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Credit: A special thanks goes to pink chocolate unicorn—without you it would not have been possible. Thank you for always standing behind me; for everything you do for me :)

Foreword:

Who would have thought that the story would be so long? I definitely didn't. I thought the story would have only a maximum of 10-15 Chapters.

As you can see, the story is quite a bit longer than I intended. It had just been so much fun for me to write this story.

But if I'm honest, without pink chocolate unicorn, it would not be the story it is today.

Here at this point, I want to tell you this again. I think you have heard this from me a lot of times, but it's really true! I cannot repeat that often enough: so many thanks to you all! ❤

Thank you for reading and following the story. I am so happy and proud about that.

Notes:

I have to admit: A few things that happened in this story that were absolutely not planned. At first, it was supposed just to be be a story with Nick/Adalind. Since I can still remember a time there were hardly Nadalind stories out there and I've decided to write one. Although, I must confess truly without my dear beta reader, I probably would not have done it. We have talked long, and have gone through the key points together, and sorted out the ideas :) but suddenly came more and more key-points, that weren't originally planned. Such as:

Juliette/Sean: The relationship with Juliette and Sean... It was an idea that I had imagined but I was very uncertain whether I should or not. I found it, as I said back then, really seductive in the series between the two. But, I wasn't sure about pairing them because I love Nick/Juliette. And I still do today, but not as extreme as it was once.

What was very important to me in this story is the relationship between Nick and Juliette. They had a good relationship with each other - until the last season. And I must say, I am still disappointed = ((And something I would never have expected...So, with Nick and Juliette, it was really very, very important to me that they build a sincere and good friendship with each other. I must really confess I was and am really frustrated as it is finally passed between them. I was from the beginning a Nick/Juliette shipper right now.

Hexenbiest Juliette: I mean up to a certain point, I could understand Juliette and her actions, but she had gone too fast-and too far. And that's why I wanted a different Juliette in my story as we saw her to last in the series. I don't know what you guys think, but I'm still angry, disappointed AND sad and I miss the old Juliette.

Juliette's pregnancy: At first I was unsure whether I should really do it or whether I should make up my mind about it. But the idea did not go away - no matter how hard I tried to defend myself because, as stated, it was meant to be only a Nick and Adalind story- At least at the beginning. I'm really against the pregnancy but the more I tried to refuse the idea, the more I thought about it and decided to just do it. I really had in mind and did not know how you'd all react to it. Above all, it should really be only a Nick / Adalind fic... But during the writing of this, the story developed and then I have to decide not *only* about Nick / Adalind, but also about Juliette / Sean.

Plus, I wanted to build a little tension. I know I'm evil :-)))

Chapter 21

A black and white haze seemed to settle over everything. Juliette was pregnant, she was going to be a mother. It was all so unbelievable. She looked at Rosalee, eyes a little wide and panicky with lingering disbelief. "It seems so unreal," she murmured.

Rosalee looked at Juliette, one of her best friends, and gently took her hand. They were both sitting in a small, quiet café. "I'm here for you, no matter what."

Juliette nodded her understanding, squeezing Rosalee's hand in quiet gratitude. She slowly stirred the milk into her coffee, starring at the swirling pattern and lost in thought.

xxx

Nick wondered what he was even doing there. Adalind and he had decided to prepare the nursery for the baby, but so far nothing had been done. Adalind was bitching and nagging the entire time. If it wasn't about how something was to be put together, it was about the color. Or where it went. Or any number of things that kept them from actually doing something.

He was almost mad... and he definitely couldn't concentrate on anything long enough to get anything done.

Adalind stood next to him, hands on her hips. "Maybe you should—" she started and then stopped, looking at Nick.

"What?" he asked pointedly.

Monroe stood in the doorway. 'Oh goodness gracious' he thought, taking in the tense scene. "Maybe you should take a break and get something to eat. And just... relax. For a little," he suggested, looking between the two. Nick and Adalind both turned to glare at him. "It was only a suggestion, okay? Jeez," he said, raising his hands and retreating a step.

Adalind took a moment to breathe and smiled at Monroe, knowing he was only trying to help. She walked over to Nick and ran her hand along his shoulder. "Monroe's right." She looked at him, her expression one of silent apology.

Nick looked at her. He hesitated, he wanted to get this done already, but slowly he began to smile. Maybe Adalind was cranky because she needed a snack or something. He nodded at her, then slowly stood up and together they went down to the kitchen.

xxx

Juliette lay on the couch, resting; the day had been eventful. Spending the day with Rosalee had been really nice. So much had happened to her today and she was tired. She tried to keep her eyes open but they kept drifting closed again and again.

Sean was watching from afar and smiled slightly, amused and feeling affection warm him as Juliette finally stopped trying to fight sleep and curled up on the couch. His smile grew as he walked over as quietly as he could and gently covered her with a blanket.

xxx

Rosalee walked into Nick's house and paused, wondering why there was such a depressed mood filling the air. She headed into the kitchen, pleased to see everyone there. But still... it was tense and dark feeling. Nick even looked a little off. She glanced at him pointedly, giving him a partly amused and partly a quizzical look.

Nick just raised his hands, nodding his head subtly at Adalind. "Ask her." He said no more and took a bite of his sandwich, chewing with a little more fervor than usual.

Rosalee raised an eyebrow and turned to Adalind, giving her a questioning look.

"I only wanted Nick to—" she started, but cut herself off. She tried again, all eyes were on her and she was visibly uncomfortable. "Maybe it would be better if the men build the nursery?" she half-asked, half offered. "Rosalee and I will just... set it up, let you know where to put the furniture."

Monroe and Nick shared a look and then shrugged their agreement.

To be Continued?