"What was that?" Miranda asked lying a hand on Gordo's back.
"What was what?" Gordo asked straightening up.
"You were talking to the new girl." Miranda pointed out.
"Yeah? So?" Gordo shrugged.
"So, we just got done say that they were total bitches." A puzzled look crossed Miranda's face.
"Correction you said Camryn was. That's Camryn's little sister Justine."
"Oh terribly sorry." Miranda said rolling her eyes.
"Miranda just because you don't like someone doesn't mean that I have to hate them too." Gordo pointed out. "That doesn't make me an less of a friend."
"Whatever you say genius boy. Didn't you say you were going to the library?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm on my way. Are you going to the Digital bean after school?"
"Yeah I will be there."
"OK see you there." Gordo replied, glancing at Justine's retreating back, then continuing towards his destination.
"What was that all about Justine?" Camryn asked as she and her siblings sat down at their chosen table.
"What?" Justine asked shrugging.
"Why were you talking to him?" Camryn said it as if she had a bitter taste in her mouth.
"What's wrong with him Cami? He's nice." Justine said flipping her blonde hair over her shoulder.
"Correction. David Gordon is not nice. You can't trust him. Because when you need him the most he'll bail on you." It was obvious Camryn was closing the conversation when she popped open her diet coke and said, "Get over him."
Justine glared at her sister and then stood up, "I have to go to the library. I have to make up the school work I missed this quarter."
Matt and Olivia's mouths' dropped open, never had Justine stood up to anyone especially Cam.
"Do you mind if I sit here?" Justine asked quietly.
Gordo looked up surprised to see that Justine was speaking to him again, he smiled "No of course not sit."
"Thanks, I never realized any school library could get this crowded."
"It usually like this at lunch. The school work is tough around here." Gordo watched as Justine tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and then pulled out a book, notebook.
"Um do you have a pencil I could borrow?" Justine asked.
Gordo smiled and handed her the one he had in his hand. He couldn't help but watch her as she got a start on her homework. There was just a sense of innocence about her that reminded him more than anything of Lizzie.
Lizzie, he hadn't though of here in awhile. For a long time that was all he and Miranda could talk about, how Lizzie could just pick up and leave, without saying goodbye. They'd heard from one of Matt's friend's older brothers that Lizzie's parents were getting a divorce and that she and Matt would be living with her mother and moving with her. Miranda had gone through fazes of anger and sadness. She couldn't believe that Lizzie could move without telling them where she was going and without saying goodbye.
More than anything Gordo had felt guilty, her remembered Lizzie the afternoon of the last day she went to school with the group. She had called him, and she had sounded so…
"Hello," Justine waved her hand in front of Gordo's face.
Gordo focused on Justine, "I'm sorry were you saying something?"
Justine gave Gordo a weird look and said, "Yeah, the bell just rang. You must have spaced out there for a minute."
"Damn. Thanks I was thinking about something else."
Justine gave Gordo one last look before she grabbed her books and hurried off to class.
"What was what?" Gordo asked straightening up.
"You were talking to the new girl." Miranda pointed out.
"Yeah? So?" Gordo shrugged.
"So, we just got done say that they were total bitches." A puzzled look crossed Miranda's face.
"Correction you said Camryn was. That's Camryn's little sister Justine."
"Oh terribly sorry." Miranda said rolling her eyes.
"Miranda just because you don't like someone doesn't mean that I have to hate them too." Gordo pointed out. "That doesn't make me an less of a friend."
"Whatever you say genius boy. Didn't you say you were going to the library?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm on my way. Are you going to the Digital bean after school?"
"Yeah I will be there."
"OK see you there." Gordo replied, glancing at Justine's retreating back, then continuing towards his destination.
"What was that all about Justine?" Camryn asked as she and her siblings sat down at their chosen table.
"What?" Justine asked shrugging.
"Why were you talking to him?" Camryn said it as if she had a bitter taste in her mouth.
"What's wrong with him Cami? He's nice." Justine said flipping her blonde hair over her shoulder.
"Correction. David Gordon is not nice. You can't trust him. Because when you need him the most he'll bail on you." It was obvious Camryn was closing the conversation when she popped open her diet coke and said, "Get over him."
Justine glared at her sister and then stood up, "I have to go to the library. I have to make up the school work I missed this quarter."
Matt and Olivia's mouths' dropped open, never had Justine stood up to anyone especially Cam.
"Do you mind if I sit here?" Justine asked quietly.
Gordo looked up surprised to see that Justine was speaking to him again, he smiled "No of course not sit."
"Thanks, I never realized any school library could get this crowded."
"It usually like this at lunch. The school work is tough around here." Gordo watched as Justine tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and then pulled out a book, notebook.
"Um do you have a pencil I could borrow?" Justine asked.
Gordo smiled and handed her the one he had in his hand. He couldn't help but watch her as she got a start on her homework. There was just a sense of innocence about her that reminded him more than anything of Lizzie.
Lizzie, he hadn't though of here in awhile. For a long time that was all he and Miranda could talk about, how Lizzie could just pick up and leave, without saying goodbye. They'd heard from one of Matt's friend's older brothers that Lizzie's parents were getting a divorce and that she and Matt would be living with her mother and moving with her. Miranda had gone through fazes of anger and sadness. She couldn't believe that Lizzie could move without telling them where she was going and without saying goodbye.
More than anything Gordo had felt guilty, her remembered Lizzie the afternoon of the last day she went to school with the group. She had called him, and she had sounded so…
"Hello," Justine waved her hand in front of Gordo's face.
Gordo focused on Justine, "I'm sorry were you saying something?"
Justine gave Gordo a weird look and said, "Yeah, the bell just rang. You must have spaced out there for a minute."
"Damn. Thanks I was thinking about something else."
Justine gave Gordo one last look before she grabbed her books and hurried off to class.