blamo. SO, just wanna apologise in advance for those who enjoy happy fluffy fics...
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Jess hadn't looked at him since he walked in the kitchen, appearing to find something interesting in her tea, she kept quiet whilst Schmidt lectured Winston on something or other.
"So cool" Jess had whispered to herself, lifting the string from the teabag in and out of her mug, clearly trying to avoid being noticed and brought into the conversation.
"Winston, I'm telling you, when a woman pretends to be engaged and goes as far as to wear a ring, psychotic."
"Schmidt, Daisy isn't psychotic, alright? Trust me."
"Winston, listen to me! She is bearing all the signs, i saw it on Google!"
Nick drowned their conversation out, staring over to Jess, who was refusing to even acknowledge Nick's presence. He was glad when Schmidt left for work and Winston went back to bed, Jess fidgeted awkwardly, still not looking up.
"We need to talk." Nick said, quietly.
She looked up at him then; frowning, and blushing furiously. "Do we?"
Nick could feel his signature turtle face coming on, but he held it back. "Er, yeah! I think you know that."
Jess tried to act all nonchalantly, "Oh really? I didn't know, wassup."
"Jessica, if you're not gonna be serious about this..."
"Well i have work in like a half hour anyway..." Jess said looking around the room awkwardly, at anything but Nick.
"Fine then, we'll talk when you get back."
"Uhh...I'm probably going to be working late...so."
"Then come to the bar." Nick said simply, and Jess really couldn't get out of that one.
"I might be tired..."
"Jess."
She was looking down and twirling the end of her hair around her finger.
"Please."
"Argh fine, but i'm not promising anything."
"Great, yeah."
"Um, so i'm gonna go and get ready..."
"Yeah ok."
"See ya later, brethren."
Nick frowned and shook his head.
"That sounded much better in my head." Jess muttered as she walked back to her room.
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Jess took the long route home from work, as in, she drove past the apartment 3 times, until she could no longer see Nick's car and new that he'd gone to work.
She had absolutely no intentions of going down to the bar, she'd feign it off as illness, tiredness. She just couldn't deal with Nick today, especially what had happened last night. And there he was today, acting completely normal as if nothing had even happened.
She got into her pajamas and started marking some of her students work, whilst watching The Proposal.
Schmidt came in and jumped on the couch "Ooh, what are we watching"
"Proposal." Jess said, putting a few ticks on the page.
"Ryan Reynolds, heart breaker."
Jess raised an eyebrow.
"You know, cuz, like-"
Jess rolled her eyes and turned back to grading the papers, when her phone went off.
What time are u coming down? x
Nick, urgh. Stupid Nick Miller.
And honestly, right there and then, if it would have been anybody else, she'd have thought 'screw him'. You had an opportunity last night, and you passed it. There's nothing else to talk about. But Nick Miller and his ways...
She found herself driving over there 20 minutes later.
He didn't notice her come in, so she sat down at the side of the bar waiting for him to spot her. It took him a while, so as she waited, she watched him keep checking his phone every couple of seconds.
On your left, Miller x x x
Nicks head shot up moments after she sent him the text, he walked over grinning.
"Honestly Jess, I thought you stood me up."
Jess shrugged. "I said i'd come, i'm here. I just came to bang for some bar nuts."
"What?" Nick said, looking really taken a back.
Jess' eyes went wide and her whole face burned fervently when she realized what she'd said. "I meant these." Jess grabbed a bowl of pistachio nuts on the counter. "Not like nuts nuts, like the food i meant, i didn't-"
"Can i get you a drink?" Nick said, cutting her off, grinning and clearly amused.
"Just wine, please."
He walked away to get her drink, having to serve a few people before he came back, as he did come back, Jess got out her wallet.
"Nope." Nick shook his head. "It's on me."
Jess nodded, thankful of the distraction, the glass putting a barrier between her and Nick.
"So, I wanted to talk..."
Jess suddenly became very aware of herself, she didn't know what to do with her hands, were to look, how to sit, how she looked, she couldn't look at Nick, so she started to run her finger along the rim of the glass.
Nick removed her hand from the glass, getting her to look at him. He didn't let go of her hand as he leaned across the bar.
"You made some interesting points last night, Jess."
Jess grimaced. "I try."
"I just..I need you to be real with me."
"I am real with you!"
"Jess, I'm not gonna be your damn rebound, I don't wanna be that guy."
"I'm not expecting you to be..?"
"You try and get off with someone they same day you break up with your boyfriend..correct me if i'm wrong but that sounds like a rebound."
"Okay, my timing is a little off- but that doesn't mean I want you as a rebound, Nick."
"Then what?"
Jess paused, considering it all, and how to phrase it.
"Ahem." Someone to the left of them was waiting to be served, Nick dropped her hand and served the customer, once he was done, he didn't go back over to her, instead leaning against the island in the middle of the bar, drying glasses- still waiting for her answer.
"I told you last night you meant something to me." She said, barely audible. Nick stepped closer.
"Oh is that what that was? You lost me with your whole face sucking references."
Jess shook her head angrily. "and you're telling me to be real with you?"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Whenever I want to get in touch with my feelings, i make a cruel joke instead!" Jess said, imitating Nick. "I'm Nick Miller, meh, meh meh."
"Thats ludicrous."
Jess arched an eyebrow. "Yeah?"
"Yeah! I don't even talk like that."
"Tssk." Jess threw her hands up in defeat.
"What?!" Nick shouted back.
"I'm glad we had this little chat Nick, thanks!" Jess said bitterly.
"What?"
"I don't know what was up with me! What would even possibly possess me to think that your stupid kiss meant anything to me!" Jess was shouting now, Nick looked embarrassed as people looked at them.
"Jess, calm down-"
"I am calm, Nicholas! I'm just glad that i'm past all these false pretenses, and i can finally realize all it was, was a nice kiss. Nothing more, nothing less. A nice, meaningless kiss." she said sourly, and grabbed her bag and left the bar.
"Jess, c'mon!" he called after her. pointlessly.
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