You Don't Know Me | A Andy Gibb What If Story

Chapter 83

"How was your first day?" Andy asked as he greeted me at the front door.

I was a little overwhelmed and stressed because of the new job, it wasn't all that I hoped and prayed for.

I sighed before replying to Andy.

"First day jitters I suppose," I told him.

"Oh?" he asked.

"Yeah just a little bit more than I had anticipated. They just threw me in with no training and I'm not too familiar with the Apple Products so I was hoping that would be part of my training on the first day," I replied as I put my work stuff away.

"Give it a couple of days darling, maybe things will change?" he asked.

"I hope so," I remarked.

"I did make dinner which is currently in the oven," Andy told me.

"You didn't have to but thank you," I told him as we went into the bedroom to take my shoes off.

Then I remembered Andy had an appointment. I couldn't remember for what.

"Of course darling I mean it's a small gesture," he told me.

"Also, how did that appointment go today?" I asked him.

"Oh yeah, the appointment. It was okay. It was a check-up about my sobriety and my heart," he told me.

"And?" I asked him as we stood in the bedroom.

"Everything is good just got to keep up what I'm doing. I think it's just a scary reminder of what  I did to myself," he remarked.

"Hey hey hey the thing is honey, you are doing well now. You can't keep beating yourself up for what you did in your past," I commented. 

"I knew you'd say that," he replied.

"Duh come on I know you. And the good thing is, you are still going to AA and you are doing clean eating and all the good things. If you keep this up, you could live to be 100 I suppose," I commented.

"But," he commented.

You could tell this appointment did a number on him today. 

"But nothing okay? You'll be okay," I told him reassuringly.

"I know," he remarked as I wrapped him in a hug.

He sighed. You could tell how stressed he was from today.

"I bet dinner is done about now why don't we go check on it?" I asked him.

"Yeah we can," he commented as he kissed me.

We headed out to the kitchen.  We got things ready for dinner and sat down.

We didn't talk. It was a stressful day for both of us.

The evening winded down and eventually, we were sitting in the big recliner. I was stressed about work tomorrow. I hoped that they would actually train me and show me the ropes and not just assume I knew how to do things.

"Something's on your mind?" Andy asked me as I was completely zoned out in my thoughts.

"Y-yeah just work. I should be optimistic it's just the first-day jitters consumed me," I told him.

"Well everything new is scary but tomorrow is another day," he reassured me.

I took a deep breath and sighed.

"Right right," I commented as I kept thinking about the worst-case scenarios.

"Like you told me once during my lowest, you'll keep moving forward if you try," he told me.

I sighed as another day would be on the horizon.