"I have nothing to wear!" Jess whined as she plopped down onto the mound of clothes which she had strewn across the nursery floor. She was trying to find something to wear for their 1st anniversary dinner, but at 8 and half months along, nothing fit quite right anymore.

"What's wrong Jess?" Nick called to her from the living room.

"Nothing fits Nick!" Jess hollered back.

"What about that?" Nick asked as he walked into her old bedroom; which was currently being remodelled for the baby.

"What?" Jess asked confused.

"That black dress, right there." He was pointing to the little black number hanging up in the corner of the closet.

"Nick, I borrowed that from Cece years ago. I doubt it would even fit her anymore." She answered clearly frustrated.

Nick threw his hands up, turning to leave the room to get himself ready, "Ok, well just pick something, otherwise we're going to be late and Beso's won't hold our table."

"Can we just skip our anniversary this year?" She begged. "Nothing fits me anymore and I feel like a blimp." She complained as tears began rolling down her cheek.

Nick returned to the room and knelt down beside her. "Oh honey, don't cry. You always look beautiful no matter what you're wearing."

"You're just saying that." Jess sniffed.

"Nono it's true." He insisted. " You have never been more beautiful and sexy, Jessica. I mean, you always are, but now you are even more so, because you are carrying our child."

"I don't feel sexy and beautiful Nick. I feel bloated and gassy. And I'm in no mood to go to some fancy hoity toity restaurant for the next 3 hours. Can't we just do this next year?"

"You're ok if we dont go?" He raised his brows.

Jess nodded.

"Because I'm perfectly fine with staying home tonight. There's actually a Cubs game on and..."

"Hey, I didn't say I wanted to spend our anniversary watching baseball." Jess playfully slapped him on the chest.

"Ok, ok jeez... I'll just watch it, when you go to bed." He teased. "But if you're 100% sure, I'll cancel our reservations. Besides you know how I feel about fancy forks."

Jess laughed.

"But Jessica, you gotta promise me that you won't hold this against me tomorrow?"

Jess crossed her fingers over her heart, "I promise."

"Alright give me 30 minutes and come up to the roof. And put this on." He said excitedly as he tossed his red plaid shirt at her before running out of the room.

2 years ago to the day...

The wedding was doomed before it even began, all due to the superstitious curse they laid upon themselves by sleeping together the night before saying their I do's. But Jess couldn't help herself; Nick had dangled his hot bod in front of her all night long, so she seduced him back to her bridal chambers to have her way with him. But sure enough the next day ended up being completely jinxed and chaotic, which was odd because they had only invited 30 guests.

Actually everything had been pretty crazy once they were engaged. Nick's publicist had set up a 4 month European book tour, so Jess had suggested they elope beforehand, but Nick knew she had always dreamed of a traditional wedding. He ended up convincing her to have an intimate wedding on the roof top, one where they could invite their closest family and friends.

Turned out that 30 of those close friends and family would overrun their 'not so tiny' loft and her makeshift bridal suite, while the caterers were running back and forth from the loft to the roof as they prepared food in their tiny kitchen. Then as luck would have it, Cece's stylist called to say she was stuck in traffic; so Jess didn't have anyone to help her get ready, which led to her to getting high as trash after she scratched her cornea during a shower accident.

And among the midst of the chaos happening in the loft: a bird deuced on Nick's shoulder, Russell professed his love to Jess, which led to Nick breaking his hand in a cowardly duel for Jess' hand in marriage and then Aly went into labour.

As they sat in the hospital waiting room, they reminisced about the past 8 years as friends, as a couple, then exes and then as partners again.

"You know what, screw the curse. I know that everything will be ok, as long as you're beside me Jess." Nick stated as he played with his cast.

Jess reached out and gently caressed his broken hand. "I don't care about the past or the future, all I care about is what I have right now, right here, you and me."

Nick smiled and turned to Jess, "Jess do you want to have the weirdest wedding?"

"With you Miller, yes, yes I do."

"Then let's do this. You and me!" He said excitedly.

Luckily a rabbi was available at the hospital that evening and Schmidt took it upon himself to convince him to marry "the 2 least Jewish people he knows" (Schmidt's words) under a bouquet of get well balloons. Jess' parents walked her down the corridor and Nick's mom stood proud to the side of her son with both best men.

They hadn't written their vows, but when they were asked by the rabbi, they spoke from the heart.

Jess smiled as he took her hand. "Jessica, you've got this giant heart, that is both compass and part flashlight. And... You are just the greatest person I have ever met. I just want to have a weird wonderful life together. I want to marry you and I want to take care of you." Nick stated as he beamed at his bride. "Jess, I love you and I will love you for the rest of my life."

"Nick, I want to spend the rest of my life with you." she said as she wiped a tear from her good eye. "And I want to raise Mario with you, and have babies, and eat good food, and laugh and take care of each other, and I want it to start tonight. It's you and me. It's always been you and me."

The rabbi simply closed the ceremony with their final I do's and pronounced them husband and wife. Nick took her into his arms and kissed her passionately in front of their closest family and friends.

They had finally done it, they had finally braved the shark infested waters and faced all their insecurities together and now they could move forward as one. It didn't matter that their day wasn't perfect, because they never were perfect as individuals, but together they were a force to be reckoned with and no one could deny that they were made for eachother. And they both knew that this time was forever and that no silly curses or inhibitions would get in their way ever again.

"Hey Nick, are you up here?" Jess panted as she opened the door to the roof.

"Yeah Jess" he answered as he stepped out from behind a makeshift tent adorned with twinkling white Christmas lights. Inside he had set up a table and chairs, with what looked like a platter of hop foo take out.

"Oh Nick, it's perfect!"

"You really like it Jess? I wanted tonight to be special for us."

Jess tottered over to the table, then leaned over. "I love it Nick." Letting out a strangled breath, "but my water just broke."

Nick's eyes went wide, "What? you mean... You're not due for at least another 2 weeks and I still have to paint the nursery."

"I know, but the baby's coming, whether we are ready or not." She cried as she crouched down next to the table.

"Alright... let's go Jess. Let's have a baby." A strange calm over came him, as he lifted her up by her arms and practically carried her down the stairwell. And once in the car he safely drove them to the hospital where a few hours later Jess would give birth to their new bundle of joy.