"Hey Cece, do you think you could hook me up with one of your model friends tonight?"
As Jess waited for Cece to respond to her text, she watched Nick from the roof drive down the street in his little red Honda.
"Hey babe, what's going on? What happened with Nick? I thought you guys were back together?"
"I don't really want to talk about it Cece. Can you just ask one of your hot model friends to take me out tonight?"
"Sure Jess, I'll see what I can do."
"Thanks Cece. Oh BTW, I need the guy to pretend to be Teddy?"
All of a sudden Jess' phone began to ring, "Hey Cece."
"What's going on Jess? Why do you want me to set you up with some random dude and have him pretend to be Teddy?"
"Reagan's in love with Nick, Ceec... and I panicked, okay. I left the apartment and told him that I had a lunch date with Teddy."
"Where are you, Jess?"
"On the roof" Jess breathed.
"I'm coming up." With that the phone went dead and 30 seconds later the door to the roof opened.
"The audacity of that trollop. What is wrong with her?"
"I don't know, Cece. I just know that Nick froze when I asked him why he saw her the other day. And he said that he was confused when he told Reagan that he had to think things over."
"Yeah but Jess, come on, we know what Reagan's like. She probably cornered him."
"Cece, I told him I loved him two weeks ago and he didn't say it back. I mean, he did tell me that he could never have enough of me, which literally took my breath away... but he still hasn't told me that he loves me. And I need to hear it, I can't keep playing these games anymore. I'm 36 years old... I'm ready to start a family and..."
"Ok, ok, I get it. But are you sure you want to really go ahead with this? Wouldn't you rather just try talking to him?"
"I love him Cece, but you know Nick, he shuts down whenever you try to have a serious conversation with him. I honestly think the only way to get to him, is to make him jealous."
"Yeah, but what if it blows up in your face Jess? Are you really willing to risk losing him by going on a fake date with a guy who is pretending to be your ex-boyfriend?"
"I think it's the only way Ceec."
"Alright, if you're sure... I actually have the perfect guy, he's not very smart, but he is drop dead gorgeous and his name is Donovan."
"Is Nick working tonight?"
"He's actually going to be at the bar for a staff meeting around 4:30, so I'll give Donovan a call and see if he can drop by the bar around 5 to meet you for happy hour."
"That sounds perfect! Do you think you could lend me a sexy outfit as well?"
"Of course Jess, you can help yourself to anything you like. Besides I doubt I'll be able to fit in anything much longer."
"Oh my god! Are you? Did you get your results back?"
"Yep, Sadie confirmed not long after my appointment that I am indeed preggers."
"Eeee... I'm going to be an auntie!" Jess squealed. "Oh gosh Cece, I feel like such a horrible friend. I've been so preoccupied with Nick, that I completely forgot."
"It's okay, Jess. I know what it's like to be in love. Besides I haven't even told Schmidt yet. He's been so stressed out at work and with the house hunting, that I wanted to wait to make 100% sure that everything is okay with the baby."
Jess smiled and gave her friend a hug.
"Shall we get off this roof now? The birdcat is kinda freaking me out."
"Yeah, yeah, let's go. I've got to get ready for my hot pretend date with Teddy."
"You're just lucky Nick hasn't ever met Teddy, because last I heard, the guy was married."
Both girls laughed as they made their way down the stairs back to the loft.