A/N-Yeah I said what would happen that night, but I guess I never
completed, but don't worry, I am working on that right now. Today was
picture day and I didn't even know it.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Chapter Nineteen- So, what happened (Part 2)
19 June 2002
All right, sorry about keeping you waiting, now I have plenty of time to fill you in on the final outcome of last night.
So, after the flamenco dancing, the whole stage was cleared and so was everything else and they announced that we were going to have a dance type thing. I guess this was supposed to be my chance to apologize to Gordo, but I was a little nervous. I mean, seriously I want Gordo to realize that I am sorry and just was a little moody earlier without having to explain why I was so moody. So I just kind of sat in the corner mustering up enough courage to go talk to him with my head down. A shadow appears. I look up and I see Gordo looking at me. Then he sat down next to me.
Lizzie: Gordo?
Gordo: Lizzie, we need to talk. I mean I know I owe you an apology for not really explaining who Isabella is, but I really feel like you owe me one too.
Lizzie: I do owe you one, and now thanks to Anna, I know who Isabella is. I am sorry, Gordo, I should have waited for you to tell me without blowing up and running off. I guess I just wasn't in a good mood earlier today.
Gordo: Apology accepted. Now, just for the record, in case there are any doubts, I would never do anything like go out with anybody. I mean, you are my best friend and I would never hurt you. I thought you knew that.
Lizzie: I really do know that, I just couldn't think of a better explanation of who Isabella was.
Gordo: Are we friends again? Do you forgive me?
He smiled. I smiled back at him.
Lizzie: Of course . . . so, you want to dance.
Gordo: I was just thinking the same thing.
So we were fine and danced that night. The whole dance thing didn't really last long, but it was fun. It was another good opportunity to get to know everybody. Not only did I dance with Gordo, but I also danced with some other really cool people that I would get an opportunity to know next year. It was a good way to end the Madrid portion of the trip.
Okay, so I have spilled. I told you it was going to be a happy outturn. Oh, I see, not you are curious about what I did today, right? I guess I figured that much. Right now, we are on a bus driving to Rome.
We woke up at like eight and ate breakfast and packed and boarded the bus. We are already in Italy and we have stopped once in Pisa. But, I will get to that later. Anyway, so we are on the back of the bus, and when I say we, I mean me, Gordo, Miranda, Justin, David, Anna, Sarah, and Brian talking about any nonsense that we can come up with to talk about, when Lucy comes on the loud speaker and announces that we are going to have a long ride, and to make it go by faster we are going to play games. First, the whole lot of us is going to play a trivia game with what we should know about Spain. We were supposed to divide up in pairs and answer the questions on a sheet of paper.
Gordo and I ended up together, big surprise there, while everyone else in our little group ended up with whom they were going out with. Gordo moves so he can sit next to me.
Lucy: All right, everybody ready? Good. First question: What was the name of the art museum we went to in Madrid?
Gordo and I whispered to each other what we thought.
Lizzie: I think it is the Louvre.
Gordo: No that was Paris. Remember, it was the El Prado.
Lizzie: Oh yeah. Isn't there a bigger name to it, though?
Gordo: Yeah, hold on, let me think. It's the Museo Nacional del Prado.
Lizzie: Yeah, that's it.
Lucy: Question number two: what is the name of the Subway that we went on in Paris.
Lizzie: Oh! I know this! It is the Metro.
Gordo: Yup.
The questions went all the way up to twenty, and then Lucy collected the sheets of paper. Ten minutes later, the winner was announced.
Lucy: All right, the game was really close, but there was a definite winning team. The winners won by only half a point. The winners are Sarah and David. Congratulations! And the runners up are Gordo and Lizzie followed by Ann and Gloria.
Ann and Gloria are two people that I do not really know. They seem really quiet most of the time, though.
After about ten minutes, Lucy made another announcement.
Lucy: Folks, it is now time for you to exercise your vocal chords! Its time to sing karaoke, which you must sing! But you cannot sing what you want and with whom you want to sing. We, the chaperones will divide you into groups of two or more and then tell you what you will be singing.
Another getting to know you exercise. I like to sing, but I don't really like to sing in front of people. So, Lucy went around and grouped us off. I was grouped with Brian, which might I add was a little awkward considering Brian is Miranda's boyfriend. Gordo was grouped with Sarah and Miranda was grouped with Anna and Ann.
Then it was time to find out our song. We had to draw out of a hat. Luckily, our song was not that bad compared to others and we both knew it. We had to sing "Frere Jacques." The bad part of all of this was that we were first.
So, we sang. As soon as we started singing (we had to go to the front of the bus and sing into the microphone) it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Brian and I sang in tune and in the end people clapped. I really didn't care if I made a fool of myself.
Gordo and Sarah had to sing "Feliz Navidad" and Miranda, Anna, and Ann had to sing, "That's Amore" by Dean Martin. It was funny and a few people made theirs memorable, so that was really cool.
Soon after everyone sang, we stopped for lunch and ate and then got back on the bus. Not long after that, we crossed the Italian Border. Gordo and I sat together and talked and played a few games, but it was pretty low key. After we talked for a while, I decided I was going to lie down and listen to my Discman, which I did.
Before I knew it, we had stopped. We stopped in Pisa to look around there. I had to go to the bathroom, and you have to pay to use the restroom. Why am I telling you this you may ask? You are merely a piece of paper, for you don't talk back, diary. Well, I am telling you this because I just want to vent about it. Why not?
Anyway, we went inside the church that was next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and looked at all the pews and stuff in the church, and then we went outside to do a little shopping.
Some people took wacky photos of themselves with the Tower of Pisa in the background and made it to look like they were trying to hold the leaning tower back up. It was actually really funny and yet at the same time it was stupid. But it was all in fun, and I am one to be talking considering I did the same thing. I also convinced Anna to take a picture of Gordo and I standing in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. I did this because it occurred to me that Gordo and I did not have a whole lot of pictures of just the two of us. I hope that picture looks good.
After about two hours, we all went back on the bus, and it was a very quiet trip. Gordo is sleeping while I am writing this on the bus. What will happen when we reach Roma? Hmm . . .
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A/N Okay, now I have written that, and I am about to work some more on Secrets, although the chances of a new chapter being up tonight is slim, so be patient because I am definitely going to try to have it up by Friday, although I make no promises.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Chapter Nineteen- So, what happened (Part 2)
19 June 2002
All right, sorry about keeping you waiting, now I have plenty of time to fill you in on the final outcome of last night.
So, after the flamenco dancing, the whole stage was cleared and so was everything else and they announced that we were going to have a dance type thing. I guess this was supposed to be my chance to apologize to Gordo, but I was a little nervous. I mean, seriously I want Gordo to realize that I am sorry and just was a little moody earlier without having to explain why I was so moody. So I just kind of sat in the corner mustering up enough courage to go talk to him with my head down. A shadow appears. I look up and I see Gordo looking at me. Then he sat down next to me.
Lizzie: Gordo?
Gordo: Lizzie, we need to talk. I mean I know I owe you an apology for not really explaining who Isabella is, but I really feel like you owe me one too.
Lizzie: I do owe you one, and now thanks to Anna, I know who Isabella is. I am sorry, Gordo, I should have waited for you to tell me without blowing up and running off. I guess I just wasn't in a good mood earlier today.
Gordo: Apology accepted. Now, just for the record, in case there are any doubts, I would never do anything like go out with anybody. I mean, you are my best friend and I would never hurt you. I thought you knew that.
Lizzie: I really do know that, I just couldn't think of a better explanation of who Isabella was.
Gordo: Are we friends again? Do you forgive me?
He smiled. I smiled back at him.
Lizzie: Of course . . . so, you want to dance.
Gordo: I was just thinking the same thing.
So we were fine and danced that night. The whole dance thing didn't really last long, but it was fun. It was another good opportunity to get to know everybody. Not only did I dance with Gordo, but I also danced with some other really cool people that I would get an opportunity to know next year. It was a good way to end the Madrid portion of the trip.
Okay, so I have spilled. I told you it was going to be a happy outturn. Oh, I see, not you are curious about what I did today, right? I guess I figured that much. Right now, we are on a bus driving to Rome.
We woke up at like eight and ate breakfast and packed and boarded the bus. We are already in Italy and we have stopped once in Pisa. But, I will get to that later. Anyway, so we are on the back of the bus, and when I say we, I mean me, Gordo, Miranda, Justin, David, Anna, Sarah, and Brian talking about any nonsense that we can come up with to talk about, when Lucy comes on the loud speaker and announces that we are going to have a long ride, and to make it go by faster we are going to play games. First, the whole lot of us is going to play a trivia game with what we should know about Spain. We were supposed to divide up in pairs and answer the questions on a sheet of paper.
Gordo and I ended up together, big surprise there, while everyone else in our little group ended up with whom they were going out with. Gordo moves so he can sit next to me.
Lucy: All right, everybody ready? Good. First question: What was the name of the art museum we went to in Madrid?
Gordo and I whispered to each other what we thought.
Lizzie: I think it is the Louvre.
Gordo: No that was Paris. Remember, it was the El Prado.
Lizzie: Oh yeah. Isn't there a bigger name to it, though?
Gordo: Yeah, hold on, let me think. It's the Museo Nacional del Prado.
Lizzie: Yeah, that's it.
Lucy: Question number two: what is the name of the Subway that we went on in Paris.
Lizzie: Oh! I know this! It is the Metro.
Gordo: Yup.
The questions went all the way up to twenty, and then Lucy collected the sheets of paper. Ten minutes later, the winner was announced.
Lucy: All right, the game was really close, but there was a definite winning team. The winners won by only half a point. The winners are Sarah and David. Congratulations! And the runners up are Gordo and Lizzie followed by Ann and Gloria.
Ann and Gloria are two people that I do not really know. They seem really quiet most of the time, though.
After about ten minutes, Lucy made another announcement.
Lucy: Folks, it is now time for you to exercise your vocal chords! Its time to sing karaoke, which you must sing! But you cannot sing what you want and with whom you want to sing. We, the chaperones will divide you into groups of two or more and then tell you what you will be singing.
Another getting to know you exercise. I like to sing, but I don't really like to sing in front of people. So, Lucy went around and grouped us off. I was grouped with Brian, which might I add was a little awkward considering Brian is Miranda's boyfriend. Gordo was grouped with Sarah and Miranda was grouped with Anna and Ann.
Then it was time to find out our song. We had to draw out of a hat. Luckily, our song was not that bad compared to others and we both knew it. We had to sing "Frere Jacques." The bad part of all of this was that we were first.
So, we sang. As soon as we started singing (we had to go to the front of the bus and sing into the microphone) it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Brian and I sang in tune and in the end people clapped. I really didn't care if I made a fool of myself.
Gordo and Sarah had to sing "Feliz Navidad" and Miranda, Anna, and Ann had to sing, "That's Amore" by Dean Martin. It was funny and a few people made theirs memorable, so that was really cool.
Soon after everyone sang, we stopped for lunch and ate and then got back on the bus. Not long after that, we crossed the Italian Border. Gordo and I sat together and talked and played a few games, but it was pretty low key. After we talked for a while, I decided I was going to lie down and listen to my Discman, which I did.
Before I knew it, we had stopped. We stopped in Pisa to look around there. I had to go to the bathroom, and you have to pay to use the restroom. Why am I telling you this you may ask? You are merely a piece of paper, for you don't talk back, diary. Well, I am telling you this because I just want to vent about it. Why not?
Anyway, we went inside the church that was next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and looked at all the pews and stuff in the church, and then we went outside to do a little shopping.
Some people took wacky photos of themselves with the Tower of Pisa in the background and made it to look like they were trying to hold the leaning tower back up. It was actually really funny and yet at the same time it was stupid. But it was all in fun, and I am one to be talking considering I did the same thing. I also convinced Anna to take a picture of Gordo and I standing in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. I did this because it occurred to me that Gordo and I did not have a whole lot of pictures of just the two of us. I hope that picture looks good.
After about two hours, we all went back on the bus, and it was a very quiet trip. Gordo is sleeping while I am writing this on the bus. What will happen when we reach Roma? Hmm . . .
(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)(^)
A/N Okay, now I have written that, and I am about to work some more on Secrets, although the chances of a new chapter being up tonight is slim, so be patient because I am definitely going to try to have it up by Friday, although I make no promises.