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For the first fifteen seconds all Jeff Winger could do was stare. Usually he would have a sarcastic comment all ready and yet he was frozen. All he knew that Vaughn was back and he was back for Annie. Why else would the hippie come back to Greendale for the scenery? No he was back for Annie, Jeff's Annie and that was not cool. Wait Jeff's Annie? Annie Edison was not his because that would be creepy. She was the study groups Annie and Jeff would not let the hippie with barely there nipples take her away from the group. He was worried for the sake of his friends and nothing more.

"Jeff!" Annie jumped up from her seat with a nervous smile. She was in such an awkward position right now, but she would do what she did best and try to adapt to the situation. "Did you see Vaughn is back?"

The former lawyer looked at her and it was clear he was asking if she had been up to her old Adderall ways. She seemed to be rather jumpy, but then again she had every right to be. "Yes I noticed Annie it is amazing what the power of your eyes can do. Don't you have Anthropology class to be getting to? You wouldn't want to be late would you?"

Annie nodded and turned to Vaughn. To be truthful she was happy that Jeff gave her a reason to leave, though part of her the really big part wanted to know why he wanted her to leave so badly. She looked at her ex. "I'll see you at lunch?"

Vaughn smiled at her before handing her the backpack which held all of her school books. "I'll be there mountain flower. I needed to talk to Jeff about something anyways. You go and learn all about humanity."

Jeff raised an eyebrow wondering why Vaughn needed to talk to him. They were not friends and both men knew this. After the whole mess with Britta and then Jeff trying to ruin his relationship with Annie, well things were tense and rightly so. With Vaughn back things would only get worse. Especially if the hippie thought he could just come in and sweep Annie off of her feet again. Jeff had thought he got rid of him, but apparently this guy was like a case of Herpes.

When Annie left both men turned to each other. "I take it the hackie sack world was not as thrilling as you thought it would? Did you pull an important muscle that took you out of the running?"

Vaughn did not seem to grasp the concept of sarcasm as he pulled out a chair and gave a serious answer after sitting down. "Nah man it wasn't anything like that. I guess that without Annie I lost the motivation to be the best I could be. Have you ever met a girl who you look at and the whole world stops? She becomes your muse and nothing else matters when she is around? That is what Annie has come to mean to me. I came back to Greendale for her because I think I love her. That is why I wanted to talk to you."

"You wanted to talk to me so you could tell me that you love Annie? You know a letter would have worked just fine." Jeff said not liking this conversation one bit and not because of micro nipples admitting he loved Annie, but because when he was describing the feeling he got when around her Jeff could relate because he felt the same way.

"You are a funny man Jeff Winger." To his surprise the blond hippie laughed. "You know I wish we hadn't had such a crappy to start to what could have been a good friendship. I hope you know that I wish you and Britta all the best. She is an interesting woman, but that is not what I wanted to talk to you about. I am sure I've made it clear that I have come back for Annie and I need your help because I know you are her friend and she value's your opinion. You see since I transferred back to Greendale late all of the classes she is taking are full and so I cannot be with her as much as I would like. What I need you to do is keep an eye out for me. I don't like that Troy guy and I think he may still have feelings for my mountain flower. You get what I am saying right bro?"

Jeff wanted to say that he never got anything Vaughn said, but then he realized that this was an opportunity. He could pretend to help out Vaughn and get close to him so that he could tear Annie and Vaughn apart for good. The best way to destroy something was to do it from the inside out. He had learned that working at the firm and now he was going to use it to his advantage. He wasn't doing this because he loved Annie or anything like that, he just wanted what was best for her and he knew she could do better than Mr. No shirt, no shoes, and no service guy otherwise known as Vaughn. He was doing what he would do for any of his friends.

"You know Vaughn I understand exactly what you are saying." Jeff said standing up and placing his hands on the table. It was time to do what he did best. "We wouldn't want Annie to end up with the wrong guy. She is such a kind soul and anyone could see that and take advantage of her. We would never want that to happen now would we? Of course I will keep an eye out for her. I will make sure that I don't leave her side when you are not around. I will make sure she is alright."

Relief flooded Vaughn's face. He did not seem to realize he was being played like a fiddle and the fiddler happened to be the devil himself Greendale's own Jeff Winger. "Thanks bro you have no idea how much I appreciate that. I better go and talk to the Dean about getting back in to some classes. I'll see you around Jeff and hey you should stick around after classes and play some hackie with us. I am sure you would enjoy it."

"Oh I would love to, but I have a life to live." Jeff replied and allowed Vaughn to do some strange fist bump thing with him.

He watched him leave and pressed his fingers together in a very Mr. Burns kind of way. With a small and slightly evil grin he headed to Anthropology. Next step in his plan would be to talk to Annie. All he had to do was offer her a shoulder to cry on and be the best friend he could be. It would not take long to knock Mr. Hackie sack out of the running and have things the way they were before. Annie would eventually thank him for all of this.

TBC…

AN: I wanted to say thank you to everyone who reviewed, favorite, and put this story on alerts. I had no idea it would get the reaction that it did and I hope that you all like this chapter as much as you liked the first one. I have the basic outline for this story and I am excited to write it. Anyways, I will be gone for a few days to Baltimore and so I will not be able to update until I get back. I hope that you all find this chapter as a way to get through to the next. Let me know if you liked this or not.

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