Chapter 3- finding out how Laurie feels about Gordie.

The next day Gordie came back to the Diner. I was kinda trying to avoid him ever since I'd found out that Chris was Laurie's brother and that I'd just promised to help the two of them meet in secret assuming she liked him Avoiding him, however, was not so easy because he chose to sit right in front of me at the counter. In desperation, I crouched low behind it- no such luck though!

"Holly? Holly? Holly! Give it up, I can see you!" he told me.

"What? Oh, I was just…re-arranging the napkins," I lied, pretending to do so.

"O…kay, whatever works for you. Anyway, I gotta ask, did you talk to her yet?" he asked.

"No, not yet. It's just…I didn't know Chris was her brother," I said.

"Is that a problem?" He asked, furrowing his brow.

"Well…no…," I blushed.

"Do you…like him?" Gordie asked, laughing.

"What! No! Of course I don't like him! Certainly, not like that anyway! "I exploded. "I mean, God, what kind of question is that anyway!"

"Woah, I was just asking. I'm very, um, sure that you don't like him…like that," he laughed, but then stopped when I threateningly waved the muffin tray tongs at him. "Sorry. So you're backing out, cos that would just…suck!"

"Oh don't make the puppy dog eyes at me! Okay, okay, I'll do it! I'll find out how she feels about you later today," I caved.

"She's alone over there," he stated.

I raised my eyebrows at him. "What? You want me to do it now!"
"Well, she is free just now," he reasoned.

"Fine. Alright," I rolled my eyes and walked over, praying she'd say he was just a friend and nothing more.

Laurie was in the middle of fiddling with her dirty blonde (that being a shade of blonde almost verging on brown and not just blonde hair that really needs a good wash!) and writing the specials on the Specials Board.

"Hey Laurie!" I said, a bit over-enthusiastically, sitting across from her.

"Hey Holly, how's it going?" she smiled.

"I'm great. Great! It's all…great," I smiled desperately, thinking of a way to bring this up. "You know who else is great? Gordie! He is one great guy!"
"Yeah, he is," she agreed, blushing slightly.

"So seriously, he is really great. I mean, wow, I know I couldn't think of a more perfect guy! He'd make a great boyfriend, don't you think?" I asked, talking veeeery fast.

"Holly…do you like Gordie?" She asked, frowning.

"What? No! Gaaah, okay, I'm just gonna level with you- do you like Gordie? Like that, I mean?" I asked, simply.

"Well, uh, yeah. I mean, no. God, of course I do, I really do. Why do you asked," She quizzed me.

"He asked me to find out how you felt about him because he really likes you, but doesn't want Chris to know," I spilled the truth.

"He likes me!" she squealed. "Best. News. Ever!"
"Yeah, I guess. But didn't you hear what I said about Chris?" I asked, calming her down.

"What? Oh shit, Chris! I promised I'd never date any of his friends. He'd kill me," she panicked.

I sighed. "Well, it's your lucky day. I promised Gordie I'd help you two meet in secret."

"Really, Holly?" She looked so happy. "You're such a saint."

"So you wanna?" I asked, frowning.

"uh…YEAH!" she squealed again. "Oookay, I need to go talk to Gordie!"

"That's great…just great," I uttered, letting my head fall to the table, banging it off of it.

A few minutes later, I joined them again and, wow, you'd think they'd been going steady for years because they were all over each other, hand-holding but in a cutesy way.

"So, I'm taking Laurie on our first date soon," Gordie smiled. "You'll help, right?"

"I promised didn't I?" I forced a smile, kicking myself in my would-be nads.

"Aaw," Laurie gave me a squeeze, "Is this girl a ten or what!"