The baby's kick sent a small shockwave through the girl's body. "Hey, calm down in there" she said laughing a little and pressing a hand gently to her stomach. Clary sighed gently.

It had taken her a while to agree with Jace about a baby. She'd always wanted kids but she was so young to be starting a family. It had only been a few years since the great war with Sebastian and although it was all over, Clary was always cautious about anything that could stop her hunting. But in the end, she had given in to Jace's wishes.

"You ok?" said Jace wrapping his arms around her as he walked in the room. She smiled slightly. "I'm fine." she said. Jace frowned a little. "I'm okay, honestly! And the baby is fine too." said Clary seeing his face. He relaxed a little. Clary pressed a light kiss to his cheek. "Haven't you got something to do just now anyway?" she asked.

Jace rolled his eyes. "If I can find them, I would! We really should keep them on leads!" he exclaimed. Clary smiled a little. "Greenhouse? Library?" she suggested. "Nope" said Jace with a sigh. "Training room?" she suggested. Jace made a face. "I haven't checked there yet, actually." he said. Clary took his hand. "Come on..." she said leading him up to the training room.

Jace put his hand on the door of the training room to open it. "I'll go." said Clary firmly pushing the door open. Two heads whirled round to look at her.

After the war, many children had been left without parents or even family of any kind to look after them. The clave had managed to find homes for lots of them, but there were a few they had trouble with. One of these were twins, Poppy and Greg Youngblood. Clary had insisted, once she and Jace had moved in together full time, that they took them in. And with a lot of persuasion and a lot of kisses, Jace had given in.

Poppy and Greg had been 8 years old and very shy when they had first come to live with Clary and Jace, but over the past few years they had blossomed and were now confident, bright and sarcastic teenagers, though Clary was sure the last was a side effect of living with Jace. They smiled a little as she walked in.

"What are you doing?" she asked. Greg gestured to a chess board set up between them. Clary rolled her eyes. "What about your training?" she asked. Poppy sighed. "We're nearly finished. Please, can we just have 20 more minutes?" she asked with an innocence that Clary was sure not many teenagers had any more. Clary bit her lip and sighed. "15 minutes" she said "But this needs to be away by the time Jace gets here. Okay?" Poppy and Greg grinned. "Thanks Clary! You're the best!" said Greg as she left the room.

"Training?" asked Jace hopefully as she shut the door behind her. "Chess" she said simply. Jace sighed. "I said 15 minutes. Then they'll train." she said taking his hand and leading him away. "They really should train. They can't exactly go up to a demon and say 'I'm sorry, I can't fight you. But I can play chess with you, if you'd like that?'" said Jace. Clary smiled. "You can't say they're bad. They can actually fight pretty well." she said. "Yes I realised that when I interrupted Poppy while she was reading yesterday." he said. "Yes. Well, it's your fault for leaving a knife in the library. She does have good aim." said Clary. "Well, I wasn't expecting a 14 year old to manage to pin my t-shirt to the wall with a knife!" exclaimed Jace. Clary smiled a little.

Most of the time the twins were great. They both trained hard, worked well and got along but you could never really underestimate them. Clary knew that if they hadn't been taken in, they would have been sent to the Shadowhunter Academy in Idris. She was sure they would have done brilliantly as fighters but perhaps not as people. It had taken a while to gain their trust when they arrived, but eventually they had begun to trust her and Jace. Now though, they were perfectly open with Clary and Jace and they were always ready to learn. Clary was happy, and a little surprised, that Poppy had asked her to teach her how to draw. Meanwhile, Greg had already hit Grade 2 piano with a bit of tuition from Jace.

A few hours, and two injuries later, Clary was serving up curry to the group at the table. "Remind me to ring Alec after" said Jace. "I think we need to draught in an archery expert, I'm not sure I can manage two teenagers with bow and arrows." Clary nodded. "When can we go hunting?" asked Greg. "When I can get Isabelle and Alec to come round" said Jace. The twins began to protest. "I am not going out there with you two without backup and seeing as Clary is pregnant, that leaves Alec and Izzy." "And Simon" added Clary. "And Simon" confirmed Jace.

Clary brushed her shoulder absent-mindedly. A few months after Simon had finished his training in Idris, she and him had had their parabatai ceremony. That was years ago now, Clary thought, but she could still feel the mark being put on her shoulder. It was great to be parabatai with Simon, even if she was always worried about him when they hunted. Neither of them was particularly advanced, even if her ability with runes helped, so they normally hunted with Jace, Alec and Izzy.

The chime of the doorbell was clear. "Who's that?" asked Jace with a frown. "It might be Simon. He said he might pop round at some point." said Clary. Poppy stood up from the table. "I'll get it." she said leaving the table. Greg shrugged at Clary and Jace and followed her.

There was a loud clatter from the hallway and Clary and Jace darted to see what was going on. Clary turned the corner to see Poppy pinning a young man to the wall, sword in hand, and Greg slightly behind her, his dagger out, eyeing the man with suspicion.

"Poppy! Would you mind not trying to kill the guest?" said Jace taking the sword off her. Poppy muttered an apology to the man, who seemed quite glad not to have a sword pointed at him.

"Zachariah, right?" asked Jace shaking the man's hand. Zachariah nodded.

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Maybe, if you're nice you might check out my other stories! Alicante Holiday Camp and its sequel Alicante Holiday Camp : The Chaos Continues are longer but good if you want a proper story, but I have also written some super fluffy oneshots! (Forever and Just Now, Costumes and Moving On!)

Also, if you like The Infernal Devices please check out my new oneshot with Cecily and Gabriel, Love and Life!

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PS- Can I just bring up TFiOS movie? It is amazing. I have not recovered from it. I don't normally cry at films but I was a state coming out of the cinema! I totally recommend it!

PPS- Can I also bring up Sherlock? (I don't know if it's just a British thing or not!) It's been confirmed Series 4 will air 2015 and a special will be coming out before then! AHHHH!