Reagan was readying herself, when Nick strolled into the bathroom. "What the hell did you say to them Reagan?"
"Ahh really Nick, it's nothing, they were just being melodramatic that's all." Nick didn't look so sure, but Reagan flashed him a grin and slowly made her way towards him.
"Babe, seriously don't worry about it, I'll talk to them later." She wrapped her arms up around his neck and gave him a peck on the lips. She really didn't have any intention on talking to the girls.
"Are you just about ready to go Nicky?" Nick glared at her, rather than scolding her for calling him Nicky, he unraveled himself from her arms and approached the sink. "I'll be ready in about 5 minutes and then we can go."
"Great, I'll wait for you in the living room." she swatted his backside with her wet towel and happily bounded out of the room.
Nick and Reagan left shortly after.
"Can you believe that bitch? Not only does she not like pancakes, but she is totally repulsed with the idea of being pregnant." Jess was pacing back and forth in her bedroom.
"I mean there is nothing wrong with not wanting to have children, but how dare she say those things to you, especially after you confided in her about how happy you are that you might be pregnant? And what kind of person doesn't like pancakes?" Jess was now standing in front of Cece with her arms crossed.
"I know babe, but you got to calm down, you can't let her get to you." Cece was sitting on Jess' bed, trying to put her earrings back on.
"I feel really bad for Nick. I mean he may appear immature and not capable of caring for another human being, but I know for a fact that he wants children one day. And you know what, he is always there for me when I need him and he has really gotten his shit together over the past two years." Jess paused and looked at Cece, her eyes full of sincerity, "Ceec, he would be a wonderful Father."
"Jess do you hear yourself?" Cece asked.
"Hmm..." Jess groaned as she sat down next to Cece.
Cece smiled, "I think you need to tell to Nick how you feel. I mean you said yourself, that he hasn't really looked very happy since he got back. And to be perfectly honest, I don't really want Reagan living here. Whatever possessed him to invite that floozy to stay with us is beyond me."
They both chuckled as Jess rested her head on Cece's shoulder, "I know, but I'm just scared Ceec, what if he rejects me?"
"Jess, do you not see the way that boy looks at you? I'm telling you, if he knew how you truly felt about him, he would drop that bitch in a second."
"Ahh, I know... you're probably right. I just got to build up the courage to tell him."
Later that afternoon Nick came storming in through the door. He quickly got changed and rushed back out to work.
Reagan did not return home that night, because they apparently had a fight while out shopping, so Jess decided that she would try to talk to him tomorrow.
Sunday...
As Jess entered the living room and quickly padded her way into the kitchen, she desperately tried to avoid Nick's eye contact. It appeared that both Reagan and Nick had managed to work through their issues the evening before, because here she was perched on Nick's lap in the living room laughing with the guys.
"Morning Jess." Winston called to her as she put the kettle on and reached up to try and grab a mug.
"Long time no see, stranger."
Jess slowly turned her gaze towards the living room. "Hi Winston! How nice of you to grace us with your presence."
"Our friend here, is in love!" Schmidt declared loudly as he smacked Winston on his back.
The guys let out a laugh, "Laugh it up now guys, but Winnie the Bisch has got his mojo back." Winston stated doing a little dance in his seat.
"Yeah, yeah, you've been saying that all morning Winston." Nick piped in as he lifted Reagan off of himself and stood up to move into the kitchen.
Nick passed behind Jess and reached up to the middle shelf grabbing her "I love Lucy" mug and placed it down in front of her. "Morning Jess, what kind of tea do you want?" Nick had already turned back towards the cupboard and was scanning the top shelf that held all of her specialty teas.
Jess' eyes went wide, she couldn't help but stare at him in awe, "Ummm... the peppermint green tea please." Nick brought down the box and handed her a tea bag. As his finger tips lightly grazed over her own, she felt a shiver go through her entire body. It was like having an outer body experience and all of her senses had awaken.
Nick smiled at her as he poured himself a cup of coffee, then made his way back over to the couch.
What neither of them noticed was that Reagan had detected the spark as well.