NOTE TO READERS: Ok well, I updated. YAY. I hope you like it. Tell me what
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"Are you sure you don't want us to come with you?" Miranda asked, concerned.
Although it seemed like a great suggestion and I wanted to jump at the chance, I decided against it. "The note said come alone." This was something I had to do on my own.
After taking a deep breath, I approached Dannie's locker, praying she wouldn't send me away as a cruel joke. Her eyes were bright and her smile was big, until her vision shifted quickly to the left; then she filled with hurt and mistrust. Turning in the direction her eyes had went, I could see Lizzie and Miranda, glaring at her, obviously making Dannie uncomfortable. I turned back to apology for their behavior, but she was already gone and walking down the hall.
"Dannie!!!" I yelled through the crowd over and over again, but it did no good. I started to run, trying to catch her. Unfortunately, I caught a low hanging tree branch instead.
"Gordo? Are you all right?" The voice seemed close, but also out of reach. Although my vision was blurred for the moment, the voice led me to the figures true identity.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Dannie." She pulled me off the cold grass as I spoke. After I was up and my vision cleared, I followed her down the street to an unknown destination. There were so many questions running through my mind to ask, but she beat me to it.
"So you kept the nickname. Whatever happened to working on it?" Dannie giggled.
"How are you positive I kept it? I could have changed my name, or just go by David now, and you wouldn't even know it." I answered, defensively.
Dannie didn't seem to want to tell me why as she whispered, "I saw it in your movie."
"My movie????"
"Yeah." She continued, louder this time. "It was called 'Gordo's Files' and it was this whole hidden camera thing."
That film had been a popular one of my many, showing all the popular kids revealing secrets. It had won first place in the 'State's Young Directors Competition' (SYDC) and went on to nationals. Sadly, it was only named second in the country, not first. They had shown the video to my entire school, which led some of the people on it to resent me, but it didn't phase me too much. How could she have seen it then?
"Since one of the top five finalists for best in the country went to my school in New York, they showed the student body all five of them. I thought yours was very good." Dannie continued.
"Uh...thanks."
"I never thought you were going to ACTUALLY become a director. I was really surprised when I saw it."
Dannie's last comment quickly became a key that unlocked a memory, I had almost completely forgotten.
*********
"This is SO stupid." Fourth-grader Gordo said to Dannie. Finding a different nickname for David hadn't been an easy task. He kept changing his mind every week. This week he went by simply "D." Although Miranda, Lizzie, and Kate were open to the changes, Dannie refused to call him anything besides Gordo.
It was another Friday night, which meant "Movie Night" for two close friends. Dannie and "D" were sitting on her downstairs couch, watching a movie, a romance to be more specific. Lizzie, Miranda, and Kate weren't invited, as usual. Ever since "D" had met Dannie they had been inseparable. The others were best friends with each other and were hardly friends with "D" anymore, but he didn't seem to mind, as long as he had Dannie, things were fine.
"Let me say once again, this is SO stupid."
"Yeah I know!" Dannie said as she pressed the stop button on the VCR. "Sorry, my older cousin came over last weekend with it and she said it was really good. I guess you should never rely on 14 year olds to pick you're movies."
"Those dumb love movies get me annoyed. I mean, they have no plot, at all."
"I know Gordo, but what do you suggest we do about it, become directors and make our own movies?"
They both giggled at this, and searched for a different movie to watch. Dannie turned to D about to say something and he saw this, but she remained silent.
"What?" D asked.
"Nah nevermind, its not important." D began to pester Dannie at this statement, trying to find out what the mystery was. Finally she couldn't take anymore. "Ok, I'll tell you, but first you have to promise to get rid of that ridiculous nickname?"
"But..hey.....alright, I guess it is pretty retarded. I guess I'm back to Gordo for now." He said a little depressed.
"All right, well, when my cousin was here, she had a boy over. Well, I was bored and nothing was on TV so I came down here to spy on them. Guess what they were doing?"
Gordo's eyes gleamed in anticipation's as he spoke, "WHAT?!"
"They were...they were...." Dannie began trying to keep the suspense up. "They were kissing, on the lips."
"EWWW, GROSS!" They both replied in unison.
"Well, did she like it?" Gordo asked.
"Umm..I'm not sure, but she didn't look like she hated it too much." Dannie said, not sure what this was leading up to.
"Well," Gordo gulped and began once again, nervously, "Why don't we try it? I mean if it looked like fun."
The room fell to complete silence. You could hear the pounding of Gordo's nervous heart as he avoided making eye contact with her.
"Ok, I guess."
They were kneeling on the floor directly in front of each other, face to face. They closed their eyes and leaned in. Unfortunately, their aim was bad. Instead of their lips touching, his cheek bumped into her forehead. They opened their eyes and giggled, then returned to their movie hunt.
*********
This memory didn't just unlock the past, it unlocked many questions I had left unanswered for a while. Although it was a relief when the kiss had not actually happened, I realized I was also somewhat disappointment. What would have happened if we hadn't missed?
ANOTHER NOTE: OK tell me what you think. Its 4 am right now, so I must be going. Bye for now.
"Are you sure you don't want us to come with you?" Miranda asked, concerned.
Although it seemed like a great suggestion and I wanted to jump at the chance, I decided against it. "The note said come alone." This was something I had to do on my own.
After taking a deep breath, I approached Dannie's locker, praying she wouldn't send me away as a cruel joke. Her eyes were bright and her smile was big, until her vision shifted quickly to the left; then she filled with hurt and mistrust. Turning in the direction her eyes had went, I could see Lizzie and Miranda, glaring at her, obviously making Dannie uncomfortable. I turned back to apology for their behavior, but she was already gone and walking down the hall.
"Dannie!!!" I yelled through the crowd over and over again, but it did no good. I started to run, trying to catch her. Unfortunately, I caught a low hanging tree branch instead.
"Gordo? Are you all right?" The voice seemed close, but also out of reach. Although my vision was blurred for the moment, the voice led me to the figures true identity.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Dannie." She pulled me off the cold grass as I spoke. After I was up and my vision cleared, I followed her down the street to an unknown destination. There were so many questions running through my mind to ask, but she beat me to it.
"So you kept the nickname. Whatever happened to working on it?" Dannie giggled.
"How are you positive I kept it? I could have changed my name, or just go by David now, and you wouldn't even know it." I answered, defensively.
Dannie didn't seem to want to tell me why as she whispered, "I saw it in your movie."
"My movie????"
"Yeah." She continued, louder this time. "It was called 'Gordo's Files' and it was this whole hidden camera thing."
That film had been a popular one of my many, showing all the popular kids revealing secrets. It had won first place in the 'State's Young Directors Competition' (SYDC) and went on to nationals. Sadly, it was only named second in the country, not first. They had shown the video to my entire school, which led some of the people on it to resent me, but it didn't phase me too much. How could she have seen it then?
"Since one of the top five finalists for best in the country went to my school in New York, they showed the student body all five of them. I thought yours was very good." Dannie continued.
"Uh...thanks."
"I never thought you were going to ACTUALLY become a director. I was really surprised when I saw it."
Dannie's last comment quickly became a key that unlocked a memory, I had almost completely forgotten.
*********
"This is SO stupid." Fourth-grader Gordo said to Dannie. Finding a different nickname for David hadn't been an easy task. He kept changing his mind every week. This week he went by simply "D." Although Miranda, Lizzie, and Kate were open to the changes, Dannie refused to call him anything besides Gordo.
It was another Friday night, which meant "Movie Night" for two close friends. Dannie and "D" were sitting on her downstairs couch, watching a movie, a romance to be more specific. Lizzie, Miranda, and Kate weren't invited, as usual. Ever since "D" had met Dannie they had been inseparable. The others were best friends with each other and were hardly friends with "D" anymore, but he didn't seem to mind, as long as he had Dannie, things were fine.
"Let me say once again, this is SO stupid."
"Yeah I know!" Dannie said as she pressed the stop button on the VCR. "Sorry, my older cousin came over last weekend with it and she said it was really good. I guess you should never rely on 14 year olds to pick you're movies."
"Those dumb love movies get me annoyed. I mean, they have no plot, at all."
"I know Gordo, but what do you suggest we do about it, become directors and make our own movies?"
They both giggled at this, and searched for a different movie to watch. Dannie turned to D about to say something and he saw this, but she remained silent.
"What?" D asked.
"Nah nevermind, its not important." D began to pester Dannie at this statement, trying to find out what the mystery was. Finally she couldn't take anymore. "Ok, I'll tell you, but first you have to promise to get rid of that ridiculous nickname?"
"But..hey.....alright, I guess it is pretty retarded. I guess I'm back to Gordo for now." He said a little depressed.
"All right, well, when my cousin was here, she had a boy over. Well, I was bored and nothing was on TV so I came down here to spy on them. Guess what they were doing?"
Gordo's eyes gleamed in anticipation's as he spoke, "WHAT?!"
"They were...they were...." Dannie began trying to keep the suspense up. "They were kissing, on the lips."
"EWWW, GROSS!" They both replied in unison.
"Well, did she like it?" Gordo asked.
"Umm..I'm not sure, but she didn't look like she hated it too much." Dannie said, not sure what this was leading up to.
"Well," Gordo gulped and began once again, nervously, "Why don't we try it? I mean if it looked like fun."
The room fell to complete silence. You could hear the pounding of Gordo's nervous heart as he avoided making eye contact with her.
"Ok, I guess."
They were kneeling on the floor directly in front of each other, face to face. They closed their eyes and leaned in. Unfortunately, their aim was bad. Instead of their lips touching, his cheek bumped into her forehead. They opened their eyes and giggled, then returned to their movie hunt.
*********
This memory didn't just unlock the past, it unlocked many questions I had left unanswered for a while. Although it was a relief when the kiss had not actually happened, I realized I was also somewhat disappointment. What would have happened if we hadn't missed?
ANOTHER NOTE: OK tell me what you think. Its 4 am right now, so I must be going. Bye for now.