FIRE BABY - CHAPTER 2
"Sorry?" He questions, his facial expression.
I look down towards the floor, at my hands that are twisting in front of me and back up to him; only when I look up, I feel my stomach flip. I swallow hard. "I'm pregnant." I said again.
His head shook back and forth. "This can't be happening." He says to me.
The tears that had stopped shortly were now beginning to track down my cheeks once again. Like he had down in the entrance, he reached out as if to brush my tears away but quickly stopped, remembering the problem that had sat between us for the past two months.
Without thinking, I'm wrapping my arms around his neck and pressing my face into his shoulder. He hesitates for a split second, waiting for the zap to break through and burn me but nothing does, so his arms soon encircle my waist. He holds me against me, as if he never wants to let me go and I wish that he never would. I inhale deeply, breathing in his scent of soap and sweat.
Pulling up I look up into his golden eyes and remember how I use to think he looked like a lion. I brush some of his hair back from his face.
"What are we going to do?" I ask him.
Jace shakes his head at me slowly, clearly unsure of that answer. "We'll figure something out, Clary, we always do."
My eyes twinkled with unshed tears. "But what about in the remaining time, what about now? I'm pregnant Jace, this isn't some stupid demon army, this isn't Sebastian, its worse! Its so much worse!" I could feel my voice raising, but I didn't care. I didn't bother to lower it, I just continued to plow through and yell at Jace. I knew it wouldn't do us any good, I just needed to let it out, wanted Jace to hear me out. "I can't—I can't—I won't be able to do this on my own, I'm going to need you to help me!" Heart wrenching sobs were now tearing through my body, causing my hold body to shake and my throat to close.
"Hey, hey, hey, shh." He soothed. "I'll be here with you, every step of the way, I promise."
"What's the point? You can barely touch me! What's going to happen when I need your help with the baby? Or what if I need your help?"
"Clary, stop it, calm down."
"No, Jace! How do you expect me to be come through this? How are you so calm? Are you not aware that I'm pregnant with your baby, might I add, and you contain a freaking fire that can burn me at any time?"
"Of course I am! How can you say that? I care so much about you and I am going to do everything in my power to make this work." Jace's voice was rising in volume to match mine now and I could see his fists shaking.
"Stop saying that!" I yell back at him, stress and panic rising within me. "Stop saying it's all going to be ok! How can it be?"
"Clary," He sighed. He took a deep breath and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me tight against his chest. "I'll find a cure, Clary, I promise you. I would walk to the ends of the earth for you, take a bullet for you any day because I love you and now you're carrying my child. Clary, my beautiful Clary." He sighed, running his hands through my red flaming hair that tumbled past my shoulders.
Gently, I felt the pressure of his lips on my forehead, but it wasn't enough to fix my cravings. I reached up onto my tip toes and crushed my lips to his. For a second he hesitated, feeling no response from the fire that burned within him, just underneath his skin; and then he deepened the kiss, parting his lips against mine. It was heaven until I felt a burn come to my bottom lip. We both pulled away abruptly and stared at each other longingly.
"Soon." He promises me, staring deeply into my eyes. My green on his gold.