Hey everyone, just a couple of things or lets say excuses: This is my first attempt on writing Fanfiction; English is not my mother tongue and I'm generally bad with writing and words, so in my head it sounds more logical that it might on paper. But I thought I'd give it shot since this long New Girl hiatus exists and there have not been so many stories published lately. Also, I don't know yet if I'm going to continue this story, it might just stay a one-shot. I hope you can enjoy it somehow but if not, well you're not forced to read it anyways J

The roommates and Cece had a little, secret engagement party at Clyde's that weekend after Schmidt had purposed. It was nothing special, just a nice occasion to have a few drinks on a Saturday evening.

Jess and Nick found themselves sitting in a booth squished together, laughing and drinking. They were both quite tipsy which was actually a good thing. These were the only times where they were really able to talk and act around each other like they used to. And I mean like really talk, talk about almost anything without hesitations. Like they used to before…you know, before they broke up.

"No seriously, Schmidt is already talking about wedding decorations. "

"Crazy. Schmidt is the last person I would have thought to be the first to be serious about marriage. Has he actually banged enough women for getting married? He once told me about this list he has, in which he counts sexual encounters, and explained to me that you have to have a least this number of sexual partners before you can consider getting married"

"Jess. Don't talk like that" a distorted expression on his face.

"Like what?

"It's weird when you put words in your mouth like "bang". It doesn't fit you."

"Well u didn't use to mind them in bed…" she said laughing but her mind went Ups. That was not on purpose. Nicks eyed grew bigger.

"Sorry. That was awkward"

"Don't worry Jess. It's just weird to hear it but it's not like a secret that we used to be together you know"

"Yes, I know. It just felt awkward talking about it. It seems so far away from reality-"

"Like we were in a whole different world back than. I know what you mean… Sometimes I miss it though."

"You miss what?"

"No, no, no…not like this. I mean like the times when we were closer."

"What do you mean?"

"No,no,no. Oh gheez, I'm so bad at this" he laughs nervously "No not close in THIS way but I miss more like talking to you like we used to. You know? Like there were things that I was only comfortable talking to you about and now it's different you know?"

"I do…" She took a quick glance at his face, met is eyes for a second "but you can still talk to me about anything you do know that right?"

"Yes…but it's different. Somehow, I can't explain it." his voice had changed, it sounded more sensitive, maybe kind of sad.

"Nick.." she slowly moved her hand towards his-

"Jess! Jessica, let's forget about this and have another drink, shall we?"

"Ok. If you want." A little taken aback by his quick change of topic.

"I insist. We are celebrating Schmidt's and Cece's engagement remember?" He took a quick glance around the bar to spot them somewhere in the corner looking like they urgently needed to get a room. Nick laughed "They do not keep their happiness to themselves do they?

"Nope." Jess laughed.

Jess played with the straw of her drink waiting for Nick to return with their drinks.

"Heeeeyyy…here we go! Shots aaand my favorite: long island ice tea" he said sarcastically.

"Iuuu, Nick! Long island ice tea? This stuff is poison"

"Well it's Saturday night, I feel like drinking and you are the lucky one who's gonna have to drink with me" he smiled genuinely at her, exited for the booze that he was hoping to make his mind go numb.

"Hey where's Winston actually?"

"Oh I just caught him leaving with some girl"

"UUh. Go, Winston!"

"Yes. Finally."

Nick and Jess stumbled into the apartment, holding each other for balance (mostly). They kicked of their shoes and made their way to the kitchen.

"I gotta say, Jess. That was really fuuhun!" he said as he filled a glass with tap water at the sink. Jess sat down at the counter watching his back.

"You want one too?" he pointed at the water glass.

"Yes, please."

Nick placed the two water glasses with a little too much momentum in front of them and sat next to Jess. Some water spilled on the table. (Nick noted: controlled movement is limited) They both took their glass and had big sip of water, looking at each other. A smile curled on their mouths as they slowly placed the glasses back on the counter.

"Sooo…."

"So?"

They both laughed again, they didn't even know why. Was there something funny about the situation? Everything was a little blurry and a bit unreal. Part was the alcohol, part was the late time of day/night (4 am to be exact) and lastly there was the part of their beating hearts in each others company.

Nick kept eye contact with her for a bit and they could feel the mood changing.

Before he knew it, he was leaning in for a kiss. He meant it to be soft but somehow his lips landed on hers uncontrolled and a little harder than expected. His hand moved to her cheek to steady the situation. It wasn't like a deep kiss or something, more like short, sweet kisses and…oh, she was responding indeed. He tilted his head a little more and placed a last long kiss on her lips before they broke apart. They looked into each others eyes. Jess eyes where questioning him like "where did that come from?". Then she looked away and jumped off her chair and moved towards her bedroom. She was drunk…that she knew at least, this was not a good idea.

"Jess…" Ok. Fair enough.

"Jess..?"

She was still walking towards her bedroom. Nick jumped off his chair and caught her before she could escape into her bedroom. He turned her around and lifted her head with his finger to face him.

"Hey Jess. I'm sorry. I really am"

"No it's ok. I… it's just a little bit to much-" his lips were on hers again. Damn it, why did he keep doing this…Jess broke the kiss while her hands trailed down his arms to grab his hands. Their foreheads were touching.

"Nick…" Nick kept his eyes closed and than moved his head to bury it in her neck. "I don't think this is a good idea…I don't want us to regret this"

He was breathing against her skin. He whispered "You are right, I know that. But I hate this. Always denying, keeping it together. I can't do this tonight…"

"Nick…" there was sadness in her voice. He was so vulnerable and open right now, it made her heart ache. She ran her right hand through his already messy hair, turning her head, she placing a soft kiss on the top of his head. Slowly she moved her hand to his cheek and guided his head back to level with hers. She glanced back and forth between his lips and eyes, before she made her decision.

He tried to scratch an itchy spot on his face and realized he couldn't. This girl was lying on his stretched out arm at the far end of his…ehm, oh, her bed. Her back was facing him, so he moved closer to her and gently removed his hand from underneath her body. Nick placed an arm under her shirt on her belly, stroking the warm skin. He moved a little bit closer before finding a comfortable position to drift to sleep again.

Her head felt dizzy when she first woke up. Jess was facing the windows of her room and behind her was an oven hot creature spooning her. She could feel the hot breath at the back of her head. She turned slowly in his embrace, to face the man keeping her warm. Yeah..she was aware. She was aware that she had slept with him, again. Obviously, he was lying next to her but somehow she was not ready to freak out, she was way too hungover for that stage yet. (side note: It was still good. No doubts about that.) Jess felt herself blushing at the thought and a guilty smile crept upon her face. She must have moved too much because Nick tiredly moved a little bringing her closer to him. Her middle was pretty much pressed up against his and he could feel him still (or again) hard. Jess placed a hand on his cheek and lightly stroked it. She examined his face, which still had all these little imperfections that made it so perfect.

Nick decided it might be time to start opening his eyes, to find out what she was doing there. It felt all so familiar and it kind of hurt, this scene brought back to many memories. As his eyes opened, he locked them with hers. They didn't know what to do or to say nor did they want to think about it. Right now, this felt good though, they were in their own bubble. Nick slowly moved his head closer to hers and his mouth touched hers ever so lightly. They stayed like this for little while avoiding reality

Than her phone rang, both winced a little at the disturbing sound. It took a moment to convince her body to move. She lifted her body and stretched it out all the way over Nick to reach for her mobile. While she was dealing with the distance between her phone and hand, Nick had problems on his own to deal with…because you know her boobs were like directly dangling in his face, luckily there was a little cotton in between. Still, it was driving him nuts. When she wasn't able to reach it like this, she sat on her knees and moved one leg over Nicks chest to the other side of his body, so that now her definitely not covered lady parts where cenitmeters away from his chin. Seriously…

"Jess. " he said urgent and pulled her body back in her earlier spot. "Let me get this." He reached for her phone and handed her the phone.

"Thanks" she whispered as she sat in an upright position, back against the wall.

"Hey, this is Jess….oh hey…Ok. …mhm…..ok….Oh what? You mean today, today? In 3 hrs? what? Ok…alright. Well, I'll do my best. I'll see you there. Bye!"

"What is it?" Nick questioned as Jess jumped out of bed.

"EEhm, Mr. Foster just called me…" Jess trailed off as she was looking for her suitcase to start packing essentials.

"Aand?"

"Shhh…Nick. Somebody will hear you!" she proceeded with packing. "and I'm called for sequestered jury duty.."

"You what?" Nick sat on the edge of his bed. His mind definitely was not ready to think, he was still a little drunk, he was sure.

"Yes, I know." Her hectic movements were making Nick nervous. "I was kinda expecting it but not today and maybe a little bit ahead of time. My flight is in 3 hours, I don't know why they couldn't tell me that earlier. Some last minute changes…"

"Ok." Nick ran a hand over his face, trying to clear his mind. "Ok…"

He got up and moved towards her, taking her arms to try to calm her down. She tried to fight it but when he saw the reassuring look in his eyes she stopped.

"Calm down, Jess. It's gonna be alright. I know it's a little bit too much right now but you'll manage. Can I make you some breakfast so you can eat something before you leave?"

"That would be actually nice but you really need to let me pack now. Try to get out of here without anybody noticing. I can't handle a Schmidt or Winston freak out or what ever their reaction would be."

"Don't worry"

"For that you have to get dressed though?"

"I will. " he laughed. Not quite sure if this was the right move, he placed both his hands on her cheeks and leaned in for a long and tender kiss. He distanced his face from hers again and locked eyes for a moment. Her eyes were glassy, it was too much going on in her head. And she knew that look he was giving her, it was all too familiar. Her mind kept wondering how they had managed to find themselves in this situation again…

Nick put on his pants and shirt that he found lying around on the floor. He slowly opened Jess' bedroom door and peeked outside. Nobody was there. Good. He slowly moved towards his and Schmidt's bedroom door. He was praying that he had spend the night at Cece's and not here. And indeed the air was clear. There was no Schmidt to be found in their room. It was really time that Schmidt moved back into Coach's room.

10 minutes before she had to leave she found herself sitting with Nick at the kitchen counter enjoy the scrambled eggs he had made for her. They did not speak or anything. Nick was very focused on his coffee mug and took small sips now and than. There was actually nobody in the loft besides them, both Winston and Schmidt had spent the night outside the loft which was kind of a relief.

"Ok. I have to go. Cab should be here any minute." Jess said quickly taking a glance at her phone.

"Ok. I'll walk you down to your cab."

"No, no, it's okay. I think I can handle taking the elevator by myself"

"Ok."

They both moved towards the door and Nick held the door open and followed to the elevator. Jess pressed the button, the elevator had to come up all the way from the basement.

Nick looked at her, not sure what to do next. He made step towards her and slowly hugged her.

"Goodbye Jess." He whispered in her ear. "I…have a save trip. Text me when you land or if you need anything."

"Thanks. I'll see you in a bit"

Not ready to let go of the embrace he continued "I meant what I said yesterday and…I don't regret anything what happened last night. Never with you." Jess closed her eyes as he placed a soft kiss on her cheek before letting her go.

One last thing, this jury duty thing Jess is suppose to go to, I still don't fully understand, we don't think we have this in my country or there is no proper translation. So this might all not make perfectly sense. Thanks for reading! :)