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In the silence that followed, you could hear a pin drop. Hell, you could hear Izzy singing two floors below.

Probably deciding my emotional well-being was more important than his fear of barf, he scooped me off the floor, and brought me to the bed. He gently took off my t-shirt and felt my slightly rounder-than-usual belly.

"How long have you known?"

"I figured it out this morning. I'm three months along, apparently. This afternoon, I finally stopped barfing enough to trust myself in my car."

"Ah."

He kissed my forehead, and got me one of his big t-shirts.

"Jace?"

"Yes, my sweet?"

"Will you, ah, take my jeans off? They're kinda tight now and I don't trust myself to sit up."

It was one of those rare occasions when he actually blushed. I sighed in relief once they were off. He put a pair of his sweatpants on me, and scooped me up in his arms.

"Where are we going?"

"Downstairs to watch a movie with the others."

"Oh, ok."

We went downstairs together, and when we got there, he set me down on the couch.

"Hey guys, want to watch a movie? Izzy, can you bring in an empty metal mixing bowl with you?"

I reddened slightly when I realized what the bowl was for.

They all tromped in.

"What's the mixing bowl for?"

Izzy asked curiously.

"Oh, you know. Still getting used to being pregnant, and all."

I tossed casually. The effect was instantaneous.

Izzy dropped the bowl. Simon sat down on the floor with a thump. Alec choked on his soda and had to be banged on the back by a stunned Magnus.

Akward Pause

Suddenly, Magnus roared with laughter.

"Oh, that's a good one!"

Seeing Jace's and my expressions, he added, a trifle anxiously,

"You are, joking, right?"

Grinning, I lifted up my shirt and showed them the slight baby bump.

Another Akward Pause

This one was broken by the doorbell ringing.

"I'll get it."

Izzy grinned at me, then left me alone with the boys. One was glaring at me from his post on the floor. Alec was staring at Jace accusingly, the latter of which looked downright gleeful at their reactions. Magnus was staring at my bump, grinning.

"Why are you grinning?"

I eyed him suspiciously.

"Oh, no other reason than I am looking forward to hearing about your parents reactions!"

"Well, shit."

That hadn't yet occurred to me. Apparently it hadn't occurred to Jace either. His smile was gone.

Of course that would be when Izzy came back, leading Robert Lightwood.

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