This story has been in my head a while. Hopefully multi chapters. Wi

A.N - flashbacks in italics

Nick hated traffic more than he hated anything else. The LA weather had reached new heights this week with the temperature soaring, and his car air con had packed up long ago. Nick was tempted just to leave his car here and walk the rest of the 2 blocks it was to the loft. He really didn't care at this point if his car got toadied. He had an excellent reason to go home these days.

Nick hadn't really been paying much attention as to why there was this amount of traffic until he noticed that the people around him were starting to get out their cars. He decide to get out too at least he wouldn't have to sit in his baking hot car plus he wanted to know if he'd be sitting here much longer.

The crowd was pushing its was to the front where the problem seem to be. Nick wasn't far behind when he tried peering over people's head. That's when he saw it the glimpse of dark blue. Starting to have a little bit more interest he pushed his way to he front, he was being stupid it, he knew it couldn't be her car, but he had this bad feeling in the pit of his stomach that he couldn't shift. He needed to see that car to calm himself down. The people round him weren't moving so he stopped being polite and almost barge his way to the front of he crowd ignoring the protests and comment that he was leaving in his wake.

Then he saw it in the middle of the road were it had obviously spun a few times, smashed in from the passengers side was Jess's car. Surrounding the complete right off of the car were a mass of emergency vehicles. He looked over to see the ambulance and he saw they were lifting someone on to a stretcher. He could make out the mass of dark brown hair. Nick thought he was about to be sick no! No this can't be happening. Snapping out of his daze he tried to get under the barrier that the police had put up.

"Sir what do you think you are doing get back."

"No you have to let me through. I have to go over with her."

The cop who had been standing in the sun too long and had too many people trying to get a closure look at the wreck missed the urgency coming from Nick's mouth.

"No what you have to do Sir, is get back to your car and wait for us to clear up this mess."

Nick had enough at this point, Jess was being put into he back of an ambulance and their was nothing that was going to stop him from going with her.

"For god sake that is my wife's car! And that" pointing towards the ambulance. "Is MY wife! Now move out of my way!"

The cop moved instantly and Nick ran. If Schmidt were here he may have been impressed at Nick's speed. Though to Nick he wasn't ping fast enough, it seemed to take forever to get to her.

The cop had told the ambulance drivers that Nick was the husband of the woman they were dealing with so there was no issue when he reached the van.

Jess looked so pale, h except for the deep red color running down the side of her head from under the banged. Her eyes closed and a mask on that looked too big for her fragile face "Jess?" Nick said softly but she didn't move her eyes remaining shut. "Baby please be ok? You need to be ok?" He kissed her forehead. Willing to see those beautiful blue eyes open.

"Sir what's your wife's name?"

"Jess.. Jessica.. Miller" he told them without removing his eyes from her.

"And how far along in the pregnancy is she?"

Nick's throat felt like it was closing up, trying to get out the information the drivers needed. His eyes so full of tears he didn't bother to wipe them away.

"28 weeks" he whispered.

The driver just nodded and finally they had organized everything to put Jess into the back of the ambulance Nick following closely beside her. His hand found hers and he held on tightly. His head bowed. As the door closed.