hey guys so this is more fluffy than normal since I need to do this little chapter to set things up for later chapters so I promise we get back to wesen crime and everything in the next chapter. Like always let me know what you think by following/ favouriting/ reviewing/ pm because I love hearing what you think. Also the link to Mia's outfits is on my profile under the story name.
chapter 18: sacred heart
Things had settled for at least a while for Mia and the gang since the appearance of both Alexander and a mummified wesen Anubis corpse which they had stolen so that they could burn it to prevent it being put on display for the world to see. Over the last month since Mia's parents found out that Nick was a grimm they had been trying to amend the parts of their relationships that they had broken while they were in Portland, her father had even began to call Nick to find out more about him other than what he was. Rosalee and Monroe had began to make plans for the wedding which is why they had invited Nick and Mia over for dinner after work so that they could discuss their roles in the wedding. Since Mia meet Nick at Monroe and Rosalee's house straight after work she was still wearing her work clothes. She wore a sequin floral shirt, a dark red blazer, cropped black pants, black double platform ankle boots and a red tote bag. Mia had placed her hair in a side ponytail so her curly ends fell over on shoulder, her eyes make up was lightly smokey with light brown eyeshadow and her lips were a dark red colour. They were currently having the dinner that Rosalee had made for them all, it was a meatless dish since two of the diners were a strict no meat diet to prevent them indulging their wild side. Monroe was opening a bottle of wine as Rosalee explained where they were considering having the wedding ceremony.
" we want to find somewhere quiet and secluded" Rosalee said to them knowing that Mia would get why they wanted to have the wedding somewhere outdoorsy since it was in her nature too
" where? like in the woods like mom and dad" Mia asked remembering seeing the pictures from their wedding and hearing the story of it that her mom would tell her as she fell asleep at night, it had became her own version of a real life fairytale
" yeah well it's kinda of a tradition, my parents were married on the Cascade Mountains and from what I hear that it wasn't that bad of a hike" Rosalee said as Monroe poured them some more wine into their now empty glasses as Nick finished the small amount of food left on his plate
" yeah and our parents were married near a water fall, dad likes to joke that he couldn't hear the wedding vows" Monroe said reminding Mia of the all too familiar details of their wedding that she had memorised, she knew every small detail of her mom's wedding dress
"anyway we were thinking of somewhere near Mountain hood" Rosalee told them as Monroe took his seat next to her again as they settled into a comfort atmosphere as the night began to wind down slightly after dinner
" don't worry, it'll somewhere we can drive to" he said seeing the look on Mia's face as she considered the fact that she may have to hike in order to get her brother's wedding, not that she would miss it for anything in the world
" thank you and my heels thank you too, there is no way I was trading in my heels for hiking boots that shrink me down to my original 5'1 height." she said making them all laugh a little, Mia loved wearing her boots but when she pictured Monroe's wedding she had never pictured hiking boots with her outfit
" yeah well we wouldn't want a midget in our wedding photos, we would probably lose you in among the crowd" Monroe joked knowing that her height was the only thing they had always bantered with when they were young
" anyways I think thats really romantic and this goes without saying but you guys need any help with anything just let me, I'd more than happy to help out" she said honestly she loved that her brother was getting everything he had very wanted in life and that his wife to be wasn't some wild blutbaden ready to corrupt him
"that actually brings us to the alternative motive for tonight… I just want to thank you for changing my life because if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have met Rosalee. And for that I am truly grateful and I don't even mind that you're now dating my little sister" he said making them all laugh, Nick knew he was kidding since he had told more than once that Mia couldn't be with anyone better than Nick
" well after that first date I just couldn't shake her" Nick said placing his hand on top of hers which was resting gently on top of the table as he began to gently stroke the back of her hand near her thumb
" you make it sound like you didn't want me to stick around but we both know that my big brown eyes got you hooked the moment you saw me… or at least when your vision came back" she said when she realised that when they first met he had been affected by parasites that were eating his eyeballs which meant he had temporarily lost his sight, she began to bat her eyelids at him
" but seriously I want you to be my best man, no pressure and don't feel like you need to answer right away or anything" he said knowing none of them would be together like they were if it weren't for Nick, that he would be still living his life without really knowing could become of it and that Mia would still be living in fear of the council
" really? for sure?" Nick asked not really being able to believe that he was going to Monroe's best man, when he heard about their engagement he never really realised that he was the one who had brought them together
"well man you were the one who got us together, I mean you're kind of the responsible party in all of this" he said making them to chuckle, he could see that everyone around the table had big bright smiles
" in that case I would be honoured" Nick told knowing that he would love nothing more than to be his best man as everyone but Rosalee began to raise their wine glasses before she stopped them
" we're not done, I have to have my sister as the matron of honour but you can be the maid of honour since you've never been married. I mean you're already like a sister to me and I couldn't image you not being involved in the thing that makes it official" she said to Mia hoping that she felt the same, although once she said she could that Mia was over the moon with her speech as a genuine smile began to spread to her eyes
" I would love to, that means so much to me and I have to say although I love having Roe as a big brother, I always wanted a sister and you are everything that I would want her to be… for once I'm actually glad we're not married" she said to Nick knowing that he would take any offence by her comment or read too much into it
"to the bride and groom!" Nick said raising his glass as he toasted the happy couple, thinking that for once everything in their lives seemed to be going well
Later that night Mia and Nick eventually got home and decided to celebrate their roles in the wedding so Nick went into the kitchen to grab them a bottle of red wine and two glasses. Mia decided to take her boots and blazer off since her feet were now killing her as she began to make herself more comfortable on the couch where Nick cam and sat next to her, she turned to face him and placed her legs in a basket. It seemed weird that in almost a year her whole life had changed like she was no longer running from the council, she was in love with a good man, she was near her brother again and they had never been closer and on top of everything she had gained a sister. Nick watched as she sat thought about it all then saw a small humble smile on her face
" what are you thinking about?" he asked knowing that he could read whatever emotion she was feeling just by looking at her and sometimes if he was lucky he could somewhat read like a book but other times he found really hard to pinpoint her thoughts
" I was thinking that if you had told me a year ago that this was how my life would play out when I moved Portland, I would never have believed that I would be this lucky" she said was heart warming smile when she realised that in that moment life couldn't get anymore perfect for her
" yeah me neither, although I'm glad that it worked out the way that it did…. so I have a question for you, how come you aren't married?" he said thinking that his question made perfect sense when he said and couldn't work out why she had such a confused look on her face
" did you want me to married?…. oh I get it, why had no one asked me before I met you? I guess because before I never allowed myself to get into serious relationship because of the council and when I did it wasn't with the marrying type" she said knowing that none of the guys she had been out with since college would have even considered marrying her
" oh and what type were they?" he asked wanting to hear about who she used to be since he knew that she had changed a lot over the years and that she had to grown up fast to deal with what she had to deal with
"some were the classic bad boy types where they would be dark and brooding, there was this one guy named Charlie Riken. My parents loved him since he was blutbaden and believed in the same values as him." she said remembering the first time she met him when they were attending the same blutbaden celebrations while she was visiting her family
" what happened? or are you still together and just haven't told me yet?" he said mocking her as she had an amused smile on her face, she liked that they could joke and laugh about this kind of thing knowing that it would never become a reality
"actually we are and we're planning a June wedding… no it was the usual things, he was a wild blutbaden who didn't really like my lifestyle plus he started to fall into the wrong crowds and it made me realise that we were totally different people as well as blutbaden" she said wondering what had happened to Charlie in the years that they had lost contact with each other, she hoped that he was living happy normal life
" how long were you together?" he asked since she never opened up about her life before him, although he figured that was because she had never really allowed herself to be free enough to live
" about eight months or so, I ended it with him and I even Monroe to threaten him with a beating if he didn't leave me alone… yeah he didn't take it well" she said realising like so many he had thought that he could change and control her when in reality she was the only one who could control her
"I think my longest relationship had to be with Juliette since we were together for four years before we broke up" he said for once glad that they did break up because that way he got to be with Mia, he couldn't imagining knowing her and not being with her
" but if she never found out about you being Grimm, you would still be with her and I would've just been Mia Monroe's little sister" she said wondering what life would be like if things for them were different, she briefly thought that her and Juliette might have been friends but quickly dismissed since their first meeting didn't go so well
"I don't think we would have lasted any longer because I couldn't tell her cause I knew what her reaction would be and she was never going to believe me. Plus it was coming between us…. Oh and you would never just be Monroe's little sister to me, Juliette or not" he said thinking that no matter what happened between them, she would always be more than Monroe's little sister
"well yeah thats because of my dazzling personality… I have to say its kinda cool and romantic that we're the best man and the maid of honour at our best friends wedding" she said knowing that Monroe was more than her big brother, she took a sip of her glass of wine before placing it back on the coffee table
" yeah it is, without me Monroe and Rosalee might not be getting married and without them there might have be an us" he said knowing that they had both went to them for advice on their relationship more than once and that they had convinced them to keep going
" true and hey maybe by time the wedding is here my parents might actual be ready to talk to me face to face again" she said with a chuckle as she tried to hide how hard this whole thing was on her, despite the fact her parents were beginning to warm to her and Nick it still didn't seem like it was enough
" hey things will work, they always do when it comes to us even when it makes no sense that they do and if they don't then we still have each other" he said as she moved closer to him and gently pulled him towards with edges of the collar of his shirt so that she could kiss him
" do you have any idea how much I love you? by this point its like ridiculous " she said as he crashed his lips back onto hers as a way of answering before pulling back again and sweeping the hair that had fallen out of her neat hairstyles out of her eyes
" yeah well if its anything compared to how much I love you then I do" he said before capturing her lips with her as she began to heat the kiss up by placing her legs on either side of his waist so that she was now straddling him as they intensified the kiss
"to the moon and back?" she said in barely a whisper in an attempt to get him to measure how much he love her as his focus turned to the few buttons on her shirt that he had started to unbutton then gently lifted it over her head before tossing it careless on the floor, revealing her rose print lace bra
" twice and more" he said in the same breathless way before lifting her up in his arms that he could carry her up the stairs to their bedroom to show her how much he really loved her, realising how lucky he was to have her
Much later that night as Nick and Mia slept in bed with his arm around her as she began to stir when she felt his body tense against her back, by the time that she was more aware of what was going on he began to thrash around and whimper. She slowly realised that he was having a nightmare as she leaned over to where the lamp was on the bedside table next to her to switch it on so that she could grab her glasses to see him better, since she didn't have her contacts in anymore. She was now wearing a bright coral v-necked t-shirt, a pair of peach shorts with umbrellas on them. Since she was in bed and sleeping she had no make up on as well as her hair being a mass of messy wavy hair. Mia placed her hand on top of Nick's chest as she began to gently shake him awake.
" Nick…Nick wake up, you're having a nightmare" she said when he eventually opened his eyes and breathing a little heavier than normal as he tried to calm himself down, she could tell that whatever he was dreaming about had really got to him
"yeah, no kidding" he said sitting up as he began to rub his then his face as he tried to tell himself that it was only a dream and none of it was real when he suddenly felt Mia's hand on his back
" do you want to talk about it?" she said sitting up to as she began to rub his back to comfort him, she knew all to well what it was like to have a nightmare that felt all to real. Although in case she rarely had someone to share that burden with till now
"It was Monroe and Rosalee's wedding." he said looking back at her as he tried to sort through the images from his dreams so that he could see what had actually happened, Mia ran her other hand through her hair to get out of her eyes
"It was that bad?" she asked wondering how such a lovely display of their love for each other could cause him to have a nightmare so bad that he was still shaken up by it and was affecting him so much
" Well, no, not at first. It was a beautiful ceremony, until one of the little kids woged and saw me and started screaming, and then the parents woged, and they saw me and attacked, and I had to kill them." he said turning around in the bed so that he was now facing her, it took him a bit of courage to actually to make eye contact with her since he could remember her in his dream as she ran away from him in fear that he was going to kill her
" seriously?" she asked knowing that the fact he had ruined their wedding, killed someones parents and killed innocents were all the things that usually avoided doing. She did wonder what her reaction was in his dream and had a feeling it wasn't good since he was struggling to make eye contact with her till she made him
"Yeah, and it was pretty much downhill from there. Last thing I remember, I beheaded your grandma before you woke me up" he said watching as her facial expression changed to a mixture of amusement and shock as she tried to process everything
" you beheaded my Oma? ok I feel like I kinda need to ask this, do you often have homicidal dreams about my family members?" she asked with a small smile showing him that she wasn't being serious,he was kinda glad that she was able to joke about it since it meant that she wasn't going to recoil from him in fear
" ha ha…it felt so real, I mean everyone was so scared of me including you. You looked at me with those big sad brown eyes filled with tears before you turned and ran in the other direction" he told her feeling that he had to tell her her part in it all so that she could reassure him that would never happen and maybe then the panic inside of him would stop building
"well then we defiantly know it was a dream because there is nothing you could do that would make me run away from you" she said running her hand through the front of his hair as he began to lean into the comfort from her touch, taking comfort in that fact this was real and that she was real
" but what if it wasn't, I mean what if it was a premonition?" he asked her fixing the blankets that had gathered around him, he felt like he needed less fuss around him as he tried to work out everything that was going on in his head as he took hold of her hand
" Nick you don't get premonitions, most likely this is just your worries and fears playing themselves in your dreams" she said trying to reassure him that this was nothing more than a bad dream as she tried to make him see that there was flaws in his thinking
" this could really happen if I'm Monroe's best man, I'm going to be standing up there in front of everyone and they are going to look right at me… I don't think I can do it, I mean someone could die" he said knowing that a wedding was bound to make emotional run high enough to make the wesen in the crowd woga which make them see what he was
"maybe but we'll work out a way that doesn't happen ok?" she said knowing that there had to some way to prevent someone from dying without him declining to be Monroe's best man
" yeah maybe…" he said still unsure of whether or not it would turn out ok or not, she could hear the fear shake through his voice as he spoke as she suddenly got an idea of what to do to make him feel better
"you know what? I will be right back" she said giving him a kiss on the cheek as she climbed out of bed and grabbed her peachy pink cardigan as she headed out of the room, he could hear her feet as she padded down the stairs
" what is this?" he said suspiciously eyeing the cups filled with some form of streaming liquid in her hands when she came back ten minutes later, he noticed that she had braided her hair into a side braid while she waited for whatever she made to be ready
"its warm milk, whenever I had a nightmare my mom used to give me warm milk to calm me down and then she would stroke my hair till I fell asleep" she said giving him a smile as she handed him the cup of warm of milk before placing hers on the bedside table so that she could climb back into bed next to him
"you used to have nightmares? what about?" he asked knowing that everyone at one point in their lives but she had never mentioned them before and if he was honest he'd rather talk about her nightmares than his
" yeah when I was younger it was normal things like the boogeyman and after the council they came worse than ever, I dreamed that they killed my family as payback for what I did" she said hugging her cup with her hands, she could even remember the tune that her mom used to sing to get her to go back to sleep
" yeah that would have sucked, come here" he said sitting back against the headboard gesturing for her to cuddle into his open arm with his warm milk in the other hand half finished, he smiled as she snuggled closer to him
" although those dreams seem like a thousand miles away right now" she said as leaned her head on his shoulder as she breathed him, knowing that they were both seeking comfort in the other