Thirty Second One Shot:

Younger

Jace POV:

"We're going to be late if you don't hurry up Izzy." I yelled down the hall and I hear the heels clicking.

"I don't even know why I'm helping you two get in. You're not old enough." Izzy says and I laugh.

"Please, Alec and I don't look 17 in the slightest." I said and she rolled her eyes. We got to the club and make it in no problem. Izzy is gone the minute we get in there, and Alec and I make it over to the bar. Not long after Alec was being dragged to the dance floor, which left me all alone. The bartender come up and smiled, and I smiled back.

"What can I get for you?" She said and she looked about 12.

"Just a coke. I'm the DD tonight." I said and she smiled and handed me a coke.

"Does your party get rowdy?" She asks and I laugh.

"Very much so. I'll probably be carrying my sister out of here by the end of the night." I said and she laughed, a beautiful laugh.

"Let me know what else you need, I'll take care of you tonight." She smiled and winked as she walked towards the other end of the bar, and I intended to take her up on that offer.

We spent the rest of the night flirting, and getting to know each other. She was funny, and sarcastic. I almost forgot I was here with Izzy and Alec, considering I haven't seen them since we got in here. She looked at the clock and than back at me.

"My shift is over." She said and I smiled.

"Does that mean I get you all to myself for the rest of the night?" I ask as I smirk at her.

"If that's what you want." She said back and I grabbed her hand and brought her close to me. I immediately started to kiss her and it was something I never felt before. We stood there in the club for a while kissing before she broke apart and started dragging me down a hallway. She opened a door and pushed me in. So this was how she wanted to play it. I had no problem with it. We were going to have a good time tonight, that's for sure.

Time Jump – Two Months Later

Clary POV:

I sat in the bathroom waiting for the results to come back and I was freaking out. How the fuck could I let this happen? Izzy tells me to go out and have some fun, and I take an insanely hot guy into the back room, have sex with him, and now I'm pregnant. God I'm an idiot. I don't even have his number, I mean I haven't even seen him since that night. Ugh. The timer finally goes off and the third test came back positive as well. Damn it. I grab my things and head straight to Izzy's apartment. She's the only one I need right now. I get there five minutes later and knock on the door. When she opens it she looks confused.

"Clary? What's wrong?" She asks and she pulls me into a hug.

"You know how you told me to go out and have some fun to get over Sebastian?" I said and she nods. "Well I did. I had sex with this insanely hot guy two months ago, and I just found out I'm pregnant."

"Oh my god Clare."

"I haven't even talked or seen him since that night. I mean, we had sex in the back room. I didn't want this to happen." I said and I start sobbing.

"Do you know anything about him?"

"Just his name."

"And?"

"It's Jace. But I don't have a last name." I look up at her and she looks shocked. "What's wrong?"

"Give me a moment." She said and she disappeared into the other room. A couple minutes later she comes out with a guy bent over while she tugs on his ear.

"Does this jackass look familiar?" Izzy says as she lets go of his ear.

"Jeez Izzy, if you wanted to man handle me, all you had to do was ask." Jace says with a smug look on his face. "Oh hey Red. Back for more?" My eyes widen and I do the only thing I can think of I slap him and run away. I get in my car and headed home.

Jace POV:

After she slapped me and ran away I was utterly confused. I mean, I hadn't seen her in two months. I knew Izzy had a friend that she always hung out with, but how was I supposed to know it was the same girl from that club.

"Why the hell do you have to be such an asshole?" Izzy said and I turned around.

"I wasn't being an asshole, and how the hell do you know her?"

"We went to NYU together." She said and my eyes widened.

"How old is she?"

"22." Izzy said and my eyes widened.

"Uh oh." I said and she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Want to tell me why my 17 year old brother, got my 22 year old friend pregnant?" She said and my jaw dropped. "That's right jackass, that's why she was here. She came to me sobbing because she is scared out of her god damn mind, and you couldn't be a serious man for three seconds and listen to her." Izzy said and I felt horrible. "I should have made it clear who my friend was at the club. I had no idea you'd be wooing her all night just to sleep with her, and I should have warned her about you, but yet here we are. You're going to be a father."

"Are you sure it's mine?" I ask and Izzy looked super pissed now.

"Clary isn't a slut. What she did with you is completely not her, and I'm surprised it even happened. She's a great person, who got out of a really bad relationship six months ago, and I told her to go out and have some fun. I guess you were the fun. But now she has another life to worry about, and you being an asshole isn't going to make her like you, or make her happy that you are the father of her child."

"Do you know where she went?"

"Probably home."

"Do you have her address?" I ask and Izzy pulls out her phone and a minute later mine goes off.

"Go and apologize and than figure out what the hell you're going to do about this." I nod and get into my car and start towards the address. I can't believe this is happening, but I can't back out now. When I pulled up to her house I took a deep breath and walked towards the door. I knocked and a minute later it opened and there stood Clary looking completely shattered.

"What are you doing here?" She said with a shaky voice.

"I was an asshole to you, I shouldn't have said what I did, and I totally deserved that slap in the face." I said and she smiled a little. "May I come in?" I ask and she nods. We walk over to her couch and take a seat.

"You want some water or coffee?"

"Coffee would be great." I say and she gets up and walks in to another room. I notice there are a lot of pictures in the room, and I get up and start to look at them. There are a bunch of family pictures, and some with friends, a couple with Izzy, and some with this guy.

"I didn't know what you liked in it, so I just left it black." I heard and I turned around.

"Black is fine. Thanks." I made my way back over to her and we sat in silence. "Izzy told me how old you are."

"So?"

"We have a problem."

"Why? It's not like you're a minor." She said and I smiled. "Oh my god, you're a minor. Shit." She said and she buried her head in her hands. "How did you get into the club than?"

"I don't look 17." I said and she sighed.

"This is a disaster. First I get pregnant, and than I find out you're my good friends brother, and now I find out you're a minor. This day couldn't possibly get worse." She said and than her eyes widen and her hand flies over her mouth and she runs out of the room. I heard her throwing up so I walked into the kitchen and see her hunched over the sink. I walked over pull her hair out of her face, and rub her back until she's done. "Thanks."

"Does that happen often?"

"Yea. I haven't been able to keep anything down lately." She said and I nod. We make our way back into the living room and sit. She grabs a blanket and tucks herself under it and her hand rests on her belly.

"What are we going to do?" I ask and she shrugs.

"I don't expect anything from you, I hope you know that." She said and I couldn't believe it. "I never expected to see you again, and it's really crazy that you're Izzy's brother."

"It's a small world." I said and she laughs.

"Indeed it is. Clearly you're still in high school, and explaining this to your family will be extremely hard, that is if you are going too." She paused and took a deep breath. "Just know I expect nothing okay?"

"You may expect nothing, but this is my kid too. We may not like this situation, but if you need me I'll be here." I said and she looked surprised. "Well, not right here, I don't live around here."

"What do you mean?"

"I come up and visit Izzy some times, and things at our house have been pretty tense, so our other brother and I have been spending almost every weekend here."

"How far away do you live?"

"45 minutes." I said and she leaned her head back on the couch. "I'm sorry, but if you need me, just call me."

"Can I have your number than?" She asks and I laugh.

"Of course. Can I have your phone?" She hands it over and I type in my number and text myself. I hand it back to her and she smiles. We sit there are talk for maybe an hour before I get a text from Alec saying we need to head home. "I'm sorry, but Alec and I have to drive home. It is a school night." I try to joke but she just groans.

"This couldn't be more horrible." She says and I nod.

"I'm sorry about this Clary. I didn't mean for this to happen, but I'm serious about being here."

"I know, and that means a lot to me." I get off the couch and she walks me to the door.

"I don't really know the protocol for saying goodbye to you. I mean, we aren't friends, but we certainly are something." I said and she laughs. She leans up and gives me a kiss on the cheek.

"Goodbye Jace." She says and I smile.

"I should be back up next weekend. Maybe we could do lunch." I said and she smiled.

"I'd like that." She said and I nodded and headed to my car. When I got back to Izzy's Alec had our stuff and hoped into the car.

"Izzy told me what happened." He said and I nodded. "You fucked up man."

"I know, but I can't do anything about it now. I'm going to have a kid." I said and he patted me on the shoulder. We drove home in silence and I thought about what was about to happen in the next 7 months. I was going to have a kid by the time my high school career was over, and I don't quite know how to process that.

Time Jump – Six Months Pregnant

Clary POV:

Being six months pregnant was a bitch. I was so big, and I was so tired, and sore, and irritable, but surprisingly Jace had been so kind. He texts me every day to see how we're doing and I schedule the appointments mostly on weekends but if I can't get one on a weekend he misses school so he can be there for me. Today was one of those days, I tried to schedule it on a Friday after school, but the only available time was Wednesday at 11 am, and when I told Jace he told me he'd be here no matter what.

I'm currently sitting in the waiting room waiting to be called and Jace wasn't here yet. My leg was bouncing like crazy, because he didn't text me and I was scared he wasn't going to make it. We were finding out the gender today, and I wanted him there for me.

"Clarissa Fray?" I heard my name and I pushed myself out of the chair and headed towards the room when I heard my name again.

"Clary." I turned around and saw Jace standing there. "I'm here. I'm so sorry. Huge accident and traffic was a nightmare." He made his way over to me. He gave me a kiss on the top of my head like he always does when he sees me. We weren't together. I told him I didn't want to trap him, and he kept telling me I wasn't but I refused to have an actual relationship until he was 18, which was only in a month or so, but I was sticking to my rules.

"It's okay, you're here now." I said and we made our way back to the room. I laid on the table and lifted my shirt while the nurse applied the gel.

"Alright Clary, and Jace, it looks like you are going to be the proud parents of a little baby oh."

"What oh?" I said feeling nervous.

"Well, it looks like you're having twins. The second baby has been hiding behind the other one this whole time."

"Two?" Jace said and the nurse nodded.

"Yes, and looks like one is a boy and the other is a girl." She said and I couldn't believe it. "I'll get these pictures printed, and give you two some time to process." She left the room and Jace and I were quiet.

"Two babies." I said and Jace nodded.

"Yup." Was all he said. The nurse came back in handed me the pictures and I made another appointment and we left. I got into my car and Jace followed me back to my apartment. We sat in the living room in silence for a while before he broke it. "I graduate in May."

"I know."

"I was thinking, that maybe I can move in with Izzy so I can be closer to the babies." He said and I looked at him. "If you want me that close."

"Of course I want you close. Two babies is a lot more work than one." I said and he nodded. "What about college?"

"I'm going to go to NYU and I'll be commuting." I nod and we're quiet again.

"How are we going to afford two babies? I'm bartender, and you're going to be in college." I say knowing full well that this is going to be a huge nightmare.

"I actually know about the money situation." He said and I looked at him. "Clearly I'm not really Izzy and Alec's brother. I mean I am, but not by blood. I was adopted when I was 10, and my father left me absolutely everything. His company, his money, his whole life is mine when I graduate college. Maryse and Robert and in charge of it, and they might be disappointed in me for getting you pregnant, but they also are proud that I'm doing the right thing. Its enough to get whatever the babies need."

"Jace." I say but he cuts me off.

"I want them to have the best life possible. I want them to be able to have whatever toy they want, and play whatever sport they want no matter how expensive. I never imagined having kids, but we're having two, and I want to give them everything."

"That." I start but I get chocked up. "That means everything to me. Considering how my parents took the news, they won't be helping me any time soon." I said and he nodded.

"I know you're scared Clary, god I'm terrified. But I think that we can do this. I think we can raise these kids. Together."

"You know my rules." I said and he nodded.

"I know, but after my birthday, do you think I have a shot?" He asked and I smiled.

"I do, I would love to give these two a family. It's not that I don't like you Jace, it's just your 17, and I'm 4 years older than you." I said and he nodded. "I just want you to be a legal adult before we start a relationship."

"I understand, but knowing that I have a chance means a lot to me." I leaned over and pressed my lips to his. We haven't kissed since the night we slept together, and I felt that chemistry again, but I pulled away before it could get to heated. I looked at him and smiled and he smiled back. We spent the rest of the day looking for baby things, and realizing we need double the stuff for the nursery, and started shopping online for it. When 3 rolled around Jace said he should probably head home, and I nodded. He gave me a kiss on the head before walking out. I knew that this was going to be tough, but knowing that Jace was going to be here to help me meant the world to me.

Time Jump – Birth

Jace POV:

I heard my phone buzzing at an ungodly hour of the morning. I ignored it at first but it just kept buzzing. I dragged myself out of bed and went over to the phone and answered.

"Hello?" I said as I was trying to wake up.

"Babies." I heard and than came a loud scream. And I was immediately woken up. "Coming." Followed by another scream. "Hurry." I was running around my room like a mad man.

"Clary?" I asked and all I heard was a scream.

"It's Izzy. She called me first knowing you still live at home and aren't moving in with me for another week. Her water broke about 45 minutes ago and we're on our way to the hospital. She's freaking out, and I know you are too. Wake Alec up and get him to drive you here."

"Alright. Take care of them Iz."

"I'll do my best. Damn it Clary, I need that hand." I heard and I hung up and ran into Alec's room.

"Alec wake up."

"What the hell man. It's, 3:15 in the morning."

"Clary is in labor and I need to get there, but Izzy doesn't want me driving, considering I'm a nervous wreck, and she told me to wake you up." Alec was out of bed in a minute and we left a note for Maryse and Robert and got in the car and started driving. 45 painstakingly slow minutes later we were finally at the hospital and I ran to the nurses station. "Clary Fray?"

"Relationship?"

"I'm the father." Was all I could say because everything was so messed up in my head.

"Room 234." She said and I ran to the room. I could hear the screams from down the hall and when I walked in Clary was crying and Izzy looked scared and I walked over and Clary looked like she relaxed a little.

"Thank god. I'm going to find Alec. It's your turn." She said and walked out of the room. I walked up next to her and grabbed her hand a kissed her forehead.

"I'm here baby, I'm right here."

"I thought you weren't going to make it." She said and I smiled.

"I wouldn't miss this for the world." I said and she gave me a smile before she let out an ear-piercing scream. After 15 long minutes a doctor walked in.

"Alright Clary, lets see how far you are." She said and Clary nodded and she lifted up the sheet to check. "Looks like you're ready to push baby girl." She said and Clary and I looked at each other and I smiled. "On the count of three. One….two….three." Clary started screaming her lips off and pushing as hard as she could. "Come on Clary, one more big push, baby A is crowning." The doctor said and Clary death gripped my hand and started pushing as hard as she could. A minute later the room was filled with crying. "Looks like Baby A is a boy." She said and I leaned down and kissed Clary.

"You did it babe, you did it. Only one more to go." I said trying to encourage her and she nodded along.

"Alright Clary, lets get Baby B out here." The doctor said and Clary nodded before she was instructed to push. This went on for a couple more minutes before more cries were filling the room. "Baby B is a beautiful little girl." She said and Clary laid back and started crying. I pulled her into my chest and hugged her and gave her so many kisses. She was so brave, and so strong, and now we have two little babies.

The nurses cleaned off the babies, and took their weight and height before bringing them back over to us. One was wrapped in blue, and the other was wrapped in pink and I knew that I was going to be the best father I could be to these two.

"Who want's which baby?" The nurse asked and I smiled.

"I'll take my son, Clary can have our daughter." I said and they nodded before handing us the babies.

"Congratulations you two." The nurses and doctor said before they left the room. I looked down at my son, and than over to Clary and my daughter and I couldn't believe that these two were ours. We created them, and they were ours forever.

"Can you believe we made them?" Clary asks and I smile and join her in the hospital bed.

"No, its crazy to think that they are ours." I said and she smiled up at me.

"I don't want you to move in with Izzy." She said and my head snapped towards her. "I want you to live with me, and our kids."

"Are you sure?"

"You turned 18 two months ago, and you graduated high school, and as far as I know, you're parents aren't that pissed at you for getting me pregnant. I want you to be there to witness every first. The first time they roll over, or sit up, or smile, or get a tooth, or walk. I want you to experience it. I don't want you to be with them all day, and than leave at night because we did this whole thing backwards."

"I would love to live with you." I said and I leaned down and pressed my lips to hers. "Now, names. We never did agree on two. All we have are their middle names and that was difficult considering they are both sitting in the waiting room." I said and she laughed.

"I was thinking for the girl that we could name her Cambrie Isabelle Herondale."

"You want them to have my last name?"

"Of course." She said and I couldn't help but lean down and kiss her again. "I love it, and I was thinking that maybe we could name him Jacob Alexander Herondale."

"It's perfect." She says and we hear a knock on the door. We look over and Izzy and Alec walk in followed by Maryse and Robert.

"Maryse, Robert, what are you doing here?"

"Alec called after you got here. We know you left a note, but we wanted to be here for you. For both of you." Maryse said and I heard Clary catch her breath.

"That means a lot to us." I said and they nodded and walked closer to us.

"So, what are my grandbabies names?" Maryse asks and I smile.

"I am holding Jacob Alexander Herondale." I said and Alec smiled.

"Means a lot man." Alec said and I nodded.

"And Clary had Cambrie Isabelle Herondale." I said and Izzy starts crying.

"You're the best." Izzy says as she walks over to Clary.

"Would you like to hold him?" I offer to Maryse and she smiles and takes Jacob from me. I put my arm around Clary and she leaned into me while still holding Cambrie, and I just couldn't get over how perfect she was. Things might be hard, but they would be okay.

Time Jump – One Year Later

Clary POV:

Cambrie and Jacob were turning a year old tomorrow and I just don't know where the time went. It seems like yesterday I was freaking out about being pregnant, but looking back, I don't know what I'd do with my two babies. They were the light of my life, and living with Jace was surprisingly easy. Considering he liked everything clean and neat, he was always cleaning up after Cam and Jake, and it was the cutest thing. He made sure they had everything they could possibly need or want, and he did the same thing for me. He was truly perfect, a perfect father, and a perfect boyfriend, and I couldn't ask for anyone better. Cam and Jake were in the living room playing when Jace called.

"Hello?"

"Hey babe, I should be home soon, but someone is coming over."

"Oh, who?"

"Just a guy from my fathers company who is going to go over a few things that I need to know."

"Okay, drive safe. Love you." I said.

"Love you too." He said and we hung up. 10 minutes later the door opened and I went to greet Jace and when I turned the corner my blood ran cold.

"What are you doing here?" I spat and Jace looked confused.

"I live here?" He said as he picked up Cam.

"Not you. That thing." I said and Jace looked appalled.

"Clary, be nice."

"No."

"Clarissa." He started but Sebastian chimed in.

"I think introductions should be made." He said and I laughed.

"I already know you Sebastian." I said and now Jace looked confused.

"How do you know each other?"

"Meet my ex-boyfriend, the one who liked to knock me around a little." I said and Jace went tense.

"Clarissa darling, I simply punished you for disobeying me." He said and he got closer to Jake and I immediately went over and grabbed him. I looked at Jace and he didn't look pleased. I went over and grabbed Cam out of his hands.

"I'll be in the nursery. Come get us when he's gone." I said and Jace nodded and kissed my temple, kissed the kids, and than I left. When I got into their room I set them down and gave them their favorite toy. I sat down and played with them for about an hour before there was a knock on the door. A second later Jace walked in and sat down on the floor with me.

"I'm so sorry. I should have told you his name." He said and I smiled.

"It's not your fault. I had no idea that he worked for your dads company. But if you have to meet with him regularly, can it be somewhere else? I don't want him around the kids."

"Absolutely." He said and he pressed his lips to mine. "How about I take my three favorite people out to dinner? An early celebration, and an apology." He said and I smiled.

"Sounds great. Can you dress Jake, and I'll dress Cam?" He nodded and picked up Jake. I grabbed Cam and we dressed them and than headed to a restaurant. The whole way to the restaurant Jace never let go of my hand. I couldn't stop the smile that spread across my face, but I didn't want to stop it. I was happy. My family was together, and we were doing fantastic. I couldn't picture a better life. It can only go up from here.

Authors Note:

So, a guest requested that I do one where Jace is significantly younger than Clary, and I tried for a couple days to come up with a good plot for that, but nothing came to me, and than I thought about this story. Jace is still younger, but not as significantly as the guest probably wanted. I apologizeif this wasn't exactly how you imagined it, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, and if you agree let me know! Remember, if you have a request leave a review! :)