Jess was sitting at the table grading papers when her phone chirped. She glanced at it: a text from Sam! What did he want? She opened it and read his text: "Jess. I know I got pretty pissed off about you and Nick kissing but it's been awhile now and looking back, I realize it wasn't as big of a deal as I thought. I miss you and would love to meet up for dinner or something."
Right then, Nick gently wrapped his arms around her shoulders and kissed her neck softly. "What's wrong?" he asked, noticing the annoyed look on her face.
"It's Sam," she replied, "He wants to see me."
"I thought I scared him off," he snatched her phone away and opened the text up again.
"Hey!" Jess protested and Nick typed up a response. "Too bad for you! Nick won and you lost." He hit send. Jess looked horrified. "I would never say something like that to him!"
"But you didn't. I did," he grinned.
Jess rolled her eyes at him. "Nick, I know I'm with you and I don't miss Sam at all, but he didn't deserve what I did to him and the least I can do is try to be nice to him."
"Do you honestly care what he thinks? He's not in your life at all. He's not a friend of a friend or anyone like that," Nick argued.
Jess shrugged. "I suppose you're right. I just feel bad about being mean to people for no reason."
"You're right Jess," Nick sighed, "I shouldn't have done that. You're a big girl and I trust you enough to give him a response to make him back off. I just don't want someone like him messing up what we have. I can't stand to think of you being with someone else." Nick was surprised at himself for saying all of this. Where was all this confidence after their first kiss happened? If he had been able to talk to her like this, they could have gotten together even sooner. Hell, he should have told her how he felt way before the kiss…maybe as long ago as when he came back to the loft after his almost-move-in with Caroline.
Jess looked into his brown eyes. "No one is going to come between us Nick. I would never let that happen."
Right then, Schmidt and CeCe walked in through the front door.
"How did it go at Dr. Sadie's?" Jess asked. CeCe had had her first baby appointment and ultrasound done today.
Schmidt proudly held up the sonogram picture. "I present to you guys Schmidty Jr!"
"Or CeCe junior!" CeCe protested, rolling her eyes.
"Where is it?" Nick took the picture from Schmidt and stared at it for a few seconds.
"See, it's right there," Jess pointed where the tiny head was positioned.
"That's it? That's the baby?" Nick asked in a tone of surprise. How could something so tiny eventually grow into a full-grown human?
"It's hard to believe isn't it," CeCe started, "But seeing the sonogram has made it seem so real. Me and Schmidt are going to be parents!"
"What up guys! I'm Big Daddy Schmidt!" he held out a hand for Nick to high-five him but Nick didn't raise his hand.
"Big Daddy Schmidt? Really?" Nick groaned.
"As long as I'm not Big Momma CeCe, you can call yourself whatever you want," CeCe said.
Jess decided to make everyone dinner that evening. She had found this yummy looking recipe for chicken enchiladas and wanted to try it out. While she was chopping up some peppers, she realized she had forgotten to pick up some tomatoes.
"Nick!" she yelled out.
"I'm right here," Nick stood up from his seat on the couch.
"Oops," Jess said, "I thought you were in your room. Could you pleaseeee run to the store for me and pick up some tomatoes? I guess I forgot to get some."
"Yeah babe, how many do you want?"
"I think four will be good," Jess smiled at him and kissed him on the cheek, "Thanks."
A half an hour went by and Nick still hadn't returned which was weird because the little market the roommates shopped at regularly was just around the corner. Jess picked up her phone to call him when Winston burst through the front door.
"Jess!" he yelled, "It's Nick. He's been in an accident!"