Jeff knew he couldn't broach this issue while the others were around. He had to wait until just the two of them were alone together. Luckily fate seemed to be watching over him, because the next day Annie was the only one in the study room when he arrived.

She looked up from her textbook and smiled at Jeff as he sat down. "Hey Jeff. What happened to you last night? I didn't see you after you went to the bathroom."

"I decided to make a quiet exit and slipped out." He took out his phone and pretended to be causally texting as he glanced at her. "While you're here I need your help with something. I need to take an art class for my major and I'm not sure what to take."

She frowned as she looked at him. "Wouldn't our pottery class have counted as an art credit?"

"Um, yea, it did. But I need two classes worth, so I have to take something else," Jeff quickly said to cover up the hole in his story.

"Oh. Well, you can take a sculpting class since you already have experience with working with clay. Or you can always take a drawing class."

Jeff smiled in his head, happy that she had given him the perfect opening. "Drawing doesn't sound that bad. Plus I'm sure I'll be able to stare at hot naked women if I do that, so that's a plus."

"Why would you say that?"

"I don't know. Don't most art classes always have you draw some young beautiful woman?"

"I'm sure you don't need to take a drawing class to see naked women Jeff. And they use all kinds of people for naked models. You might end up having to sketch an old woman. Or a guy. I'm sure Pierce would have much to say if that happens." She laughed as she pictured that exchange.

He glanced over at her, not able to read her giving anything away on her face. She's good, he thought. It was time to up the stakes of the game. "Sounds like you have some experience on the matter. Have you ever been in a drawing class?"

"Nope," She said as she went back to her studying.

"You sure?"

She looked up from her book, giving Jeff the best poker face he had ever seen. "I think I would remember if I've taken a class on drawing."

"Actually, I asked if you've ever been in a drawing class. Not if you've taken one."

For a split second he noticed a flash of suspicion pass through her eyes before she casually shrugged. "Taken, been. They both mean the same thing."

"Well, not exactly. Taken implies that you've sat in and drawn in the class. While been in…" He pulled up the picture he had taken last night before sliding his phone over to her. "That can imply something else entirely."

Annie carefully picked up the phone, loudly gasping when she saw what was on it. "Where did you get this?"

"Last night. There was some artwork on the walls of the second floor, and that one just leapt out at me."

She quickly deleted the picture before angrily sliding the phone back to Jeff, strongly resisting the urge to throw it at his head. "So that's what this interrogation was all about!"

"I wouldn't call it a-."

"SHUT UP!" The smug smile on Jeff's face quickly disappeared as she stared daggers at him. "You could have just tried asking instead of using the cryptic lawyer tactics!"

"Oh, I could have just asked? Like you would have said anything if I did. It's not exactly like you made any effort to say anything about this before."

"You're not in charge of me Jeff. What I choose to do on my own time is my business, not yours."

"I kind of is my business when what you're doing can potentially destroy your public image."

She shook her head as she bitterly stared at him. "Jeff, what I'm doing isn't porn. It's artistic expression. And you are such a hypocrite. It's all right for you to run around naked playing pool, but god forbid I take off my clothes in any setting."

"There's a big difference between what I did and what you did."

"And what exactly is that Jeff?"

"Well…for one thing I didn't plan to do what I did. And there's no physical evidence of what I did."

She laughed nastily as she stood up. "I hate to break it to you Jeff, but plenty of people had their camera phones out that day. Try googling yourself sometime. Trust me, more people have probably seen you naked then me."

"No one should be seeing you naked at all."

"It's my body Jeff. And like I said before, what I do with it is my business. What gives you the right to tell me what to do?"

"I'm just looking out for you Annie. This could completely ruin how people now see you."

She scoffed as she folded her arms over her chest. "I don't think that's the case at all. I think you're jealous. It's Rich all over again. You still refuse to admit you want me, but become possessive when I do anything overtly sexual."

"If that was the case I wouldn't have let you run around in those shorts during paintball," he said jokingly.

Annie looked at him stone faced, not amused with his attempt at humor. "I'm not laughing. I'm not letting you make me feel bad for doing this. I'm proud of it and have nothing to be ashamed of. Though I am ashamed that you actually took a picture of one of my drawings. That's kind of boarding on creepy."

"Hey, I just took it in case you denied it and I needed proof."

"Jeff, we're not in court. And you pretty much couldn't wait to show it to me."

"Hey, I thought you were fine with people seeing your body."

"That's like saying there's no difference between someone drawing me in a class, and someone spying on me while I change. And taking a picture of me naked boarders on the second one. That's almost as bad as stealing the actual drawing."

Annie looked at Jeff as he glanced downward. "Jeff…please tell me you didn't…" She groaned loudly as she figured it out. "What is wrong with you?"

"I was just keeping people from leering at your pictures."

"Are you insane! Were you the one who had the most red marks on Britta's psych test, because that's crazy."

"No, you're the crazy one if you think those pictures are just going to be thought of as works of art. Luckily you just did it the one time. So there's a chance not a lot-."

"It wasn't one time Jeff."

Jeff swallowed loudly as he tried to process what she said. "What?"

"I said that wasn't my first time modeling. I've been doing this for about a year now."

Jeff's eyes bugged out as he took that in. He clearly wasn't expecting that one. "Seriously?"

"Yes Jeff! I've been a nude model for a year now. And I like it and I'm going to keep doing it. It pays decent money and it makes me feel better about myself. I'm more confident now and have gotten over a lot of my hang ups because of it. So you can feel however you want to feel because of this. But I'm not going to apologize or let you make me feel bad just because of your unresolved feeling towards me!"

Annie grabbed her books and hurriedly packed up. As she slung her backpack over her shoulders she looked over and saw that the rest of the study group was standing in the entranceway, staring at Annie. Before they could say anything she yelled out "Yes! I'm a nude model for drawing classes!" She stormed past them and rushed down the hallway.

They looked over at Annie before looking back at Jeff. "Wait," Pierce said. "So when she says nude she is talking about-."

"PIERCE!" Jeff screamed. He grabbed his phone before storming out of the room.

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All in all, the reactions of the group finding out went better then she expected. While they were indeed surprised by this new knowledge, they didn't react as badly as she thought they would. Britta thought it was good that she was embracing who she was as a woman and fully encouraged her. At first Shirley was a little concerned over Annie's newfound endeavor; since she was afraid it could lead to 'less moral things'. But once Annie (and to an extent Britta) were able to get through to her that what she did wasn't related to porn or anything like that Shirley didn't push the issue anymore.

Abed actually seemed relieved to have found out she was posing nude. He told her that he knew something was going on with her that was causing her to become more confident and comfortable with herself for a while now, but was unable to pinpoint exactly what it was. So now that he knew what it was he felt relieved. Troy was fine with it, thinking it was actually cool. His biggest concerns were that she wasn't cold when she posed and that no one in the classes harassed her when she worked. She told him she was fine and that she appreciated him looking out for her.

Pierce however seemed to have a reaction she wasn't quite expecting. He told her he didn't think it was a good idea and she should stop doing it. It would only lead to trouble, he said. Guys leering at you and mentally remembering your naked image for nights they can't find a date. Annie was surprised with the almost fatherly concern he showed her on the matter. Though that didn't deter her from wanting to continue posing. She sternly told him that while she appreciated his concern, it was her choice and she was going to keep doing it. He finally accepted it begrudgingly, although he ended his argument by telling her he still wasn't thrilled with it. Annie accepted that, stating that they would simply agree to disagree on the matter.

But while that left five members of the study group that the matter had been put behind with, one still remained elusive.

Annie was still furious at Jeff for what happened in the study room. She was mad at his arrogance and jealousy, and that he still refused to admit he was jealous. And he refused to admit he did anything wrong. Because of it they stopped hanging out socially and whenever they were in the study room together they kept to themselves, making a point to talk to anyone but each other. The icy tension was felt by everyone in the group, making things extremely uncomfortable.

"I think you two need to talk about this," Britta said. "As a therapist I can-."

"SHUT UP BRITTA!" Jeff snarled. "You couldn't analyze yourself out of a wet paper bag!"

"HEY! Don't talk to Britta like that!" Troy yelled.

"Don't try to be the hero Troy. It doesn't exactly fit your character. And don't cry either, no one likes a whiner," Jeff snapped as he grabbed his stuff and made his way out of the room.

"JEFF!" He turned around as Annie marched over to him. "Get back in there and apologize to everyone right now."

"Oh, so you're the group's mom now? I'll tell Teen Mom they have a new person to film."

"Jeff, if you want to be a baby about this, that's you're issue. But you have no right to be cruel to everyone else because of it. This is between you and me, not them."

"I'm just-."

"Just answer me this!" she yelled. "Are you mad because you really think I'm doing something harmful, or is it because you know others have seen me naked and you haven't?"

Jeff stammered, completely unprepared by her question. Annie smiled smugly at his discomfort. "That's what I thought. And one more thing. Professor Wexler was asking if anyone knows who stole the drawings from his class display. I would heavily suggest anonymously returning them after hours, or else I'm telling him I know who took them." With that she turned around and walked away, leaving Jeff standing there in shock.

"Oh, burn!" Leonard called out.

"Shut up Leonard! I know about your I Dream of Jeannie fanfics!"

"Least I'm comfortable enough to admit I like something."

Jeff groaned as he pinched the bridge of his nose and tried to figure out what to do about everything.

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As Annie walked onto the education building she couldn't help thinking about Jeff. It had now been over two weeks since their fight in the study room. They hadn't spoken to each other since then (not counting her calling him out after he yelled at Britta and Troy). While she was still mad at him, she had to admit she missed seeing and talking to him. But even if she missed him she was NOT going to break down and apologize. Especially when she didn't do anything wrong.

She went into the women's room and changed into her robe before walking into Mrs. Walker's classroom. "Sorry I'm late. There was traffic on the-."

She stopped talking when she saw who else was there. Jeff was standing on a platform in the front of the room, also dressed in a bathrobe. She glared at him, wanting to smack the smug smirk off his face, before turning towards the teacher. "I'm sorry. Did I come on the wrong day?"

"No, you're good. Just stand over there on the other dais." She waited until Annie got on the platform next to Jeff's before turning towards her students. "Ok class. Today you will be directly comparing the differences in drawing the male form vs the female form. You will be sketching both subjects side by side on your paper. This way you have a direct comparison with differences in shadowing, and the different drawing techniques one finds when drawing men and women. Whenever you're ready." She dramatically waved her hands towards the class as she went to her desk and sat down.

Annie hesitated as her hands gripped the belt of her robe. For the first time in a while she felt truly self conscious about being naked in front of others. Or more accurately, being naked in front of one particular person. She glanced over at Jeff, her eyes widening as she saw him drop his robe and stand there completely nude. Ignore him, she thought. Taking an internal deep breath she untied and took off her own robe as she struck a well practiced simple pose.

She fully intended to keep her focus on the class and completely block out the fact that a naked Jeff was standing right next to her. But she couldn't help glancing over at him while he stood there (she was glad she had a lot of practice with moving her eyes while keeping her head in place.) While she had seen him shirtless several times already, she still wasn't used to how amazing he actually looked. From his strong arms and large powerful hands to his well defined chest and ab muscles, it all combined to make him the impressive physical specimen that he was. Her eyes traveled down below his waist to look at his member. Her breath caught as she looked away, feeling hot and almost breathless at the sight of Jeff in all his glory. While she had already seen him fully naked during pool, in the two years since then she seemed to have forgotten just how…impressive he was. Plus back then she only got a few quick peaks. Now she had a complete full view. She willed herself to stop letting less professional thoughts take hold of her.

As she recited the Inspector Spacetime theme song in her head she felt Jeff's eyes watching her (somehow she could distinguish his gaze from the rest of the people in the class.) She could feel his eyes on her, taking in every bit of her. She kept her own eyes forward, determined not to feel more aroused then she already was.

As she looked over at the class she saw a woman in the front gasp and lower her eyes. A few other people starting whispering and stopped drawing their pictures as they pointed in Jeff's direction. Annie glanced over at Jeff and gasped herself when she saw that he had sprouted an erection. She felt her entire body become flushed as she almost hypnotically stared at Jeff.

She was snapped out of her trance as Mrs. Walker loudly pushed her chair back and marched over to Jeff. "Sir," she said in a clearly unamused tone. "Do you need a few moments to calm down?"

"Um, sure, yea," Jeff said in an embarrassed tone. He turned around on the dais as he tried to will his erection to go away. Annie looked over at him, equally turned on at seeing his muscled back and tight butt.

After a few minutes Jeff turned back around, his arousal having disappeared. "You good?" Mrs. Walker asked curtly.

"Yea."

"Try to control yourself," Mrs. Walker huffed as she went back to her seat. The class giggled and Annie couldn't help smirking over Jeff being chastised. She had been doing this long enough to know that a male model getting an erection wasn't professional in a drawing class. At best it was frowned upon, while often the teacher got frustrated over the class being interrupted.

Annie rearranged herself slightly as she got back into position. As she kept herself focused she again felt Jeff's eyes on her body. After a few moments Mrs. Walker slammed her hands down on her desk and marched over to Jeff. Annie glanced over and started laughing as she saw him desperately trying (and failing) to hide his erection.

"Sir!" she said with barely restrained anger. "Put your robe on and follow me into the hallway. Now! Class, we're ending early today. I'll see everyone again next week."

Jeff sheepishly put his robe back on and followed a stern Mrs. Walker out into the hallway. Annie quickly put her own robe on as the class packed up their stuff and meandered out of the room. As the room emptied Annie could hear Mrs. Walker yelling in the hallway, able to catch such words as 'unprofessional', 'class disruption', and 'juvenile behavior'. For a brief moment Annie wondered if she could change back into her actual clothes. But she didn't want to change in the art room, and she was far too nervous of encountering Mrs. Walker's wrath if she tried to go out to the bathroom (even though she herself didn't do anything to disturb the class).

Annie finally heard the yelling stop and sharp heels click down the hallway. A moment later Jeff came back into the room. "She um, she told me to tell you she'll pay you for two of the four hours, even though the class was less than a hour. And I was asked not to come back."

"Asked?"

"Ok, told."

"I'm not surprised. What happened isn't exactly professional."

"Well you're the expert. You've been doing this long enough."

Annie groaned angrily as her frustration over everything came roaring back. "What the hell was this anyway? What were you trying to prove?"

Jeff leaned against the doorframe, trying to figure out how to answer the question. "I guess…I wanted to see you in your element. I wanted to see you actually doing it."

"If you wanted to see me naked so badly you could have just taken the class as a student. Although I might have been even more furious if you did that. But going to the trouble of posing with me? That seems awfully involved for a slacker of your caliber. And how the hell did this even happen? I've been doing this for a year and I've only had a few classes where I've posed with other people. And you just happening to…" She frowned as she looked up at him. "Did you arrange for this to happen?"

"I…I mi…" He groaned in defeat as he walked over to her. "I may have suggested to the art department that drawing a man and woman together would be a good exercise."

"And then what, you found out what night I would be posing and arranged to be available for the same class?" She scoffed in annoyance as she read the look on Jeff's face. "I don't believe you. Why after everything did you-."

"Because I'm jealous, all right." He ignored the shocked look on her face as he forced himself to continue. "I hate the idea of other guys staring at you naked for hours at a time. Or at all really."

Annie stared at him, not able to believe that he was finally admitting what she suspected all along. "You're jealous, really."

"Yea."

"And why is that."

"Well, because you're my friend and-."

"JEFF! If after all this you still can't admit how you feel then I doubt I can be around you anymore. Maybe you're right," she shrilly said. "Maybe it is all in my head. You probably just did this to show your stuff in front of everyone. Then a cute art student gave you a smile and suddenly you're hard as a rock and ready-."

"If that were true I would have been kicked out of the first art class I posed in."

She abruptly stopped as she heard what he said. "What?"

"I…I didn't know if I could go through with my plan to pose with you. So as a practice run I first posed last week by myself for a class. And guess what, I was as limp as I'd be in a men's locker room. I actually do have some self control. But as soon as I saw you tonight, in the flesh naked, I couldn't control myself. I was thinking about everything from dead kittens to Pierce in a thong bikini and I still rose to the occasion with just a glance at you. So there's your answer as to if I'm attracted to you. And in case it isn't obvious, that answer is yes."

She smiled briefly before shaking her head in sadness. "Fine, so you're attracted to me. That doesn't exactly mean-."

She was suddenly unable to talk as Jeff grabbed her face and kiss her hard on her lips. She grabbed onto his arms as she felt her knees buckle. She felt slightly dazed as he pulled back a few inches. "Annie, if it was just simple attraction then I wouldn't have gone to all this trouble. Or have gotten so upset when I first found out you were doing this. I went nuts because I have strong feelings for you. And the thought of some other guy being with you intimately, even if it's just in a platonic draw you naked kind of way, drove me crazy. Yes, I handled this whole thing badly. But I can't deny that I DO have romantic feelings for you. Cause I do."

She looked at him before slapping him in the chest. "You're an ass," she said sternly as she pulled Jeff towards her and kissed him again. As they made out her hands went towards his robe belt and unknotted it. He followed suit as he quickly untied her own robe and slipped it off her. They both fell to the ground as he pulled his open robe off and flung aside.

Author's note: This chapter took a long time to write, with several revisions along the way. Originally it was going to end with a detailed sex scene. But by the time I got there I kind of just wanted to finish the chapter. So use your imagination for this one kids. (Though I did envision art supplies and body paint being used at various points)