Grumpy as Puck

My teammates called me Grumpy Old Man.

I understood the grumpy part. It wasn't as if I was the life of the party. But I wasn't old. Geez, I was only thirty-two.

Despite the only partly correct nickname, there's two things you needed to know about me. The first, I loved my dog and would do anything for that crazy mutt.

The second thing, well, it involved my teammates' sister. The woman he told me to stay away from. What nobody knew was I have had a crush on her for years.

Why was I telling you that?

My dog was in an accident and the only one who could save him? You guessed it. My secret crush was the local veterinarian.

What did I do to thank her? I got her fired. Now my secret crush thought I was a grumpy jerk too.