Author's note: Oh, here we go! It's onto the exciting part of the story, well the part where something happens that was mentioned in the first chapter ;) But before I start, I'd like to thank you for all your support for this story, it means a lot, the reviews were so sweet and I kinda freaked out because some of my favourite authors reviewed and ahhhhh! Oh, and if you don't know how to play 'I have never', people basically say 'I have never *done something* and then if you've done it, you take a shot. There's a lot of dialogue in this one, let's do this.
Also, this is dedicated to Jasmine (hahaha you didn't expect that did you!) who told me, and I quote "God Zoe, hurry up! Don't keep us all in suspenders!".
Disclaimer: I don't own New Girl (damn, I wish I did.. I wish I was even slightly part of it.) and I don't own It's Time by Imagine Dragons.
The big night had arrived. Well, it wasn't actually that much of a big night, just two people drinking together… Alone. It wasn't even arranged properly but then again, nothing they ever did was arranged formally.
Nick and Jess had just finished the pizza they had ordered. They were alone in the apartment - just the two of them. Time for the game to begin.
Nick picked up the empty pizza boxes, standing up from where he had been slumped on the sofa, next to Jess. Jess leant back watching him walk towards the recycling bin. He threw the boxes in, and turned back round. He was wearing a blue flannel shirt and his good jeans, his hair as he liked for once. He had changed his shirt whilst waiting for the pizza to arrive, because 'he had to look presentable to the stranger soon to be arriving at the front door', well, that's what he told Jess – which made her realise that she ought to change too, into the lovely dress she was wearing right now. He studied the view in front of him further, taking in all her beauty – her long dark brown hair, her shining blue eyes, her blue dress with the black collar. She made a good choice in wearing that.
He shook his head out of the trance he was in. "You ready to play?"
"I've never been more ready," Jess said, shuffling forwards slightly in her seat, "what are we going to play?"
Nick reached into the paper bags full of alcohol which he had bought earlier and laid the bottles out on table, "I would suggest True American, but I'm not quite sure if we can play that with just two people. How about 'I have never'?"
"Yeah, let's do it." She nodded, and got up from her seat. "I'll get the glasses and you take some of the bottles over to the coffee table."
They started moving, and within no time at all, they were ready. Nick picked up a bottle of vodka and poured some into all 8 of the shot glasses she had put on the table.
"Okay, I'll start," she said, pondering what to say next, "I have never… Watched the Star Wars films all the way through."
Nick looked shocked, and did a shot, "Seriously?!"
"What? I fell asleep!" Jess shouted defensively.
"I'm going to make you watch them, just don't let me forget. Okay, my turn, hmmm…" He trailed off as he caught Jess' eye contact, "Oh, I have one… I have never been outside of the USA."
The game continued similarly to that for about 40 minutes, just saying boring things like never driven a car at more than 60mph.
The game changed when they were both rather drunk – it appeared that either they were both light weights or Jess could handle her alcohol better than Nick thought.
"Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ," Nick slurred, "I ha-have neeeeeeeeeeeveeeeeeeer… kissed a girl wiiiiiiiiiiith blue eyes."
Jess didn't drink, she stared at Nick. She laughed awkwardly and looked at the drinks on the table averting her eyes away from Nick, and wanting to move on. She couldn't start acting stranger than normal.
"Yaaaaay! It's my turn agaaaaaaaaaain!" Jess shouted, a bit louder than she should have done, at this rate they'll be getting complains from the neighbours involved and they might talk to Remy who would get involved and it would just be awkward for everyone. She realised she was only being loud to cover up the fact she felt super awkward by what he just said, and was thinking that he was too, by the fact, a small blush had appeared on his face. Jess was now thinking off topic and couldn't think, "Er… I can't think... Can we play a new game?" Hopefully that covered up the pause. Hopefully.
Nick thought to himself, the only game left is Truth Or Dare... apart from he said it out loud.
"Yes! Truth or dare! Why didn't we think of that originally?" She squealed excitedly. She stood up, almost losing her balance which meant almost falling on top of Nick but she managed to remain standing upright. "Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'm going to get us some more drink," she said skipping over to the kitchen and picking up a bottle in each hand and skipping back over, placing the bottles on the table – only just in time, as she fell onto the sofa.
"Whoa, careful there!" Nick said, smiling helping her sit up.
"I'm going to ask you first! Truth or dare?" she laughed whilst being pulled up.
"Truth," Nick blurted, not wanting to do anything particularly stupid tonight.
"Why have you been so nice to me recently? And you have to be truthful!" Jess said with a small smile on her small smile on her face.
"I don't really know," Nick lied, because he knew exactly why but he wasn't quite ready.
"You lied! I can tell!" Jess yelled, "Take a shot and tell me the truth!"
Nick picked up one of the shot glasses, looked at it, contemplating whether or not to drink it, but he knew, if he didn't, she would force it down him. He watched as Jess drunk one too, I should stop her really, she's already super drunk, he thought to himself, but she didn't allow any time for that.
He looked back at the shot glass in his hand, go on Nick, 1, 2.. 3! And on 3, he drank. As he tilted his head back down, his eyes caught hers, shining in the light, making him lose any sort of verbal self-control he had to begin with.
It's time to begin, isn't it?
I get a little bit bigger
But then I'll admit I'm just the same as I was
"Because I'm falling for you. And I don't think I'm even falling for you anymore... I think I'm already there… In love with you."
Apparently, that shot had made him ready.
"Crap."
Author's note: Ah don't kill me for leaving it there! Although I do have some ideas for next chapter, and what song to use. Yeah, I didn't want to go into the in's and out's of what Nick had said to her in this chapter, because I'd probably end up being super long because I'm a rambler, so that shall be in next chapter - but remember this story is staying a K, no smut here (mainly because I can't write it).
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