Chapter 4 is here! Hope you guys enjoyed the last chapter!

Jace POV

We arrived at the Institute at 1:00 after spending the morning cuddled up in bed. We walked through the giant gate covered in snow and walked up to the doorstep, with gifts for everyone in a sack in my hand. I rang the doorbell and later heard the clunk of the door being unlocked.

On the other side of the door stood Alec in a red jumper with reindeer antlers on his head. Me and Clary burst out laughing when noticing the bizarre head gear.

"Don't laugh, Magnus made me wear them."

Which made us laugh even harder.

Finally we begun to calm down and stepped into the warmth. It was a cold and chilly white Christmas this year, and Clary loved it.

We greeted Alec and wished him a merry Christmas before following him into the elevator to head towards the festive celebrations. We stepped out to find decorations covering the whole ceiling and the many doors of the Institute.

"Izzy did all this," Alec explained.

We walked further down the corridor to the Library. It was filled with red, white and green decorations everywhere and delicate ornaments covered the huge fir tree in the corner of the vast room.

We were suddenly greeted by everyone at the celebration. Maryse, Robert, Jocelyn, Luke, Izzy, Simon, Magnus and even Church. We all said hello then I dragged Clary away to help me put the presents under the tree. Everyone then gathered again, discussing their Christmas mornings and then suddenly Izzy shouted, "Come on, Let's open the presents!"

We all then walked towards the couches and sat down watching as Izzy, Alec and Simon handed out each of the presents into people's piles. I turned to see Clary sitting next to me, quietly watching all her family gathered together. I wrapped my arms around her, cuddling her boy and whispered in her ear; "Merry Christmas Clary,"

Clary POV

I smiled taking in everyone's reactions to the gifts given to them. Suddenly my thoughts were interrupted by a screech.

"CLARY! OH MY GOD, I LOVE THEM" Izzy shouted, while jumping up and down. I turned to see everyone covering their ears from the noise.

"You're welcome" I said, glad to see her so happy.

Everyone thanked each other for the gifts given and my mum gave me a hug saying how beautiful these decorations would look in the new house.

Then Maryse walked in the room and shouted out saying Christmas dinner was ready, and everybody got up and wandered to the dining room in the Institute.

Once we had sat down, we all began to dig in. There was Christmas Turkey, Roasted Potatoes and Vegetables and loads of delicious foods. The food was incredible and we all admitted this to Maryse who cooked everything.

After the meal, everyone stayed sat down and begun to talk. It seems hours before someone tapped their glass to get everyone's attention.

Clary looked up to see Luke standing with his glass of champagne in hand, waiting to give a speech. Everybody fell silent wanting to hear.

"First off, I wanted to say, we've had a tough year. All of us. But we've got through it together and we'll do it again," Luke said, speaking of the final battle against Sebastian. "And I wanted to tell everyone some special news. Jocelyn is pregnant and we are going to have a baby."

My face lit up with shock and happiness. My mom and Luke, are having a baby? Wow. This was amazing. I was going to have a little baby brother or sister. And I couldn't wait.

I jumped up and ran into Luke and my mother's arms squeezing them tight. "I'm so happy for you too." I croaked, getting teary.

"Clary, honey don't cry" said my mom sweetly.

"You're going to be a big sister," Luke said, staring me in the eyes.

I smiled and laughed. "I'm gonna love that little monster so much!"

Everyone laughed as I walked back to my seat.

I heard the dinging sound again, and looked up to see Jace, standing up, preparing to give a speech.

Jace POV

I stood up nervously, deciding to tell everyone now. I mean why not? Everyone was here, they were going to find out soon enough.

I shakily tapped my knife againsist the side of my glass to see everyone looking at me with curious faces. I glanced round and saw Magnus and Alec looking at me expectantly.

"Uh, I also have some news as well. Clary and I are engaged," I said.

I heard a squeak next to me and turned to see Isabelle bombarding into Clary, squealing. "Oh my god, you're getting married. We have to buy the wedding dress, flowers and –"

"Izzy calm down, I'm not getting married right now," Clary said calmly.

"I know. BUT IT IS JUST SO EXCITING." As Izzy continued to babble on I wandered towards Luke and Jocelyn.

"I hope you don't mind me marrying your daughter." I said quietly, nervous of my fiancés mother's reaction.

"Of course not. In fact I'll be glad to call you my son in law." She replied and stepped forward to embrace me. Surprised I stiffened but then loosed and returned it.

I was officially going to marry Clary.

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