Disclaimer - The rights to Family Guy and its characters belong to the Fox Broadcasting Company, Seth MacFarlane, and any others associated with the show. No profit is being made by this fanfiction, this is all just for fun!

Note - I've always wanted to make my own Family Guy fanfic because I've been a fan of the show for a while (and by a while, I mean, like, 6 months or something). I'm sure from the title, you can already tell this is about Brian and Jillian, because out of all the girls Brian dated, Jillian was my favorite, and when they broke up, I wanted to rip my head off in sadness. Wait... Why would I rip my head off in sadness? Wouldn't that be like, in anger? Or stress? Or.. Hmmm.. Well, never mind. The point is, I hope you enjoy the story! I don't expect it to be some amazing piece of literature or something though lol. I'll also try to be as active as possible on this story, because I'm currently writing another story

Couples Note - Like I already mentioned, the main couple in this story will be Brian and Jillian, but it's not like I won't hint at the other couples. I might pair Chris up with someone since he's one of my favorites (Yes, I like Chris, hate me all you want XD). But the whole basis of this story is around Brian and Jillian. Enjoy!

Chapter 01: Since You've Been Gone

Ah, February. A beautiful month, isn't it? And you know what February is about. Black History Month! Oh, and Valentine's Day! Yes, Valentine's Day, a day of love and happiness, or loneliness and depression, whatever the case is. And this case applied to one of the less valued member of Quahog. Well, less valued dog members, to be more specific. We open in on the Griffins, who are, like always, sitting down on their couch, watching the Channel 5 News. Peter, Lois, Chris and Meg are on the couch, while Brian and Stewie are sitting on the carpet

"Good evening, Quahog" Tom Tucker says, holding a stack of papers, like always "I'm Tom Tucker"

"And I'm Joyce Kinney" The blonde news reporter says

"Today is the 1st day of February, which means 13 more days until Valentine's Day!" Tom Tucker says

"That's right Tom" Joyce began "Apparently, they're holding a Valentine's Day parade at City Hall in 2 weeks to celebrate. We now go live to our Asian reporter, Tricia Takanawa, Tricia?"

"Anyone find it weird that we're wasting our budget on a parade for Valentine's Day?" Tom asks "Like, isn't that kind of stupid?"

The camera then shows Tricia in front of City Hall, where several people are hanging decorations and designing floats for the event

"Tom, I am standing here outside City Hall, as many people are currently setting up the Valentine's parade" Tricia Takanawa says, holding a microphone

That's when Mayor West runs over to Tricia Takanawa anxiously, wearing a ghost costume

"Valentine's Day?!" Mayor West says, looking at the camera "I thought it was Halloween! Now I have to return this ghost costume back to the store!"

"Mr. Mayor, you are aware that you could just save it for next Halloween?" Tricia asks, looking at the Mayor

"Oh, it won't be the same!" He says as he crosses his arms in a childish manner

Peter clicks the remote, turning the TV off "Aw, sweet! Valentine's Day!"

"You know what that means, right Peter?" Lois says with a seductive voice, as she strokes her fingers on his chest

"Of course I do!" Peter says "FREE CHOCOLATE!" He cheers, Lois just gives him a blank stare

"I don't really like Valentine's Day" Meg says with a sigh "It's not that fun if you don't have anyone to share it with"

"Yeah you do!" Chris says "Remember that sex doll you made of Harry Styles last year?"

"Chris I told you never to speak of that!" Meg says, angrily glaring at her brother

Brian just merely groans

"Hey, what's the matter, Brian?" Peter says, as he looks down at his dog on the carpet

"It's just, I'm sick and tired of Valentine's Day.." Brian says, rolling his eyes "It's the most pointless holiday ever. It just reminds single people that their lives have no meaning"

"Brian, you sound like some hardcore emo right now" Stewie says, looking at the dog "And the only reason you hate Valentine's Day is because you have about 30 ex girlfriends that all hate you!"

"Don't remind me" Brian replies dryly, as he takes a sip from his flask

"I don't think you've maintained a girlfriend for a couple of months" Stewie says

"Well, yeah I have" Brian says, taking another sip "Jillian Russell, remember?"

"Oh yeah, I remember Jillian!" Lois says, with a chuckle "She was that dumb blonde girl, right?" Everyone, except Brian, began to laugh

"Yeah, and she had big boobs!" Chris said, in his dumb tone as usual, while Brian just facepalms

"Sure, she was dumb" Peter says "But you gotta admit that she's was pretty cool and fun! Like that time we went to Disney on Ice together!"

- FLASHBACK -

Jillian and Peter are sitting in the audience section with many others, watching several ice skaters dressed up as Disney characters do tricks on the ice. A skater dressed as Elsa from Frozen does a twirl in the air and lands perfectly, causing the audience to give her a standing ovation

"Wow!" Jillian says, clapping "These skaters are so cool! Right, Peter?" She looks to her side, but doesn't see Peter "Peter?" She then realizes that he's on the ice with ice skates

"Hey look, Jillian!" Peter says "I'm one of them now!" He does his signature laugh, and in an attempt to jump, he falls on his face. He then holds on to his knee, and as always, he says "Shhh... Ahh... Shhhh... Ahhh... Shhh... Ahh..."

- FLASHBACK ENDS -

"Yup, good times..." Peter says, looking up at the ceiling

"OK, can we stop talking about Jillian?!" Brian asks, a bit pissed

"What's your problem, lover boy?" Stewie asks, giving Brian a cold glare

"What do you mean 'what's the problem?'" Brian asks "There's no problem!"

"Face it, Brian" Stewie says "The more you try to find love, the more you lose hope. Trust me, Meg has a better chance at scoring a date than you!"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever" Brian says, getting up from the floor and grabs his key

"Where are you going?" Peter asks Brian

"I'm going to get some lunch" Brian says, without even looking at him. He then leaves and shuts the door

"Jeez.." Chris says "Looks like SOMEONE'S on their period..." Everyone just stares at him in confusion

Brian is driving his 2004 Toyota Prius currently trying to find somewhere to eat

"I'm just noticing the lack of places to get food in Quahog..." Brian says, scanning the outside the window of his car "Maybe I should turn on the radio to pass the time" He switches the radio on, and a program begin "Good afternoon, citizens of Quahog" Tom Tucker says "Me and Joyce are currently standing outside of City Hall, watching the construction of the Valentine's Parade!"

"Ugh.." Brian says dryly, as he switches the radio to another channel

"Welcome to Radio Statiom 61.6 where we give you a variety of music that appeals to you!" Says a man running a music radio station

"Hm, music" Brian says, keeping his eyes on the road "That isn't too bad"

"And since Valentine's Day is coming up, we have an entire playlist of Valentine's songs to play" The man says

"For God's sake..." Brian says, as he finds another radio station "I swear if it's another Valentine's station.."

"Welcome to Celebrity Interviews!" A lady on the radio says "Where we interview your favorite celebrities"

"Well, at least it has nothing to do with Valentine's Day" Brian says

"But today, we're going to interview celebrities with their sweethearts!" The lady says "In celebration of Valentine's-"

Brian shut off the radio before the station could finish "Screw it..." He decided it was best not to listen to the radio

He was still surveying the area to see if there was anywhere to eat, but he couldn't find anything "Seriously?" Brian says in frustration "Maybe if I go back..." He begins backing up his car, but before he knew it..

CRASH!

Brian quickly jumped in surprise "What the hell?!" He gets out of his car, only to see that his car crashed into a nearby tree

"God dammit!" He yells. He gets back into his car, and tries to start it, but it doesn't "What the..?" He checks the back of the car again, only to see that the motor was damaged "Crap..." He pulls out his phone "I better call Lois to pick me up.." He began pacing, dialing Lois's phone number, but before he could finish dialing her number, he was bumped into someone in between his pacing

"Agh!" They both yell, falling to the floor

"Ugh.." Brian says, rubbing his head "Listen, I'm sorry, are you oka-" And in the middle of looking up, he sees who he bumped into

"Brian?!"

"Jillian?!"

He had just bumped into his ex girlfriend, Jillian Russell. Both of them were shocked to see each other. The last time they had seen each other was when they went to James Woods's mansion and the whole "murder mystery" thing went down

"Oh my goodness!" Jillian says, getting up "Brian?! I can't believe this!"

"Neither can I!" Brian says, still with wide eyes "H-how are you?" He was completely hesitant

"How am I?" She asks "Good question... Hmm... Can I use a calculator?" Yup, he could never forget how dense, yet adorable she was

"So, it's good to see you again!" Brian says

"It's good to see you too!" Jillian says "So what are you doing out here?"

"Oh, I was just trying to find some place to eat lunch" Brian says "But from the looks of it, there's nowhere to eat"

"Actually, I was on my way to that new pizza parlor that just opened up!" Jillian says "Would you like to come with me?"

"Um.. Sure!" Brian says

"Rad!" Jillian says "We're really close to it, it seems, so I think we can just walk to rest of the way"

"Sounds good" Brian says, as they walked off to go to the parlor

"I sure love pizzas!" Jillian says "How they wrap them up in a tortilla and put meat in them!"

"Um... Jillian?" Brian says "I think you mean burritos..."

"No way!" Jillian says "Burritos are the triangular ones with the dough and the sauce, silly!" Brian remembered that he had to get used to her idiotic personality if he was gonna hang out with her

5 minutes later, Brian and Jillian arrived at the pizza place

"Look!" Jillian said to Brian, as she pointed to a sign on the window "It says that everything here costs $500! That's outrageous!"

"Jillian, that says $5.00" Brian specified, as they walked into the pizza parlor "It's probably so cheap to celebrate the grand opening"

"Oh.." She said "Now I regret giving that ice cream man $125 for ice cream.."

The two of them found a table and sat down. Due to its recent opening, the place was fairly clean, and very few people were there. There were two menus at their table, and both of them picked one up and read from it

"Hmm.. I think I'll have pepperoni" Brian says "Have you made your selection yet, Jillian?"

"Umm.." Jillian says to herself "I don't know! I can't read anything on this thing, it's like, in another language or something!" Brian then realizes that she was holding the menu upside down

"Uh.. Jillian?" Brian says. He turns her menu right side up

"Oh! That's much better!" Jillian says, smiling "I'll have pepperoni too!"

That's when Bruce walks over to their table wearing a pizza worker uniform, holding a notepad and a pen "What can I get y'all?"

"Bruce?" Brian asks "You work here?"

"Well yeah" Bruce says "How else am I gonna pay the bills? Be a stripper? Hmm.. That's not a half bad idea.. I'll have to keep that in mind"

"Anyways" Brian says "2 pepperoni pizzas please"

"OK, I'll be right back with your order!" Bruce says, as he takes some notes down on his notepad and struts away in his usual gay manner

"So, um.. Jillian?" Brian says "I had a question"

"Yeah?" She says with a concerned look

"Well, I was just wondering-" Brian said, before he was interrupted by Bruce

"Here's y'all's pizza!" He said, putting 2 pizza boxes on their table

"Woah, that was quick.." Brian says

"Well when ya got the right workers, it's easier to get the job down" Bruce says

- FLASHBACK (in the pizza parlor's kitchen) -

Bruce walks up to The Flash, who is wearing a cooking apron "Two pepperonis!" Bruce says

The Flash quickly runs to the stove with pizza dough, and half a second later, he comes back with 2 pizzas "Here ya go!"

- FLASHBACK ENDS -

"Oh.. Well, thanks" Brian says

That's when Bruce's phone starts to ring, he picks it up "Hello? Oh heyyy Jeffrey!" He says, as he walks away from their table

"Mmm!" Jillian says, soaking in the pizza's aroma "This smells delicious!"

"Yeah, I guess it does" Brian says, in his nonchalant tone as usual

Jillian picks up a slice of pizza, and before eating it, she says "So Brian, what we're you trying to say earlier?"

"Oh yeah!" Brian says, remembering "I wanted to ask, are you... Ok? You know, after Derek died?"

Jillian's smile quickly became a frown, as he reminded her about what happened, and then she sighed "Well, I guess I'm not really that over it.. I mean, I know it was about a year ago, but it was so tragic!" Her face began to fill with tears

"I'm so sorry I had to bring that up, Jillian" Brian says "Listen, we don't have to talk about it if you don't want to"

She sniffed, trying to keep the tears back "You don't have to be sorry.. I know you were just concerned about the whole thing... Thanks for caring.." She smiled at him, and he smiled back

That's when Brian's cellphone started ringing

"Oh, I better take this" Brian says "You know, if you don't mind"

"Oh, I don't mind!" Jillian says "Go ahead"

Brian picks it up "Hello?"

"Brian?" Lois says "Are you ok? You said you were gonna get lunch but you've been gone for over an hour!"

"Well, it took a while to find somewhere to eat, but I finally did" Brian says

"Ok, I just wanted to make sure you were okay" Lois says in relief "Bye"

"Bye, Lois" Brian says before he hangs up

"Who was that?" Jillian asks, taking another bite from her pizza

"Oh, it was just Lois" Brian says, stuffing his phone back into his pocket

"Oh yeah, I remember Lois!" Jillian says "Wasn't she the one with the short brown hair and glasses?"

"No, I think you mean Meg" Brian says

"No, Meg had blonde hair and a baseball cap! Lois had short brown hair, glasses, and was really fat"

"No, that's PETER" Brian says, with a mildly irritated tone

"Wait, but isn't Peter the one with the red hair? And the green shirt?" Jillian asks

"Never mind.." Brian says

"Well, what I do remember is that your family was really nice! Especially Stewie, he was adorable!" Jillian says with a big smile

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that.." Brian silently says to himself, as he grabs a cigarette and lights it

"So Brian" Jillian says "How have things been for you?"

Brian takes the cigarette out of his mouth "Good, I guess. I mean, I don't think anything has changed since the last time we saw each other. How about you?"

Jillian sighs "Well, actually, a lot has happened to me since we saw each other. You don't mind me talking about it, right?"

"No, I don't mind at all, go ahead" Brian says putting his arms on the table in a serious manner

"Well.." She began "After me and Derek got married and moved in together, things were seemingly good, but unfortunately, we had trouble paying most of our bills, and I had to get a job. It wasn't easy, and apparently, nobody wanted me to work for them. So the both of us had to work as hard as we could to keep living in his house. About a month afterwards, we went to James Woods's mansion and, well, you know the story.. After Derek died, I didn't know what to do. I didn't have a job and I had to find a way to money somehow, so I was forced to sell Derek's house and live in my old apartment again. Luckily, I had enough money to make a living after selling it, but it still wasn't easy living without Derek. I had to take a job as a bartender to pay for the rent, which was going pretty good at first, but my boss was sort of harassing me, so I quit... After that, I didn't know what to do. I had no one, and haven't dated ever since Derek died. I ended up taking a job at a gas station and that's pretty much how I make a living now"

Brian was shocked to hear all of this (he was even more shocked she was able to say all of that). He didn't realize how much Jillian was going through, and he felt very bad for her "Oh my goodness.. I-I never knew you had it so hard, Jillian! I am so sorry!"

"You don't have to be sorry, Brian" Jillian says "None of this is your fault"

"And I hope you don't think it's your fault either" Brian says to her

"Sometimes I think it IS my fault" She says silently "I always try so hard to do things right, but I just end up doing them wrong!" She began to get sad again "Sorry if I wasted your time, Brian.."

"No no!" Brian says "You didn't waste my time at all! I'm just... I'm just glad you're ok.." The two smiled at each other again

"Thanks so much for listening, Brian" Jillian says, still smiling

"Anytime, we're friends" Brian says, but then immediately thinking back at what he said "We.. We ARE friends.. right?" He asks

"Of course we are, Brian!" Jillian says "And I'm glad we are too, because you're a great friend" Things got a bit silent and awkward after that

"So..." Brian says, trying to start another conversation "You like the pizza?"

Jillian nods her head yes

"Yup, so do I.." Brian said in an awkward tone, tapping his fingers

Jillian checks the time on her phone "Brian, what does EST mean?"

"It means Eastern Standard Time" Brian says

"Oh!" She says, as she checks the time

"Hm, it's 9:30 PM" Brian says, looking at the time for himself "I think I better go home"

"Yeah, I think I'll go home too" Jillian says as she gets up from her seat and puts her coat on. The two of them exit the pizza parlor

"Seriously?! No tip?!" Bruce says, angrily holding the tip jar "Y'all's is mean..."

As the two of them walked out into the dark night, Brian remembered that his car didn't work

"Oh crap.." Brian says to himself

"What is it?" Jillian asks him

"Well, my car isn't working, and I don't think I can walk home" Brian says "Do you think.. Maybe, you could drive me home?"

"Well, sure" Jillian says "My car isn't parked far from here"

"Thanks a lot, Jillian" Brian says grinning

"No problem, anytime!" Jillian says. She walked over to where her car was, and he followed

She escorted him into the passenger seat, as she entered the driver's seat, started the car, and began driving

"So are you excited for Valentine's Day?" Jillian asks him

"No, not really" Brian says "I really see no point in it if you have no one to share it with"

"Well I love Valentine's Day!" Jillian says "All of those colorful easter eggs and easter bunnies!"

Brian was about to correct her, but he just let her statement be

About 30 minutes later, Jillian arrived in front of Brian's house

"Well, we're here" Jillian says "Would you like me to walk you to your door?"

"Um, sure" Brian says, smiling. The two of them exit her car and stand in front of his door

"Thanks for taking me out for lunch, Jillian" Brian says "And thanks for the ride, that was really nice of you, Jillian"

"You're welcome" Jillian says. They both attempt to hug each other, but stop in the middle, and awkwardly hand shake in stead

"I think I better go home" Jillian says, heading back to her car

"Wait!" Brian says

"Yeah, Brian?" She says, turning around

"Um.. I was just wondering.." He says, looking at the ground "Would you.. Would you like to, maybe go out for dinner next week..? Y-you know, as friends!" He begins to sweat nervously

"I think I'm free next week" Jillian says "Sure"

"That's great! Next week it is?" Brian says

"Next week! Good night Brian!" She says, as she enters her car and drives to her apartment. Brian watches her drive away and smiles. He then looks through the window, only to see that all the lights are off "Hm, looks like everyone's upstairs already" He casually enters his house and closes the door

We then pan over to Stewie's window, only to see him in his pajamas, staring out the window, for he saw the whole thing

He laughs rather loudly "Oh my gosh! This is rich!" He cackles to himself again

Thanks for reading the first chapter! I really enjoyed writing it and I hope you enjoyed reading it. Hopefully I'll be able to keep this fanfiction going while writing Total Pony Island. Thanks for all the support and please leave feedback in the reviews! Thank you! :)