Here and Now
Author: Sparkling-Diva
Rating: PG-13 (possibly more later)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Feedback: Yes! Please! But be nice!
Summary: Vincent Gray, now 33, is at a depressing stage of his life. When he meets a young girl, his life will change forever.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to the show Judging Amy whatsoever and in no way am I affiliated with it.
Author's Note: This takes place as soon as Vincent comes back. The only changes are that here Peter and Gillian are still together, Carole is cured from her disease but with her doctor, Vincent doesn't work at the shelter featured in the new episodes, and Kyle is living with Maxine while Vincent moves back in with Donna. Oh, and this is my first Judging Amy fic by the way! Yeahy!
Chapter 1
Vincent Gray had made many mistakes in his life. Many that he would regret for years to come.
His biggest mistake: Carole.
Because of her, his whole world had turned upside down.
His writing career had almost ended.
His family nearly fell apart.
He moved away to place he didn't want to go to.
California.
Thinking back, he realized that there was a time he did love Carole. He thought she loved him back. He was convinced that she did.
He was wrong.
When Vincent found out that she had cancer, he was in shock.
His family never liked Carole much and he couldn't count on them at that moment.
That's when he made his stupid decision. They would go to Vegas and get married.
They did and when they got back there weren't too many happy faces. But once they found out why he had done it, all that there was left was sympathy for him.
Not Carole.
He had to admit that this decision was wrong. Yet he went on with his life.
Realizing that she needed to seek help and further her career, he moved to California with her.
He still remembers the day when he had to say good-bye to his family at the airport. He would miss his mother's constant nagging on him to get his work done, Donna and her child cheering him up when there was a bad day, Peter and Gillian's fighting over the simplest things, his friend and sister, Amy, and watching his niece Lauren grow up.
He left and it actually took a little while until he realized the true person that Carole was. They broke up and he made the obvious decision.
He would come back home.
He felt sorry for Carole and what kind of person she was. Things could've been much more different if she just understood him better. Truthfully, she didn't. He knew she never would.
Now he was back in Connecticut and back at square one looking for a job while still writing.
His family was worried. They were worried sick of what would happen to the now and to the future. They were worried that he would be depressed for the rest of his life.
"I feel like since you've come back we haven't really talked to each other," his sister, Amy told him once.
He just told her that he had been through a lot and now wasn't the time to talk about it.
It just wasn't.
Now he wasn't sure what he would do about it…
