**Author's Note: Sorry it's been a while. I couldn't get over the finale. I've probably watched it 20+ times and it is still beyond amazing. Anyway, this chapter is kind of short, but it's just because I wanted to get to the next chapter as quickly as possible. (Where do they go after the wedding?) I have a lot of fun ideas for the next chapter so I will try to get that one up as quickly as possible. I might even have to turn this into an M-rated story for the next chapter. Who knows? I've never written anything like that though so we'll see. Anyway, enjoy and please review!

Disclaimer: I do not own New Girl, so...sad face.


It had all started out so well. Jess couldn't believe the day she'd just had. Cece's wedding had been quite the catastrophe. Winston's less than perfect pranking abilities made for an interesting affair. But runaway horses, badgers loose in air ducts, and ill-timed 90s music were barely a blip on the radar for Nick and Jess that day. Things started off so happy. Nick and Jess both felt really comfortable being at a wedding "together" and everything was simple and going smoothly. Nick had been trying to be the perfect date for Jess, holding her purse and trying to convince his other roommates to call off the wedding sabotage for her sake. (Schmidt was convinced that Cece gave him some secret look telling him that she was going to back out of the wedding.) Nevertheless, Jess still seemed to have doubts about Nick's ability to be an adult for once. She became convinced that he was in on the whole scheming with Schmidt and Winston prank thing. She didn't see how hard he was trying to be better for her. And although she was furious when she thought he had gone behind her back to sabotage the wedding, she still had no doubt in her mind that she wanted to be with him. She wanted to give whatever this was a shot.

After a particularly strange trip to the air ducts with a badger, Nick confronted Jess about her fears that he was a mess and the fact that they might not work out. And when she admitted to those fears, it practically crushed Nick. She hadn't meant for him to take it so harshly. She still had every intention of trying to work it out with Nick because she knew that they could have something really special. But before she could explain herself, they both came crashing down, literally, through the air ducts, on top of Cece's wedding ceremony.

As it turned out, that was probably the best thing to happen for Cece at the time. The interrupting crash gave her the final push she needed to call off the wedding. She wasn't in love with Shivrang. And she had admitted to wanting to be with Schmidt. This left Schmidt in a very difficult situation, since he showed up to the wedding with his new/old girlfriend, Elizabeth.

Jess was cleaning up the venue, reflecting on the day, when Nick walked up to her.

"Hey."

"Hey Nick...you okay?" she asked sincerely.

"Yeah, I mean, from the fall?" he inquired, but he knew that wasn't what she meant.

"Yeah, and...what we talked about." Her voice was small and starting to crack.

"Yeah, I mean it's not the big of a deal. We tried, it's just...you might be right about your fears, you know? It's..." Jess could tell he was about to give up. She didn't want it to end this way, but she didn't want to be the only one fighting for them.

"Just. Just say it," she blurted out, half-heartedly.

"I think we should call it, y'know? It's not like we're in love or anything." He tried to laugh it off, but as the words fell from his lips, he knew that they weren't true...for him at least. "I don't know, we had one night..." and with that he almost completely broke down. He couldn't let her see how much this was killing him.

Jess couldn't believe how much her heart hurt after hearing him say that. If this was what he wanted then she would let him go. She didn't want to force it if it wasn't something he really wanted.

"Okay, let's call it. That feels good to me. That feel good to you?" She gave him one last chance to tell her his real feelings. But Nick was still too broken to say anything. He just nodded and she walked away, feeling herself fall apart the further she got from him.

So now here she stood, propped up against her car in the parking lot, kicking herself for letting Nick go so easily. As she replayed the last few months in her head, she realized something. This was Nick. Nick Miller, master of keeping his feelings hidden. Why did she think he would fight for this? Why did she expect him to? She hadn't made it clear that she really wanted it. As scared as she was to put herself out there, she knew that she had to do something. She wouldn't let him take the easy way out this time. So she waited for him. And suddenly, he came running. He had just come from a very enlightening conversation with Winston, who convinced him that he didn't have to run away every time something gets too hard. So he came looking for her, but before he could say anything, she spoke up.

"Look. I know you think we should call it. But I'm not ready to give up on this yet. Even if we don't know what this is. I wanna un-call it. Please, can we un-call it," she pleaded with him, tears welling up in her eyes. "And before you say no...don't say no."

That was all he needed to hear. There was no hesitation as Nick rushed to her with a smile creeping to his lips. And before she knew his answer, he had her pinned to the car with his arms surrounding her as he kissed her passionately and with more confidence than he ever had. Finally, he knew that she might want this just as much as he did. And that was an amazing feeling. Then he had an idea.

"Hey, gimme the keys."

"Where are we going?" she asked, not really caring what the answer would be.

"I don't know. Let's just get outta here." She smiled as he opened the door so she could slide in, almost giddy at this new confident and romantic side of Nick that she was just getting to know.


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