*Sorry for the delay - i've had a lot on recently but I finally managed to get this chapter completed! I hope you like it :) *

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With the lights turned down low in their suite, Nick leaned forward from his spot on the couch, sliding down lazily to the ground and lacing his fingers gently through Jess's as she sat on the lavish, deep pile rug below. Planting a kiss on her cheek as a distraction, he reached across with his free arm to steal a handful of popcorn from the bowl in Jess's lap.

"Hey!" She protested with a laugh, her own mouth full of the buttery snack "Eat your own!"

"I finished it already..." Nick sulked, a playful pout appearing as he nuzzled his face in the crook of her neck, her robe draping open just slightly and allowing the scent of bubble bath from earlier to float up and meet his nose. Closing his eyes at the memory, Nick pressed his lips eagerly against the soft skin of her throat and felt Jess shiver under his touch before nudging at him good naturedly with her elbow.

"Ugh, fine. I guess you can share mine..."

"You're the best." He grinned.

"I know..." Jess quipped, sitting forward and moving to straddle his lap, placing a piece of popcorn in his mouth before tracing her finger slowly over his bottom lip with a glint in her eye. Her head dropped and he felt her lips brush the spot below his ear, the tip of her tongue tracing along the curve to his jaw where she nipped at his skin. Nick's hands instantly gripped tighter on her robe as his hips canted upwards with an appreciative groan. Confident that her intention had been achieved, Jess flung herself off of Nick with a wink and landed back in her original position on the floor with a giggle.

"Now, shut up and let me watch the rest of Curly Sue in peace..."

Nick grunted in disappointment and she felt his fingers wrap around her waist to hold her tight in protest - Jess's mouth curling up with a little grin as she wriggled closer into the space under his arm where she fit so perfectly.

They might be in a crazy expensive hotel full of rich people, surrounded by ridiculously decorative furnishings - but you really couldn't beat a movie marathon in your robe with your best-friend-turned-lover while eating your body weight in snacks (completely overpriced room service snacks, but snacks all the same).

As the end credits started to roll across the enormous screen, Jess sat and stretched her arms above her head with a satisfying crack of her spine, making a move to stand.

"Where are you going?" Whined Nick "It's my turn to choose a movie - don't flake out on me already, Day!"

"I'm not flaking!" She rolled her eyes "I promise I won't be long, but if I don't dry my hair properly right now we're going to have a real 'Cousin It' situation going on."

Bending down to meet his lips, Jess offered a lingering kiss by way of apology, and Nick growled playfully as she pulled away - because he could see right down the front of her robe and would give anything to just bury his head in there right that instant. Sighing as he watched her walk away, he crossed his legs at the ankle and started to flick through some of the sports channels as a distraction from the heat stirring in his groin. Settling on a baseball game, Nick rested his head back on the couch cushions and waited eagerly for her return.

He was so used to having the weight of her next to him these days that he'd started to crave her presence whenever he was alone, even just for a few minutes. Nick was in deep, and there was no denying it. Jess was becoming like a drug to him, a natural high that he just couldn't get enough of. He constantly wanted to feel her rushing through his veins, taste her dissolving on his tongue, have her clouding all his senses at the same time so he could just lose himself in her completely.

Jess's voice rang out loudly from their room and interrupted his wandering thoughts.

"Hey, Nick? Have you seen my curling iron?"

"Uh...maybe. I'm not entirely certain what one of those is. The hot blowy one or the strange twisty thing?" He called back.

"The twisty thing!" She laughed.

"Oh. Then no, sorry."

"Don't worry - I actually think I remember putting it in your blue bag before we left."

"You...what?"

Jess heard Nick's hurried footsteps come skidding to a halt outside the bedroom door just as her hand landed on a small, rectangular box at the bottom of his bag.

"Hey, what's this?"

"No, Jess...wait!..."

His plea was futile, and as she span with the box in her hand to look over her shoulder, Jess saw Nick's chin drop to his chest and his face crumple into a grimace at his own stupidity of leaving her present somewhere it could be found.

Realising what she had just stumbled upon, Jess raised her hands in the air.

"I swear I wasn't snooping!"

Nick sighed loudly, stepping forward and taking the carefully wrapped package gently from her grasp.

"I know..." He perched himself of the edge of the bed and turned the box over in his hands a few times while shaking his head "...this one's all on me. It's my fault, I should have hidden it properly or something. Truth is, I was planning on surprising you with this tomorrow at breakfast..."

"And now i've ruined it..." her face scrunched up in apology "...I'm so sorry! Why don't we just put the box back and pretend like I never saw it, okay?" Jess suggested hopefully, placing the bag on the floor and moving forward so she was stood in between Nick's legs. Her hand ran itself down the side of his face and he leaned into her warm palm, looking up at her with a contemplative smile.

"Well, you've found it now...so...I guess it's only fair to let you open it." He pressed the box gently back in to her hands and nodded his approval.

"Really?" Jess squealed with excitement, her bare feet doing a little jig on the hard wood floor and her eyes lighting up in the way that made his heart swell.

"Really." He laughed.

Jess chewed on her lip as she desperately tried to stop herself from ripping the box open - instead doing her absolute best to undo the ribbon slowly and calmly, despite her itchy fingers.

Lifting the top from the box, the bedroom spotlights glinted off the edge of a metallic item inside, causing it to gleam enticingly from within. Jess let out a little gasp as her eyes landed on a delicate, rose gold bangle.

"It's beautiful..." she whispered, prising it from the confines of the packaging, and allowing the box to fall haphazardly at their feet as she focused on the elegant jewellery in her hand. Turning it over between her fingers in appreciation, Jess noticed an inscription on the under side and recognised it as six numbers.

"Wait, that's not my date of birth." Her brows began to knit together in confusion.

"I know..." Nick cleared his throat and shifted his weight self consciously on the bed "...it's, uh...well, it's another very important date."

Running her thumb along the numbers, Jess's eyes went wide, her free hand suddenly flying up to cover her mouth as it all clicked in to place.

"Oh my god, Nick. This is..."

He nodded, scratching his neck with a crooked smile that nearly made her insides combust.

"The day you moved into the loft..."

She stood silently, her fingers tightening around the bangle and tears pricking at her eyes.

For a lady who usually had a heck of a lot to say, Jess had been rendered completely speechless by his unusually grand romantic gesture.

Nick made a mental note to thank Schmidt again for lending him the money for the extra gift - he'd passed by a small jewellers near the loft several times in the past couple of months and this piece had repeatedly caught his eye. He knew immediately Jess would love it, but he also knew his limitations - and there was no way he could stretch his wages far enough to cover the hotel and the jewellery at the same time. Grovelling to Schmidt for cash was of course a low point, but seeing the look in Jess's eyes at this precise moment was completely worth the dent in his fragile male pride.

"I don't...know what to say..." she sniffed, wiping a knuckle under her eyes and shaking her head.

"You don't need to say anything..." Nick answered softly, rising to his feet.

Taking the bangle from her grasp and placing it carefully on her wrist, the rough skin of his fingertips grazed the sensitive underside of her palm and sent goosebumps scattering down her spine. His hands stroked upwards to frame her face, holding her in place as he looked at her with such intensity that Jess could immediately feel her heart beating faster in her chest. Even now, her insides turned to jelly when he stared at her in that way.

She'd never felt more desired in her entire life than when she was with Nick. He made her feel so wanted - and he damn well knew it.

"Happy Birthday, Jessica." He whispered.

Her eyelids fluttered closed as she felt the warmth of Nick's breath on her skin before she tasted his mouth against hers, the sweet and salty mix of their popcorn still evident on his tongue as it danced with her own.

Sighing into him as he pulled her close, Jess immediately kissed him back with all she had. Words may have escaped her, but she could definitely still find a way to tell him how she felt. Deepening their kiss with a whimper, Jess fisted the collar of his robe in her hands and held on tight as his strong arms wrapped possessively around her back.

And just like that, their movie marathon was the furthest thing from either of their minds, because within seconds she'd tugged hard at the cord of his robe and sent it tumbling to the floor - running her hands across the dusting of hair on his stomach before feeling her own robe being removed and quickly thrown to the wayside.

Nick's hands were everywhere - he wanted to feel her soft skin under his palms, needed to hear her breath leave her lungs as he stroked his fingertips up the sides of her body and devoured her.

But Jess had other ideas.

He sucked in a hiss of air as Jess reached down between them, fingers closing suddenly around him and stroking firmly as her mouth still sought out his in a kiss so hot, Nick could feel himself getting harder in her hand by the second. Groaning into her open mouth, he stumbled backwards a little until his knees bumped into the edge of the mattress. Jess laid her fingers on his chest and pressed hard enough to make him sit down, lowering herself across his lap with her knees resting on the bed and her breasts near his face but never once slowing her movements, even when his head dipped low to graze her nipples with his teeth. With a twist of her wrist, she heard Nick growl - feeling his hands grip her ass as his lips skimmed up across her collarbone until he reached the dip at the bottom of her throat. His tongue licked upwards, making Jess breathe faster as her concentration waned and her grasp started to slacken - such was the distraction of his open mouth on her neck.

He loved it when he could derail her like this, the way he was able to make her mind go blank with just his touch until she couldn't remember what she was doing in the first place.

Moving a hand to rest on the small of her back, Nick quickly manoeuvred them both so they were lying on the bed with Jess now underneath him.

"Wait..." she breathed "...how did you do that without me noticing?"

Nick merely smiled and winked at her, sending a bolt of electricity shooting from Jess's stomach right down between her thighs. He kissed her once, hard and full, before sitting back on his heels. She ached at the sudden lack of contact between her body and his, whining at the absence of his warmth against her skin, but when Jess looked up and saw him gazing down at her like he'd just won the lottery, heat just ignited in her chest.

God, she fucking loved him.

Look at him.

Nick lowered himself slowly and placed butterfly kisses at her ankle, his fingertips grazing the sides of her calves as his lower lip dragged upwards over the curve of her knee, feeling her shiver with anticipation as his tongue tasted its way up her inner thigh.

Jess moaned quietly as his hands skated across her abdomen and up to cup her breasts, making her fingers thread themselves tightly into his hair as he circled his tongue around her belly button.

Everything slowed down a little as they spent what felt like forever exploring each other's bodies the way they had done in the very early days and everything was so new. The days where his mouth would be doing things to get her to make that soft gasp that made his dick twitch, her hands stroking over his muscles and her lips sucking the spots on his body that made him huff out a burst of air. The days when the loft could have been falling down around them and they wouldn't have even noticed because they were so lost in each other.

Jess became aware of Nick crawling his way slowly up her body, their skin slick and warm. She sucked her bottom lip between her teeth as his muscles moved under her palms and he came to rest above her, their eyes locking as they felt each other's heartbeat thumping in the silence. His mouth hovered open over hers, lips barely touching as their noses gently nudged each other. Nick's chin suddenly dipped to bring their mouths together and Jess cupped her hand on his jaw for just a moment while her tongue slid hot and eager over his, until her knees fell open for him and Nick pressed himself inside her making Jess arch upwards with a low moan, breaking the connection of their kiss. Taking his time to enjoy the feeling of her adjusting to him and revelling in the way Jess groaned his name, he stroked inside her lazily. Nick let his hips roll slowly back and forth as he gripped her thigh, tugging it upwards and making Jess whimper - the change in angle suddenly adding welcome friction.

It didn't take long before she was right on the edge, and Nick could feel her legs starting to tremble as he thrust slow and deep - her fingernails beginning to dig into his back while Jess rocked her pelvis up to meet him, urging him to go faster as she chased after the orgasm she could feel building in waves from low down in her gut.

As she shattered around him, Nick was determined this would not be her only one tonight.

And it wasn't.

It took all his concentration to hold back his own release, but Nick let her ride it out - kissing her slowly until Jess could finally start to catch her breath again. He let her turn on her side and scooted next to her on the bed so that her perfect ass was nestled right in his crotch - his dick still hard as anything and pressing against her flesh as his fingertips ghosted across her stomach and sent tingles careening all over her body.

How did he do that?!

With her head leaning back to rest against the damp crook of his neck, Jess reached her arm backwards and gripped his thigh tightly - feeling his warm breath land below her earlobe and his chest rising quickly.

"Nick...?" She questioned, sounding a little surprised.

"Oh, I'm not done with you yet, honey..." He smirked, leaning over to angle her chin upwards with his hand and coaxing Jess's mouth open, kissing her deeply before sliding inside himself inside again.

He prolonged her second climax by reaching round between her legs to rub slow, moan inducing circles on her clit until he felt the muscles of Jess's body begin to tense.

"Fuck, Nick...oh god." She mumbled frantically, her hands clutching at his arm as she thrust her hips forward against his hand to increase the pressure and started to hold her breath.

"Don't fight it sweetheart." He whispered in her ear "I want to see you come for me again, Jessica."

His voice was low and sexy as hell, ensuring she immediately bucked her hips with a whine and fell over the edge once again.

Barely able to keep his mind focused, and without allowing her time to recover, Nick guided Jess on to her back a final time and rested above her on his elbows as he gazed down at her. Her cheeks were flushed with arousal, lips all red and kiss swollen from his mouth. Her chest heaved in laboured breaths - and there was this grin on her face that made him want to just shake his head in awe at her unrelenting beauty.

Nick's teeth bit down on his lower lip and he felt the damp hair at the nape of his neck stand on end as every sense was heightened. Stroking a hand up the inside of her thigh, he pushed it swiftly down against the mattress and buried himself inside her yet again - the resulting expletives from Jess's mouth suggesting she very much approved. Her legs hooked up high around his waist as she matched him thrust for thrust.

As his own conclusion loomed, Nick's eyes screwed shut and his head dropped to her shoulder - his hips stuttering in their rhythm.

He was vaguely aware of Jess's hands on his face, panting his name and urging him to lift his head as she started to tighten around him.

"Nicholas..." she breathed, sensing him shake his head as he struggled to keep the pace, his body now covering every inch of her.

"Nicholas - look at me..." Jess practically begged as her orgasm built, the pins and needles starting to pulse through her limbs.

He relented, lifting his chin and letting himself stare down at her. One look in her hooded blue eyes was all it took for him to explode inside her with a strangled groan. Jess's whole body shuddered with the force of her climax and her grip on Nick was so tight as she struggled to catch her breath afterward, he couldn't move away if he wanted to.

Thankfully, he was utterly spent himself and very much content to stay right where he had ended up - with his face buried in her neck, Jess's scent flooding his senses and the sweet skin of her collarbone deliciously close to his mouth.

"You never did dry your hair..." Nick said after a few minutes, his voiced muffled and hoarse as he delighted in the feeling of Jess snorting with laughter underneath him.

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*Thanks for reading! I have one final part to come, a little shorter but fingers crossed it won't take as long as this update did!*