Chapter 3
"So anyway... Gordo... what have you been up to since we last got together?"
Larry had left almost an hour before, and Lizzie only noticed right about then. Gordo had asked her to fill him in on everything that had happened in her life since the last time they talked... and she'd gotten a little carried away.
"Nothing much."
Lizzie couldn't believe that after all she'd just told him, all he'd say was, 'nothing much.'
"Gordo! You're so full of it. Come on... what's been going on in your life? How's school been? How's New York? How's your love life? Something!"
"Umm... school's just school... New York's kind of exciting... my love life doesn't exist. Any other questions?" Lizzie gave an exasperated sigh and rolled her eyes.
"Gordo... are you always going to be this cynical?"
"Maybe. Then again, I might hit my head, get amnesia, and turn into some kind of Prince Charming," Gordo joked.
"I dunno, Gordo... you're pretty big for a frog... it might be difficult," Lizzie teased him.
Lizzie and Gordo left the Digital Bean a little while later and headed out to Gordo's Ford Explorer. "You drove here from New York?" she asked.
"Yep... I just bought this thing, and didn't want to leave it at home for two weeks," Gordo replied.
"Are you moving back here?" she asked. Gordo shook his head.
"Not just yet... I'm staying up in New York for a while," he said.
"Okay, I don't feel so bad now... but Miranda's big time mad at me because I told her I'm staying in Florida," Lizzie said. Gordo's eyes widened.
"You're not coming home? Wow... I always thought you'd move right back as soon as you graduated from college," he said.
"Nope... they offered me an awesome job in Orlando, so when I go back to Gainesville after this, I'm packing everything up and moving from my little apartment there, to another one in Orlando."
Gordo was quiet for a while before he spoke up again. "Man... we're all grown up now, Liz... we've all gone our separate ways, did our time in college... and instead of coming back home and being best friends forever, like we always said... we're going to be in opposite corners of the country."
"Miranda said the same thing, basically... only, she got mad, and now she's not talking to me."
"Jeez... she's taking it that hard?"
"Apparently so. People grow up, Gordo... friends forever, that phrase holds so much meaning... but I don't think she believes it. She seems to think that because I'm living in Florida, that I don't care about her anymore. You don't think that, too, do you? 'Cause you know that's not true, Gordo..."
"Liz, relax... don't freak out. Miranda's probably just a little hurt. The two of you were always kind of naive, and I guess maybe she just hasn't totally outgrown it."
"No one ever outgrows it totally, Gordo... I guess it's just growing up that makes you realize that life isn't as easy as it was as a kid." Gordo pulled up in the McGuire's driveway.
"Come on in, Gordo... come say hey to mom and dad and Matt," Lizzie said, hopping out of the truck. Gordo followed her into the house and talked to her parents for a while before announcing that he needed to get back to his parents place before they sent out a search warrant on him. Lizzie followed him out to his truck.
"I'm so glad you're here, Gordo... I don't think I could handle Miranda being angry with me, without you around... thanks for always being there," she said, leaning on the open window of the Explorer.
"What are best friends for? You know I'll be there until the day they put me six feet under," Gordo said. Lizzie smiled, then leaned in and kissed his cheek.
"Thanks, Gordo. Give me a call later?" He nodded in response, then started up the truck and pulled out of her driveway, waving as he drove off. Lizzie smiled to herself. She'd really missed Gordo, but it wasn't until she saw him today, that she'd realized just how much.
"So anyway... Gordo... what have you been up to since we last got together?"
Larry had left almost an hour before, and Lizzie only noticed right about then. Gordo had asked her to fill him in on everything that had happened in her life since the last time they talked... and she'd gotten a little carried away.
"Nothing much."
Lizzie couldn't believe that after all she'd just told him, all he'd say was, 'nothing much.'
"Gordo! You're so full of it. Come on... what's been going on in your life? How's school been? How's New York? How's your love life? Something!"
"Umm... school's just school... New York's kind of exciting... my love life doesn't exist. Any other questions?" Lizzie gave an exasperated sigh and rolled her eyes.
"Gordo... are you always going to be this cynical?"
"Maybe. Then again, I might hit my head, get amnesia, and turn into some kind of Prince Charming," Gordo joked.
"I dunno, Gordo... you're pretty big for a frog... it might be difficult," Lizzie teased him.
Lizzie and Gordo left the Digital Bean a little while later and headed out to Gordo's Ford Explorer. "You drove here from New York?" she asked.
"Yep... I just bought this thing, and didn't want to leave it at home for two weeks," Gordo replied.
"Are you moving back here?" she asked. Gordo shook his head.
"Not just yet... I'm staying up in New York for a while," he said.
"Okay, I don't feel so bad now... but Miranda's big time mad at me because I told her I'm staying in Florida," Lizzie said. Gordo's eyes widened.
"You're not coming home? Wow... I always thought you'd move right back as soon as you graduated from college," he said.
"Nope... they offered me an awesome job in Orlando, so when I go back to Gainesville after this, I'm packing everything up and moving from my little apartment there, to another one in Orlando."
Gordo was quiet for a while before he spoke up again. "Man... we're all grown up now, Liz... we've all gone our separate ways, did our time in college... and instead of coming back home and being best friends forever, like we always said... we're going to be in opposite corners of the country."
"Miranda said the same thing, basically... only, she got mad, and now she's not talking to me."
"Jeez... she's taking it that hard?"
"Apparently so. People grow up, Gordo... friends forever, that phrase holds so much meaning... but I don't think she believes it. She seems to think that because I'm living in Florida, that I don't care about her anymore. You don't think that, too, do you? 'Cause you know that's not true, Gordo..."
"Liz, relax... don't freak out. Miranda's probably just a little hurt. The two of you were always kind of naive, and I guess maybe she just hasn't totally outgrown it."
"No one ever outgrows it totally, Gordo... I guess it's just growing up that makes you realize that life isn't as easy as it was as a kid." Gordo pulled up in the McGuire's driveway.
"Come on in, Gordo... come say hey to mom and dad and Matt," Lizzie said, hopping out of the truck. Gordo followed her into the house and talked to her parents for a while before announcing that he needed to get back to his parents place before they sent out a search warrant on him. Lizzie followed him out to his truck.
"I'm so glad you're here, Gordo... I don't think I could handle Miranda being angry with me, without you around... thanks for always being there," she said, leaning on the open window of the Explorer.
"What are best friends for? You know I'll be there until the day they put me six feet under," Gordo said. Lizzie smiled, then leaned in and kissed his cheek.
"Thanks, Gordo. Give me a call later?" He nodded in response, then started up the truck and pulled out of her driveway, waving as he drove off. Lizzie smiled to herself. She'd really missed Gordo, but it wasn't until she saw him today, that she'd realized just how much.