A/N: I own nothing, not even the computer I wrote this.

So, I couldn't sleep after the finale (and stop crying, but that's our secret) and write this helped me a lot. I hope someone else likes it. I'm sorry if it feels out of character, it's my first Community fic. And I'm terribly sorry for all spelling mistakes, english is not my mother tongue. :3

Tuesday

Jeff got home an hour ago, but had not moved since. All that time he spent sitting on the couch with his head resting on the back and with one thought in mind.

He let her go.

He hated himself for doing this, but he never, ever, would allow himself to be an obstacle between Annie and her ambitions, and he had several reasons for this. One is that Jeff knew he couldn't be happy if she was not; another was that he was afraid that if Annie had to choose between the intership and him, she wouldn't choose him. After all, he had many chances and had not chosen her.

But he wanted to, oh how he wanted. All this time, he always wanted her, but time was always off and everything was always wrong.

And today he kissed her again. After nearly six years, six fucking years wanting, he had her for a second or two. It was magnificent. Magnificent does not even start to describe it, in fact.

Then he heard a knock at the door. And another, and another. They were strong, angry and fast. He had never answered the door so quickly. This was all because maybe, maybe, it was her knocking.

And for a brief moment, Jeff allowed himself to dream. Because, yeah, he would never stop her from doing what she wants. If this were an internship in the FBI, okay. But what if it was him? Well, he would have to just live with it.

It was Britta.

"Are you happy now?", she asked while punched him in the chest multiple times "Are you fucking happy?"

"What the hell?"

"This is what you wanted, right? Since the beggining? Does it makes you happy?"

"Are you drunk...er?"

"Hell I am!"

"Okay, okay... Stop hitting me!", he said as he grabbed her fists. "What is going on?"

"You let them go. You let them all go.", she freed her hands and used them to wipe the tears falling down her face. "You started all this to have your way with me, you never even wanted anyone else in the study group. Now that they are all gone, are you happy? You finally got it!"

"Of course I am not happy! Do you think I wanted them to go? I am as miserable as you!"

"So why didn't you do something?!", she hit him again. "Why didn't you treated Pierce as a friend and did not let him masturbate until death? Why. You. Did. Not. Made. Troy. Stay?", in each pause she punched him harder.

"I tried, remember? He wanted to leave!"

"Oh, c'mon, he listened to you, you just had to try a little harder. But you're Jeff Winger", she mocked, "and you don't work hard! You did not even try to convince Shirley to stay. And she left so much behind! It would have been so easy!"

"That's not true and you know it. She left because of her father."

Britta didn't even listened.

"And Abed, I don't know how, but I'm sure you screwed with him too, because that's what you do!", Britta stopped for a second, to take a deep breath. "And Annie, oh God, Annie. She... She... Why you couldn't tell her that you loved her? It's written all over your face. It has been for years, for God's sake! If you do not want her, okay, but I do! She's my best friend, I do not want lose her! And you could have made her stay... If you couldn't do it for you, than you could've done for me, your jackass!"

"She knows I love her."

"Does she? Because all you've been doing is act like you don't. Unless when you're looking at her, which is always, but you know what I'm trying to say."

"Britta, you're not making any sense. Besides, it's only for the summer. She'll be back.", he said more to himself than for her.

"Will she? Just like Troy did, for example?"

"No, no at all like that."

"Then how, Jeff? She's fucking amazing, she deserves every good thing in the world and I would be surprised if she settle for less. She has nothing to keep her in Greendale. No job, no family, friends are gone. Why the hell she would be here unless it was because you asked? Why are you letting her go?"

"You think this is what I want?"

"If it's not, why aren't you doing something then?"

"Because that's not my choice! It's hers! I can't make her stay because of me, if she stays it has to be because she wants to."

"You're a selfish, selfless bastard."

"Look, everything will be fine, okay?", he said as he held her. "It's not ideal, but we will not lose each other, unless we want to.", Britta stayed hugged by Jeff for a few more seconds until she stopped crying and felt she could breath properly again.

"I just... I just wanted more time, you know?", she hugged him back and Jeff began to brush her hair to calm her. "I love them. I love them all. And they all gone so fast, I could not even say goodbye right. For any of them. I'm sorry.", she freed herself. "I'm so sorry, it's obviously not your fault. I just needed someone to blame, someone to listen my frustrations. I'm sorry. I'm leaving now.", she headed for the door.

"You do know that they will still be here for a week, right?

"Yes.", she opened the door. "Do you?", and she was gone.

It did not take more than three seconds for him to realize what he had to do. She'd still be here for a week, and he would take the most out of it. Jeff knew he had to see her again and the sooner, the better. And he was ready to go after her when his phone vibrated.

Annie: You home?

Jeff: Yes.

He responded immediately and had to wait for five whole minutes to receive another message from her.

Annie: Can I go there?

Jeff: Sure.

Annie: I arrive in 20.

He took a deep breath. Twenty minutes. He could go through twenty minutes. Because in twenty minutes, he would see her. He just needed a drink.

He headed to the mini bar, but stopped as soon as he picked up the scotch. Thinking well, he didn't want to be smelling alcohol for Annie. He took a glass of water instead.

Great, three minutes had passed.

He passed the next five circling around the couch.

He decided to style his hair, but it was already damn good, so he got back to the task of making a hole in the living room.

He took another glass of water.

It has been twenty one minutes now. Where the hell was she? Was she okay?

And then there was a knock in the door. One, gentle knock.

He opened the door smiling.

"Hi.", Annie said and soon after left the breath she did not know she was holding go. "I'm sorry for being late."

"Hi.", his smile widened. "C'mon in."

She entered the apartment warily. Her hands were tied together and she was obviously apprehensive.

"Is something wrong?", he asked deeply concerned.

"It's just that, well, I just... Never mind, it's stupid.", she shook her head to the left and right a couple of times.

"I don't care, I'd like to hear."

"It's just that I had this idea, and it seemed great. But then I stopped to think better about it and in fact is not."

"For your standards, maybe. Perhaps I will find it good."

"It's...", she rolled her eyes. "It's so hard. It shouldn't be this hard, you know?"

"Anything I can do to make it easier?"

"I missed you.", Annie looked deep into Jeff's eyes while she spoke. "I missed you so much all this semester. You were so distant, and I was so distant, and, God, I missed our moments together. And I thought, that maybe, we could enjoy some quality time before I go. But I don't know if it's a smart choice."

"You mean, as in our capers?"

"I didn't meant quite like that, but if that's what you're up to, it's good too."

"What do you want?", he asked carefully. That's exactly what he had in mind when he thought about going after her minutes ago. Just spend a little more time with her. Any time, in any way.

"I thought about something more intimate to be honest, like-"

"A boyfriend and girlfriend thing?", he smiled hopeful.

"Not exactly like that, because, well, I just gonna be here for a week, but something like that.", she sighed. "I told you it was stupid"

"I don't think it is stupid", Jeff took a step closer to her. "At all. But..."

"But?", Annie looked at him with her big blue eyes, feeling that at any moment her heart could be broken into a million pieces. By the same person, once again. Why does she always gave him so much power?

"I don't think 'something like that'will do. I mean, I have a lot of time to make up for you in just a week, much more than just a semester. We have to really go for it. You got to accept all of me, flaws and all."

"I always did", she replied confused. Had she done something that made he doubted it?

Jeff could feel his heart bubbling with happiness. He held her as if she were the most precious thing in the world and, in his world, she really was. He let his chin rest on her head as she hugged him back. It felt so good for Annie being hugged like that. She felt that if he let her go she would fall to tiny little pieces. But he didn't let her go. Not this time.

And then, she felt something on the top of her head. At first, Annie tought it was her imagination, but then she felt it again. It was clear that drops of water were falling in to her hair. Jeff was holding her so hard she had to push him a bit to be able to see what was happening. She looked up, searching for a drip, but didn't have to make it all the way to the ceiling. That's because she saw Jeff's face and he was crying.

"Hey, what's wrong?", she said as she move her hands to cup his cheeks while he held her loosely.

"Nothing", he smiled. "Really, this is better than any of my pitches."

"So why are you crying?"

"Because this is better than any of my pitches. These are tears of joy."

At that, it was time for Annie to shed a tear. Then she used her thumbs to clean Jeff's face.

"You don't need to cry. We're gonna finally be fine."

She stood on her toes to kiss him, but failed. Jeff already had taken her in his arms, holding her knees and back effortlessly. Once she realized, Annie put her hands on his shoulders and hid her face in the crook of his neck. He took her to his room and sat her on his bed, kneeling in front of her and resting his hands on the mattress, one in each side of her. It was one of the rare times when Annie was taller than Jeff.

"You're beautiful." He said while running his fingers though her hair "Inside and out. You're all beauty."

She gave him a shy smile and let her head down, trying to hide her flushed face. That's when she felt his hands on her hair again, now taking off her hair clip. He put it on his bedside table and squeezed her hair fondly again.

"I love when you leave your hair like that."

"Can I touch your hair too?"

"You can do whatever you want with me. I thought you knew."

She bit her lip, feeling a little scared, but decided to let her left hand run by the softness of Jeff's hair as he closed his eyes with the affectionate touch. When she stopped he smiled his Annie smile to her and she knew everything was fine.

He put his hands gently on her shoulders and took off her blazer as slowly as he could. He folded it and placed immediately above the hair clip. Then he put both hands on the collar of her blouse and began unbuttoning it with a tenderness she had never seen him put on anything else. As her skin began to show, adorned with a navy lacy bra, Annie once again let out a breath she did not know she was holding. She knew sex was supposed to be a part of their 'something' this week, she was eager to it, to be honest, but it kind of felt too soon. She was about to say something when Jeff took her blouse, folded and put it on the bedside table, just as he had done to her blazer. She would understand if it was his clothes, that he loves so much, but why he was doing this to hers?

She also realized that he didn't had touched her more than the strictly necessary, and started to think about how strange it was. Shouldn't him at least be touching her breasts? He liked them, right? All he was doing was taking her clothes off in a very erotic way, but also very fondly. He took off her shoes, one by one, and put it next to the bed. He also took off her pants, barely noticing her navy panties. Annie didn't know what to expect anymore, but it certainly was not what she got. Because Jeff took his blue sweater and instead of folding it and put with her belongings, he dressed her with it. It was gigantic on her, but it was cozy and had his smell.

He then went to the other side of the bed, lying on his stomach, waiting for her to lie as well. She decided to do it by using her right hand as support to her head.

"Are you comfortable?", he asked. And that was it. She had figured it out. He wasn't thinking about sex while undressing her. At least not as the main objective. He just wanted to make her feel comfortable.

"Yes. This is a very comfortable sweater."

They both smiled as Jeff pulled her closer. Annie put her left hand on his back and he started drawing lazy circles on hers.

"Can I kiss you again?", he asked her hopefully.

"You can do whatever you want with me.", she mimicked his previous say. "I thought you knew."

She could feel his smile as their lips pressed in a tender kiss. He cupped her cheeks as he deepened the kiss, not causing it to lose the softness. When they parted, he gave her two quick kisses, then he hid his face in the curve of her neck. While Jeff was giving her the most tender kisses that someone was able to give, Annie moved her left hand up, until it was in his hair, so she could play a little with it.

"You know," he said between kisses on her jawline. "You should spend the night here. I could order some food and we could watch a movie and stuff. Also, it's kind of late."

"It kind of is."

It was eight p.m.

They exchanged sweet kisses for a long, long time. They haven't left the bed, falling asleep while they were tangled in each other, as they had always been.