It's been three weeks since he saw Annie last time, in real life, of course they were calling each other constantly and texting non-stop but that wasn't the same. His flight arrived late Friday evening and he was leaving very early on Monday morning, so he and Annie would have two full days together. Jeff knew that Annie's roommate will be at home too, but, apparently, she was some wild party girl, so she promised that will be out until Saturday morning or maybe, Jeff was hoping for it, even longer.

He exited the gate and looked around him, Annie wasn't kidding the airport was impressive. For somebody who never been outside of Colorado, everything was a little alien to Jeff, he didn't feel excitement though, more of an annoyance. Was it because of his age or general dislike for change he wondered? Annie was supposed to meet him after her shift, so when he didn't see her around his first thought was that she must have been stuck at work, he checked his phone but didn't see any messages, it was weird, that wasn't like Annie, she was never late and if something was keeping her busy, she would have told him. What if something happened? What is she was injured or something like that? Jeff remembered the panic he felt when Annie was hurt during the frisbee incident and he knew it was his fault back then, when he saw her on the medical table, he thought he was just going to break there. Before he could think of what to do next, he heard a familiar voice calling his name.

'Jeff, Jeeeeff!' when he turned around, he saw Annie running towards him, she was wearing her smart suit and black heels, her hair was long and shiny and on her collar, she had her FBI Intern badge. His heart melted, she finally reached him and before she knew it, Jeff lifted her up for a messy kiss. He wasn't planning on it, in fact he hoped not to show how much exactly he missed her, but she was all excited and her cheeks were all rosy, so he couldn't help himself. When he let her go, she looked at him with her blue, shining eyes, smiling widely.

'You are late,' he said.

'I know, I am so sorry, but the bus got stuck in a traffic and my phone died I couldn't even text you!'

'I was just kidding, Annie,' he said wrapping her shoulders with his long arm as they went for the exit. 'You were like five minutes late.'

'Still, it's not my style! Listen, I know you just got here but I am starving! Today was crazy, I didn't even have time to have lunch, let's stop by somewhere before going to the apartment.'

'Sure,' whatever you want, he thought to himself, he would agree to ice-skating right now if that was on her mind.

Annie and Jeff had a lovely dinner not far from the park Annie grew to like in the last three weeks, Jeff had to admit that even though Washington was completely different from Denver, let alone Greendale, it was, unsurprisingly, very impressive. He was still unsure what it will be like when he moves here, but to be fair he hasn't been anywhere apart from the airport and the street two blocks away from Annie's place.

When Annie opened the door and turn on the lights Jeff's first impression that he already been here before, but when he looked around, he realized that this place was just very similar to places he used to live in, even his current place. Annie was right, it wasn't homey at all, but until recently he never wanted to have an actual home, just a place to sleep at, at least back at his place he had Annie's cushions all over. Annie took his hand and lead him to the door, he was sure was her bedroom and felt a familiar fire he always felt round her, but instead behind the door he saw a shower. He smirked at Annie's idea and was now taking off his shirt slowly, while she freed herself from her suit and was standing there in her black underwear, he picked her up and kissed her deeply while she was busy with taking off her bra, as soon as he put her down, Annie turned on the shower and got into the bathtub, she wiggled her fingers inviting him to join her to which he happily obliged.

Annie was still in the shower when Jeff went to a small, grey living room. He was wearing nothing but a towel around his hips and a self-satisfied grin. When he opened the tap to get some water the front door opened and a cute, young girl burst in, she was wearing a short green dress, a black leather jacket and high heels. As soon as she saw Jeff her dark eyes and mouth went wide open. She was clearly not expecting to see a six feet tall, wet and almost completely naked man in her kitchen.

Jeff wasn't particularly bothered that a stranger saw him practically naked, he was proud of his body and loved showing it off, hell once upon a time he stripped naked completely in front of the entire school just to prove a point and how many times he took his shirt off accidently on purpose to impress Annie? He lost the count, he remembered how flustered she always looked whenever he was teasing her like that and it always turned him on a little. But this situation was comical and Jeff wondered how it will play out.

'Not that I am complaining, but it's a little early for Christmas gifts, isn't it?' the girl broke the silence first.

'You must be Tracy,' he said calmly clearly unaffected by the ridiculous pickup line.

'Oh, oh! You must be Jeff! I am sorry, I just didn't expect you…' she didn't finish her sentence when Annie entered the room wearing her sleeping T-shirt and shorts.

'Tracy? I thought you were out,' Annie looked with a confusion at her roommate who was still ogling Jeff.

'I was,' said Tracy finally shifting her attention to Annie. 'But I need to change my shoes, these are killing me. And we are going dancing!'

'I told you, you shouldn't have worn a new pair,' she looked at Jeff who was still in the towel. 'Oh, sorry, Jeff, this is Tracy my roommate, as I am sure you already guessed. Tracy, this is Jeff, my…boyfriend.'

'Yeah, I gathered that,' said Tracy. 'Annie, can I have a word with you, you know about the shoes I should put on?'

Jeff smirked and Annie gave him a look, he saw thousands of times before, when she was unimpressed with his smugness. Well, he couldn't help himself, it was flattering that he still had this effect on women.

'OH MY GOD!' Tracy whisper-yelled at Annie as soon as she closed the door behind them. 'I get it why you keep talking to him everyday and was all excited and clearly turned on when telling me about him!'

'Shhh, Tracy!' Annie was sure that Jeff could hear them, God, she was so going to smack his smugness out tonight. 'You don't need to feed Jeff's ego, trust me, it's already big as it is.'

'I wonder else is big under that towel,' Tracy giggled.

'Tracy!'

'Oh, come on, I am just messing with you! Jezz, if any of the students or professors, for that matter, looked like your Jeff in my college, I am not sure I would be able to graduate. I would be all over him.'

'Tracy, please!' Annie rolled her eyes at her friend. She liked Tracy, but she was sometimes too inappropriate.

'Fine, fine, I will keep my fantasies to myself, will you help me with the shoes, now that you are here,' Tracy opened her closet.

When Tracy disappeared again into the night. Jeff came out of Annie's room wearing his sleeping pants, Annie was sure he heard at least part of their conversation, because his already smug face was positively gloating now.

'Stop that!' she snapped at him.

'Stop what?' he tried to look innocent but failed, playing an innocent one, that was Annie's thing, Jeff could never pull that off, not that he never tried.

'This grin on your face!'

'So, I can't smile now, can I?'

God, he was insufferable.

'Jeff!'

'What, I can't help being awesome and hot, and it's nice that people in Washington think so too!'

'Like you didn't know that already,' Annie rolled her eyes and settled on the yellowish couch.

'Sure, I did, but still…' he joined her and kissed her hip, he moved her a little and nestled between her legs, his head was on her chest now and he looked her right in the eyes changing to his only-for-Annie voice. 'You know you have nothing to worry about, right?'

'Yes, of course, I know that,' whatever happens, she knew for sure that Jeff would never hurt her like that, he already promised her once that if they were married or together, she would never find him flirting with another woman, and that was before they became a couple.

'Then what's bothering you?'

'It's nothing,' she tilted her head and bit her lower lip, he had this puppy look on him waiting for her to elaborate, she couldn't help but kiss him on the nose. 'It's just sometimes, I feel a little insecure, you are older…'

'Thank you for reminding me.'

'What I mean…Remember our study room conversation?' she knew it was a stupid question given how that conversation changed their lives, she was pretty sure she will remember every word until the day she'll die. But she needed to make her point.

'Yeah, of course,' Jeff's body tensed a little.

'Well, I meant what I said that day about being terrified of becoming a slave to…'

'What's in front of you, yes, I remember,' she caressed his face with her fingers, he had the same look on him as when they made love for the first time or when he told her that he tried to let her go.

'It's just sometimes I am afraid I won't be able to keep up with you, with your experiences and life in general and it's not about jealousy, because I trust you with all my heart, but…it's just I forget sometimes that even if you don't say something, you feel and understand more, because well…'

'You are younger?'

'Yes, and even today, I feel so ashamed for getting mad at Tracy, because, yes, I trust you and I even kind of trust her, but I am quite bad at reading what people really think, so, you know. And even before, I was so mad at you for so long, for not telling me how you actually felt, because, well as bad as I am at reading things, I am not an imbecile and quite honest, you were never particular subtle…'

'Hey! Not cool!'

'What I am trying to say, that I understand now, I really do, why you kept your distance or whatever and not only because of the age difference, but because, you know, of everything. I just wonder what else will I miss and how long will it take me to really understand stuff, with all the nuances, like you do. And not just with us but generally?'

'Listen, Annie,' he entwined his fingers with hers. 'All of this, us, it's not always going to be as easy as it is now, there will be times where I will not be able to understand you or you won't be able to understand me and I am not a huge expert on long-term relationships, but I do have some experience. And what I mean is that there is always something between people: age, religion, upbringing, eating habits, pretty much anything, that has a potential for a conflict or misunderstanding and it's normal, the point is that in our case…I don't know, but for some reason we have always been in sync, despite this gap between us. Call it whatever you want: compatibility, destiny, as Abed suggested, not me,' he added quickly seeing Annie's smirk, 'or pure luck but it's undeniable. Before I told you how I felt and especially after, I thought about it a lot and honestly, no matter how terrifying it is, I think that we are going to be fine, the important thing is and I hate myself for saying it out loud, is, well, to talk.'

'I always knew that if you put some effort into it or pretty much anything else, you will be really good,' she smiled leaning for a kiss which he avoided and grinned at her mischievously.

'Honestly, I surprise myself,' his tone changed into the smart-ass mode. 'I am perfect in everything! See how lucky you are?'

'Just shut up and kiss me or I will slap you.'

'Mmm, slapping, I like where you goin…' before he could finish his sentence Annie managed to grab his huge head and licked her way through into his mouth. He finally was focused on her tongue and lips instead of being the most lovable jerk she ever met.