Daniel6 had me thinking of the Blind Love episode and the muse inspired me to write it early. I was arguing with my muse, trying to get her to understand it was not time yet, but she insisted. I gave in because it was delaying an update. So the chapters will not be in the same timeframe of the series episodes. I hope you will forgive me and still enjoy the story. Also, because the episode was a play on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, I included some lines from that story.
Monroe's birthday was coming up, and Rosalee wanted to do something special for him. She wanted his birthday to be completely stress free. But that was going to be difficult.
With the return of Trubel and Diana, plus Nick now doing freelance work for a secret government organization(That he had told the whole gang about and suggested that their wisdom and help would be appreciated.) Plus deciphering the markings on the cloth and understanding the miracle stick.
Rosalee felt that the only way to ensure a peaceful birthday for her husband, was to get him out of the city and away form the responsibilities of their life for a weekend.
That did not mean she wanted to get them away from their friends.
So she talked with them and arranged for the whole group to stay at a beautiful mountain top hotel.
She invited Sean Renard as well, remembering that he was to be included with group activities. When she called him, he told her his mother was coming in and asked if it would be alright to have her there as well.
Rosalee saw no problem with it, she and Monroe had like Elizabeth when they met her, but suggested to Renard that he better explain everything, including Nick and Adalind's romance to his mother, to avoid any awkward situations.
A discussion was also was needed in regard to whose room Diana would be sleeping in. Elizabeth suggested she and Sean get a multi room suite. That way, Nick and Adalind could have some privacy. She even offered to watch Kelly, in case the couple wanted to spend some time alone.
"I want to get to know my grandaughter. And I'm sure she loves her little brother, so it would be nice to witness how she is with him."
Adalind felt a little uneasy about letting her children out of her sight, Elizabeth understood her concerns, and went through the trust me knot ritual as a way of showing that she meant no harm. Elizabeth decided it was best to play nice with Adalind, for Diana's and Sean's sake. She might not like or respect the younger hexenbiest, but if Nick was willing to forgive and look past all that had happened, to the extent of actually falling for Adalind, then Elizabeth felt she would be acting petty and be considered a lesser person if she didn't show compassion and respect.
Adalind realized she was worrying over nothing and told Elizabeth that she and Nick would like to take the woman up on her offer.
Having a hotel room all to themselves would be nice, as it meant the couple wouldn't have to worry about being quiet.
With that potential tension and awkwardness resolved, Monroe's birthday weekend was shaping up to be fun for everyone.
Unfortunately, someone connected to Nick's past was working at the hotel Rosalee chose. Someone who harbored a grudge against the detective.
The weekend started out nice enough, with everyone arriving at the hotel at about the same time.
It was a beautiful place that offered amazing views and everyone was impressed. When they were shown their rooms, Nick was especially impressed with the queen size bed he would be sharing with Adalind. It looked like it was practically begging the two of them to crawl in and enjoy themselves.
At dinner, they each talked about how they each had met Monroe. The common denominator being Nick, who had crashed into the Blutbad's life (Literally), turned his world upside down and made it so very much more fulfilling. And that included introducing him to the woman he loved and so many wonderful friends.
"I don't think I would be having this birthday weekend if you hadn't tackled me that day." Monroe told Nick.
"I don't think I would be here either." Nick replied. "Pretty sure if it weren't for you, I would have been killed during my first month of being a grimm."
Rosalee smiled. "When Monroe told me about how he had been helping Nick with his grimm duties, I almost couldn't believe it. Growing up, all wesen hear is how dangerous grimms are. But when my brother was killed and I needed protection, a grimm introduced me to his blutbad friend. One of the worst times of my life was made better by a very perceptive grimm and a sweetheart of a blutbad. Unheard of in the wesen community. And my life has been made better ever since."
"You know, Portland is still intact thanks in part tp Monroe." Renard commented.
At the questioning looks of all but, Rosalee, Nick and Monroe, Sean explained. "Our city ended up getting a visit from a being made entirely of volcano lava. Nick's grimm books called it Volcanalis. Because some geologists took some volcanic rocks, the being started going after them. Monroe helped with luring the thing to a warehouse and we all sprayed it with nitrous oxide. That turned the whole thing solid and we were able to smash it to dust. It became one of those cases we had to handle off the books."
"If we had put volcano monster in any report, we would have been sent straight to the mental hospital." Nick said with a grin.
"I bet there was a lot of stuff you couldn't put in a report." Adalind guessed.
"Tell me about it. Once Nick introduced me to the wesen world, and to Monroe, I started having to edit every report. I couldn't say, "Kidnappers turned into coyotes" or "Blutbad showed us the location of suspects by sniffing out their trail." Hank said.
:A lot of our cases wouldn't have been solved in time to save a life, if it hadn't of been for Monroe." Nick said with a warm look at his best friend. "Thanks to him, a little girl was returned to her family and a man who hunted girls in red was stopped, permanently." Nick looked at those who didn't know. "The first case I worked as a grimm. I made a mistake, going after Monroe first. Accusing him, all because I had seen him woge and my instincts were telling me to be suspicious of someone with that nature."
"You were right about the species. You just had the wrong wolf. So to speak." Monroe added.
"I guess it was a good thing I continued to be suspicious. It made me meet you and then pester you into helping me."
"Again, and again, and again." Monroe couldn't help but supply.
That got a laugh from everyone at the table.
"It's so crazy how everything turned out." Trubel observed.
"Sounds like a fair trade to me." Wu said. "Monroe helped Nick with his cases and in return Nick helped Monroe with his love life."
"That's right." Rosalee quood at her husband then mocked pouted. "Or don't you think I'm worth going through everything Nick put you through."
"Oh, honey" Monroe was wise enough to reply. "I'd go through all of that a hundred times for you."
More chuckles came from everyone at the table. Everyone enjoying the banter of the evening. And no one having a clue of the waiter adding a little something extra to their drinks.
And when they all turned in for the night, no one suspected the chaos that awaited them the next day.
In the morning, everyone woke feeling very strange.
And with a very strong craving for coffee.
The idea to spend the morning lounging in was forgotten as each member of the group made their way to the dining area.
The moment Elizabeth caught sight of Nick, she was struck by what a handsome man he was. She wondered how she could have been so blind to not see it before. She loved him.
But Nick wasn't looking at her, he was gazing adoringly at Rosalee. His heart leaped at the sight of her. His beautiful fuchsbau.
Rosalee, however was staring at the striking figure that was Sean Renard. Though his eyes could not move away from Adalind, and he was regretting everything he had ever done that drove her away from him.
Adalind's eyes followed Monroe, who was staring at Elizabeth like she was a goddess.
Diana watched the adults with growing confusion. Nothing about their behavior made sense to her.
Thankfully, mom and Nick were not so lost in the strange delusion that they forgot to check Kelly into the daycare the hotel offered. They signed Diana up for the children's program, but the little girl slipped away easily. Feeling that the adults were going to need her to get back to normal.
Noticing that he uncle Hank hadn't been in the dining room yet gave Diana hope that he wasn't affected by whatever had happened to the other adults.
Those hopes were dashed however when she discovered him singing to his reflexion in the mirror.
She then decided to look for Trubel, but changed her mind quickly when she saw the young woman and Drew Wu in a tangle of limbs and their lips pressed to each other on a couch in the hallway.
She decided to put then in a deep sleep, so they wouldn't end up doing anything that they had no control over or might not feel right about.
Hearing shouts, Diana rushed to see the rest of the adults on the large balcony outside of the hotel.
"To what do I compare thine eyes? Crystal is muddy." Monroe proclaimed to Elizabeth, who was trying to pull Nick away from Rosalee.
The grimm fell down to one knee and begged the fuchsbau to marry him. "I would live my life to please you." he vowed.
Much to his dismay, the fuchsbau was trying to pledge her loyalty the the half royal.
Trying to get his attention, Rosalee grabbed hold tightly to Sean's shirt, but he was pleading with Adalind to look at him and see how much he loved her, following her as she was running around, trying to get Monroe's attention.
Suddenly his shirt was ripped from his body.
"Such a tight body." Rosalee sighed and reached out her hand to glide over the hard torso.
"Hey! That's not fair!" Nick called. He removed his own shirt to show his fuchsbau he also had a well toned frame.
Diana noticed a man, whose name tag said Randy, had a smug grin on his face. She moved closer to him and realized he was wesen.
"What did you do to my family?" She demanded.
Her mommy told her not to make anyone fly, but she said nothing about making a bad man walk to where she needed him to go.
"Fix them!" She shouted.
"I can't" He confessed. "There's no cure."
Diana's eyes glowed violet as she looked over the man and tried to decide if he was telling the truth.
She realized he was, but that he also wanted her family to kill each other. He was a very bad man and deserved to be punished.
She focused on his body, finding the gland that produced the chemical that made the adults in her life act like fools.
Randy screamed in agony and ran from Diana, trying to get away from the pain she was inflicting on him.
Unfortunately for him, he was looking at Diana and not where he was going, and ended up toppling over the edge of the balcony and falling to his death.
Suddenly, every adult went silent.
"Why are we shirtless?" Nick and Sean looked at eachother and asked in unison.
Elizabeth picked up the two shirts from the ground. "Nick's shirt is fully intact, but Sean's shirt in tatters." She observed, handing each man his article of clothing.
Sean gave a regretful look to his shirt, (It had been rathor expensive) then made his way back to his room to get another one.
Since his shirt was perfectly fine, Nick went ahead and put his back on. Adalind had a regretful expression and said, "That's a shame. I like you with your shirt off."
Nick grinned and pulled her into his arms. "You can have me shirtless and all to yourself tonight."
"I hope some other articles of clothing will be absent too." Adalind wrapped her arms around his neck and flirted up at him.
"As long as that idea applies to the both of us." Nick returned.
Elizabeth took Diana's hand and guided her to the dining room, ordered her a chocolate milkshake and had her explain what happened.
Diana told her grandmother everything, including finding Hank singing to himself and that Trubel and Wu were asleep in the hall.
"Can you wake them up from here?" Elizabeth asked her granddaughter.
The little girl nodded yes. Her eyes glowed violet for a moment then she smiled and said "Done" and went back to her milkshake.
At dinner that evening, it was noticed by all how Monroe kept his arm around Rosalee and Nick kept his around Adalind. Neither man had any interest in letting his lady love get too far away.
Looking at them, Elizabeth was reminded of a line from one of her favorite plays.
"The course of true love never did run smooth."