A/N: I've had a LOT of people asking when next chapter is going to be released – well here we are! I do tend to put something on my tumblr saying when I think the next chapter will be up, so go follow me there (I'm jessicaaday y'all).

I've been rather busy with college recently and felt more tired than usual so I haven't had time to write. I have managed to make some GIFs and some that I made of Jake and Zooey got over 1000 notes and oh my god, I don't even know how, but anyways.

Menzies was hilarious. Nick's so adorable when he's happy! Him and Jess in the pool, hahaha! "I believe in you" = me dead. Schmidt and Cece eeeeeek! Loved it!

But here we are, here's next chapter :-)

P.S. (and spoiler alert) Can I just mention how adorable Jake looks in the 'Eggs' 2x09 promo pictures, but it looks like something's happened to Nick because he's drinking :-(

They stood opposite each other, breathing heavily, staring each other's eyes – their pupils dilated.

"Jess, I'm sorry." Nick sighed. "You just wouldn't listen to me and I got angry an—"

"Shut up, you." Jess interrupted, crashing her lips back onto his and once again they felt themselves sink into each other.

Suddenly, they pulled away from each other.

"No, no, no, no…" Jess mumbled to herself.

Nick's facial expression turned to confused. "What's wrong?" He said, concerned, stepping towards her. As soon as he did that, she took one step away from him, maintaining the distance.

"This isn't right… Not that it doesn't FEEL right, that's one thing it definitely does feel like but it's just, argh!" She sharply turned, walking towards the sofa, slumping down and placing her head in her hands. Nick moved towards her, walking round and sitting down next to her placing a hand against his back. She shuffled away. "Nick," she turned to face him, "I'm drunk and my head hurts and I'm pretty sure I just broke a million rules of the roommate dynamic…"

"Let me stop you there," Nick said shuffling back towards her, placing his arm back behind her, "We'll talk about this in the morning when you're sober. I mean, we will eventually have to tell Schmidt what we did but for the meantime, what he doesn't know won't kill him. He's the only one who cares about that goddamn roommate dynamic and its rules anyway. Come on, you need some sleep…"

As he stood up to help Jess, Nick softly said "I'll go make you some tea." But as he turned around, he came face to face with Schmidt. "Well then, what rule-breaking secrets are you two hiding?"

Jess sharply turned at the sound of his voice.

"Oh hey Schmidt," Nick said slowly, rubbing his neck anxiously. "How long have you been out here?"

"For like 2 minutes," Schmidt answered quickly, "But that's not important…"

"Kind of is…" Jess muttered under her breath, Schmidt luckily not hearing.

Schmidt continued, "The important thing is: what happened that could possibly ruin the roommate dynamic? Oh, and by the way, I'm not the only one who worships it, you both secretly do too, just admit it to yourselves."

Nick rolled his eyes, and glanced over at Jess who was looking back at him. They stared at each other for what seemed like forever, Nick getting lost in Jess' piercing blue eyes – right up until they were interrupted by Schmidt coughing. "Guys, have you got something to tell me or…" he said looking back and forth between Nick and Jess, "I have Lady Cecilia to be getting back to so make it quick."

Nick turned back to face Jess, waiting for her to face him too – thankful he didn't have to wait too long. Shall we tell him? Nick mouthed. Jess scrunched her face up and shrugged. She slowly looked down, biting her lip. She looked back and Nick was still staring. This time, she nodded. Nick turned back towards Schmidt who had folded his arms tightly in front of his chest, looking at him, waiting.

"Well…" Nick paused. Should I really tell Schmidt? I don't even know what it meant, so he better not ask. "We… er… Kind of…" Nick glanced towards Jess who was now standing up and was moving round to be stood next to him, "Kissed." He blurted out the last word.

"What?!"

We're obviously going to get kicked out of the apartment, oh no. Where are we going to live? Who am I kidding, 'we'. Where am I going to live? Where is Jess going to live? Will I ever see her again? We don't even know what this means for us. I bet we'll be made to make schedules and won't be allowed in the apartment at the same time, this is going to be hell, Nick thought to himself.

"Finally!" Nick breathed a sigh of relief, all worries apart from one rushing from his brain. "Nick – congrats on such a great girl! And Jess – I knew you'd be ready for my boy. But wait, where was I during this? And when did it happen?"

Jess moved closer to Nick's side, arms now in contact. "It happened like 10 minutes ago, Schmidt." She said, "Also, 'my boy'? That's never been an acceptable term around here, so what makes you think it is now?! Jar!"

Schmidt gave Nick a quick thumbs up before turning round and heading back to his room to get money for the jar. "Oh, and Schmidt?" Jess quietly said before Schmidt fully reached his room, "Don't tell Cece. I'll tell her myself. Just… Tell her I need to talk to her in the morning."

Schmidt nodded and turned back to going into his bedroom, soon reappearing money in hand and placing it in the jar. "Goodnight, you two." He smiled, tipping his imaginary hat, walking into his room and closing the door.

"Thank god that's over." Nick said, realising him and Jess were still arm to arm. He felt his fingers begin to entangle with hers, and he turned to face her. "Jess… We should really get some sleep. We'll talk in the morning?"

"Yeah… Thanks for a great evening, Nick." She replied, slipping her fingers out of hers and wrapping her arms around his neck, his arms making their way around her waist, pulling him in for a tight embrace which lasted for what felt like a lifetime. "Goodnight, Nicholas." She mumbled softly into his ear, pulling out of the hug slowly.

Her arms were completely off his neck now, and his were slowly moving back from their position around her waist. "Goodnight, Jessica…" He watched her walk away to her room, looking her up and down. Wow, Nick, nice one.

A/N: That was a doozy. Sorry it took so long to post this, writer's block and such!

Thanks to Rachel who read parts of the chapter that I'd written, giving me her opinion, it's been a lot of help.

Thank you to ALL of you who have reviewed and rated! At some point, I will get round to replying to you all, but until then, thank you ever so much for everything :-)

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