I'm a what? Grimm?

Chapter 2

You wake with a start and immediately start to freak out when you don't automatically recognize where you are. You let out a shakey breath as you remember where you are. You're in Monroe's house, in his room, in his bed. You let out a sigh and hang your head and cover your face with your hands embarrassed as you remember last night. You can't  believe you made him not only share his bed but hold you as well. You reach over to touch where Monroe was laying. Its cold he's been up for a bit. You crawl out of his rather comfortable bed and head to your own room to change.

You walk down the stairs and stop in your tracks at the sight before you. Monroe is only in a white t-shirt and boxers doing some type of exercise. You watch for a moment enjoying the view. You shake your head to clear it. You then clear your throat to alert him to your presence as you had made no sound as you silently walked downstairs. He turns his head to look at you. "You're awake. You okay? How'd you sleep?" "Surprisingly I slept the best that I have in a long time which is weird considering all that happened. Figured I'd have had a nightmare about it all but didn't." "I'm glad you got some good sleep." You nod and watch as he changes what he's doing. "What are you doing?" "Pilates." "Oh. Okay." "Usually I do it much earlier when I wake up but I slept in later than usual with us going to sleep that late." You scratch your head "Uh yeah guess that's my fault. Sorry."

He turns his head to look at you and pins you with a look "Don't ever be sorry for needing me. I will always keep you safe." You let out a breath and nod  "Okay." "I'm almost done I'll make us some breakfast after." "You still vegan?" "Yes." "Good that means you won't try to feed me eggs." Monroe laughs at that. You smile at his laugh. You sit on the couch and watch him do his pilates until he finishes.

"No way you can make vegan chocolate chip pancakes?!" "Yeah you just gotta use the right ingredients." He sets a plate with two pancakes down in front of you. "Uh you wouldn't happen to have peanut butter and maple syrup do you?" "Of course i do." He places a natural peanut butter and real maple syrup in front of you. "Awesome you even have real maple syrup not that crappy imitation stuff." Monroe laughs at that. You smile at him. You put the peanut butter and maple syrup on your vegan chocolate chip pancakes. You take a bite. "Holy crap this is the best pancake I've ever tasted and I've tasted some pancakes." Monroe laughs again "Thanks." You both finish eating and you help him pick up and do the dishes.

"So what do you usually do now?" "I work on the clocks for clients." "You're still a clock maker? You can actually live off what you make as one?" "Only if you get paid enough and have enough clients. I do alright with both. Speaking of work what about your job? Did you get time off to come here?" "Uh actually I quit my job the day I was attacked. I was on my way home after quitting when I was attacked. I've got a hefty sum saved up so I'm good for quite a while. Plus I don't really have anything to tie me to that town anymore now that I don't work in it anymore. Even my apartment is month to month." "I thought you liked that job? Why'd you quit?" "Job politics and drama. I couldn't deal with being dragged into both of them anymore so I quit didn't like the job enough to stick around." "Well if you want to stick around here for awhile you can always look for a new job here in Portland." You smile "Are you asking me to stay with you for awhile?" Monroe's face flushes red as he nods. You smile bigger "Of course I'll stay with you." Monroe looks up smiling.

You turn startled as Monroe's front door is swung open. You let out a shriek and run to cower behind Monroe. You hear Monroe say "Really Nick you didn't even knock!" You're clinging to Monroe's back. Monroe looks over his shoulder at you. "It's okay Jean don't be scared Nick is a friend. He won't hurt you." "Who are you talking to Monroe?" You hear a male voice ask. You slowly peak around Monroe's back to look at the man. Only your head isn't behind Monroe's back now. The man doesn't seem scary. "Is he safe Roe?" "Nick won't hurt you Jean. He's a friend. In fact he's a Grimm." "He's a Grimm? He can see Wesen like me?" "Yes he can. He's also a police detective." You nod.

The man is looking at you surprised. "She's a Grimm?" "Uh yeah. But uh don't make any sudden moves okay? She's still a bit skittish right now." "What? Why is she skittish?" "Her first time seeing a Wesen woge was when she was being attacked. She showed up yesterday scared out of her mind. I uh might have also scared her more when I woged to prove she wasn't crazy." "Wait so she didn't know you were a Blutbad when she came here?" "No." "Then why did she come to you?" "I uh I've always made her feel safe. And as long as I don't woge in front of her until she wraps her head around it fully and feels safe it'll stay that way." As you listen to them talk you slowly move out from behind Monroe.

You look the man over and you don't feel scared of him but he doesn't make you feel safe either. "What's your name?" Both Monroe and the other man look at you when you say that. "Oh. I'm Nick Burkhardt." "I'm Jean." Nick too quickly puts his arm up to shake your hand and you squeak startled by the sudden movement and jump back behind Monroe. "Wow she really is skittish. All I did was raise my arm." "Its not what you did its that you did it too quickly. Told you not to make an sudden moves man." You peak around Monroe again. Nick is just standing there again. You slowly creep back out from behind Monroe and stick out your hand for him to shake. He raises his arm slowly this time and shakes your hand. You nod.

You look between Monroe and Nick. "Why's he here Roe?" Monroe shrugs "Dont know yet probably because he ran into some Wesen during a case again." You look at Nick. He nods "Yeah. Uh I could use your help but should we talk about it in front of her?" Monroe looks at you. He nods towards the stairs. You vehemently shake your head no. "Guess we are. She's not going to leave my side." Nick nods. Monroe sits on the couch and you curl into his side and look at Nick. He sits in the chair. Nick pulls out a small note pad and opens it. He turns it to face us. Its a drawing of a woged Wesen. Your eyes widen, you let out a shriek, and you bury your head in Monroe's shoulder. It's the same type of animal that the guy that attacked you turned into. You're fully shaking. "Wow is she okay?" "Jean? What's wrong?" "Attacked." "Huh?" "Same as attacked me." Monroe sighs out "Oh. I'm sorry Jean." You just take a couple of deep breaths breathing in Monroe's smell to calm down.

You peak put of Monroe's shoulder. Nick's put the drawing away now. While you were calming yourself down Monroe was telling Nick about the Wesen. Nick nods and stands up. "Thanks Monroe. Sorry I scared you Jean." You nod. Nick leaves. You let out a breath of relief now that Nick is gone. "You okay Jean?" You nod "I'm okay Roe." "Good. I'm  gonna work on some clocks for awhile. I'll make lunch after. Feel free to explore the house if you want you're safe inside the house." You nod.

You explore the house and return to the living room. You watch Monroe fix clocks until lunch. We eat then Monroe fixes clocks again until dinner. We have dinner. Monroe gets out his Cello and starts to play. You smile its sounds beautiful. You must have fallen asleep while listening because you half wake up being carried in Monroe's arms. "Roe?" "Go back to sleep Jean I'm carrying you to my bed." You just hum your acknowledgement with it not even registering that he said my bed. You fall back asleep fully.