diff --git a/laravel/database/eloquent/model.php b/laravel/database/eloquent/model.php
index 32d3933c..bc60dc1f 100644
--- a/laravel/database/eloquent/model.php
+++ b/laravel/database/eloquent/model.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel\Database\Eloquent;
 
 use Laravel\Database;
-use Eloquent\Relationships\Has_Many_And_Belongs_To;
+use Laravel\Database\Eloquent\Relationships\Has_Many_And_Belongs_To;
 
 abstract class Model {
 
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ public function save()
 	 */
 	protected function timestamp()
 	{
-		$this->updated_at = $this->get_timestamp();
+		$this->updated_at = static::get_timestamp();
 
 		if ( ! $this->exists) $this->created_at = $this->updated_at;
 	}
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ protected function timestamp()
 	 *
 	 * @return mixed
 	 */
-	protected function get_timestamp()
+	protected static function get_timestamp()
 	{
 		return date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
 	}
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ public function set_key($value)
 	 */
 	public function get_attribute($key)
 	{
-		return $this->attributes[$key];
+		return array_get($this->attributes, $key);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/laravel/database/eloquent/query.php b/laravel/database/eloquent/query.php
index f590ad9e..9a248472 100644
--- a/laravel/database/eloquent/query.php
+++ b/laravel/database/eloquent/query.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public function get($columns = array('*'), $include = true)
 			{
 				// If the relationship is nested, we will skip laoding it here and let
 				// the load method parse and set the nested eager loads on the right
-				// relationship when it is getting ready to eager laod it.
+				// relationship when it is getting ready to eager laod.
 				if (str_contains($relationship, '.'))
 				{
 					continue;
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ public function get($columns = array('*'), $include = true)
 			}
 		}
 
+		// The many to many relationships may have pivot table column on them
+		// so we will call the "clean" method on the relationship to remove
+		// any pivot columns that are on the model.
+		if ($this instanceof Relationships\Has_Many_And_Belongs_To)
+		{
+			$this->clean($results);
+		}
+
 		return $results;
 	}
 
diff --git a/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many_and_belongs_to.php b/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many_and_belongs_to.php
index 32ac5e69..da046add 100644
--- a/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many_and_belongs_to.php
+++ b/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_many_and_belongs_to.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ protected function constrain()
 	 */
 	protected function set_select($foreign)
 	{
-		$foreign = $this->joining.'.'.$foreign.' as eloquent_foreign_key';
+		$foreign = $this->joining.'.'.$foreign.' as pivot_foreign_key';
 
 		$this->table->select(array($this->model->table().'.*', $foreign));
 
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public function eagerly_constrain($results)
 	 */
 	public function match($relationship, &$parents, $children)
 	{
-		$foreign = 'eloquent_foreign_key';
+		$foreign = 'pivot_foreign_key';
 
 		foreach ($children as $key => $child)
 		{
@@ -216,6 +216,20 @@ public function match($relationship, &$parents, $children)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Clean-up any pivot columns that are on the results.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $results
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function clean(&$results)
+	{
+		foreach ($results as &$result)
+		{
+			
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the other or associated key for the relationship.
 	 *
diff --git a/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_one_or_many.php b/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_one_or_many.php
index a64d2bdf..211eb7db 100644
--- a/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_one_or_many.php
+++ b/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/has_one_or_many.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-<?php namespace Laravel\Database\Eloquent\Relationships; use Eloquent\Model;
+<?php namespace Laravel\Database\Eloquent\Relationships;
+
+use Laravel\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 
 class Has_One_Or_Many extends Relationship {
 
diff --git a/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/relationship.php b/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/relationship.php
index 80356762..aabfe427 100644
--- a/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/relationship.php
+++ b/laravel/database/eloquent/relationships/relationship.php
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-<?php namespace Laravel\Database\Eloquent\Relationships; use Eloquent\Model, Eloquent\Query;
+<?php namespace Laravel\Database\Eloquent\Relationships;
+
+use Laravel\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+use Laravel\Database\Eloquent\Query;
 
 abstract class Relationship extends Query {