Things to come back for - By NJBC-Club
"Mom, with Jess, things are not exactly like that.""Oh, it's never like that." - TWOSHOT. Fluffy/ Nick x Jess
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Nicholas Miller was feeling quite empty these days, and he didn't know why. He was visiting his family in Chicago, which meant he had home cooked meal everyday, he had the company of his brothers and his grandma had even rolled a few joints with him the night before. So why on earth did he feel so anxious, so nervous?
"Hey, Nick!" Jamie shouted from the living room "Jess in on the phone, she wants to talk to you!"
Nick didn't even think; he rushed to the living room and snatched the phone from Jamie's hand.
"Hello, Jess?"
"No, it's Schmidt, you ungrateful dork, but Jess is here too" Schmidt's annoyed voice came from the other side of line. Nick turned to Jamie and mouthed You ass!. Jamie smirked and walked away.
"Sorry, Schmidty" Nick sighed "So, how are things in there?"
"It's actually pretty weird you not being here. I don't know man, I love you."
"Your sentimentalism kills me sometimes."
"Be grateful you have such a nice friend, Nicholas. I don't think you can-" A girl's voice yelling Let me talk to him! interrupted Schmidt "Calm down, it's my turn!"
Nick instinctively smiled as he heard her muffled voice through the phone, and he bet that Jess was trying the possible and impossible to steal the phone from Schmidt's hand, judging by the sounds he was hearing. Finally, he heard Schmidt saying "Fine, take this!", and now she was on the line with him.
"Hey, Nick, how are you?" Jess cheery voice filled him with good feelings, and Nick couldn't help but smile at that sound.
"I'm good, I'm good. How are you handling life without me around, huh?"
"I'm doing just fine, if that's what you wanted to ask." She chuckled "Are you taking too long to come back? I don't like being here alone watching The Walking Dead."
"You're a big girl, Jessica, you can watch it on your own. And I think I'll be sticking around for two more weeks."
"Two more weeks? Why?" She sounded disappointed.
"I've promised my mom I would be staying at least three weeks."
"That's too much time, Nick."
"I know. I'm making up for all those Christmas I've missed. My mom told me to visit more, but since I can't afford flights to Chicago all the time, I'm staying as long as I can."
"Oh... Okay." Jess sighed "I just realized how much I like hearing your voice, Miller."
"Good to know, because I like hearing yours too, Day."
They both smiled at that, even though they couldn't see each other's faces.
"I gotta go, Winston wants to talk to you."
Nick wanted to ask her to stay a little longer, but he bit his tongue.
"Alright. Goodbye, Jess."
"Goodbye Nick." And making a pause, she said "I miss you, you clown."
"I miss you too, annoying know-it-all."
He could hear her laughter before Winston picked up the phone.
"Hey, man!"
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Nick was feeling a little bit better after the phone call with his friends, especially with Jess, but he still felt that weird sensation inside his body, like something was missing. So he walked into the kitchen the next day, where his mother had been cooking some fancy lunch since 11 am, and prepared himself for the worst.
"Hey, mom" He put on a smile on his face.
"Good morning, darling" She placed the knife she was using to cut the vegetables on the counter and gave him a kiss on the cheek "I thought you were out with Jamie."
"No, I wanted to stay here." He shoved his hands in his pocket awkwardly and decided to go straight to the point "So, I was wondering, would you be too upset if I decided to go back to LA tomorrow?"
There was a tense pause. Bonnie opened her mouth to say something, but shut it back. After a fifteen seconds long pause, she sighed.
"No, I wouldn't."
Nick was taken aback by her reaction.
"You wouldn't? I thought you were going to be pissed off."
Bonnie approached him and placed her hand on his shoulder gently.
"I would be probably yelling at you right now, Nicholas. But I know you have things to come back for, and I won't stop you."
Nick blushed slightly. He knew damn well what his mom meant, and he tried to act casual.
"No, I mean, I just want to go back to my routine, to the guys, the loft-"
"Routine" Bonnie scoffed "Since when do you have a routine? You mean you want to go back to, like your father used to call her, blue eyes." Bonnie cut him off, and Nick frowned.
"How did you know..."
"I know everything."
"Mom, with Jess, things are not exactly like that."
"Oh, it's never like that." She grinned and gave him a light tap on the cheek "You can leave if you want to, son. But don't take too long to come back, okay?"
Nick smiled and hugged her.
"Thank you, mom, I love you."
"I love you too, kiddo."
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