First, it's Russell. Which is fine, because both him and Jess have moved on, and Nick has almost gotten over his man crush. They find their way back to each other, barely, but still. Nick just hopes that coincidences like these never happen again.
But it does, because the universe has never really been nice to either one of them.
He sees Spencer at a organic grocery store she made him go to. Nick notices him before her, and he really does his best to get the hell out of there before there is a Russell 2.0 situation. While trying to get Jess to decide on which grape juice is better for the throat, he realizes he is sweating, which is ridiculous, he should not be jealous. But she was with Spencer for a long time, and it is really intimidating.
Jess finally notices him while Nick is having this internal battle, her eyes become even bigger, if that is possible, and she quickly puts both juices away. She actually covers up her surprise pretty good. She intertwines their hands and starts walking toward Spencer, but then abruptly stops. She looks up at Nick, and he does his best turtle face, and she laughs, the full bellied one that always makes him feel something in his stomach.
She pulls him to the exit, instead, their hands still intertwined. Nick looks back to see Spencer looking at them, their hands, their body language, putting two and two together. Nick quickly looks back at Jess, who is smiling at him. He stops her when they are outside, keeps a hold of her hands and kisses her quickly. She laughs again, apologizes for the awkward scene back there.
"I felt bad for wanting to show you off." She says casually. He looks at her incredulousy, because he isn't exactly used to being shown off to exes. Usually they ask him to hide under the table.
"That's not what I though you were doing." He says truthfully. She looks at him for a second, then grabs his hand and walks to the car.
"Believe it or not, but I've never been happier with someone as I am with you." She says as they are getting in the car, casually again, like it just slips of his tongue. Once again, it should scare him how much that statement is true, for him as well, but all he feels is relief, that she feels that way about him, and not some loser who doesn't appreciate her.
He kisses her once more before he turns on the car and drives away. Who was he kidding? He hates organic stuff. Even Jess can't change that.
Caroline is the worst, though.
Not because this relationship meant the most tp Nick, or because he totally left her on moving day, with any real explanation other than 'it doesn't feel right'.
No it's because, Caroline doesn't initally believe Nick when he tells her he is in a relationship with that girl from the wedding that he pretend dated for that occasion, and who also is his roommate.
It doesn't help that it actually is a wedding they meet at. It would be serious case of deja vu, if Nick wasn't actually in a relationship with Jess, and they weren't actually happy, because they really really are.
So when he finds Jess, on the verge of tears, in a photobooth of all places, he can't say it surprises him. But he also knows, that the same thing that happened at the last wedding they went to, won't happen here. He slides in next to her, apologizes profusely, holds her hand, does everything he can to make everything right again.
"I don't want her. You said yourself, I've never been happier with someone, as I am with you. Jess, I'm so so sorry." She looks up at him then, sniffling, and with her beautiful blue eyes muddled with tears. She shakes her head.
"I'm being ridiculous, you didn't do anything." She leans her head on his shoulder, wipes her tears on his sleeve.
"It's ok, I don't mind. We've all been a little jealous here and there." They both laugh. "But Jess, you should know that I never want to go back to how things were before you. Know why?"
She rests her chin on his shoulder, still sniffling.
"Why?"
He sighs, brushing the tears off her poreclean cheeks.
"Because I love you."