This is set after 3x07; Annie and Troy have a moment in the blanket fort. I'm definitely a multi-shipper when it comes to Community and have no regrets in doing so. I ship study group/happiness. It switches off from Annie to Troy POV randomly, hints of Jeff thrown about. I didn't mean to do that but it came out that way and it kind of pleased me in the end. I'm not sure if I should make it this a one shot or multi-chapter. Suggestions anyone?

It was nice to be included in Troy and Abed's little world. The blanket fort and the puppet show had only fueled her excitement about her new living situation. The boys may not have understood her frustrations at first, but they had made a genuine effort to keep her around and that meant so much to her.

Most of the time, she feared being kicked out of the study group. Her reliability when it came to school work, while giving her some sort of comfort in that regard, made her feel uptight. As she sat in the blanket fort with a sleeping Abed on her lap, she carefully held her debate certificate in her hands. Jeff had been the first to warn her of her robot tendencies and she had not heeded his warning. Perhaps things would be different if she had loosened up from the start, if she had taken a more carefree approach to the non-scholastic parts of her life. Would any of it have made a difference?

Anyways, it didn't really matter now, it's not like she could take DARSIT with the Inspector and the Constable and go back in time. Okay, she really needed to stop referencing that as much as she has been. In the end, all that mattered is that this was a fresh start in a safe neighborhood where she didn't feel so alone when she fell asleep at night.

"Is everything okay Annie?" Troy quietly spoke as he lifted a blanket, entering his new room. Which, by the way was the best idea that Abed had ever had. A blanket fort for a room! Take that mom! It's possible to be an adult and enjoy child-like activities. You know, like blankets forts and Trix cereal. Hell, If he wanted to pay his rent and then watch Saturday morning cartoons, he would.

The scene that he found made his heart skip a beat. He had suddenly changed his mind. Asking Annie to move in with them is the best idea Abed ever had. She added a new feeling to the apartment whenever she was around. Plus, Girls smelled really nice and were usually very clean. While he might have had his reservations at first, he couldn't help but smile to himself and shoo any negative thoughts away.

"So it's been a really long day. Shouldn't you be getting some sleep?"

"I was going to, but Abed and I started talking while you were showing everyone out, and he must have fallen asleep."

"Oh. Well, it's a good thing we're only inches from the bunk beds."

"Wait doesn't he have the top bunk? How are we going to get him up there?"

Laughing quietly, "We can always wake him up, Annie. He's not our baby or something."

They proceeded to wake their friend who climbed towards the top bunk, saying his goodnights as he turned his back, falling into a deep slumber once again. Today's adventures must have tired him out as well, so it wasn't surprising that he had few responses.

"Thanks for everything Troy. I really don't know how I'm going to thank you guys."

"For what? Helping you move in or giving you the room? Either way, that doesn't matter. You are our Annie and we want you here. Trust me if we didn't, you wouldn't be here right now. You'd be in that scary apartment with that handgun that you really don't need anymore"

"Yeah, I should probably get rid of that here."

"You've got us to protect you now. We're ten times better than guns."

Smiling to herself, she looked down at the debate certificate which was lying next to her.

"Do you think Jeff lied because he didn't want to help or because it's me moving in with you guys?"

"Who knows? With Jeff, it's probably a mix of several reasons that we'll never know. The guy isn't exactly an open book. Most of the time, Britta and Pierce are the first ones to call him out on anything. Why do you care either way, if you don't mind me asking?"

He knew the answer, but he didn't know why he had asked. What did he want to hear? How Annie was still head over heels for a guy who didn't give her the time of day? He wasn't denying that Jeff didn't care about her; he just cared more about himself still. Jeff's one of his best friends and all, but she deserved better. She deserved to at least be pinning after someone who reciprocated those feelings.

Annie started to speak quickly, rambling on about how she didn't care what Jeff Winger did and didn't do. He obviously didn't care enough to help her move into the apartment, and how she was better off focusing on her remaining years at Greendale, and preparing herself for graduate school. Her hands were starting to show her anxiety as she messed with a portions of her jeans.

Putting his finger towards her lips, he quieted her down, pointing at the top bunk.

Annie was suddenly feeling very self-aware and awkwardly shifted on the floor. She hadn't meant to start to ramble on about Jeff, but she wasn't exactly over him yet. She wasn't dense, of course. Her feeling had slowly started to wane though, but she was still extremely attracted to the guy. He had a nice body and no one could argue that. But she found herself want to keep these thoughts away from Troy and Abed. If she said everything that was on her mind, they would humor her, there's no doubt about that. But she didn't want that… and she didn't exactly know why.

"Oh! I forgot this is your room! I should totally give you your privacy."

"It's fine. It's the weekend, so it's not like we've got class or something."

"Have you started the study guide for the test in bio yet?"

" Wait, we're taking bio? What happened to Anthropology?"

"Troy."

"Annie."

"Troy!"

"I know I know! Calm down, I'm just kidding. We'll do it first thing tomorrow after pancake Sunday."

"Ah! Pancakes! I seriously already love it here. Britta said something about a honeymoon period and I'll admit, it had me extremely worried."

"Yeah, at first I was as well, even when I made the decision to move in with Abed this semester. But we can do the same thing Abed and I did. We can promise to always be honest with each other, no matter what. If something starts to annoy us, we can say it and not keep it bottled up. Like I told you before, I like all your quirks. I don't ever want to hate either you or Abed."

He brushed loose hairs away from her face, and she turned bright red immediately. She looked pretty when she smiled and he would make it one of his goals to get her to do that more often. She didn't have to change her "uptight" ways completely, she just had to learn to not take herself so seriously. He had saved Princess Annie from the Bad Neighborhood Forest, but could he save her from herself?

She started to rise from her seat, aware of how late it was getting. Her pulse was racing from the small physical contact that had just occurred and it had thrown her off. Little Annie Adderall would have had a stroke if she were to have found that she would one day be living with Troy 'T-bone' Barnes. That they would one day be sitting alone in his room, and he would be treating her with the utmost gentleness and respect, while offering her pancakes.

"I think I'll get to bed now so I can get up early to prep for pancakes in the morning."

Troy rose from the floor, standing in front of her, he grabbed Annie's hands.

"No. You sleep in and we'll start on the pancakes whenever we all wake up. There will be no prepping or pre-prepping or pre-pre-prepping in this apartment tomorrow morning."

"I wasn't going to pre-pre-prep… I just want to set everything up…"

"Nope! I'm about to not let you anywhere near the kitchen if you keep going."

Laughing to herself, she attempted to step around Troy when she suddenly tripped on that debate certificate she had left on the ground.

As he quickly caught her in his arms, he found her eyes moving slowly from his chest toward his own, nervous as ever. His heart skipped a beat, and there was only one thing he wanted to do. He had always seen this in the movies, and here was his chance with some he genuinely liked.

He lifted her chin and kissed her.

Troy Barnes had actually kissed her. She wasn't dreaming and she wasn't making it up to impress anyone at her high school. He was actually locking lips with one of her best friends and she couldn't stop herself. Her legs went weak as he held her tightly and sped up passionately. If she had learned anything today, is that the boy could kiss.

She smelled like lavender and a certain tea that his mom used to make it when he was little and he was sick. Chamomile? It didn't matter; he didn't want to stop kissing her. But she started to pull away. Why was she pulling away?

Bright red and covering her mouth, she lifted the sheet of their blanket fort and ran towards her room. What had they done? She had only just moved in and now she had messed everything up. How could she look into his eyes tomorrow morning? As she quickly closed the door behind her, she touched her lips. This kiss couldn't have meant anything. It was just a moment between her and Troy. A release of endorphins and actions dictated by a setting, an atmosphere that they had accidently created.

As she prepared for bed, she glanced at her cell phone.

Two New Text Messages

She scrolled to the first one, from Jeff.

I'm sorry I tried to ditch you today. You know I didn't mean anything by it, I'm just… not the most reliable person right now… Not to mention, I wasn't exactly for this little arrangement when you guys revealed it to us last week. I hope you didn't take it personally or something, I don't want to give you the wrong impression. It wasn't jealously; I just worry about their influence over you. Dinner tomorrow? I'll take you anywhere you want to make it up to you.

Their influence over her? She rolled her eyes, closing out of the text. She would decide what to say to him tomorrow afternoon over pancakes and Inspector Spacetime. After all, she was sleeping in.

The second one was from Troy.

Do you want to talk about what just happened tomorrow morning? Should we just pretend like nothing happened? I'm sorry if I freaked you out, I just couldn't help myself for some reason. Promise me you won't move out because of it! Abed would be pissed if he found out.

It's amazing how these boys could make her smile so suddenly.

It's okay, Troy. I'm not moving out, I promise. Give me some time and we'll talk about it soon. Today has been extremely overwhelming and I don't want to confuse anyone. Not to mention, it's late.

She threw her cell phone on her bed and continued to brush her hair. Ten seconds later,

"VRRMMMMM"

Good. I'll be waiting for that conversation, Edison.

She quickly typed out,

Goodnight, Woodsman Troy.

"VRMMMMMM"

Goodnight Princess Annie.