I have become a little obsessed with New Girl lately, the break between episodes not helping. Thought I would give it a try in writing a fic about Nick and Jess.
I am very new to writing stories any feedback would be welcome.
I do not own New Girl, if I did Nick and Jess would already be together and I would no longer be tortured by the 2 of them.
At first Jess couldn't work out where the buzzing was coming from, she reached out her arm to where she usually switched off her alarm clock and nothin happened. She opened her groggy eyes. Oh yes that's right she wasn't in her room. She turned at to the person groaning beside her.
"Nick, turn off the alarm before one of the others hears it." She urgently whispered.
Her and Nick had been sleeping together for a few weeks now. Still not totally sure where it was heading they decided to keep it from their two other roommates.
They had gotten into a routine of waking up stupidly early so one if them could slip out of the room and head back to their own.
Jess went to move from the bed but Nick's arm tightened around her waste.
"Don't go yet, I'm sure it's safe to stay just a little bit longer." He said whilst at the same time kissing her neck.
Jess could feel herself giving in. A smile spread across her face and she went to bury herself further into Nick's embrace.
"No!" Suddenly sitting up "we can't do that again Nick, you remember the other day. We were so close to Schmidt catching us. Do you really want to explain to him what is happening?"
"No I guess not." said Nick with his classic turtle face. Which Jess had come to like seeing ...a lot.
"Catch you at breakfast Miller." She threw over her shoulder, whilst getting out the bed as fast as she could before she got pulled back in.
Entering her room she sighed, she hated this part. Her room just seemed so empty and cold after being with Nick for the night. She reset her alarm so a few more hours of sleep could be had before she had to get up. At least she didn't have to work today. Laying down she started thinking about her and Nick. She would like this to move on, maybe become more official, but she was worried about what Nick actually wanted. She sighed again thinking that though they had moved on a little bit they were still having the same issues that they were having before. Just this time with more sex, and slightly less arguing.
At a more reasonable time of the day Jess walked into the kitchen to find Schmidt, Winston and Nick all sitting around the table.
"Today is the day!" Schmidt exclaimed. "Today is the that I will not think or talk about the Indian goddess."
"Mmm, didn't you say that yesterday and yet we still spent the afternoon "getting lost" around her area." Winston huffed. He was trying to be a good friend to Schmidt but he was making it very difficult at the moment.
Jess laughed at her roommates antics. At her laugh Nick looked up at her with a smile on his face. He realized that he like hearing her chuckle, a lot.
"Jess as your broken hearted friend, please could you make me some pancakes to cheer me up." Schmidt trying to pull the puppy dog eyes onto Jess.
"Oh go on then, anyone else?"
"Definitely!" Winston perked up at the idea of Jess's pancakes.
Nick frowned at his two roommates, Jess had made Schmidt his "cheer me up pancakes" 4 days on the trot, he didn't like the idea that her nice nature was being taken advantage of . "Jess you don't have to keep making us breakfast."
"It's fine Nick. I enjoy it."
"Do you want some help?" He asked. It was at least one if them could do if this was going to continue.
At the offer of his help all 3 of his roommates stopped what they were doing and stared at him. Winston and Schmidt with what could only be described as a version of a turtle face and Jess with a soft smile.
Jess seeing an opportunity to be near Nick without the other being suspicious at all agreed to his help. "Sure, Nick if you want."
After breakfast Schmidt and Winston left the apartment. Jess and Nick hanging around trying to look casual in their separate activities, yet both getting equally annoyed at their other roommates fluffing around getting ready to leave.
The second the Winston closed the door Nick was up and sitting extremely close next to Jess, his arm going over the back of the sofa. "Sooo, finally got the place to ourselves. ...What should we do?"
Jess looked up, opening her mouth as if to say something, thinking about her earlier thoughts in her room. But as soon as she looked into those eyes she changed her mind and went back to pretending to read her book shrugging her shoulders at his question.
Nick knew he wasn't great with women but he would have to be blind to see something was on Jess's mind.
"Come on Jess out with it"
"No it's ok Nick, it's my problem not yours."
"Jess don't be like that, you use to be able to tell me everything. Even the stuff I most certainly did not want to hear."
"Ok, fine." She took a deep breath. "Nick I need to know what is happening here.. I know we have had this conversation before but they has never been an actual answer."
Nick pulled back from her a bit, terrified to look at her.
Jess could feel Nick pulling back. Having had enough she went to get up off the sofa. "You know what Nick, never mind. Lets just be stuck in limbo as always."
"Jess wait!" Nick pulling her back. Realizing that he would have to speak up or potentially lose her. At the thought of that panicked him more than the thought of having to say how he feel.
"Sit back down and we can talk" when she didn't seem to move "please Jess."
Jess sat down they were still both on the sofa but sitting opposite each other. Jess took Nick's hands.
"Nick I know this is hard for you. But it's hard for me too. There is so much at stake and I am so scared at getting hurt again"
"I would never hurt you on purpose Jess. But I think I am by not saying anything."
Jess nodded sadly, hoping he would continue.
Nick cleared his throat. It was now or never, he looked down at their joined hands. "These last few weeks, getting to be the one to hold you, kiss you" he smiled as he said the last part "getting to be with you at night. Have been the best few weeks in a very long time."
Jess went to tell him that she felt the same way, but before she could Nick carried on.
"Let me get this out ok, I'm honestly not sure how I feel but most of the time.. Scared that I will screw it up, us up. But I like you Jess a lot and I want US to work." There he thought to himself, it's out there.
Jess just stared at him. One word going through her mind "us" she liked that.
Resizing that she hadn't said anything, she shook herself.
"Nick that's all I need to hear. I don't want you to declare us to the others but I just wanted to know if we were more than... I don't know... Whatever we were, I like you Nick a lot too. I want this to work out between us."
"Me too Jess." Nick said drawing her closure so their lips touched. The fire that always ignited between the that very second. Nick's hand in Jess's hair each trying to pull the other in closer than they already were.
Nick pulling apart for just a moment to mumble "now can we take advantage of the empty loft?" To then as soon as possible pull her back
Jess just nodded and they both tumbled into Jess's bedroom. Her last coherent thought was yes her room was a lot better with one Nick Miller in it.