This is going to be one of those super long stories. I will be stealing scenes from previous episodes and making up a lot.
Did you watch Cooler? That kiss... Oh my goodness! Zooey and Jake did an awesome job!
I do not own New Girl or any of the characters.

This first chapter is based off of what I am expecting from the upcoming episode "marriage" so it is after the "cooler" or "the kiss" episode.

Chapter 1, breakfast.

Jess laid in her bed with Sam snoring lightly beside her. Her eyes were almost bulging out of her head and she breathed heavily. Her head smacked down to the pillow on her lap. "NOOOOOOOOO." She whispered for no one to hear. She pulled her hair and punched the pillow. Jess sat back up screamed silently running her hands threw her hair and onto her face. "What have I done?" She asked herself in horror.

~•~•~

"Oh my god!" Nick whispered scrunching his face and rolling around in his bed. "This is not good. Not good." He told himself. He rubbed his face and stared at his ceiling. He had to talk to Jess but he also had to avoid her, he couldn't decide which he wanted to do more. He looked at his window and had the urge to climb out it like last night. He had spilled to Jess that he hadn't wanted their first kiss to be from a stupid game and panicked and almost gotten himself killed. Nick hit his head against his wall and looked to his clock. 6:30. He had gotten barely any sleep that night, his head wouldn't slow down. He couldn't stop thinking about the kiss and what was yet to come, whatever it was he felt scared... and excited.

~•~•~

"Morning babe." Sam mumbled sitting up and giving Jess a kiss on her cheek and putting on some pants.

"Morning." Jess replied feeling tense all of a sudden.

"What do you want for breakfast? I think I saw waffles in your fridge the other day, those still in there?" Sam asked.

"Ugh I don't know." Jess told him getting nervous, "you know what, I actually I have breakfast planned with CeCe this morning. Totally forgot about that, how stupid of me. So I gotta get ready."

"Oh alright I will just grab something on the way home." Sam said opening her bedroom door. Jess peered past him and saw that Nicks door was still closed. "Jess are you okay?"

"What? Yeah, I'm fine, you know just tired and my head hurts. I really should be getting ready though." She told him walking him to the door. "Don't want to be late!"

"Oh alright I'll see you later."

"Yeah I'll call you later!" Jess told him pushing him out of the door and closing it. She turned around and leant her back against the metal and moaned.

~•~•~

Nick woke up to the door of the loft shutting. He sat up quickly and checked the time. Just after 8:00. He rubbed his face and got up. He looked in his mirror and his tired reflection looked back at him. At least he had gotten a few hours of sleep in before the day started. Nick put on a pair of jeans and his dark blue and black plaid shirt, the one he knew Jess liked because she had told him more than once. He took one last look in the mirror and put his hand on his doorknob. He stayed like that for several minutes, not being able to open the door because Jess could be out there, she could have had her door open and be in her bedroom. Or in the bathroom or kitchen. He let go sighed. 'It shouldn't be like this.' He thought and opened his door. He walked out trying to act confident when it felt like his knees were going to collapse. Nick walked into the bathroom, but there was no one there. He sighed in relief and brushed his teeth. He wasn't ready to face her or the guys for that matter, they hadn't known what happened but chances were they would know very quickly.

~•~•~

Jess brushed her teeth and re-curled a few strands of her hair, then put some light makeup on. She found a blue sweater and some black jeans and put them on. Her glasses were on her night table, she picked them up and put them on and looked in the mirror. She took them off and put them back on again, she couldn't decide if she wanted to wear them or not. She put them back on her table and pulled her hair back into a ponytail. She heard shuffling feet and faded voices then the loft door close, she couldn't tell if it was Winston or Schmidt's one night stands leaving.
She picked up her phone and texted CeCe "911 emergency! Text me back! I need to come over" Jess gathered all her stuff waiting for CeCe to answer. She looked at the clock, two minutes had passed. She heard walking and the loft door close once again knowing the remaining girl had now left. She sighed loudly and turned around opening her door and hoping for the best. No one was in the hallway so she went into the kitchen to make herself some breakfast, hoping to avoid all her roommates.

~•~•~

Nick was just finishing up in the bathroom as Schmidt walked in. "Morning Nick."

Nick looked at him then walked out of the bathroom.

"Seriously Nick? Nothing?" Schmidt yelled after him insulted.

Nick rolled his eyes and looked up to see Winston with a smile on his face. "Good morning Nick." He said cheery, clearly satisfied with the night he had had.

"Morning man." Nick replied with smirk.

"I heard that Nicholas!" Schmidt yelled angrily.
He heard Winston mumble something to Schmidt along the line of 'Let it go.' Nick walked down the hallway with a small smile on his face until he saw the kitchen in view and the girl rushing around making herself breakfast. His eyes went wide and he almost fell as he hurried back towards the bathroom.

"Nick tell him I am your best friend!" Schmidt complained fighting with Winston.

"Dood, get over it!" Winston said.

"Guys." Nick said.

"You're right I should just give up, he clearly loves me the least."

"Guys!" Nick said again trying to get their attention.

"Schmidt why don't you act like a man and fight me!" Winston yelled, only half kidding.

"Fine! I'll fight you! Just let me put my chutney back on the shelf."

"I kissed Jess!" Nick yelled frustrated with the lack of attention.

The two roommates turned to look at him with complete shock.

~•~•~

"Jessica!" Schmidt yelled running out the bathroom and into the kitchen. Jess took a sip of orange juice and turned around to see Schmidt almost crash into her and Winston close behind him. She looked at him curiously about to swallow to answer him then Nick appeared and she spat out her drink all over Schmidt at the sight of him.
"Oh. My. God." Schmidt said disgusted freezing to his spot.

Nick's mouth dropped but he smiled and Winston laughed.

"Oh my god Schmidt I'm so sorry!" Jess rushed wiping him with a towel.

"No! What are you doing? Trying to give me diseases? You NEVER wipe a man with a dish towel!" Schmidt yelled.

"Jar." Nick and Winston said at the same time calmly.

"Schmidt I'm sorry I didn't mean to!"

He looked at her then laughed and walked into his room. Jess looked to Winston and Nick with big eyes. An awkward tension took over and she shifted uncomfortably.

"Um I have some stuff to do. You know like ugh vacuum my room and do my laundry and ugh." Winston rambled.

"I'm so sticky!" Schmidt yelled angrily from his room then walked out in his way too short blue robe. "This is your fault!" He said pointing at Nick.

"How is this my fault?"

"If you didn't kiss her this never would have happened!"

"You told them?" Jess yelled horrified. She held her cheeks feeling them burn up.

"We wouldn't have believed him but we even checked his back Jess, not a drop of sweat."

"Ew." She replied.

"The biggest thing I am taking away from this is that Nick hasn't put money in the douche jar. I had to put a large amount in when I tried to kiss her. And it didn't even happen!"

"Schmidt shut up and go take a shower!" Nick told him. Schmidt shot them all a glare and fast walked towards the bathroom.

"This is defiantly my cue to leave so I'm just gonna..." Winston said pointing over his shoulder to his room and ran off.

"Jess-"

"I can't believe you told them Nick!"

"Jess what am I supposed to do? You know I can't keep secrets!"

"This is bad! This is so bad!" She yelled. "I can't believe this happened!"

"Jessica let's just go talk come on, we can go for a drive or something."

Jess felt her phone vibrate in her hand and looked down to see CeCe's name. "Nick I gotta go."

"Okay I'll go with you." He told her.

"Nick, just leave me alone okay?" She said and walked out the door.

Nick sighed and put his hands on his neck in frustration.

~•~•~

"Jess!"

"CeCe." Jess said as CeCe opened her door.

"So ugh, nothing big, just wanted to stop by and say hello, the 911 thing was an overreat-"

"Jess I know what happened."

Jess looked at CeCe knowing what she was talking about but decided to play dumb. "What are you talking about?"

"Schmidt told me."

"Dammit Schmidt." Jess muttered.

"So..."

"No! No, do not do this CeCe! I am not going to tell you about it because it wasn't a big deal! We made out, we can all move past it like grownups."

"If it's not a big deal, then why can't you tell me? And why did you wanna talk?" CeCe questioned.

"You're good kid! You play dirty you do." Jess said not really making sense.

"Jess!"

Jess looked at her best friend and moaned. "He may have rocked my world. Sent my rocket ship to the sky. My submarine to-"

"Was there tongue?"

"Yes."

"How long was it?"

"It felt like a super long time but I'm not totally sure."

"How did he start it?"

"CeCe, slow down with the questions!"

"Just tell me how it happened!"

"Okay. I said goodnight and started walking away and then he pulled my arm back to him and he kissed me. At first with tongue and we couldn't find out where to put our hands, there was a lot touching then it slowed down and he pulled away then gave me two small kisses."
CeCe eyed her best friend carefully with a small smile on her face. "Do you like Nick?"
"What! AHHHH! BAH!" She said making a disgusted face.
"You felt something during that kiss. He didn't just 'send your rocket ship to the sky', he sent it all the way to the moon. There was a lot of passion wasn't there? I bet you have never felt that way being kissed have you?" CeCe asked her.
Jess stared at her and opened her mouth but nothing came out.

"Sam has never kissed you the way Nick has before has he? You felt a spark with Nick, Jess."

"CeCe I don't know."

"You gotta talk to him Jess."

Jess sighed and rubbed her head.

"Come on, let's take you home."

~•~•~

"So guys I have a dating convention tomorrow, It would be really great if you could all come." CeCe told all the guys as they sat on the couch watching TV. Jess had been sitting furthest away from Nick as she possible could. From the corner of her eye she could see Nick shooting her glances. She couldn't help but look back a couple times, but they never made direct eye contact.

"We'll be there." Schmidt responded standing up with a smile. "CeCe," he said sitting on the coffee table tight in front of her. "We will always be there for you."

"Okay Schmidt, getting weird." She told and pushed him away.

"I do not stand to take your pity Cecilia." He said and walked away.

"What?" Winston muttered to himself.

"Yeah, I don't think I will be able to make it I got a thing that I've been putting off for a while now, that I told myself I would do." Nick said uncomfortable.

"Oh yeah Nick? What's that?" CeCe asked.

"You know... more writing, going to the zoo, discovering a new TV show."

"I'm in, I mean more dating tips couldn't help right?" Winston said and walked off.

"Jess you are coming right?" CeCe asked her.

"Yeah, yeah of course I'll be there."

"Alright, awesome."

"Sam is coming though, 'cause Sam is my boyfriend. I have a boyfriend." Jess rushed, she could sense Nick rolling his eyes but didn't dare look to him.

"Oh yeah, do you think I could pick up girls there?" Nick asked.

Jess finally made eye contact with him and shot him a laugh.

"What?" He asked.

"Oh there will be girls there Nick; I wouldn't exactly say you could pick any up." Jess told him.

Nick stared at her in disbelief. 'She wants to play dirty?' He asked himself. "I remember very clearly someone telling me I was 'smokin' hot', who was that again? Oh wait... It was you Jess!" He said yelling. "You just don't want all the girls all over me, cause you know the women like it how I give it!"

"What are you talking about? I don't care if you have girls all over you! I have a boyfriend Nick! Get over it!" Jess yelled back.

"You seem to be restating that quite a bit, apparently you need to keep reminding yourself!"

Jess stared at him and breathed heavily. She was now face-to-face with him forgetting about her best friend watching from the couch. She stared at Nicks face, it seemed so familiar now. The stubble, the crooked nose, his brown eyes, his lips and teeth. She licked her lips and hesitated feeling weak.

"You just keep that in mind Jess." Nick told her and walked into his bedroom closing the door behind him.

"Oh my god Jess." CeCe said. "You do like him." She whispered.

Jess looked back at her shocked. Shocked that CeCe had dared to say that. Shocked that she had to fight the urge to run after Nick. Shocked and also confused that she couldn't deny what her friend just told her. "No, you're wrong." Jess muttered trying to convince herself. "I am just confused, that doesn't mean I like him, it means nothing." She said slowly and went to her bedroom slamming her door.

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