I have been counting every vote for the genders in my PM and the review and I am amazed. The results were always neck and neck between Girl/Boy and Girl/Girl. it was so close, that 1 vote decided what the genders are. Keep leaving name suggestions since the names won't be announced until the babies are born (Which is only a few chapters away). Even if your name isn't chosen, don't worry because I'm making a list with all the names and these aren't the only babies that will be in this story. Well without further ado, the babies are…
Clary's POV
"Why couldn't we host Christmas?" Jace whines like he's been doing for the last week. He's all well dressed and carrying all the presents.
"Because the house is still flooding with boxes" I explain again and he pouts. He wanted to show off the house he's been going on and on about to everyone. We haven't fully moved in yet, so Izzy offered her house. "I promise we'll do Christmas next year" I kneel down to fix Gray's hair before ringing the doorbell.
The Lightwoods are like family to Jace, so he always spends the big holidays with them. Maryse and Robert, who have been living in L.A. since all their kids moved here, are here. They met Gray when we first moved here. They even told him to call then Grandma and Granpa. Jace suggested I ask my mom and Luke to join us as well, but they had planned a trip to Florida for the holidays.
Izzy opens the door and before she can even say hello he's running in to find Rafael. They have become such good friends since Alec and Magnus adopted him. He turned 5 a few days ago and Magnus threw him an amazing party with all the kids from his Preschool, which got Jace and I thinking about maybe signing Gray up as well.
"Grayson!" I scold and he turns around rolling his eyes. "Come give aunt Izzy a hug". He drags his feet back and does as he's told.
"Merry Christmas" He smiles
"Merry Christmas to you too bud" Izzy laughs from how he's acting right now, "Raf is helping Uncle Simon bake some cookies in the kitchen". That's all it takes for him to run off again. We all walk back to the living room where everyone else is and Jace places the gifts under the tree.
"Clary!" Maryse greets me holding baby Max in her arms. I had forgotten how tiny babies actually are. "Its nice seeing you again. Where's Grayson?"
"In the kitchen" I answer looking at Max peacefully sleeping in her arms. Soon I'll have two tiny babies in my arms.
"Excited to have babies again?" she asks noticing.
"I just forgot how little they are" I grin.
"They grow up fast" she laughs to herself looking over at Isabelle, Alec and Jace who are laughing about something on the other side of the room. Gray runs up to us and hands us both gingerbread cookies. "Enjoy them while they're still little. They'll be off before you even know it".
Later that night, we all sit around the living room opening presents. Before Jace came back into my life, Christmas was going to my mom's house and opening one present. Now, I have a big family, something I thought would never happen.
Grayson has been playing a lot with Jace's instruments since we moved to the new house, so Jace decided to get him a keyboard to go with the guitar he already has. It's a little big for him right now, but he'll grow into it. He also got dinosaur toys and a couple of books from Simon, a big train set from Izzy, building blocks and race cars from Alec and Magnus, and a bike and some more books from Maryse and Robert. He looks like he could just about burst with happiness. He ends up falling asleep on the couch, so Jace carries him to the car after putting all the presents in the trunk. We say goodbye to everyone, and just as we walk out the door, I spot Simon and Izzy kissing in another room. I shake my head and laugh, why can't they just admit they are dating. I think this might be my absolute Christmas so far.
New Year's Day means Rogue Kingdoms new album is finally out. They're performing a concert today celebrate, and Jace asked if we could join him backstage. I haven't been to a concert since the day he met Gray since they have been working on new music, but being here brings back a lot of memories from that day. I have a feeling I'll be attending a lot more concerts from now on.
"Good Luck daddy" Gray says from Jace's arms before hugging him.
"Good Luck out there" I give him a kiss and he puts Gray down.
He jumps up and down a few times and shakes the nerves away before stepping out onto the stage. The crowd roars wildly as son as they see him, and he goes into full on concert mode. It's like if he had a switch. If no one knew who Jace was, they would never guess he has a son and a fiancé who's pregnant. I watch from the side with Gray and Rafael on my side. Alec promised Rafe he could come to the concert, but Magnus is at home with Max, so I offered to look after him while Alec was onstage.
"Okay" I hear Jace pant through the speakers. He goes to one side and someone hands him his guitar and a stool. He goes back to the center where the microphone is and sits down hanging his guitar around his shoulders. They have played most of their old music and only one new song. "We're going to slow things down a little bit". He looks to the side and I catch him staring at us. "So this is a new song" He starts and the crowd cheers, "I began writing this with the help of the guys back when we were touring this summer. It was about a girl who I hadn't seen in a long long girl was very special to me, and even though I want spoken to her in years, I still missed her every single day". I slowly realize he's talking about me. "Little did I know that I would reunite with her soon after that".
"Clary!" a hear people holler and he just nods.
"After that happened, the song took a completely different turn. It was no longer about the girl but abut the greatest gift anyone could have ever given me. So I'd like to dedicate this song to my amazing fiancé, and I'd like to thank her for giving me my son and soon enough we'll have our beautiful baby girls" I can't believe he just said what we're having live in concert, but Im not even mad at him. Gray runs up to the edge of the stage, and I think he's about to run to Jace but he stops before he actually goes onstage. "This is called firecracker, because Gray is my little Firecracker".
He starts singing alone, just him and his guitar. Its a slow song, which is not very common for them. Soon enough, the beat picks up and the rest of the band joins him. he drops his guitar so its just hanging there as he continues to sings. When the song ends, the crowd bursts out cheering. He looks over and signals Gray to some over. Just as I'm about to stop him, Gray runs onstage and jumps into Jace's arms burying his face in his shoulder. The already loud crowd cheers even louder when they spot Gray. Jace kisses the top of his head and whispers something in his ear. Then he puts him down and he runs off stage and hugs my legs.
"Was that fun bud?" I ask him kneeling down.
"Yeah!" he smiles.
"What did he say to you?' I poke his belly.
"He said I going to be a good big brother" he's proud, "and I have to take care of sisters cause they love me very much".
"Do you love your sisters?" Now I'm the one smiling.
"I love you" he comes close and whispers hugging my belly, "and I promise to keep you safe".
Gray surprise me by doing this and my eyes tear up with happiness. He really is going to be a great big brother.
That night we get home and are swarmed by calls from everyone we know. We hadn't exactly told anyone that we're having two girls, but Jace wanted to get it out of the way before our friends and family started getting bribed for the information.
We lie in bed quietly in each other's arms. I have my back to him and he has his hands wrapped tightly around me. I run my hand softly up and down his toned arms when I feel a soft but clear pat on my stomach.
"Jace" I gasp sitting up.
"What is it?" he's clearly worried, "Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, its just..." I grab his hand and place it on my stomach. He's confused at first, but the he feels it.
"Is that...?" his eyes grow with shock
"The babies" I nod smiling, and he smiles too. "They're kicking".
So... the babies are girls! This was such a close call guys. If one more person would have commented Girl/Boy I would not have known what to do. For the longest time, I thought it was going to be one of each, but I'm actually really glad two girls won. I have so many great ideas for this.
These are the names I have for girls so far. As I said before, keep leaving suggestions on names, middle names, looks, personalities, basically anything you want. In the next chapter I'll probably come up with a list of names for you to vote on, and the 2 names with most votes will be their names.
Sabrina
Natalia
Madison
Jessica
Grace
Amelia
Rebecca
Julianna
Sorry if this chapter was a little shorter than usual. I had a very packed day, and I really wanted to get this chapter up today!
