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Jess walked through the door of apartment 4D juggling her purse, three dioramas, a stack of creative assignments and two bags of takeaway Chinese.

"Hey!" she sung, grinning at her friends and boyfriend. "I brought some food!"

Nick turned his head away from the TV, eyes lighting up at the thought of food.

"Thanks Jess, you're...carrying too much stuff! Oh my god let me help you!"

Nick all but leapt of the couch in his hurry to remove the weight from her hand.

"Geez Nick, we know you're trying to win boyfriend brownie points, but she's capable of carrying a few bags!" Schmidt said from the kitchen, rolling his eyes at Nick.

"I know that Schmidt but she's..."

Before Nick could let the word 'pregnant' slip out, Jess elbowed him in the ribs.

"She's..uh...she's tired because she didn't get much sleep last night."

"Uh, ok. Thanks for letting us know, I guess," Schmidt replied, eying Nick like he'd sprouted a second head; reaching for a spring roll.

Winston and Couch rose from the couch, diving into the food spread out across the counter; exchanging glances at Nick's strange behaviour.

"Ah, Nick, wanna help me carry this stuff to our room?" Jess asked, handing him the dioramas.

"Yeah, that sounds like a plan."

With the door closed, Jess began to speak.

"Nick, what was that?!"

"I know, I'm sorry. It's just so exciting. I want to tell the whole world that Jessica Day is having my baby! And I want them to know to take care of you."

"First of all, awwww!" Jess began, moving herself so she was pressed up against Nick's chest and kissing his cheek. "Second, I don't need taking care of, you silly, silly goose!"

Nick simply laughed in response, placing a hand affectionately against her still-flat stomach.

"Finally, I get it. This past weekend was the third weekend in a row that I had to find an excuse as to why I couldn't go out for drinks with Cece. I'm worried she's starting to think I just don't want to spend time with her. And she's my best friend! I want to be able to tell her about the second best thing that has ever happened to me."

"Second best?" Nick asked, gently caressing her cheek.

Jess smiled sweetly before opening her mouth to reply.

"Nicholas Miller, you're the best thing to ever happen to me."

Stunned into silence, Nick was unable to form a coherent sentence to tell Jess just how much she meant to him too. So he settled for kissing her, wrapping an arm around her to pull her close to him and crashing his lips against hers.

"I love you Jess," he murmured against her lips. "And while I've loved having this baby as our little secret for the past month, I think it's time we told them. As long as you're okay with that! It is a month before we're meant to tell people..."

"I'm definitely ok with that," Jess replied eagerly. "Cece will more than likely come over to spend the night with Schmidt in an hour or so, so we can tell everyone then."

"So, we have an hour to kill do we?" Nick asked suggestively.

"Indeed we do," Jess giggled in reply.

"I have a suggestion then," Nick growled against her ear, walking them towards their bed until the back of his knees hit it. He fell backwards, and pull Jess gingerly down on top of him. Once again he captured her lips in his own, one hand already working to undo the clasp of her bra.

Coach, Winston, Schmidt and Cece had obediently sat on the couch, and were waiting expectantly for Jess or Nick to speak.

Jess took a deep breath. One little sentence and their lives were going to be changed forever.

"Nick and I have something we'd like to tell you," she began.

"Well that much we had already figured by you gathering us all on the couch. It was either that or you were going to suggest an orgy," Schmidt replied sarcastically.

"JAR!" his roommates responded in unison, while his girlfriend rolled his eyes and jabbed him in the rib with her elbow.

"I apologise for him," Cece said, but was unable to wipe a small smile off her face. "So, you guys have news for us?"

"Nick, do you want to tell them?" Jess asked, even though she already knew the answer.

Nick's eyes lit up. He'd been looking forward to this moment for a little over a month now. He too took a deep breathe.

"You guys...Jess is pregnant!"

The first response was from Cece, who squealed in a high pitched frequency before throwing her arms around Jess ecstatically.

"Oh my god, congratulations babe! Oh honey, you must be so happy!"

Jess's grin had become a wide smile that she was unable to wipe off her face, and she nodded enthusiastically in response.

Cece then threw her arms around Nick.

"Congratulations you!" her voice then dropped to a whisper. "Do anything to hurt either of them and I will kill you."

Nick smiled, and hugged Cece back.

"I wouldn't expect anything else."

Winston and Coach had risen from the couch, eager for their turns to congratulate Nick and Jess. They each shook Nick's hand and placed a kiss on Jess's cheek.

"Congrats guys, that's amazing news," Coach said, returning to his position on the couch.

"This is amazing!" Winston added, a grim plastered across his face.

All eyes turned to Schmidt, whose expression was unreadable.

"I am so happy for you two! I cannot believe your fornication has led to a bastard offspring!"

"JAR!"

Schmidt reluctantly pulled a 50 out of his wallet, before turning back to his friends. He wrapped one arm around Jess and one around Nick, and pulled them close to him.

"I can't believe you two are going to have a baby. We have to celebrate!"

"Yes!" Cece agreed enthusiastically, heading towards the kitchen.

She returned with five beers and an orange juice for Jess; passing them around.

Cece raised her beer bottle, and the others followed suit.

"To Jess and Nick," she toasted.

"To Jess and Nick!" Winston, Schmidt and Coach echoed.

"To us," Nick and Jess murmured; sharing a smile.

Nick reached out and grabbed Jess's hand.

"Ready for this?"

Jess squeezed his hand.

"Bring it on Miller."

Let me know what you think guys!

And, I have an important question for you: I have lots of ideas for this story, with each chapter being like a one-shot, a moment in time for our favourite couple. These include before and after the baby is born. What I'm wanting to know is if you guys want this story to be linear, so each chapter follows on from the previous or would it be okay if it's non linear? The main reason I would make it non linear is I feel I would get the chapters out more quickly, as I could just write the idea that I'm most inspired by :)

I'd love to hear your thoughts! Josie x