Jess and Schmidt were sitting off to the side of the living room by themselves. The Miller family was bickering back and forth about what was going on the next day, and what would happen at the rehearsal, which they were on their to in a matter of moments. Every once and awhile, Nick would look over at her and roll his eyes. She could tell he was becoming increasingly annoyed, and she started to wonder if it was just how it was playing out as another Miller event, or if it was the idea of marriage in general.

"Hey Schmidt, can I ask you something without you getting all weird?"

"Can't promise you anything, but go on."

"How serious were Nick and Caroline? I mean, did it ever get to the point where they talked about getting married?"

"Caroline? Nah. She wasn't interested."

Jess raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Really?"

"Yeah. I mean, they had a pretty rocky relationship, but he was always more serious about it than she was."

"Hmm. I didn't realize..."

"Honestly, they never really seemed to communicate that well. I mean, we all know how NICK is, but she really just strung him along because she didn't want to be alone."

"That's really sad, Schmidt. No wonder he's so weird about things sometimes.

Schmidt smiled. "You really love our little Nick Miller, don't you?"

"Come on, Schmidt."

"No, I'm serious."

Jess just smiled and shrugged her shoulders. "He's...he's just so perfect in this amazingly sweet and vulnerable way, you know?"

"So he didn't run away when you started talking about getting married?"

"Please, I'm scared to death to bring it up with him. I mean come on Schmidt, we've been together for 7 months. That's just crazy." She waited for a response, but was met with silence. She turned to him and shoved his shoulder. "RIGHT?!"

Schmidt avoided her gaze.

"Schmidt... WHAT DO YOU KNOW, MAN?!"

He held up his hands and shook his head. "Honestly, nothing. I swear."

Jess gave him a smirk. "Ok. I MIGHT believe you."

"Look Jess, I've seen Nick go through a lot since I've met him. Even if he doesn't tell you how he feels, I know he's crazy about you."

She frowned a little. "I know, I just..." She felt tears forming in her eyes. "I just want to know if I should prepare myself for him to just up and panic moonwalk out of my life one day, you know?"

"Jess. He's not going to do THAT. Why would you even think that?"

"I don't, really. I just...he's so hard to read sometimes, you know? I..." Her voice cracked a little. "I really love him Schmidt, and...well, sometimes I'm afraid that it's all just going to disappear one day."

Schmidt squeezed her arm. "Jess, I can tell you with 100% certainty that he is just as serious about this relationship as you are."

She playfully punched his knee. "Thanks Schmidt."