Even though you could already know a person for a while, there are certain things you don't learn about someone until you've lived with them and see them on a daily continuous basis. This was something Annie came to realize when she and Jeff got their own place and move in together. While they each learned several new aspects about each other, five things in particular Annie came to know about Jeff stuck out.

Number one: Jeff has a longer morning routine then she did.

"Jeff, come on," Annie yelled as she pounded on the bathroom door. "I have to get ready for work!"

"I'll be out in a minute!"

She groaned, knowing exactly what 'in a minute' translated as. It meant he would stay in there for as long as he could, regardless of the fact that someone else lived with him now. She had already eaten breakfast and made their bed to get stuff done while he was in there, but now she needed to shower and do her hair and makeup. Since she was an only child she never had to deal with sharing a bathroom in the morning when she was growing up. But she had a feeling this was what it would be like to grow up with an older sister.

"That's it, I'm coming in." She turned the doorknob and threw the door open, where she saw Jeff standing by the sink. He had a towel tied around his waist that was hanging very low over his hips, and was using a warm washcloth to wipe off some facial cleanser. She tried to ignore the droplets of water that were running down his body as she stared at him sternly. "Are you almost done Jeff? I have to get ready too."

"I just have to use the face mask and the moisturizer and then-."

Annie groaned in frustration, hating Jeff's daily beauty routine, even though she did enjoy the end result. Before he could apply anything else to his face she thrust the facial and moisturizing cleanser bottles in his hands and shoved him towards the door.

"Ok, all right, I'll use the mirror by the kitchen sink." He grinned back at her as he stumbled into the hallway. "You know, we could save some time if we simply showered together every day."

She closed the door, breathing a sigh of relief at finally having the bathroom to herself. As she pulled off her pajamas and got in the shower she smirked a little at Jeff's comment. She did like shower sex. But she was NOT going to reward Jeff's selfishness, no matter how much she enjoyed it.

Besides, she thought with a grin, that's what the weekend was for.

Number Two: Jeff likes Spongebob Squarepants.

If Annie had to pick a word to describe Jeff, whimsical would not be one of them. While he wasn't as overly concerned with appearing cool as he used to be, he didn't exactly go out of his way to partake in many things that would simply be considered silly. He did have a sense of humor and made her laugh a lot, but he himself just didn't seem to be a fan of silly things.

Which was why she found it almost shocking that he was a fan of the show Spongebob Squarepants.

She first became aware of this fact on one particular Saturday morning. She had gotten up early to get a few errands done before enjoying the day. When she came back she found Jeff in the living room watching the hyper-happy sponge flipping Krabby Patties. As she had a flashback to when she was living with Troy and Abed Jeff quickly changed the channel. "I was just flipping around and there wasn't anything else on," he said with false nonchalance. Annie looked at him as he sat there watching some show on Brave before she said, "Ok." She went into the kitchen to put away the orange juice and bananas she had bought, knowing there was more to this then Jeff was letting on.

A couple of weeks later she was going through a few boxes in their closet that they hadn't unpacked when they first moved in. As she opened a box and pulled out some sweaters of Jeff's Annie found a few miscellaneous items of his at the bottom of the box, among them a green DVD box set of the entire first season of Spongebob.

Her eyes widened when she saw it, since she knew it wasn't hers. He could explain away watching a random episode one morning. But owning an entire season wasn't something he could talk himself out of. She started laughing as she held the DVD set, but it wasn't because she was making fun of him. She found it sweet that Jeff would enjoy a silly cartoon. It was amusing and a bit comforting, and showed her that despite how well they knew each other, they still had a lot to learn about each other.

Annie put the sweaters back in the box and placed the DVD set right on top. She brought the box into their bedroom and set it on top of the bed. She then placed a post it on the DVD set and wrote: I like the episodes when he's in boating school. XOXO.

They never did mention that she found his DVD set or that he liked the show out loud. But the next time she was straightening up she found the Spongebob set with the rest of their DVDs. She smiled when she saw it, glad that Jeff was opening up more, in his own unique way.

Number Three: Jeff liked cats (or at least didn't mind them enough to live with one).

Annie was curled up on the couch reading Full Dark No Stars (a little present Jeff had gotten her earlier in the week) when the door opened and Jeff walked in excitedly. "Hey. How's the book?"

"Even for a Stephen King book this one is bleak." She slid in a bookmark and put the book down as she eyed the cardboard box her boyfriend was holding. "What have you got there?"

"It's a surprise. Close your eyes," he said excitedly.

Annie smiled back at him, curious to see what was causing Jeff to act this way. She closed her eyes as she heard Jeff set the box down, followed by the sound of something banging up against it. She listened carefully to the light banging before she felt something soft and furry drop into her lap. "Ok, open them."

She gasped in delight when she looked down and saw a tiny kitten with black and orange fur staring up at her. "AW! Jeff, he's adorable." She stroked the kitten's neck as he rubbed his head against her hand.

"Oh, now you're friendly. But when I tried to see what was in the box you had no problem scratching the hell out of me," Jeff said as he sat down and showed off the many scratches on his arms. "If these scar I'm going to be extra happy when it's time to get him fixed."

"He was probably just scared," Annie said. She laughed as the kitten started purring. "Where did you get him?"

"When I was leaving work I saw him in a box in the parking lot. I'm guessing someone just left him there. I figured it'd be nice to have a pet. Plus…at some point I'm assuming we're going to be parents. So this will kind of be a trial run at caring for another life."

Annie smiled as she looked up at Jeff. While they hadn't talked about it since the hiccup/child conversation, it was nice to know it was still on his mind. She looked back down as the kitten tried to climb up her arm. She giggled as he fell back into her lap and started kneaded her shirt. "You need a name little guy." She thought about it before she gasped in realization. "We should name him Tigger."

"Tigger?

"He has orange fur with black stripes, and he overestimates himself. It suits him."

"Yea sure. That works," Jeff said. He reached over and rubbed Tigger's head. The kitten looked over and batted at Jeff's hand. "Yea, this is going to work out real well."

Number Four: She and Jeff had the most unexpected thing in common.

Annie groaned as she finished looking through yet another crate of stuff. She had a great group photo of the seven of them at graduation and she was desperate to find it. A virus had infected her computer and she lost a number of files, including a great many of her photos. Luckily she had gotten a physical copy made of that particular picture before she lost the digital one. Now she just needed to find it.

Annie got up from the bedroom floor and looked around the room, retracing her steps. She had already looked through the living room and the box of photos that were in the one of the cabinets of the entertainment center. She had checked the drawers in the kitchen and the closet by the front door. And she had spent the better part of the last hour looking through their bedroom closet for it. And still no picture.

Annie went over to the end table on her side of the bed and started searching the double drawers. She found some things she had forgotten she had (including a lipstick she had misplaced sometime ago.) But she didn't find the picture.

As she closed the drawer she looked over at the end table on Jeff's side. It seemed unlikely that it would be in there. But she had already checked the expected places. It was time to look through a few unexpected locations. She sat on his side of the bed and looked through his drawer. She pulled out some cologne, a box of condoms, a bottle of lube (which she didn't even grimace over as she immediately knew what it was for), his watch, a box of q-tips, a few random receipts. As she searched her fingers brushed against a notebook. Thinking it might be a day planner she pulled the notebook out and opened it. She quickly turned the pages until she got to the latest pages, which was dated only a couple of days ago.

April 7, 2016.

Allan showed up at work again, trying to talk his way back into his job. Like Bronson and Charles will have anything to do with him after what happened last year. I laughed when they had security remove him from the building.

I don't want to assume anything, but I think they're seriously considering making me partner. With new owners of the firm I wasn't sure it would be a possibility. But they've been very impressed with me, especially after single handedly winning the Whishosky case. They have to know that even with the whole fake law degree thing I'm still the best lawyer they have there. And now with Allen gone I don't have to worry about him standing in my way.

As happy as I'll be to make partner, a part of me is really looking forward to telling Annie if it happens. She'll be so happy for me, and seeing her that happy always makes me feel-.

Annie quickly shut the notebook as the realization of exactly what she was reading hit her. She smiled softly as she had a flashback to the two of them in the makeshift hospital during the pillow fight civil war, where she has asked Jeff if he ever wrote in a journal just for himself after he said conversation was just about someone getting what they wanted. Whether or not it came directly from what she said that day or not, it made her feel good to know Jeff worked out his feelings the same way she did.

Although she was severely temped to see what else he had written, she knew it would be wrong to read it. And she knew he respected her enough not to invade her privacy and read her diaries. She carefully put the journal back in Jeff's drawer and replaced the items on top as best as she could, hoping he didn't suspect that she had been in there.

"Annie?"

"I'm in here Jeff!" she called out.

The bedroom door opened and Jeff stepped into the room, looking at her in bewilderment. "Did a tornado pass through here today?"

"I was looking for the copy of that picture of all of us at graduation, since I lost it on my computer."

"Yea." Jeff grinned a little as he reached into his briefcase and pulled out a few copies of the elusive photo. "Here you go."

"Jeff!" Annie scrambled up from the bed and took the three pictures in amazement. "Where did you get these?"

"Shirley had it. She texted me this morning and said you gave her the copy you made, so I took it to CVS and made a few copies."

Annie hugged Jeff tightly, almost sagging against him in relief. "Thank you so much. I was going crazy looking for it. Why didn't you say anything?"

"I thought it'd be a nice surprise. Though if I knew you were going to tear the place apart I would have been fine ruining it."

Annie groaned lightly as she pulled back and observed their room and as much as she could see outside the bedroom. "Wow, it really is a mess here. Come on, let's start cleaning."

"What do you mean we? You're the one who made the mess." He smirked back at her as Annie glared at him. "Fine."

He actually did help her clean and reorganize the place. Although Jeff complained so much that by the time it was finished Annie almost wished she had just done to herself.

Number Five: None of the big moments in their life together ever go according to plan.

Jeff and Annie both sat next to each other, periodically glancing up at the wall clock. They had been in the vet's waiting room for close to an hour now. Annie kept bobbing her knee up and down nervously, in spite of Jeff's hand over it to try and comfort her.

"Don't worry, Tigger will be fine," Jeff said with a hint of uncertainty in his own voice. "The vet said it's a simple procedure."

"I know," Annie said nervously.

They both continued to look at the wall clock before Jeff cleared his throat. "You never did give me an answer."

"Jeff, our cat is being operated on to remove a diamond ring from his stomach, and that's what you're worried about?"

"I'm just saying, this kind of isn't something you can just leave unresolved."

"Well, I'm not giving you an answer until we know our cat is fine, and I'm looking at the ring again. It wouldn't feel right to give you my answer without the actual ring."

"Right, cause you don't know what was happening," Jeff said sarcastically. "I got on one knee, opened a jewelry box and said 'Annie, will you marry', before the stupid cat pounced on me and ate the ring."

"Don't be mad at him." Annie took a calming breath before moving her fingers up Jeff's arm. "I think you already know my answer Jeff."

"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't know what you'd say, since that's a humiliation no person should have to go through," Jeff said. "But I'd still like to actually hear your answer."

Annie rolled her eyes playfully as she smiled brightly. "Yes Jeff, I will marry you. Even if you drive me crazy at times, and we'll have the weirdest engagement story ever, I will happily marry you." She kissed him before sighing mournfully. "It would be nice though if we had one normal coupley moment between us."

"Annie, look at us. I had just entered my teenage years when you were born. It took the better part of four years for me to actually get my shit together and realize I couldn't not have you in my life. And then I had to do some major convincing to have you give me a chance I didn't really deserve. Our first date was a disaster. The first time we had sex we ended up in the emergency room, where I had to tell a doctor, 'No, my girlfriend's bruised wrist and my dislocated shoulder are not a result of domestic abuse.' If you want I can keep going, but pretty much everything about us is outside the status quo. Honestly, I'd be a little worried if our proposal did go traditionally."

"Our lives are weird," Annie said with a laugh.

"Little bit. And I wouldn't have it any other way," Jeff said with a smile.

"I believe this is yours." They both looked over as the veterinarian came out holding a diamond ring in his hands.

"Oh, thank you," Annie said breathlessly as she went over and took the ring. "How's Tigger?"

"He's fine. He's resting right now, but you can see him in a little bit and then take him home. I'll come get you two when he's ready."

"See, Tigger's fine," Jeff said, sounding more relieved than he had been letting on. He took the ring from her fingers before gently grasping hold of her hand. "Let's try this again. Annie Edison, will you marry me?"

Happiness seemed to radiate out of her pores as Annie smiled brightly at Jeff. "Yes Jeff. I will marry you." A look of disgust came over her eyes as she glanced down at the ring. "But can you not put the ring on until I've boiled it, or at least scrubbed it with bleach. It's just been in a cat's stomach."

Jeff laughed as he took the ring and pocketed it before deeply kissing his girlfriend/fiancée. Even when they tried for a redo they still couldn't get it to go exactly as planned.

And he wouldn't have it any other way.