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Here it is, Chapter 23. Hope you like it! (and maybe you should get a bit surprised!)
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Chapter 23
Sebastian held the glass door open for her as she walked into the little shop. It had a cosy feeling, like you were at home. There were two couches sitting opposite each other on one side of the room, a wooden counter with lots of sticky notes and receipts on it stood in front of another door. He closed the door behind her and dinged the bell on the counter. Clary heard someone yell from behind the door, "Coming!"
The door opened to show a girl, she looked like she was either in her early twenties or late teens, she was tall, had big hips and bust, she had long wavy brown hair that fell down her shoulders, she was wearing a long dark purple skirt and brown singlet, a tape measure hung around her neck, she also had a lot of bracelets on.
She walked over to them, "Hi I'm Carla," Clary immediately noticed her South African accent but she could also hear the hint of French and what seemed to be American, "You must be my 10:30 appointment."
"Yes," Sebastian reached out and shook her hand, "this is Clary, my fiancé,"
'fiancé? I guess he had to tell her something'.
"We have a shadow hunter ceremony to go to and it's very important so we're here to get her fitted for a ceremony dress."
"Of course, I've done my fair share of Shadowhunter ceremony dresses, is there any particular runes you would like me to put on the dress aside from the traditional ones?"
Sebastian grinned, "Yes, we would like to add, Power and Loyalty."
"Of course, now if you'd like to follow me to the fitting room Clary and you sir can take a seat in the waiting chairs."
Sebastian took a seat on one of the couches as Clary followed Carla through the door and into the fitting room, the room had two tables one had two sewing machines and the other had designs and material scattered about it. In the middle of the room was a circle that was higher than the ground. Carla gestured for her to stand up on it, she then went over and scattered through some material, pulling out different shades of red, she then compared each shade with Clary's skin tone; finally settling on a dark red. She started measuring Clary and recording the measurements in a little pink book with a fluffy pink pen. When she was measuring Clary's waist she brushed her hair behind her ear, exposing her pointed green ears.
Clary looked at them curiously, "Warlock?"
The girl smiled, "You noticed. Yeah I'm a warlock, three hundred years old actually but I don't do magic, only when I have to. Like if I'm running out of time to do a dress I snap it finished."
"Why don't you just do that anyway, it would make things a lot easier?"
She smiled again, "Because I love doing what I do, I love making clothes and fashion, it's what I live for."
"Cool." Clary answered simply.
As she started measuring Clary's hips she asked, "I didn't know if I should have asked this when your fiancé was around or not, but would you like me to add the fertility rune on the gown?"
Clary was puzzled, "What are talking about?"
"It's just that sometimes when a shadow huntress is pregnant she likes to have her clothes embroidered with the fertility symbol."
"But I'm not pregnant." She looked at Carla confused.
"Umm sorry to tell you this but you are. It's part of my gift, I can see people's ora and your ora says you are pregnant."
"What... No… You must be mistaken..." Clary's hands started shaking.
Carla could see how Clary was reacting and decided to back down, "You're probably right, It's been a while since I've seen a pregnancy ora I could be wrong it could just mean your about to be on your period or something."
"Yeah..."
The two girls were quiet for the rest of the fitting, once Carla was finished she and Clary left the fitting room to meet Sebastian in the front room.
"It will be ready in two weeks today. Enjoy the rest of your day and thank you for choosing Carla's Pandemonium Fashion for your clothing needs."
Clary and Sebastian walked out of the shop and started walking down the street in silence.
After three minutes of silence Sebastian broke it, "Clary what's wrong?"
She didn't know how to answer, what if she was pregnant, how would he react, how would she handle it, how could this have happened, well she knew perfectly well HOW it happened she just never expected this but then again maybe she was over reacting maybe Carla was wrong.
Clary was snapped out of her racing thoughts by Sebastian, "Clary? Babe? What's wrong?"
"umm... I'm not feeling well, is there a drug store around here somewhere."
Sebastian pointed to the store behind her, "Thanks, I'll only be a moment can I borrow some money?"
"Sure." He handed her 50 Euro.
She rushed into the store and picked up three different pregnancy tests. She took them over to the counter, paid for them and asked to have them in a brown bag; she didn't want Sebastian jumping to conclusions like she was. She came out of the store and gave him the change.
"Are you ok? If you're not feeling well we can go home."
She immediately nodded. They walked back to the apartment, as soon as they were inside, she told him she was going upstairs to lie down. As soon as she got out of his sight she ran into her bathroom, locked the door and pulled out the tests. She followed the instructions and waited the minute for each one. She placed them on the counter with the code for them above it.
She cautiously picked up the first code and test-
Code- One blue line = Positive two red lines = Negative
Test - One blue line
Clary's stomach sank a little
She placed down the first test and picked up the second one
Code- a blue O = positive A red X = negative
Test - a blue O
Clary's hands started to shake
She placed the second test down and picked up the third
Code- P=positive N=negative
Test- P
Clary dropped to the ground shaking, she started crying, 'What am gonna do? I can't have a kid? I'm to young! And with my Brother! Why did I get myself mixed up in this? How is he going to react? What if doesn't want a kid? What if he kills me because if it? I DOT EVEN WANT A KID!' She couldn't stop crying, her cries getting louder and louder, she had curled up into a ball, rocking herself back and forth.
She jerked her head up as she heard Sebastian on the other side of the door, "Clary! What's wrong?"
She couldn't move, couldn't speak, all she could do was cry. She heard him try the door handle, but it was locked, he started banging on the door, not with anger but worry, "Clary! Clary let me in! Tell me what's wrong! Are you hurt?"
She suddenly heard sizzling and then the door handle fell to the floor. The door swung open and Sebastian was immediately at her side pulling her against his chest, stroking her in an attempt to calm her, "What's wrong? Clary tell me what's wrong?" She still had test three in her hand, it took all her energy to hand it to him. He took it from her and looked at it cautiously, his expression went blank, he let go of her and went over to the other tests, Clary watched him worryingly. She was scared of how he was going to react. He turned around a genuine smile on his face.
"You're pregnant?"
She put all her energy into nodding without crying, her voice was shaking, "You... You.. You're ... n... n... not.. up... upset?"
He kneeled down in front of her, he cupped her cheek in his hand, "Why would I be upset? I'm having a child with you. Clary you have the best heart I know, why wouldn't I want a child with you?"
"Because... I'm ... I... I'm... Your sister."
He chuckled under his breath, "So? Haven't we gotten past that?"
She smiled weakly, the tears had stopped, he leaned forward and brushed his lips against hers, "I Lov-." They both jumped as the heard a huge bang from downstairs, Sebastian stood up, with a worried look on his face.
He looked down at Clary who was still curled up in a ball, "Wait here, try not to make any noise and don't open the door to anyone else aside from me."
She nodded and he exited the bathroom, closing the door behind him. Clary shoved herself into a corner; she flinched every time she heard a noise. There was fighting going on downstairs but she was too much of a wreck to move. Suddenly she heard footsteps outside, she heard the person open the wardrobe door and then she heard the footsteps stop in front of the bathroom's she pushed herself against he wall and prayed that they wouldn't come in here or if they did it was Sebastian.
The door burst open to show a shadow hunter in fighting gear, he had cuts on his arms, he had golden hair and eyes, he was beautiful like an angel and then Clary realised who it was and her heart sank, 'Jace...'
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