"Hello?" Lizzie answered slightly confused.

"Lizzie, hey it's me Gordo," Gordo started. "Who was that child with you?"

"He's…"

Lizzie began to tell him, but before she could say anything she looked over at Dominic and saw him laughing and telling her parents stories about the two of them, and their friends back home. Lizzie's mind went back to the day before high school graduation.

Lizzie, Gordo, and Miranda were all hanging out, at you guessed it the Digital Bean. Gordo and Lizzie were still together at that time. Lizzie felt that something was going to happen that day; she just never would've expected what did. Miranda went and joined her boyfriend Danny Kessler, and left the two alone together.

"Lizzie, can we talk?" Gordo asked all serious.

"Wow those words." Lizzie said kind of shocked and upset at the same time.

"We're going to be going to two different schools, quite a distance apart…" he started before she cut him off.

"And you want to end things now when everything is good, and you want to be able to date other people."

"It'd be better to go through all the pain of a break up now then it would later, when we fight about time spent. Long distance relationships don't work."

"Okay." She said calmly.

"Okay?"

"Yeah, it's over." She said before getting up and walking away. She didn't want him to see how badly she was hurt.

Gordo thought that the distance would break them apart, and knew that it wouldn't work. The statistics weren't always good for long distance relationships. But he also used long distance relationships as an excuse, he wanted out of this relationship because he was afraid, afraid that they'd become too serious at such a young age. Scared that he might actually love her more than a friend, and he didn't want to lose that friendship.

Gordo never had to tell Lizzie any of that; she figured it out the day after graduation. After everything changed, when she knew that she wanted to be with him more than he wanted to be with her she couldn't stand feeling the way she did. She kept wanting to pick up the phone, dial his number and ask him, why he left so fast that morning, why he never said goodbye, and why if he felt that they wouldn't work why did they spend that night together.

Gordo left for USC that day. No he didn't have to be there right away, but he planned on going there ahead of time to give him time to get settled, get to know where things were, and just see where his new home would be. Lizzie would be going off to Hearst that next day. Except Lizzie left earlier then anyone expected she packed and left that afternoon. She didn't want to have the memories of that night, the day before, or everything that reminded her of Gordo.

She was snapped back into reality when she heard Gordo on the other line…

"Who is he?" Gordo asked trying to get Lizzie's attention.

"He's someone that I can't just tell you about over the phone." She replied, knowing that she should tell him in person.

"Okay…"

"Can you come over?"

"Sure. I'll be right over."

They hung up, and Lizzie couldn't believe what she just did. Lizzie told her parents that she was going to tell Gordo when he came over, which would be quite soon. They stood behind her decision and told her that they'll be in the back yard with Dominic if she needed him. They did go out back, and Lizzie was completely stressing she didn't know how he was going to react or what was going to happen. The next thing Lizzie knew was that someone was at the door, it was Gordo. The two went into the kitchen. They sat at dinning table.

"So are you going to tell me who he is or am I going to have to guess?" Gordo asked breaking the silence.

"It's not that easy to just spit out and tell you. But do you remember graduation night?" Lizzie started.

"Yeah, I never forgot. Why?"

"Well…" Lizzie barely got out before Gordo interrupted.

"He's my son?" Gordo asked angrily.

Lizzie nodded, with tears in her eyes.

"You kept him from me!"

"No! In a strange way I helped you."

"Keeping the fact that I have son from me is what you consider helping me."

"You would've become someone else, you would've changed. Knowing you, you probably wouldn't have gone to school because you would've wanted to help. But I couldn't let you give up on that dream!"

"You're right, I probably would've done those things but I would've been there for him, for you. He would know that I do exist, that I didn't just leave him; I would've had the chance to love him and let him know it."

"He knows who you are, he's seen pictures, and he's heard stories. You weren't a secret to him…"

"He was just a secret for me. Did you ever plan on telling me?"

"I've tried plenty of times, I started letters but I didn't know what to say, I started to e-mails but couldn't do it once again. And I've called you, let it ring a few times and hung up before anyone could answer. It hurt keeping him from you, it hurt every time he asked if you loved him, and if he could see you. With him around I couldn't even forget about you."

"You should've went through with it and told me anyway. You should've told me the fears you had if you were to tell me, I would've listened and stayed in school. Either way I would've at least known. I would know what he was like his first three years of life…"

"The one day that I was actually going to call you and tell you the truth, you're phone was disconnected. Which means you got a new phone. Which means you didn't want me to have any means of contact with you."

"I wanted to forget about you like you wanted to forget about me."

"Why'd you want to forget about me?"

"I wouldn't feel so bad about our break up, I wouldn't have to feel so bad or like coward for not telling you how I felt."

"Felt? As in no longer do."

"Can we not talk about this? Can I see him?"

"Yeah."

Lizzie led him outside to where her parents and Dominic were. She watched Gordo as he just watched Dominic. He looked back at Lizzie but didn't say a word. Dominic came running up to his mom, and asked if it was okay to call him dad now. She nodded her head. Dominic went over and grabbed Gordo by the hand and led him to the middle of the yard where he was playing.

Jo looked over at her daughter, and saw the pain in her eyes from what just happened in there, but knew that there was more pain then just telling Gordo what he had the rights to know. She also knew that when the time was right that pain would eventually go away. She also saw how happy Lizzie was with her son, and that she was happy that Gordo knew and maybe Gordo and Dominic could develop a father and son relationship. With those two emotions going on she knew that above all she felt relieved that everything was out in the open.

Lizzie eventually walked back inside. Lizzie got on her cell phone and called Jack. The one person she could count on to make her fell better, the one that'd tell her that what she did was right no matter what and that it eventually had to be done. She knew all of that but it was always better when Jack said stuff like that, and he always knew she would always repay him back by doing the same exact thing for him. They were best friends, always supported one another, and one another's child.

After getting off the phone Lizzie went back outside and watched as the one thing that made her the happiest played with his father, the guy that filled her mind everyday, the guy that she could never erase, the guy that held her past, the guy that used to make her feel like she was everything and the guy that she will always love. She loved seeing Dominic being so happy, she's seen him happy many times but he was even more happy then usual. The one thing that was missing from his life to begin with and now he was there.

After the two played, and hung out for a couple hours Gordo finally said that he had to go. Dominic didn't want him to go, but Gordo assured him that he'd see him again. Lizzie offered to walk him to his car, and she did.

"Gordo…" Lizzie started.

"Yeah." He replied.

"Before you go can I ask you something other than this?"

"Sure."

"Why did you leave the next morning without saying goodbye?"

"I don't know."

"Why Gordo?"

"I said I don't know."

"I think you do know."

"Even if I do why do you want to know now?"

"I need to know. I need to know if that night was just one night to you that gave a reason to say that you've been with someone or if that night meant something more to you." Lizzie explained with pain in your voice.

"You really want to know why I didn't say goodbye that morning?"

Lizzie nodded.

"I couldn't bring my self to say it, not to you. I didn't want to see the expression on your face when I did. I felt that if I said goodbye to you I wouldn't be able to leave. Goodbye seemed to final…"

"Final won out. We didn't talk for four years..."

"I know." Was the only thing Gordo said.

"Did you ever love me?"


A/N: I hope that you liked the chapter. If not well I'm sorry.