(Nick has been doing a lot of soul searching lately this is him coming to a very big decision in his life and breaking the news to his friends)
Nick: Hey Winston remember Samantha?
Winston: Yeah Samantha, The one from back home in Chicago?
Nick: Yeah that's her
Winston: What about her?
Nick: Well I've been talking to her a lot lately I've been telling her about all the work I've been doing with Clydes and well she was impressed. She said she's opening another bar in Chicago and wondered if I might be interested in coming and running it for her and…. I told her yes.
Winston: What?
Nick: Well she asked me to come and help her run the new bar and I think I'm going to do it
Winston: WHAT? You can't leave this is your home now.
Nick: No you're right I have absolutely loved "most" of my time out here, but I just don't think I can take living here anymore and it's definitely not you Winston or Even Schmidt. When Coach left it really got me thinking Coach is starting a new life and new adventures and then this opportunity came along and I thought YES! This is it this is my opportunity to start Fresh! To get away from things and "certain people"
Winston: Wow Nick well I can't say I'm happy about this, but I completely understand. You know I'll support you no matter what.
Nick: Thanks Man.
(Three days have passed Nick has told Schmidt which did not go so well Schmidt has been giving him the silent treatment ever since)
Nick: Hey Jess I have something to tell you
Jess: Hey Nick what's up?
Nick: well Jess I thought you should hear this from me, but I've made a decision and I've decided I'm moving back to Chicago.
Jess: I'm sorry WHAT?
Nick: yeah I have an opportunity to help open and then run a new bar there its' a really good opportunity for me.
Jess: Nick we have bars here you've been working at the same one for 12 years
Nick: This is different this is a new opportunity and a new chance to start over in a new location
Jess: What? Why do you need to start over?
Nick: Jess it's complicated I just do let's leave it at that (Nick turns to walk out of room)
Jess: (Jess with a face of resignation to this news) Nick?
Nick: (turning around to see her) yeah Jess
Jess: Nick I?.. you know what nevermind; If this is what you want I'm happy for you
Nick: Thanks Jess (he leaves)
(Jess stands there kind of in shock not really sure what to do or where to turn she shuts her bedroom door and slides her back against it and slowly makes her way to the floor she just stares at the pattern on her comforter she's not sad, she's not happy, she's not mad she's at this moment completely indifferent she can't decide how this should make her feel so she just continues to stare at her bed)
(Two Hours have passed Nick has gone to work Winston and Schmidt have gone down to the bar suddenly a knock on the apartment door it's Cece she opens the door and walks in)
Cece: Jess?
Jess: (coming out of her stupor)..Yeah that's me.. Hey Cece I'm in here
Cece: (noticing Jess seems a little out of sorts) Hey Jess what's up?
Jess: Oh nothing just hanging out
Cece: Is there something wrong?
Jess: No Not at all why.. why would you think there was something wrong?
Cece: Um you have a bit of a deer in the headlights look right now
Jess: What?.. No No, well Nick just gave me some news and it's fine let me just say it's fine I'm fine Nick's fine everything's fine
Cece: Someone who is fine does not say they are fine so many times
Jess: Whatever you want to go get some dinner
Cece: Yeah sure but what News did Nick tell you?
Jess: Oh that he's moving back to Chicago No big deal
Cece: Oh Wow so he's actually going to do it?
Jess: Wait your knew!?
Cece: Well I work with Nick all of the time we talk about things he told me he was thinking about it, but I didn't know that he'd decided for sure. It's sure going to be different around here without him.
Jess: Yeah, yep Yeah different
Cece: I know it must be a shock for you because of your history with him, but that's so far in the past now at least this is happening now and not when you were together can you imagine if he'd ask you to move back to Chicago with him Ha. That'd be awful
Jess: (momentarily contemplating the thought) ha Yeah real awful
(at the restaurant Cece and Jess are sitting across from one another they've been talking about other things when the conversation gravitates back to Nick)
Jess: Cece don't you think Nick is making a really rash decision I mean he's got a life here now he hasn't lived in Chicago for so many years.
Cece: No I think he's thought it out pretty well
Jess: You Do?
Cece: Yeah he told me all about it, it does actually sound like a really good opportunity Samantha the woman opening the bar owns 3 other bars in the city this will be Nick's bar basically he's going to run it Samantha is an old friend of his from high school she sounds really cool actually from the way Nick described her.
Jess: (with an air of sarcasm to her voice) "Oh does she sound really cool?" That's so great (rolls her eyes)
Cece: Jess? Are you jealous?
Jess: Jealous of What?
Cece: (coy) of Samantha?
Jess: Oh stop Cece don't be ridiculous Nick can go move where he wants and marry who he wants
Cece: Lol I don't think he's marrying Samantha he's just working for her
Jess: Well maybe not yet, just wait until she spends a little time with him and she'll realize what a great guy he is.
Cece: Nick's pretty great wouldn't that actually be nice if he found someone?
Jess: (Jess now getting a little angry she's not even sure why or at least she won't admit to herself why) NO! she doesn't sound like a good person Nick should just stay here
Cece: (cracking up at Jess' weird outburst) You don't even know her chill out woman it's fine
Jess: (taking a deep breath) You're right I don't know what got into me
Cece: (just kind of roller her eyes and looks down at her menu)
{Back at the loft}
{An hour later everyone's gone to bed Jess comes in the apartment. Locking the door behind her she pauses for a moment in the hallway between her and Nick's doors she stares longingly at his door for a moment before dropping her head and turning to go into her own room}
To Be Continued…