon, you'll have a beautiful baby in your arms. Imagine that baby, a beautiful little girl with green eyes filled with wonder for the world or a handsome young boy with golden hair that loves to sit on his mommy's lap and snuggle. Do you imagine it?" Jace murmured to her and smiled when she nodded.
"Okay Clary, when your next contraction comes, push. Squeeze Jace's hand through the pain okay?" Magnus instructed. Clary nodded and pushed with all her might. "Good, I can see the head. Keep doing what you are doing." Magnus told her. A few pushes later, Magnus was cleaning off a baby girl. He handed her to Jace with a smile. All the sudden, Clary screamed out in pain again. Jace panicked and started yelling.
"Magnus! What is happening? Why is she still in pain? ANSWER ME GODDAMNIT!"
"She's still in pain because she's having another baby. Clary honey, keep pushing." Magnus explained calmly.
Clary screamed in agony again as she continued to push. Soon, Clary held a sleeping baby boy and Jace was holding a restless baby girl.
Jace chucked at the baby girl who already seemed just like her mother. "Look Clary, she's already a spitfire, just like you."
Clary grinned at him and traded babies with him. "Twins, I still can't believe it. What are we going to name them?"
Jace thought about it for a moment, "Jace the second and Jacifina Herondale."
"Haha, very funny, now what will we name them for real?" Clary said with her eyes rolling.
"What about William for our baby boy?" Jace asked.
Clary gazed over at her baby boy, "William Henry Herondale."
Jace kissed the baby in his arms on his forehead, "Hello William, do you know what we should call your sister?"
"Abrianna Maia Herondale," Clary said lovingly as she smiled down at her daughter.
Jace nodded, "They are perfect. I already love them so much, and they are only a few minutes old."
Clary nodded, "I know right? I have two human beings that are half me and half you, it's so strange but so right at the same time."
Jace kissed her softly, "I guess we have to let Alec and Izzy meet them."
"I guess we do." Clary said with a smile.
Jace handed Clary Abrianna and opened the door to find his entire family. Jace looked at them with a dazed expression and Maryse explained, "Isabelle came to get us, and Magnus told us to bring an extra crib, so we brought Isabelle's old one. Now let me meet my grandbaby."
"Actually, it's more like grandbabies," Jace said with a smirk. Maryse and Isabelle almost fainted from excitement. The family fought their way into the bedroom and cooed at the babies.
"Jace, they look just like you did as a baby! Look they have Clary's chin, and Jace's eyes! They are so adorable! What are their names?" Maryse babbled on, clearly excited.
"Mom, calm down. Our daughter's name is Abrianna Maia Herondale, Bri for short if she chooses, and our son is William Henry Herondale, Will for short if he chooses."
Izzy was practically dying, "Can I hold Bri? Please please please!"
Jace chuckled and handed Izzy baby Bri and he grabbed Will and handed him to his mother. He could already see wisps of blond curls on his babies's heads. He smiled as his family passed around his children, convinced that this would be the happiest day of his life.