I'm soo sorry it took so long to update, I've been super busy but I bring two story updates! I have a one shot for 'First Kisses' and the first official chapter for 'Games'! These are all part of an apology for not being able to update sooner :)

* I thought maybe go for an obvious time during Nick and Jess' relationship and how it changed, so this kiss takes part in the 'fluffer' episode*

Jess walked past her room and stopped at the open doorway. There he was again. Nick Miller. Reliable as always. She watched him piece together her dresser and she stood back from the doorframe a moment, so as to keep her presence a secret. She sighed silently, leaning against the wall and looked to the ceiling.

Why did he have to always be there? Jess thought to herself. Jess pictured him and how helpful and kind and lovely he had been the past eighteen months or so, but quickly snapped out of her thoughts by a voice reminding her that he didn't want her. He had made that clear earlier.

After composing herself, she entered her room and protested at his labour.

"Jess I'm building your damn dresser! I don't like people telling us what we can and can't do! It pisses me off!" Nick and Jess laughed and joked for a while, and then her conversation took an unexpected turn.

He admitted he had thought about it too. Her and him. Jess' heart raced at the possibility of Nick feeling anything for her in THAT way. He teased her about deep lunges, and although she found this funny, she all of a sudden felt odd. The person who she had a harmless crush on now told her he had similar feelings. She laughed and responded in the appropriate windows during the talk, but she couldn't focus. ESPECIALLY when he handed her his sexy mix.

This is what works for him? Really?

"Get you're groove on girl!" Nick said, pulling a ridiculous face, but Jess shook her head.

"There's no point Nick, it turns out I can't do casual sex. But that's okay- I think anyway." Jess said thinning her lips.

"What happened?" Nick said, rubbing her Knee with genuine concern, but Jess jolted upright and stood up from where she say as his touch sparked an electric feeling through her body. This scared her but she continued. She had realised that friends with benefits can be with an actual friend, rather than a stranger.

"Erm well, I spoke to Sam and he said he'd never build a friend a dresser, and he got me thinking... If he isn't a proper friend, why should he get the erm, benefits? Y'know?" Jess said shrugging, but taking the sexy mix from Nick's grasp.

"Why do you need the mix then Jess?" Nick asked, scanning her as she walked over to her CD player.

She put the disk in and turned it on. The humpy dance began to play. Nick gulped and stood up too.

"I just wanted to listen to the songs that work for my good friend. See what all the fuss is about - hey!" Jess protested but Nick had already switched the music off.

"Jess I can't finish the dresser if my mix is playing! You don't understand-"

"-but I wanted to exercise but you know I need music..." Jess said, hoping her not so subtle hints would work. She pressed play and proceeded to do a deep lunge.

"Jess just STOP!" Nick said, pulling her by the arms up from her position, the sexy mix still playing.

"What Nick! The first month I lived here and you saw, y'know you said you couldn't do casual sex, well it turns out neither can I! We've both thought about it and it's like it could be casual because we can spend time together without being all lovey but then can rip each others clothes off without any repercussions it's like a win win! I mean-"

Nick looked at her in awe. How she was giving a speech in only one breath amazed him.

"JESS!" He shouted over her ramble, putting one finger over her lips.

"-fine! I'll do it" Nick said smiling, but this made Jess scowl.

"Fine? Just fine? If you don't want to then-"

"Just shut up!" Nick shouted over her, holding her head in his hands, pulling her lips to his without giving her the opportunity to interrupt again.

Moments after their lips met both pairs of eyes shot open. Nick and Jess pulled away and looked at each other awkwardly, his hands still on her face and hers around his neck.

"That was-" Jess began.

"-weird right? Like not meant to-"

"-yeah that's just-"

"- lets not do it-"

"- yeah. Yup. Totally" Jess said. Pulling away from him.

Nick went to the door, looked back in and smiled. "I will finish that tomorrow er buddy?"

"Yeah yeah cool pal" Jess said, both looking perplexed and amused at how awkward the situation has become. Nick walked away and Jess sat down on her bed. She reached up to the stereo and pressed off because the sexy mix was still ringing I her ears. She put two fingers to her bottom lip and a small smile started to spread across her lips.

" - I forgot something Jess" Nick said, bursting back into her room, startling Jess who leaned backwards onto her one arm on the edge of her bed.

"Wh- what Nick?" She stammered.

"This" he said confidently, as he walked straight over to her leaning his body over hers, both almost lay on her bed again. Her breath quickened as did Nick's, and he lowered his mouth onto hers once more. Tenderly and slow. She kissed him feverishly but he pulled away once again.

"-yeah this is gonna work" he whispered breathily.

"-yeah yup mmhmm" Jess breathed back, pulling him by his shirt down to her, kissing him once more...

And it would have worked, if Nick hasn't left the door open.

"DAMMIT NICK WHAT DID I TELL YOU?" Winston asked loudly in the open door way, looking at as topless Nick and an embarrassed Jess with an unbuttoned shirt.

"CECE! SCHMIDT GET IN HERE!" He called to the living room. Jess took this as her cue to hide under her covers and Nick? Well he panic moonwalked away to his room, to the amusement of everyone there, especially Schmidt who needed cheering up after the Romney fiasco.