CHAPTER THREE: HOW MOM AND DAD REALLY MET

"We were tracking the same Reaper. I ended up in his hotel room, cornered. He had his scythe out and it would have been the end of me, except that your father was in the same room. He didn't know I was a Grimm because he didn't hear him talking about me, how he would be well rewarded for my head. Then Anthony jumped out of nowhere with his crossbow and shot him. It certainly wasn't love at first sight- he thought I was working with the Reaper- but when I explained that I was as Grimm as well, we were curious. We had never seen another Grimm before, except for our own parents. Eventually, we started dating, and he proposed a year later. Then we had Zach and Liam and Marie and you."

i looked at Mom open mouthed. "So you and Dad didn't meet at an ice cream shop?" I asked.

"No, it was a lot less glamorous than that. If you can call armed, panicked, and covered in blood 'glamorous'."

"So Zack and Liam and Marie already know about this Grimm stuff?" I asked, opening a big trunk.

"Zack and Marie. As far as know, Liam doesn't have it yet. But he might get it. Males find out later than females."

"Good to know." I said.

Suddenly, Mom stood bolt upright. "Anthony?" She called. I was confused. Then I heard the sound of footsteps.

"Anthony?" Mom called again.

The sound of voices floated up the stairs, and they didn't sound familiar. Mom froze. "Oh my god." she muttered. She turned to me. "Jackie, hide, and don't come out until I tell you to."

I started to panic. "What's happening?!" I asked.

"Reapers. The Reapers have come for us. HIDE!" Mom pushed me under a table and surrounded it with chairs and trunks and other heavy furniture. I heard her open a trunk and go through it. She lifted something out of it and shut it.

Then I heard her go running out of the attic, closing and locking the door behind her, leaving me alone.