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CHAPTER 14

I awoke at 5pm laying in my bed, Church's head on my outstretched arm and Jace snuggled up behind me. Church stirred awake when I began stroking him on the head. In an instant he was standing over me licking and sniffing my neck, I erupted into a fit of giggles delighted with his greeting. Jace awoke and begun chucking at our reunion. When Church settled back down the tree of us snuggled into a comfortable position.

"Everyone settle ok?" I asked Jace, he nodded and nuzzled into my neck.

"They went to the grocery store, they shouldn't be much longer, Mags wants to cook dinner before the truck arrives" I let out a moan of approval making Jace chuckle into my neck.

"God I love that sound" he sweetly pecked a kiss to my neck before wriggling to get more comfortable.

"Well I guess now were finally home if you're lucky I'll let you hear it more often" I flirted, he pulled his head up to look at me with his sexy smirk. His stare was intense and he looked conflicted.

"As much as I want to hear that sound and many other sexy ones, I'm afraid were going to have to hold out a little longer baby" I pouted like a protesting child " you've come so far babe, but there's still a long way to go" His face turned serious. "I won't take any chances with you" his face looked pained, I know he is thinking about the night I ended up in hospital.

"I know" I said as I leant my head against his chin. He placed his finger under my mine and raised my head until our eyes met.

"Doesn't mean we can't to plenty of this though" he eased me into a breathtaking make out session that soon left me airy and breathless. The things he could do with a single kiss, I couldn't wait to see what it would feel like to eventually be intimate with him. Every touch of our skin together sets me on fire. The anticipation is going to drive me wild.

Minutes later we eventually broke apart when amazing smells coming from the kitchen began to make our stomachs rumble. I couldn't help but giggle at Jaces swollen lips and the state of his hair. I decided to make my way to the bathroom before heading out to investigate the delicious aroma.

When I slowly made it out to the kitchen, I took a seat at the table as soon as I reached it already too exhausted to go over and see what Mags was cooking. I tried to smile reassuringly to Jace hoping he wouldn't think too much of it. He knows me too well and returned a stern frown before walking over to me with a glass of water, giving me a kiss on the head before heading to the bathroom to refresh.

"What's cooking Magnus the Magnificent?" I asked to strike up conversation.

"Hey biscuit, welcome home" he beamed. "I'm cooking a vegetable soup, it's quite cold out this evening, since were going to be in and out I thought it would do us some good" he shrugged.

"Smells amazing, I can't wait" I closed my eyes and took another deep inhale of the mouth-watering smell. Opening them in surprise when Magnus placed a plate of chocolate cookies in front of me.

"Max sent these over for you, he said he will be over tomorrow to see you" he kissed the top of my head before shuffling over to tend to his soup. I picked up a cookie to examine it before taking a bite. Damn Max was getting good at these.

"Is Jace ok Mags?" he stopped stirring his soup for a few seconds.

"Give him a bit of time biscuit, has been through so much with you lately and he is still not over the thought of losing you. His training means he knows better than most the gravity of your situation, if I was him I'd be terrified" this snapped my head to attention. I know how serious this whole thing was but I'm getting better. Right?

"I'm getting better every day Mags" he looked over to me with a warm smile on his face.

"You're doing great, but you have to take strict care of yourself. And we have to keep a close eye on you for a while. You might be out of hospital but you're not out of the woods just yet" he was sitting beside me now holding my hand on top of the table.

"Don't rush it biscuit. It's better in the long term if you don't." I nodded disappointedly at him. "Alec finished up at the restaurant when you fell ill, so in a few weeks we will get back to work on the Club at a slow pace together, ok. For now just rest and let things happen for a bit. None of its going anywhere for now and none of us are going to get a rest when things take off, so try and enjoy it while you can" he returned to the stove to stir and taste his soup. "MMMH MAGNIFICENT!" he groaned, causing me to giggle. I got up slowly and began to inspect my apartment.

I was surprised to find a sofa set up in my living room, it was fitted out with a new television, sound system and beautifully yet simply decorated. The frame that the kids at the institute gave me for Christmas featured on the wall above the television. Old records that I had put away to collect were framed and placed around the room. I loved it.

When I continued to move through the apartment I was even more surprised to find that everything had its place. Simon must have been very busy and bored when here was here the last few weeks. One of the spare rooms was turned into a home office for Jaces study. All the shelves still bare awaiting his belongings to arrive. I was eager to see what the other 2 rooms in the house contained.

I was awe struck to find that Simon had built me a proper studio, the rooms were large so it easily fit our band setup inside. He had sectioned the room so it was setup like a professional studio. It was amazing, I had wanted to do this for ages, I just wasn't sure where I wanted to do it. Now I didn't need to decide, seeing how it all fit I can't believe I didn't think to do it here sooner.

Feeling myself beginning to tire quickly, I made my way to the room next door. Inside was full of all our instruments, stored safely and tastefully around the room.

He had created my first home.

I couldn't wait to find Simon and thank him. First I needed to rest for a bit. I slowly made my way back to my room with the plan of grabbing a blanket and pillow and heading to my new living room.

I sat on my bed to rest and collected a pillow and a throw blanket. I was reaching for my phone to text Simon when the ensuite door swung open. Jace obviously didn't expect to see me as he froze in surprise for a brief second. I was so distracted by his breathtaking body, covered only in boxer shorts, that I dropped my phone on the floor. He laughed at my awestruck position, snapping me back to focus. He wore a knowing smirk, I immediately blushed. He picked up my phone and handed it to me so I didn't have to strain before going to get some clothes out of the draws. It was only then that I noticed my room.

It had been completely changed since I had been home last. Pictures of Jace and I were on the walls, a new lamp sat on top of my bedside table. Another had been added to the other side of the bed. All my things had been unpacked and tastefully placed around the room. A tv that looked out of place was at the end of the bed, It was likely added when I got home so I didn't have to get up if I didnt want to.

How did I not notice when I woke up earlier? Thinking of it now I didn't have a table and chairs before or even a plate in the kitchen. My apartment was completely bear with exception of my bed, laptop, coffee machine, cup and cookie making supplies. I didn't even have a fridge yet.

"Just notice our room huh?" I shook my head. Then realised he said 'our'

"Everything looks so amazing Jace, have you seen your office? The studio?" I asked trying to sound excited so the panic in my voice would go unnoticed.

"We did a lot of planning while you were in hospital, Si did an amazing job didn't he" tears spiked my eyes and they gently began to flow.

"This is my first home, it's perfect" he bent down and gave me a lingering kiss.

"I'm going to text Si and curl up in the living room and wait for him." I began to pick up my things. Jace whisked me into his arms as I yelped in surprise and carried me out to the sofa.

I only got to thank Simon Briefly before dinner was served. He told us over dinner that he had connected intercoms between the apartments and the club. So if I was home alone I could get hold of any of them. He also connected Netflix and the internet. He told us how the studio would be connected next week as he was awaiting delivery of some better cables.

We laughed when he told us the decorating was done mostly at night via skype under Izzy and Magnus's demanding instruction. Magnus stocked the Kitchen by internet shopping when he did the same for his and Alec apartment. Almost as soon as the washing up was done, the removalists arrived and the boys left for Alecs apartment to begin moving Magnus in.

Izzy and I settled into the living room for some much needed girl time. We painted our nails, Izzy waxed my eyebrows that looked like a forest by now. We talked things out from before I left, and things that were in our futures. She was over the moon about me and Jace, even though I was still trying to sort out my feelings, it felt good to be honest and open. Izzy confessed that she saw it coming from the day I met him. She was shocked that Magnus was Alec's type but was overjoyed of his arrival into all of our lives, we placed a bet on how long it would take to develop into something serious. We soon got engrossed into some random show on Netflix, before I knew it I was passed out on the couch.

I didn't even wake when Jace came home. It wasn't until he was lightly placing me in our bed that I woke.

"Go back to sleep baby, its late, I'm coming too" he purred into my ear as he pulled me to his bare chest. I don't know if he said anything else as I drifted back off to sleep.