"Jace," I whispered against Jace's face peppering his cheeks and lips with kisses as I tried to wake him up. "Wake up, baby." His eyes fluttered open and his smile almost blinded me. I kissed his perfect lips before he could say anything.

"Good morning, Red," he said holding me to his chest. I pushed off of him and stood next to the bed so he could see my profile.

"Look." I lifted up my shirt so my belly was showing. "Don't I look bigger?"

"Is that a trick question?" He was leaning on his side smirking and scratching his head.

"No, it's not a trick question. I just want to know if you can tell that I'm pregnant yet." Jace got up from the bed and wrapped his arms around me resting his hands on my belly.

"I think you look more beautiful than ever." He kissed my temple and squeezed me tight before making his way to the bathroom to shower.

"That's not answering my question, Jace." I huffed as I stood in the doorway of the bathroom. "Just tell me I look fat."

"Yeah, that's not going to happen." I looked down at my stomach and there was definitely something there, but it might have just looked like I had eaten too much the night before.

"Fine, next time you ask me if your biceps got bigger, I'll just avoid the question." Jace threw his head back and laughed before dropping a kiss on the top of my head. He bent down so his face was level with my stomach and kissed it before talking to the baby. He insisted that the baby needed to learn his voice so he would know whom his daddy was.

"Your mom is crazy, little guy, but I love her and I love you." My eyes filled with tears. Stupid hormones. "I need to get in the shower so we won't be late."

I nodded as he turned to get in the shower. Today we were going for my twenty-week appointment where we would find out the sex of the baby. I thought it was a boy and Jace refused to predict what it was.

"I told Isabelle we would stop by after our appointment to see the baby," I yelled toward the bathroom. Jace grunted in response, which I took as approval. Either way, we were going.

Isabelle and Simon welcomed their daughter, Tessa, into the world three weeks before. It was truly amazing watching our best friends make the transformation into parents and it made us even more excited for our child to arrive.

After I got dressed and ready, I patiently waited downstairs for Jace to be ready. It would take us at least half an hour to get to the doctor's office and I was extremely anxious to get there. I was about to leave without him when he sauntered down the staircase and met me by the door with a kiss.

"You really aren't going to guess what it is," I asked as I glanced down at my belly. His hand covered mine as he leaned in to kiss my cheek.

"No, because I don't care what it is as long as it's healthy and ours," he whispered.

"You're so lame." I took his hand and dragged him toward the garage so we could leave. He helped me into the car even though I thought he was being ridiculous and I didn't need help.

Jace went around to the driver's side and buckled himself in before starting the car and backing out of the garage. I plugged my phone in to his radio and started playing my music. He looked over to me and gave me a questioning look when a Linkin Park song came on.

"Since when do you listen to my kind of music," he asked looking back and forth between the road and me.

"Since I was in the gym and felt the baby move like crazy last week. He likes your music."

He reached over and rested his hand on my stomach. I'm pretty sure that was his new favorite part of me. Instead of holding my hand, he would hold my belly, like he was making sure we were all together.

When we pulled into a parking spot at the doctor's office, I jumped out of the truck immediately and started speed walking toward the entrance, not bothering to wait for Jace. I was too excited. I had no idea how people could be surprised about the sex of their babies. I wanted to know what I was having the second I found out I was pregnant. I'm just not a patient person. Apparently, Jace didn't care so I'm sure he could have waited, but I wanted to know now.

"Hey, Speed Racer, hold up," Jace shouted as he grabbed my arm, pulling me to a stop outside the front door. "Can you just slow down for a second? I want to savor this moment, okay?"

"Fine, but I just really want to know what we're having."

"I know, me too." He pulled me into his arms and held me for a minute before taking a deep breath and opening the door for me to go inside.

After we checked in, it seemed like we waited for years for our names to be called. When they were, I jumped out of my seat, accidentally elbowing Jace in the side of his head with excitement. He yelped and I threw my hands to cover my face in embarrassment. He laughed it off and pulled me into his side to lead me toward the nurse who would take us to the examination room. I leaned up and kissed the side of his head, making the injury all better, I'm sure.

As we waited for the doctor to come in, I put on the robe they provided and sat on the edge of the exam table while Jace sat on the chair next to me. I held his hand in both of mine and rested them on my lap. He squeezed my hands forcing me to look at him and when I did, he had the most beautiful smile on his face as he winked at me. He was perfect.

The doctor came in and did some measurements before asking if we would like to know what we were having.

"Yes," I almost yelled and the doctor and Jace both stifled laughs as she turned the sonogram machine on.

She squirted some goo on my stomach that made me flinch from it's coldness and maneuvered the wand on my stomach to try and get the best view of our baby. She did this for a few minutes before I started to freak out. Before I could ask any questions, she pointed to the screen to show us where the baby was.

"This right here is your baby," she said softly as she moved the wand again. "And if I can get the right angel, we can see what we're having." Some more movements before she stopped the wand, pressed a button on the machine and froze the image. "Congratulations, it's a boy."

I smiled widely because I was right and the tears that filled my eyes flowed freely. Jace's hand tightened on mine and I looked over to him. The doctor excused herself and told us to take all the time we needed. As soon as the door closed and before I could say anything, Jace's lips were on mine. He held the back of my neck in his hand holding me to him. My lips moved against his and my tears mixed in with our kisses.

When we finally pulled away, we were both breathless and laughing. Jace rested his forehead against mine and kissed the tip of my nose.

"God, I love you, so much," he whispered as his breaths hit my face. "Let's get out of here."

I nodded and he helped me up from the table before I got dressed and followed him out of the office. I made my next appointment and before I knew it, we were in the car on our way to Isabelle's house. He held my hand across the console and I couldn't stop staring at him with his beautiful smile that never left his face.

We were going to have a son; a son that I hoped would grow up to be just like his father.

"Did you really not have a preference of what we had," I asked with an accusatory tone in my voice.

"Open up the glove box," he said with a tilt of his head in the direction of the glove box.

When I opened it, I saw two tiny little gloves, small enough for a toddler. I knew it. He totally wanted a boy, but was being all sensitive saying he didn't care either way. He wanted a little boy running around the gym as much as I did.

"Are these MMA gloves for a toddler," I asked looking over to him. He laughed and reached over to take one.

"You've got to start them young," he replied staring at the tiny glove that barely fit on his finger.

"I knew you wanted a boy!" I pointed an accusing finger at him and he feigned shock.

"How dare you. Those gloves could be for a girl, too. Not that I would ever let my daughter fight, but still."

"You're so cute, Jace Herondale."

"I know."

"Oh, there's the confidence I know and love." We laughed together as Jace pulled into Simon and Isabelle's driveway. After Jace turned the engine off, we sat in the car for a moment, letting the events of the day sink in.

We were going to have a baby. A son. We were going to have this little, tiny life that depended on us for it's life and I couldn't be more excited.

"Should we tell Isabelle that we're having a boy," Jace asked as we got out of the truck. He pulled me to him so he could hold my hand and rest his other hand on my belly.

"Are you kidding," I said waving him off. "She'll be ridiculously excited claiming that Tessa and our boy will be best friends before they fall madly in love and get married making us in-laws. She'll have the whole wedding planned before the baby is even born."

"You're right. Her head might explode. This should be fun."

We laughed as we used our key to their house to let ourselves inside. Why we used the key, I still didn't know. If I had a dollar for every time we walked in on them being romantic on the couch or kitchen counter or entryway floor, I would be a rich woman. We made as little noise as possible in case Tessa was asleep. Whoever woke Tessa up immediately declared they had a death wish. Isabelle and Simon were sleep deprived and generally cranky.

As we rounded the corner to enter the living room, we saw the most adorable sight in the world. Simon and Isabelle were sleeping with their heads leaning against each other. Tessa was asleep in between them and each of them was holding one of Tessa's hands. I immediately wished I had my camera with me. Luckily, I always kept a point-and-shoot in my purse.

I didn't want to wake them up, so I made my way to Isabelle's office with Jace following me. I printed out the picture and left it on their kitchen counter with a note saying we were there and we would see them later. We locked the door behind us and made our way home.

Sometimes, I can't believe this is my life. I'm married to the love of my life and having his son. Our best friends have found a meaning to life in their daughter and we all lived this magnificent life that I couldn't have dreamed up if I tried. All of my dreams had come true and then some. Jace made my dreams come true and made me believe that I deserved the life he gave me.

A/N: Thanks for reading! I had a lot of fun writing this chapter and I hope you liked it as well. So, I'm thinking two more chapters before the epilogue, which will lead in to the sequel. I have had the best time writing this fic and just realized that I started this in February and it's been an awesome couple of months. I can't thank you enough for your support through this and I'm so happy with how this story has been received.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

Let me know what you think, as always, because I love to hear from you! :)

P.S. I started another TMI fic yesterday, so check it out if you want to. It's called I left My Heart in the Ocean and I'm really excited about it! :)