Chapter 29
Having still two hours left till he would meet with Lizzie, Miranda and Gordo at the Mall Ryan finally decided to call his long-time childhood friend, hoping that he was at home right now as this whole matter was very urgent for him. It took two rings for Pete to pick up on the other end of the line, but then he finally heard the familar voice of his long time friend that he knew since the two had visted pre-school together. „Hey Ryan how are you my friend? I haven't heard from you in quite some time."
„I doing fine Pete, thanks for asking and I'm sorry that I haven't heard called in a while but I have been pretty busy with school stuff these past weeks. But this isn't a call just out of pure courtesy, I need an advise concerning a „problem" that I came along just recently and I hope that you can help with solving it." Ryan kind of hated himself a little bit for being so cryptic about the whole thing, as he was on the phone with best friend but because of the fact that this matter made him so nervous, he wasn't able to handle the whole thing any other way. Pete on the other end of the line couldn't help but laugh a little, as this behaviour was so typcial for Ryan in complicated situations and whatever it was, one thing was for sure: It really had to bother his friend a lot and of course he would be doing his best to help him through this as always, because that's what good friends are for. After taking a few seconds to think Pete then finally replied:
„Okay then go ahead, tell me what your „problem" is and I'm sure that we will be able to find a solution for it together. „ After he also took a few moments to think about what to say next, Ryan then said: „There's that girl Miranda, who I just recently met and you know me long enough to know that I stopped believing in love at first after the whole disaster with my last relationship with a girl. I don't how but meeting her, made me feel enchanted again, it didn't take long for me to fall in love with her but there's a catch.
With that love at first sight feelings resurfacing after all those years again, I don't know for sure if I'm ready to be in another relationship with a girl. Because I also keep asking myself: Is maybe the risk of getting my heart broken again at some point just too high to take at the end?" Pete listened to every word of his friend closely and even if he had hoped that Ryan had moved passed the whole thing once and for all, he was willing to help him with this whole thing.
After he had thought a lot about what to say next, he replied:
„The whole thing truly sounds tricky, but if you really love that girl you need to follow your heart on this one, instead of trying to deny your feelings." Pete hoped that those words were at least a little bit helpful in this difficult situation.
Meanwhile Miranda wasn't really able to focus on her math homework, as she couldn't but think about how weird Ryan had suddenly acted in her presence and she wanted to know what had caused that sudden change in his behaviour towards her. She tried her best to get her attention back to her homework, knowing that she really needed to get this done today but it that was easier said than done in the end. Frustated because of her inability to focus on the task at hand, she got up from her chair which stood behind her desk and went downstairs to get herself something to drink in the kitchen.
Back at the Mc Guire's house Gordo and Lizzie lay on the bed together, Lizzie's head resting on her boyfriend's front and she was truly feeling like walking on Cloud Nine when they just lay here together this close to each other. Working side by side the two had already finished all of their homework, of course both of them couldn't resist the tempation to exchange some endearments between each other as they kept stroking each other's hands.
„Do you think that our whole plan with finally getting Miranda „Mister Right" will work out at the end?" Lizzie asked as she turned her head a little to face Gordo, their faces now being just a few inches apart from each other and so Gordo took the oppurtunity to shortly stroke his girlfriend's face with his right hand and she smiled her famous smile at him, which he had loved so much for quite some time. After taking a while to enjoy this romantic moment between them a little bit more, he replied:
„Maybe it's going to take some more time to work out, but I think that Ryan and Miranda will be together at the end, as I believe that much in this plan." Lizzie kissed his forehead and Gordo couldn't resist to start a little tickle attack on her, which resulted in making her laugh hysterically but that certainly didn't stop him from continuing with that.
Later the two lovebirds were ready to start the next phase of their plan, of course both of them that this whole thing wouldn't be an easy task to accomplish but they had just put too much work into it to give up now.
Lizzie finally dialed Miranda's cellphone number, after she was fully prepared what to say for an excuse to be late to the meeting and both of them hoped that either Miranda or Ryan would make a move, as it had been quite obvious to her that Ryan clearly had a „thing" for Miranda too, but she also had noticed that he had acted kind of weird all over sudden towards Miranda. „Hey Chica what's up? I'm almost at the Mall, where are you?"
„I'm sorry but we are going to be a little bit late to the meeting, because we kind of lost track of time a little and so missed the bus to mall that we wanted to catch."
„Okay, so how late are you going to be exactly?" Miranda said and of course Lizzie could hear a litlle bit disappointment in her voice but her long time best friend would soon understand why she did it. Before Lizzie ended the call she tried her best to give Miranda at least a little of an idea, of how long it would take them and she couldn't help but sigh a little bit as she had put her mobile phone away again.
AN: Will Miranda try to make a move towards Ryan in a romantic way or will both of them be to scared to do anything like that in the end? Thanks to- Hokej for reviewing this story, Thanks to- ukwii for adding this story to her/his story alert subscription and adding it to her/his favorite stories list.
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