Hey! This is my first Lizzie fic. I hope you like it!!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Lizzie McGuire. I wish I did though. Oh, the things I'd do...
Whoa. I was reading through this and found some typos that really made it suck. So, I revised it.
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Chapter One:
A Quite Unexpected Proposal
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"Wow, Gordo. This has been the absolutely greastest birthday ever!"
Gordo gave Lizzie a smile. "Well, it isn't every day my best friend turns eighteen. I had to make it special." He gazed at her. Lizzie was a vision of complete perfection. She wore a long, flowing pink dress, with one strap. He long blonde hair fell in soft curls over her shoulders, and her blue eyes shined brightly with giddy excitement. Gordo smiled. If she only knew...
He had bought the ring on impulse. He had a pocket full of money ( a few thousnad dollars to be exact) that his grandmother had sent for a graduation present. He was walking through the mall, looking for a birthday gift for Lizzie, thinking about how much he loved her. You may think you cannot buy a $3000 dollar diamond ring on impulse. Especially if you're bright and smart and level-headed. But when you stop to think how beautiful she is and how great it would look on her finger and how great it would be for her to be all yours...
That isn't even the craziest part. The craziest part was that they were not even dating.
Lizzie hadn't shown the slightest romantic interest in him their entire time in high school. Well, maybe some mild flirting here and their, but nothing either of them ever acted on. She had dated tons of other guys, and he had been serious for about half of sophmore year with this girl named Emma. But...Gordo had loved Lizzie so much most of his life, and he was going to ask her to marry him.
He was going away to college. So he wanted to make sure she will still be there when he got back. That she didn't run off to Los Vegas with Ethan Craft or anything.
"Gordo? Is your food okay? You're not eating."
Gordo laughed softly. "Oh, its great. I'm just..thinking." Lizzie looked at him strange. He knew he sounded jittery. How could he help it. *Calm down, Gordo,* he told himself, *You can do this. Maybe she won't think you're insane.* Yeah. Right.
"This sure is a fancy place," Lizzie commented, "It was too much for my birthday, Gordo. Really."
"Nothing is too good for my Lizzie." He froze. Did he just call her HIS Lizzie?! But she didn't seem shocked. She just smiled. They had been best friends forever and all...
"Lizzie...theres something I want to ask you." *Here goes, Gordon. This will be either the best night of my life or the most humiliating one. I hope I'm ready.*
Lizzie tilted her head and smiled. "Uh huh?"
Gordo took a deep breath. "You're eighteen today. You're an adult. I am too. We've known each other since we were babies and...um..." He stumbled over his words. He wished he had thought to rehearse this. "I...I've had feelings for you and even though we've never actually dated or anything...um...I think we have something special and..." He fumbled to open the ring box that he took from his pocket. He got on one knee. "Will you marry me?"
He closed his eyes prepared to be let down. Not laughed at, but let down easy from sweet, girl next-door FRIEND Lizzie McGuire.
He wasn't prepared to feel her soft lips on his.
He almost feel off his knee. He opened his eyes nad stood up. Lizzie was smiling. "Gordo, I've loved you since eighth grade." She put her arms around his neck, batting her eyelashes and grinning up at him. "You never thought to just ask me to a movie or something first?"
Gordo laughed. "So...thats a no?"
Lizzie held out her hand. "Over my dead body." He slipped the ring on her finger and she giggled. She kissed his lips softly. "Its weird. A minute ago we were simply friends and now...we're engaged? You move fast, Gordo. That just happened real fast."
"Take back the ring?"
"No!" She giggled and swatted him playfully. "So we're a couple now."
"In the biggest way, McGuire."
Lizzie looked down at her new ring, twisting it around. "I don't want to get married for awhile, Gordo. We have to take our time, you know."
"Of course. When we're ready."
After dinner, the new couple decided on a wak through the park. They were walking under the moonlight, hands entwined, when they heard screaming.
"Well fine! You're a jerk, anyway! I don't see what I ever saw in you!"
"Don't forget I'm the one dumping you, you little slut! Keep out of my sight and don't come bothering me when the time comes!"
"I won't! Because I don't need you!"
Lizzie watched as Kate ran away from her boyfriend, now ex-boyfriend, Jeffrey's truck. Tears were streaming down her face as Jeffrey sped away.
Lizzie started over to the bech where Kate had settled. Gordo started to follow her, but Lizzie put her hand on his chest, signaling she wanted to talk to Kate alone. She continued over.
"Hey, Kate."
Kate looked up. Her eyes were red and puffy, and her face was tear-streaked. "Hello, McGuire. Guess you love seeing me like this?"
Lizzie rolled her eyes, and sat down next to Kate. "You know I hate seeing you like this." She put her arm around her ex-best friend. "Tell me whats wrong."
Kate looked into Lizzie's eyes. "Well, I'm pregnant, and Jeffrey broke up with me."
Lizzie's jaw dropped. "Oh my God...Kate, I'm so sorry..." She paused. "Jeffrey was a jerk. You so deserve better. Like..."
Kate held up her hand. "Lizzie McGuire, do not say Ethan Craft. We are finished, through, and he probably thinks I am such a whore. HE derserves so much better ME. Someone like you."
A smile came to Lizzie's face. "I already have someone."
Kate looked from Lizzie's smiling face, over to Gordo, and she actually gave a small grin. "Well, well, you and Gordon. Knew it would happen sooner or later."
Lizzie stood up. "Come on, Kate. You're coming home with me. You'll take a shower, then we can stay up all night and talk, just like old times." Kate nodded, and wiped her eyes. She smiled.
"Thanks, Lizzie."
Lizzie ushered her over to where Gordo was waiting by his car. "Come on, Kate's coming home with me." Gordo gave her a questioning look. Lizzie sighed. "Lets just go, Gordo."
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"So little Lizzie is secretly engaged."
Lizzie blushed as kate dug her spoon into the tub of Mocha Chip ice cream. "I think what Gordo did is really sweet. Unconventional, to say the least, but sweet." She looked down into her ice cream tub, and Lizzie knew she was thinking about Jeffrey.
"Don't waste another thought on that jerk, Kate."
Kate looked up, tears in her eyes. "I'm going to be a mother."
Lizzie sighed. She had been trying to make her forget that, at least for tonight. "Are your parents going to be mad? My parents are already gonna kill me when they find out about this." She held up the hand with her engagement ring on it.
Kate shrugged. "They probably won't care. They don't give a shit about my life." She glared at nothing in particular.
"I care, Kate."
Kate leaned her head on Lizzie's shoulder. Lizzie smiled. She felt things changing. Her and Kate were friends again. Gordo and her were engaged! What else would happen?
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Miranda Sanchez pushed Matt McGuire against the wall and kissed him deeply.
They had been secretly seeing each other for about six months. Neither of them really wanted to confess their true feelings to anyone else. Matt's parents would certainly not approve, and Lizzie would be freaked out Miranda liked her brother. And there was the whole part about her being a senior and him being a freshman.
"Miranda!" Matt said, out of breath, "Where did you come from?"
Miranda grinned. "I'm spending the night with Lizzie. She called me about some big crisis with Kate. And maybe while they're busy solving Kate's problem I could sneak over to your room and..." She twirled her finger on Matt's chest.
Matt grinned, kissing her on the cheek. "We have to be careful, Miranda. Making out in the middle of the hallway does not fall under the 'I'm being cautious' category." He couldn't resist stealing one more kiss. "See you later."
Miranda smiled to herself as she walked over to Lizzie's room.
"Hey Lizzie. Hey...Kate." Miranda noticed Kate had been crying. "Okay. Whats the deal?"
Lizzie looked at Kate for permission to tell, and Kate nodded. "Kate's pregnant, and Jeffrey dumped her." Miranda gasped. Lizzie then smiled. "Oh, and Gordo and I are engaged."
Miranda's jaw dropped.
"En-engaged?! Lizzie, you two aren't even dating! This is insa-"
"Miranda! Stop yelling! Do you want my parents to find ut?!"
Miranda covered her mouth. "This is insane," she whispered, "You're eighteen years old. You can't get married!"
"We love each other. Plus, we're not getting married YET."
Miranda sighed. She wished she could marry Matt. Yeah right. Like that would happen. So far, their relationship was almost totally physical. Not that she minded the physical-ness, but...he hadn't even said he loved her. But she hadn't said she loved him. She wasn't even sure if she did. It was kind of confusing.
"Earth to Miranda! You'e spacing out!"
Miranda snapped back to reality. "Oh, yeah...sorry Liz. What were you saying?"
Lizzie sighed. "I was telling Kate here she should get back with Ethan Craft. He's sweet and kind and really loves her."
"He does NOT love me!" Kate said, "I'm practically incapable of being loved!"
"Don't put yourself down like that, Kate," Miranda said, "I know he really likes you. I see him staring at you all the time."
Kate looked up. "Really?" She shook her head. "No. I dumped here for Mark, then Taylor, then Glenn, then Joshua, then Jeffrey. And now I'm pregnant and I don't know what the hell is gonna happen to me."
Lizzie and Miranda put their arms around her.
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Okay, first chapter is just getting things started. I know the whole proposal thing was a little unbelievable, but work with me. I have a plan and stuff and please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Lizzie McGuire. I wish I did though. Oh, the things I'd do...
Whoa. I was reading through this and found some typos that really made it suck. So, I revised it.
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Chapter One:
A Quite Unexpected Proposal
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"Wow, Gordo. This has been the absolutely greastest birthday ever!"
Gordo gave Lizzie a smile. "Well, it isn't every day my best friend turns eighteen. I had to make it special." He gazed at her. Lizzie was a vision of complete perfection. She wore a long, flowing pink dress, with one strap. He long blonde hair fell in soft curls over her shoulders, and her blue eyes shined brightly with giddy excitement. Gordo smiled. If she only knew...
He had bought the ring on impulse. He had a pocket full of money ( a few thousnad dollars to be exact) that his grandmother had sent for a graduation present. He was walking through the mall, looking for a birthday gift for Lizzie, thinking about how much he loved her. You may think you cannot buy a $3000 dollar diamond ring on impulse. Especially if you're bright and smart and level-headed. But when you stop to think how beautiful she is and how great it would look on her finger and how great it would be for her to be all yours...
That isn't even the craziest part. The craziest part was that they were not even dating.
Lizzie hadn't shown the slightest romantic interest in him their entire time in high school. Well, maybe some mild flirting here and their, but nothing either of them ever acted on. She had dated tons of other guys, and he had been serious for about half of sophmore year with this girl named Emma. But...Gordo had loved Lizzie so much most of his life, and he was going to ask her to marry him.
He was going away to college. So he wanted to make sure she will still be there when he got back. That she didn't run off to Los Vegas with Ethan Craft or anything.
"Gordo? Is your food okay? You're not eating."
Gordo laughed softly. "Oh, its great. I'm just..thinking." Lizzie looked at him strange. He knew he sounded jittery. How could he help it. *Calm down, Gordo,* he told himself, *You can do this. Maybe she won't think you're insane.* Yeah. Right.
"This sure is a fancy place," Lizzie commented, "It was too much for my birthday, Gordo. Really."
"Nothing is too good for my Lizzie." He froze. Did he just call her HIS Lizzie?! But she didn't seem shocked. She just smiled. They had been best friends forever and all...
"Lizzie...theres something I want to ask you." *Here goes, Gordon. This will be either the best night of my life or the most humiliating one. I hope I'm ready.*
Lizzie tilted her head and smiled. "Uh huh?"
Gordo took a deep breath. "You're eighteen today. You're an adult. I am too. We've known each other since we were babies and...um..." He stumbled over his words. He wished he had thought to rehearse this. "I...I've had feelings for you and even though we've never actually dated or anything...um...I think we have something special and..." He fumbled to open the ring box that he took from his pocket. He got on one knee. "Will you marry me?"
He closed his eyes prepared to be let down. Not laughed at, but let down easy from sweet, girl next-door FRIEND Lizzie McGuire.
He wasn't prepared to feel her soft lips on his.
He almost feel off his knee. He opened his eyes nad stood up. Lizzie was smiling. "Gordo, I've loved you since eighth grade." She put her arms around his neck, batting her eyelashes and grinning up at him. "You never thought to just ask me to a movie or something first?"
Gordo laughed. "So...thats a no?"
Lizzie held out her hand. "Over my dead body." He slipped the ring on her finger and she giggled. She kissed his lips softly. "Its weird. A minute ago we were simply friends and now...we're engaged? You move fast, Gordo. That just happened real fast."
"Take back the ring?"
"No!" She giggled and swatted him playfully. "So we're a couple now."
"In the biggest way, McGuire."
Lizzie looked down at her new ring, twisting it around. "I don't want to get married for awhile, Gordo. We have to take our time, you know."
"Of course. When we're ready."
After dinner, the new couple decided on a wak through the park. They were walking under the moonlight, hands entwined, when they heard screaming.
"Well fine! You're a jerk, anyway! I don't see what I ever saw in you!"
"Don't forget I'm the one dumping you, you little slut! Keep out of my sight and don't come bothering me when the time comes!"
"I won't! Because I don't need you!"
Lizzie watched as Kate ran away from her boyfriend, now ex-boyfriend, Jeffrey's truck. Tears were streaming down her face as Jeffrey sped away.
Lizzie started over to the bech where Kate had settled. Gordo started to follow her, but Lizzie put her hand on his chest, signaling she wanted to talk to Kate alone. She continued over.
"Hey, Kate."
Kate looked up. Her eyes were red and puffy, and her face was tear-streaked. "Hello, McGuire. Guess you love seeing me like this?"
Lizzie rolled her eyes, and sat down next to Kate. "You know I hate seeing you like this." She put her arm around her ex-best friend. "Tell me whats wrong."
Kate looked into Lizzie's eyes. "Well, I'm pregnant, and Jeffrey broke up with me."
Lizzie's jaw dropped. "Oh my God...Kate, I'm so sorry..." She paused. "Jeffrey was a jerk. You so deserve better. Like..."
Kate held up her hand. "Lizzie McGuire, do not say Ethan Craft. We are finished, through, and he probably thinks I am such a whore. HE derserves so much better ME. Someone like you."
A smile came to Lizzie's face. "I already have someone."
Kate looked from Lizzie's smiling face, over to Gordo, and she actually gave a small grin. "Well, well, you and Gordon. Knew it would happen sooner or later."
Lizzie stood up. "Come on, Kate. You're coming home with me. You'll take a shower, then we can stay up all night and talk, just like old times." Kate nodded, and wiped her eyes. She smiled.
"Thanks, Lizzie."
Lizzie ushered her over to where Gordo was waiting by his car. "Come on, Kate's coming home with me." Gordo gave her a questioning look. Lizzie sighed. "Lets just go, Gordo."
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"So little Lizzie is secretly engaged."
Lizzie blushed as kate dug her spoon into the tub of Mocha Chip ice cream. "I think what Gordo did is really sweet. Unconventional, to say the least, but sweet." She looked down into her ice cream tub, and Lizzie knew she was thinking about Jeffrey.
"Don't waste another thought on that jerk, Kate."
Kate looked up, tears in her eyes. "I'm going to be a mother."
Lizzie sighed. She had been trying to make her forget that, at least for tonight. "Are your parents going to be mad? My parents are already gonna kill me when they find out about this." She held up the hand with her engagement ring on it.
Kate shrugged. "They probably won't care. They don't give a shit about my life." She glared at nothing in particular.
"I care, Kate."
Kate leaned her head on Lizzie's shoulder. Lizzie smiled. She felt things changing. Her and Kate were friends again. Gordo and her were engaged! What else would happen?
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Miranda Sanchez pushed Matt McGuire against the wall and kissed him deeply.
They had been secretly seeing each other for about six months. Neither of them really wanted to confess their true feelings to anyone else. Matt's parents would certainly not approve, and Lizzie would be freaked out Miranda liked her brother. And there was the whole part about her being a senior and him being a freshman.
"Miranda!" Matt said, out of breath, "Where did you come from?"
Miranda grinned. "I'm spending the night with Lizzie. She called me about some big crisis with Kate. And maybe while they're busy solving Kate's problem I could sneak over to your room and..." She twirled her finger on Matt's chest.
Matt grinned, kissing her on the cheek. "We have to be careful, Miranda. Making out in the middle of the hallway does not fall under the 'I'm being cautious' category." He couldn't resist stealing one more kiss. "See you later."
Miranda smiled to herself as she walked over to Lizzie's room.
"Hey Lizzie. Hey...Kate." Miranda noticed Kate had been crying. "Okay. Whats the deal?"
Lizzie looked at Kate for permission to tell, and Kate nodded. "Kate's pregnant, and Jeffrey dumped her." Miranda gasped. Lizzie then smiled. "Oh, and Gordo and I are engaged."
Miranda's jaw dropped.
"En-engaged?! Lizzie, you two aren't even dating! This is insa-"
"Miranda! Stop yelling! Do you want my parents to find ut?!"
Miranda covered her mouth. "This is insane," she whispered, "You're eighteen years old. You can't get married!"
"We love each other. Plus, we're not getting married YET."
Miranda sighed. She wished she could marry Matt. Yeah right. Like that would happen. So far, their relationship was almost totally physical. Not that she minded the physical-ness, but...he hadn't even said he loved her. But she hadn't said she loved him. She wasn't even sure if she did. It was kind of confusing.
"Earth to Miranda! You'e spacing out!"
Miranda snapped back to reality. "Oh, yeah...sorry Liz. What were you saying?"
Lizzie sighed. "I was telling Kate here she should get back with Ethan Craft. He's sweet and kind and really loves her."
"He does NOT love me!" Kate said, "I'm practically incapable of being loved!"
"Don't put yourself down like that, Kate," Miranda said, "I know he really likes you. I see him staring at you all the time."
Kate looked up. "Really?" She shook her head. "No. I dumped here for Mark, then Taylor, then Glenn, then Joshua, then Jeffrey. And now I'm pregnant and I don't know what the hell is gonna happen to me."
Lizzie and Miranda put their arms around her.
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Okay, first chapter is just getting things started. I know the whole proposal thing was a little unbelievable, but work with me. I have a plan and stuff and please review!