Don't Say A Word
Part Four: The Beans are spilled
Disclaimer: Same as always
Notes: PG-13 rating.
Gordo, Lizzie, and Miranda sat in the McGuire's van on their way to the pep rally. Sam drove the car while Jo talked on her cell phone in the passenger seat. Gordo stared out the window while Lizzie and Miranda were caught up in gossip like they always were. He sometimes didn't know why he didn't hang around guys more. Lizzie and Miranda were sometimes too superficial for his liking, but it was more Lizzie than Miranda. Miranda was always the one who was more comfortable with herself, while Lizzie was never really comfortable with herself.
"So who are you going to the sophomore ball with Gordo," Miranda asked suggestively like she had always done.
"I don't know, I'm probably not going at all," he sighed.
"Even if you ask Parker she'll go with you, you've grown since your junior high days," Lizzie chuckled sarcastically.
Gordo had grown since his junior high days. He now stood at a respective five foot seven, which even though it was considered short in the eyes of the jocks, Gordo couldn't care less. Even though he had tried to impress Parker by being taller, he was kind of soul searching in the process. His talks with Lizzie and Mr. Dig kind of gave him a fresh breath of air, he no longer did care what people thought, even though he didn't really in the first place.
The car came to a halt and they got out. Gordo looked up anxiously at the sky and sighed.
Kate sat in the locker room looking at herself in her compact. Claire stood tying ribbons in her hair that were of the school colors, yellow and blue. Kate looked at Claire sighed. Claire had always been conceited and concerned with her looks. "Oh Kate, one piece of my hair is out of place" or "Kate, your eyeliner is smudged, you look like freak with it like that".
"Kate, do the ribbons look good in my hair," Claire asked as she stood in back of Kate.
Kate rolled her eyes, "They look fine Claire."
"Great," she squealed. "We're out there in five minutes and please, don't fall when make the pyramid."
Kate mocked her words and rolled her eyes.
Some things never change.
Gordo, Lizzie, and Miranda sat on gym's bleachers. Lizzie and Miranda were still talking while Gordo was resting his head on his hand.
"Are you okay, Gordo? You look like you're about to fall asleep," Miranda chuckled as she patted him playfully on the head.
"Oh, yeah, just a little tired," he said embarrassed.
"Gordo, what color should her tips be? I think they should stay blue, but she thinks red would be nice. What do you think," Lizzie asked.
Gordo sighed, "What is the point of tips? I mean it's a waste of money. It's not like you're dying your whole head. It doesn't make any sense," he argued viciously.
"What's your problem Gordo? We just wanted an opinion. It's not like I asked you to have my baby or make sweet love to me," Miranda snapped sarcastically.
"Yeah," Lizzie said as she flipped back a piece of her shoulder length blonde hair and flipped it over her shoulder. "You've been excessively weird lately. I mean, we can't even have a normal conversation with out you either degrading us or yelling at us."
Miranda sighed, "Lizzie, being normal is vastly overrated, yet again I see your point. What the hell is your problem Gordo?"
"Hey guys," they heard a voice behind them and turned around. They saw Parker standing there. "Can I sit here?"
"Parker, can I talk to you for a minute, alone," Gordo asked as he stood up.
"Sure, I guess," she asked as she cocked in eyebrow in confusion.
He grabbed her arm and dragged her out of the gymnasium as Lizzie and Miranda watched.
"You know," Miranda said. "It seems like he always gets weird around Parker."
"I've noticed that too," Lizzie agreed as she took out a hair tie and put her hair back in a messy bun.
What is going on?
Kate stood near the locker room door, waiting for the rest of the squad to get ready when she saw Gordo dragging Parker out the gym doors. She glared and wanted to strangle Parker.
That little slut. She probably got my boyfriend drunk and is going to seduce him or something. But if I do something about it, people will know about my secret. Damn it! Why does everything have to be so complicated?
"So, Gordo, why did you practically drag me out of here," Parker asked as she crossed her arms against her body and rolled her eyes.
"I've tried for so long to keep this a secret. I can't though. I thought it would be better keeping it all bottled up. I can't though. If you tell anyone what I tell you, there will be a price on your head," Gordo yelled viciously as Parker backed away in fear, yet again it was for dramatic emphasis.
"Uh, okay. Are you gay," Parker spit out. "Because if you are, I will support you every step of the way, my uncle is gay."
Gordo was dumbfounded, "What?! I am not gay. Listen, I've had a secret girlfriend since June."
"You're going out with a drag queen," Parker asked sarcastically.
"Why do you think I'm gay," Gordo snapped.
"Chill, chill, I'm just kidding around. Okay Mr. Serious, reveal your deep secret that you should reveal on the Jerry Springer show, instead of confiding it in me," Parker rolled her eyes once more.
"Fine, I'msecretlygoingoutwithKateSanders," Gordo's words were jumbled up and Parker looked at Gordo in immense confusion.
"I understood going out with something Sanders. Let me try and comprehend that," Parker said as she looked up at the ceiling in deep thought until her eyes lit up in realization of what Gordo had just told her. "Holy shit! You're going out with Kate Sanders," Gordo's hand covered Parker's mouth as she looked up at him in disbelief.
"Can you be any louder," he snapped sarcastically.
"Why are you confiding in me of all people," she shook her head.
"Unlike Lizzie and Miranda, you're not judgmental," he explained.
"Um, if you don't remember, I rejected you because you were short! What could possess you to go out with Kate?! I mean, she's Ms. Popularity and I hate to break it to you, but you're no Ethan Craft," she scoffed.
"Parker, I confided in you because you were the last resort."
"Wow, I feel so special. You want to know something? This is all going to crumble right in front of your face. You think you're so smart and sneaky for keeping this all undercover. You are such an idiot," she shook her head as she laughed. Then, a cruel smile started to develop on her face. "Oh Kate! Come here!"
As Kate entered the gym with the other cheerleaders, she heard her name and told Claire that she had to go to the bathroom and ran towards Parker and Gordo.
"What do you want Parker? I'm just about to start my routine," she snapped snobbishly.
"Keep your shirt on, for my sake anyway," Parker laughed.
"What do you mean by that," Gordo chuckled nervously.
"Gordo told me the most interesting thing a few minutes ago. He said that you and he are dating. Please tell me if the poor boy is delusional or what, because I quite frankly can not imagine you two romantically involved," she was in Kate's face while she was saying all of this. Kate's face got flushed as her eyes darted away from Parker's.
"Don't say a word, Kate," Gordo yelled.
"Did I ask you? If not, please shut the hell up," Parker yelled back. "C'mon Kate, it's a simple yes or no question. I'm sure even a true blonde like you can answer a yes or no question."
"Why do you care? So what if we're dating? It doesn't affect your life, now does it? Get your fake nose out of our business," Kate screeched.
"Where is Ethan? I bet he would love to hear about this. I'll be right back," Parker skipped off into the gymnasium in search for Ethan.
"What the hell are we going to do," Gordo yelled furiously.
"Calm down! We can deny! Duh! Who listens to Parker anyway? All she does is make everyone else look bad so she can feel good about herself," Kate assured him.
"You are such a hypocrite," Gordo rolled his eyes.
"Wait, wait, I'm not the one who got all teary eyed and depressed when little Parker rejected you because of your height! And you're supposedly Mr. Non-Conformity," she mocked.
"Sometimes I don't know why I'm dating you," Gordo snapped.
"Exactly why are you dating her," a voice asked.
Gordo and Kate abandoned their argument to see Parker standing with Ethan, Miranda, and Lizzie. They all stared at the two in disbelief.
"You know, I should trust Parker more often," Lizzie said as she smiled at Parker.
"So, was I not good enough for you Kate, how could you do this to me," Ethan asked sadly as he gave his famous puppy dog eyes.
"See, unlike you, I've known how to tie my shoes since I was four, unlike you who probably learned how to five minutes ago and forgot again," Gordo chuckled sarcastically.
"God Gordon, that hurt, but the beating I'm about to give you for screwing around with my girl, is going to hurt a lot more," Ethan snapped.
Before anyone knew it, Ethan lunged towards Gordo and Gordo punched Ethan in the nose. That didn't stop Ethan though. He pinned him to the floor and started to punch him in the face.
"Get off of him, Ethan," Miranda screamed.
"Shut up Sanchez, this is personal," Ethan said in between punches.
"Oh Ethan," Kate sang sweetly.
Ethan got up off of a beaten Gordo and walked towards her. She smiled coyly as he came closer and closer to her. Kate then punched him in the gut.
"What the hell is wrong with the both you? You two are like savage beasts fighting over a piece of meat! News flash fellows, I am not a piece of meat. I am a person who is breaking up with the two of you," she snapped angrily.
Gordo and Ethan looked at her in disbelief. Anger and hurt over came their faces as a mixture of blood and tears dripped down there face.
"Kate, are you serious," Ethan said dumbfounded, more dumbfounded than normal.
"Yeah I am," she answered seriously. "I have to get back to the rally."
With that she walked off, leaving the both of them in disbelief.
"I hate you, Gordon," Ethan snapped as he walked back to the gymnasium.
"What the hell is your problem, Parker? You are so heartless," Gordo shook his head as he headed towards the front doors of the school.
Parker, Lizzie, and Miranda stood there in an awkward silence. Parker fidgeted with her golden brown hair as Lizzie and Miranda glared at her.
"Why didn't he tell us," Lizzie asked as she looked at Miranda.
"The old saying goes 'What someone doesn't know can't hurt them'," Parker mumbled loudly to herself.
"Why did you do this Parker," Miranda asked as she glared at Parker.
"Why wouldn't I do it? I mean, Kate and Gordo? Please, it was just a time bomb waiting to explode," she explained.
"Did ever register in that mind of yours that maybe he was happy," Lizzie snapped.
"Whatever," she rolled her eyes. "If you'll excuse me, I'll be ruining other people's lives."
She smiled sarcastically and pranced off into the gymnasium towards where Ethan was sitting.
"I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Parker is such a witch," Miranda said. "I'll be right back."
Miranda walked off towards the school entrance, leaving Lizzie standing there alone trying to absorb everything that had just happened in the blink of an eye.
[A/N: I know, I know, everything probably happened way too fast. Remember, this takes place six months into Kate and Gordo's just shattered relationship. Also I intended for this not to be a long story anyways, so, yeah. Please read and review with your thoughts, thank you.]
