A/N I said I would post the next chapter tonight, and I would not lie. A
lot of stuff happens in this chapter.
I do not own any of the characters except Jeremy.
Chapter Fourteen
Lizzie: That was some day. So depressing. Larry was such a sweet kid.
Miranda: Yeah, I know. The ironic thing was that he was so against drunk driving.
Lizzie: Yeah. Who would have guessed that the designated driver at so many high school parties would have been killed by a drunk driver?
Miranda: He was going to be somebody. He was about to go to Harvard. His funeral was so touching.
Lizzie: I know. Just when we thought we were lucky that there were no deaths while we were in high school, Larry Tudgman died. It made me feel guilty for being so mean to him in middle school.
Miranda: But we were friends in high school. It took a long time for me to accept that he was gone and it was not anybody's fault. It hit me hard because he and I dated for about nine months in high school. I liked him so much.
Lizzie: It was the drunk driver's fault. He broke up with you, anyway. You made a great speech at his funeral, you know. So did Gordo. I would have said something myself, but I was crying so hard.
Miranda: I cried for days after that, and we had to go to college about two weeks later. I had a dream about him the other night. I dreamt that he was still alive and okay, and that dream reassured me that he was in a better place and that everything is all right.
Lizzie: Yeah, he was a great person.
Miranda: He really was. Listen, I know this is a horrible time to leave, but I have to go now. Bye! Send Gordo and Kate my love! I will call you later.
Lizzie: Okay! Bye!
Lizzie hung up the phone. After that, she called Gordo to tell him of the next day's plan.
Mr. Gordon: Hello?
Lizzie: Hey, Mr. Gordon, this is Lizzie. May I please speak to Gordo?
Mr. Gordon: Sure. Hold on.
A few seconds passed.
Gordo: Hey Lizzie! What's up?
Lizzie: Well, I just had two very interesting conversations.
Gordo: Really? With whom?
Lizzie: Kate and Miranda.
Gordo: Kate?! How did you end up talking to her?
Lizzie: Oh, I ran into her at the Digital Bean.
Gordo: How is she?
Lizzie: She is fine. You are going to find out for yourself tomorrow morning at 8 o' clock at the coffeehouse.
Gordo: I am?
Lizzie: Yep we are going on a double date with her and her husband.
Gordo: Ethan?
Lizzie: Why does everybody think that it was Ethan? No, with Robert.
Gordo: Cool. So she was nice, I assume?
Lizzie: She was. I didn't really understand why until Miranda explained to me about what happened.
Gordo: Oh when she was raped? Yeah I knew about that. She called me a few years ago to apologize and Miranda explained to me what happened.
Lizzie: Was I the only one not called?
Gordo: Well, we were living together at the time, hon. I guess she assumed that what she said was implied for the both of us.
Lizzie: How come you never told me?
Gordo: I really thought I did. Listen, I am sorry. Anyway, how is Miranda?
Lizzie: Good. We talked about Larry.
Gordo: There is a name I have not heard of in a long time. He was such a great kid. I was so shocked when he died.
Lizzie: I think everyone was.
Gordo: Well, my parents want to talk to me, so I have to go. I will pick you up at seven-thirty okay?
Lizzie: That sounds great. I can't wait to see you!
Gordo: Same here! Bye!
Lizzie: Bye!
They both hung up.
~~Gordo~~
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon told Gordo that they wanted to talk to him about this whole Lizzie and Jeremy thing, and so the Gordon's all sat down in the living room for a chat.
Mr. Gordon: Well, today certainly was a big day for us. I am a grandfather, and have been one for over three years. I have to say that I am really shocked.
Gordo: You have said that about five times already.
Mrs. Gordon: But that is not the reason we wanted to talk to you. We wanted to talk to you about your future.
Gordo: What do you mean?
Mr. Gordon: Well, what your mother is trying to say is that we want to know what place you intend on having in young Jeremy's life.
Gordo: I intend to be his father.
Mrs. Gordon: That is not what I mean. I mean when you go back to Texas, are you two going to move in together or get married or what?
Gordo: We are not sure yet. We are taking things slowly. Why?
Mr. Gordon: Well, I am glad you are doing this, it is just your mother and I are concerned about Jeremy in a psychological sense. Three is a hard age to be. It is the age that your memory becomes more and more clear and you start to grasp things. You are curious about what is going on around you, especially the interactions between the parents.
Gordo: I understand that.
Mr. Gordon: Do you understand what might happen to the child if things between you and Lizzie don't work out yet again? You could never see Jeremy again. Is that what you want?
Gordo: Of course not! Lizzie would never do that to me.
Mr. Gordon: You never know, David. Listen, I really think it would be best if you and Lizzie either moved in together or broke up if this relationship seems unstable. You really do not want to confuse Jeremy anymore.
Gordo: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT!
Mr. Gordon: Don't start yelling at me, David Gordon. Your mother and I are already upset to find out that you had sex before you are married, yelling is only digging that whole even deeper.
Gordo: Dad, I am twenty-seven years old. I think I am old enough to handle my own sex life.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, that has already happened, but this is another issue. What are you and Lizzie's plan for the future?
Gordo: Well, right now, we are dating. We have been for about a week. We are trying to take things slowly for Jeremy's sake.
Mrs. Gordon: Do you think you would be dating her even if there were no Jeremy?
Gordo: Of course! I love Lizzie, and have never stopped loving her, and nothing would make me stop loving her.
Mrs. Gordon: Well that is good. Do you love Jeremy?
Gordo: Of course! Jeremy is my son, and when I found out I had a son it only made me realize how much I loved Lizzie even more.
Mrs. Gordon: So you aren't dating Lizzie just because of Jeremy?
Gordo: Of course not! Lizzie and I saw each other before I found out about Jeremy.
Mr. Gordon: I can tell that you love her. It was obvious ten years ago when you took her to the prom, and it is obvious now. I just hope Lizzie feels the same. Jeremy sure is lucky to have a father like you.
Gordo smiled.
Gordo: He is even luckier to have a grandfather like you.
Mr. Gordon: Thank you. Thank you for talking about this. When you see Lizzie tomorrow, send her my love.
Gordo: How did you know I was seeing her tomorrow?
Mr. Gordon: Why would you all of the sudden stop seeing her after you have everyday for the past week and a half?
~~~Next Morning~~
Gordo picked Lizzie up from her house.
Gordo: Where is Jeremy staying?
Lizzie: Jeremy is staying with my dad this morning. It is great that he has all these great male influences on him while here. He likes spending time with everyone a lot.
Gordo: That is good. Do you really think Matt is such a great male influence?
Lizzie: Ha-ha very funny! No, but seriously, he was talking about you last night when we were saying our prayers.
Gordo: You say prayers with him? Cool. My mom used to do that with me, except they were Jewish prayers.
Gordo smiled at Lizzie.
Lizzie: Well I don't know any Jewish prayers. You will have to teach him some one day.
Gordo: I will.
Lizzie: Anyway, he was saying how much he liked you in his prayers and that he didn't want you to leave.
Gordo looked at Lizzie for a moment.
Gordo: Lizzie, you know that I would never leave either one of you. You are family to me.
Lizzie: Good. That is what I told him. Anyway, he asked a little about you and us growing up.
Gordo: Really? Like what?
Lizzie: Well, what a three year old asks. I told him the child's version of the story of "us."
Gordo raised his eyebrow.
Gordo: The child's version.
Lizzie: Yeah, you know, minus the premarital sex and the details of us breaking up. He did ask me that.
Gordo: What did you say?
Lizzie: I told him that although I loved you, that you scared me.
Gordo: And.?
Lizzie: He asked me if you were a monster.
Gordo: Ha-ha. And you agreed, right?
Lizzie: But of course. You aren't a bad monster. You are more like the cookie monster.not scary at all.
Gordo: Oh, god! Listen, as much as I love, and believe me, by love I mean hate, being compared to a big blue puppet, we are here.
Lizzie: Well, what are we waiting for?
Gordo: I don't know.
Gordo got out of the car, and opened the door for Lizzie. They walked inside the coffeehouse together, and inside waiting were Kate and a male, who was Robert. Robert was shorter than Lizzie expected with brown hair. Robert stood up.
Robert: Hi! I am Robert Hart. It is such a pleasure to meet both of you. I have heard so much about you!
Gordo shook his hand and then proceeded to give Kate a kiss on the cheek.
Gordo: Nice to meet you too! I was so excited when Lizzie told me we were meeting you.
Kate: Well I was glad to bump into a familiar face. So how are you, Gordo?
Gordo: Busy, but lately I have been busy in a good way.
He glanced over at Lizzie who smiled.
Kate: Well I guess you were surprised when you found out you were a father. I always thought you two would be parents some day, and I am glad things are working out for you two.
Lizzie: Thank you.
Kate: (to Gordo) Jeremy looks a lot like you, Gordo. He is lucky.
Lizzie: I don't know whether to be offended or proud.
Robert: Kate, you are making me jealous.
Gordo: Well, thank you.
Robert: What went through your mind when you found out that you had a son.
Gordo: Well, honestly, I was a little relieved because before I thought Lizzie was acting weird because she had a boyfriend she wasn't telling me about.
They all laughed.
Lizzie: So, Robert, what do you do for a living?
Robert: I read pets minds.
Everyone was silent.
Robert: It was a joke. Ha-ha. I am actually a veterinarian.
Everyone laughs nervously. Obviously Robert was a little cheesy, but he seemed nice.
They continued to talk about life and what they had been up to recently.
Lizzie: Kate, how did you meet Robert?
Kate: Well, let's see. We met at the college library. I was working there for credit, and there he was.
Robert: It was love at first glance. I met the woman I knew I was going to marry that day.
Kate: And we did.
They kissed each other. They were definitely still acting like newlyweds. This made Gordo and Lizzie feel very uncomfortable, so Lizzie decided to bring up a new topic.
Lizzie: So I talked to Miranda yesterday. She says hi and sends her love.
Kate stopped kissing Robert and looked at Lizzie.
Kate: Really, I want to see her soon.
Lizzie: I think she would like that.
Kate: Cool.
Lizzie: We also talked about Larry.
Kate: Larry? Oh my gosh! Larry Tudgeman was awesome.
Robert: Who is Larry?
Kate: It was a person we all knew growing up that died right before he went to college.
Robert: How sad. I think I remember you mentioning him.
Gordo: Hey I have an idea! Why don't we all go and visit his graveyard while we are all here.
Kate: That is a great idea!
Lizzie: You are a genius!
Gordo: Let's go now.
Robert: Okay! We will meet you at the graveyard!
Lizzie: Okay, we are going to stop by and buy some flowers or something to put on the grave, so we will be about five minutes behind.
Robert: Okay! We will do the same! See you in a few minutes.
Gordo and Lizzie got in their car while Kate and Robert climbed into theirs and they drove off to the drugstore.
Gordo: So what do you think of Robert?
Lizzie: Well, to be honest with you, be wouldn't be a guy I would pick out of a crowd for Kate.
Gordo: I have to agree with you there. He seems kind of cheesy.not in a bad way or anything.
Lizzie: Yeah. Kate is lucky to find a nice person though that she seems to be happy with.
Gordo and Lizzie drove to the drugstore to buy flowers. While they were there, they saw a miniature action figure of Frodo from Lord of the Rings that they decided to put on the grave as well. After they bought everything, they drove off to the graveyard.
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I do not own any of the characters except Jeremy.
Chapter Fourteen
Lizzie: That was some day. So depressing. Larry was such a sweet kid.
Miranda: Yeah, I know. The ironic thing was that he was so against drunk driving.
Lizzie: Yeah. Who would have guessed that the designated driver at so many high school parties would have been killed by a drunk driver?
Miranda: He was going to be somebody. He was about to go to Harvard. His funeral was so touching.
Lizzie: I know. Just when we thought we were lucky that there were no deaths while we were in high school, Larry Tudgman died. It made me feel guilty for being so mean to him in middle school.
Miranda: But we were friends in high school. It took a long time for me to accept that he was gone and it was not anybody's fault. It hit me hard because he and I dated for about nine months in high school. I liked him so much.
Lizzie: It was the drunk driver's fault. He broke up with you, anyway. You made a great speech at his funeral, you know. So did Gordo. I would have said something myself, but I was crying so hard.
Miranda: I cried for days after that, and we had to go to college about two weeks later. I had a dream about him the other night. I dreamt that he was still alive and okay, and that dream reassured me that he was in a better place and that everything is all right.
Lizzie: Yeah, he was a great person.
Miranda: He really was. Listen, I know this is a horrible time to leave, but I have to go now. Bye! Send Gordo and Kate my love! I will call you later.
Lizzie: Okay! Bye!
Lizzie hung up the phone. After that, she called Gordo to tell him of the next day's plan.
Mr. Gordon: Hello?
Lizzie: Hey, Mr. Gordon, this is Lizzie. May I please speak to Gordo?
Mr. Gordon: Sure. Hold on.
A few seconds passed.
Gordo: Hey Lizzie! What's up?
Lizzie: Well, I just had two very interesting conversations.
Gordo: Really? With whom?
Lizzie: Kate and Miranda.
Gordo: Kate?! How did you end up talking to her?
Lizzie: Oh, I ran into her at the Digital Bean.
Gordo: How is she?
Lizzie: She is fine. You are going to find out for yourself tomorrow morning at 8 o' clock at the coffeehouse.
Gordo: I am?
Lizzie: Yep we are going on a double date with her and her husband.
Gordo: Ethan?
Lizzie: Why does everybody think that it was Ethan? No, with Robert.
Gordo: Cool. So she was nice, I assume?
Lizzie: She was. I didn't really understand why until Miranda explained to me about what happened.
Gordo: Oh when she was raped? Yeah I knew about that. She called me a few years ago to apologize and Miranda explained to me what happened.
Lizzie: Was I the only one not called?
Gordo: Well, we were living together at the time, hon. I guess she assumed that what she said was implied for the both of us.
Lizzie: How come you never told me?
Gordo: I really thought I did. Listen, I am sorry. Anyway, how is Miranda?
Lizzie: Good. We talked about Larry.
Gordo: There is a name I have not heard of in a long time. He was such a great kid. I was so shocked when he died.
Lizzie: I think everyone was.
Gordo: Well, my parents want to talk to me, so I have to go. I will pick you up at seven-thirty okay?
Lizzie: That sounds great. I can't wait to see you!
Gordo: Same here! Bye!
Lizzie: Bye!
They both hung up.
~~Gordo~~
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon told Gordo that they wanted to talk to him about this whole Lizzie and Jeremy thing, and so the Gordon's all sat down in the living room for a chat.
Mr. Gordon: Well, today certainly was a big day for us. I am a grandfather, and have been one for over three years. I have to say that I am really shocked.
Gordo: You have said that about five times already.
Mrs. Gordon: But that is not the reason we wanted to talk to you. We wanted to talk to you about your future.
Gordo: What do you mean?
Mr. Gordon: Well, what your mother is trying to say is that we want to know what place you intend on having in young Jeremy's life.
Gordo: I intend to be his father.
Mrs. Gordon: That is not what I mean. I mean when you go back to Texas, are you two going to move in together or get married or what?
Gordo: We are not sure yet. We are taking things slowly. Why?
Mr. Gordon: Well, I am glad you are doing this, it is just your mother and I are concerned about Jeremy in a psychological sense. Three is a hard age to be. It is the age that your memory becomes more and more clear and you start to grasp things. You are curious about what is going on around you, especially the interactions between the parents.
Gordo: I understand that.
Mr. Gordon: Do you understand what might happen to the child if things between you and Lizzie don't work out yet again? You could never see Jeremy again. Is that what you want?
Gordo: Of course not! Lizzie would never do that to me.
Mr. Gordon: You never know, David. Listen, I really think it would be best if you and Lizzie either moved in together or broke up if this relationship seems unstable. You really do not want to confuse Jeremy anymore.
Gordo: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW THAT!
Mr. Gordon: Don't start yelling at me, David Gordon. Your mother and I are already upset to find out that you had sex before you are married, yelling is only digging that whole even deeper.
Gordo: Dad, I am twenty-seven years old. I think I am old enough to handle my own sex life.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, that has already happened, but this is another issue. What are you and Lizzie's plan for the future?
Gordo: Well, right now, we are dating. We have been for about a week. We are trying to take things slowly for Jeremy's sake.
Mrs. Gordon: Do you think you would be dating her even if there were no Jeremy?
Gordo: Of course! I love Lizzie, and have never stopped loving her, and nothing would make me stop loving her.
Mrs. Gordon: Well that is good. Do you love Jeremy?
Gordo: Of course! Jeremy is my son, and when I found out I had a son it only made me realize how much I loved Lizzie even more.
Mrs. Gordon: So you aren't dating Lizzie just because of Jeremy?
Gordo: Of course not! Lizzie and I saw each other before I found out about Jeremy.
Mr. Gordon: I can tell that you love her. It was obvious ten years ago when you took her to the prom, and it is obvious now. I just hope Lizzie feels the same. Jeremy sure is lucky to have a father like you.
Gordo smiled.
Gordo: He is even luckier to have a grandfather like you.
Mr. Gordon: Thank you. Thank you for talking about this. When you see Lizzie tomorrow, send her my love.
Gordo: How did you know I was seeing her tomorrow?
Mr. Gordon: Why would you all of the sudden stop seeing her after you have everyday for the past week and a half?
~~~Next Morning~~
Gordo picked Lizzie up from her house.
Gordo: Where is Jeremy staying?
Lizzie: Jeremy is staying with my dad this morning. It is great that he has all these great male influences on him while here. He likes spending time with everyone a lot.
Gordo: That is good. Do you really think Matt is such a great male influence?
Lizzie: Ha-ha very funny! No, but seriously, he was talking about you last night when we were saying our prayers.
Gordo: You say prayers with him? Cool. My mom used to do that with me, except they were Jewish prayers.
Gordo smiled at Lizzie.
Lizzie: Well I don't know any Jewish prayers. You will have to teach him some one day.
Gordo: I will.
Lizzie: Anyway, he was saying how much he liked you in his prayers and that he didn't want you to leave.
Gordo looked at Lizzie for a moment.
Gordo: Lizzie, you know that I would never leave either one of you. You are family to me.
Lizzie: Good. That is what I told him. Anyway, he asked a little about you and us growing up.
Gordo: Really? Like what?
Lizzie: Well, what a three year old asks. I told him the child's version of the story of "us."
Gordo raised his eyebrow.
Gordo: The child's version.
Lizzie: Yeah, you know, minus the premarital sex and the details of us breaking up. He did ask me that.
Gordo: What did you say?
Lizzie: I told him that although I loved you, that you scared me.
Gordo: And.?
Lizzie: He asked me if you were a monster.
Gordo: Ha-ha. And you agreed, right?
Lizzie: But of course. You aren't a bad monster. You are more like the cookie monster.not scary at all.
Gordo: Oh, god! Listen, as much as I love, and believe me, by love I mean hate, being compared to a big blue puppet, we are here.
Lizzie: Well, what are we waiting for?
Gordo: I don't know.
Gordo got out of the car, and opened the door for Lizzie. They walked inside the coffeehouse together, and inside waiting were Kate and a male, who was Robert. Robert was shorter than Lizzie expected with brown hair. Robert stood up.
Robert: Hi! I am Robert Hart. It is such a pleasure to meet both of you. I have heard so much about you!
Gordo shook his hand and then proceeded to give Kate a kiss on the cheek.
Gordo: Nice to meet you too! I was so excited when Lizzie told me we were meeting you.
Kate: Well I was glad to bump into a familiar face. So how are you, Gordo?
Gordo: Busy, but lately I have been busy in a good way.
He glanced over at Lizzie who smiled.
Kate: Well I guess you were surprised when you found out you were a father. I always thought you two would be parents some day, and I am glad things are working out for you two.
Lizzie: Thank you.
Kate: (to Gordo) Jeremy looks a lot like you, Gordo. He is lucky.
Lizzie: I don't know whether to be offended or proud.
Robert: Kate, you are making me jealous.
Gordo: Well, thank you.
Robert: What went through your mind when you found out that you had a son.
Gordo: Well, honestly, I was a little relieved because before I thought Lizzie was acting weird because she had a boyfriend she wasn't telling me about.
They all laughed.
Lizzie: So, Robert, what do you do for a living?
Robert: I read pets minds.
Everyone was silent.
Robert: It was a joke. Ha-ha. I am actually a veterinarian.
Everyone laughs nervously. Obviously Robert was a little cheesy, but he seemed nice.
They continued to talk about life and what they had been up to recently.
Lizzie: Kate, how did you meet Robert?
Kate: Well, let's see. We met at the college library. I was working there for credit, and there he was.
Robert: It was love at first glance. I met the woman I knew I was going to marry that day.
Kate: And we did.
They kissed each other. They were definitely still acting like newlyweds. This made Gordo and Lizzie feel very uncomfortable, so Lizzie decided to bring up a new topic.
Lizzie: So I talked to Miranda yesterday. She says hi and sends her love.
Kate stopped kissing Robert and looked at Lizzie.
Kate: Really, I want to see her soon.
Lizzie: I think she would like that.
Kate: Cool.
Lizzie: We also talked about Larry.
Kate: Larry? Oh my gosh! Larry Tudgeman was awesome.
Robert: Who is Larry?
Kate: It was a person we all knew growing up that died right before he went to college.
Robert: How sad. I think I remember you mentioning him.
Gordo: Hey I have an idea! Why don't we all go and visit his graveyard while we are all here.
Kate: That is a great idea!
Lizzie: You are a genius!
Gordo: Let's go now.
Robert: Okay! We will meet you at the graveyard!
Lizzie: Okay, we are going to stop by and buy some flowers or something to put on the grave, so we will be about five minutes behind.
Robert: Okay! We will do the same! See you in a few minutes.
Gordo and Lizzie got in their car while Kate and Robert climbed into theirs and they drove off to the drugstore.
Gordo: So what do you think of Robert?
Lizzie: Well, to be honest with you, be wouldn't be a guy I would pick out of a crowd for Kate.
Gordo: I have to agree with you there. He seems kind of cheesy.not in a bad way or anything.
Lizzie: Yeah. Kate is lucky to find a nice person though that she seems to be happy with.
Gordo and Lizzie drove to the drugstore to buy flowers. While they were there, they saw a miniature action figure of Frodo from Lord of the Rings that they decided to put on the grave as well. After they bought everything, they drove off to the graveyard.
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