They sat in the car once again but this time on the way home. All the windows down and old music filled the car. Jace held her hand and resten them in her lap. They were almost at their destination.
all morning they had procrastinated. Falling back into bed and then jace had his shower and clary had hers and after their breakfast they layed in bed. Clary smiled as jace turned up on the driveway that belonged to his parents.
Parking the car both of them climbed out. Walking up to the door holding hands. Jace knocked on the door and kissed clary's head preparing himself. Clary squeezed his hand reassuringly and whispered "it's okay"
They looked at the door as it opened. Celine smiled softly and began to say 'Hello' But paused mid way. Jace smiled and said "we're back" celine threw her arms around his hugging him tightly. Clary smiled lovingly at the both of them. Celine released her son and threw her arms around clary. Clary hugged her back for a moment. Celine pulled back and opened the door for them. Jace pulled clary along inside as his mother hurried away to get her husband.
Jace wrapped his one arm tightly around clary waist holding her close. Clary smiled up at him and said "relax" Jace looked down and kissed her head before taking a deep breath. his parents entered and his father enveloped jace in a tight hug and suprising all of them gave clary one as well.
Celine suffled them into the livingroom and asked "So you're back now?" They both nodded and she looked at clary "Not that it's okay to ask but are you better?" Clary nodded and said "I am" she nodded as she said it and jace kissed her head. The Conversation continued on going from them to dinner "Do you want to stay for dinner?" Stephen looked to clary and asked "Have you spoken to your family" Clary shook her head and said "No and im not planing on it, not all of them" Celine nodded and gave both of them a sheepish smile as she said "they are comming for dinner" Clary closed her eyes and took a deep breath and mumbled "exuse me" She quickly walked out of the room and covered her face.
She leaned against the wall and took a few deep breaths. Jace appered by her side and asked "do you want to leave?" Clary sighed deeply and said "of course but i don't want to drag you away" Jace smiled and said "you could always just stay in my room, I'll sneak you out later" clary chuckled and said "I'm being serious i'll just do something" Jace shook his head and said "No you won't you'll find a way to stick around and torture yourself with watching and not being able to join" Clary smiled and said "right you are, Do you have a laptop i can use" Jace nodded and poked his head insidetugging clary forward so his parents could see her.
He walked forward and asked "would either of you mind clary hiding in my room" They shrugged while clary glared at him "nice words, you must really love me" Jace smirked and said "i'm not the one who is about to hack into our security camera feed" Clary slapped his arm and said "I wasn't" Jace looked down at her and said "look at me and say it again" Clary huffed and said "watch it" Jace wiggled his eyebrows and said "but that is what you where going to do, don't lie" Clary shrugged and crossed her arms over her chest and said "I wasn't lying, I was denying" Jace nodded and said "of course" His parents smiled and said "Clary you are more then welcome to wait not hide and i'll log you in you don't need to hack in" Clary smiled and with one last scowl at jace walked out.
Jace opened the bedroom door and found clary on his bed her phone in front of her. "you kept it" Jace nodded and said "I did" Clary turned it on and watched as it pinged with missed calls and messages. She picked it up and clicked Aline's number.
Jace entered the bathroom and clary waited nervously as it rang. "Clary?" Clary smiled and said "yeah, it's me, can you talk" Aline hummed and said "yeah theres no one here" Clary smiled and said "I'm back in the city, I just wanted to know how thing were going" Clary fumbled with her shirt anxious. "Well it's been okay, I'm getting really big, It's a girl and i miss you, we all do specially your mom" Clary smiled and said "I herd you have a dinner today?" Aline sighed and said "the herondales have been very kind during the past weeks" Clary swallowed and said "I'm not going but i'm here so if you feel like you can stand seeing me i'll be in jace's room, just don't tell on me" Aline sniffled amd said "okay, we miss you clary" Clary smiled and said "I just need to get well, I'm better but somethings wrong aline, i'm just trying to figure out what wrong with me" Jace settled down behind her and hugged her.
Aline said goodbye and clary dropped the phone and said "Do i just walk down and say 'I think im sick' jace come on" Jace shrugged and said "you don't have to ask my mother but she would keep it quiet, a hospital wouldn't" Clary nodded and said "I know just….. just hold me for a while" Jace wrapped his arms around her and said "It will work out"