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We are dipping our toes into M-water now. But it's just some serious flirting and a little dirty talking. I hope you enjoy! :-)

Chapter 3

She was taking her sweet time to come out of her room and the longer she stayed in there the more he questioned his decision again. Maybe he would be able to keep his hands off her after all. It shouldn't be that hard. He'd managed to do so for months. Why should it be any different now? One kiss shouldn't change that.

He'd almost convinced himself that it would be a piece of cake to stay away from her when he could swear that he felt the air shifting and he looked over the shoulder of the person he was currently talking to and spotted Jess at the other end of the room. His mind went blank for a few seconds as he trailed his gaze down her body, feeling flames of desire licking through his body as he drank in every curve of her.

She was wearing a deep blue dress that was shimmering in the light. It looked as if it was painted on her body and ended mid-thigh, revealing her long legs. When he met her eyes again he realized that the color of her dress made her eyes even more breathtaking or maybe it was the bright red lipstick that almost begged him to go over there and kiss it off her lips and he couldn't help the smile that tugged at his lips.

A part of him hoped she had put on the dress thinking about how it would affect him and when she put a hand on her hip, licking her lips and threw him a smile, he nodded his head without really noticing it. He'd recognized the challenge and the expression on Jess' face was way too smug for his liking. He was determined to change that.

~N&J~

"Alright then." Cece said with a big smile on her face as she followed Jess' gaze and saw Nick's gaze travel over Jess' body, clearly liking what he was seeing. "Figures!"

Jess didn't even react to Cece's comment, suddenly feeling the urge to get her fingers on a big glass of pink wine. She wasn't sure if she was really ready to engage in a flirting game with Nick.

"I'll just get me some pink wine." Jess muttered before she hurried towards the bar, hoping that Nick would at least give her the time to drink up some courage.

As Schmidt walked by Cece grabbed him and pulled him close, standing up on her tiptoes to speak directly into his ear so that she could be heard over the music. "Schmidt, do you have any idea what's going on between Jess and Nick?"

"Not exactly." Schmidt replied. "But I interrupted something when I found them on the roof earlier today."

"What do you think happened?" Cece asked.

"Judging by the look on their faces and the fact that Nick was hiding behind Jess's chair they were probably doing the tongue-tango."

"They kissed?" Cece said excitedly.

"I didn't actually see them kissing but I'm pretty sure they did." Schmidt replied, being calmer than Cece would have expected him to be when he found out that Nick and Jess were more than roommates. But before she could ask him more about the incident on the rooftop he said. "On another note your friend told me that I'm a vagenius. You sure, you don't want to have a revival tour."

"Where is the jar, Schmidt?" Cece replied exasperatedly, rolling her eyes, hiding a smirk.

"Why?" Schmidt said. "I didn't call myself that. Your lesbian friend gave me that title."

"Jar, Schmidt!" Cece said firmly as she found the jar at his usual place and hold it up so that Schmidt could put a ten dollar bill in it.

"Why am I always putting money in the jar for things I didn't do?" Schmidt murmured disgruntled, earning another eye roll from Cece before she walked away.

~N&J~

Jess was slowly losing her nerves. It had been one hour since she joined the party and Nick still hadn't talked to her. Another hour and she would be a quivering mess. She didn't even know that looks alone could make you that aroused. He might not have talked to her but his eyes followed her everywhere.

When she talked with one of Winston's friends and turned around to show him where the bar was, Nick's eyes bored into hers, taking her breath away. When she was coming back from a bathroom break and walked into the living room the first eyes she met when she looked around were his. Every time she looked up his damn eyes were on her, his mouth always twitching up into a smile the moment her eyes locked on his.

She was currently standing against the wall beside the door of her room. She needed a break from his constant stare. But only a minute later she stepped towards the corner looking around to search for him again. But he wasn't standing at the bar anymore and she tried to sweep her eyes unsuspiciously over the crowd. But she still couldn't find him.

She almost bit her tongue as a hand slipped along her waist and his voice almost made her jump out of her skin. "Searching for something?"

"How do you do that?" Jess snapped, swirling around to face him, trying to squash down the desire that shot through her body as his hand came dangerously close to the underside of her breast.

"I'm not doing anything." Nick replied, keeping his hand where it was, well aware that he only needed to move his fingers slightly to touch her more intimately. "Just enjoying the party."

"Yeah, right." Jess huffed out sarcastically, grabbing his hand to shove it away.

"Am I rattling you?" Nick asked amused, not even knowing where the need to tease her came from. He wasn't very good at the whole flirting game but with Jess it seemed as if everything just felt naturally into its place.

"Nooo." Jess replied, trying to sound nonchalant but failing miserably.

"You are still a bad liar." Nick smirked.

"It's just a little disconcerting."

"What is disconcerting?"

"Every time I look up you are already looking at me." Jess admitted reluctantly, letting her gaze drop to his chest.

"Well, I just can't keep my eyes off you." Nick replied, putting a finger under her chin to lift it up gently. "By the way, you look breathtakingly beautiful."

"Stop it, Nick." Jess whispered, angry that her voice was shaking slightly as his gaze trailed down her body again, making her feel as if she would burst into flames any second.

"Stop what?"

"Undressing me with your eyes." Jess hissed, pushing him away to put some space between them. Space she needed desperately to breathe.

"Why?" Nick asked, raising his hand to brush a strand of hair behind her ear. "You don't like it?"

"We are in a room full of people." Jess said, swatting his hand away.

"So?"

"Just stop looking at me like that."

"It's actually your fault." Nick said calmly.

"My fault?" Jess asked, looking up at him shocked. How should this be her fault? He was the one who was making it almost impossible to not drag him into her room and have her way with him.

"It's your fault that I know exactly how you look like under this dress." He leaned forward until his lips brushed her ear before he added. "Remember, I saw everything and I'm looking forward to see it again."

Jess closed her eyes for a second, not willing to give up that easily. He wouldn't get away with teasing her. She could give him a hard time, too. So she shifted slightly to bring her body closer to his before she whispered into his ear. "Why do you think you are gonna see me without my dress tonight?"

She could feel him smile against her cheek before he replied, his voice becoming dangerously low. "Because you want me as much as I want you and believe me I tried to talk myself out of it but it didn't work." He leaned back, raising his hand to trail a finger over her ribs before he lifted his eyes to hers. "And don't tell me you didn't put that dress on just to drive me crazy, not to mention the 'fuck me' lipstick."

"This is not a 'fuck me' lipstick!" Jess hissed, faking outrage because she knew that the thought had actually crossed her mind earlier when she'd put it on.

"For your information it's working." Nick stated quietly. "Since the moment you stepped into the room all I can think about is getting that damn dress off you. So if you wanted to drive me nuts, you succeeded."

"I did?" Jess asked innocently, a smug smile appearing on her face.

"Don't look so smug." Nick shot back, not able to hide his own smile. "I'm just a man."

"Nick! Hey, man." Schmidt's voice made them step away from each other but Nick couldn't help himself to trail his hand over her waist and hip, biting his cheek to stop smiling like crazy as he felt her shiver before he forced himself to look at Schmidt.

"What's up?"

"How about you get back behind the bar? People are thirsty. I don't pay you for chatting with Jess."

"You aren't paying me anything." Nick rolled his eyes at his roommate.

"So not the point." Schmidt replied, grabbing Nick's arm to drag him with him towards the bar.

"See ya." Nick managed to throw over his shoulder.

"See ya." Jess said, wondering how long they would be able to keep this up without jumping each other in front of everyone.

~N&J~

"What's going on, Jess?" Cece stepped beside her, startling her out of her reverie. Well, it wasn't a reverie more of a 'devouring Nick with her eyes and thinking about all the things she could do to him behind closed doors' thing.

"What do you mean?" Jess asked, trying to hide the blush that had crept into her cheeks by raising her glass and taking a big gulp.

"I swear if the room would be filled with gas it would have caught fire already." Cece replied, enjoying the obvious embarrassment of her best friend.

"I don't know what you are talking about."

"I'm talking about the sparks. What happened since the last time I saw you two together?"

"Us two?" Jess looked at her friend, trying to fake ignorance.

"The tension was always there, just at the edge, ready to raise its head. But this ... I've never seen it escalate like this. You can cut it with a knife."

"What tension?"

"Jess, you know who you are talking to, right? I was the one who told you that he likes you. I've been waiting for this to happen for ages."

"For what to happen?"

"Okay, you obviously don't want to admit it so I'm gonna spell it out for you."

"I'm sure there is no way to stop you."

"Nick and you, ..."

"Are roommates." Jess interrupted her, still hoping that she could keep the whole thing between Nick and her a secret for a little bit but Cece's knowing look told her otherwise.

"Yes, you are roommates. Roommates who are going to have sex tonight." Cece said bluntly.

"We are not gonna ..."

"For God's sake, Jess. Cut the crap. I can see it. Everyone who is looking at you two a little closer can see it. I'm so glad you two stopped being such wusses and are just going for it."

"Cece?" Jess grabbed her friend's arm and dragged her into a quieter corner before she admitted. "I'm scared."

"Of what?" Cece asked quietly.

"Of ruining everything."

"Jess, I'm going to ask you one question. The ultimate question." Cece said. "Are you ready?"

Jess nodded slightly, kneading her hands while she waited for Cece to continue.

"Do you want him?"

"I don't think it's that easy, I ..."

Cece grabbed her shoulders, shaking her gently until Jess locked eyes with her before she repeated the question. "Do you want him?"

Jess stared at Cece for quite some time and Cece already thought that she would never get an answer as Jess exhaled a deep breath and whispered. "Yes."

"So stop worrying about everything that could go wrong and focus on what is most important."

"And what would that be?"

"You will never stop wondering how he is in bed, Jess. No one can give you any guarantees. No one can tell you that everything is going to turn out alright. But what is life without risks? Take the leap, Jess. You know you want to."

"More than you can imagine."

"So jump." Cece said firmly. "It's Nick, Jess. He is gonna catch you. He will not let you fall."

~N&J~

She'd just poured herself another glass of pink wine as she saw Nick approaching out of the corner of her eye.

"Don't drink too much, Miss Day."

"Why shouldn't I drink too much, Mr. Miller?"

"Because you have to attend a meeting later this night."

"A meeting? And with whom am I meeting?"

"With the man you were on the rooftop earlier."

"Ohh, you mean Schmidt." Jess said, enjoying the short flash of anger that crossed his eyes. "By the way you shouldn't drink too much either. We don't want you to have any problems with your performance. Not that you can't finish the meeting or worse."

Jess almost clapped her hand over her mouth as she finished the sentence. Where did all this boldness come from? Since when did she indulge in sexual innuendo and was good at it?

"What could be worse?" Nick asked after he got over the first surprise about the suggestive nature of her statement. This was getting pretty intense.

"Not even being able to start it." Jess said, still amazed how she was able to flirt like that.

"Oh, you don't have to worry." Nick sent her a cocky smile. "That's not gonna happen."

"What makes you so sure?"

"Because I'm practically running around with a constant hard-on since I left you on the roof. No amount of alcohol is gonna change that."

His statement made her body tingle and she couldn't help to look down his body to see if he was telling the truth but the light was so dim that she couldn't say with absolute certainty if he was aroused or not. Realizing what she was doing, she jerked her gaze away from his mid-section and buried her nose in her glass.

"So, I heard you're excited." Nick said and when Jess looked up she could see the amusement in his eyes.

"Where did you get that idea?"

"I heard the song."

"Don't put too much meaning into a plain song, Nicholas." Jess replied calmly, waving one hand through the air. "It was just the first record I grabbed."

"That's actually a shame."

"Why?" Jess asked, his statement had definitely spiked her curiosity.

"I wouldn't mind if you would wrap yourself around me and squeeze me tight."

Jess' breath caught in her throat as she saw the hunger in his eyes and she was surprised by her own words that came out of her mouth. "Are you gonna move slow?"

"If you want me to." Nick replied, his voice coming out more husky than he intended to. "We can take it slow. I don't mind taking my time to explore every inch of you before I'll slide into you." He paused briefly, watching her intently, putting his hand on the small of her back to pull her closer before he leaned down to whisper into her ear. "But only if you beg."

"I'm not gonna beg." Jess replied indignantly.

"Ahhh, another challenge?" Nick cocked an eye brow, grinning down at her. "Be careful, Jessica. I might wanna prove you wrong."

"What makes you think you aren't gonna be the one begging, Nicholas?"

"Because I won't give you a chance to make me beg."

"What do you mean?"

"When I get started you won't be able to think straight."

"Cocky much?"

"This has nothing to do with cockiness. I've been wanting to put my hands on you for months. No need to rush it now." His eyes dropped to her lips, the red color almost screaming at him and he snapped his gaze back to her eyes, saying almost threateningly. "Unless you want it hard and fast. I can do that, too. Whatever you prefer."

"Hmm." Jess' heart was almost beating out of her chest as she lost herself for a few seconds in the dark depths of his eyes before she slipped one hand under his shirt, playing with her fingers over his skin and she took a subtle step forward, moving her hips so that her hip bone was brushing against him, causing him to suck in a breath.

She pressed her fingers into his stomach, raising up on her tiptoes to brush her lips over his cheek, completely forgetting that they were still in public where everyone could see them. But even if she would have thought of it she wouldn't have cared. She was too focused on him and in a completely femme fatale move she said. "Tough decision. I'm gonna think about it."

She let herself fall back on her feet and slipped her hand out of under his shirt, lifting both her hands up to right the collar of his shirt before she patted his chest and turned around, walking away slowly, giving her hips a seductive sway and Nick stood frozen into place, realizing that he might not stand a chance if Jessica Day decided to make him beg.

Since I intend to write a 'Christmas' chapter for each of my stories I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to update this story before Christmas. So if I don't get around to it I wish everyone who celebrates it Merry Christmas. Enjoy the holidays with your family and don't eat too much! :-)