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That night Nick stood in front of the mirror trying to make sure he looked his absolute best. He wanted to make sure that tonight went perfect. The man was dressed casually in a simple grey t-shirt with dark jeans and a black leather jacket. Finally, when he was done fumbling with his hair he stepped out of the bathroom and made his way to the front door. On his way out he noticed Juliette curled up on their couch and smiling gleefully at her phone. Nick sighed forlornly and walked out the door without saying goodbye.

Nick arrived a few minutes early to their date. He sat in his car gathering himself for the intense awkwardness that was bound to ensue. He didn't know how he would handle seeing Monroe with someone else. He was happy his friend had found someone but, he also couldn't help but be jealous of Alex. He had something Nick had always wanted: unlimited access to Monroe. Alex got to be close to him, laugh with him, chill with him, and not counting a particularly drunken night, Alex had the immense pleasure of being able to kiss Monroe as much as he chose. Truthfully, Nick did not want to go on the outing, however, he had made an exchange with Monroe and had to honor it. The Grimm sighed, shoved himself out his car and made his way to the entrance.

The date was taking place at Dennis and Baxter an interesting restaurant-arcade mix. As Nick walked in he was hit with the roaring sounds of coins sliding into slots and cheer after goals were landed by favorite sports teams. He took a deep breath as he was reassured that if he needed to get out of being the third wheel he could certainly find somewhere to hide in the crowd.

"Nick!" Monroe says cheerfully. The blutbad was clad in his usual attire of a neat sweater and a pair of jeans; beside him was Alex.

After the incident at Monroe's home Nick could only ever picture Alex in his woged form. Now, he was given a chance to truly consider the man before him. Alex was about Monroe's height with, what the Grimm considered unruly, dark hair and light grey eyes. He was slender yet muscular and the fitted, plain white dress shirt with sleeves rolled at the elbow and dark pants he was wearing only made the fact more obvious. Nick regarded the wesens bright smile and the overall coolness he exuded as he stood beside Monroe with his jacket casually thrown over his shoulder. No wonder Monroe is fascinated by him, Nick thought. He couldn't doubt that Alex was attractive. Therefore, on that side of things Nick couldn't blame Monroe for spending so much time with his boyfriend. The Grimm began to feel slightly self-conscience about his own appearance after seeing Alex. He began casually trying to fix his hair and straighten his jacket but soon found the action ridiculous. Ugh! Nothing I can do about it now! The Grimm realized.

"Hey, Monroe!" Nick says embracing his friend.

"Good to see you again Nick," Alex says with his hand outstretched.

"Same to you, Alex" He says taking it. "This is a nice place. I gotta say I've never been here before."

"Oh, well it will be an experience for you then. I don't come here very often but I thought Monroe might enjoy it," Alex says looking fondly toward Monroe which causes the other blutbad to smile back brightly.

"I think I found a table for us while I was waiting," Nick says interrupting the pair.

"Great!" Monroe replies while Nick leads the way.

The trio's night goes on fairly smoothly from there. Monroe tries his best to always keep Nick involved in the conversation and to keep things light and casual. Nick hadn't realized that the pair spend almost every day together so he was a bit lost whenever they brought up one of the myriad of moments they spent together. No matter how jealous the couple made him, Nick couldn't help but fall in love with how happy his best friend seemed. I want to make him that happy, Nick thought.

"Alright, you'll have to excuse me have to hit up a bathroom really quickly. I'll be right back," Monroe says as he gets up to leave but not before affectionately kissing Alex's forehead. Nick tries not to look too annoyed at their public display.

"So Nick," Alex begins. "What's it like being a Grimm and a cop?"

"I just do my best. It was different at first but Monroe helped me with the early stages. I didn't know anything about wesen until he taught me what he knew."

"Yeah, Monroe talks about you a lot."

"All good things I hope," Nick says jokingly.

"Actually, yes, it's nothing but good things. You two have been through many things together. He's incredibly fond of you. If it weren't for a shame I'd think you two were together," Alex says now staring Nick down. He said it pleasantly enough but Nick could hear the silent challenge in his voice.

"Monroe and I are just great friends. I've been with my girlfriend, Juliette since we met. I'm very fond of Monroe but it's nothing more than friendship," Nick says in the most reassuring way possible. Alex would not be the first to believe that Nick and Monroe were a couple but he would be the first Nick would bother to correct. If they didn't know Nick personally there was no point in saying differently. Besides, it was good to imagine.

"Hmmm, is that so? I'm glad you guys are so close though. You mean a lot to him so, I'm hoping that we can become friends as well," the blutbad says with a smile. There was something about the set Nick on edge. He couldn't quite place why, however.

Nick finds himself forcing a smile as he sees Monroe walking towards them. "I'm back. Did you guys already order?"

"Yeah I ordered for you. I hope that's okay," Alex responds.

"That's fine. Thanks. Hey, Nick you okay?"

"I'm good. Just glad to be out."

The rest of the dinner was fairly normal as the trio chatted and joked lightly. Nick couldn't help but notice Alex passive aggressiveness when it came to him. The way he made a point to hold Monroe close and be affectionate. It was like he knew the perfect way to annoy the hell out him. Is this what Juliette and I look like to Monroe, Nick thought to himself. If so, he would have to apologize to his friend. No one should have to be a third wheel to this couple.

When dinner was finished Nick made his way to a secluded corner of the arcade. He couldn't take much more of Alex, and what he saw as him deliberately toying with him. He had found a simple racing game to play to get his mind off things. Monroe, Juliette and Nick had been out together before, especially in the beginning stages of he and Monroe's relationship. Tonight, however, was the first time tat Nick ever truly thought about those outings. Did I ever make him feel like this? He remembered taking him out once and he seemed to be okay then. We had fun…but then again if I can fake it, so can he. If Nick had his way in this moment, he would take Monroe away and they would hang out at his house then hopefully relive the kiss Nick was too drunk to , a new thought came to mind. It was strange to consider and Nick tried to shove it away as soon as it came. Did he ever feel this way about me? Nick considered it for a moment but knew it couldn't be true. He would have said something if he did.

When Nick had finally beat the high score on the console he scanned the area for the happy couple. He found them jovially competing against each other at a dance game. He grinned as he began to memorize Monroe's smiling face while he concentrated on the game. His friend looked so happy in that moment and Nick couldn't help but feel the same. When the game was won by Alex the pair called him over to join them.

"I'm declaring that Alex has cheated because there is no way I lost this game," Monroe says as he steps off the platform.

"Don't be a sore loser. What can I say? I got sick moves." Alex teases as he dances in place.

Monroe pouts and puts an arm around Nick. "You know, Alex, my good friend here is one heck of a dancer."

"Oh! Do I sense a challenge coming on?" Alex says leaning against the console.

The pair both look to Nick expectantly. "I'll give it a shot."

"Great. But be warned Grimm, I won't go easy on you," Alex says.

"I wouldn't have it any other way."

"Enough talk! Let's dance," Monroe says pressing start.

Then the pair begin to follow the steps on the screen. Nick, having played a game similar, knows that it's not simply about following the moves but also about how fast you can move. He tries to step as quickly as possible and the arrows move to accommodate his speed. Nick looks over to Alex whose face is in full on focus. He sees that they are only ten points apart with Alex in the lead. Nick focuses again and tries his best to catch up.

When the song ends, both men are out of breath. They look up and see that Nick had won by two points and beat the highest score on the game. "Yeah! I am avenged."

Nick smiles as he sees the score and gives a bow to Alex. "A formidable foe you were."

Alex, looking slightly unpleased, returns the gesture. "Likewise."

As the stream of tickets flow from the machine Nick collects them and makes his way to the counter to see what prize he had won for his efforts. The Grimm had a choice of whatever top shelf plush animal or toy he wanted. He eyes the prizes for a few seconds before finally landing on a large plush wolf. He smiled brightly and selected it.

"For you," Nick says simply giving the toy to Monroe.

Nick cherished how wide with happiness Monroe's eyes grew as he spotted the plushie. "This is amazing! Thank you so much."

"No problem! I thought you would like it."

"I do!"

"It's cute," Alex deadpans as he eyes the toy.

Nick smiles at how clearly annoyed the wesen is that he lost. Now who's the third wheel.

The trio's adventures continue as Alex tries to get a rematch. Alex does manage to win a few games but mostly Nick reigned victorious. By the end of the night Nick had scored Monroe eight large stuffed animals and Alex had three.

"I can't possibly take all these home with me," Monroe says his arms heavy leaden with plush toys.

"Yes you can!" Nick and Alex say in unison. The pair stare at each other momentarily but soon brush it off as their attention is turned back to Monroe.

"I'll help you put some of these in your car," Nick offers.

"Don't worry. I got it," Alex says a little too forcefully. "It's a good thing that we took my car instead of the motorcycle."

"Yeah, I don't even know where I'm going to put all these. Nick, you should at least keep the Teddy Bear Cop," Monroe says handing him a large teddy bear in a Portland PD uniform, black sunglasses and a doughnut in its hand.

Nick smiles and accepts. "Fine but only this one because it's adorably cliché."

"I had fun tonight, Nick. Thanks for coming out with me and Alex."

When Nick looked at Monroe in that moment he saw everything that he loved most about the blutbad. The fact that he could make him that happy warmed Nick's heart. Right then, there was nothing he wanted to do more than to ensure that Monroe looked that way all the time and that he was always the cause.

"We had a fair trade," Nick says as he runs a hand through his friends' hair. The memory of the event causes Monroe to blush slightly.

"Alright, everything is in the car," Alex declared. "It was good to see you again, Nick."

"Same to you. Maybe we'll get to hang out again sometime."

"Absolutely, this was the best," Monroe says as he hugs Nick goodbye.

"Night you two."

"Goodnight!" They respond in unison.

Nick watches as the pair walk back to Alex's car hand in hand. In any circumstances Nick might have been a little bothered about not going home with Monroe, as he usually did on these outings, but with his large winning streak and the privilege of seeing Monroe be so happy and smile at him the way he did, Nick felt as though he had a part of Monroe for the night. He planned to hold onto it tightly.

Monroe was elated at how well the night went. He had to admit that he was unsure at the beginning but it turned out better than he could have imagined. Nick and Alex were such different people but somehow they seemed to have mashed well together tonight. It was important to Monroe that the two men at least be civil with each other as they both meant great deals to the blutbad.

The night was apparently full of good things. Monroe had also convinced Alex to stay over. Previously, Alex always seemed to find an excuse not to stay with him but for some reason, tonight he did not protest at all. Monroe was excited to find out what it would be like to wake up next to him.

When Monroe finishes stuffing the last of his prizes in the closet he plops himself onto his bed slightly exhausted from the evenings events. He had chosen to keep one of the animals out. The wesen rolls over to admire the large wolf plushy sitting solemnly in a nearby chair. Monroe smiles to himself as he thinks of his best friend. He seemed so happy as he won prizes. He does always like a good competition, Monroe thinks to himself.

Suddenly, Monroe is brought out of his thoughts by Alex as he climbs into bed next to his boyfriend. "Hi," the blutbad says as he pulls Monroe into a light kiss.

"Hi. Did you have fun tonight?" Monroe asks as he snuggles closer to him and finds a comfortable spot in Alex's arms.

"Yeah I did. I see why you and Nick are friends."

"Oh, did you like him?"

"I suppose he's okay. I don't know him enough."

"I'll take that for now. I hope you guys can be friends," Monroe says kissing Alex's forehead.

"Hmm, maybe we will," Alex says returning Monroe's kiss. The blutbad continues and moves from Monroe's forehead to his nose to his cheek and finally finding his lips. This time Alex refuses to let Monroe go as he deepens the kiss and positions himself on top of Monroe. When Alex does pull away he stares down at the now blushing wesen and smiles. "You're so cute," he says as he resumes passionately kissing his partner. Monroe smiles through each of them as he can't think of a time when he was so happy and felt so wanted by someone. He wraps his arms around Alex and pulls him closer as he runs his fingers through the wesens dark hair. He begins to feel Alex rub himself against him as they continue. "Let me have you," Alex says when they finally part.

A slightly breathless Monroe stares up at a disheveled Alex in wonder. He could see the desire in the man's eyes. He smiled and nodded giving his consent. As soon as he did Alex continued his exploration of Monroe. His hand found a patch of the blutbad's curls and grabbed onto them tightly. Monroe found a moan escaping his lips before he could stop it. Monroe felt compelled to return the favor as he forced his tongue into Alex's mouth making the other sigh with pleasure. "Monroe…" he called breathlessly as his hands find their way to the hem of Monroe's shirt and beyond. Alex continues to leave a trail of kisses from Monroe's mouth to his cheek to his jaw as he gently caresses him. Every place he touches sets Monroe on fire as he tilts his head back in pleasure, giving Alex a chance to continue his trail of kisses there.

"Ow!" Monroe cries out suddenly as Alex bites down hard on his neck. "Alex, that hurt!" he says massaging his throbbing shoulder.

"Good! I hope it leaves a scar!" Alex growls, anger glowing red in his eyes.

Monroe, thoroughly confused, asks "What happened? Did I do something wrong?"

Alex doesn't respond as he silently gets up and begins to get dressed.

"Alex! Talk to me," Monroe says grabbing his shoulders only for Alex to forcefully shrug him off. The blutbad sighs and says gently "If I did something you weren't okay with just tell me. I'll understand."

"If you didn't want to be with me anymore Monroe, all you had to do was tell me!"

"What are you talking about? I haven't been with anyone else besides you," Monroe defends.

"Oh yeah? Tell that to your neck," Alex says a hurt look in his eyes.

Monroe furrows his brow and walks over to a mirror on his dresser and sees the object of Alex's aggression. The wesen gives a heavy sigh and the cloud of his confusing clears. "Listen, I can explain this."

"Of course you can. It was just a onetime thing, an accident really. It's nothing for me to be worried about because it didn't mean anything to you," Alex mocks. "Well, I don't want to hear it Monroe! I 've heard enough excuses!"

Monroe stares wide eyed at the blutbad before him. He had never seen Alex so angry. It was such a contrast from the laughing and mischievous creature he was used to. After the anger, Monroe could see what it really was: hurt.

"It's not like that, Alex," Monroe says calmly.

"Fine then! Tell me what it's like!" Alex growls giving Monroe a rough shove. "I bet this will be real original!"

Monroe takes a deep breath and thinks carefully about his words. He knew with one misstep the landmine that was Alex's temper would explode on him. He would have to tread lightly.

"Okay, so…last night Nick called me because he was having issues with his girlfriend. He was angry and hurt and just not in good place. I took him out to a few clubs and bars to get his mind off things. It was fun but Nick had a bit too much to drink and was really drunk. I took him back here so he could crash in my guest room. Before I knew what was happening, because I was a little tipsy myself, he dragged me close to him and he kissed me. That's how I got the hicky. It was an accident and I feel terrible for not telling you. Nick didn't even remember it happening until I told him that morning and he felt terrible and apologized to me."

Monroe sighed when he finished. He tried to say it all as calmly as he could but from the expression on Alex's face he couldn't tell whether or not he had done a good job. "I understand, if you're still mad at me. I would be too if that happened and you hadn't told me. I hadn't planned on telling you because I didn't see it as a big deal. I mean…it didn't mean anything and…" Monroe sighed as he began to trip over his words. "I'm not doing a good job of convincing you am I?"

When Monroe looked at Alex he saw the blutbad's eyes were still glowing red but they had calmed a bit. They were no longer the bright, blood red he had once seen and almost feared but were now smoldering like a dying fire.

"You let that Grimm have you that way?" Alex said with bitterness lacing his voice and clenched knuckles turning white.

"He didn't know what he was doing. He was drunk," Monroe defended.

Alex scoffs and says "Being drunk is no excuse! That's just what people use as a scapegoat for behavior they really wanted to do anyway. I knew he liked you from the moment I met him. Girlfriend my ass! She probably sees what I see and that's why they're having issues."

"Hey! Nick loves Juliette. I've seen them together. He and I…we've never been together. That was the first time he's ever done anything like that with me."

"Did you like it?"

"What kind of question is that!" Monroe says raising his voice for the first time.

"A sensible one! I need to…I need to know that you don't have feelings for him."

Monroe took a few deep breaths and ran a frustrated hand through his hair. He had hoped to avoid this question with Alex. Their relationship was supposed to be about him moving forward and escaping those feelings but apparently they just came back around to haunt him.

"I had a crush on him once, for a long time. I thought I was in love with him."

Alex with a crushed expression scoffs and starts to leave once again before Monroe grabs his arm and pulls him close. "You're not letting me finish Alex."

"What is there to finish?" Alex responds defiantly.

"I don't feel what I used to for him anymore. I saw that he was never going to feel the same way and I left all that behind. Then, I met you."

"Do you mean that?" Alex says looking deeply into Monroe, searching for the lie.

"Yes. Alexander Hellman, you mean so much to me," Monroe says kissing him softly. "I only want to be with you."

"Of course you do. Monroe…I…ugh!" Alex stutters. "I'm sorry I bit you," he says finally. "It's just that I really like you, Monroe. I want to keep you all to myself."

"No, its fine. I would have been upset too. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about it. I bet you absolutely despise Nick now."

"I don't trust him with you, that's for sure," Alex says as he wraps his arms around Monroe and presses him against his chest.

Monroe buries himself against Alex and smiles as he catches his scent. "Nick is harmless when he's sober."

"I'm not going to deny what I saw tonight, Monroe. He wants you and badly too."

"You're exaggerating. He would have done something about it if he had. I was single for a long time before I met you. He had plenty of time."

"I suppose. But like you said, he and his girlfriend are on the road to splits-ville now. It's a good time to start making confessions of love."

Monroe laughs and kisses Alex once more. "This isn't the time to worry about this. All you need to know is that I am all yours. I have no intention of changing that."

Alex smiles warmly down at Monroe and returns his kiss by once again leaving a trail of them from his lips to his cheek and to his jaw and neck before ghosting his lips over where he bit him. "I'm really sorry I bit you," the blutbad says kissing the spot gently.

"It's alright you were angry."

"Yeah, but I shouldn't hurt you because of that." Alex lifts his head to look at Monroe directly. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have lost my temper."

Monroe smiles at him and nods "You're forgiven. I'm sorry I didn't tell you about Nick. I know it hurt your feelings."

"You're forgiven," Alex says kissing Monroe's nose.

The blutbad smiles. Relieved that everything was sorted out so easily and the tension in the room eased Monroe relaxed his tense shoulders a bit and sighed.

"You know you can make it up to me for biting me," Monroe says smiling up at Alex.

"How?"

Monroe takes Alex by the shoulders and shoves the confused man onto the bed then quickly climbs on top of him. "You can spend the night with me. Then, in the morning you'll have breakfast with me and give me the rest of your day where we can be lazy together and do nothing all day."

Alex smiles and says "That sounds perfect. But I can think of a few things that I'd like to do with you," He says continuing to gift Monroe with kisses. "One of this includes getting rid of this," he says referring to the healing hicky still present on Monroe's collarbone. Alex begins to roughly kiss and suck on the area until a new mark has been formed. "That's better."

He stood there frozen. There was no wind and since it was summer the air was humid and wet but still he had never felt a deeper cold. He couldn't feel anything as he stood motionless and took in the atrocious scene before him. This can't be happening…. she…she wouldn't do that to me…she couldn't. Nick tried to make excuses the way he always did with her. He tried to make it seem like a misunderstanding but there only one way to see this. Nick stood in his doorway staring blankly at the women who used to love him. There they were together, Captain Reynard and Juliette, barely clothed on his couch, staring back at him.

A/N: Whoa! Well that really wasn't all that much of a shocker because I'm fairly certain you all guessed this would be coming at some point and if you didn't then that means I did something right and I hope you enjoyed that little "wow moment." In other news, Happy Anniversary to "Why Won't You Love Me?" which was two days ago on the 7th. I know I'm a bit late but that is because I had a bit of a tough time writing this chapter and things got a bit crazy these past few days. In any case, it's been wonderful writing this for a year and I really do love this story and I absolutely adore these characters. I'm so glad that as most popular story you have loved it as much as I have loved writing it. Thank you once more for your continued support and encouragement. I hope you like this anniversary chapter and will come back for more. Happy Birthday WWYLM! Thanks for a wonderful year from Maria and Monroe!