yayy second part tessa telling sohpie plsss, and maybe gideon present too plsss
Sorry!! I wrote parts of this in a bunch of different places, and I had lost a part, so I was looking for it for the longest time, before I gave up and just ended up rewriting the part, only to find it right after I was done 😂 Basically, my life is a mess.
I love you even though I hadn't met you yet—Extra scene (I feel so professional calling it an extra😎)
Tessa knocked on the Lightwood’s door, slightly dismayed at the sound that came from the other side after doing so.
Suddenly, the door was yanked open to reveal Gideon standing in the threshold, two tiny hands hanging from his shoulders. Those tiny hands eventually revealed a tiny face that had been hiding behind her father’s back, one that Tessa hadn’t realized resembled Gideon so much. Though Barbara had Sophie’s eyes, their shape was identical to Gideon’s, as was her smile. Tessa couldn’t help but smile at how they looked together.
She almost put a hand to her lower abdomen, feeling a pulling sensation in her heart at the thought of her own child looking like her lovely Will.
“Tessa,” Gideon said, reaching back to grab Barbara. He managed to turn her around so that she was now perched at his hip. “You must be here to see Sophie.” He stepped aside to let her in.
“I am. She’s here, is she not?”
Gideon nodded with a slight smile, as if the very thought of his wife provoked a smile out of him. Tessa couldn’t believe she used to think Gideon wasn’t good enough for Sophie when they’d first started fancying each other. Though, to be fair, she didn’t know him very well when she was young.
Barbara began squirming in Gideon’s arms. He put her down and she sped out of view. “Behave yourself!” He called after her, before turning back to Tessa. “She’s in the parlor. She’ll be ecstatic that you’re here.”
Tessa smiled. “Then she will share my sentiments; I could hardly sleep all night in anticipation of coming here today! Oh, but where are my manners, how are you Gideon? It’s been a while since we’ve last conversed.”
“I’m well. I do love it here in Idris.”
Tessa nodded in agreement, “Will and I were going to come for a couple of days in the summer to Herondale manor, get some fresh air.”
Gideon chuckled, “Yes, that London air is something else.”
“Thicker than honey,” Tessa agreed.
When they made it to the parlor, Sophie looked up, her lips turning up into a brilliant smile.
“Tessa! You’re back, and so soon! How delightful,” she exclaimed, getting up and catching her in a hug.
“Mama, Papa, look at what I made!” Barbara yelled. Both Sophie and Gideon looked pained.
“I’ll brave the thunder dome,” Gideon said. “But only because Tessa seems to be exploding with news.”
Sophie turned to Tessa. “News?”
Tessa grinned at her.
Gideon took his leave and Sophie wished him luck on his way out. “He lied,” She said. “He always braves the thunder dome, when he’s here and not working, that is. I’m entirely selfish.”
Tessa giggled. “Poor Gideon, you treat him unjustly.”
“Only on matters such as these.” Sophie said with a wink. “But enough of that, what news do you have? I’m simply dying of curiosity.”
Tessa bit her bottom lip in anticipation. She took both of Sophie’s hands and looked into her eyes.
“I’m pregnant.” She said, quick enough that she might as well have merged the two words into one. She had wanted to break the news in a different fashion, perhaps saying something witty so that Sophie would realize herself, instead of blurting it out, but she simply couldn’t contain herself.
Sophie’s jaw dropped and her eyes widened.
“TESSA!” Sophie screamed, throwing her arms around her with the strength of a hurricane. “Oh darling, I’m so incredibly happy for you! Oh, lord, what a blessing!”
“Thank you, Sophie darling,” Tessa said, grinning. “You have no idea how much I was dying to tell you.”
“How far along are you?” Sophie asked, “it can’t be much. Why, you were just here only a short while ago, were you not? Oh, I never know, after becoming a mother, I have lost all conception of time.” Sophie shook her head, before her eyes lit up. She reached to grab Tessa’s hands, “Oh Tessa, soon you shall know what it is like!”
Tessa giggled at Sophie’s ranting. Her friend tended to speak excessively when she was excited. Her accent also slipped, her practiced proper English swapping out for the cockney she grew up speaking.
“Only a couple of weeks!” Tessa replied.
Sophie’s hands fluttered every which way, not quite sure what to do with them. “Oh Tessa—”
Gideon burst into the room, his expression distraught. “What happened?” he asked frantically.
He caught sight of Tessa and Sophie, who looked at him blankly. Gideon’s shoulders dropped.
“By the angel, Sophia. What on earth possessed you to scream like that? I thought someone had died.”
“Died? Oh Gideon, you blow everything out of proportion.”
“Out of proportion? You screamed bloody murder!”
“It was a mild reaction, considering the news that Tessa told me. She’s pregnant Gideon!” Sophie said, before slapping a hand over her mouth.
“Are you really?” Gideon asked Tessa. “That’s wonderful, Tessa. Congratulations.”
Tessa grinned at him. Gideon had a way of saying things with such sincerity that one couldn’t help but smile.
“Oh goodness, you probably wanted to keep it a secret and now I’ve gone and told Gideon. I’m the absolute worst.” Sophie said.
Tessa laughed. “Don’t worry Sophie, of course I expected you to tell Gideon.”
“Who else have you told?” Sophie asked.
“Only the two of you and Jem, who told me I was expecting. Oh, and Will of course.”
“You told the father of your child before us?” Sophie said. “How could you, Tessa? I thought we were best friends.”
“I know, I’m sorry Sophie. I assure you that it was only because of convenience. Could you ever forgive me?”
“I supposed I can find it in me.” Sophie said with a grin.
Gideon looked between the two of them. “I found out you were pregnant before Tessa did, right Soph?”
“Oh, of course you did, darling.” Sophie said, making a show to sound unconvincing.
“Oh, don’t torture him.” Tessa said. “I assure you, Gideon, you knew before I did. Poor Gideon doesn’t deserve that, Sophie.”
“Why thank you Tessa.” Gideon said.
Sophie shook her head, “The two of you are no fun.”
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