She drove him to the reception in silence, worrying about CeCe, Schmidt, Elizabeth, Shivrang and most of all, Nick. He'd seemed so sure that he didn't want to know what was on that card, but he'd write it again. That was his first reaction and she could tell it was the one he would go for. What if he'd written something horrible, like just roommates, or one night stand? A small part of Jess hoped he'd written a relationship status of some kind, but he was too embarrassed for her to see it, but that seemed unlikely.
She'd written dating. It was the only thing that had come into her head and she thought the idea of dating Nick wasn't an unpleasant idea. It was something she'd thought about.
When they got to the wedding they sat in their assigned seats and waited for a tradition Indian meal. When it came, her and Nick made small talk about the flavours until they felt a bit more comfortable around each other again.
"No, that's the better one!" Nick said pointing dramatically at the rice dish had been delicious.
"I haven't tried that one yet. I like this one." She nodded at the food that was placed on her plate in front of her, bread with a vivid red sauce on it. Jess thought it tasted delicious.
"Not as good as the rice, seriously try it." Jess reached over to take a little and place it on her plate but Nick just took his fork, heaped a small pile on it and put it near her mouth. She ate it, then laughed at the fact Nick had just fed her.
"It's nice." Jess shrugged.
"Nice? This is… fantastic." He kissed his hand and raised it then gave Jess a suspicious look, like she was supposed to know what that was. She didn't say anything, so Nick looked back down at the food, looking slightly dishearten. Jess couldn't help feeling she'd just failed some kind of test. They both tried pretty much every dish that had been placed in the middle of the table. The three people they were sharing a table with looked like family friends of either of the families, but they didn't try to communicate with them at all. Jess hardly noticed they were there.
"Hello you too." Jess heard Russell behind them just when she and Nick's heads were very close. They had been laughing at Nick's reaction to a dish he really hadn't liked. She looked up at him, and his date was nowhere to be seen.
"Hello Russell. Where's Lola?" She asked politely.
"She left; apparently her dress had a tear in it." Jess dared glance at Nick and she saw him struggling not to laugh.
"That's terrible."
"It's of no bother. I was simply wondering if you would mind me offering you a dance later Jessica. As I don't have a date." Nick's head snapped up.
"Why not just go home Russell?" Nick said in a harsh tone.
"I want to celebrate CeCe's day. I liked what I saw of her when Jess and I were in a relationship."
"Well you're not anymore." Nick snapped again.
"And neither are you." Russell retorted. That made Nick look embarrassed and he didn't look at Jess.
"Umm…sure Russell. One dance. That's okay, right Nick?"
"Do whatever you want Jess. It's not like we're in love or in a relationship, is it?" Nick mumbled. Ouch.
"Great, I'll come and find you later. Enjoy your evening." And with that he left.
"What was that?" Jess demanded from Nick.
"What? It's true we're not. We haven't talked about it, we only slept together once and we're never going to be in a relationship are we?" With that Nick left, leaving Jess feeling like she wanted to cry.
Is that what Nick thought? They were never going to be anything more than they were already, that this was just a one night stand? Jess hadn't wanted to marry him or anything, but she hated the idea of them trying to go back to normal. She'd have to move. She wouldn't hang out with Schmidt or Winston again. Talk of the devils.
"Jess, what's wrong?" Winston asked her, approaching the table. The three people had left leaving her by herself. Music had begun to play and people had gone to dance.
"It's nothing." Jess lied.
"Is it Nick?" Schmidt raised his eyebrows. Jess couldn't be bothered to explain.
"It's not Nick, he hasn't done anything wrong, I guess I'm just expecting more from him than I should."
"Hey, Jess , it's fine. Nick will realise that you two are meant to be together." Winston reassured her.
"No. I'm not sure I even want that, I want the option though. I'd like to be able to see if there could be something real there. But now, I'm going to have to move out." Jess placed her head in her hands.
"You can have that option. And you won't have to move out." Winston stroked her arm.
"Well…maybe we should talk about this." Jess looked up, Schmidt was looking uncomfortable. Clearly the idea of two of his roommates getting together still hadn't warmed on him.
"If they don't get together, Jess moves out and you never see CeCe again.
"Tricky choice. You and Nick, will you be, girly relationship, or strictly keep it to the bedroom?"
"Eww. Gross Schmidt. This isn't happening guys, can we just leave it?" Jess wined.
For the next hour or so, Schmidt, Winston and Jess had a really nice time at the wedding reception. They danced, drank and talked about Shivrang and CeCe. She cheered up quite a lot. It was nice. CeCe even came to see them for a little while and danced with them.
"Where's Nick?" CeCe asked after the song finished. Jess didn't want to answer the question.
"Here I am." Said a voice behind her. "Great reception CeCe, but may I steal this dancing partner from you?
"Sure, have fun Jess." CeCe waved and went to go talk to Schmidt and Elizabeth. Nick didn't say a word to her, and she didn't want to talk to him. She turned away and went to go sit back down at the table, but he gently grabbed her arm and brought her onto the dance floor.
"I don't want to dance Nick." She mumbled to her feet but he took her hands anyway and they swayed from side to side. Jess knew he wasn't a dancer.
"I'm sorry Jess. Really I am. I'm still trying to figure this out and Russell's not helping."
"Yeah. I get it."
"Jess please. Forgive me. This whole thing, this isn't me. I like simple girls with simple mind, but you're the most complex girl I've ever met in my entire life, you're crazy and weird and you like all of this stuff and you make me happy, and I'm trying to do the same for you, but I'm not good enough."
"Yes you are! When will you see that? I'm constantly worried that I won't be enough for you because of those things. You have a life full of possibilities, I've got a steady job, but that's not always good Nick. You can still do stuff with your life, you can still go to law school and meet some pretty lawyer girl, but for me. This is it. This is my life, and it's not enough for you."
"If you're in it, it will be."
"As your roommate?"
"As anything. As long as I know you." Jess was amazed. That was the sweetest thing Nick had ever said to her in the entire time they'd known each other. It was so sweet and lovely, she couldn't believe it.
"Jess?" Russell was standing next to them, expecting his dance. She cursed under her breath.
"Russell, I'm dancing with Nick right now. Can we do this some other time?" Nick gave a little lopsided smile.
"That's fine. I was just wondering. Nick, did you tell Jess what you wrote on his card?" Nick looked panicked.
"No. And I didn't tell him what I wrote either."
"Well yours was nice Jess, dating. Sweet and simple, right Nick?" Nick questioned her with a look. She gave a tiny nod.
"You said you'd write the same thing again Nick. What did he write Russell?" Jess wanted to know.
"You said it was what you wanted again Nick. Risky."
"Russell, please." Nick shook his head.
"Fling, Jess. He wrote Fling. As in cheap, meaningless sex for a couple weeks."
Jess looked at Nick.
"Jess, I-" But she didn't wait for the end of the sentence. She ran out of the reception, tears already streaming down her face.

Hi! I know the episode has already been aired but I wanted to finish my version! I hope you like it, thanks for reading, please review :)