"Annie, hello!" Britta snapped her fingers in front of Annie's face. "Earth to Annie. What's with you? You usually don't zone out like this."

"Nothing." Annie said with a huge smile. Ever since she had gotten back two days ago she felt like she had a permanent smile plastered across her face.

"Brit-ta, she's obviously in love. She's allowed to make allowances for a little while." Shirley sweetly said as she looked over at Annie and Jeff. Ever since they told the group they were together she had surprisingly been supportive of the two of them (though she did have a habit of clearing her throat disapprovingly if they showed too much affection in public.)

"Fine, whatever. Let's just learn about plants and such." Britta said as she flipped her book open. As they all started studying Jeff again covertly watched each of them, looking for any sighs that they didn't know Annie, or that they once had a different member in their study group. But everyone seemed the same as they always did. To them it was like nothing at all had ever been different.

They all studied for an hour before they packed up and left. Once again Annie gave everyone a big hug as they left (they had just accepted it as a new Annie quark.) As she walked out into the hallway Jeff put an arm around her and pulled her close as they fell in step with each other. "It's like nothing was ever different with them." Jeff whispered in her ear.

"I know. I keep expecting someone to suddenly say to me 'Who are you?' Or 'Where were you last week?'"

They were so into their conversation that they weren't looking and ended up walking right into someone. As the person brushed himself off Jeff did a slight double take as he realized the person was Joey.

"Hey! Watch it!" He looked at Jeff as he readjusted his glasses. "You were in my Statistics class a few years ago, right? The one with the hot teacher."

"Yes, I took Statistics my first year here."

"Ok, ok."

"So, that's the only way you know me? We never spent time together otherwise?"

Joey narrowed his eyes, looking at Jeff as if he was nuts. "I'd think I'd remember if we did." Without another word he gathered his things and went on his way.

Annie watched him walk away, and then looked at Jeff in bewilderment. "Who was that?"

"The person the universe tried to replace you with. Key word is tried"

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The DVD menu had been on for the last hour, playing the same thirty seconds of music on a continuous loop. But Jeff hardly noticed the obnoxious noise, since all his attention was currently on the woman sprawled on top of him.

They had spent the last three hours in each other's arms on Jeff's couch. The best way one would describe them was simply being with each other. Sometimes they would make out; other times they explored each other's bodies as if to burn themselves into each other's memory. Other times they simple held each other. Nothing they did was hurried or rushed. Instead they took the time to savor and appreciate each other, and how lucky they were to finally have the opportunity to explore each other so thoroughly.

Jeff knew his old self would be horrified by his actions, and would tell him to 'just bang her and move on'. But for once he was happy to just be with someone he loved. Because that was one thing they were both sure of. They loved each other. Though they had yet to actually say the words to one another, somehow they both could tell it was how they felt about each other.

As Annie started nuzzling his neck Jeff pulled her up to eye level, wanting to ask her something that has been on his mind for the last several hours. "How did you stand it?"

"Stand what?"

"Your age." He quickly worked to get his point across as he saw her eyes start to get angry. "No, I didn't mean…what I meant was, you always put up with everyone giving you a hard time for being young, when actually you were close to one hundred."

"Well, it wasn't like I would simply tell anyone that was the case." She said with a grin. "Besides, fairies have a different conception of age then humans. For you ninety three is ancient. For us ninety three is, about young adult. So overall it all evened out."

"Maybe that's why you always seemed both wise and yet naïve." He smiled before shaking his head. "It must have driven you crazy though. Me pointing out that things couldn't happen between us because I was older then you, when in reality you had about sixty years on me."

"It was frustrating at times." She confessed. "But again, it wasn't like I could tell you the truth. You would have thought I was crazy. Unless I showed you my wings. Then you'd probably freak out, along with everyone else."

"I wouldn't have been surprised at all if Abed simply said 'saw it coming.'" He gripped her tightly as his face became serious. "I still can't believe everything you gave up for me."

"It wasn't just for you." Annie said, looking as serious as Jeff did. "There were many reasons I did what I did. You weren't the soul reason I became human Jeff. You were just the final push I needed to go through with it." She smiled as she leaned in for another kiss. "Though you might have been the best reason, even if you weren't the only one." She happily confessed.

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Five years later

"Shirley, I told you, we're picking up the ice cream for Ben's birthday party, so you don't have to worry about it…standard flavors like chocolate and vanilla, so it will go well with your cake…Shirley, for the last time, I'm not going to take my wedding ring off when you're mixing the batter. That one time was bad enough. Though it was funny seeing Troy and Abed dress like surgeons to try to surgically remove it…well I thought it was funny. And your cake still tasted great, even with the holes in it."

She glanced at the clock, gasping when she saw what time it was. "Shirley, I have to go. I'm expecting another call. I'll see you tomorrow." She hung up the phone and went over to the office, where she opened the hidden wall safe and took out her crystal. She closed the safe and quickly walked to the nursery. She had just enough time to make it in there before she felt her locket glow. Feeling the crystal start to glow hot she placed it in mid air, where it grew until it was the size of a large TV screen. She smiled as her parent's smiling faces came on the screen. "Hey!"

"Hello sweetheart!" Her mother happily said. "How are things?"

"Really good. Work is going well. The manager of my department is retiring soon, so I might be up for a promotion if I work really hard."

"Well I'm sure you'll get it." Her father happily said.

"Where's Jeff?" Her mother asked.

"He's running some errands, getting a few things for the baby."

"And how is my grandson doing?" Aran proudly asked.

Annie walked over to the crib and gently lifted Peter into her arms. She brought the cooing baby over to the screen, who babbled and reached out to the screen. "He's getting so big." Aran exclaimed.

"He just started crawling last week. It won't be long before he's walking."

"Make sure you baby proof the entire house. Babies get into everything." Ilma said. "When you started walking you got into my study and chewed up three of my budget papers." She looked over and beckoned her hand off screen. "Gwendel, come say hi to your sister and nephew."

Annie smiled as her little sister came into the frame of the screen. "Hi Annabelle."

"Hi Gwendel."

"Mom and dad said I might be able to visit you and Jeff soon. If I promise to keep my wings inside that is."

"That would be really great. I know I have a long weekend in October. If it's all right with mom and dad you can come then."

"OK! I know when October is!" She proudly stated, happy that she already knew the months of the human calendar.

"That sounds very nice." Ilma said.

They all talked for twenty more minutes, catching up on the various aspects of their lives. When it was time to go the fairies said goodbye to Annie, Peter and Jeff (who arrived ten minutes after Annie first got the call), telling them they would call again soon. As the crystal shrank back to its original size Annie smiled at how lucky she was. She had two families who loved her dearly, a good job, a beautiful baby boy, and a fantastic husband.

Life was good.