Nick woke the next morning before Jess which he was hoping for. He slip out the bed as carefully as possible as not to wake her. Even though as he learnt the first time he got to wake up next to her she was quite a heavy sleeper.

Nick had today planned he wanted Jess's birthday to be her day and spend the day spoiling her. She always looked after everyone else, being there for all of them.

He oganised the breakfast to the room along with the card a gift throat he got her. Nick had to admit that he had help, it was useful having Jess's best friend know about them. The card though was what he was nervous about. Their relationship was going well and he was definitely more secure in it than he had been with other girlfriends. But he needed Jess to see what was in that card.

Jess began to stir feeling across the bed to find Nick. Only to find an empty spot. She sat up confused, until she spotted him across the room sorting out the breakfast tray.

"Nick?"

"Hey morning." He walked over to join her on the bed "happy birthday"
And gave her a kiss that any girl would be happy to wake up from.
Jess was getting into the kiss not wanting it to end when her stomach growled.

They both pulled apart laughing at the interruption.

"Hungry by any chance?"

"Guess we shouldn't have skipped dinner last night."

"I couldn't help it if we got a bit distracted. I'm blaming you anyway."

"Me why me? Your the one started it"

"Well can you blame Jess? I mean look at you. I am completely blameless."

"Well I'm not getting distracted now. Let's eat Miller."

"Anything you say Day."

The breakfast was so good they barely talked whilst they were eating. It wasn't until they were half way through that Jess noticed the card and gift also sitting on the table.

"Err Nick what's this?"

"What do you think it is Jess?"

"But I said not to get me anything."

"Ha, yeah I have been caught out by that before. Not falling for it again."

"This is really sweet of you Nick." She went to reach for the card.

"No! Open the present first."

"What no one opens the present first"

"Please Jess" he knew she would like the present. The card was what he was nervous about.

"Ok sure." She picked up the present and very gently started to unwrap it, carefully peeling off the sides. Nick was tapping his foot.

"Come on Jess, just rip it. Can manage that quite well with a few of my shirts."

Jess laughing ripped the ready of the paper. "Guess all I have to do is imagine it's you I am unwrapping."

The box that was now in her hand unwrapped she opened the lid to find a necklace inside it. It was beautiful delicate chain with a sliver pendant on it shaped like ribbon, in the middle of the pendant was a purple gem. Jess recognized it immediately

"Nick! How did you know?" She found this necklace whilst shopping with Cece a few weeks ago. She nearly brought it, but decided that it was too nice to buy for herself.

"Well Cece may have told me about it. You like?"

"Nick I love it! Help me put it on?"

"Sure"

He went around to behind Jess and sweeping her hair off her neck. Jess handed the necklace to for him to put on. Before moving her hair back into place he kissed the her back.

Jess was frozen for a few seconds before she snapped out of it.

"Am I allowed to open the card now?"

"I guess."

She picked up the card and opened it pulling it out. To Nick it felt like a lifetime.

Jess read the front of the card. "To my wonderful Girlfriend." She smiled each time she heard that work she it butterflies in her stomach. When she opened the card something fell out on to her lap. Confused she picked it up. "It's not? The actual one from that night?" What she was looking at was a valet ticket. Neither of them ever wanted to talk about that night. She thought the tickets that they wrote on were lost for good with Russell.

"How did you?"

After that first date I called Russell up asking for my one. I told him I was going to give it to you, no matter what you wrote." He paused she still hadn't turned the ticket over to where his messy scrawl was. "You remember what he said we should write?"

"Yes, we had to write what we wanted from us?"

"I thought it was time you knew."

She turned the card over and on the back she read the words he had put "Everything! Friendship, love... Future"

"I know it may have been a bit much at the time and I was glad when he didn't show you. But in the second he asked us what we wanted I just had to tell someone."

Jess had tears in her eyes "wow Nick, this means so much to me. Thank you. Thank you for the necklace and thank you for this."

She got up and went to sit in his lap. He put his arms around her waist keeping her there. Her arms went around his neck. "Tomorrow we are going to tell everyone because I want that too Nick."

At the moment that he was just about to get her lips on his, Nick's cell phone started ringing. He picked it up to see Schmidt's name on the screen. "God dam it!"

"What Schmidt" picking up the phone in a less than polite manner.

"Hey Nick, good to hear from you too."

"Get to the point. I'm kinda busy here"

"Yes sorry for disturbing you when you are with your family. We have an issue here and we wanted your advice"

"Schmidt if you have called me to settle an argument between you and Winston."

"No it's not that. Someone has showed up for Jess and Cece warned me that under no circumstance was I to call her or Jess."

Jess who was still on Nick's lapped looked slightly confused at the words she heard come out of phone. "Who?" She mouthed at Nick who shrugged his shoulders

"Spencer and he is insisting he wants to see Jess."