Hi, everyone! This is my first New Girl fanfiction. I love the show and I ship Nick & Jess with all my heart. I think they're perfect for each other.
I'm a little nervous, because English is not my native language (I'm Italian). I hope you can understand all without too much trouble.
Let me know what you think. Hope you like it. :)
Later that night, Jess headed for the kitchen. She knew Nick was there. She heard him leave his room and noisily open and close the fridge, like he always did. Jess knew she should have had minded her own business, but she couldn't help it. Nick could not go away. He could not leave the loft. He could not leave his friends... Leave her.
Jess saw him standing there, his eyes fixed on the kitchen island. She suddenly felt her heart in her mouth. She took courage, breathed deeply and then started speaking: "You can't go."
Nick looked up, surprised to see her: he was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't realize she was standing there. "What?", he asked, confused.
"You can't go, Nick.", she said again.
He rolled his eyes: "Jess, we ju-"
"No, let me finish okay?", said Jess, "I know you think this is the right thing for you, that you're going to be happy with Caroline, that this is your life and I should mind my own business..."
"Yeah, Jess. You should." said Nick, a little annoyed.
Jess ignored him and continued: "But... I can't. I can't let you do it! This is wrong, Nick!"
"Why can't you just be happy for me, Jess?", Nick heard himself almost yelling. "And don't you dare think you know what's best for me! You don't know me, Jess!"
"Of course I know you, Nick! I get you! More than you can ever imagine!", she said trying to choke back the tears. She couldn't say if they were tears of anger, or if it was something else...
Nick remained silent. Yeah. She was right. She gets him. And he gets her. The truth was he went in the kitchen because he couldn't sleep: he had spent the night thinking about what Jess had told him in the bathroom that day, and he'd started to think that maybe he was really making a mistake. He was just considering that when Jess turned him away from his thoughts.
Besides, he didn't know why exactly, his roommate's ability of reading him like an open book made him uncomfortable. And nervous.
"Jess, I don't want to fight with you"
"Me neither, but... I just want you to understand that-"
"That I'm making a mistake! I get it! I'm a stupid guy who's making stupid mistakes, all the time!"
"I never said that! Darn, Nick! Don't you get it?", cried Jess, stamping her feet on the floor, like a mad little girl, "You're never going to be happy with Caroline, because you don't belong with her! Your place is here, in the loft! You belong here, Nick! You belong with-", Jess suddenly shut up. Her eyes in Nick's eyes. Was she really going to say it?
"With who, Jess?" asked Nick. While waiting for an answer, he started feeling things he thought he would have never felt again. Were there butterflies in his stomach? And why his heart was beating so fast?
Jess opened her mouth, when Schmidt's head popped out his room: "Guys! It's 3 am and I'd like to sleep!"
"Sorry, Schmidt." said Nick, apologetically.
"Now go to sleep and tomorrow you'll have the energies you need to fight and yell to one another.", replied their friend, before closing the door.
After seconds of awkward silence, Jess spoke again: "We're a family, Nick. You belong with us." Then, she just headed back to her room.
Nick watched her walk away, disappointment growing inside him. That was not the answer he was hoping to hear.