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Chapter 9 :

I proceed to tell Nick how I met Meisner and the major role he's played in me and my daughter's escape from the royals. The whole time, Nick remains silent and immobile, except from the occasional nod to let me know he's listening or so that I carry on with my story. His face is blank, expressionless. I guess I'm speaking to Nick Burkhardt the detective, not the father or the man I've come to care for… no matter how hard it is for me to admit it.

"I trust him, Nick" I insist when I finally finish, earning a glare from him as if he doesn't like what I've just said and it makes me wince. His eyes stay on me so more, then he starts towards the bathroom "I need a shower"

I look at him retreat silently, unsure as to what I should do or say to make this night less frigging awkward. Jeez, why couldn't I be a mind reader instead of a Hexenbiest? It would have been so much more helpful in my relationship with Nick…besides, I always sucked as a Hexenbiest…I'm doing that mind eye rolling again.

Kelly's cries from the bedroom stir me from my mental babbles "Right here, sweetheart" I take my son in my arms as soon as I reach his bed "Owwww, how can a small little guy like you smell this bad, huh? Want to tell me?" I smile at my son while I remove his diaper and clean him with a baby wipe "Come here, you little chipmunk" I start planting kisses on his belly and laughing, when he giggles.

"Need help with Kelly?" Nick asks when he enters the bedroom while drying his hair with a towel.

I like his post-shower look

He rises an eyebrow "Adalind, did you hear me?"

Oh shoot. I don't think telling him "Nope, I was busy drooling" is the right answer, instead I settle for "He laughs harder when it's you who's doing this"

Nick joins me and smiles at Kelly "That's because my stubble tingles him, right buddy?" he bends before his son and as soon as he kisses his belly, Kelly explodes in laughter

"That's cheating"' I cross my arms over my chest

Nick mimics my posture "Breastfeeding is cheating as well"

"No, it's mother nature's decision. Would you have wanted things to be otherwise?" I deadpan

Nick laughs at that "I don't think you'd be as pretty with a beard" as soon as the words leave his mouth, he regrets them. He thinks I'm pretty?

I certainly don't feel pretty. I mean most my clothes are those Rosalee brought me after Kelly's birth and although I'm very thankful, they are way too big and not really the type I would go for, but I'm not complaining, for those past months, my looks were the last thing on my mind.

"Could you forget I ever said that" he says hurriedly

Being the good citizen that I am, I decide it's best to answer honestly "No"

He runs his hand in his hair and winces "Could you at least pretend I never said it?"

"Yes" maybe, I add to myself

"I'll check on Trubel" he literally runs out of the bedroom

I turn instantly to Kelly who was following the conversation "Your father thinks I'm pretty" I'm a good mother. I want my son to understand what his father's words meant. I'm not happy he thinks I'm easy on the eye…I'm ecstatic. Sadly, the only person I can share this information with is a baby who only speaks baby language and I have no idea what "Braglavaraza" means. For all I know, he might be saying "Don't get your hopes up, momy"

I could tweet about it " NickBurkhardt Grimm thinks I'm pretty #busy night"

Errr…Adalind, stop being a drama queen. It's not even that important. He thinks I'm pretty, so what? I think he's hot 9 times out of 10, it doesn't mean I have any interest in him, right? Right?

I put Kelly to bed and go to sleep. I don't even know when Nick comes back to our bedroom. I'm woken up by Kelly's baby babbles. I'm still between asleep and awake. I feel incredibly comfortable and cozy. I try to move, but something prevents me from it. I try again, but I can't budge an inch. I open my eyes and realize Nick has his arm around my waist, his leg on my thigh and he's breathing in my neck…Ok, calm down, it's not the first time one of us wakes up only to realize the other is sprawled all over them, but we do a great job at pretending it never happened. Except today, I really can't move

"Nick" I hiss at him "Nick"

"Shhhhh" he mumbles and snuggles even closer

I try to push him "Nick, I really need to get up"

His body stiffens and that's how I know he's awake. He moves away from me so fast, I'm surprised he didn't fall on the floor…Oh, wait, he's just fallen on the floor

I roll my eyes, as I head to the kitchen to fix a baby bottle of milk for Kelly. Nick walks to the bathroom, still rubbing his back. I guess the fall did hurt…well, serves him right. Did I just stick out my tongue to Nick's back?

Trubel is still sound asleep. She must be exhausted. Poor girl, I can only imagine what she's been through. I wonder if I should fix something for breakfast for her as well. She has quite the appetite, from what I remember.

Nick emerges from the bathroom, ready for work. I hand him a cup of coffee to go and a doughnut

"A doughnut?" he raises an eyebrow

"I bought it yesterday. Isn't it what detectives eat?" I smile tentatively

He shakes his head with a grin "I'll see you later"

The rest of the day is quite uneventful. Kelly and I stay home, in case Trubel wakes up. I'm sure she'll be disoriented and she will probably need reassurance. I've checked on her few times just to make sure she's still alive and breathing. Nick called twice asking about her.

It's dark when Nick comes back home

"Great timing. I've just prepared some macaroni and cheese" I smile happily. I hate it when I eat alone, sadly, Nick comes back late most nights and generally he'd already had dinner "Unless you already ate with the guys" I look away, because I don't want to give away how I feel about that.

He removes his jacket and places it on a chair "Nope. You always seem disappointed when I do, so I've decided to wait until I get home" he sits on his usual chair across from me "I'm starving"

"You won't regret your decision" I say happily as I place a plate in front of him "The pasta is great" or so I hope. I pray internally for it to be good

He smiles when he sees I'm gauging his reaction. He chews very slowly and pretends to be oblivious to my scrutinizing eyes

"Nick" I whine

"What?"

I give him my scariest look, but in vain

"It's good" he finally says with a mischievous smile "I can't believe she's been asleep for almost 24 hours" he looks at Trubel behind his back

I follow his gaze "Yeah, but I'm glad she's fine" I say sincerely

Nick sighs "Me too"

After we finish eating and cleaning, I go check on Kelly who's still sleeping. I change into my pajamas and hop under the covers. Nick joins me some time later, going through his night ritual of putting his gun and charger beside him on the night stand.

"Good night, Nick" I say when he switches off the light

"Good night, Adalind"

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Kelly's cries wake us up few hourd after we fell asleep "I get it" Nick starts to move from the bed and lifts Kelly in his arms.

I try to go back to sleep, but it's too late, I'm so awake that I could run a marathon. I hear Nick talk which means Trubel is awake.

I jump from the bed and head to the living room "We don't have a lot of privacy, here" I say apologetically to Trubel, who looks stunned, which reminds me she must ignore what happened while she was away "Oh, you probably don't even know that I had the baby, do you?...Oh, how could you know, it's not like I had birth announcements" I inform her as I collect a diaper, baby cream and wipes "We named him Kelly after…"

"Nick's mom" Trubel finishes for me

"Yeah" I walk to her "I'm really glad you're ok…I….we're really glad. Nick was a little out of his mind when he couldn't find you"

Trubel looks around her in shock "How long have I been here?"

"Nick brought you home from the hospital, last night"

"Last night" she repeats after me

" You've been asleep for about 24 hours"

She is absolutely mortified "Oh my…what am I wearing" she looks at the grey shirt she has on

I smile "Nick's shirt…he brought your clothes back" I gesture behind me "I washed them" she looks like she has a million questions "I'll take over for Nick so that you guys can talk"

"Hey" I say when I get in the bathroom, where Nick is washing the baby after he removed his diaper "I get it. You should go talk to Trubel"

"I'm almost done" he states

I take the baby slowly from him "Go" I smile at him

His eyes roam over my face for few more seconds "Ok" then he's gone

When I finish with Kelly, I take him to the bedroom, giving Nick and Truble some privacy. They have a lot of catching up to do. Meanwhile, I change into more appropriate clothes, then go back to the kitchen.

"Where's she?" I ask when I notice Trubel is nowhere to be seen

Nick is making a sandwich "Shower"

I join him behind the kitchen counter "Need help?"

"Yeah, I can't find the mustard" he says

"Right here" I hand it to him and start getting more things from the fridge

When Trubel comes back and sits on the bar stool across from us, she wastes no time in eating.

"How did you find me?" Nick asks

"They've been keeping track of you…this is how they found me. They didn't know what you knew or didn't know" she says between bites

"And this is the group you're telling me about?" Nick wonders

"They want people like us on their side, people with abilities" she looks at both of us

"You're working for them" Nick states, all this time I dare not say a word

"When I left here, when I took Josh home, they found me there"

I can't take it anymore, I need to know who are these people "Who are they?"

"HW for Hadrian's wall or something. I…that's what they call themselves. All I know is that they're part of the government…" I'm so stunned I can barely form a word, Nick glances at me worriedly "But a part so secret that most of the government doesn't even know they exist…I guess they don't trust a lot of people in the government, neither…but, they are fighting this underground war"

"Against who?" Nick asks

"Wesen" she looks at us "Nobody knows how many there are or how big a group it is, but it's all over, not just in this country, it's everywhere…like a revolution" a shiver travels down my spine "I had to help…Nick, HW needs Grimms on their side and I'm not the only one fighting for them…I worked with them in Lisbon and I heard about another one in Bangkok"

I really don't like the direction this conversation is taking. I don't want Nick to join HW as well. Kelly needs him here…I need him here. I don't want him to risk his life against a horde of villain Wesen.

"You went to Lisbon" I try to deflect the conversation

"Twice…I never know where I'm going or what I'm supposed to do, until I have to do it…but, there are sections of HW all over the world"

I cross my arms over my chest "Do they pay you for this?"

"Actually, yeah, they do. In cash" she says it like they pay her good money

Nick nods "Do you know Meisner?"

Trubel looks skeptical "Yeah, I do. I told him he was going to have to meet you"

"Already has. He was the one who helped me get out of this hospital"

"Meisner was there" the surprise in her voice is unmistakable

"If he wasn't there you might not be here" Nick seems really worked up "What did they do to Juliette's body ?"

I cringe internally when I hear her name. I guess I haven't forgiven her what she did to me, yet.

She looks away "I don't know" her reaction gets my attention. She's not saying the truth. How do I know? I'm a lawyer remember. I'm good at reading people…when their name is Nick Burkhardt.

She explains that HW took her that night because she was with Nick, despite the fact she wasn't allowed to.

"How long have they been watching Nick?" I can't help but wonder

Trubel tells me it started from the moment some wesen/FBI agent was found dead in Nick's house, but the most surprising part is that they've been watching me too. This little information sends me on alert immediately.

They know I'm not a Hexenbiest anymore, they know I have a baby. She says they don't want my baby, but at this point, I'm not taking any risk.

After that, Nick and Trubel both go check her motorcycle, but it doesn't take long before Nick gets a call from work and leaves.

The next day, he's out very early in the morning. I barely had time to say hi. Trubel spent most her time working on her bike, while I did what I could to keep my mind away from everything Truble told us yesterday and the imminent danger we're all in.

When Kelly is finally asleep, I place my baby phone on my belt and join Trubel with two mugs of coffee.

"How is it going?" I ask as I hand her a cup of hot coffee

"Ok" she breathes

"Look I don't know that much about you and whatever you know about me is probably not that good, so now that we're living together, I thought maybe we should get to know one another a little better" Well, that seemed a hell lot easier, when I rehearsed it in my mind. I do want to know her better, though. She seems trustworthy to me.

Still fixing her bike, Trubel replies "I know you tried to help Juliette. I know you slept with Nick which is I guess, why you're here"

I sit on the floor beside her, not really knowing what to say to that

She turns her attention on me "What do you think about Nick?"

"What do you mean?"

"Are you like…in love with him?" she deadpans

I can't help a nervous laugh "That…no…that would just be too…I mean that would really be too…I…I…well I don't even know what that would be" I sip from my mug, looking away from her

"Because you guys are living together and…sharing the same room" I can see humor dancing in her eyes. I really wonder how she feels about Nick, but I'm not asking her this…not that I care.

"No, that's just because I get scared…we're not sleeping together, we're just sleeping next to each other" only now, do I realize how lame it sounds

Trubel gives me an unconvincing "Uhuh"

"So, I guess you know Meisner" I change the subject of our conversation

"Yeah, I do" she confirms absently

"If it wasn't for him I probably wouldn't be alive…did he tell you anything about me?"

"He didn't, no"

"He was with me when I gave birth to Diana" I smile at the bittersweet memory "Losing her was the worst thing that ever happened to me" I confess. Trubel looks shocked by that "I never got a chance to thank you for trying to get her back"

She swallows "I think she's going to be ok"

I'm grateful for her attempt but she doesn't know the royals like I do

"So, this organization you work for, did they want you to kill Juliette? When you left, I figured you were probably going back to Nick's place. You went back for her, didn't you?"

She looks at me for a brief moment, probably debating whether to tell me the truth or not "Yeah, but Nick doesn't know that"

I shake my head in reassurance "I'm not going to tell him…but you probably should at some point" He needs to know the truth, no matter how bad it is to hear.

Kelly's cries put an end to our conversation

When Nick comes back home, much later that night, he looks like he'd seen a ghost. Little did I, he had actually seen one.

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