The first night Adalind and Diana were safely at home, Nick found it impossible to sleep. All he could do was stare lovingly at his daughter and the girl's mother.
He felt that his family was nothing short of a miracle.
"Nick, let the baby sleep, and come back to bed." Adalind called to him in a hushed voice.
It was enough to draw him away from the sight of his daughter and join his beloved in bed.
Gathering her in his arms, he calculated the date six weeks from that point when he would be able to make love to her again.
He decided that within those six weeks, he would come up with the perfect proposal and ask Adalind to be his wife.
The next morning, there was a light rap on the bedroom door.
"Uh, Nick, Adalind?" Trubel poked her head into the couple's bedroom while they were getting Diana ready for the day. "There's a bunch of people here with huge baskets of food and blankets."
"It's amazing how fast word travels." Adalind commented.
Nick chuckled and said to Trubel. "They're most likely eisbiber, a beaver wesen. And ever since I helped them with a problem, they've been bombarding me with gifts, especially whenever there is a major event in my life."
"Oh, cool." Trubel said and went back down to let the eisbiber know Nick and Adalind would be down with the baby soon.
"Are you a hexenbiest or a grimm?" One eisbiber asked the young woman.
"She must be a grimm. I can see a similarity between her and Nick." An eisbiber woman said.
"I am a grimm." Trubel stated. "But I don't think Nick and I are related. He's just sort of become my mentor."
"Taking on a protege`" The second eisbiber said. "Very honorable and a long standing tradition in most trades."
Then there was a chorus of "AWES" as Nick and Adalind walked down with their new baby.
While Adalind was busy being praised by most of the beaver wesen, Nick took the opportunity to pull Bud aside and ask him for help in planning a special proposal.
The grimm had to clamp his hand over the eisbiber mouth to muffle his squeals of delight and keep them being heard by the pretty blonde in the other room.
"Nick, this is wonderful! Of course I will help in any way that I can!"
Nick explained what exactly he had in mind for the proposal.
"I already have the ring. And it's already sized for Adalind's finger. I was planning to propose before the baby was born but Diana decided to arrive early. So, change of plans."
Nick had been hoping to give Adalind a romantic candle light dinner, but would have to ask her to be his wife in a different way. Although he believed that this new way might be even better.
At least, it was guaranteed to be cuter.
Nick told Trubel what he was planning to do and when he would be doing it. The she grimm made plans with Wu to study the books in the trailer that evening.
With all of the casseroles, pastries, baked goods and homemade confections the eisbiber continuously dropped by, there was never a need to cook or even go grocery shopping. Even with Trubel eating her weight in pies every day.
So that took care of making sure Adalind got a nice dinner provided for her.
The only thing Nick needed to worry about was the ring and the words.
The ring he had picked up and had kept in his pocket ever since, using the excuse of getting diapers. He had even been able to pick up a bouquet of red roses for Adalind, surprising her and adding a little romance to the evening.
She would have gotten suspicious if he had suggested lighting candles, so he was happy he could at least give her flowers.
The words were taken care of by a special little something Nick asked a friend of Bud's to make.
With this new plan, he would be able to get his and Adalind's daughter involved.
The one good thing about babies always needing to be changed was that it gave Nick the perfect opportunity to put the finishing touches into place without raising suspicions.
With everything in place, it was finally time for the big moment.
Nick handed his freshly changed daughter to her mother, then stepped away with an offer to make herbal tea for Adalind, giving her the time to read the message on the custom made outfit Diana was dressed in.
Adalind teared up when she saw what her baby girl's little onesy said,
"Mommy, will you marry my daddy?"
Adalind turned to Nick, who was leaning against the door frame with a big smile on his face. Then he moved closer to her, pulled out a ring from his jean pocket, dropped down to one knee, took her hand and asked with his heart in his eyes, "Will you marry me?"
Adalind nodded. "YES! Yes I will!"
Nick slipped the ring on her finger, stood up, cupped the back of her head with one hand while his arm wrapped around her and pulled her to him for a kiss filed with supreme joy, love and passion.
Of course, because it involved Nick's life, all of Nick and Adalind's friends knew right away that the couple was engaged.
Just as Rosalee hoped, Adalind asked her to be her matron of honor.
"You're like a sister to me." Adalind had confessed.
Nick asked Monroe to be his best man, and Hank and Wu to be his groomsmen.
When Adalind asked Trubel is she wanted to be a bridesmaid, she notices a pained look cross over the she grimm's face.
"I want to be a part of you guys' wedding. I do." Trubel assured. "It's just that I'm really not a fan of dresses."
"So I'll put you in a nice pants suit." Adalind said matter of factly.
If the young woman didn't want to wear a dress, than Adalind believed it would be no big deal to put her in an outfit the same shade and style as the bridesmaid dresses, just in a pants form.
Adalind's real concern was about walking down the aisle.
While she was excited about marrying Nick and knew she would want to run to him the moment she saw him waiting there at the altar, she was not thrilled about making that walk alone.
Her mother was dead, and even if she were alive, she would have hated Adalind marrying a grimm and would have done everything in her power to sabotage the wedding.
Adalind hadn't seen her father since she was four. She knew nothing of his whereabouts, and she really didn't really care to know where he was, since he had never once tried to contact her.
So that meant there was no one to give her away. It may have been a silly and antiquated thing, after all, she had always been an independent woman who was more than capable of taking care of herself, but the fact she would be walking alone and would have to request that there be no mention of a father/daughter dance that was normally tradition, still made Adalind's heart ache.
However, leave it to Nick to forever read Adalind like an open book and know just what to do to make everything right.
His own mother, who was constantly running off on one adventure or another, promised to be at his wedding, and had wanted to dance with him while Adalind was dancing with her father.
Nick had to tell Kelly about Adalind's father abandoning her, but he promised the two of them would still be able to dance, and Adalind would not be left out.
Nick made sure that Bud and his wife overheard him saying that Adalind's parents were not around.
He had also dropped a hint on how important the parent/child dance would be.
With the usual eisbiber enthusiasm, Bud volunteered to step in to walk the bride down the aisle.
"My wife is always joking I've got to left feet, but if you're willing to risk it, I would be honored to share in the father daughter dance with you. I mean, I may not be your father, but I'm a father, and that counts for something. Right?"
Adalind threw her arms around him and hugged him tight. Easily losing the battle to keep from crying. Her happiness and relief were just too much to contain.
The wedding day arrived quickly. Neither Nick nor Adalind wanted to set the date to far away, so they had agreed on a three month engagement.
Diana was five months old and no longer solely dependent on Adalind for nourishment. That meant that trusted friends and family could hold her and give her a bottle whenever she was fussy if Adalind was in the middle of performing some bridal duty.
Grandma Kelly was the one to hold her granddaughter during the ceremony. She kept the baby entertained by holding a locket above her head, the picture inside being Nick at twelve years old.
The couple were proclaimed to be Mr. and Mrs. Burkhardt, everyone cheered for them and then they made their was to the reception that was unsurprisingly catered by the eisbiber.
Kelly handed Diana to Rosalee when it was time for her to dance with her son. The fuchsbau noticed the baby holding the locket and handed it back to the mother grimm.
There were wide eyes and gasps from those who witnesses the locket float from Kelly's hand and back to the baby.
"Looks like she inherited your powers." Nick said to Adalind.
"Nick! No wesen exhibits their qualities this quickly!" Adalind explained, feeling her worries rise.
Nick wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. "Hey. It's going to be alright. We knew there was a chance our baby would be remarkable. And she is. We can handle this. You and I can handle anything, together."
He said it with so much confidence that Adalind couldn't help but believe him and be comforted.
"At least now we know what you get when you mix a zombified grimm and a hexenbiest." Monroe declared.
Rosalee elbowed him in the ribs.
