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After an hour Alec's condition hadn't improved at all. Joclyn had returned with food for Clary but as soon as clary looked at the food she felt ill but Jace happily gave it a good home. The Clave had contacted a doctor and he was on his way to the Institute. Now Maryce was on the phone to Issabelle's and Alec's farther Robert Lightwood who was furious for not being informed sooner. The atmosphere In the Institute was tense and everyone was on edge.
Clary's pain had worsened and she was really beginning to panic. "I can't do this. I can't." She said her tears made her eyes sparkle, Jace was holding her in his arms trying to hide his own fear and stay strong for her sake. Joclyn brought a fresh damp cloth so Clary could wipe her tears away. "Clary do you think you could be any further along or is the pain still the same?" Joclyn asked. Clary shook her head, "I really don't know mum…. It just all hurts." She answered. Joclyn looked towards Simon, "Turn around to face Clary so I can take another look at her." Simons face flushed with embarrassment causing Clary to let out a soft giggle.
Jace hesitated before speaking to Joclyn, he was more nervous than he ever had been before. He knew Clary could see through his smile and guessed that Joclyn could as well. "How many centimetres?" he asked in a very quiet voice. Joclyn didn't look towards him. "Only 5. I will go ask Maryce where the doctor is" Joclyn glanced towards Alec as she stood up and left the room. As clary looked around her she could see that Jace and Simon where pulling the same amused faces. Clary looked towards Issabelle who was shaking her head at the boys. "Okay what have I missed now?" Clary asked and looked towards Jace who was grinning from ear to ear. Simon couldn't contain his amusement and burst into laughter. "Well Funny man?" Clary asked. Jace shook his head "well darling you can do much better than that, you've had much more than 5 centimetres before." Jace joined Simon in laughter. "JACE!" clary shouted which only amused the boys more. Issabelle threw her hands up in the air, "Too much information!" she shouted before moving across the infirmary to sit by Magnus at her brothers side. Clary smiled at the boys, her boys. Her best friend and her boyfriend. She held a hand out to both of them "I love you both so much" she smiled but her smile quickly disappeared as another contraction came and she squeezed their hands so tightly she almost broke their fingers.
As Issabelle sat next to Magnus he didn't acknowledge her. Issabelle leant forward and held on to her brother's hand. "Do you think he can hear us?" she asked. Alec was still life less getting paler and paler by the minute. "Honestly Issabelle I hope so." Issabelle looked down at her brother's face as she softly stroked his cheek. "Alec?" she whispered "You need to know that I'm so proud of you. Clary's here, she's safe Alec, you saved her life and the babies." Issabelle paused glancing over towards Clary. She could see the pain Clary was in through the look on her face. She turned her attention back to Alec. "Please Alec…. I can't lose you, I need you big brother." Magnus place a hand on Issabelle's back. As Joclyn and Maryce returned to the infirmary with a man closely behind them.
"This is Doctor Smith, He is a Mundane with the sight employed by the clave." Maryce announced. She led the doctor to Alec's bedside. Issabelle moved away from her brother's side. To her surprise as she stepped backwards she went straight into Simons arms. He held on to her as she collapsed against him. Simon held her close to him as hi gently whispered "It's alright Issabelle, I've got you."
After a quick look at Alec the doctor opened his bag, inside their where small bottles presumably of medication alongside a selection of syringes and a small heart monitor. He attached the monitor to Alec and the room fell silent as the machine turned on and the beet of Alec's heart echoed around the infirmary. Maryce had tears in her eyes but kept her voice stern. "What do you think?" She asked the doctor. Who turned back to his bag and poured some medicine into the syringe, "He's in a very bad way. Although his runes are able to heal his physical Injuries they cannot help the oxygen flow around his body. He needs another blood replacement rune and as soon as it begins to fade draw another one." The doctor injected the medication into Alec's arm. "All I can do is monitor his heart rate and asses the blood flow to his limbs. Alexander may wake up but he also may not."
When Joclyn came back to the infirmary she returned to her daughter's side. Jace was still sat with Clary staring towards Alec. Joclyn could see the tears strolling down Clary's Cheeks, Clary looked at her mother whilst squeezing Jace's hand. "It's my fault….he saved me and now…." Her words where muffled by her tears. Joclyn opened her mouth to speak but was cut off by another of Clary's screams. Jace turned to face her and pulled her into a cuddle, "shhh Clary I'm here." Clary's body shook against him as she let out another scream.
Maryce nodded her head at the doctor who moved to examine clary. "How long have you been in Labour?" he asked. Joclyn looked towards her watch "about 2 to 3 hours" The doctor took Clary's temperature and stood back. "Can I have a look Clarrissia?" he asked. Clary let out another scream as she nodded. She threw her head back against the pillow and looked at Jace. She could see his fear it was a mirror of her own. The doctor lifted the blanket covering Clary's legs and examined her. Clary felt much more comfortable when it was her mum looking at her, she held her breath waiting for the doctor to speak. After a few minutes he covered her legs and raised his head to look at her, he turned his attention to Jace "You are the farther I presume?" Jace nodded his head "Maryce informed me of the complications you have faced over the past few weeks. I understand that this must all be quiet sudden for you both especially since you are so young. I suggest that you go and get Clarrisia so extra pillows and towels as well as a cold drink." Doctor turned back to face Clary, "You are almost 7 centimetres dilated so the contractions are going to get much stronger and it won't be long until you will feel the need to push, when you do don't fight it." Clary silently nodded her head. Jace rose to his feet kissed Clary on the cheek and left the room to get the things the doctor had suggested.
As Jace let the infirmary doors fall closed behind him he paused looking down the length of the corridor he had walked on thousands of times. The institute seemed different to Jace it didn't feel like it was the house he had lived in for many years instead it felt like he was a stranger lost within a maze. He walked back to his room. Jace changed his clothes which were still coated in Alec's blood, washed his face slid his phone back into his jeans pocket and picked up another one of his shirts. It was Clary's favourite sometimes she would run into his room and steal it so she could sleep in it. Jace hooked his pillows under his arm and in his bare feet he padded back down the hall. Before Jace stepped through the doors he could hear Clary's screams of pain. He took a deep breath and walked through the doors.
Jace reached his Girlfriend side and put down the spare pillows on the bed next to her. "Here" he said tossing the tshirt to Clary "I thought you might want it." She smiled up at him. Jace grabbed the screen panel so Clary could change behind it. The top was very big on her but that's why she liked it, she slid it on other her head and sat back down on the bed. Jace moved the screen away and placed the spare pillows behind her back. "Clary can I take a photo, of you and your bump. I was just thinking we don't have any" Clary nodded "I'd like that" Jace stepped and pulled his phone out of his pocket, he switched on the camera and took the picture. Despite everything Clary was smiling at him she looked beautiful. Jace called for Joclyn to come over. She did so and sat next to her daughter. Jace smiled and took another photograph, he then swapped places and sat down next to Clary, and he wrapped his arm around her shoulder and gently placed his hand on her stomach. Joclyn took the photo and smiled down at Jace's phone.
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As time passed the doctor gave Clary some medication to numb her back to stabilize her pain which had grown much more instance after taking another look at her he revealed that she was nine centimetres dilated. "Now Clarrisia when your contractions come you will feel the need to push and as I said earlier don't fight it." The doctor turned to the others "I suggest that one of you stay with Alexander and the others leave the infirmary to give Clary and Jace some space." Maryce remained at Alec's side and Issabelle and Simon came over to Clary, Simon kissed her cheek and Issabelle hugged her gently before leaving the infirmary. Magnus nodded towards Jace and also left. As the doors closed the doctor, Joclyn and Jace remained with Clary and she let out a terrifying scream as she pushed for the first time
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