Hmm, I think this site is on west coast time because even though I uploaded the last chapter around 2:30 in the morning on the 4th the site said it was last updated on the 3rd. Technically you did get a chapter per day but if it goes by west coast time you got 2 chapters in one day. Hey, I'm an obsessive compulsive perfectionist with an amazing memory, I notice these things.

Well, there's not much to say that wasn't said in the last chapter. Although if you recall we have a teensy little problem that could have been resolved had Britta not britta'd everything (I love the term britta'd for some odd reason).

Anyway…

Slater got into Jeff's car with a thermos. Before she even got comfortable, Jeff snatched the thermos out of her hand and gulped down the contents- coffee. "Rough day, sweetheart?" Slater asked this with a heavy sense of sarcasm.

He angrily set the thermos in the nearby cup holder. "Do not start with me today woman."

"What crawled up your ass and died?"

"I do not want to talk about it, or anything, today." Still angry, he put the car and drive and drove in a furious hurry.

"Well, well, well something's got your panties in a bunch."

"What part of 'not talking about it' don't you understand, Slater?"

"Fine, I'll change the subject: why did I get a call from my mother asking what hotel I would be staying at?"

"What?"

"I asked her the exact same thing. Apparently, she Googles my name every day and this morning she read something published yesterday about Jeff Winger taking his fiancée for a weekend getaway while the trial's in a brief remission."

"And they took that seriously? I just said that because someone in the crowd asked about you and I gave a quick answer, no big deal."

"Apparently it is if we're going away this weekend because now we'll actually have to." Jeff let out an agonized groan. "I know; I'm not looking forward to it either. Tell you what, you pick the hotel and I'll reserve my own room."

"You want to stay in the same hotel?"

"Just in case somebody follows us. If anyone asks we can say we're in different rooms because we're not married. Unless of course you've implied that we've slept together before."

"I can't remember if I did or not. Don't bother coming at all. We'll keep up with the charade but if anyone asks, you had a family emergency or whatever and I went by myself."

"Fine."

"Fine."

"You know I hate you, right?"

He was unaffected by this remark. "You're not the first woman to tell me that."

…

Britta closed Jeff's bedroom door. "Annie's asleep."

Troy came out of a spare bedroom and closed that door. "Yeah, I got Abed back to his normal-ish self. I told him to get some rest." Troy didn't say anything as he went downstairs.

Shirley met them both at the bottom. "I don't know if this might help, but I made brownies."

"I'm not hungry."

"But earlier in the kitchen…"

"EVERYTHING IS SO CONFUSING!" Troy had suddenly snapped and was having a mini emotional breakdown. He sat down on the floor in the living room and took a few deep breaths. "Okay, can you please explain why you can't just snap your fingers and make Jeff fall in love with Annie? I mean that would have made everything A THOUSAND TIMES SIMPLER!"

Britta sat down across from Troy and patted his hand. "Things aren't that simple Troy. It's hard to explain everything and I don't think even Abed can help explain."

"Troy," Shirley sat beside him, "witches like us can't control big things like fate, destiny, or love without using spells or curses. The best we can do is use little spells to kind of guide a person."

"That's why we had to brew a love potion."

"Do you get what we're trying to say Honey?"

"Witches like you?" this part stuck out in Troy's mind. "There are different types of witches?" Britta and Shirley shared a look. "There is, isn't there?"

Britta sighed. "Yeah, there are."

"So what kind of witches are you?"

"We're the second kind."

"Um…what?"

"This is why we don't leave the explaining to Britta," Shirley told him. "Britta and I were once mortals. We only became witches because a full-blooded warlock decided to transfer some of his power to us."

"Pierce was the full-blooded warlock wasn't he?"

Shirley nodded and began to tell her story. "I was just a regular cave woman back in my day."

Britta snorted out a laugh. "That says so much."

"Quiet you! Anyway, fire was a new discovery back then for the cave people and everyone was entranced by it. One night, I discovered a fire of a different color. Pierce had conjured this magic fire to attract someone he could turn into a witch."

"It's a thing that a full-blooded magic being has to give power to at least three mortals if they want to sustain a longer life. We still don't get that part either."

"I noticed that whenever someone touched the fire it caused pain. Pierce kept telling me it was okay to touch and eventually I did. I touched the fire, and boom, I was magic."

"That's so awesome!" Troy eagerly turned to Britta. "What's your story Britta?"

"I was a peasant girl during the middle ages," Britta described. "I loved animals and would spend most of my days in the forest playing with animals. I come across this strange, new animal one day and I didn't really know what to do so I picked it up. It bit me."

"Ouch."

"But I didn't bleed or die. The animal was Pierce in disguise. He turns back into a human, tells me I'm now a witch and now I have to live with him and his other student for the rest of my life."

"Were you the other student Shirley?" Shirley nodded. "Wow, this is awesome! This is kinda like the stuff you find in a comic book. What's Annie's backstory?"

Britta looked at Shirley and didn't say anything aloud. "Should we tell him Annie's backstory? What if he gets confused?"

"We'll just have to be honest, the boy wants to know," Shirley faced Troy. "If you want to know the truth about Annie you better promise to listen carefully to everything and not interrupt." Troy nodded in agreement. "Annie is the one exception- the only one of her kind. She is half-witch. That has never happened before is a big no-no in the magic laws. You either have a full-blooded magic being, or a mortal who became magic through a full-blood's power sharing. Do you understand everything so far?"

Troy nodded again. "I think I do. Can I still hear her story of origin?"

"Annie's mother was a full-blooded witch. She was a nice woman who used her magic for good and we met her through Pierce."

"Annie's mom and Pierce had been friends for centuries," Britta added.

"Well, Annie's mother met a mortal man whose family had traveled on the Mayflower. She and the man fell in love despite everyone's objections. She was so in love with him that she decided she was never going to use witchcraft again, which only angered everyone. Still, she kept her word and Annie's mother secretly married that man." Shirley paused.

Troy darted his eyes back and forth from Shirley to Britta and vice versa. "If Annie's mom was in love with this guy then how did Annie end up with Pierce?"

"You finish the story Britta."

Britta inhaled before letting out a long, deep breath. "Annie's mom died shortly after giving birth to Annie. Her dad didn't know what to do in his grief-ridden mind so he abandoned Annie in the woods. Pierce had a feeling something was wrong with Annie's mom so he goes to find her when he came across Annie. I don't know if he already knew her mom was dead or if he took Annie home hoping her mother would come get her but…" Britta trailed off. "I'm sure you get the picture."

"Annie was twenty-two when we were burned at the stake. That's the honest truth. She had never magically aged or drank the essence of a human life force like Britta and I have. She is young, she is different, and I hope you understand why she can't be in love with Jeff."

Something suddenly dawned on Britta. "I get why she's Pierce's favorite now!"

"It took you this long to get it?"

"I guess it never completely sunk in."

"I worry about you sometimes."

"Wow," Troy was touched, "I feel really sorry for Annie. Can I go give her a hug?"

"Go ahead sweetie." Shirley watched as Troy went upstairs. "Britta, you know as well as I do what needs to be done and you know Pierce is the only one who can do it."

"Yeah, but Pierce would take the curse off of Annie and keep her away from Jeff forever."

"And that's for the best."

"I don't want to do that."

"Why not?"

"Maybe…maybe I want Annie to be with Jeff?"

"Say what?"

"Annie was talking to me before she went to sleep. I think her love for Jeff is sweet and…yeah, maybe I want her to have it."

"Only because you didn't get your chance with Jonathan Winger."

"I learned my lesson okay! I know I'm never going to find the right guy for me but that doesn't mean others can't. I saw how Jonathan Winger was attracted to Annie, and now Jeff is too."

"Annie is a very pretty young woman; she's bound to attract men."

"But there's just something more to Jeff's attraction to her that feels…genuine. He has honest to God feelings for her but I don't even think he knows it."

"Uh, guys," they didn't notice Troy was back. "Annie's not here."

"What?"

"She's not here. I checked all over the house, she's gone."

"Oh my Lord she's chasing after him," Shirley got up and went over to where the brooms were waiting. "We gotta get down to the trial before something happens."

"What if she didn't go to the trial and she's only making us think she did."

"Annie is smart like that," Britta commentated. "She probably also used an anti-tracking spell."

"Alright," Shirley pointed to Troy, "Troy, you stay here in case she comes back. Britta, you and I will split up and search the city for her. Chances are, she took her broom so we should keep on the lookout for any brooms too."

"Maybe we should designate a leader."

"Say one more thing about that and I'll designate my foot up your ass." Britta didn't say anything else as she followed Shirley outside.

Troy stepped outside before they took off. "I'll crystal ball you if anything happens." He waved goodbye as they took off. Once they were out of sight, he stepped back inside. "Coast is clear!"

Abed opened and closed his bedroom door with a calm, cool demeanor while Annie cautiously opened her bedroom door and looked around before heading to the stairs. Once she was sure everything was okay, Annie happily slid down the bannister, landed in front of Troy, and gave him a great big hug and a kiss on his cheek. "I can't thank you enough for this Troy."

"Yeah, well it's hard to say no when you made that sad face. Good luck," he gave her another hug before she ran out the door. When Abed approached him, they gave each other their typical handshake. "Help her if anything happens."

Abed did a two finger salute before heading out the door and leading Annie to his car.

…

"No, no, no," Pierce performed another magic trick and Chang and the Dean were suddenly on a boat- except Chang was dressed like Leonardo DiCaprio and Dean Pelton like Kate Winslet. "I want to actually experience this Titanic incident and you're not convincing enough."

"Maybe we would be if I were Kate Winslet," Chang bemoaned.

"Oh please," Pelton scoffed, "you don't have the proper figure for this dress."

Pierce put his hand to his chin in thought. "Maybe this would work better if you were both women," he pointed his finger at Chang and Chang was transformed into a woman

This gave Duncan great delight. He let out a long snicker and rolled on his back laughing. "This is too perfect! You as a woman and me without a camera."

As he laughed, Chang jumped off the boat, stormed over to Duncan Cat, and stomped on his tail. Duncan's Cat feline scream of agony resulted in Chang laughing in delight.

"Excuse me Pierce," Pelton gestured for Pierce's attention, "I can keep this outfit when we're free to go right?"

"Sure, whatever," Pierce looked around again, "where in Satan's glorious name are those witches?"

…

Jeff took a much needed drink as he stood by the water cooler during the court's recess.

"That last revelation came out of left field," the opposing lawyer met up with Jeff and poured himself a cup. "Can you back that up with actual evidence?"

"If I play my cards right I shouldn't have to Alan," Jeff snarked back.

"Hmm," Alan took a swig of water, "and I've tried every throwing every curveball at you."

"What up with the baseball analogies?"

"Okay, subject change: I saw that rock on Michelle's finger. Must have cost a fortune…or was it a steal."

"It was a gift for me to give to her. If you're going to try going for defamation of my character you're not going to find anything." He let out a sort of sly snicker as he put his paper cup to his mouth for another drink. Said drink was then quickly spat out in comedic fashion when something behind Alan got Jeff's attention. "Crap," he hurried over to what the trouble was and pushed her into the nearby women's room. "What are you doing here?"

"I came to see my favorite lawyer in action," Annie smiled at him. "If that's a crime then I'd like to claim you as my right to an attorney."

"Why are you dressed like that?"

"You like?" Annie modeled her new dress. "It doesn't make me look too hippy does it?"

"No, you look beautiful."

"I do?"

Jeff realized what he said. "Listen Annie, I'm sorry if you think I led you on but I didn't."

"But you just called me beautiful?" she gasped and her eyes went wide with sorrow. "You lied didn't you? You don't find me the least bit attractive?"

"I do, but that's not the point. I have no romantic feelings for you whatsoever."

This time, Annie's look was more sly. "Riddle me this Jeff Winger: if you were forced to marry Slater or me, who would you choose?"

"What?"

"Just answer please."

"No, there's not point."

"Well then just answer for my benefit. Would you marry Slater or me?"

"Neither."

"You're lying."

"No, I'm not."

"I can read your thoughts Jeff. Close your eyes and picture this," Annie put her hand to his forehead and formed the idea in his head as if it were happening before his eyes. "You're standing in a cold, dark room. There is a madman with a gun and the gun is pointed at your head. This is a game to him and if he doesn't get an answer he'll blow your brains out. You tell him 'neither' but that answer's not good enough. He demands an answer but you won't give him one. His fingers grip together around the trigger and he starts counting down three…two…one-"

"YOU OKAY!" Jeff blurted out. "I'd marry you okay! Are you happy? Are you satisfied? Why did that mental picture seem so real?"

"That's all I wanted to know Jeff."

"What is wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me?" She started walking toward him, but he kept backing away, "I'm madly, hopelessly, passionately in love with you."

"Wow, okay that bump on the head is more serious than I thought."

"Shut up and kiss me."

"Annie-" Jeff was silenced when Annie passionately pressed her lips to his. He soon found himself surrendering to his desire and kissing her back with the same aggressive passion she ignited. Had Jeff took notice, he should have realized that he was leaning against the back of the bathroom door entrance. In the middle of their lip lock, enough force was created to push open the door. Jeff was now on the ground with Annie on top of him.

And yes, people took notice of this; court attendees, Abed, a now delighted Alan, and one woman who stepped out of the bathroom.

Naturally, Slater looked pissed. "Why is it that everything interesting happens to you when I'm in the bathroom?"

Jeff pried Annie off of him. "I can explain. Just give me a sec."

Slater took off the ring and angrily threw it at him. "Take all the time you need," she stormed off.

"My ring," Annie picked up her ring and slid it on her finger. "I might as well take this back, huh Jeff?"

"You are insane!" Jeff got off the ground and started walking away, but ran into Alan…

…or more accurately, Alan's cameraphone. "Oh, I've got some nice pictures here," Alan snickered as he went through the images. "I can't wait to enter this as evidence."

Annie caught up to Jeff. "I'm sorry if I upset you, Jeff. Did I do something wrong?"

Alan took another picture, this time it was of Annie. "Good choice in models Jeffrey. If I may say so, this flavor of the month looks much more delicious than Slater."

For some reason this upset Jeff. With a quick punch to the face, he knocked Alan to the ground. As Alan fell, he dropped the phone. Jeff took the opportunity to then step on the phone. "This girl might be temporarily insane, but that's no reason to talk about her like that."

Alan propped himself up. "If you think what I said about her was bad then I'm dying to see how you react to what the press says about her."

"Oh shit, the press!" Jeff took Annie by the hand and started leading her away. "Abed!" he called for Abed to follow. "The press cannot find out about her or they will rip her to shreds."

"Plus she's kinda hiding from Shirley and Britta," Abed added.

Jeff looked at Annie. "You're hiding from your friends? Why?"

"Because they don't want me to love you," Annie innocently answered.

"Abed, can you give us some privacy?" Abed nodded and walked away. "Boy, you're not kidding about being in love with me."

"I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you but I am! I just know Shirley and Britta are going to tell Pierce and there's no telling what Pierce will do. But I know that whatever he does…" tears started to well up in Annie's eyes, "…no matter what he does he's going to make sure we never, ever see each other again."

Jeff wiped away the tears from Annie's eyes. "Well I'm not going to let that happen."

"You're not?"

"You've grown on me Annie Edison. It would suck just getting to know you and then have you taken out of my life forever."

"Ditto."

"Abed!"

Abed ran back over to Jeff. "You rang?"

"Lurch, I need you to take Annie to this hotel in Riverside on Harmon road. I forgot the name of it, but I have a reservation under my last name. And make sure no one sees her." Jeff turned to Annie. "I'll meet you there later, okay?"

Her smile was the only response Jeff needed to make sure everything was going be okay.

I hope this pleases the many Jeff/Annie shippers who may or not be angry with the direction their headed right now.

For the record; the scene in the movie was not only longer, but it was actually the wedding. The witch's father, Daniel, was also there but because of the circumstances I adjusted this so that it's just Annie with a small dose of Abed.

Also, I didn't know the name of the hotel in the Conventions of Space and Time episode so I kinda weaseled my way out of it. If it does have a name then I must've missed and if anyone knows what it is please tell me.

I also kinda created the witch's backstories. I'm pretty sure they're needed for later but I kinda needed to remind myself that I keep having to alter rules of witchcraft and I should give decent reasons why in addition to why the women are with Pierce. So…I hope those were decent.