Epilogue
"Actually, Liz, Ethan was the one that failed chemistry... we didn't... And, maybe you got your thunderbolt... just not with Ethan."
"I did?"
Lizzie had been waiting for this moment most of her life. And who better to share this moment than with her best friend, her Gordo?
When they kissed, Lizzie knew her thunderbolt had struck. Or more likely, it had made itself known. She felt the kiss, she felt this want to be with him, this desire to make him happy, this need to love him.
When they pulled back, David shyly asked, "Would you be my date for Winter Formal, Lizzie McGuire?"
Lizzie laughed and hugged him tight, "Do you even have to ask, Gordo?"
David shrugged, "Of course! How else are we gentlemen supposed to act?" As he returned the hug, he slyly added, "So is that a yes or no?"
She slapped him playfully, "Uh, I suppose that hug and," She kissed him on the lips, "That kiss means no."
Teasing her, "Wow, that makes me wonder what a yes meant!"
Lizzie kissed him again, feeling a natural chill and aire of being right at home in his arms. When they parted, she whispered, "Yes, I would love to be your date for Winter Formal."
Giving her a pensive look, "What would I have to do to make you fall in love with me?"
Lizzie laid her head in his shoulder, sighed, then looked up at him thoughtfully, "Just let me be Lizzie in your eyes."
He kissed her on the forehead, "I would never want to call you anything but my Lizzie."
"Next up to give her oral presentation," The English teacher glanced at the sheet before her, then presented, "Lizzie McGuire."
Lizzie decided to dress up for the part. She wore a conservative pink dress that still managed to show off the right curves. She had a pink ribbon in her hair and a smile that nearly caused David to faint.
Holding up her book proudly, she began her presentation.
"For this assignment, I read Mario Puzo's The Godfather. This book changed my life, or at least my view on things. One those things just happened to be love." Presenting the book again, "In the book, Michael had two romantic loves. First was Kay. He had a pure love for her that he didn't want anything, including his Family, to affect. That love, however, changed over the course of the story. Soon his love for her caused him to need her as his wife and mother of his children. Granted that the movie trilogy had more to say about their love story, but I'm talking about the book's version of their love.
"His second love was Apollonia. Now that love story was the one that I thought had more effect on me. Michael was struck by what the Sicilians called 'The thunderbolt'. This at first sight attraction that was much more than that. It had more passion, more desire, more want and need and eventually would lead to love. I myself wanted that! I wanted to feel that thunderbolt with someone because it sounded as is, romantic.
"After much consideration, both Michael's love for Kay and Apollonia taught me a lesson. It taught me that the 'thunderbolt' happens. It could happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime."
Lizzie glanced over at Ethan and Kate, remembering Ethan's story. She wasn't surprised to see things work out between those two. Ethan had taken Lizzie's advice and spoken to Kate. From the sparkle in Kate's eyes after that talk, one could tell it was love for her. Lizzie was surprise, though, to see Kate less spiteful towards her. There's a difference, however, between spiteful and snobbish.
"The thunderbolt strikes you, whether or not you go looking for it like I was. And when it happens, it's up to you to decide how you want to deal with it."
She smiled at Miranda and Larry, the words she spoke of really struck home for those two. Basically, it was up to Miranda and Larry on how to deal with their relationship, which was the merging of two very different worlds. Two different worlds into one perfect universe.
Lizzie turned to her Gordo and shared a lasting look. A look that was clearly love...
Never taking her eyes off him, "I found my thunderbolt... he's been there all my life."
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A/N: Okay, if you made it this far, let me just say Thank You, Merci, Mahalo for reading my story! I've been meaning to purge a Lizzie McGuire fanfic out of my system. Anyway, thank you again and please R&R. ~Iris