Clace feels his chapter!
"Izzy? Wake up? Want to come to the beach?" At that she jumps out of bed.
"Can I borrow a bathing suit?" I throw like seven different ones at her and let her decide. Years ago she never would have been able to wear my bikini, because I had no boobs. But now, they've grown 4 sizes, and they are a tad bit bigger than Izzys.
"Ooh I like this one!" She shouts. We put our bikinis on. I am wearing a red high top suit, and she is wearing a blue suit that has a deep v-neck line.
"Girl, you look fabulous." She says to me. She looks in the mirror and you can read the disappointment on her face. "Clary, you can tell!" She whisper-screams.
"Iz, you can only tell because you thought about it! Besides I'm making sure you tell Simn today, and if Jace finds out I don't think much will happen. The kids will have know clue! Their is nothing to worry about."
"Okay, but will you come with me when I tell him?" She asks me and I nod.
"Earlier Jace and I were talking. We think it would be cool if we bought a house that was bigger. Each of the kids could have their own room, me and Jace could share a room. And I assume you and Simon would. Then I said we would need extra rooms in case you and Simon had kids. And the he was like, or you?"
"Your pregnant?" She asks.
"No! But then he was like, would you want more kids, and I think I do but I don't know how to tell him or if I'm even ready! What is the kids don't want another sibling? Or Jace, what if he doesn't want more kids?"
"Clary, if your not pregnant. Then this isn't something you have to worry about now. But I do think it would be super fun living together!"
"Okay, I guess your right. Maybe we should talk about a house today, but I'm not ready to tell the kids." She understands and we walk out of my room to get the kids dressed. Simons phone was dead so Jace went out to get him.
"Well, you guys have to pick a bathing suit. Jack, you have 3 of them!" I explain. "And girls you have at least twelve that you can share. Do you want us to pick then out for you?"
"Yeah!" They shout in sync. I take Miley and Lexie and, Iz picks out Andria and Jacks. I'm in the middle of organizing suit parts, when Jace calls.
"Just so you know, I got Simon and we are on our way back." He says, I say thank you an hang up.
For Jack, Izzy picked out a pair of trunks that were green and faded lighter as they went down.
For Andria, she decided on a solid black bikini with ruffles, and shorty-shorts for the bottoms.
When it came to Miley, I had a hard time. She was the smallest out of the three girls, so not all the suits fit her that well. I decided on a green bikini, the strap went around your neck and then their were ruffles around the edges. The bottom was a tutu, and it fit her perfectly.
For Lexie she wore a white suit, that if you ask me, was very revealing. But she looked fabulous in it so I let her wear it.
Then they all ran to me and gave a hug and said thank you. Izzy burst out laughing but I knew that they would go to her next. She sat down, not expecting it. But then all four of them were hugging her. After their hug I sat next to her.
lexie was sitting on my lap with her legs on Jack, who was sitting next to me. Andria was sitting next to Izzy and Milwy was on her lap. She had her arms wrapped around her and was leaning into her stomach. I could tell that Izzy was scared that Miley would ask why she was so "fat" as Izzy would call it.
I stand up and lift Miley off her lap, you could tell she was thankful. I opened the door for Jace and Simon, and they went to get changed. I went to the closet and got out the stroller.
"Jack and Andria, it's your turn to have the stroller first." We decided that even though Jace, Izzy, and Si, all have cars, that it would be fun to walk. Jace came over to me and kissed me and Simon kissed Izzy. The kids were pretending not to notice.
"The beach is only three blocks from here, so it won't be to far." I explain.
"Not to far? How far do you usually walk?" She asks me.
"Sometime 20, but it depends where I'm going. Sometimes I walk close to 30. " for whatever reason this amazes Iz. I tell Jace to push the stroller and I take Miley. Izzy offers to take Lexie, which I accept. She hasn't had much experience with kids, or babies. I told her that next time j babysit she can come over.
The whole walk their I have Miley on my hip, Izzy carries Lexie on her hip as well. She looks so nervous, I can't tell if it's because she doesn't want to seem fat, or if she's to nervous to tell Simon.
"What's wrong?" I whisper in her ear, since Jace and Simon are a few steps ahead.
"Do I look fat?" When she said that Mikey looks at her.
"You look pretty!" Miley says, followed by a whisper. "Prettier than mommy."
"Hey!" I shout sarcastically, and Lexie and Miley laugh. Izzy just tries to break a smile.
The rest of the way, Izzy bit her lip, a habit she has for when she's nervous. I tried to reassure her it was okay, but she was very nervous. I knew that the kids would go in the water, and Jace and Simon would go with them. So that gave me time to calm Iz down.
The last time she was this nervous was when I told her that Simon liked her. She was hyperventilating for like hours. That was in seventh grade, and it took them this long to date seriously. They had dated before but it was never necessarily exclusive.
"Okay guys, I'm guessing you are all going into the water?" The six of them nod so me and Izzy are left setting a towel up.
"What do I say?" She asks.
"Maybe just pull him aside, and tell him. Or you could sucker my kids into helping! Like have them say something and then you run over to him and tell him?"
"Oh my god! Clary that's genius, get your kids. We need to plan." She called them over and we watched as Jace and Simon splashed each other repeatedly, in the face.
"Okay, Aunt Izzy has special new to tells Uncle Simon. But she doesn't know how to tell him, and she wants you to help! Can you guys help?" I say.
"I want to help!" They take turns saying.
"But what we tell you is a secret for nobody except for Uncle Simon. If you tell anyone we will be upset. Do you know that a baby is made in the mommy stomach?" I ask, watching how nervous Izzy is. They nod, probably unsure of where I'm going.
"Well, Izzy has a baby in her stomach, and Simon is the daddy. But he doesn't know so you have to help us tell him." It's how to explain this since they don't understand sex, which I guess is a good thing.
"When the come out of the water tell Jace I have to talk to him. Then you walk up to Simon. And tell him that Izzy is pregnant. But you have to be happy about it. Then Izzy will walk over and talk to him and you come back." All the kids understand and then Izzy pipes up.
"What if he's upset?" She asks.
"If it doesn't go well, I will talk to him. So can Jace, if you tell him."
"When Jace comes over here you can tell him. Just not around Simon!" Izzy was starting to lighten up about it.
"Otay." Miley says. I look over my shoulder and see Jace and Simon walking towards the shore.
"Izzy! It's time! Okay kids go do your job."
They run towards Simon, and Andria whispers to Jace. He gets here and looks at me wondering what's wrong.
"What's happening right now?"
"Izzys pregnant." I saw.
"Okay, I knew that." He says calmly.
"How!?" I ask, confused.
"I worked with models, you don't think people are going to try and knock them up? I've worked with pregnant models so many times that I can usually guess it before them." He explains, which actually makes sense.
"Oh, okay. Well Izzy didn't know how to tell Simon so we got the kids to help." I looked back towards where Simon was and I saw the kids talking to him and Izzy a little behind them. I stand up and start to walk over their. I stand next to Izzy.
"Go! Girl be happy! You can handle this!" I say confidently, even though I have doubt.
Izzy walks over and Simon looks at her, but he's smiling.
"What did you tell him?" Izzy asks the kids.
"Everything you said to." Lexie says. Simon smiles.
"So it's true?" Simon asked Izzy. She just nods and Simon hugs her tightly. He lifts her off her feet and carries her over to us.
"Izzy, was that as bad as you thought it would be?" I ask her.
"I guess not." She says.
"You were scared to tell me?" Simon asked her.
"Uhm yeah. I was terrified." The laughed.
"So terrified that you came to my house at 5:30 this morning?" I joke with her and we all laugh.
"Clary, did you tell Izzy what we talked about this morning?" Jace asks me. He must have told Simon at some point.
"Yeah, briefly. I told her more about what I was thinking.. I mean, no I wasn't thinking anything.." I'm not ready to tell him I want more kids, I don't know if he will even stay.
"You were thinking! What were you thinking?" He asked me.
"Can we talk later?" I say quietly, "Anyways, about the house. Would you guys want to move?"
"Well, since both of us live with our parents, I'm sure that we could. But I don't want to move far from here. At all." Izzy says.
"Yeah I would want to stay in this area, I can't lose my job."
"Okay well I could hire people to build a house, and it would be done before the baby is born. Or we could look at some of the larger houses on the lake." Jace says.
"Why don't we walk along the road and look at some houses?" Simon suggests.
"Kids, lets go!" The stop building their sand castle, and follow us.
Almost every house on the road is for sale. But most of them are only 8 rooms, and we were looking for more. Eight rooms would leave only two more kids, I was pretty sure Izzy would want more than 2 kids, which would mean people would have to share a room and I couldn't have more kids.
"Iz, how many kids do you think you want?" I ask, trying to get an idea of rooms.
"Really, I have no idea. I know I want at least two. But that would be the least possible. I want to see how my first kid is before I have more." She explains, which makes sense. I think we should get at least 12 rooms, because it's likely we will have guests.
"You guys might think this is crazy, but I think we should find a house with at least 12 rooms. Izzy wants more kids and it's likely that we will have guests." I say, hoping Jace doesn't catch on.
"Clary, we are definitely talking when we get home." Jace says calmly.
"Oh, look this house coming up has 14 rooms and 6 bathroom! That's perfect! I can afford it for Si and Jace can afford it for you!" Izzy smiles.
"Jace, I feel bad that you always have to pay for me. I'll work some extra shifts, I can pay for myself." I say honestly.
"No, clary. I'm pay for you because I love you. I have plenty of money and I want to spend every it of it on you. You and my kids. You had to pay for them by yourself for years, when you could have asked for help." He was right, and I knew I wouldn't get my way, but I couldn't seem greedy.
"Let's schedule a tour?" Simon asks. He scheduled one and then we got babysitters for the kids. Maryse said she would, so tomorrow afternoon we are going to meet up at my house and drive together.
~~~~ later that night~~~~
"Clary, what were you thinking earlier?" Jace asks, I knew he wouldn't forget about it, but I hoped he wouldn't ask.
"Nothing Jace, it's just. It's not important." I say.
"It is important. Your important to me. You want more kids, don't you?" I turn to hide my face, and shyly nod. "Oh Clary, why didn't you tell me?" He says simpathetically.
"I told you, Jace. It's nothing."
"Clary, it is. I can read everything your thinking on your face like it's written words. You think I'm going to leave, right?"
"No, Jace. It's really nothing."
"Clary, last night when you asked when I was going back to work? Well, I dodged the question for as long as possible. I was going to surprise you, but I'm opening a studio a few miles from here. That way I can still work but I can be with you guys too. And every photoshoot they do only takes at most an hour, I get billions of dollars for that so you can quit your job."
"Jace this is wrong, it's all wrong. We are just dating. Jace, I can't keep accepting all your money, once you decide to leave I have to support myself and my kids. I can't have more kids and afford that." I say, but I feel bad. I think I was a bit harsh on him.
"Clary I'm not leaving you ever again. If you want to get married we will. Just tell me when." He asks.
"I love you." He smiles, picking me up bridal style.
"Do you think we'd ever get married?" He asks so quietly, I can hardly hear it.
"Eventually."
He carried me to my bed and as he's about to leave, I told him to stay. I like his company, and I'm not ready for bed. He kisses me, and even though it's to be expected, I blush.
"Why couldn't you tell me you wanted more kids?" He asks and for a while I'm wondering why.
"I'm scared."
"Don't be, I'm right here, I always will be."
"I want scared you might leave, I was scared the kids would be upset, I was scared I can't afford it, which by the as I can't, but mostly, I was scare you wouldn't be happy." His smile soften and he lifts me up, pulling me to eye level.
"I would never allow any of that."p
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