Stone Circle Round and Round

Her mother met her blunt words with a laugh, and Clary's nerves melted to a smile. Truly, the girl couldn't ever remember a time when her mother got upset with her, even when she'd confessed to sneaking out with Steph.

Valette's words, however, came as absolute garbley-gook, and Clary somehow bit her tongue, probably a by-product of the confusion from the sheer weirdness of what her mom was trying to tell her. Her thoughts fired as she rapidly tried to process. Pregnant? The heck was that? Big sister? But she had always been the youngest. Babies?? Clary sure didn't remember ever making mother fat, nor did she remember Steph and Ezra doing that, either. But - what mom had said - this meant the babies were getting bigger? No, no, getting fat only meant you were getting bigger - though Clary gave a quick glance down to check her own belly, and felt relief when she saw only her same old spindly limbs beneath her - but what babies? As far as she could see, Easthollow was completely void of those. So she plopped back on her haunches and splayed her ears with a simple confession, "I'm confused."

Hahaha I would love to see her become a mother some day! And if she's a good one, it'll come as no surprise to me - she's learning from the best, after all! (: