The echoing of the tile floor filled the night room of the shared loft of the friends. Lifting her head, Jess scanned the dark room, finding the alarm clock that only read 2:30am, far too early for any of the roommates to be awake, but it was only a Wednesday night, it wasn't a party night, or at least not for Jess. Feeling Nick's chest rise against her back, his arm wrapped around her body, she closed her eyes, trying to fall into the sleep she once was. As her eyes started dozing off, the sound of the tile clattering and the cabinets squeaking started again, startled with the sound, she knew that this loft made sound, just like Nick always told her, with the leaking faucets, the creaking floor boards and loud neighbors, Jess had still yet to overcome her fear of the sounds that accompanied her. Turning her body towards Nick, she pressed her body against his sleeping body, hearing the soft sounds of his inhaling and exhaling, his eyes shut, which only brought a small smile to her face. As her blue eyes pierced his closed eyes it seemed to bring a tickle to his nose, as she watch his nose twitch, her lips pressed together as her throat filled with a small giggle. Bringing her finger to his nose, she pressed her nail against his skin, scratching his nose. As her finger lingered on him, Nick's eyes peered open showing his light brown eyes, air filling his nose, his mouth opening as it bared a small yawn, his eyes locked on to Jess. "What are you doing?" he voiced as Jess lips seemed to be more pursed together now. "Oops" she brought a small smile to her closed lips. As Nick's arm pressed against Jess's body, it slowly dragged along her covered body, still remaining on her warm body. "Can't sleep?" Nick said softly nearly only wording his words as Jess head nodded slowly and slightly.
Running her hands against Nick's chest, Nick's wrapped arm seemed to tighten as even though their bodies were seemingly close they were now even more close. Her hands rose to his neck, caressing him, as his fingers ran along the scruff of his face, realizing it probably had been days since Nick had shaved, but Jess didn't mind. She loved the feeling of the sharp fibers of hair pressed against her soft hands. Nick's scruffy look always seemed to deem Jess in more ways than one. Even when their friendship was just that, she always found that Nick wore facial hair properly, even though Schmidt would call him out as being more so homeless then being his roommate, Jess couldn't deny the turn on Nick brought to her.
Stretching her legs out, they didn't nearly reach the foot of the bed where Nick's laid. But the feeling of her slept body reaching out brought her pleasure as her eyes continued to remain on Nick, as his to her. Picking her legs up, she brought her legs over Nick's as he seemed to stretch his out more. Finally, she brought her lips to his, pressing them softly on to his as his overcame hers. His arm pressed against her back, his fingers dragging softly against it bringing more heat to her body. His other hand rested above her head, as his fingers found the dark of her hair, tangling them into it.
A screech ran through the room, startling Jess, as she pulled away from Nick, her head turning towards the door. "Something's out there Nick" Jess spoke as Nick head alerted up towards the entrance. "Jessica you know how this place is" he answered back as his head lay back down on the pillow. "No Nick, no, it's something…something that isn't normal" Jess whispered to the sound that continued.
Rolling his eyes a smirk came to Nick's face. "I swear Jess, I don't know how you survive life sometimes" he teased. "I guess I shouldn't bring up wanting to live in the Amazon" he chuckled. Pulling more away, Nick's arm drew off her resting between them now. Turning her body, Jess back pressed against Nick's body, clenching her fists. "Go look Nick go look" Jess sounded out as the sound seemed to continue, growing louder and it only seemed to be closer. But as Nick continued to not move, Jess rose from his bed, as she stood up, looking back at Nick, as he stilled lied there. Raising her eyebrows towards him, Nick finally caught the hint as he stood up as he moved across the small room, meeting with Jess towards the door. Reaching for the baseball bat near Nick's door, Jess clenched it into her hands as Nick opened the door slightly looking back at Jess
A fearful look plastered on to her face, she seemed really scared, but it was nothing that Nick Miller couldn't handle. This wasn't the first time Nick was the one Jess fell upon to check out the strange noises in the loft, he found himself being an expert at finding the source. With it usually being the dripping of the bathroom faucet, Winston arrival home being earlier or later than usual, or the famous night that had started everything between them with their first kiss. There was nothing for Nick to worry about, but he found pride in protecting his girlfriend, it's what boyfriends were meant to do that and squish every small crawling thing that seemed to be more attracted to females then males. As his bedroom door slowly opened more, the hallways were lightly dimmed, as a possible solution already was that himself or Jess had forgotten to turn off the above the oven light again, but Nick had a sense of his home, he had lived here for so long, he could walk around with his eyes shut, which he normally did to his travels to the only bathroom in the loft.
As Nick turned out of his room, he could feel and hear Jess breathing against his chest, her small heart possibly racing faster than usual. Scanning across to Jess room, the sound seems to die out as their door opened. But whatever the sound in the loft was it wasn't lured to the sound of Nick's door opening, him and Jess seem to become experts at moving quietly in the large walled area, with their private life now being exposed to everyone they cared about, they still liked to be unknown of their were about. But as Nicks sock covered feet hit the floorboards of the hallway, the sound of the echoing of the kitchen tile continued. With the possibility of it just being a stray mouse or just the neighbors somehow being the cause of it, Nick found no excitement into the late adventure, or not as nearly as Jess did. The brunette only hoped to not come across some burglar tried to murder them Mike Myers style. "What if he has a chainsaw and he's only waiting for us to come to him?" Jess whispered against Nick's ear. Turning around Nick stared back at her. "Really Jessica? That is absolutely the last time we watch any sort of horror movie before bed" he chuckled slightly as he continued to look straight ahead.
Now this wasn't one of the usual leaks in the bathroom or a drunk neighbor lost on their floor, but Nick still ventured onward to find the noise that somehow gotten him out of bed. As he inched closer, Nick knew he could just move faster against the floor, but Jess seemed to be really reaching her feelings of fear here, so he continued with his slow pace. But as the sound of the refrigerator door shut, Nick swallowed as somehow the course of the possible Winston being awake at this hour didn't come over to him. It wouldn't be a surprise, Winston still was employed with his radio talk show, which only showed through the late nights into early hours, which is why Winston always addressed them to "suffer the consequences if he was to be woken up too early"
But as the sound of a soft cough filled the couples ears, it grew closer, as whoever or whatever was in their loft was coming towards them now. And as Nick sealed his eyes for a moment, the brown eyes met with what was the source. Turning around he rolled his eyes at Jess. "You got to be kidding me" Nick shook his head as he pushed Jess armed arm down. "This was a waste of time"