Authors Note:

So, I was going to end this story after I showed you all what their future was like, but I'm having too much fun writing about their kids, so I'm going to continue it for as long as I see fit following the journey or the kids, the facility, and also Clary and Jace! Hope you all enjoy! Let me know what you think! :)

Chapter Eleven

Time Jump – Ten Years Later

Clary POV:

Things with the twins have been crazy. From a young age they were really involved with everything around here. We taught Jacqueline and Patrick how to snowboard and figure skate and we let them decide what they were interested in. Turns out Jacqueline was a natural on a snowboard, and Patrick loved figure skating. We were shocked when they told us what we wanted to do, but we supported them nonetheless, and we loved that we could have these kinds of relationships with our kids. It was a normal Tuesday, and Jacqueline was out on the half pipe with Jace, and Patrick was in the rink with Julian, working on his new routine. I was slaving over a hot stove getting dinner ready for them since I knew that they would all come in ready to eat an entire cow. I heard the door opened and suddenly three hungry looking people came running into the kitchen.

"Where's the fire?" I ask and they all laugh.

"It smells amazing mom." Jacqueline said and her and Jace smelled so bad.

"Well, you won't be eating until you shower. God, you two smell." I said and Jace came over and wrapped me in a hug. "Jace! You smell horrible!" I yelled and the kids laughed.

"Alright, we'll go shower." He said as he kissed my cheek. I watched him and Jacqueline walk upstairs and I couldn't help but smile. Patrick sat down at the bar and was just starring at me.

"What's on your mind bud?" I ask and he sighs. "Did practice suck or something?"

"No, practice was great, but…" He started but cut himself off.

"But what?"

"You know that new girl, Christie?" He said and I nod. "Well, she kinda cornered me after practice and asked me out."

"Really?" I said with surprise.

"Yea, and I don't know what to do."

"Why not?"

"I don't know, I've never really thought about it before, I mean I'm only 10." He said and I laughed.

"Well, do you like her?"

"She's pretty, and she's a really good ice skater." He said and I smiled. "She's not taller than me, that's also a plus." He said and I laughed.

"So what's the problem?" I asked and he put his head down on the counter.

"What if I say yes and our date sucks?" He asks and I come around the counter and sit next to him.

"I think you should talk to dad about this. He was quite the ladies man when he was younger." I said and just on cue Jace and Jacqueline came back into the kitchen. "Speak of the devil. You'll be fine Patrick."

"What's wrong with Patrick?" Jace asks as he takes a seat next to him.

"Christie asked him out, and he's scared that he'll mess it up." I said and Patrick groaned.

"You're my son, you could never mess it up with the ladies." Jace said and Patrick laughed. "You just have to do something that you know she'll like."

"What did you do for mom?" Jacqueline asks and I couldn't help but smile.

"Your dad took me to a gazebo in the middle of the forest with a frozen lake and freshly fallen snow. It was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been." I said and Jacqueline smiled and so did Jace.

"Sounds romantic." Jacqueline said and I smiled at her.

"It was sweetheart. And he's been surprising me with even more romantic gestured every chance he gets." I said.

"Like what?" Jacqueline asks. She might be a total badass on the half pipe but she was such a sap when it came to romance.

"Well, after we both won our gold medals, he surprised me in that same gazebo with a picnic waiting for me, and than he surprised me with the rinks here."

"Really?" Patrick asked.

"Yea. This was your dads dream first. He had it all figured out before we even met. But after we spent four years apart, we realized that we just couldn't go back to living that way, and he asked me to be his partner, and here we are." I said and Jacqueline looked like she was about to burst at the seams. I took the food and started setting the table for dinner. "You know, you might find someone in the most unexpected places kids. Sometimes its all about the path you go down." I said which caused Jace to smirk.

"What path did you take?" Patrick asked.

"Well, it was a little path that I found when I was taking a break from grandma. It looked peaceful, so I decided to take it. When I found the clearing, I saw a man sitting on a bench, he looked like he had a hard day, so I thought maybe we could wallow together. When I sat down, he looked up at me and our eyes locked and it was history. Here we are today." I said and everyone took a seat at the table.

"So, without the Olympics, you two wouldn't have met?" Patrick asks and I look at Jace and smile.

"No. Your father grew up here, and I grew up in America. Our paths would have never crossed if it weren't for the Olympics, or that our parents were very over bearing when it came to practice. We met by chance, but it was the most amazing thing in the world." I said and Jace smiled at me.

"Although, I like to believe we would have found each other eventually. See kids, your mom and I were meant to be. We're soulmates, and soulmates always find each other in the end." Jace said and I couldn't help but smile.

"See? He just gets more romantic has time goes on." I said and Jace smirked. "Patrick, you'll never know if you don't at least try. I promise you, the date won't suck if you do something you both enjoy." I said and he smiled.

"Alright mom. I'll let her know tomorrow!" He said and we all started eating. Throughout the whole dinner I couldn't stop looking at Jace, even have all these years he still gives me butterflies. We had a good life, and I couldn't be happier. Although, I was soon dragged out of my thoughts when a piece of bread his me in the head. I looked around the table at who did it, and the kids both looked at each other.

"It was dad!" Jacqueline and Patrick both shouted at the same time. And I couldn't help but laugh. I picked up my piece of bread and threw it back at him. Yup, life with Jace was amazing, but sometimes so immature.