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"Caroline!" Nick said, surprised and totally thrown off guard. The last time he had seen her, all hell had broke loose. When he told her he had changed his mind and couldn't be with her she had started throwing stuff at him and screaming.

"Hey Caroline," Jess said quietly.

"How've you been?" Caroline asked, sitting down at the table close to Nick. Jess raised her eyebrows but didn't say anything.

"Not bad," he replied, "Just on a date with Jess."

"You two are actually dating then?" Caroline asked.

"Yeah, this time it's for real," Nick replied.

"Wow, well this is a surprise," Caroline replied, not sounding surprised or excited in the least.

"She makes me happy," Nick said, smiling at Jess.

Caroline got up. "Well I don't want to interrupt anything. It was good seeing you Nick. You too Jess."

"Was that awkward for you?" Jess asked him after Caroline walked away.

Nick shrugged, "Not really. At least she was civil. I thought that the next time I'd see her she'd start yelling at me some more."

"So you don't regret ending it with her?" Jess asked, twirling a strand of hair nervously.

"What? Of course not! It was a little weird at first, especially since she was so pissed, but it was definitely the right thing for me to do."

"What made you change your mind?"

"You Jess. You made me realize I was making a huge mistake. I felt like I was only doing it to prove something to myself and that's a dumb thing to do. Caroline never made me happy. The sex did and the idea of having someone did. But just not her in general. "

"You just told her I make you happy. So with me it's more than just the sex and being with someone?"

"It's so much more Jessica. Being able to tell you everything and get through arguments without hating you. Having sex with you. Knowing that you'll be here for me. I don't think there's much else I could ask for."

"You've surprised me in so many ways Nick. I never knew you could talk about your feelings like this. I never knew you could be good at sex. I never knew you could actually smell good if you tried. What else have you got in store for me Miller?"

"I can't tell you that. I've got to leave part of myself a mystery or you'll get sick of me."

He took her hand. "Come on, let's go for a walk."


After the sun went down, Nick and Jess went back to the loft. CeCe and Schmidt appeared to be in deep conversation on the couch but they were talking quietly.

"The lovebirds are back," Schmidt said, looking up as they walked in.

"Do you approve of us now?" Nick asked him.

"Hell no! But I feel like there's nothing I can do to stop it. If it goes down the crapper though, don't come running to me," Schmidt replied.

"Jess can I talk to you?" CeCe asked.

"Of course, we can go to my room," Jess replied and they both left.

"What's going on?" Jess asked her after she shut the door behind them.

"Remember when I thought I was pregnant last year?"

"Yeah, duh CeCe, I was there!"

"Well, this time it's for real."

"What do you mean THIS time?"

"My period is late and I took a pregnancy test and it came up positive! And then I went to the doctor to make sure. I'm going to have a baby!"

"That's so exciting CeCe! Whose is it though? Is it that guy you brought over here when me and Nick were locked behind the curtain?"

"It's Schmidt's! But he doesn't know yet."

"But you guys were just talking out there!"

"I was trying to make things right between us. Before I told him about the baby."

"I didn't know you guys even slept together again!"

"Yeah, it was after the convention we all went to. I had too much to drink."

"You're going to get back with Schmidt! I'm so excited for you!"

"I hope I am! He's been begging to be with me. But he's probably going to think I only want to be back with him because I'm pregnant. But it's not true Jess. I've been thinking about him a lot lately and I miss him. I know it sounds crazy but I'm still in love with him."

"It's not crazy CeCe. He loves you very much, I'm sure he'll get back together with you. Just be honest with him."

"Since when have you gotten to be so good at advice? Usually you're running to me with all your problems."

"I just don't like to see you hurting CeCe. You've never really gotten back to being yourself since things went down with you and Schmidt."

"Let's just hope you're right. There's no way in hell I'm going to be able to take care of this kid alone. Especially with Schmidt's DNA!"