The Memory of Left Behind Chapter 4
"Uh," Lizzie said walking up to Gordo after math. "so, when do you want to get together and work on our project?"
"Oh, how about Friday?" Gordo said after a long pause.
Lizzie frowned and looked down at her hands. "Well, I guess we could. It's just, well, my friends and I, well, we're going to the re-opening of the Digital Bean, and I can't miss that. I promised I would go." Lizzie saw the disappointment on Gordo's face. "Well, I suppose, you could come if you wanted. I mean, it probably wouldn't be any fun for you."
Gordo smiled at her. "Look Lizzie, I mean Liz..."
"No." Lizzie laughed. "I mean, I hate that name, but that's what Caleb decided to call me, so..."
Gordo smiled at her again, but then frowned at the mention of Caleb's name. "Lizzie, you don't have to play games with me. I don't think I should go. I mean, none of your friends would want me there anyway." Gordo finished looking down at his feet.
Lizzie frowned. "That's what started all this, didn't it?"
Gordo shook his head. "No, Lizzie, no, your new friends weren't, they weren't why I did what I did, I just. I'm sorry, I didn't mean too. I never meant to hurt you. Neither did Miranda. It's just, when things came down to it, she just she couldn't. But we both really, really miss you." He looked up at her when he said that. She smiled at him and she smiled back.
"I know, I know you didn't mean too... But you did. And I know that Miranda was just doing what she thought was right, and that's not her fault. I'm sorry too, I'm sorry I stopped talking to you because of that, but I just, I couldn't ya know? And I, I really miss you guys too. I miss y'all so much. Kate and Natalie, all they ever talk about is boys and clothes, and Caleb, well, Caleb's great actually. I know that's not something you want to hear about, but... Anyway, what I'm trying to say is maybe, maybe, we can get all this behind us..." Lizzie looked at Gordo hopefully.
But Gordo couldn't look at her. He had wanted her to say that for so long, and now she had. It wasn't exactly the picture perfect moment he had hoped for, but it was close.
"Um, well, anyway." Lizzie said when Gordo never looked up. "How about Sunday?"
"Sunday works for me." Gordo said. Lizzie nodded and then walked off.
Gordo smiled to himself, 'Maybe Sunday, and then maybe we'll be friends again.'
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"So, why are you so late today?" Miranda asked Gordo when he finally sat down on the bus.
"Yeah," Ethan added, "I mean, normally you're the first one here."
"Well, actually, I had a schedule I had to go set up." Gordo said as the bus started moving.
"A schedule? With who?" Miranda knew she was being nosy, but she didn't care. She wanted to know, and she wanted to know now.
"No one important." Gordo said not looking at her.
"Gordo, do you want me to go all Ricky Ricardo on you?"
"No!" Gordo said quickly.
"Well, that would actually be kinda funny." Ethan said. "I mean you're really cute when you do that."
Miranda smiled at Ethan and gave him a quick kiss.
"Oh, come one guys, don't do that to me. I don't want to see that."
"Oh really?" Miranda said. "Well, if you don't tell me who you were making a schedule with I'll do a lot more than that."
Ethan smiled mischievously. "C'mon Gordo, don't tell her. she doesn't need to know."
Gordo shook his head, "Sorry Ethan, but I don't care too much about watching you PDAs, so I think I'll tell her..." Miranda smiled happily knowing she had won... and then. "Later! Bye guys, gotta go."
"UGH!!!" Miranda screamed at him. "I am going to hurt you next time I see you!!!"
A/N: Short I know, but hey, I keep giving them to you. And if I don't start getting reviews, I'm going to hold even the short ones hostage...
"Uh," Lizzie said walking up to Gordo after math. "so, when do you want to get together and work on our project?"
"Oh, how about Friday?" Gordo said after a long pause.
Lizzie frowned and looked down at her hands. "Well, I guess we could. It's just, well, my friends and I, well, we're going to the re-opening of the Digital Bean, and I can't miss that. I promised I would go." Lizzie saw the disappointment on Gordo's face. "Well, I suppose, you could come if you wanted. I mean, it probably wouldn't be any fun for you."
Gordo smiled at her. "Look Lizzie, I mean Liz..."
"No." Lizzie laughed. "I mean, I hate that name, but that's what Caleb decided to call me, so..."
Gordo smiled at her again, but then frowned at the mention of Caleb's name. "Lizzie, you don't have to play games with me. I don't think I should go. I mean, none of your friends would want me there anyway." Gordo finished looking down at his feet.
Lizzie frowned. "That's what started all this, didn't it?"
Gordo shook his head. "No, Lizzie, no, your new friends weren't, they weren't why I did what I did, I just. I'm sorry, I didn't mean too. I never meant to hurt you. Neither did Miranda. It's just, when things came down to it, she just she couldn't. But we both really, really miss you." He looked up at her when he said that. She smiled at him and she smiled back.
"I know, I know you didn't mean too... But you did. And I know that Miranda was just doing what she thought was right, and that's not her fault. I'm sorry too, I'm sorry I stopped talking to you because of that, but I just, I couldn't ya know? And I, I really miss you guys too. I miss y'all so much. Kate and Natalie, all they ever talk about is boys and clothes, and Caleb, well, Caleb's great actually. I know that's not something you want to hear about, but... Anyway, what I'm trying to say is maybe, maybe, we can get all this behind us..." Lizzie looked at Gordo hopefully.
But Gordo couldn't look at her. He had wanted her to say that for so long, and now she had. It wasn't exactly the picture perfect moment he had hoped for, but it was close.
"Um, well, anyway." Lizzie said when Gordo never looked up. "How about Sunday?"
"Sunday works for me." Gordo said. Lizzie nodded and then walked off.
Gordo smiled to himself, 'Maybe Sunday, and then maybe we'll be friends again.'
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"So, why are you so late today?" Miranda asked Gordo when he finally sat down on the bus.
"Yeah," Ethan added, "I mean, normally you're the first one here."
"Well, actually, I had a schedule I had to go set up." Gordo said as the bus started moving.
"A schedule? With who?" Miranda knew she was being nosy, but she didn't care. She wanted to know, and she wanted to know now.
"No one important." Gordo said not looking at her.
"Gordo, do you want me to go all Ricky Ricardo on you?"
"No!" Gordo said quickly.
"Well, that would actually be kinda funny." Ethan said. "I mean you're really cute when you do that."
Miranda smiled at Ethan and gave him a quick kiss.
"Oh, come one guys, don't do that to me. I don't want to see that."
"Oh really?" Miranda said. "Well, if you don't tell me who you were making a schedule with I'll do a lot more than that."
Ethan smiled mischievously. "C'mon Gordo, don't tell her. she doesn't need to know."
Gordo shook his head, "Sorry Ethan, but I don't care too much about watching you PDAs, so I think I'll tell her..." Miranda smiled happily knowing she had won... and then. "Later! Bye guys, gotta go."
"UGH!!!" Miranda screamed at him. "I am going to hurt you next time I see you!!!"
A/N: Short I know, but hey, I keep giving them to you. And if I don't start getting reviews, I'm going to hold even the short ones hostage...