A/n: Here is the next chapter, Ive got so many ideas for this story, and depending on my update availability it will probably be quite long in order to have all three micro stories told, while still being mostly Jess/Nick. Although this is a wedding story, I will not be going into massive amounts of detail into Jess' wedding dress, or the bridesmaids dresses, I see Jess going for simple yet elegant, I'm not saying there will be no descriptions at all, but it will be minimal, this story is mainly about the journey to the altar, with some B storyline for our other two couples, Schmidt/Cece, Winston/April, anywho I hope you enjoy the first chapter, its a mix of all of the roommates, with a little bit of Jess/Nick goodness, and a bit of schmece to make up for the last chapter, I know its been too long since my last update, but I'm back in school, so I'm doing my best.
-Pessi . Rom
Thanks to: Bettakappa for reviewing the prologue I appreciate it and hope you enjoy this, and also thanks to those that have added me or this story to a favorite list and or following this story.
Summary: Newly engaged Nick and Jess plan their wedding. While Cece and Schmidt adjust to living together, and Winston begins a promising new relationship. Sequel to "Miller Meets Day" and "I Wont Give UP"
Disclaimer: I own no one except certain wedding guests, and April
Chapter 1: Moving in/Picking a Date
"Seriously, how many boxes of shoes, can a women have?" Nick said as he pulled yet another the box marked shoes out of the moving truck. By his count, this was the third box filled with shoes.
It had been two weeks since Nick and Jess' engagement party, and Cece was officially moving into the loft. Nick and Winston, were helping Schmidt carry the heavier items left in the moving truck. Cece and Jess were upstairs drinking lemonade. The girls had been helping with the lighter items, and with none left to carry, they'd gone upstairs to cool off. LA was experiencing one of its heat waves, and today, the day Cece moved her stuff in, unfortunately had been the peak of the heat wave.
"Well shes a model, she has to accessorize her shoes with her outfits, I get it." Schmidt said. He may not own dozens of shoes, but he had suits for different occasions.
" You do realize, you're a guy." Nick said rolling his eyes at Schmidt as he placed the box down on the ground for a second. His back would be killing him by the time they were done. Maybe Jess would give him a back rub later, he thought smiling as he thought about his blue eyed fiancee upstairs in their apartment.
"What's that supposed to mean" Schmidt said annoyed.
" Will you two quit complaining. The faster we get this stuff upstairs, the faster we get out of this ridiculous heat." Winston said shaking his head, as he grabbed a box marked makeup, from the truck.
Nick, harrumphed, while Schmidt muttered something under his breath, as Winston, locked the moving truck and the three roommates headed into the lobby, waiting for the elevator to descend to the main floor. They rode it up dropping the boxes right inside the door before, going back down to retrieve the rest.
Thirty minutes later, Schmidt and Winston sat at the kitchen island, gulping down cups of ice cold lemonade. While Nick lay on the couch, Jess massaging his tense shoulders and back.
" Oh God Jess, that's the stuff." Nick said, when Jess, moved her hands in circles on the tense muscles in his lower back.
"Come on, get a room guys, am I right?" Schmidt said raising his hand for a high five. His comment just earned him a glare from Jess and Cece and a 'jar' from the guys.
After the boys were all re-hydrated, Cece and Schmidt went off to 'christen' their new room and bed. While Winston who had spent a couple minutes texting back and forth with April, took off out the door, presumably to meet up with her. Which left Jess and Nick alone on the couch.
" So I was talking to my mom about wedding planning and she said, we can't start anything without first setting a date, and I was like I have to talk to Nick, so..." Jess said not wanting to pressure him. She was thinking of at least a year long engagement in order to plan everything, plus financially, even though they both made a good amount of money, it would be better if they didn't rush a wedding.
"Whenever you want is fine, Jess, its all about the bride." Nick said his back still aching, but feeling much better after his massage.
"No, Nick, we have to decide togetherfor stuff like a wedding date." Jess said with a little bit of a pout .
"Ok,then how about next winter?" Nick said, going from his laying position to sitting upright on the couch.
" Well, what if we want a outdoor wedding, it'll be too cold. " Jess said.
"Jess, we have like 70 degree weather here in the winter, how is that too cold?" Nick said shaking his head.
"You know how sensitive I am to the cold." Jess said.
"Ok, so no to a winter wedding, how about spring, like March or April?" Nick asked, thinking that, that might be warm enough weather for Jess.
"That's seven months away, its too soon, we wouldn't have enough time to plan." Jess said nixing that too.
" Ok, well how about next August, that will be about a year from now, wont it?" Nick said.
"Nick, next August would be perfect, I've gotta call my mom!" Jess said kissing him quickly before running off to her room, to retrieve her phone and call her mother.
Nick chuckled at Jess' excitement. About a year from now, he'd be married to that cooky little brunette, a small part of him was scared, but a bigger part of him made him smile at the thought of Jessica Day being his wife. He stretched, then headed to a bathroom, his sore muscles could definitely use a hot shower. Maybe he could convince Jess to join him, he thought with a smirk.
" I can't believe we're living together." Schmidt said, as he in Cece lay in their new bed.
"I can't believe we just did...whatever that was, in our bed." Cece said her head resting on Schmidt's chest.
" Been saving that one for a special moment, figured, moving in together was the right moment." Schmidt said a cheeky grin on his face.
" That was...that was special all right." Cece said, still having not completely regained her breath.
" Did you think we'd end up here, when we first got together?" Schmidt asked, thinking back to the initial up and downs that led to the start of their strong relationship.
"Honestly, no, but I'm glad we did. I kinda wish I could go back and tell four years ago me, that it would all be worth it, cause I'd end up with the love of my life, in this moment." Cece said lifting her head off of his chest and looking into his eyes.
" I still don't know how I managed to get you, but I know falling in love with you was the best thing that ever happened to me. I love you Cece." Schmidt said starring right back into her eyes,
"I love you too." Cece said, before leaning down and kissing him.
Later That afternoon
All the roommates were gathered in the living room, waiting for an announcement from Jess and Nick. Cece and Schmidt sat cuddled together , while Winston sat, two cushions away from them, texting on his phone. Jess and Nick stood facing the other three.
" Roommates, Nick and I have an important announcement." Jess said.
" You're pregnant, Winston, you owe me a hundred bucks!" Schmidt said.
" No, she's not pregnant, you idiot." Nick said glaring at Schmidt.
"Are you sure? With sudden engagements you never know." Schmidt said .
"Yes, we're sure, shut up Schmidt and let Jess speak!" Nick said irritated.
" Ok, ok, my bad." Schmidt said.
"Anyway, our announcement is that we have a wedding date, Nick and I will be married August 14th 2015 , in San Diego!" Jess said super excited.
"San Diego, you got the Balboa Park Japanese garden venue!" Cece said excited.
" Yes, my mom knows the event coordinator, and my dad surprised me by putting down a deposit, all they needed was the date." Jess said smiling. Balboa park was one of the popular tourist spots in San Diego and they had lots of different wedding venues, but Jess had fallen in love with the Japanese friendship garden, and they'd be able to hold the reception there too.
" That's awesome, I visited it once, its so peaceful." Schmidt said, and they all turned to look at him.
" When did you go the Japanese friendship garden?" Nick asked.
"Remember that time after Cece and I broke up , and I was dating that crazy hippie chick from Venice. I told you guys she was taking me camping, we actually went to the earth fair at Balboa Park." Schmidt said.
"Oh yeah, Sunshine, you had to put a hundred in the douche jar for dating her, she was starting to turn you into a freegan, till you snapped out of it." Nick said thinking back to when Schmidt had almost eaten food from a dumpster.
They all started laughing, at the memory. Winston, Jess, and Cece recounting incidents with Sunshine, and picking on Schmidt over his judgement of dating that girl . Schmidt quickly changed the subject.
" So now that you've set a date, have you chosen your best man, and by chosen, I mean me." Schmidt said.
" Come on Schmidt, if anyone is gonna be best man, its gonna be me, we grew up together, right Nick." Winston said before Nick got a chance to answer.
"Uh, the weddings still a year away, Ive got plenty of time to decide." Nick said. Truth is he hadn't really thought about it. He'd never been with anyone he thought he'd marry, before Jess had come around. There had been a small moment with Caroline, but that was before she'd broken his heart.
" Jess has already asked Cece to be her maid of honor, so you have to decide too. " Schmidt said.
" Yeah decide on me." Winston said.
"You wish Winston, hes obviously gonna choose me, who else would be able to throw the hottest bachelor party... without strippers, that is." Schmidt said realizing he was sitting next to his girlfriend and the 'bachelors' fiancee.
Winston and Schmidt, then begin to argue back in forth on who would be the better best man for Nick. While Cece rolled her eyes and Jess was cracking up or glared disapprovingly at something Schmidt said.
"Shut up, both of you!" Nick said full on turtle face.
Winston and Schmidt immediately stopped arguing and turned to look at their roommate and best friend. Nick stood silent for a few moments,but they could tell he was working something out in his head. He took a deep breath than spoke.
" Listen carefully cause I'm only going to say this once. Tomorrow both of you will have five minutes to make your arguments on who will be my best man. After you've both spoken, then and only then will I make my decision. Now if you will excuse me, I have to get to work, this wedding isn't gonna pay for itself ." Nick said shaking his head and walking toward the front door.
Jess walked with him, smiling at him, giving him a knowing look.
"What?" Nick asked, as they stood by the door.
" That was a very mature way to handle that, old Nick Miller would have put them through hell, before he made that decision." Jess said.
"Yeah, well old Nick Miller needed to grow up, to realize what he really wanted out of life." Nick said.
"Oh, really, and what was that." Jess said with a smirk.
" Marrying you." Nick said then kissed her.
"I'll stop by later for a drink." Jess said when they broke the kiss.
"Looking forward to it. " Nick said before walking out the door and off to work.
Jess closed the door after him, then walked over to the living room. Cece sat alone on the couch , Winston and Schmidt nowhere to be found.
"Where did Schmidt and Winston go?" Jess asked her best friend.
" Schmidt muttered something about a power point, and Winston went in search of some child hood artifacts, or something to help with his speech." Cece said shaking her head.
"Boys, well more ice cream for us." Jess said heading to the kitchen and grabbing an unopened tub of ice cream from the freezer. She grabbed a scooper, two bowls from the cabinet and spoons from the drawers. after filling the bowls and returning the tub to the freezer, she plopped next to Cece on the couch.
" I could get used to this." Cece said grinning as she stuck a spoonful in her mouth.
A/n: This ended up being a lot long than Id plan, but I guess that makes up for the lack of update, next up choosing of best man, groomsman and the other aspects of wedding planning, and the gang finally meets April. I will try to update next weekend, depending on my school load, thanks for reading, reviews are always appreciated.
-Pessi. Rom