"Shut Up Nick" she breathed as her eyes glazed over with yearning. Nick felt her guard come down, and he slowly leaned into Jess, his dark brown eyes zeroing in on her pink lips. Her eyes focused on his, until their gazes were interrupted by an angry Schmidt, who came close to witnessing a progression in a relationship he didn't want to evolve.
"Brava, fellow roommates, brava" Schmidt sneered as he walked between them, breaking their intimate moment. "Instead of listening to my wise words of roommate ethics, you go behind my back and do it again!"
"Schmidt!" yelled Jess, "you literally smell like a gas stations bathroom" referring to his urine drenched khakis.
"I did what any man would do to claim his land! I showed honour, desire and passion - focussing all my energy on a property that doesn't break the No-Nail Oath!"
"I am no-ones property!" Screamed Jess. "I am not yours, I'm not Winston's, or Coaches for that matter, and I'm certainly not Nick's." Nick winced as his stomach dropped. She didn't want to be his.
"Now, I am going to my room, and you - ESPECIALLY you Schmidt, should have a long and hard think about what you have done in writing that misogynistic Oath, and HAVE A DAMN SHOWER, I am starting to taste your stench Schmidt!"
Nick watches Jess storm off into her room, as a mix of hurt, regret and confusion swirl through his body.
He couldn't help but wonder, what would of happened if Schmidt didn't burst into their moment?
"I don't know what she's talking about. I stay away from asparagus and drink a lot of pineapple juice" Schmidt says, defensively.
Jess woke up still fuming as she remembered the events from the previous night. She quickly threw on her white and blue bow print jumper over leggings and boots, grabbed her purse and headed out her bedroom door to go seek solace from her best friend, Cece. Jess stops abruptly at the entrance, where she sees the box of fish sticks lying on the floor. Images flood back into her memory. "It was me Jess, I couldn't help it" Nick admitted. He let her know that his feelings for her was from the beginning. He has had them all along, and he couldn't hold them in any longer. Jess stood there, staring at the fallen fish sticks, wondering what could of been.
"Hey"
Jess jolted out of her daydream and turned around to see a dishevelled, half asleep Nick standing in front of her.
"Hey." Jess half smiled, realising they were in the same position as the night before, where they almost kissed for the second time.
"Listen, for what it's worth, I'm sorry Schmidt got a little defensive of our stupid pact. I think he is a little scared of change, and he took it out on you"
Jess sighed "It's ok I guess. In a weird way, I kind of understand him and why he might be worried, I have those same feelings" Jess trailed off. She looked up to Nick who shoved his hands in his pockets nodding.
After a moment, Nick opened his mouth to reply, but a stir coming from Schmidt's room stopped him.
"I should go, I'm meeting Cece"
"Yeah, of course, go do that" Nick said as he backed away from her. Jess slipped out the front door before Schmidt got the chance to see them together again.
