18 The Dream

(Jace's Pov)

"Hey honey, I'm home," Clary says while placing her bag on the side table and closing the door. She goes upstairs while calling my name trying to find me. I yell out her name and tell her to come into the nursery. As soon as she comes in she goes straight to the crib and picks up our baby girl. I get up out of the chair and go behind Clary. I wrap my arms around her waist and kiss her head. Clary looks up at me and smiles. After a little bit we looked down at her to see her sleeping. Clary starts rocking her back and forth in her arms. "She's beautiful," Clary says, bending her head down and kissing her softly on her forehead. My smile gets bigger when I start to think about how much Amelia takes after Clary. I then start rubbing her waist with my hands.

"Just like her mother," I say while kissing her cheek. After that she puts Amelia back in her crib and turns around, wrapping her arms around my neck. She leans in and presses her lips against mine. I tighten my hold on her and start walking back out of the room. I close the door behind us and push Clary up against the hallway wall. After a little bit I started to zone out, I kept on hearing an angelic voice call out for me.

"Jace honey, wake up," Clary says while shaking me. I slowly open my eyes to see my beautiful redhead laying on top of me. A smile then appears on my lips as I'm staring into her gorgeous emerald green eyes.

"Morning beautiful," I say as I take one of my hands up to her face. I take a strand of her hair out of her face and tuck it behind her ear. Clary then scoots closer and buries her head in my neck.

"Morning honey did you sleep okay?" Clary asks.

"Yeah, I did. I had the best dream ever," I say thinking about the dream. She then lifts her head up and looks at me with a curious face. She then places her hands on my chest and lays her chin on top of them.

"Oh, what was it?" She asks gently. I try to think of some sort of reason why I can't tell her about the dream I had, but my mind was shooting blanks. Multiple scenarios rushed through my head until a sudden rush of impulse flows through my veins.

My lips collide with Clary's and I kiss her deeply, pushing her onto the bed in a buzzing rush. Clary's lips are soft and demanding against the hungry motions of her mouth, parting with frenetic desperation that I am eager to fulfill. My hands make their way down to her waist, eliciting soft, breathy sounds from her lips. I bit her bottom lip in a desperate attempt to cure my need for her, which only made me want more. Our bodies pressed together, toe to hips to chests, flush together with building heat. I lean in for more, but Clary breaks away.

"Hehe, what was that all about?" Her voice is quiet and her breath is heavy.

"I just wanted you," I say, placing my hand on her cheek.

"You could have just warned me," Clary says giggling a bit. Clary gets up off me and goes over to her drawer to grab some clothes. I get up out of the bed and I sneak over to her. I grab her clothes that are in her hand and reach my arm up high to keep the clothes away from her. She then turns around and quickly starts jumping up and down trying to grab the set of clothes out of my hands. "Give it back unless you want me to be naked," Clary says as she stops jumping and crosses her arms.

"Now that I think about that I wouldn't mind that," I say as a smirk appears on my face.

"Shut up and give me my clothes back," Clary says while she starts jumping again trying really hard to get her clothes back. She then suddenly stops jumping and walks away. Before I am able to turn around to see where she went, she jumps on my back. She holds on tight and takes one hand to reach for her clothes. I try to stretch my arm higher up, but I lose my balance and fall to the ground, causing Clary to fall on top of me. As she falls down on top of me, she elbows me in the stomach. I groan putting my hands on my stomach causing me to drop her clothes. She then quickly grabs her clothes and starts mocking me. I start to bust out laughing at her cute face as she's making fun of me. I start to lean in closer, trying to kiss her, but she quickly gets up and puts her clothes on top of her dresser. She then goes over to the window seat and sits down, staring out the window. I get up and walk towards her putting my hand on her shoulder.

"What's wrong Clary," I say while giving her a little massage.

"Everything is fine, it's just I'm not ready," Clary says looking up at me.

"Clary it's okay, I understand. I don't care about sex." I say and bring my head down to kiss her cheek. I bring my hand up, gently caressing her face. She leans into my hand, a soft smile painted on her lips. It was so peaceful, even if only for a moment, then there was a blinding light. Then next thing I woke up to see Alec sitting by my side. My ears are ringing so bad that I can't hear anything. I look around to see that my room is destroyed. Pieces of the walls and roof are everywhere. As I slowly get up, I get a really bad pain in my left leg. Clary! I then remembered Clary; I looked around the room, but there was no sign of her. Until my eyes came across Izzy sitting on the floor crying while holding something in her hands. I looked closely to see that it was a body. I quickly start running towards them ignoring the pain shooting through my leg. When I get there, I lay down on the floor next to Izzy. I looked at Clary's face and it was covered in bruises and there was a lot of blood. She had multiple cuts on her arms and legs. I can feel the tears dripping down my face as I grab her hand and hold it tight. Izzy takes her stele and activates Clary's Iratze rune. After she does that, I look at Clary's face to see if anything changes. Nothing happens, but I can hear her still breathing, but it's faint. I take my hand and caress her face gently as more tears threaten to fall out. I then wrap my arms around her body and get up while adjusting the way I'm holding her. I turn around and start walking to the infirmary. The more I walk the more pain I feel in my left leg.

I kick the infirmary door open with my right leg and rush her over to one of the beds. Alec takes out his phone and calls Magnus. Izzy comes in later and goes to the opposite side of her bed. We just sit there and wait for Magnus to come. I grab her hand and squeeze it tight as more tears come out.