*Damn, Rosalee cuts right to the chase,* Nick thought with wry humor. Truth be told his emotions were all over the place. "Honestly?" he sighed, "it's a load off to finally know what happened that night. All this time I've tried to make peace with Juliette being gone but after she disappeared it was damn near impossible."
He paused to put his thoughts in order before continuing. After what he had been through with Trubel as a fellow Grimm and a surrogate little sister he felt saddened by thought that she was truly ignorant of what had happened to Juliette. He desperately wanted to; in his line of work the people that he could trust were few and far between.
"As for Trubel..I have a feeling that there's more to the story that she's willing or even able to tell me. For now I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and after things calm down a bit", he snorted "if that's even possible I'll see if she's able to tell me more."
Rosalee looked thoughtful before speaking. "I can't begin to imagine what you're going through but I understand. I've wanted so bad for this past year to be erased and for Juliette to be back to normal. Now that I know that she survived but thinking about what she's become I can't say that which existence is better for her."
Rosalee sighed and glanced quickly at the stairs to make sure that they still had privacy before continuing with her next question. "So, how's Adalind holding up? I imagine she must be a little freaked given her history with Juliette." She looked a little worried as she asked.
At her question Nick looked to be deep in thought before smiling softly,"we've talked about what Juliette..or Eve being alive would mean for our family and Adalind knows that nothing will happen to her or to Kelly as long as I'm around." Rosalee shivered a bit at the intensity of his stare when he turned to her and continued. "I loved Juliette.. but that part of my life is over. Adalind and Kelly are my family now in every sense of the word. Nothing is more important than them."
Rosalee swallowed past the sudden lump in her throat as she realized that while she would mourn the memory of her best friend Nick would be more than okay. He may or may not have realized it yet but he was in love with Adalind. She smiled widely as she thought to herself: "I can't wait to tell Monroe!"
