"Why do you have to leave today? It's all happening so fast! Can't you stay a while?" Annie asked, with glassy eyes.

"Why are you acting like I'm going to be gone forever, it will probably be just a few weeks, maybe a couple of months at the most, Annie, I'll call you every single day, I promise and I'll try and come back as soon as I can."

'Jeff and Annie had been dating for the past year, and it was all hunky dory but then Jeff's law firm wanted him to relocate to their New York office, so that he could handle the more challenging cases. Jeff declined their offer but agreed to help with a couple of cases so he had to leave for New York that night. He thought it would only be a couple of weeks but everyone thought that once he was gone, he wouldn't come back.'

"Abed? We know. "Britta said, looking at her friend in amusement.

"Yes, but some people arrived late and are not sure what to mean of this dramatic Jeff and Annie scene, like Pierce didn't know Jeff was moving to New York"

"What? Jeff's moving to New York? Why? Broadway?" Pierce said.

Jeff groaned. "No, I'm not moving to New York, I'm just going for a short while, for work. NOT Broadway." He glared at Pierce

"And Abed, and everyone else, stop making it look like this is the last time you'll see me, it's making Annie believe that too."

Annie sniffed.

Jeff turned to her and brushed his fingers along her jaw "Annie, I promise I won't be gone for long, I don't think I'll manage for long without you, I love you so much"

"I love you too" Annie replied, resting her forehead against Jeff's, in tears now.

Jeff smiled at her affectionately before bending down and capturing her lips with his.

It was the first time they kissed in public without being interrupted by a chorus of groans.

X

5 years later…

Jeff stood outside the cottage-like-mansion and looked at the name plate. "Erikson's" it said. Erikson wasn't very different from Edison, so Annie Erikson didn't sound that weird. 'It could have been Winger' he thought sadly.

Initially, right after Jeff left Greendale he would call Annie every day and give her every detail about what he was doing but soon his workload increased and he couldn't call as often. And after a while the calls just stopped altogether and no one had heard from Jeff Winger ever since.

Jeff had finally become a well-known, successful lawyer and was being paid astronomical amounts for every case he did. He had everything he ever wanted but was still unhappy, unhappier than he was at Greendale even, he thought about Greendale and then he knew the source of his unhappiness.

Annie Edison. Jeff hadn't heard from her in so long. He went crazy trying to find her, he searched through records, met with10 different Annie Edison's and then he finally found out through Dean Pelton that she was married and had a child. His heart sank when he found out about this, but he still wanted to see her.

"Who are you?" A little boy asked, looking at Jeff confused.

"Oh, hey! I'm Jeff; I'm an old friend of your mother's. Are your parents at home?"

"Daddy's not in town, he's gone somewhere for work . Mom's here, but she told me not to disturb her because she has really important stuff to do"

"Oh, okay then don't…"

"MOMMMMY!" he shouted anyway

"What? Jake, I have work to do, I told you I'll set up the game later" Jeff heard a feminine voice say

"There's a giant man at the door"

"What?" The voice shouted

"Giant man?" Jeff whispered

"I went out to get my ball and I saw him staring at the name plate!"

"He's really really tall. Kinda like Thor! But with short hair. And normal clothes. And he doesn't have a hammer, I think. Is there a hammer in that suitcase? He asked Jeff who just grinned in response.

"Mommy?" Jake asked when his mother didn't answer.

Jeff heard some movement in the living room and then finally the woman appeared, she was wearing a loose grey T-shirt with jeans and her hair was in a messy ponytail. Jeff's eyes lit up when he saw her, she hadn't aged at all.

"Jake, how many times have I told you not to leave the house on your own? How do you even manage to reach the lock?" Annie knelt down beside him

"I used the stool" he said pointing at a stool in the kitchen. Annie sighed and ruffled his hair. "What is this giant Thor you were talking about?"

Jake looked up at Jeff, who was still standing awkwardly at the door. Annie followed his gaze and then stood up abruptly, almost knocking her son over.

"Oh my God. Jeff!" she said eyes wide in shock.