NOVEMBER:
Britta invites them all to her family home back East for Thanksgiving, all expenses paid by her trust fund apparently.
Annie, Abed, and Troy accept faster than Jeff can blink.
Shirley declines as her mother is coming to visit.
And Pierce, as usual, has another retreat so he can't come, but he seems genuinely sad to miss an opportunity like this.
All eyes turn to Jeff and he can't very well decline because he's already told everyone that he has no plans to see his mother this year as she's run off with her new lover to an island somewhere in the Pacific. And it would be sad for him to spend it alone in a bar, again.
So he accepts too.
She tells them to be packed and she'll pick them up Friday night, because the Dean has graciously allowed them an entire week off for the holiday. (Them being the Greendale Seven of course)
Jeff spends way too much time trying to decide what to pack and thinking of excuses to not go but there's knock at his door and when he opens it he sees Troy and Annie.
They're excited and bubbling with enthusiasm as they talk about the fact that Britta has a driver and that they're going to fly on a private jet and Jeff doesn't want to be the downer, so he locks up and follows them out to the waiting vehicle.
They're driven to a small airport where they get on the jet.
The plane takes them to a small airport, and from there they're driven to the Perry estate.
Britta's cousin is there to greet them.
She could easily pass for Britta's sister.
Except, she's poised, polished, and perfect.
Not to say that Britta isn't, but instead of hiding it, she flaunts it.
But as soon as Britta sees Olivia (Livvy!), they're almost inseparable.
The week goes by surprisingly quickly, he spends most of his time with Troy, Abed, and Tanner.
He didn't want to like the guy, but Britta was right, Tanner has a talent for making friends, and for making awkward situations nonexistent.
Britta spends most of her time with her mother, cousin, and Annie, as they make wedding decisions.
They go dress shopping, select colors, and other details (which are usually shared with the menfolk during the evening meal under the guise of keeping Tanner up to speed).
Livvy surprises Britta with a trip to the city, for her bachelorette party, and Britta's brothers decide to have Tanner's bachelor party the same night.
Nothing devastating happens and they all make it back by Wednesday evening.
As their week of living it up comes to a close, Tanner offers to fly them all out for the wedding next month, and offers them the use of his brownstone for the week, because apparently they need a week in the city to prepare for the wedding.
The young ones are flattered and Britta assures them that they'd love his house, promises of movies and books, and big screens.
And somehow even Jeff gets wrangled into the acceptance.
When they get back to Greendale, Shirley is full of questions and Abed, Annie, and Troy have answers.
Jeff reminds them that they have finals coming up and also final projects and final essays.
They grumble but get back to work.
When he leaves for class and they start up again as soon as he walks out of the room.
