"Wow! Your so big. I mean Nick told us you had grown up fast, all though everyone says that about kids, but with you. You were an infant two years ago when you were in this house and now look at you. You look like, maybe twelve, thirteen."
"It's really nice to meet you again, Diana" Rosalie interrupted her husband and shook hands with the girl, who was laughing at the rambling blutbad.
"It's nice meet you too. Dad told me a lot about you and how the both of you have helped him since he became a grimm. He said you saved his life many, many times"
"He saved our lives a few times as well."
"Dad?" Monroe lifted his eyebrows in question.
"Diana has decided she wants to call me dad, since that's what Kelly will be calling me"
"What about Renard"
"I will call him dad as well. A person can have multiple fathers and multiple mothers."Diana said defensively.
"You're right" Rosalie said gently. "A person can have multiple parents. Happens all the time."
Adalind, who had had her arm around her daughter the whole time, hugged her daughter tighter, laying her head gently on Diana's as she was doing it, and gave a thankful smile to Rosalie.
Kelly, who was in Adalind's other arm, sensed his mommies emotions, gave her a tight hug around her neck and a wet sloppy kiss.
"Ew Kelly" Diana giggled at seeing baby dribble on her mother's cheek.
As the women, with Kelly, were sitting on the couch, Monroe looks at Nick and says, "How is everything going so far with Diana. I see that Adalind hasn't stopped touching her since you guys got here."
"Last night, Diana and Kelly slept in the bed with us. Not a lot of room, but Adalind needed to hold both of her children to make sure she wasn't going to lose them. Diana seems to understand what her mom is going through and has been so open and accepting of her new family."
"It's bound to be awfully crowded in the loft now. Diana is essentially a teenager and you and Adalind are going to want to have your privacy" Monroe hinted.
"I know, I've already been thinking and realised that either we're going to have to move again or renovate the factory. I need my family to be safe, but we can't all sleep in the same room forever."
"Whatever you need man, you know Rosalie and I will be happy to help. Considering everything that has happened, you have been handling all the changes pretty well, anyone else would have gone insane by now."
"I don't have time to go insane" Nick laughed self deprecatingly. "First I had a new baby and his mother to take care of, keeping them safe became top priority. At the same time Black Claw emerged and H.W. became known to me. Now I have a two year old teenage witch in my family. Adalind will be handling most of the witch part, but it is still something to keep in mind" He sighs and says "The truth is the only thing that has kept me calm is focusing on my family." Nick looks at Monroe and smiles. "And I am grateful for every member."
Monroe smiles back at him. "The fact that this odd group of people keep you sane is proof of just how messed up our lives are"
"Could not agree more"
Nick and Monroe joined the others. The conversation flowed easily. Mostly the topics were about life with Nick. Such as how the two wesson first met him and then each other, and many of the adventures they have been involved with in solving crimes in Portland.
Diana saw a strong friendship and understood Nick seeing them as part of his family. So much love flowed between them all. There was even affection toward her mother, a kind of sweet tenderness. Diana hoped to have that some day. In fact it seemed to be already starting. How they treated her made her feel like one of them. She wondered if it was because of Nick, or it was just how this couple were.
"Do you want to see something really cool?" Monroe asked Diana.
Diana sat up with interest.
Monroe left the room and came back with a semi large wooden clock, obviously old, so obviously an antique.
"I just finished restoring it. Nick help me out."
Nick helped hold the clock while monroe moved the hour hand to the twelve.
The clock gave a chime of music, the song recognisable to the tune of a waltz, instead of a cuckoo bird, a man dressed in uniform and a woman in a fancy dress came twirly out in a dance.
"Is this awesome or what. They had to have put in a great deal of work when crafting this. And the fact that they chose a couple dancing in the design meant that this was a wedding present. This was stored in some guy's attic for God knows how long. He owed a friend of mine some money and that friend decided to give it to me as payment for maintaining his family's grandfather clock."
"Monroe has been a little obsessed with figuring out the clocks history" Rosalie explained.
"Monroe. Obsessed. Over a clock. Shocking." Nick deadpanned, but gave a smirk at Monroe's glare.
Monroe shifted in his stance to give Nick a retort but ended up knocking the clock out of their grasp.
There was a gasp as the clock fell, but stopped midair and rose back to Monroe's hold.
All eyes fell on Diana, whose eyes glowed purple for a moment then returned to their original blue.
"Kid, you are my new favorite person" Monroe said sincerely
Rosalie nodded. "Thank you Diana. You just saved me from a night with a mopey butbad."
Adalind hugged Diana "that's my girl" she said softly.
Diana smiled at the praise from everyone and at the love she heard in her mother"s voice.
They were all looking at her with wonder, not fear. There wasn't any indication that they thought she and her powers would be the perfect tool for their own advancements. In fact they all seemed to be happy with how their lives already were. None of them spoke about wanting anything more than a safe happy family.
It made Diana feel like she had a real home, with a real family.
