Notes to reviewers:
In general thanks for the notes. Support really helps me rattle my brain in hopes of pulling out a few more lines in the story. I'm usually really into the action and dramatic writing so this has been a little tough for me.
TheRealXenocide: to say the least I'm shocked that you have read and further, complimented my work so far. I have, although I like others, labeled yours as my favorite Lizzie McGuire fan fic I've read thus far (need more Lizzie and Gordo, though *grin*). Thank you, your kind words have really brightened my day.
"too lazy to login": I'm glad you think my story is wonderful and although I maybe have to put a disclaimer for the more squeamish, this kind of thing does happen to the best of us and Lizzie seems to always do something to embarrass herself. Just think, if it didn't happen I might have not been able to find the angle for Gordo to confess his feelings for her. Be happy that I wasn't a little more graphic in the bathroom clean up scene.. *laughs* (I'm sometimes mean to my characters.. beware...)
A/N: this chapter is pure SAP.. You have been warned.. but stick with me babes... I am just setting the story up for what is to come. The sap needs to be there for the tension to be there later.. Do I sense a bit of foreshadowing? Muhahahaha :) Have fun kitties!
Remember Me
Chapter Two: Young Love
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It seemed like forever before Lizzie finally answered Gordo's question. Lizzie stopped and slowly looked up at Gordo who was looking down at his feet, still unable to look up at her. Gently Lizzie reached out and put a hand on Gordo's face making him look up at her. "I'd love to go with you." she said smiling.
Gordo smiled too and as they continued to walk something occurred to him. "Is this a friend thing or a date thing?"
Lizzie reached over to grab his hand causing him look down at their hands while she laced her fingers through his. "I think we both want it to be a date thing." she said softly and as Gordo looked up to her, he noticed for the first time that she liked him too. He smiled softly and looked across the street where Matt was sitting on the front step of Lizzie's house. He was unsure of what this still meant for them and was about to drop Lizzie's hand when he felt her squeeze his and began leading him across the street, a determined smile on her face.
"Ew, Gordo, why would you want to hold her hand. You might get cooties!" Lizzie made a face and was about to run after him but it was Gordo's turn to comfort her by a small squeeze.
"If I get cooties from her, I'd be able to die happy." Gordo stated simply which made Lizzie blush and Matt make a face. Lizzie and Gordo made their way into the house while she went up stairs to change as Gordo went into the kitchen to greet Lizzie's mom.
"Hey Gordo." Jo McGuire, Lizzie's mother said as she finished loading the dish washer.
"Hi Mrs. McGuire." Gordo sat down to wait for Lizzie.
Meanwhile, upstairs Lizzie was smiling as she brushed her hair. It was fairly warm outside and still felt like summer and she was feeling particularly good so she had changed into a white tank top and a black skirt that ended at her knees. She applied some lip gloss, put in a head band, slipped on some sandals and made her way into the kitchen.
"I hope my mom hasn't bored you!" Lizzie smiled at Gordo. Jo noticed the tone in her daughters voice and quickly looked between the two kids. Noticing Gordo's foolish lopsided grin and Lizzie's sparkling eyes, she set mind to ask Lizzie some questions later.
"Mom, I'm going with Gordo to meet Miranda at the Digital Bean. I'll be home later."
"Ok, Lizzie, don't spoil dinner and be home by seven." Jo retreated to the living room.
After a quick phone call, Gordo and Lizzie made their way in good spirits to the Digital Bean. Gordo wanted more then ever to hold Lizzie's hand but he wasn't sure if she would let him. Regardless of knowing that she liked him, he was still extremely shy around her.
"You know, you don't have to be nervous around me." Lizzie interrupted Gordo's thoughts.
"It's not that. It's just that.." Gordo stopped not knowing just how to say what he was thinking.
"Just that we've been friends for almost our whole lives?" Lizzie asked, trying to help him along.
"Yeah, I mean." he sighed. "I don't want to screw things up for us." Gordo looked up at Lizzie for the first time and saw her smiling back at him. She flipped her hair expertly behind one ear and took his hand.
"Gordo, we have been waiting for so long to admit our feelings. Everyone has seen it for a long time, even I did. I was just to stubborn to admit it. For a long time I just wanted to know if it would mess our friendship up. What we have is too special to give up the chance. I don't think I would be able to live with myself never knowing what it was like to do the simplest of things that I've been dreaming about doing since nearly the third grade." Lizzie looked up at him again, catching his eye.
"And what would that be?" Gordo didn't want to assume that maybe his luck was changing, that Lizzie had felt the same thing for him all along.
"Well," Lizzie started, a bit of a blush creeping up onto her face. She smiled at him as she continued. "I've always drempt about going to prom with you. Sharing kisses with you. Holding your hand and letting everyone know that you are the one that has had my heart all along. For once I'm not afraid to take this to the next step and make my dreams become a reality."
Gordo didn't know what to say at first. He knew he had to say something. Here she was, the girl he had been hoping would share his feelings. Here she was confessing to him years of bottled up emotions. He had gotten so used to hiding his feelings that it had become so hard to even admit them now knowing that she did, in fact, feel the same way. He had practiced for years, trying to find the perfect way to tell her. He realized now that there was no perfect way.
"Gordo?" Lizzie asked.
"Hmm?" was his distant reply.
"You are spacing off." she giggled.
"Oh, sorry. I was just thinking to myself how I've tried for years to find the right way to tell you how I felt and never could. I don't think there is a perfect way and I don't know how to begin." he felt like a fool. A frustrated blush crept into his face as he kicked a small rock that obstructed his path.
"There is a perfect way. Just tell me from the heart." she replied, once again squeezing his hand to show her support and encouragement.
"I guess I've gotten so used to hiding just what I was feeling for you that it made it hard knowing that you feel the same. I've drempt of this moment, playing senerio after senerio over and over again in my mind, never thinking that it would happen like this. I've analyzed my whole existence based on this moment alone. It's made it almost impossible to believe it would ever happen to me, even though, at this very moment it is. I want to be with you more then anything I could ever imagine."
"Gordo, you have my heart. Just remember that when you think things are impossible, you have always had my heart. You can do anything you put your mind to and nothing is ever impossible." The two came up outside the Digital Bean and faced each other.
"You have my heart too, Lizzie. Always have, always will." and before either of them knew it, the world seemed to turn underneath their feet and stand still at the same moment. A breeze seemed to lift Lizzie's hair from her face as she looked into his eyes. Slowly they leaned forward to share the first amazing moment they would share together as a couple.
"There you guys are!" Miranda ran forward only to stop dead in her tracks. She looked between her two friends and immediately cursed herself for bad timing. "I ruined a moment."
"Yeah." Lizzie said looking down. Disappointment was written all over both of their faces.
"There will be others." a smiling Gordo told them, more for Lizzie's benefit rather then Miranda's. If Lizzie could admit having feelings for him when he thought it was impossible, then he knew, in his heart, that there would be many more moments to share. Still holding tightly to Lizzie's hand, he began his way into the Digital Bean.
"Oh wow," came Kate Sanders seething voice. "Dorko and Dorkette have found true love. How incredibly.... Dorky."
"Get a life!" Miranda spat at her. Kate just held her hands up in a 'w' and mouthed the word 'whatever', turning back in the direction of her friends table. When she got there she said something and turned pointing at them and laughing with her friends. "Ignore them guys." Miranda said sitting down at an empty table.
"I don't care anymore what they think." Lizzie said, holding tighter to Gordo's hand. The two of them sat down. "I have spent my entire life trying to be popular, trying to get the attention of people who hated me when all along I already had the attention of the people that mean the most to me. My two best friends." Lizzie said turning to Gordo. "One of which has the key to my heart." Gordo smiled while looking at the hand still holding his.
"Awww, I think I'm going to cry." Miranda said, genuinely happy that her two friends found each other.
After normal conversation picked up and before the three teenagers knew it, it was time to be heading home. Miranda heading her own way, Gordo decided to once again walk Lizzie home.
"So, I'm still confused about one thing." Gordo said as they slowly walked hand in hand.
"What's that?" Lizzie asked looking up at him.
"Does this mean we are, you know?" Gordo asked, his face once again turning red.
"Does it mean that we are a couple?"
Gordo nodded.
"I want us to be more then anything. What do you want?" Lizzie asked as they reached her front door.
"The same." Gordo said. It was now or never. The infamous kiss goodnight. His and Lizzie's first kiss and as he leaned forward, the McGuire's door opened to show a surprised look of Jo McGuire. Both kids stepped apart, hands dropping at their sides.
"Sorry to interrupt." Jo was smiling at the guilty and embarrassed look across both teen's faces. "It's time for dinner, Lizzie." she said.
"Okay, Mom." Lizzie said in defeat. "Bye Gordo" she gave him an apologetic look.
"Night Lizzie." he said as he watched her walk into the house and shut the door. He stood there for several moments wondering if he'd ever have the chance to share a kiss with her. Sighing he began the trek for home.
Inside the house, Lizzie was about to go into the kitchen when her mother stopped her.
"Hold on a minute. What's going on with you and Gordo?" just like a mother would ask. Lizzie rolled her eyes but then turned toward her mother.
"It's my business mom. I'm in high school now. Besides, I don't totally know what's going on so until I have time to clear my mind and think about things you'll just have to wonder like the rest of us are." And with that Lizzie turned on her heels and went into the kitchen. Jo would definitely have to have a talk with Lizzie's father, Sam.
How will the kids at school take Gordo and Lizzie's new found relationship? Will they ever get to share their first kiss? Will Kate ever get a life? This and more in the next chapters to come.
A/N: I've decided to add a general fic. If you are a fan of my writing or perhaps are curious about the kind of stories that I normally write, check out "He's Beautiful". Be careful though, that story is my baby and perhaps the most personal story I have ever written. Until next time.