fic: There is a time and place for this sort of thing. 3/3

[umeko_star]

Title: There is a time and place for this sort of thing. Part 3.
Author: umeko_star
Rating: NC-17 (for smutty sexiness)
Word Count: 6,042
Disclaimer:  to love something, you have to set it free. Therefore, I can't own NBC/Community
Summary: Jeff and Annie journey through self discovery, and what they mean to themselves before they evaluate what they

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[fangirl_101]

I am such a fan of this series. I added it to my memories and re-read it every once in a while. But, I do have a question about something. This passage:

“Would you like anything to drink?” he called over his shoulder as he walked toward the kitchen. She shrugged timidly and settled herself on the edge of the chair by the table. She tried to remember the last time she was in his apartment. As she watched him dig through a few cabinets to find some clean cups the vision of her sitting atop the counters so many months ago as he prepared them dinner, or her leaning against him as he poured them their morning coffee ruthlessly stormed through her mind.

Sooo... is this saying that in the story Jeff and Annie were in a relationship before part 1 when they decide stop spending any time together? It would have had to have been during the summer before junior year, right? Because the story starts after the Model UN episode? I just didn't pick up on any "they had at one time been together" vibes in the first two parts. I thought it was all UST they were dealing with. Or, I am just reading this totally wrong!

[umeko_star]

Hi! Wow, thanks for reading! LKJSLKDJA;SLDJ You have no idea how much that means to me. I mean, your stories are phenomenal. I pretty much favourite every single one of them.

Yes, I realize the ambiguity is a bit of a problem...i should probably rewrite it. 302 was about Jeff and Annie toeing the line of social propriety by being together in the face of the their rather large age difference. It wasn't that their relationship before part 1 involved sex. But society saw their age gap to be too advanced to be innocent and thus it forced them apart, when they in fact hadn't done anything wrong. The irony was that they didn't see each other in that light UNTIL other people (who have no business in their relationship) pointed it out and instead of driving them apart, only forced them to want to be together even more. So, yes, they were in a relationship. But merely as friends (slightly oblivious to their mutual attraction). I just wanted to emphasize how social norms can ruin innocence and are so apt at being blind to the purity of love, and friendship. As Abed said, when the world is so fixed upon numbers, we fail to see what truly matters -- that in the end, it's just a number. We let go so many things which are GOOD for us just because of a technicality. Who are they to deem Jeff as a monster when they can't see the whole picture? But yet, we let them.

Thank you for reading and commenting. I have to say, my life has had its bit of downs these past few months since I penned this story, but your comment has slightly buoyed me to start writing again.

[fangirl_101]

OK! So they were together as friends not even realizing there was anything "wrong" with what they were doing (not that there is, AT ALL!) Annie would go over to Jeff's place for dinner, and sometimes crash there, without them realizing the implications and what others would think about it all if they knew. OK that makes total sense now! Thanks for clearing that up :) I feel like if society didn't exist (or was more open-minded) J/A would be together because it IS what's keeping them apart with it's judgment and social norms. Besides, 13 years is not that big of a gap, IMO.

"I mean, your stories are phenomenal. I pretty much favourite every single one of them."

Oh wow, seriously?! Wow! I'm kind of speechless right now--I don't consider my stories quality enough at all--but THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! You honestly just made my week!

"I have to say, my life has had its bit of downs these past few months since I penned this story, but your comment has slightly buoyed me to start writing again."

I'm so sorry to hear that :( I find writing can be cathartic sometimes when my life is a mess. I hope you do start writing again because I love your stories and think you're really talented! Take Care <3