5 years later...

Jess is straddling him as they kiss on a bed. Her arms are on either side of him holding her upper body at bay while her lower body is pressed against his. His hands are roaming everywhere on her body but all she does is kiss him.

He drops his head back onto the bed and says,"Mmmm... You're such a tease. I can't stop touching you but all you do is kiss."

Jess responds saying, "Well, I like more of a gradual build up with foreplay"

He pulls himself up to meet her lips. As they kiss Jess finally makes a move and her hands reach for his belt buckle. She unbuckles it and unzips and opens the button. He pulls apart from Jess and says,

"Now we're getting somewhere"

Jess forces a smile and says, "Yep. We're picking things up now"

Before he knows whats happening the door to the hotel room is slammed open.

BOOM! Jess immediately rolls of of him onto the other side of the bed.

Nikcy walks through the door with a gun pointed at the bed and yells, "What the FUCK is going on here?!"

The other guy puts his hands up as he lays on the bed, "Hey sweetie, what's happening?"

Jess responds, "He's my husband. I thought he was going to be in meetings all day in the hotel."

Nicky responds," Well i happened to see you two downstairs in the bar and I followed you up here to this piece of shit's room" he says as he points the gun directly a the other guy.

He flinches and keeps his hands raised as he says with a trembling voice, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. No need for violence here. I thought she was single man. I didn't know she's married."

Nicky smiles an he says, "Well she is and no one messes with my girl" and Nicky gets closer to the guy with the gun still pointed at him.

Jess intervenes and says, "You better go. He's done hard time and he will shoot you."

He pulls his pants up as he run-hops out of the room.

Nicky says to Jess, 'He still has his pants. So you kissing on another man and this whole thing was for nothing?"

Jess gets of the bed and she says," Nope. I did it a bit different than normal'

Nicky looks at her with a raised eyebrow as he asks, "What did you do different?"

Jess tells him, "Well i put a little contraption under the pillow so i got his wallet, took out his cards, swiped them and put it all back in between the time that I rolled of him of him when you barged in here all sexy and commanding to when he ran... well more hopped out of here", she said as she inches closer to him and presses her body against his and holds onto Nicky's arms and biceps.

Nicky places his hands on her hips and moves closer intending to kiss her but pulls away suddenly and says, "You know what I just thought about?"

Jess continued to move into the kiss but when he pulled away she starts to kiss his neck and asks,"What?" she stops kissing for a second then goes back to kissing his neck.

Nikcy seeming unaffected by Jess's advances says, "We met in doing this same con but I was supposed to be the terrified guy on the bed but you and your partner at the time were shit."

Jess pulled away from his neck and argued, "Hey! That would've worked if he didn't come in too early and if you didn't see me lift that drunk guys wallet"

Nicky let out a light chuckle as he said,"Maybe, but I noticed and being the con man that I am, I would've talked my way out if it."

Jess looked at him pensively but relented and said, "Probably. You can talk your way out of almost anything and I was such a rookie at the time."

Nicky laughed again and said, "Yeah, you were. Listen Jess, I don't ever want to do this heist again."

Jess looked surprised and said, "Why? You know it'll always work. I know how to pick which guys will come up with me and you play the part of the jealous, crazy husband very well."

Nicky responded, "That's cause I'm good at what I do but I don't like this heist. Not anymore at least or I won't do it with you"

Jess looked hurt for a second thinking Nicky thought she wasn't good enough but she smiled when a different realization dawned on her.

"Are you jealous Nicky? You don't like seeing me kissing another man and letting them touch me all over?"

Nicky simply said, "No. I don't like it"

Jess put her hands on both sides of his face and look into Nicky's eyes as she said, "You know that you have nothing to worry about right? That it's all for the heist and I'm always your's"

Nicky wrapped his arms around her waist and brought her closer and said, "I know. It doesn't mean I like seeing you with other men"

Jess was hesitant because she wanted Nicky to know that she could do her job and they wouldn't ever grow apart because of it but she respected his wishes and simply responded, "Okay. If you don't like it i won"t do it anymore. At least not with you as my fake husband."

NIcky felt a sting his heart when she said that. He wished that he didn't have to play her 'fake' husband and change that fake to real. In a week he would change that but of course Jess had no idea. Nicky pushed the thought aside and shook of the sting as his lips met her right after her let out a , "Thank you"

He meant for it to be just a peck but Jess deepened the kiss as she grabbed Nicky by the nape of his wrapped her other arm around his neck. Her tongue brushed along his lip and Nicky granted her entrance to his mouth. After a few minutes they both pulled back in need of air.

NIcky breathlessly said, "Wow, you're really heated up aren't you?""

Jess responded," Well, quite honestly seeing you all commanding and jealous does something for me"

Nicky started to kiss and nip her neck and upper breast as it was very exposed due to her hair being tied up and the low-cut dress she's wearing. "Really. And what about this I'm doing here?" he said against her skin, his hot breath sending chills along her spine.

Jess responded and said,"That works too."

As Nicky went lower Jess cradled his head and he lifted up her dress and grabbed her thighs and lifted those to. Jess got the hint as she wrapped her legs around him and crossed her ankles together. Nikcy walked over to the bed as they kissed and their lips didn't part until he put her down gently on the bed and attacked her neck on one side with more kisses and trailed to her other side. He took her earlobe in her mouth and sucked a bit. She moaned and brought his body closer to her's, desperate to have him as close as possible to her. She whispered into his ear as she teased it with her tongue as said,

"If this is what happens every time you get jealous I'm gonna have to do it more often." She took his earlobe and bit down but not hard enough to hurt.

Nicky closed his eyes at the sensation it brought him but didn't make a sound. Instead her said, "Let me show you just how jealous I am."

And he showed her 3 times that night and twice in the morning.

1 WEEK LATER...

Jess and Nicky were back in New Orleans at his favorite restaurant, Commander's palace. He knew she would love the food too and the ambiance with the chandeliers and soft jazz made it a picture perfect place for his beautiful Jess. He knew this night was going to be big but he didn't know how big yet.

They sat down and had their easy banter. He was so nervous but he knew as long as he stayed focused he would be fine and make this a night Jess would never forget. She loved the food and thought it was a beautiful place. He thought it was fitting to propose to her in the city where they started. The city where they fell in love. He finally got the courage up to ask and thought it was the perfect time to do it right before the dessert came. But Jess had something else she had to say in mind.

"Nicky, I have news. Good news to tell you."

"Good cause I have something to ask you"

"Really? Okay then. It just um.. I'm really nervous to tell you this and I'm trying to figure out whether i should just say it directly or should I give you something and you put the pieces together."

Nickly let out a light chuckle and said, "Looks like we're both having trouble now."

Jess didn't say anything back but just gave Nicky a nervous smile. She could see that he was thinking about how to help them both with their problem.

Nicky spoke up as he proposed an idea, "How about we both give each other something to put the pieces together. We'll put them both on the table underneath a napkin and both pull away the napkin at the same time."

Jess smiled, "I like that idea but I have a feeling mine is bigger news than yours so can you pull my napkin first and then I do yours?"

Nicky look at her hesitantly. He really wanted the shock value of both being revealed at the same time but when he saw that twinkle in her gorgeous blue eyes as she pleaded, "Please?" He gave in and said,"Okay. I'll close my eyes while you put yours on the table and when you're done you'll do the same"

Nicky closed his eyes and Jess did the same when he put the ring in the closed box on the table and covered in with his white linen napkin.

"Okay, you can open now." They had both placed their items on the same side of the table.

Nicky asked Jess, "Okay I'm ready. Are you?"

Jess answered confidently, "Yeah. I am. Pull"

Nicky pulled the napkin and saw a positive pregnancy test on the table. He was overwhelmed with a rush of joy that he wasn't expecting. His eyes started to water as he look at Jess and asked, "You're pregnant? I'm gonna be a father?"

Jess smiled the biggest she had ever smiled and answered, "Yes. You're gonna be a father. It turns out that for us jealously makes babies" she joked

NIcky laughed lightly and held back tears of joy and fear, at both being a father and at what she would reveal when she pulled that napkin. He stabilized his voice and said,"Okay. Your turn."

Jess closed her eyes as she quickly pulled off the napkin to reveal an empty, Tiffany blue velvet box. Jess covered her mouth with both hands as her jaw hung open and just looked back up at Nicky without saying a word. Nicky grabbed the box off the table and got on his knee on Jess's right side and looked into her beautiful eyes and said,
"Jess, I love you. I look at you and I see my whole life. I see us being normal people and growing old together. Mind you I'll be growing old a lot quicker than you would be but I still want that to be with you by my side. I don't need to be a con man for the rest of my life as long as I have you with me. I made the biggest mistake of my life letting you go those 8 years ago in this same city but I will never make that mistake again. That's when I realized that I love you and need you in my life. I would drop all this heist stuff and all the shit that comes with it if it meant I couldn't have you. I did it eight years ago after I stupidly let you go. I never want to leave again. So, Jess Barret, will you marry me?" Nicky opened the box too reveal the most beautiful ring Jess had ever seen. It was a white gold, 18 carat circular diamond engagement ring. It was inscribed and said, 'I'm focused on you'.

Jess grabbed his face with both hands ad brought it to hers and kissed him deeply. When they broke the kiss she didn't pull far back as she muttered a "Yes" against his lips. She continued giving him short kisses and in between kisses she would say, "Yes" After saying "Yes" about 4 times she broke their kissing and hugged Nicky.

Nicky broke the hug and slipped the ring onto her left hand. When their eyes met again Jess put her hands in Nicky's and said, "I love you so much"

Nicky responded,"I love you too." Nicky put enough cash on the table to pay for the meal and grabbed both of Jess's hands as he pulled her out of her chair and said," C'mon. Let's get out of here"

They left to celebrate their engagement, future parenthood, and the start of the rest of their lives together at their hotel.

Notes:

I might add an epilogue. I'm not sure. What do you think? Leave comments please!