Anything (Van McCann | CATB Fan Fiction)

6. MilkBoy, PA

|Van|

The sun was slowly dipping to the west, like a huge, warm orange ball tilting behind the next door building and leaving a collage of purple and peach streaks in the sky. My heart suddenly ache at the thought of my girlfriend back in London.

She had recently moved out to London, since she landed a job as a fashion buyer at an online retail store called Lavish Alice. Things were always a breeze when she was still in Llandudno as we would never have any problems communicating even when we were thousands of miles apart. She used to drop by my house to have tea with my parents and she'd occasionally sleep in my room because it reminded her of me, sweet things like that. But now that she's in London, her time was mostly occupied with work and time difference was starting to become an issue for us. I had to remind myself that living and working in London could be overwhelming, so I'd usually let her call me whenever she had the time to, since she's always in a bad mood whenever I called first, just like when I called her ten minutes ago.

I missed Emily.

I wished I could cut through the space, time and ocean that separated us. She would always joke about being sick of me being away all the time, that she was miserable. I knew there was a little truth in what she was saying. But Emily and I, we had big plans. And I knew, like me, she would want us to realize those plans.

Sighing, I turned my head to look at Vienna who was still standing next to me in silence, looking down at the fag butt that she had just put out on the tarmac.

Look at the sunset, Van, I told myself. I shook my head knowing how difficult it was to resist a peek at the beauty next to me. I could feel her eyes studying me while I studied the pavement.

"What are you thinking about?" Vienna murmured in a faraway voice, almost like she wasn't talking to me.

"Nothing...," I looked over at her, smiling. Her eyes were wide.

"Oh..." she tilted her head like it wasn't the answer that she had expected.

"What are you thinking about?" I smirked, mimicking her question.

"Nothing..." She laughed through her nose. "Well, I better go then," she pointed at the door.

"I am going to stay for a couple more," I told her when she was walking back towards the door.

She blinked a few times in the most adorable manner. "Uhm... Okay. See you in a bit!" She turned her head to look at me and smiled.

"Sure. See you on your next fag break," I chuckled.

"Sounds good," she said smiling, and gave me a thumb up as I watched her vanished through the door.

I then walked around the building and stumbled upon the ever growing queue for our gig that evening. It blew me out of my mind that people would spare some time to come to our gigs. I never thought that we would finally make it out of Llandudno. Everything seemed surreal.

"Van! Van! Right here!" I heard a few female voices squealing for my attention when I was walking at the corner of the street.

"Hello..." I smiled when I a bunch of girls were waving excitedly at me. It didn't take long for them to approach me. I noticed a couple of familiar faces, smiling at me.

"Do you remember us? We were at your gig last night in New York," one of them told me. She was petite and cute.

"Yeah, yeah. I remember you. Thanks for coming all the way for our show tonight," I told her as she handed me a Sharpie and her ticket for me to sign on.

"What's your name again?" I asked her.

"It's Lucy," she grinned. "Can we take a picture together?"

"No," I playfully said. She looked a bit surprised by my answer but, I then chuckled and told her,"Nah. I am just messing with you. Of course."

She excitedly handed her iPhone to her friend and proceeded to put her arm behind my back. She was holding me tightly so I placed my arm around her. She then kissed my cheek to thank me and I was flushing a little bit. It was always difficult to tell a fan not to do that, so I just let them. She then placed her phone in front the both of us and told me to pose for the front camera. I made a few silly faces and she was loving it.

"Where's Bob?" The other one asked. Bob was always the most sought after one.

"I think he'll be out soon," I told her.

"He better be. We have been waiting since sun out," she murmured.

"That's sweet of you." I told her. "Are you cold? Do you need any food? A banana, maybe?" I offered her but she only laughed at my question while her friends were squealing "Oh my God," next to her.

A few more people came to approach me, so I stayed for a little longer to chat with them. I was then joined by my band members not long after and the fans got really excited.

I was happy that we got the chance to personally thank them for coming to our show. Dan then came out to tell us to get inside since the gig were starting soon. I said my goodbyes and my steps were suddenly held back by a gentle force that yanked my arm.

"Van. Wait!"

I turned my head and saw the petite girl, Lucy, holding out a piece of paper for me to take. I took the paper from her and smiled.

"What's this?"

"Open it once you're inside. You'll see," she flirtatiously grinned. I nodded and proceeded to the door, waving at everyone.

"Did you just gain yourself a groupie?" John asked laughing.

"You mean this?" I held the paper that Lucy gave me. "I am not so sure, mate," I laughed. "Let me see..."

I opened the folded paper and saw numbers written on it. "Hmm... Telephone numbers," I laughed.

"Congratulations. Everyone now wants to shag Van McCann," John patted my back. "There you go, mate!"

"I got one too," Bob knowingly smiled.

"Oi, that's not fair. How come I didn't get any?" John sulked.

"Yeah, mate. I didn't get any, too!" Benji said, grabbing the paper away from Bob's hand. "Let me see. Oh? Her name's April? That's cute."

"Mine is Lucy, if you fancy a Lucy," I smirked.

"Nah. I only fancy the ones that were named after a city. Like... Vienna," he threw out his fingers in the air at the mention of her name.

"Stop fancying her like a school boy, Ben," Johnny laughed, rubbing Benji's head a few times. "She made it clear that she has a boyfriend!"

"I can't help it, mate. She's stunning!"