Adalind's eyes filled with tears. Nick Burkhardt, the man she loved, was proposing.
She felt as though her heart was in her throat, and while there were a million things she wanted to say to him, all Adalind could get out was a shaky,
"Yes"
Nick smiled brightly, slipped the ring on her finger, then stood and wrapped her in his arms, kissing her passionately.
There were several flashes from the camera. The photographer knowing the couple would want these pictures to help remember this moment for the rest of their lives.
Diana held Kelly, clapping his little hands together in celebration.
Reluctantly, Nick pulled his lips away from Adalind's and loosened his arms around her.
He took comfort in knowing he would have the rest of their lives to hold and kiss her.
She was going to be his wife.
They finished their session and headed to Monroe and Rosalie's to give them the good news.
There was an abundance of hugs and congratulations. Rosalie gushing over how beautiful and unique the ring was. Monroe decided to tell the women he had gone with Nick to pick it out and that the rings were already in his and Adalind's sizes, how crazy of a coincidence was that.
"Sounds like fate to me" Rosalie stated, smiling tenderly at the newly engaged couple.
Adalind eyes are wide with shock "And before we went to get our pictures taken, we got a call from the realtor telling us we got the house."
She could feel the tears coming again, everything she ever wanted, had ever dreamed of, was now in her grasp.
She had both of her children safe with her.
The man she loved just promised to spend the rest of his life with her.
And they would be living in the home of her dreams.
Nick pulled Adalind to him and kissed her tenderly. It only lasted a few seconds, but it conveyed that he was just as happy, and just as in awe of how fate had given them everything the dreamed of, and with one another.
"So, have you guys thought about what you want to do for your wedding yet"
"Monroe, they just got engaged, and were told they have a house. I doubt if wedding planning is on the forefront right now."
"Nick proposed in front of an eisbiber, I'm pretty sure the entire lodge knows by now, which will mean half of Portland will know by the end of the day. A lot of wesson are gonna want to send gifts to the hero grimm and his new fiance."
As if on cue, Nick phone rings.
He's barely able to get out "Burkhardt" when he hears Bud's voice ramble.
"Is it true, of course it's true. Why would Roy make it up, he even said he has the pictures to prove it, you're engaged to Adalind, who is the mother of your son, not that that is the reason you're marrying her, of course you are marrying her because you love her, which is the only reason to marry someone, she makes you happy, and you make her happy, which is good since you are getting married and planning on spending the rest of your lives together, till death do you part, which hopefully won't be for another fifty years or more, hopefully more"
Nick had decided to put Bud on speaker, so everyone would be able to hear the eisbiber's ramble, the longer he went the bigger the smiles got on everyone's faces.
The poor man went on. "Roy called us the moment you left, he was so excited he could barely form the words, all of his sentences kept running together, my wife already has every woman at the lodge planning your wedding and wedding feast, no raw tomato of course for Adalind, it would be very bad if the bride broke out in hives at her own wedding, but I thought I better ask you when you wanted to have your wedding, since it is your wedding, you should probably get to pick out the food and venue you want, if you want to have it at the lodge, we all are more than ok with that, you are our friend Nick, and you helped us, we will be more than happy to help you with your wedding."
"Bud" Rosalie interrupted, catching the look of "I told you so" from her husband and giving him back a look of "don't start". "They just got engaged. I doubt they have been able to think about wedding planning yet."
"Oh, high Rosalie, high Monroe, is Nick and Adalind with you, or did I call the wrong phone."
"You called the right phone, Bud, I just have you on speaker, we're with Monroe and Rosalie at the spice shop." Nick confirms.
"Oh, good, then I can invite all of you to dinner at the same time. My wife wanted me to call all of you so we can start discussing the wedding. Is Hank and Wu with you too, because they are invited to dinner as well."
"I will let them know" Nick says, shaking his head at how the eisbibers had managed to hijack his and Adalind's engagement.
Some time later at the station, Hank catches up to Wu and says
"It's official, Adalind said yes, she and Nick are getting married, and because Nick is a hero with the eisbiber community, they are hosting a dinner at Bud's house and you and I are invited. Nick just called me and told me everything, he also said that he and Adalind got the house they were looking at."
"Well, it's about time everything goes right in his life after all the wrong that happened."
Hank could not agree more.
