"Jace damn it stop taking my knife! I need it to cut the potatoes after I finish peeling them!" We hear Izzy moan before we get into the kitchen and both my mother and I simultaneously burst out laughing and all three of them turn around to look at us.
Jace has his signature lazy smirk in place, Izzy is scowling at Jace and Simon has carrot peelings all in his hair. I try to keep a straight face but I fail miserably and burst out laughing at Simon's expense.
"Oh my God! Simon we match!" I say almost falling on the floor in tears. Instead I lean against the counter.
"What? Guys what is the weird one talking about?" Not everyone has turned to see him but when they do they all burst out laughing as well. "What? Serious guys!"
At that moment Luke, for all intense and purposes my father, walks in from work. "Hey everyone! Simon? Why do you have carrot all in your hair?" This just makes me laugh harder. I slide down the cupboard until I'm led on the floor holding my gut I'm laughing so much.
I'm led on the floor for what feels like hours. Laughing so much that I'm clutching my stomach so tight I'm scared I may harm my baby. Shit my baby. That instantly sobers me up and I quickly get to my feet. I look over and everyone is still laughing. Simon must have joined in after he brushed all the carrot out of his hair.
"I can't believe you didn't realise that you were brushing carrot peelings through your hair!" Izzy howls in laughter, leaning against Simon. Jace is sat on the island in the middle of the room. I avert my eyes from him. Unable to keep the blood from flowing to my cheeks every time I look at him, remembering that night. The night that created my potential baby.
I look down and see that I have unintentionally wrapped my arms around my belly. With a quite gasp I lose my belly go and look up to my mother. I guess she seen the way that I looked at Jace as she's looking between us with her mouth slightly open. She looks back to me and discreetly points at Jace. My face heats up again and I hang my head.
"Oh my." My mother says, unable to hide her shock. Everyone stops laughing and looks towards her.
"You ok J?" Luke asks looking towards my mother. She still looking at me and my head is still hung not looking towards her or towards anyone else in the room.
"Oh yes, yes I'm fine. I just remembered my paintings for Jace and Clary. I'll go get them. Guys you lot go back into the living room. I'll be in now with my gifts!" She hurriedly exits the room and quickly runs up the stairs.
"That was weird. What did you guys talk about up in your room. She acted as if she'd caught you and Jace doing the deed." Izzy says making her way into the living room. Unfortunately she decided to say this the moment that Luke had taken a drink and Jace a bite of raw carrot. The both managed to choke on their food/drink but still patted each other on the back.
"Clary and Jace will be doing no such things! Clary is innocent, and well Jace, we all know not so innocent." Luke says.
"Hey!" Jace Protests! "I'll have you know that I've only slept with 3 girls! Izzy should be put to blame here! She's the one who's been with more people than the rest of us!" He complains and walks into the living room following behind him is Luke and lastly me.
"Hey! I'm innocent! I'm as innocent as Clary the Virgin is over here." Izzy says grabbing my hand and pulling me down onto the sofa. "Oh wait you're not a virgin any more though are you? According to Jon you aren't anyway. You did it with his new boyfriend didn't you?" she says grinning trying to wind me up. Before I get the chance to answer her question and tell her that I've never been with Sebastian Luke speaks up.
"Ok guys, I know your all for this open and free to tell us what you want but I really do not want to hear about my daughters sex life. So I am going to go and finish cutting and pealing the vegetables in the kitchen." And with that he stands up and walks into the kitchen.
"I didn't." I say as Luke leaves the room.
"Huh what was that?" Izzy asks. She turns to me and I flicker my gaze over to Jace who is watching me intensely. I look over to Simon and he has a look of confusion on his face.
"I've never slept with Sebastian." I say and hang my head. My gaze flickers to Jace's feet. Maybe if I say this he'll catch on and confront me about the wedding night. "But…" I can't get the words out. It's as if they are trapped in my throat. As soon as these words are out it could mean the end of our friendship. I take a deep breath and my eyes involuntary move to Jace and then quickly to Izzy. "But I'm not a virgin any more." I quickly drop my gaze to the floor.
I hear Izzy shout 'What!' then Simon choking on his coffee and Izzy pounding on his back. All the while Jace just sucks in his breath. I hear Izzy and Si talking so I chance a glance up to look at Jace. He has a look of understanding in his eyes. As if he knows I did this as a way to break the ice with the whole 'I had sex with my best friend' moment that we have going on at the moment.
"Clary…" Jace starts to say but before he can finish he's cut off by my mother coming back down the stairs.
"Clary Jace I have your other presents here!" She says and holds two canvases facing away from us so we can't actually see what's on them. "Ok stand next to each other so you can see them at the same time." She says a massive smile on her face. I wonder if she remembers what she figured out earlier in the kitchen or if she is really good as hiding her shock. If I'm not wrong it looks she has excitement and hope in her eyes. It must be that she's excited to see our reaction to the photos.
Jace slowly makes his way over to me and sits next to me on the couch, leaving only a few inches between us. I could feel his arms brush against mine every time he breathed in or out. "Okay so I did these because I felt bad for missing your birthday, and yes I know it was only by a day but I still missed my babies' birthdays so…" She turns the paintings around. I gasp they are beautiful. "I painted you these. The photo was taken by the photographer at the wedding. Neither of you knew he was taking the photo and he thought it captured a special moment between the two of you. I couldn't agree more the photo of you is amazing and I wanted you to have it on a canvas."
Whilst she says all this Jace and I just sit staring at the painting my mother did. I can't keep my eyes off them. The drawings are perfect. They both looked exactly the same, the same amount of detail in them both making my breath catch in my throat. Looking at them I see two perfect reflections of me and Jace. Neither of us looking towards me but both looking up into each other's eyes smiles on our faces. I remember the conversation we were having. It was just after I'd whispered in his ear about Seb and Jon copying each other. Slowly without realising my hands travel up from my lap. One wrapping around my stomach the other reaching up and covering my open mouth.
You can see the love in both of our eyes and the happiness that is shown just to be with each other. Looking at more of the details I can see the way Jace's hand is wrapped possessively around my waist and resting on the middle of my back and how my hand is wrapped around the lapels of his suit jacket. I look over to the real Jace and see that he's looking at the photos a smile pulling on his lips. I turn back to my mother and jump up and quickly go to hug her. She moves the paintings to her right side and leant them up against the chair there and opens her arms ready to receive my hug.
As soon as I reach her I wrap my arms around her waist and feel two pairs of arms wrap around me. I look up and see Jace hugging us as well. I smile and lower my head again to my mother's shoulder.
"God you two are so tiny I can wrap my arms around both of you and still touch my elbows on either arm." Jace mocks and earns a slap upside the head from my mom.
"Way to ruin a moment Jace. Ok…" She pulls away and reaches for the paintings. "Take them up to your rooms or your mansion if you want Jace. But make sure that they are in a safe place and don't break them." She kisses my head easily and pulls Jace down and kisses his head too. "Now I'm going to help Luke in the kitchen, don't be long dinner will be half hour." She says and pulls away. I take my canvas up the stairs and quickly make my way back down again after I realise that Jace came up the stairs as well. We eat dinner as a massive family, my mom, Luke, Izzy, Simon, Jace and I all fit around our 6 person table that we can pull out and add 4 more spaces to. Talking about random things that I don't take in. The only thing I can think about is the fact that I could be pregnant. Pregnant with my best friend's baby.
"Fuck." I whisper under my breath. I look up and realise that Jace heard me and has his one eye brow raised. I blush and quickly tell him that I'll tell him later. He nods and turns back to the conversation. "I'm so fucking screwed" I say again, this time so quiet that I barely even realised that I had actually said it out loud.
Okay, so I know this isn't the best chapter in the world but I wanted you to have something this week.
So yeah, Jocelyn knows who the 'baby daddy' is. Hope everyone is enjoying the story!
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