Turning back into that building was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. I knew going back meant one of two things. Either my heart was going to be ripped in two, or Nick would listen to me and maybe, just maybe he might want this too. But I had heard what he said, I heard it. He didn't want me. What the hell was I doing? I had no idea what I was doing, all I knew was I was running as fast as I could.

I didn't think Nick would be there. I didn't, but I hoped. Once I finally got into that elevator I didn't know what was going to happen. What was I going to say? I had to tell him, Winston was right. I couldn't leave without talking to him. He had to know how I felt.

"Oh come on please go faster, I gotta tell my best friend I'm in love with her!" I hear his voice as the elevator door opens. Who's his best friend? Me? Oh my gosh he's in love with me?! My head is spinning. Then there's his face, his eyes looking into mine.

"Hey Miller", I say. "Hey", he says back. He enters the elevator and you can feel it. Neither of us knows what to do or what to say. We look at each other and I can feel the pull. It'll take us one second to close the gap between us and dive into whatever this part of our future is. I love him and he just declared that he loves me. And within that second his lips are crashing into mine. I immediately feel the tears pooling in my eyes and my knees start to give out. He arms holding me up, his hand tight around my shoulder. I throw my arms around his neck and kiss him back. I pour the last year of my life into him. We kiss for an amount of time that isn't long enough. The elevator door opens and he starts to pull away but I grab his collar and pull him back.

He laughs "Hey Jess, Jess calm down honey."

I giggle "Sorry, I've just. . . I've just wanted to do that for a really long time."

He looks at me confused, "What do you mean?", he asks.

"Well yah see I kind of never got over you and it took Sam leaving for me to realize I was still in love with you.", I say as fast as I can looking at him like an idiot.

"Wait, Jess that was like a year ago. You've known that long and you didn't say anything?"

"Of course not Nick, you were happy with Reagan. What was I supposed to do?"

His lips are crashing into mine again and now he's pushed me out of the elevator and into the lobby. He has my back pressed against a wall and I don't care who sees. I could stay here forever.

"Jessica Day you're insane, do you know that?" he says laughing at me again, with the biggest smile on his face.

"I know, but would you love me if I wasn't?"

"No, probably not, because then you wouldn't be you.", he says before planting a soft kiss on my tear stained lips.

He hugs me tightly and I breathe him in. He smells like home and I know this is it. There's no one else in the world that I want more than Nick Miller.

"Nick, what are we doing. Is this it? I love you. There's no one else I want. I want you.", I plead.

"I want you to Jess. You know I love you, more than I've ever loved anybody. Can we figure this out as we go? I don't want to ruin this right now."

At first, I'm taken back a bit but then I realize he's right. We rushed the first time. I'm okay with this. I will not ruin this. In that moment I promise to myself that I will never second guess him again. We're still the same people but we're not. He's grown and I've grown. We can continue to grow together for as long as it takes because this time, I am not going to let him go.