Jeff's opened his eyes as he sat up in bed and looked at the clock. 9:56pm. He had only meant to lay down for a little bit and he ended up napping for over four hours.

He was surprised he hadn't gotten a call from someone in the group to check up on him. Movie night at Annie, Abed and Troy's started at 10pm and he was surprised no one called to remind him/make sure he was coming. He checked his phone and immediately got his answer as to why he didn't hear it ring. The battery was dead. Jeff plugged it into his charger, then grabbed his keys and jacket as he walked out of his apartment.

He was so busy leaving that he didn't notice his phone light up, indicating that he had three messages and twenty missed calls. Unbeknownst to Jeff his phone vibrated with an incoming call as he strolled down the hallway.

As Jeff walked out of his building and over to his car a feeling of unease started to take hold of him. It became more pronounced the closer he got to his car, but he shrugged it off. Probably nothing, he thought. He stood next to his car and started putting the key in the lock when sharp pain shot up from his calf. His legs instantly buckled as he fell to the pavement. He had just enough time to see his pants leg stain with blood before a man crawled out from under his car. Jeff tried to move out of the way, but wasn't fast enough as the man raised a blood covered knife and plunged it into his stomach.

Jeff screamed as his entire body was flooded with excruciating pain. He felt the knife pull out of his body and instinctively grabbed hold of his stomach. As he looked up through the pain he was able to see who his attacker was. "You."

"Annie's mine." The main said as he held the knife high in the air over Jeff's chest. "MINE!"

Three Weeks Earlier

Annie practically skipped into the study room, bouncy with glee. "Guess what today is?"

"Wait, let me guess." Jeff said. "Someone says an obnoxious guess that makes no sense before you tell us what's actually happening. Abed, am I right?"

"Yea, that's usually how it goes in sitcoms. And since that's the formula we usually follow that's what's expected to be said. Annie, you're becoming an amateur astronaut but only training on weekends, right? "

Annie paused for a moment before sitting down in her seat. "I told you. I start tutoring for my calculus class today. Remember? Professor Wess asked me if I could help out a few students in his morning class who are having trouble with the material. I told you this yesterday Jeff, when I asked you for a ride this afternoon."

"Oh right, now I remember. Access Hollywood was on when you called."

"OH, that's nice." Shirley said.

"I know. Isn't it great?"

"Don't you tutor people already? Like us?" Troy said.

"I encourage you guys to study, that's not the same as actual tutoring. And I really like calculus. This is going to be great. I can help people who are failing and turn their lives around."

"IF YOU LIKE CALCULOUS SO MUCH WHY DON'T YOU MARRY IT!"

They all looked at Pierce, surprised at his outburst. "Pierce, how long have you gone without eating?" Britta said.

"Four days. Just three more and my hunger fast is over."

Annie looked at Pierce with deep concern. "Pierce, this is really dangerous. You can get really sick from malnourishment."

"When Buddha came here on the meteor he went light years without eating. So we fast to become closer to him. It's how we show out commitment. Unlike that cult you belong to."

"For the last time Pierce, Judaism is not a cult!" Annie yelled.

"If you say so." Shirley said under her breath.

"I can't take all this negative energy. I need air. Get away from me! GET AWAY FROM ME!" Pierce staggered up from his chair and stumbled out of the study room.

They all looked at each other, unsure of what to do. "Should we help him?" Troy said.

"Right, that's what we should do; go help the delusional starving maniac." Jeff rolled his eyes as he opened his book. "Let's just leave him alone. It's Pierce, he'll be fine."

They looked at each other a bit uneasily as they opened their books and started studying. After an hour they packed up their stuff to head to lunch. "Jeff, you're meeting me in the library at 4:30, right?"

"Annie, I said I'd do it so I'll be there." As they walked out Jeff scoffed at the look Britta gave him. "What? Her car's getting a oil change and my last class ends when her tutoring is suppose to."

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At quarter to three Annie sat down in the library and took her textbooks and notes out of her backpack. She reviewed her notes until a few minutes to three, when a young man with tousled blond hair came over to her. "Are you Annie Edison?"

"Yes! Hi, you must be Owen." She stood up to shake his hand before pulling it back. "I'm sorry, that must seem kind of odd." She said apologetically as she sat back down.

"No, that's fine." He sat down next to her, licking his lips nervously. "I'm sorry." He reached into his pocket and took out a stick of Chap Stick, applying it before putting it on the table. "Just a little nervous."

"I know it seems hard now, but calculus really isn't that bad. We'll go over the formulas and principals and before you know it you're grades will turn around."

"Ok." As he opened his books he looked up at her, taking in her face. "Can I just say that you have really pretty eyes."

"Oh, thank you."

"I'm sure you hear that all the time."

"I've been told that before. But it's always nice to hear."

"Well, anyone who doesn't think so is a moron and has no brains."

Annie's smile faltered at his last statement, but she quickly brushed it off. "Well, let's gets started, shell we."

They spent the next hour and a half going over the material that had so far been covered in class. As they studied Annie noticed that he seemed to have a habit of frequently applying Chap Stick to his lips. What she didn't notice was that he kept looking over at her out of the corner of his eye.

At 4:30pm Jeff strolled into the library and went over to them. "Hey Annie."

"Jeff, hi! It's 4:30 already? Wow, I completely lost track of time. Oh, Owen, this is Jeff. Jeff, Owen."

"Hello Jeff." Owen smiled as he held out his hand. Though as Jeff shook it he noticed that Owen's smile didn't extend up to his eyes.

"So, you're ready to go Annie."

"Yup. Just let me go to the bathroom first." Annie finished packing up her backpack as she walked out of the library, leaving both men standing awkwardly next to each other. Jeff looked him over, trying to figure out what to make of him. He was older then Annie but was definitely younger then himself, and possibly younger then Britta. He was shorter then Jeff, but seemed to have a compact wily build to him.

Owen applied another coat of Chap Stick as he looked at Jeff. "Where do you know Annie from?"

"We met our first year here. We're both in the same study group together."

"So you two aren't…"

"No, we're not like that. We're just friends."

Owen stared at Jeff as his eyes and voice grew cold. "Maybe you should get some friends your own age."

Jeff looked up from his phone, surprised at what he heard and the tone it was said in. "Excuse me?"

Just then Annie returned from the bathroom. "Ok Jeff, all ready. Bye Owen. I'll see you here Thursday at 3. And make sure you do those practice exercises at the end of the chapter." With that she and Jeff walked out of the library.

As Jeff drove Annie home he thought about telling her about what happened when she was in the bathroom. But he knew she might think he was again being judgmental of any guy who was in her life. And she was just tutoring him. It wasn't like she was dating him or anything. But he still figured it wouldn't hurt if he kept his eyes opened when she was around him.