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It had been two days and Jess still hadn't woken from her coma. The doctors tried to tell Nick not to panic, as this is what they had expected, yet this wasn't helping Nick in the slightest.

The others had to make some sort of appearance at their own jobs so they weren't around as much, although her parents were there all day. Nick preferred the nights when it was mainly just him and Jess.

It was one of these nights that he first spotted movement. He was reading out articles in the paper, only the happy and positive ones though to keep it light. Jess always got way too upset about the bad stuff. It was then that he swore he saw her hand twitch, he stopped reading immediately, waiting to see if it happened again. He was convinced that he had imagined it, lack of sleep would do that to a person after all.

Nick stood up, put his hands on either side of her face, and whispered "Jess, Baby, can you hear me?" Nothing happened... "Sweetheart, please open your eyes, or just.. .just squeeze my hand, just so I know you can hear me." Still nothing. Nick waited a few moments but then gave a defeated sigh and went to sit back down again... Just great, now he seemed to be hallucinating. Just as he was about to touch the seat he felt a definite pressure on his hand; quickly moving closer to Jess again "Jess, I love you. I love you so much and I know this is asking a lot but please try to open your eyes."

Her eye lids started to flutter, as if she was trying really hard to fight to get them open. Nick rang the alarm bell above the bed just as the doctor had asked him to should he see movement. The nurse on shift came running in. "I am pretty sure that she is trying to open her eyes" He informed her without taking his gaze off Jess.

He leant forward whispering encouragement for her to open her eyes. The nurse smiled, she shouldn't pick favourite patients but she had gotten to know these people, and believed they deserved to be happy. She walked over to the machines surrounding Jess and started fiddling with them. "How is she doing?"

"Nearly there I think."

Then it happened, it was the best sight Nick had seen in a long time. Jess' blue eyes were looking directly at Nick's, admittedly with an extremely confused look on her face.

Nick started to cry. He had been trying to hold back and be strong since arriving at the hospital, sure he had his moments, but for the majority of the time he did well under the circumstances. But now he couldn't stop the tears streaming down his face.

"Hi baby, you don't know how good it is to see those eyes."

It was either his words or his expression, most likely it was a bit of both, but Jess' confused expression deepened. She looked around the room trying to find some answers. Nick provided them for her instead:

"You are in hospital Jess, you were in a car accident. Do you remember?"

Her eyes widened, it started to come back to her; the fear, the noises, the pain... the baby. Jess start to well up and her hands went straight to her stomach. She couldn't have lost her baby, her daughter, but there was no way that the baby could have survived the accident. She started crying, struggling to breath. It took Nick a second to see that she was going into a complete panic attack.

"Hey, hey Jess no, calm down it's ok." Nick took both of his hands and once again placed them on the side of her face, looking deep into her eyes so she could see his face, to see that he was telling her the truth. "She IS ok. "

Jess shook her head; he was lying, trying to protect her from the horror. It wasn't working.

"Listen to me. I promise you our daughter is ok, she is strong just like her mom." He took hold of Jess' hand and placed them on her stomach. He had gotten to know pretty well the best place to feel the little kicks. If Jess didn't believe him then he would show her.

"See, do you feel that?"

He paused giving Jess time to process, time to calm down and feel the baby was ok

"It's all going to be ok." He wiped the tears falling down her face.

"Nick.." Her voice was so quiet, it barely came out a whisper. If he hadn't been sitting so close he doubted he would have heard it.

The nurse who had quietly been working off to the side handed Nick some water. "She may want some."

"Thanks," he turned back to Jess and held the straw to her cracked lips. Jess was so grateful. It felt like she had been eating sand and the water felt like an oasis going down her throat.

Nick just sat there looking at her, seeing her had always calmed him down and that would never change for him.

Who thought that getting married in the afternoon was a good thing, it was anything but.It was bad enough that on a day he needed Jess the most to stay calm he had to go without seeing her, but then have to sit around all day... He was not happy.

Schmidt and Winston were in the room making the most out of the mini bar that the room provided, enjoying it a little too much. Nick refused to have a drink, the way he was feeling it was going to take a hell of a lot more than one to relax him and he didn't think that Jess would appreciate that. "She is going to change her mind. I just know it." He spoke, allowing his inner terrifying thoughts.

"Man. This is Jess we are talking about here, she wouldn't do that." Both Schmidt and Winston had been taking it in turns to say encouraging things to Nick, this time it was Winston's turn. What Nick didn't know is that his two best friends had been making a drinking game out of it all.

"You don't know that. There is still one hour to go, plenty could go wrong."

Schmidt had had enough by this point, if this what getting married was like then he would skip it thank you very much. He was sure Cece would understand. "Nick you have to calm down, or you will ruin that very nice suit, that by the way is wasted on you."

"Not helping Schmidt." Nick said through gritted teeth.

In the meantime a few floors up in Jess' room Cece was having a very similar conversation. "Jess he is not going to moonwalk out of the ceremony."

"You don't know that Cece, plus that is just one possibility. Nick can be very inventive when he wants to avoid something!"

This was not going anywhere, Cece thought. With that she picked up her phone and passed Jess on to a very amused Joan Day. "I'll be right back." With that she walked out of the room and dialled the number she needed. On the 2nd ring it was answered by an enthusiastic Schmidt.

"Hello my beautiful Indian Goddess, how are we on this joyful occasion."

"Schmidt have you been drinking?"

"Noo.. Ok maybe a little, you know I can't lie to you. Winston and I have been making a little drinking game out of Nick's misery."

"Great friends you are."

"We had to do something, it was this or hit him over the head with a heavy object, so we assumed you and the blushing bride would prefer the first option."

"Fine, whatever, how is he anyway?"

"Convinced that Jess is suddenly going to change her mind and join the circus."

"The circus?"

"Well it was something like that; I kinda stopped listening to him at that point."

"Jess is about at the same level of insanity right now. Which is why I have called you..."

She was finally getting round to the reason of her call. "Can you give the phone to Nick and leave him alone for a bit?"

"Anything to escape this room! Why what are you up to beautiful Cecelia?"

"The only people that can calm Nick and Jess down are Nick and Jess."

"Beauty and Smart, how did I get so lucky?"

"If you and Winston don't sober up within the next hour, you will never get lucky again! Now give the phone to Nick."

There was a lot of commotion the other end of the phone. Something about coffee and dirty wedding sex and the ending of Winston's life when finally Nick's voice came on the line.

"I knew it! Just knew it. She is getting you to break it to me gently isn't she?!"

"No, Nick, just wait one second will you."

"Why?"

"Just do as your told. You will thank me for this later Miller."

Cece opened the door to the suite and pulled a perplexed Jess out of the room and handed the phone to her. "You have 5 minutes." She told her sternly.

"Hello?" Jess' confused voice made it very clear that she had absolutely no idea who was on the other end of the phone.

"Jess, hi." He had calmed instantly at the sound of her voice.

"Nick, why are you calling, please tell me you are not in your car speeding towards Mexico."

"Mexico? Jess no of course not, you really think that I would do that?" Nick couldn't believe it; she thought HE was the one that was going to call it off. He had learnt the first time, he wasn't about to make the same mistake again.

"No." Jess mumbled slightly embarrassed. Now she had said it out loud to him she heard how stupid she sounded.

"Is that what you have been thinking, that I don't want to go through with this?"

"Maybeeee." How could she ever have doubted him?

Nick laughed.

"It's not funny Miller."

"Sweetheart I'm not laughing at you."

"Then why are you laughing."

"I have been driving Schmidt and Winston crazy with the same thoughts. It wasn't Mexico, but not far off the crazy scale. I dunno, I guess you thought you would wake up and realize who you are marrying." Nick sounded so sad, the thought that he wasn't good enough always plagued him, her Dad was not helping the situation.

"Nicolas Miller. Now you listen to me. I know exactly who I am marrying today. The man I am marrying is caring, sweet and has such a big heart, he is always there when I have needed him, even before when we were just friends, and who I love with all my heart. I can't wait to walk down that aisle and start the rest of our lives together. Do. You. ?"

"I love you too Jessica Day. I cant wait to be able to see you."

"In over an hour you will have to call me Jessica Miller."

"I like the sound of that."

"So you good now?" She asked feeling much more light hearted and happy.

"I'm good, you?" And he meant it, a quick call from her and he was back on the sanity track.

"I am more than good." He heard the smile in her voice

"Love you Jess."

"Love you too Nick , see you soon."

Jess hung up the phone, entered her room to give Cece back her phone, she still had to finish off the final preparations to finally get married. "Cece."

"Yeah?"

"Thank you." Cece had known exactly what Jess needed, she was feeling very lucky all round too today.

"No problem Jess."

Back in the guys room Schmidt got back his phone, and asked Nick if he was good now. To which Nick repeated Jess's back at him.

" Its more than good Schmidt."

As Jess walked up the aisle Nick couldn't take his eyes off her, she looked exquisite. Everyone else in the room became invisible as they locked eyes.

Schmidt looked at his friend's faces and you could see the undiminished joy. Ok, so maybe marriage isn't too bad. He glanced quickly over at Cece and caught her eye.

The vows were said with such meaning that they had most people tearing up. Nick had never meant anything as much as he meant those words. He would do anything for this woman. He slipped the platinum wedding band on the 3rd finger on her left hand next to her engagement ring. His own wedding band sitting on his finger.

"I now pronounce you Husband and Wife, you may now kiss the bride."

Jess' eyes shone, with so many emotions that not even she, the person who invited the feelings stick, could put into words. Nick took hold of her hand, and his other hand cupping her face and he kissed her with everything he had.

They might have started to get carried away if it hadn't been for his two best men who started to cheer and clap, to which everyone else in the room joined in with.

"You all good Miller?" Jess asked again.

"I'm amazing, how about you...Miller?"

"Wonderful." She leaned in to kiss him again, just a quick kiss this time before they got out of hand in front of their friends and family. There would be plenty of time for that later.

Once the doctor had seen Jess and she had answered a lot of questions and he left the room, shortly followed by the nurse, who promised to give her parents a call.

Jess looked over at the cot bed in the corner and back at Nick. She lifted her hand to his face, his hand covered her and he placed a kiss on her palm. Her thumb ran over the dark deep circles under his eyes.

"Have you been here the whole time?" her voice stronger after the water, but still very quiet.

"I may have been here more than home."

"How long have I been here?"

"Nearly a week." Pain crossed over his face.

"Oh, wow. When was the last time you went home?"

"Jess, don't worry about me. You concentrate on getting better."

"Nicholas Miller, answer me. When was the last time you were at home?"

Nick sighed; he knew when he was losing an argument with her "About a week ago.." He admitted.

"Nick!"

"Jess there was no way that I could go home, not with you and the baby here." He patted her stomach. Sleeping in our bed was not an option when I didn't know if you were ever going to be sleeping in it again."

It was Jess' turn to calm Nick down. "It's going to be ok, WE are both going to be fine. Tomorrow night you are going to be sleeping at home. I will not take no for an answer."

"Jess, go back to sleep, you are barely keeping your eyes open."

"I will do that, because do you know what..."

"What?"

"We ARE going to finish this conversation tomorrow."

"Jess you would not believe how happy I am to here you say that." He gave her a kiss, it was their first proper kiss in a week and the longest they had gone since Cece's wedding.

"Sleep Sweetheart."

"Goodnight Nick, see you in the morning."

"Yes. You. Will." He watched her for a bit longer making sure that this was not just a dream.