A/N Merry Christmas Roomfriends!l

Consider this my early Christmas present to you all.
If this appears rushed, apologies...I wanted it out before the big day and tomorrow is Christmas Eve! (no time then!)

Thanks for all your reviews, follows and favourites...I love you all :)

Rose x

It was 8am on Christmas morning and everybody staying at the Miller residence were awake and had started to open presents around the Christmas tree. This was partly due to Jamie being very excited to open presents and had been awake since about 5am and woke everybody else up. Not even his fiancé Deann could keep him quiet!

Bonnie walked across the living room to the couch that Jess sat on with Nick (who was still waking up and had a mug of coffee in his hands) and narrowly avoiding Jamie's new remote control car (courtesy of Jess). "Merry Christmas Jess." Bonnie said a parcel in her hands. "Jamie take that car outside!" She shouted to her youngest son over her shoulder.

While Jamie and Deann put on coats and went outside with the new toy. Jess eagerly took the parcel from Bonnie and then gave her a present. "You too Bonnie! I hope you like it."

The two main ladies in Nick's life opened the presents. "Oh Jess this is lovely!" Bonnie cried opening up the box to reveal an ornate plate with Elvis Presley on it.

"Are you sure? I wasn't sure if you would like it since Walt died but I couldn't see anything else I liked." Jess replied, opening her own gift which was a green polka dot teapot. "Bonnie, I love this!" She cried and gave Bonnie a hug.

"The plate is perfect. Glad you like your present." Bonnie hugged Jess back before turning to Aunt Ruth. "Come now Aunt Ruth, let's go put your new green leafed tea towels in your room and then we can get some breakfast ready."

"But I want some weed." Aunt Ruth protested.

"Later Aunt Ruth." Bonnie led her out of the living room leaving Nick and Jess alone.

Jess turned to Nick and handed him a big present. "Merry Christmas Nick. I know you needed a new one. I just hope it fits"

Nick unwrapped the present to reveal a dark winter coat. "Jess, thank you. I guess I do with the duct tape all over my old one." He laughed. "I love it." Nick gave Jess a kiss and handed her a gift bag. "Merry Christmas Jess."

Inside the gift bag was the yarn and the knitting book. "Nick, this is amazing! The yarn matches my new cardigan! I can make a scarf." She flipped through the book. "There is several scarf patterns in here. This is perfect." Jess smiled and gave Nick another kiss. "You know me so well. Thank you."

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Christmas lunch was fairly uneventful. Nick had taken over Walt's Christmas duties and cut the turkey as well as do the first toast of the meal. They were small traditions that the Miller's had done for years and Nick hoped he would one day continue with his own family. It was now finished and Jess was downstairs helping Bonnie clean up while he paced in his bedroom with a small box in his hand. He heard footsteps approaching and the door opened.

"Hey Nick. That was some lunch, you Millers sure know how to put on a feast! Good thing I didn't have my spanx on underneath this dress otherwise that would've been very uncomfortable for me." Jess said as she sat on the bed and putting her hair into a high ponytail.

Nick sat beside Jess on the bed. "Merry Christmas Jess." He said as he handed her the small box.

"But you already got me a Christmas present! The book! The yarn!" Jess replied, a little in shock as she opened the gift.

"Yeah I know. But I saw this when I was leaving the mall and I had to get it." Nick said smiling at his girlfriend who had just opened the box.

"Oh! Nick, this beautiful." Jess said as she took the bracelet from the box to inspect the butterfly charm. "The wings on this are so delicate. I love it." She leant over and gave him a kiss.

"I love you Jess." Nick said and then he realised what he had said. "Oh shit!" He thought to himself.

"Take it back." Jess said softly, putting the bracelet back in the box and setting it on Nick's bedside table

"Wait what?" Nick was dumbfounded. "Why would I take it back? I just said I love you and you tell me to take it back!" Nick shouted.

"Because!" Jess shouted back.

"Because why? Jessica, I don't understand! Why would you want me to take such a big thing back?"

"Because Nicholas." Jess was getting a little angry. "I wanted to say it first!"

That was not the response Nick was expecting. "Huh?"

Jess stood up and started pacing where Nick had been pacing not too long ago. "I am always the person that loves too fast, too soon. I've felt this way for a while but I thought that I would say it at Schmidt's New Year's party. By then we would have been together a few months and it'd be ok."

"Jess it's only a week away, what's the difference?" Nick interrupted but Jess ignored him and kept talking.

"My plan was that before midnight, we would go onto the roof, maybe have some roof sexy times, watch the fireworks and after our incredible midnight make out session. I would say those 3 words and it would be perfect." Jess finished and stopped pacing.

Standing up and moving in front of Jess, Nick looked at her. "What 3 words would they be?"

"You know what 3 words they are." Jess replied, lightly hitting Nick's arm.

Nick moved closer and slowly wrapped his arms around Jess. "Yeah, but I want you to say them."

"I love you." Jess said as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Smiling, Nick leant in for a kiss which slowly intensified as they came up for air. Nick looked down at his amazing girlfriend "I love you too, Jess."

1 WEEK LATER

It was 11.55pm and in 5 minutes it would be January 1st 2014. Nick and Jess had snuck up to the roof about 40 minutes ago to enjoy some 'Ness time' as Winston had called it (he needed to stop reading People magazine! Winston had recently declared that he and Bernie were now known as Wirnie).

"How did we not do roof sex earlier? I feel so free." Nick wondered as he and Jess laid intertwined on a blanket (with another covering their bodies).

"I don't know. I think the rabid feral cat scared both of us for a while." Jess replied, snuggling close to Nick.

"Oh yeah…forgot about that thing. Wonder what happened to it."

The couple could hear people counting down until midnight. 10 … Jess looked up at Nick … 8 … Nick smiled down at Jess … 6 … They slowly leant in … 4 … Jess threaded her hands through Nick's hair, pulling him closer … 3 … Nick wrapped his arms around Jess' waist … 2 … The fireworks started … 1 … Jess and Nick had a very passionate make out session.

Eventually, they came up for air. Jess grinned at Nick. "Happy New Year. I love you."

Nick returned the smile. "I love you too."

Jess was right, Nick thought to himself. The moment was perfect.

THE END!