Warning heavy spoilers ahead. You have been fairly warned.
Author's note: Nick and Adalind are still where my mind is going. Thank you to all the authors of the fan fiction that has supported my hopes. I don't mind the return of Juliette, if it means that she is a counterpoint and catalyst for our couple. How about a little jealous Adalind, not just a jealous Nick. Allow me some poetic license and a bit of an AU. My Nick and Adalind have just come together the same time that the original Trubel wakes up. If you follow me...
Something Shifts Part 2
Adalind POV: Who knew Nick had such a wicked sense of humor? Her sides hurt a little from laughing and keeping it hushed so as not to wake the baby or Trubel the night before. It dawned on her that she should have known, as a memory came back to her. It was from when she first knew Nick. He had foiled her plans to kill his aunt. They were orders from Sean, no less, and Sean had disdained her for failing. (What had she ever seen in him?!) Adalind had then become obsessed with getting back at Nick. She tried to gain the advantage, contriving to manipulate him as well as his friends. Nick had called her hand that night. He had taunted her till her Hexenbiest instinctively lashed out. He always did know how to push her buttons. She could still remember that devilish yet devastatingly handsome smile he flashed her, when both of them knew that he had played her... Adalind smiled to herself thinking back, because somewhere deep at her core, she had registered Nick was the perfect opponent in the game they were playing. He really was her match. No wonder he was the only one who could ever truly tame her heart. Then she comprehended. She absolutely knew, she loved Nick like no other person in her entire life. With her soul warmed from the inside out, she smiled. All day long she was probably grinning like an idiot.
Trubel had been up early working on her bike in the garage downstairs. Nick got called quite early to a case of multiple shops getting vandalized which escalated to kidnapping and murder. It was all over the news. She recognized the guy that was murdered, though he was an Eisbiber she didn't care for. She never really cared for the species until Bud. She wondered if Monroe, Rosalee, or Bud knew either of the two victims. She didn't want to bother Nick on a case, but it would give her an excuse to hear his voice. No, no she wasn't some giddy teenager here, needing an excuse to call. If Nick had something to call about he would.
Later, Trubel and herself had eaten and the dishes were done, courtesy of Trubel. She was realizing that the younger Grimm wasn't half bad, and her affection for Nick definitely recommended her to Adalind's heart. She was able to bath Kelly and put him to bed as her phone rang. It was Nick.
"Just so you don't expect me soon, know that we got a lead and an informant to catch the guy behind all that happened since midnight. Monroe, Captain, Wu, and Hank are coming with but I don't know how long this will take," he explained.
"I understand, but can't say I'm not disappointed," she teased.
"I know what you mean," she could hear the laughter in his voice. "I knew you'd understand," he replied somewhat more serious.
"Be careful," she couldn't bring herself to say more.
It had now been three hours since they talked, almost midnight, and of course she still lingered awake listening for him when the door opened. She got up and came down the few stairs from the bedroom with a smile only to feel it slip at the sight of a colorless Nick that looked like he had been through hell.
"What is it? Did anyone get killed? Nick you look like you've seen a ghost." She barely had the words out of her mouth when he laughed rather insanely.
"I believe that's just what I've seen, or maybe she was never dead," Trubel, who had been listening to something on her earbuds when Nick came home, was sitting up at his appearance. Nick glared at her.
"What? Who was never dead..." Sickening with comprehension, Adalind knew who. By the looks of Trubel, who was all guilt, she not only knew who Nick referred to, but probably knew all along. "Juliette," Adalind whispered.