She took what she could and left for Jeff's flat. Only to see him standing outside.
"I thought you were only dropping me off."
"I was. Needed to pick us up some drinks and an arriving present for your mother, as much as I don't want her coming. Thought youd still be packing so came back. See I caught you just in time. Put it all in the back." And, after a rather long debate about what couldn't fit in the boot one of Annie's bags filled with her clothes went on the backseat (due to Jeff having an irrational fear of Abed's or Troy's bags having a smidge of juice of buttered noodles on).
They talked normally on the way to the flat and completely forgot to put music on.
They parked up and argued about the new stain about who would clean it and who's actual fault it was.
Inside, Annie put her hair up and put the boxes and bags on his table. That's when she spotted some of the things she'd left were still there. Not a lot just a brown leather cushion and a purple felt one.
Seeing her smile, Jeff squinted questioningly at her until he spotted the cushions. Then he shrugged, sat and started opening a box. It was a small box filled with 2 perfumes, a deodrant, roll on, several nail polishes and a simple silver necklace with a dark blue teardrop jewel.
"Guess I don't have to assume your favourite piece of jewellry." He laughed and she smirked at that.
"Yeah, my grandma gave me it for my 13th. She'd wanted to buy a big present for my 21st but she got ill then. My grandma was my favourite person in the world. I was glad she lasted till I was 15." Annie smiled.
"Well that one answers that." Jeff laughs and they share favourites. They can guess most of each others because honestly, they've been great friends for six years and there are some things you know about your friends back to front. Amongst worst fears though they surprise each other. Jeff has a fear of clowns, becoming his father and being alone again. The first two Annie knew, the last knocked her off her metaphorical feet. It wasn't something she'd thought to consider, he liked his alone time. Then Annie let him know hers; becoming an addict again, it terrified her. The urge to go take a booster on a long day was a niggling feeling that never went away. She knew he knew her fear of snakes and vague fear of rough looking lifts so she told him the one no one else knew. The silence that followed worried and embarrassed her into finishing making her side of the bed without a word.
Until he hugged her. He'd done it so out of nowhere that she wasn't even facing him at the time so he had hugged her from the side. Still she turned as much as she could all the same and held him back.
After their trademark too long hug he looked at her sheepishly, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry we had you tested and I'm sorry you have to deal with all that." She shrugged.
They got on with making the bed and after a long night with everyone around to have a Mortal Kombat off they topped and tailed. First it was fine but due to Jeff's avid sleep movements, his legs were all over the place and the nearer they got to Annie's face she resolved to sleeping up top so up she slithered, careful not to wake the all but sleepwalker and found in the big bed, his may be able to fly about but his arms curled up by his head and torso so she had more space here. She easily fell asleep after but at 2 am she was a little annoyed it took her till then Jeff woke up first to his surprise, he blinked awake to a shitty pair of thin brown curtains failing to keep the sun out. He looked behind him to see Annie curled up right behind him. At first he wondered if they'd spooned and he'd been too tired but after a moment to realise he'd recall, see there was a couple of inches between them and her legs onwards were in the sun he realised, while asleep she felt it getting lighter felt a dark patch and hid her head from the light area. The laughs that erupted from him woke up Annie and when he saw her bedhead he doubled up.
"What?" She groaned, still half asleep. "You used me as a wall against the sun. You're so small you just used me!" he laughed, adding, "And sufficed to say you are not born with that hair poker straight."
Rubbing her eyes, she finally opened them the last bit took her by surprise and she narrowed her eyes at him then sprung a revenge smile. That worried Jeff. "What?"
"You got a cowlick." She grinned. His face dropped. Then simply laughed at himself. "Who are you and what have you done with Jeff?"
"Ahh, you're supposed to be my fiancée. You're allowed to see me like this. I just mustn't disappoint my adoring fans." He jokes. She smiles at that. After that they get up and start to get ready. She swears she looks like Tommy Wiseau. Rather than tell her she's wrong he says at least you look like someone from your favourite movie. She amends him of favourite bad movie and huffs into the bathroom and around the flat till she realises he's made pancakes for them both; then all is forgiven so it seems.
