FF: Terrible

[quaggy]

Title: Terrible
Category: Drabble
Rating: G
Notes: Trying to get this in under the wire. I literally wrote this in twenty minutes, which means that the title also refers to my writing. Now if people would only write The Cold anniversary fic, I wouldn't have to resort to such desperate measures! Happy birthday to both flippet, paladin98 and to all Keytus Kids collectively. I wish I could have gotten you all a better gift!




He didn’t actually feel terrible. He hadn’t all day. Okay, so he felt a little sick to his stomach when he realized that he probably could have gotten away with kissing her before now, that she might even have been waiting for him to make a move. But, for a guy had just violated more than a few rules of proper professional conduct and engaged in behavior that could get him slammed with a sexual harassment suit, he didn’t feel terrible at all.

But he feels terrible now. He feels terrible, frustrated and completely sick to his stomach. Maybe it’s for the best. Now’s not exactly the right time to… But if she gets the wrong idea… If she for a second thinks that he doesn’t want her or is too worried about what people think…

His circling thoughts are interrupted by the message alert from his PDA. It’s from her. One sentence: It’s bound to happen sometime.

And the word “terrible” is no longer in his vocabulary.

Comments

[cantbesilent.livejournal.com]

Oh man, how did I forget the anniversary!? I can't believe that was three years ago, I remember thinking I was going to DIE waiting.

This is delicious, a delightful little treat.

[quaggy]

Don't worry! I forgot too! It's my brother's birthday as well and I was busy being a good big sister and trying to get the boy a cool gift. (He deserves no less, but he is SOOOO difficult to shop for!)

I'm glad you like my drabble! Hard to believe it was three years ago, isn't it? Even though I was spoiled, my friend and I SHRIEKED. Her poor husband was sitting in between us and I think we made his ears ring! ;-P

[cantbesilent.livejournal.com]

Oh, I freaked out. And no one else in my family watched WW at the time and none of my friends. And I was in Philly at my grandmother's house that night because I was going to see Billy Joel the next day with a friend (who now loves WW but didn't then and doesn't like Josh and Donna. I know, right?) and I was totally spoiled so I knew it was before the credits. And I was like, freaking out because my grandmother had company! And I was like, I cannot talk to these people at 8pm! And my aunt was standing in the living room talking to me through the previouslys and I was like GET OUT OMG SHUT UP. And I LOVE talking to my aunt, but seriously? It was serious business.

Good times! What a crazy few weeks those were fandom wise.

[quaggy]

True! How often in fandom do you get something THAT anticipated that lives up to the hype? It was really amazing episode. Do you remember how every post on the Josh & Donna thread on TWoP ended with "Josh and Donna made out!" Even if the conversation had moved in a totally different direction! And then how LTG had posted a recaplet that was just "Josh and Donna made out" written over and over. We all took that as proof that he was one of us! Well, that and the fact that he changed the name of the J/D thread to "Keytus Interuptus". Next thing you know we were all calling ourselves Keytus Kids and the rest was history. *sigh* Good times. :-)

[cantbesilent.livejournal.com]

I DO remember that TWoP recaplet! I laughed so hard! Because its TRUE! And I totally lurked all up and down that thread there reading all those comments. No one I knew watched or cared about that show and it was before I had my LJ so I was all alone in my freak out, sniffle. And when they showed the commercial for Election Day and I FREAKED OUT and seriously screamed. And by that point my sister and brother had started watching my dvds so they magically cared, which was kinda nice, I'll be honest. And even with all my beef about what happened to WW the last few years the way that all unfolded was so satisfying for me, it was very very nice. Oh, how I miss it!

[quaggy]

Yeah, that's how I got started too. I had fallen in love all over again with West Wing by Season 7 and I had no one to talk to about it. My friend was really behind (like season 4-ish), so while I could talk about it and she would be able to follow, it wasn't really the same. That's when I started lurking on the TWoP boards. I delurked when I heard about the spoilers because I knew I would want to talk too. I also told my friend about and practically demanded she come over. (Not that I had to convince her. She was a big Josh/Donna fan.) Since she and her husband doesn't have a tv, they did come. We went to dinner and I filled them both in on what happened so far. Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm remembering more... I'm pretty sure Bravo played an earlier episode the hour before which I added running commentary to further catch them up. Anyway, after The Cold, they both were hooked on the show all over again, so they started coming over every week, which was awesome. And after they would leave, I would go on the TWoP boards to continue to geek out. It was a good system.

[anatolealice.livejournal.com]

Coldfic! Thank you Quaggy, I really enjoyed it. Donna always knows what to say :-)

[quaggy]

Or type, as the case maybe! Thanks, Ally! I'm so glad you liked it!

[elinorigbe.livejournal.com]

Lovely, grace under pressure, Quaggy. Actually very good, last minute not even a qualifier.

[quaggy]

Thanks Ellie! I still can't believe I pulled it off!!!

[likeiluvj-d.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was three years ago, holy crap!!! I remember turning off my phone and aim for the episode not wanting to talk to anybody!! I absolutely adored this Quaggy!

[quaggy]

It doesn't seem that long ago, does it? I'm glad you liked it! I wrote it so fast, I had no time to figure out if it was good or bad!

[zinke.livejournal.com]

You wrote fic! Whee!

And I can't believe I forgot this most momentous of anniversaries. *hangs head in shame*

[quaggy]

I wrote fic in twenty minutes!!! Seriously, I never thought I would be able to pull it off! I mean, I've always been good at getting things done at the last minute, but still! :-P

Don't worry about it. I forgot too. I think a bunch of us did. Sigh.

[kiss-me-cassie.livejournal.com]

hehehe! I need to finish a fic or two of my own. Like the one I found in a notebook the other night that is *just* about complete, but for some reason I abandoned long ago. Huh.

(And, um, I liked this a lot. :))

[quaggy]

I have plenty that I still need to finish. So it's kind of ironic that I got this done from scratch in less time than it takes me to get ready in the morning! I'm glad you like it!

[segsig.livejournal.com]

Nicely done!

[quaggy]

Thanks!

[edgeriffic.livejournal.com]

Veru very nice! Thanks for rectifying the no anniversary fic problem so well!

[quaggy]

My pleasure! Glad I could oblige!

[watson1.livejournal.com]

Quaggy fic. Yay! You do have a way with words, and it's a very nice drabble. It's also something that I see happening. :)

[quaggy]

You do have a way with words

Thank you, Watz! That a really compliment! You make me glad I decided to throw caution to the wind and just write.

[flippet.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is very sweet, quags! I can just see Josh involuntarily breaking out into an enormous smile. :-)

[quaggy]

Thanks Birthday Girl! And you got it! That would be his exact reaction.

And then he would text back "Promise?" :-P

[dr-ingram.livejournal.com]

i hadn't realised it was the time of thekiss of hot anniversary, I take it's for it airing in america.

anyway thanks for the fic, very sweet

[quaggy]

Yeah, unless you count the release of spoilers, the anniversary was for when the episode first aired.

And thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[kassandra-w.livejournal.com]

Great drabble, Quags!

[quaggy]

Thanks.

[kassandra-w.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!