Jess and Nick must had been asleep for a few hours. Nick slowly awoke, the emptiness in his stomach letting out a rather load growl. He rolled over to at the time. 6:30pm

He slowly got out of bed, trying his best not to wake up a still sleeping Jess. He tiptoed towards his bedroom door and he almost made it when, "Fffuuu..." - he stood on something.

Jess stirred and gradually opened her eyes.

"Nick?" she said very confused.

"Sorry Jess, I stood on something that felt like a lego made of a thousand knives"

She covered her mouth unable to hold back her laughter. She sat upright and walked over towards the door.

"I'll go get dressed, be ready in 15" and with that she brushed past him across the hall into her room.

Nick took less than one minute to get ready, pulling on a pair of jeans and a red and black flannel shirt which he found lying on his bedroom floor.

Jess also opted for a pair of jeans and her purple top. She wore her favourite blue pumps and tied her hair back into a messy bun, then she remembered her shopping from earlier.

I will put fancy lingerie on when we get back - she thought to herself.

"Jess, you near ready? I'm starving, woman!" Nick shouted down the hall as he stood at the front door, keys in hand ready to go.

"Coming!"

"Yeah, I'll make you come alright."

Jess peered her head out from her bedroom door.

"Seriously Nicholas!"

"I know, jar - by the way it was so worth it"

"I get enough of that crap from Schmidt, I don't need you to start"

Then she emerged from her room and headed for the door.

"Right lets get going" Nick said enthusiastically. He placed the palm on the small of Jess' back and they headed out the door.

They arrived at the pizza parlor and got a table by the window.

"So...Is this a date?" Jess asked, unsure of what Nick's response would be this time after their last attempt at a 'date'.

"Erm...Yeah, if you want it to be" he replied, unsure of what she wanted to hear. Was it too soon? They had just called/uncalled it.

"Well, do you want it to be?" Jess said sounding disappointed at his non-answer.

"YES!...Is it not obvious?" he said a bit too loudly; she smiled across the table, staring into his dark brown eyes.

"Okay then, it's a date" she said out-loud as if to convince herself he really just said that.

They ordered a large 'Mighty Meaty' pizza which had toppings of every possible meat and finished the whole thing with ease. Conversation was easy now that they knew they were both on the same page and they laughed and joked about their eventful week.

"I can't believe you were there when both Schmidt and Winston lost their virginity!"

"Me neither, but thankfully I don't remember much as one night I was high and the other I was drunk"

"Well I still think I win" she seen Nick tense at the thought of Teddy, "I'm glad you stopped me that night"

Nick nodded his head in agreement. It was one of the best decisions he had made.

"Me too" he reached over and placed his hand in hers.

Nick payed the bill after they were finished eating and walked out, holding Jess' hand in his.

"Wanna get ice cream?" Nick suggested, not really wanting their date to come to an end.

It was a nice summer night so they decided to walk to the corner of the street to a small cafe. They finished their ice cream but continued to talk the night away.

Then Nick had a crazy thought, "Hey, this has been fun...how would you feel about going on a short vacation? Just us"

"Well..." she pretended to actually think about her answer, when her answer was obviously going to be a yes. "it is tempting"

"Yes or no?" he said, catching on that she was messing with him.

"Why yes, of course. Where did you have in mind?"

"It's a surprise" - he knew how much she loved surprises. But unknown to her, he hadn't thought of where yet.

"Okay, sounds good. But I do need to know what weather to pack for. Eek, I'm so excited, I've only ever been away on girls holidays"

"Same, I've only ever been on lads holidays, I've never been away with a girl so it's a first for both of us."

They lost track of the time and only left the place due to the grumpy janitor wanting to lock up for the night. They walked side by side back to the car and headed back to the loft.