"Jess, how much mistletoe did you get?" Cece exclaimed as she watched Jess deck the apartment with mistletoe in every corner, over every door frame, wherever she would find an excuse.

"I want the highest chance of a kiss this year" Jess smiled, stepping down from the ladder she stole from Nick's room. The guys had gone out for last minute Christmas gifts for their moms and this had given her the perfect chance to hatch her sneaky plan.

"Oh but not just any kiss! You want it to be Nick" Cece teased, her arms folded across her chest.

Jess blushed because it was true. She had spent the whole year pining for Nick and all of her little schemes had failed, she had to find some excuse to land her lips on his but it wouldn't be easy. Nick wasn't one of those guys who would initiate kissing under mistletoe though and the dilemma was that she wasn't one of those girls who would initiate kissing under mistletoe. She knew that the minute they would find themselves under it, so close that she could smell his manly scent and he could smell her fruity perfume, they would chicken out. That's why she had stocked up on beer the night before because she knew that alcohol gives everyone that special boost.

"It could be anyone!" Jess defended herself.

"Really? How about Schmidt?"

"I bet Schmidt's a great kisser, his lips are always well moisturised from the variety of lip balms he owns. But I won't be kissing him, Schmidt is yours!"

Cece rolled her eyes "And Winston?"

"Winston is Winston, who wouldn't want to kiss him?"

"Ok, whatever you say, but you'll only have lips for Nick tonight"

The apartment Christmas party was a great opportunity for Jess to grab Nick and sneak off without anyone noticing. All attention was on Schmidt's lap dances. But the thought that hadn't occurred to Jess was that mistletoe wasn't just her and Nick's thing, everyone loved mistletoe. This was obvious as everywhere she checked, there was a young, drunk couple making out under it.

"Keep it clean" She reminded all of them before she bumped into Nick.

"Hey" He was breathing heavily as if something was troubling him.

"Oh hey Nick, what's up?"

"I'm getting paranoid, everywhere I turn there's mistletoe. It's following me, Jess, it's following me!"

Jess giggled "It's Mistletoe, why are you so scared? It doesn't bite!"

She then proceeded to grab a piece of mistletoe and shake it in Nick's face, pretending it was trying to eat him. This made him laugh and then slowly and very cinematically, he took the mistletoe out of her hand and hung it back up above her doorway where it had been strategically placed that morning. He leaned in and in one quick moment, they were kissing. It was amazing and nerve-wracking and it took all of Jess's might not to grab him by the hair and shove him into her bedroom. But when they both pulled away and awkwardly stood there trying to piece together what had just happened, there was a little giggle coming from behind them.

"I told you so" Cece grinned.