They all sat in Clarys living room. Magnus had summoned some more chairs, since Clarys furnishings couldn't host 7 guests and herself. After Alec told Luke what happened he came to new York. He wanted to see Clary instantly. Of course, Maryce wouldn't stay left behind. With Alec, Magnus, Simon and Izzy, Clarys living room was very full. Jace did catch the last chair and simply pulled her into his laps. He whispered in her ear "Seems there is no other seat left for you. I hope you don't mind"
She didn't
After all (except for Simon) had their pizza, they continued talking, joking, bringing Clary up to speed about what happened during the past year. At some point Clary and Izzy came to the topic of becoming parapatei. They both agreed that it still was what they wanted if they could and started to chat about it. Alec, who sat beside Izzy and with that between them got very uncomfortable, since Izzy 'talked' very much with her hands. When it got to much he caught Izzys hands and stood up "Here Clary you can sit beside her. I'll go get me something to drink."
Jace stood also up and followed him in the kitchen.
"Hey about last night... I'm sorry I didn't have my self under control. I hope it wasn't to embarrassing for you and Magnus?"
Alex looked down on his while rubbing his neck sheepishly "Ähm.. It was our anniversary, so I don't think he realized it til we talked about it that afternoon. I'm sorry too. I thought you wanted to ruin our anniversary and did it on purpose. I didn't know that it was Clary and you just hadn't yourself under control,... So I sent my feelings back. So I'm sorry too."
"I have to admit. I didn't recognised it as your..."
"So we're cool?" "Yeah and we're definitely won't talk about it again!" They both broke in laughing but Alec noticed something else as he looked at him "What's up? Aren't you happy, having her back?" "Yes I am happy... It's just something that Ithuriel said. It doesn't want to leave my head." "About you being part-time bad again?" "No! I know that no-one is pure good. At last no human being. It's about Clary and me. He said that the shadowhunters need offspring's and that we would make a good match... Do you think he can make someone love someone even if you wouldn't without him interfering? ... I mean..."
"Hey stop it. Do you really doubt the love between Clary and you?! That's insane!"
"Is it?"
"Yeah! I mean if you really need proof than think about it. If he really just wanted offsprings with his blood he would make you have sex with other people. So that there were more with his blood. "
"What if he just wanted them with as pure as possible?" Alec looked at Jace in disbelief and thought about what he had said. Than he asked awkwardly: "Did you two use protection?" They were parapatei, they were like brothers, best friends and all but they never had a talk about that. Jace looked very embarrassed down on his feet. "I forgot bringing a condom with me and even if I had, I would have forgotten to use it. About that I'm really sure."
Alec couldn't help. He had to grin, and after looking at Jace he had to chuckle "I wouldn't have thought that it would ever happen to you! After all you did before you met Clary. I mean at last it only happened with Clary the girl you really love."
"But I just got her back! I don't want to share her with a baby until we're both ready for it!"
"That's egoistic! And it'd be your own fault. You simply should have used a condom!"
"Easy for you to say! It can't happen to you!"
"Yeah Magnus and I just have a problem if the lube is empty." They looked at each other and burst out laughing.
After they calmed down he asked Jace: "Have you already talked with Clary about it? Maybe she's on some kind of birth control."
"No I just couldn't"
"OK, I'll just call you daddy til you know for sure, you won't change diapers 9 month from now."
Clary saw them coming back from the kitchen first
"Hey there you are! We would've question's about being parapatei."
Izzy added "Yeah, you often mentioned that you shared your feelings but how much of it do you share? I mean it came up this afternoon. Do you always know when the other one has sex?!"
They all became quiet instantly.
Luke had also been a parapatei and didn't want to talk with Clary, who was like a daughter to him about that topic.
So he looked at Maryce who nodded to him. She didn't want to know details about her children sexlife either. So they took the opportunity to leave the 'kids' to themselves.
"Ähm I think it's time for Maryce and me to go. It was great seeing you guys again. Clary have fun with your friends. I'm glad you're back."
They hugged goodbye and left the apartment. Simon looked worried from Izzy, his girlfriend, to Clary his kind of sister who additionally was his ex-girlfriend, than to Jace, her actual boyfriend.
"So, if they'd become parapatei and Izzy and I would... Ähm Clary would kind of feel it?!" If he wouldn't be a vampire, he surely would turn as red as a tomato
Jace and Alec looked at each other and Alec whispered "There hasn't been a day in my whole life on which I talked more about sex, than today!"
He turned to the others and said "You can't feel the things the other does. But it could be that you know what the other feels like anger, fear,..."
"OK thanks I think we now all know what you mean" His husband wasn't fond about it eather, that Jace was kind of part of their married sexlife. Before that day he had never thought about it.
Jace added: "You can learn to close yourself to your parapatei. Sometimes you just kind of forget about it and it happens that the other one still feels something."
"It's good if you're in a relationship and you're partner is available if that happens."
Alec looked at his husband and asked him silent for forgiveness
He added in direction of his sister "So you don't have a fouresome only cause you're parapatei is with someone while you're too." Jace added "That would be very disturbing when I could feel them having sex! No offence Magnus!" "None taken at all. I dont think we would be confortable having you kind of present in our bedroom."
When Izzy opened her mouth again to ask something Alec stopped her immediately "Izzy look it up in some books or ask someone else! Please!"
Simon protested: "So could we please agree to something? If one of you sence anything about the sexlife of the other, I don't wanna know, please!"
Izzy laught about the behaviour of her boyfriend and gave him a kiss. "So Clary, I must say your apartment is very nice, but do you maybe want to move back into the institute? Than you won't have to pay rent anymore. Your old room is still available. It wasn't used since you were there, or you could just move in with Jace!"
"Ähm I haven't thought about it yet. But I'd like to have at last my own room for the moment, where I can go when things get to much. If that's OK I really would like to have my room back it was more home than here. There'd my family. But I think we have to wait til the clave desides what to do with me."
They all knew what she meant. Even if she didn't was blood related to anyone they all had become family.
About the clave... They just all hoped that it would deside in their favour
