"Nick?"

"Yeah beautiful." Nick breathed into Jess' ear as he slowly grazed his teeth along her neck. He was still holding her up from the table after the mind blowing orgasm they both just experienced.

"Take me to bed Mr. I need sleep..." Jess murmured, savoring the tingling sensation he was leaving on her neck.

Without any hesitation, Nick knelt down and scooped her up into his arms in one quick motion. "You don't have to ask me twice sweetheart!" he stated as he marched the two of them towards his bedroom.

Jess stretched her arms far above her head and opened her eyes in confusion. The room was a lot darker than normal and the bed was softer. She could feel a light breath on her neck and that's when she noticed his arms wrapped around her waist. Looking under the comforter, she could see that she was dressed in his flannel and nothing more.

She slowly turned her head in his direction, then quickly shot it back with her eyes wide."OH MY GAWD!" Jess excitedly mouthed to herself.

The memories from the night before began to flood her memory and she couldn't believe it. After 3 years, they had finally slept together and now she was in his bed, wrapped up in his arms and wearing his flannel shirt. Then it dawned on her, what about Reagan? She hadn't returned home the night before.

"Nick! Nicholas..." Jess whisper-shouted.

"Hmmm..." Nick murmured pulling Jess closer to himself as he nuzzled his nose into her neck.

"Nick? Are you awake?"

"Sorta." he mumbled as he began laying soft kisses on her cheek.

"I couldn't help but notice that Reagan didn't come home last night. And well... you took me to bed."

"You demanded that I take you to bed Jessica! Or do you not remember?" he hoarsely grumbled into her ear, nipping lightly on her earlobe.

"Umm... do you wanna maybe fill me in here?" Jess motioned to the air.

Nick rolled over onto his back and threw his arms up in frustration, "Ahh! I tried to tell you the other night when you locked yourself in the damn bathroom, but you wouldn't listen to what I was trying to tell you!" sounding a little annoyed.

"Can you really blame me for that Nick?" Jess bit back.

"Anyways..." Nick smiled to himself, the last thing he wanted to do right now was fight with her.

"I put the mug out with the hopes that you would find it and so that maybe... we could finally talk. But it appeared that you had other things on your mind last night, and I didn't have a chance to tell you." Nick chuckled, recalling the little teddy Jess had worn the night before that had led to the lewd table sex.

Jess rolled herself over in Nick's direction. "Wait, what? You left the mug out, because you wanted to talk? Ouu... Miller! I was so angry when I saw it perched up on the bookshelf. I even tossed it into the trash."

"You can imagine how surprised I was to come home and find you enticing me in your sexy little getup. I was actually expecting you to throw that damn mug at my head." Nick turned and smirked.

"Hey! I wouldn't be so cocky Miller! A lot of what happened last night had to do with another bartender from the movie Cocktail." she quipped nudging him in the shoulder.

Nick cocked an eyebrow, "Really, Tom Cruise? That's who gets you going?"

"Well in his younger years, yes, but that was before he became Scientology's number 1 shipper." Jess smiled. "So what exactly did you want to talk to me about?"

"Reagan is gone, Jess. I kicked her out."

"Huh! What? You ended it? Was it because of the threesome? Oh my god Nick! Was she mad at you because of the threesome?" Nick watched as Jess shot her hands up to her face and began to panic.

"Jess, calm down!" Nick turned over and propped himself up onto his shoulder and removed her hands from her face. "Look at me Jess. What happened the other night, that was not your fault!"

"Argh! What is wrong with me?" Jess groaned throwing her hands back up.

Nick rolled his eyes, "What's wrong with you? Ugh! This feels like a trap."

Jess giggled, "Seriously Nick, any insight ex to ex?"

"Well, maybe when things are going good you get scared and you look for reasons to doubt it."

"Yeah..." Jess closed her eyes and breathed. "Is that what happened with us?"

"I mean, I can't begin to understand what happened with us. But maybe."

"Nick."

"Yeah, honey."

"How do you feel about us now?" Jess asked as she shifted a little further from him.

"Well to be honest, I'm not really sure, but I missed you like crazy this past summer. And I have really been enjoying our time together this past week. Well except for the other night, I mean it started off great, but then it ended up being a complete disaster."

Nick turned to face Jess, he could feel her becoming more apprehensive. And his instincts were correct, because he could see the worry that had etched itself across her face. "Listen Jess, I never would have agreed to that stupid threesome if I honestly didn't think you were both on board. I only realized after you had left the room, that Reagan had deliberately tried to make you jealous. And that's when I told her it was over and that she had to leave."

"Oh Nick, I'm so sorry. I never intended to get in the way of you two." Lies, Jess thought to herself. Secretly deep down she was glad Reagan was gone, but at the same time, she would never be able to forgive herself if she ruined something that Nick really wanted.

"Jess! Why are you apologizing? You didn't do anything wrong, honey. I'm the idiot, who allowed Reagan to move in with us in the first place!" He gently cupped his hand to her face. "It's my fault that things happened the way they did. And I never intended to hurt you Jess, I'm sorry that Reagan and I upset you the other night. I was partially responsible for that and I should have put a stop to it. And I was a fucking asshole for allowing Reagan to pull me off the bed and..."

Jess quickly sat up and bent her head down towards his, "It's okay Nick, I knew Reagan was trying to make me jealous and to be honest it worked. I just couldn't handle watching her with you, so I left. But it was my fault too! I was the fool who suggested the whole threesome. Deep down I was being selfish. I wanted to show Reagan that she could never be good enough for you, because you and I... well we are just so good together."

Jess shuddered as she took a breath and exhaled. "I should have just told you how I felt when you got back from New Orleans, but then you asked if Reagan could stay with us and I got really upset. And then I tempted you in that damn towel and all hell broke loose. Honestly, I should have just..." looking down into his dark chocolate brown eyes, she could feel her tears begin to trickle down her face.

Nick lifted her chin, tenderly kissing her lips while brushing the tears from her cheeks, "Don't cry sweetheart."

Jess gently pulled away, "I know, but..." her tears began to flow more freely. "Nick... I... I love you. And not a day has gone by since we broke up that I haven't loved you and I just..."

In that instant, Nick fervently tugged her down, catching her lips with his as he passionately poured all of himself into their kiss.