Hi guys! I'm mostly writing this because I'm pretty upset there's no New Girl this week… Enjoy and let me know what you think!

Jess quickly shut the door to her room and flopped onto her bed.

Great. She thought. What if things were never normal between her and Nick again? That hug was just so… tense.

As thoughts of Nick continued to cloud her mind, she angrily snatched up her headphones and plugged them into her phone. She was going to need to go through the entire album of Red before she fell asleep.

Love is a ruthless game unless you play it good and right

She was single… yet again, and yet she didn't really feel like crying about it anymore. Sam was the perfect package- he was so tall and handsome, and a doctor for crying out loud… sure the sex had been amazing, but something had never quite clicked with them. Maybe it had just never been the same ever since he turned her down on Halloween. She had never felt so… shut down before.

She sighed. She knew it wouldn't work for Sam in the long run- it just wasn't worth convincing herself to try anymore. Sam was behind her for good. Wow. That was definitely the fastest she had ever gotten over a break-up.

But something still bothered her. Even if she knew it wasn't going to work out with Sam, it hadn't even been her choice to break it off. It wasn't her fault that Nick kissed her… Okay, maybe it was her fault for kissing him back- but damn him for initiating it the first place!

She sat up suddenly, fuming. How dare he just put her relationship in jeopardy- and have absolutely nothing to show for it. Frustrated, she yanked the sounds of Red out of her ears, swung her door open, and found Nick on the couch, watching Jimmy Fallon.

"Oh hey." He smiled at her.

"Hi." She clenched her fists, fuming at him. "I have to tell you something, Nick." She huffed. "I changed my mind. I haven't forgiven you, ok?"

His eyes looked hurt, and he paused before shrugging. "Okay…"

"I mean- I almost did, I almost completely forgot about the whole thing." She swallowed, shaking her head. "But then I remembered- that kiss may not have meant anything to you, but it meant something to me."

Nick's eyes widened, and after a second he gave her the tiniest smirk.

"No! Wipe that grin off you face Miller- I didn't mean like that. You don't realize what you did, do you? You just- you just kissed me!" She stared at the confused look on his face. Maybe she wasn't making much sense.

Nick continued to stare at her blankly, then cleared his throat.

"Wait." She stopped him. "You knew it could end my relationship with Sam- and you did it anyway." She looked away for a moment, willing the tears in her eyes to get back in her dumb eyeballs. "You didn't know how things were going with us. And you know what? It turns out it wasn't even worth it." She crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at him. "And that's what hurts the most. That something that could have that big of an effect on me- meant absolutely nothing to you!"

And then, refusing to look at his stunned expression any longer, Jess stormed into her room, leaving Nick to his thoughts.

Let me know what you think! I haven't written anything in awhile so I may be a little rusty... TO BE CONTINUED