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The story of a lonesome ol'Jerome

The ER, PDA, and Ashley's strike hits home.

*Gwyn’s POV*

Andy reached over and took my hand. Considering the sex we’d been having, I shouldn’t have thought twice about it, in theory. But I felt my heart rate increase, just a little. Hand-holding in public was an intimate gesture, and he wanted to do it with me? First, he kissed me in the entry, now this? We weren’t even officially “together,” we’d just met last night. My thoughts and feelings raced along for a while as I stared at the floor, forcing myself not to look at the semi-creepy, staring fan lady.

I’d never been big on public displays of affection, and I was confused about my feelings for Andy. We’d just met. I had always hated what some people called ‘New Relationship Energy/NRE,’ that shiny, happy, glow-y, brand-new feeling of a new romance that tends to cloud a lot of the nitty gritty. I always wanted to skip ahead to where I would be able to see my partners with a clearer head. Take that, the fact that we’d just met, and the fact that I was a huge BVB fan with a preexisting, mondo fangirl crush on Andy, and it made things complicated. Oh, right, and I had some serious baggage. Ugh. I decided to stop ruminating like an idiot and just let it go for the time being. I was following my heart and it felt right.

We both decided to take a minute to check out assorted texts, email, etc. on our phones. At one point, a young, teenaged girl who explained she was here for a likely broken arm came up and asked for Andy’s autograph very politely. I asked if she’d like me to take a picture of her and Andy together with her phone, and that made her really happy. Andy made a point of telling her to heal up and get well soon, and I watched her blush scarlet and giggle nervously before waving and scampering away. After she had gone, Andy whispered, “See, not so bad, right?”

I shrugged. Making other people happy made me happy, for sure. So long as they didn’t show any interest in me, and Andy and I weren’t doing anything important, it didn’t really bother me. I knew how much Andy meant to his fans.

A little while later, Andy let out a groan and then started laughing softly. “Fucking dicks…”

I was curious. “What’s up?” He just handed me his phone, still smiling. The official BVB Twitter had a picture of Jake, Jinxx, Ashley, and CC all shrugging and looking confused at each other. I didn’t get it until I looked at the caption. ‘Where’s Andy?’ “Oh, fucksauce!” I said quietly, not wanting any children to hear me swearing in the waiting room. I gave Andy back his phone and put my head in my hands before letting out my own mournful groan.

I felt Andy rubbing my back. “I bet they got Jon to take it. He’s probably pissed at me for taking off after you. And I was kind of an asshole to him on the phone.” I glanced up at him, then sat up and sighed. “Oh, c’mon, it is kind of funny!” His smile faltered a little.

“Yeah, it is funny. I just hope they don’t hate me. I’m not trying to cause any trouble with you guys. I don’t want to cause any tension or changes or anything.” I scrunched my face up, worried. “I don’t really want a lot of attention focused on me, but, whatever. I mean, people will find out, I guess, that I’m around, right?” I risked a glance at the woman who had been staring at Andy. Sure as shit, she was still there, still staring at him. Did she even blink?

“Yeah, they already have, Gwyn. Jon said the press are going to come after you like vultures, too. They all want interviews. With you, with me, with both of us together, with Juliet about you, with you about Juliet-“ my eyes grew big and my eyebrows shot up my forehead, but I kept listening, “-with me and Juliet about you, you name it. They all want to know basically about two things: you, and polyamory. He even said you might want to consider doing one on your own terms, to keep the pressure off. You know, at some point.” I was totally horrified.

“A fucking interview? Are you fucking kidding?” Andy looked a little worried, but not surprised. He just shook his head. “Andy, I’m a fucking veterinarian, not a musician, or, fucking, you know, whatever! That’s just fucking weird. And we just met. And… I, mean, not to, you know, but…” I cleared my throat, it was a valid point, it needed to be made. “Andy, at the moment I’m not a romantic partner of yours, which I am fine with. We just met last night for fuck’s sake. But I’m definitely not doing an interview of that nature, which may have far-reaching consequences for my career, when we’re not even fucking together. Ok?”
I looked up at him, worried I had hurt his feelings. I didn’t know what to call what was happening with us, but I wasn’t going to let myself get interviewed if I wasn’t able to give answers that didn’t make me sound like a motherfucking groupie.

Andy held both my hands and gave me a kiss on the cheek. “Gwyn, you do love to say fuck!” He smiled wickedly, eyes glittering, and I started laughing. “And you don’t need to worry, I told Jon to tell anyone who asked that you weren’t interested until you said otherwise.Ok?” I nodded. “I just thought you might want to know, before tomorrow, to be careful what you say to people you haven’t seen before, if they’re asking you questions. Especially if I’m not around.”

“Thanks Hot-shot.” He rolled his eyes. “I won’t have seen anyone before, but I get it.” I wanted to kiss him, but I was too self-conscious under the watchful eye of the creepy fan woman. I went for a quick, manly hug instead. Andy noticed and rolled his eyes and sighed like a teenager. Uh-oh. He must be getting hungry.

Fucking skinny boys, always needing to be fed. If he doesn’t get a snack soon, he’d probably be cussing out the doctor by the time he was seen. I decided to give it 10 minutes. If he wasn’t called by then, I was going to go look for a vending machine to get Andy a candy bar or a cookie or something.

In the meantime, I decided to have a look at the damage on All Creatures Great and Small’s Facebook page. It wasn’t too bad- the rating was still high, and the comments were mostly verging on nonsense about Andy. The very few that even had my actual name in them only used my first name, which was good- most of our clients only knew my last name.

I had a lot of texts and emails, but before I could get to them, at last, Andy’s name was called.

Notes

To answer a question from a while ago:

Mean debt for all newly graduating veterinarians was $135,000 in 2014. The average new vet grad at a private practice earns $67,000/year, though this varies a LOT by region and type of practice (small animal/large animal/exotics/laboratory/zoo/wildlife/shelter medicine/etc.), and also will be significantly less if they are in an internship, which tends to range from $25,000-$30,000/year.

QOTD:anybody out there that’s reading this either working in the veterinary field, or interested in working in it some day?

man-o-man i'm tired!

Yep.I work at a small animal practice, I’m a veterinarian (“small animal” is veterinary speak for dog + cat).

as an aside, the last three chappies are dedicated to all the people who have discarded me after they were done with me. You've helped make me what I am.

Never give up, never give in, never back down, never give an inch.

Comments

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SmuttyPariah SmuttyPariah
4/15/17

Ok, cool. I don't mind plodding plots at all, but as a frustrated English teacher, I can totally understand the grammar and structure stuff.

Merelan Merelan
1/26/17

@Merelan


oh, i'm not changing it significantly in that regard. i mean more a stylistic change to make it easier to read: breaking up paragraphs, improving grammar and tense consistency, stuff like that. i've become a much better writer and i want my stuff to reflect that. if you're nervous about the changed, you can check out the newest version on my wattpad account. my user name is anathemadvm, just plain anathema was taken. i'm still likely to further revise the very beginning a little, but nothing is plot related, i like the plot as much as i ever did. i just want it to be easier to read, that's all.

anathema anathema
1/26/17

@anathema
Actually, the beginning of LoJ fits the story perfectly, IMHO. You establish Gywn as a likeable, but clearly flawed character from the door. It's much different from most other fanfic, which want to get to the Bride(s) ASAP.

Merelan Merelan
1/26/17

@Merelan


oh my goodness! i don't think even i have read it that many times, though i could be wrong! i've certainly only read it through once in one sitting! i promise that the edited version is higher quality, but i don't dare tinker with it here until i have the whole thing ready to go. right now i've edited through chapter 50, though i might need to ahve another look at the very beginning, because it's so plodding.

anathema anathema
1/26/17