Clary shut the door behind her and dropped the mail on the coffee table as she shrugged her coat off, hanging it over the back of the recliner. Her shoes were aching her feet as she kicked them off by the front door as she pulled her bun out, her scalp sore from the tightness of her hair as she shook her curls free. Clary grabbed the mail again and started shifting through it, the ring on her finger sparkled and she couldn't help but smile at it as she organized between her letters and Jace's. It had been a month since their wedding and they were expecting their wedding photos to arrive soon, but alas, no photos today.

Clary went to the kitchen as she continued looking through the letters, a few from family members wishing Jace and Clary the best of luck in their future, and one specific letter catching her attention.

It was addressed to her from Mr. Valentine Morgenstern, his elegant cursive on the paper made her flip it over and open it right away.

It was a photo of his art collection he had in his home, she knew it from doing research on him, her paintings including the one of Jocelyn hanging in the gallery. She smiled, touched that her creations had made it into the collection of someone she looked up to. There was an additional card folded in the envelope as she pulled it out.

Dear Mrs. Wayland,

Congratulations on your marriage, it was a beautiful wedding and I am honored to have been invited. I don't mean to take credit, but I like to think I gave your now husband that extra realization of his feelings for you the night of the dinner, maybe bring it up to him.

Also, it's good to know that you've finally seen the truth when it comes to why you paint the things you love. You and Mr. Wayland make a truly lovely couple.

My best wishes to you both and I hope to see you two soon,

Valentine Morgenstern

Clary suddenly remembered the night he gave her his information card, the little note he had written on the back of it finally making sense, You capture the beauty of life in your paintings before you realize its truth.

Clary smiled, and left Mr. Morgensterns letter out of the stack as she heard the front door open and shut.

"Honey, I'm home." Jace's voice sang to her as she came around to greet him. He hung his coat quickly as she wrapped her arms around his neck and he circled his arms around her waist to lift her. He kissed her gently, her body bowing into him as he tightened his hold around her.

"I'm guessing you had a great day at work?" She mumbled against his lips as he gave her open mouthed kisses.

He chuckled and kissed her neck, "It got better seeing you, my beautiful wife." Clary buzzed at her new title, "Did you miss me?"

Her fingers tangled in his hair as he nibbled on her neck, "I always do."

He hummed, but then set her down gently. Clary looked at him as he pulled away.

"I have something for you, it's not much, but I don't know... I just wanted to get you something." He held her hands as he spoke, Clary full of curiosity as he went back to his coat that was hanging, digging into his pockets as he pulled out two slips of paper and placing them in her hands.

She read them and her heart nearly stopped, "Wait, we're going back to D.C?" She looked at him, the tickets were go back to D.C. to see an art exhibit of Valentine Morgenstern's collection. Clary knew that there was no way Jace could have just gotten those tickets without having an in.

"And guess where we're staying." He wiggled his eyebrows at him.

"No! Jacuzzi bath tub?" She squeaked, her hands touching her heart.

He put his hands on her hips as a wide smile spread, "Jacuzzi bath tub."

She was touched, excited to go back to the luxurious life but now as Jace as her husband and not needing to pack a bathing suit for the bath tub.

"How did you get these tickets? And don't try to beat around the bush." She squinted her eyes at him, curiosity killing her.

He shrugged, "Mr. Morgernstern has a soft side for me."

She placed her hands on his chest as she leaned into him, "A soft side meaning he helped you realize that you were in love with me?"

He raised his eyebrows, "How do you know about our locker room talk?"

She shrugged, "Mr. Morgenstern has a soft side for me." She repeated. Jace smiled and kissed her quickly.

"So you want to go?" He asked her, a hopeful look in his eyes as he bit his lip.

She hummed and touched his collar, "As long as you don't pack a swim suit for the big jacuzzi."

He smiled and got close to her as his arms circled around her, "I've already gotten rid of them anyways." He kissed her deeply and she melted against him. She let him push her into their bedroom, knocking into the door and giggling as they found their way to the bed.

The happiness that coursed through her entire body as they made love, Jace repeating to her how much he loved her. Even after he would kiss the ring on her finger as he played with her hair. Clary couldn't be happier with the life her and Jace had together, the love they shared was a true storybook feeling. It was easy going, fun, and exciting as they didn't need to feel like their relationship really had to change besides being more intimate then they were as friends. They were happy, being able to laugh at each other and continue with making new memories and also reminiscing with old memories from childhood. Jace was the love of her life, her husband, and her best friend. He protected her and she proteced him, keeping each other whole and happy, forever being her personal favorite bodyguard.

The end

Yeah, I guess that's pretty much it. I hate to have this go on too long, I'm not much of a person to make a story longer than it needs to be. You know, I'm not one to keep throwing curve balls when the story clearly doesn't need to be continued. Idk sorry if ending this now sucks for you, but it's a happy ending and they live happily ever after in their loving embrace with plans to continue... that embrace in the hotel with the jacuzzi tub. Let your imagination run wild.

But, thank you so much for all of your reviews and wonderful feedback, it's been truly uplifting. I hope to keep writing stories, ya know, I'm a huge Clary and Jace fan, like ugh, I love them together. I don't really know any other types of plots to put them through, so if anyone has a suggestion of what they want to read from me, I'd be honored to write it. I know what it's like to want to read something but not really having a way of writing it down, so if I can do that for someone else, that'd be pretty cool.

But I'm off, I'm gonna watch some more What I Like About You and maybe read some others fanfictions, maybe it'll give me some ideas. But I'll see you around maybe, maybe it'll be hard since I start classes back up this following Monday. If you guys want to keep up with me, you can follow my social media, I'm active on it all and links are on my profile bio. Thank you all again, and I'll catch you guys later.

-RallyAli