Chapter 39: Jealousy

Hello everyone and welcome back to another chapter! I've got a big question to ask you at the end of this chapter, so if you could read that and answer I would really appreciate it! Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

Filming officially started on Jace's TV show one week after they got back from their holiday. Jace spent that time finalising scripts and sets, and getting to know his new co-stars. Once filming did start, Clary would come in each day with all the kids to get lunch with Jace.

He usually had to leave before all the kids were awake, and often got home after they had gone to sleep, so this assured that he would get to have at least one meal with them each day. Clary loved to watch Jace work, and after a few trips in she had managed to get everything under control pretty easily.

There were also a bunch of people on set - Jace's co-starts, assistants and makeup people, who absolutely adored Clary and Jace's kids, so if she arrived while Jace was still filming it wasn't difficult to find someone who wanted to play with them, which made everything a lot easier.

When Clary arrived on set one day, Jace was in the middle of filming a scene. Ella, Teddy and Jamie were scooped up by people very quickly, and so Clary walked over to the monitor to watch Jace's scene.

He was filming a scene with his 'girlfriend', where he's having a conversation about how he feels like he can't trust anyone the way he trusted her. The ironic part was that she would eventually reveal that she was cheating on Jace's character with another one of his band mates, and she was really only with him anymore because of the attention it brought her. That triggered this whole psychedelic drug trip for Jace's character, which Jace was really excited about filming.

Jace and his 'girlfriend' start kissing, and things quickly become heated. Clary turns away from the monitor and set, and watches one of the makeup artists playing with Ella.

She knew it was all acting. She had no reason to feel jealous - Jace loved her, he had told her so many times, and showed her in lots of different ways. But things hadn't exactly been steamy between the two of them since Lucie had been born, and this was a bit of a slap in the face of a reminder.

Only after the director calls cut and Clary knows that they both would have put their shirt back on is she able to turn back around. Jace waves at her, and quickly makes his way over.

"Hey baby," Jace says, kissing her on the cheek.

"Hey," Clary says back, with what she knows is a forced smile. Luckily, Jace was looking at all the kids playing. He walks over to Jamie, lifts him up and starts moving him around the air making rocket noises, while Jamie squeals and laughs in delight. So really, watching him now, how could she tell him that she was jealous.

He clearly picked up that something was wrong while they were eating lunch, however, but Clary just keeps brushing him off.

When she gets home, she decides that she needs to put an end to it immediately. Sure, she probably had a right to feel a bit uncomfortable watching her husband make out with another woman, but she shouldn't feel jealous. Not when she knew it was acting.

She makes a few calls, and arranges for the twins to stay with Alec and Magnus, Jamie to stay with Simon and Izzy and Lucie to stay with Emma and Jules. She drops all the kids off, and quickly gets to work on planning a romantic night for her and Jace.

She puts on some lingerie Izzy had bought her a while back, and then puts a dress that she knows Jace loves over it. She then puts on makeup and does her hair, and then begins cooking Jace's favourite meal.

"Hello!" Jace calls out as he comes in from the garage.

"In here!" Clary calls from the dining room, and quickly begins lighting the candles on the table.

"What's all this about?" Jace says, looking at the table, and then up at his wife. He quickly looks her up and down.

"I thought you deserved a nice night," Clary says. "You've been working so hard on your TV show, and it looks so good, so I thought I would surprise you."

"You didn't have to do that," Jace says, walking over to Clary, "you do so much already - if anything, I should be doing all this for you."

"That's ridiculous," Clary says, going on her tippy toes to kiss him on the cheek. "Now let's eat before it gets cold."

They eat, making small conversation throughout the meal. Jace is suspicious - he knows something has happened but he doesn't say anything. She had been acting oddly at lunch, but he knew he had to wait for the right opportunity to ask her about it.

After dinner, they move into the living room, where Clary pushes Jace onto the couch, and then sits on his lap and starts sucking on his neck. He gets momentarily lost in the feeling, but after a moment he pulls back.

"Clary, what's going on?" he asks.

"Nothing," she says, smiling at him. She begins running her fingers through his hair, and then leans in to begin kissing him again.

"Clary is this about what you saw on set today?" From her expression he knows that it is. "You have absolutely nothing to be jealous about, you know. I would never and I mean it, never cheat on you."

"I know you would never cheat on me," Clary says, leaning back so she can see his whole face. "I just wanted to show you that I could still be sexy. I know I haven't lost all the baby weight yet, and I thought that maybe you would look at me differently after I had four children-"

"Clary," Jace says, cutting her off, "you are absolutely perfect. You are the sexiest woman I have ever laid eyes on. I adore you. I don't need you to lose weight, or prove that you're sexy."

"We haven't done anything in months, Jace. I know you probably don't want to view me differently, but I think subconsciously you do, and I just wanted to show you that I can still be like the old me," Clary says.

"I don't want you to be like the old you Clary," Jace says seriously, "sure, we may have been more physical before we had kids. And that was great for then, but our relationship is so much more than that now. I love you in ways I didn't even know where possible then. You've given me four, beautiful kids that I love more than anything else on this earth. We've built a home together, we've built a life together. And I wouldn't change that for anything. The person you are today, and the person I am today are completely different from the two people that got married all those years ago. And I'm so thankful for it. We've grown together."

"I still don't understand why we can't be those new people, but be more physical with each other," Clary says.

"I didn't want to rush you into something you weren't ready for," Jace explains. "You've had a lot of kids pretty quickly, and I didn't know what you were comfortable with, and I didn't want to pressure you into doing anything."

"So you're sure it has nothing to do with all the weight I've gained and how I've pretty much lost my sex appeal when I became a mother," Clary asks.

"Let me show you," Jace says, gently lifting her off his lap and laying her down on the couch.

Later that night, there was a banging on the door.

"Wazzat?" Jace said groggily, rolling over again.

"Jace," Clary said, fully alert, "there's someone at the door."

At her words, Jace sat up. "You check the security, and I'll go down by the door."

Clary thanked the Angels that her kids weren't in the house as she hurried off to a TV to check the security cameras.

She saw Jace on one screen holding a baseball bat and slowly making his way towards the door. In another, she saw a man standing at the door. He bangs on the door again, and then falls backwards, so Clary can see his face.

"Jace," she yells out, "it's Kit. It's okay."

"Fucking hell!" she hears him call out, and then she hears him put down the bat and open the door.

She's able to see the door right as Kit leans to the side and vomits.

"Do you wanna deal with this?" Jace says, turning to face Clary.

"I'll need help getting him into the bathroom," Clary says, "but then I can deal with it."

So Jace helps Clary pick Kit up and drag him towards the closest bathroom. Once he knows everything is under control, Jace goes back to bed.

Clary lets Kit settle in the bathroom for a little while, handing him a cold face washer and a glass of water, before eventually asking what the problem is.

"It's Livvy's and I'se fourth anniversary t'day," Kit slurs out.

"Well that's good, isn't it?" Clary says.

"I took her out for a fancy meal," Kit says slowly, "bought 'pensive champagne!"

"Oh Kit," Clary says, suddenly realising. "Were you going to propose? Did she say no?"

"Why does everyone assume I'm going to propose?" Kit yells.

"Okay, I'm sorry," Clary says, trying to calm him down. "What happened then."

"Well," Kit says, clearly thinking back on the night's events. "She thought I was going to propose as well… and then I told her that I never wanted to get married and she dumped me!"

"Oh Kit, I'm so sorry," Clary said. She didn't know that he didn't want to get married, but she did know how much Livvy meant to him.

"So then I went out, and drank a lot, and then I came here. Because I didn't want to be alone!" Kit says, leaning on the toilet.

"You don't have to be alone," Clary says. You can stay in one of the spare bedrooms tonight, and then we can talk in the morning when you feel better."

"I want to see Lucie!" Kit yells, and then tries to stand up.

Clary helps him stay on his feet, and tells him "Lucie isn't here right now. But she'll be home in the morning, and you can see her then, okay?"

Kit nods, and lets Clary lead him towards one of the spare rooms. "There's a bathroom just there," Clary says, pointing to the adjoining bathroom, "and Jace and I will be just down there if you need anything, okay?"

Kit nods, and then falls on top of the covers, falling asleep almost straight away.

Clary takes his shoes off before going back to her bedroom, thinking the whole time about how lucky she was to have Jace.

I hope you enjoyed that! As I see it, I have one chapter left before I do the time jump, unless there's something specific someone wants to see (please let me know!) What I want to ask is if people actually want to read a story about the kids when they're older. Because if nobody is really interested then I probably won't write it. I also want to know, if you do want to read a story with the older kids... would you prefer it to happen in this story, or in it's own?

So pretty much my question is: do you want to read a story about the kids when they're older, and if yes, would you want it to be it's own separate story?

Thanks for answering and I hope you all have a wonderful week :)