((Leaving right where we left off Jess' presence has just been revealed to Nick when he hears her phone chirp with the text message he just sent her))
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Jess: Hi Nick (she glances down at her phone to read "Hey Jess" she looks back up at Nick) Hey Nick
(Nick now unable to stop smiling makes his way slowly to her suddenly grabbing her and giving her a huge hug!)
Nick: Jess what are you doing here? I'm so happy to see you!
Jess: oh um teachers conference
Nick: (smirking) really there's a teachers conference for Los Angeles teachers in Chicago
Jess: Um Yep, yep good to see you (starting to lose her nerve a little bit) Well I better get back, listen I'll talk to you later (she turns to walk away)
Nick: Jess Seriously? You're just going to walk away wait a minute (he races up to her and gently grabs her arm now seeing her eyes welling up) Jess what's going on? I don't mean to be presumptuous, but I assume you came here to see me what is going on?
Jess: I..I came here to see you I did (the tears start flowing)
Nick: I'm here! What's wrong? Why did you come all this way?
Jess: Nick I came here because I have something I need to tell you. Because I realized something once you left. …..(blurting it out) Nick I'm still in love with you!
Nick: (just stands there stunned not saying a word)
Jess: Listen Nick I know that's a lot to throw at you. I know you came here to move on with your life, but when you left something just clicked in my brain. I never stopped loving you! I just think maybe on some level, I didn't think I deserved to be as happy as I was when I was with you. so I found reasons to be unhappy and I pushed you away. Then you left and my heart fell out of my chest I realized that you are my home and when your home leaves, what's left? So I followed you and I decided I was going to tell you how I felt. I heard that you've started something with Samantha and now I realize that maybe this was a mistake! I shouldn't have come, it's not fair to you and it's not fair to me so I'm just going to leave It's clear you've moved on. I can't ask you to love me again. Nick I want you to be happy no matter what that looks like for me. So I'm just going to go. (she turns around and starts to walk away)
Nick: (coming out of his stupor his eyes welling with emotion) Hey Jess You're Right I'm not going to love you again.
Jess: (turning back around) What? (now slightly annoyed and hurt) well ok yes that's what I thought ok bye
Nick: Jess… wait no I mean I'm not going to love you Again… Jess I never stopped! (he takes her face in his hands and captures her mouth in a passionate kiss.)
Jess: ( breaking the kiss and smiling through the tears) Really?
Nick: yeah! I told you I loved you from the moment you walked through the door! and Jess I never stopped. I have missed you so much.
Jess: (is crying tears of joy) Oh Nick that's what I was hoping you'd say. (she leans in for another kiss, but stops suddenly) but wait what about Samantha?
Nick: What about her?
Jess: Well Schmidt Told Cece that you slept with her.
Nick: Oh That? (he says laughing)
Jess: It's funny?
::: Earlier that night Nick and Samantha at the bar:::::
Nick: Listen Samantha I'm really sorry about what happened the first night I was here and about the way I've been acting since you know, I mean I don't want things to be weird between us
Samantha: (looking a little puzzled) Why would things be weird?
Nick: Well you know after I woke up at your place and took off like that after we.. you know
Samantha: Nick what exactly do you think happened?
Nick: (starting to fumble for words) Well we …. I… I mean… I was naked in your bed so I just kind of assumed.
Samantha: (now not able to control her laughter) hahahaha seriously Nick? Oh wow well that explains you being so awkward I mean yeah it was a little awkward what happened but…
Nick: that night was really fuzzy for me Sam what happened? All I remember is we were laughing a lot and then things went black and I woke up at your place… naked
Samantha: (still having a hard time stifling her laughter) Nick you're cute , we did drink a lot… well actually I should say you drank a lot I was a little tipsy at best ,but you were a goner at first you were telling jokes and being hilarious! Then you started to get real serious REAL Drunk but REAL serious and you kept going on and on about this Jess girl and what you thought her not responding to your text message meant? No but seriously you would not stop going on about her and how great she was so I figured she was your ex your words started to slur by the end
Nick: Wait really? Ok that is starting to sound familiar, but wait? How did I end up naked in your bed then?
Samantha: That's the best part (laughing again) well we took a cab I told the cabbie to stop at your Moms place first, but you got really upset and started to beg me to let you come back to my place because you didn't want your Mom to see you that drunk on your first night home. So I said ok sure you can crash at my place.
Nick: ok yeah that makes sense ,but then how did I end up naked?
Samantha: we got back to my place and you asked me if It'd be ok if you took a shower so I said sure fine whatever so I showed you where the bathroom was but instead of taking a shower you wandered into my guest bedroom completely nude! Where I had just finished making the bed up for you, then you said I'm too tired to shower where can I crash? I pointed to the bed and you walked over and face planted into it! I took a sheet and threw it over you and left you for the night. God Nick it was hilarious I mean I made sure you were still breathing first
Nick: (turning 3 shades of red) Oh my God Samantha I'm soooo sorry that's really embarrassing
Samantha: Haha no really it's fine I was the one serving you all the drinks so I understood and I know you don't always act like that I've known you a long time Nick
Nick: I promise you it won't happen again
Samantha: I know I know and don't worry this doesn't effect our professional relationship I just counted that as a friendship night Haha.
::: Back on the street with Jess current time::::
Nick: Jess I didn't sleep with Samantha
Jess: No it's ok Nick you don't have to lie we weren't together I mean it's ok or I mean I guess it's ok
Nick: No I'm serious I didn't, I told Winston that I woke up naked in Samantha's Bed
Jess: (looking concerned) Not really convincing me here
Nick: Ok so here's the story I did go drinking with Samantha right after my flight. I got drunk Jess like sooo drunk and I passed out ,but before that when I was at the bar with her she told me all I was doing was talking about you! And then I asked to crash at her place so my Ma wouldn't see me like that I apparently got naked to take a shower, but instead just passed out in her guest room No sex not even close I swear.
Jess: (slightly smiling) Nick you are such an idiot, but I love you anyway
Nick: It's true Jess I'm sorry about that, but I'm your idiot
Jess: You definitely are (she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him again)
:::::Epilogue::::
Nick Did help Samantha open her bar as he'd agreed he spent 2 more months in Chicago. Jess stayed in Chicago with him for those two months they stayed at Nick's Moms house. Jess got to know Bonnie really well which was ok because it turned out Bonnie really liked Jess and Jess her. Schmidt flew out from California to drive back with Cece much to Cece's delight. After the two months after the bar was open and running smoothly Nick helped Samantha find a suitable manager to replace him. He and Jess discussed it and decided they did want to be back in Los Angeles back in the place they met and fell in love. Nick heard that Clyde's was being sold so he along with Schmidt decided to invest in it. Nick and Jess got back together and stayed together knowing that once you find who your home is once you figure it out with certainty you don't let go. This time they went into this relationship with a new understanding that this time around they would fight for each other no matter what they were in this for better or worse.
A/N: Thank you to anyone who kept up with this story I'm really sorry the updates were so few and far between. I also apologize for the grammatical errors and missing punctuation I had no beta and did this just on a whim and those things were never my forte. Thanks again for sticking with this story I truly hope it had a satisfactory ending.