Nick had had a prediction had this wedding wouldn't go through, but he thought it would be because of Schmidt, not Shivrang. Jess was already heading over to the door Shivrang had come from, probably looking for CeCe. Glancing around as Jess left, the only people who were moving around to leave he assumed where people he recognised as Shivrang's guests. CeCe's mother was already stepping forward to say the reception details, but Nick decided to go after Jess. He wouldn't leave his date behind, and Lola looked like she was coming to find him. He heard her call out his name but he didn't look back. That girl was bad news; she was clearly some dumb gold digger who went after older guys. He wouldn't fall for some young blonde thing, simply because she flashed her eyelashes at him.
He pushed open the door to find CeCe being yelled at by her mother in Hindi we assumed. He didn't understand, but Jess flashed him a look from beside CeCe to tell him to keep his mouth shut. Suddenly, CeCe stood up and told her mother something in a harsh tone. Her mother shut up and simply stared at her daughter. She wrapped her arms around her and then said in English. "I'm sorry my dear. He is right. I'm going to ensure everyone is going to the reception. They should enjoy it." She nodded at Jess as she left but hardly threw Nick a glance and Nick couldn't help but be relived. Her eyes looked like daggers.
Jess was the first to speak in the hushed room. "CeCe I am so sorry." And CeCe let out a light chuckle.
"Jess, it wasn't real. We weren't in love, we hadn't slept together, and we had nearly nothing in common. Our marriage would have ended in disaster and the kids I would have rushed to have would have grown up in a broken or unhappy home. Shivrang told me that we both deserved something more, we both deserved love and he was right. That girl was his ex-fiancée, they broke up as she wasn't Indian but now he sees that that doesn't matter. I think it's beautiful."
"So…you're not upset?" Jess queried.
"No, I'm not. At most I've lost a friend. Nothing more. Shall we go have fun at the reception?" CeCe seemed to be happier at the thought of a party she could relax at. She hugged Jess and they shared a meaningful look that Nick didn't even try to understand.
"I think we should. This dress is made for dancing." Jess giggled. "Need a ride?" CeCe shook her head.
"I'll travel with my mother; I'll see you two there?" She looked up at Nick who tried to give her a sympathetic one back, though he doubts he succeeded.
"Of course you will." Jess stood up and stood opposite Nick. She seemed so small.
"CECE?" With a loud call, Schmidt burst through the hall door. CeCe didn't look annoyed or happy to see him. Instead she sort of looked…sad.
"Schmidt. What are you doing in here?" Schmidt didn't seem to hear the question; instead he ran over and hugged her. CeCe and Jess both looked pretty shocked.
"Are you okay? When I heard I thought you'd be really upset. I know I'm not the person you want to see but…" he trailed off looking at Nick and Jess, like he was just realising they were here for the first time. Nick was trying not to laugh, Schmidt sounded so girly.
"Schmidt, I'm fine really. And well, It's for the best, so go back and deal with your girlfriend, okay?"
"She's not my girlfriend and I don't want to leave you alone."
Nick spoke up and asked the question all three of them were thinking. "What happened with you and Elizabeth?"
"It's nothing man, I liked who she was, and so did she. We just weren't right for each other, you know? We don't have the same kind of job, or hobbies, we just didn't communicate that well. It wasn't right." Nick avoided looking at Jess when Schmidt was talking. He had a feeling she was too.
"I'm sorry." CeCe said.
"I'm sorry for you CeCe. You were going to get married." Schmidt and CeCe seemed to be ignoring Jess and Nick now, so they both silently snuck out of the room.
"We should head to the reception right?" Nick said.
"Yeah, definitely, it should be fun." Jess glanced at her phone. "My dad just got in a cab; he's heading to the airport I guess, so we can go." They looked up and Winston was heading towards them holding what looked like a cat cage. Nick automatically panicked.
"Woah dude, what's in the cage?" Nick glanced down and realised it was empty. He let out a breath.
"Nothing now, I just let him free." Winston shrugged.
"Him?" Nicks eyes widened.
"We should go." Winston laughed and they did not question him. A lot of guests were still waiting around and Nick could see only a few faces he recognised. Unfortunately Russell still hadn't left.
"Hey Nick, Remember that date that wasn't a date?" Jess began.
"Vaguely. Russell showed up there too." Nick knew he sounded angry but at this point he didn't care.
" Well. I was thinking about what we wrote." Jess sounded dead nervous.
"I'm not sure I want to talk about this Jess." He warned her.
"Would you write the same thing now?" This was a tricky question. Nick had regretted what he'd put on that stupid card when he handed it over to Russell. It was the reason Russell hadn't told Jess, he hadn't wanted her to be hurt. Truthfully, Nick had thought at that minute that that was what it was and he thought he was okay with that. It couldn't be anything different, could it? He didn't want to be hurt again.
"Yes. Maybe. I'm not sure." Nick had just wanted to spit out any answer, he hadn't meant to say yes.
"Yes? So what did you write?" Jess looked hopeful.
"I don't want to talk about it Jess. It was daft. It was a stupid night anyway. We just ran around changing our mind about having a date. It's not like it matters."
"Doesn't it? It meant something to me Nick, I want to know what this." She gestured at both of them. "Is. And I don't want that roommate crap you gave me last time."
"This isn't something I want to talk about Jess. It meant nothing! Can't we leave it for later?"
"Sure." Jess mumbled at her feet then turned away.
He couldn't of told her. It would of definitely hurt her, and today wasn't the day for that. He did regret what he put on that card, and he knew he wouldn't write it again, but he had no other answer. He was clueless in what this thing with Jess was, and he wouldn't write anything on a card now.

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