DISCLAIMER: As usual. I don't own LM. I promise.
What You Didn't Expect
Chapter 9: One Gordo Is Enough
Gordo went with Lizzie to a bunch of stores throughout NYC the next day, and it wasn't until they returned to his apartment in the late afternoon that he realized the true meaning of the words "shop till you drop." He was definitely ready to drop.
"How much money did you spend today, McGuire?" Gordo asked. He'd really hate to see her credit card statement.
"Um... around $600 I think. Those shoes were an awesome deal!" Lizzie exclaimed, coming into the living room with a new pair of sunglasses on her face. "What do you think?"
She looked so glamorous, yet so down to earth, so innocent, so... beautiful. Her hair fell in loose waves around her face, and to Gordo it looked like gold. She was almost like an enigma, except she was right there, with him.
Boy, he was gonna get himself in deep if he didn't stop thinking like that.
"You look like a movie star... Lizzie McGuire, star of a slew of movies including David Gordon's latest venture, 'Beautiful', is here with us today. Tell us, Miss McGuire, what's it like to be the most sought-after actress in the business?" Gordo pretended to hold a microphone up to her. Lizzie giggled.
"Well, it's exciting! And the best part of it all, is that the director here, is the most awesome guy in the world, and I got to work with him on this awesome movie!" She gave her best award-winning smile to the imaginary audience, then turned to Gordo and cracked up.
"We are such dorks!" she exclaimed. Gordo was laughing so hard he could only attempt to nod his head in agreement.
"Gordo... do you ever wonder what life would be like, if we had all just stayed back in California? What would we all be doing now?"
Gordo shrugged. "Never really thought about it." 'Liar,' the voice in his head said. Gordo sighed inwardly. There was no doubt about it. He loved her. Totally and completely.
"Why not? What if we had never broken our little trio up? What if we had all stayed in California, and never gone away to college? What would have happened?"
"Who knows?"
Lizzie smiled. "I bet you and Miranda would have dated for a while, but then you guys would have broken up because Ethan Craft asked her out, and you would have started chasing Kate Sanders around, and I'd be... I'd still just be Lizzie, clueless as can be."
"Kate Sanders?!" Gordo looked at her in disbelief, and Lizzie laughed.
"Just kidding, Gordo. I bet me and you would have gotten together... and we'd probably be engaged or married, and then we'd have little Gordo's all over the place... oh jeez, that would be scary!" she joked. Gordo didn't know what to think of that one, so he put on a fake hurt face.
"What are you trying to say, McGuire? My kids are gonna look scary?"
"No, no, no! But Gordo... one of you is enough."
"Liz?" Gordo's expression turned serious. Lizzie stopped laughing.
"What?"
"Do you ever think about me and you?"
"Like, you mean... together?" Gordo swallowed hard when she said that, trying to gather his courage.
"Yeah... together. Do you?"
"Uh... well... yeah, sometimes," she admitted. Okay, so once in a while Lizzie tended to daydream about what an amazing boyfriend Gordo would make. Once in a while. At least three times a day.
"You do?" Gordo was surprised.
"Yeah... why?"
"No reason..." Gordo trailed off. Lizzie looked up at him and gave him that, 'You'd-BETTER-spill-the-beans-or-you're-in-trouble" look.
"Well, I mean... because I do to sometimes..." he started to tell her, but began to chicken out at the same time.
"Gordo..."
"Yeah?"
"You know what?"
"What?"
"This is what." Lizzie stepped closer to him and kissed him ever-so- lightly. Gordo was taken aback, and it took him a second to realize what was going on. Lizzie pulled away.
"I'm sorry, Gordo... shoot... I'm sorry!" Before Gordo could think of what to say to her, she turned and ran from the room, and he heard the door to his apartment slam as she ran out. He turned around and looked out the window. She was standing outside on the sidewalk, hugging herself. Finally getting over the shock she'd just caused him, he hurried outside.
"Lizzie... why did you run away?" His voice was so quiet, she barely heard him.
"I'm sorry, Gordo... I couldn't help it... it's just... you know... confusing."
"What's confusing?"
"This! What's going on between us... Gordo, I kissed you... I feel like such a jackass now," Lizzie mumbled, looking at the ground.
"Why?" Gordo tilted her chin so she'd look at him again.
"Because..." Lizzie trailed off, looking towards the ground again.
"Because you're afraid? You don't think it's possible that I feel it too?"
Lizzie's head snapped up when he said that. "You do?"
He leaned in and kissed her, then pulled away. "Only every day since fifth grade," he said.
"Gordo!!" She suddenly stepped back, then hit his shoulder lightly.
"What? What did I do now?" Gordo was confused.
"Why didn't you TELL me? Ugh, Gordo! That's like TEN YEARS of hiding this big secret!"
"It's not like you said anything to me, either, Liz."
"Ugh... you know... if you were anyone else, I would just... smack you." Lizzie looked flustered, and Gordo grinned. "But I'm not. I'm Gordo!"
"Sometimes that scares me." Lizzie tossed him a smile before hurrying back up the sidewalk and going back into the apartment. Gordo just stared after her, then shook his head and followed suit.
What You Didn't Expect
Chapter 9: One Gordo Is Enough
Gordo went with Lizzie to a bunch of stores throughout NYC the next day, and it wasn't until they returned to his apartment in the late afternoon that he realized the true meaning of the words "shop till you drop." He was definitely ready to drop.
"How much money did you spend today, McGuire?" Gordo asked. He'd really hate to see her credit card statement.
"Um... around $600 I think. Those shoes were an awesome deal!" Lizzie exclaimed, coming into the living room with a new pair of sunglasses on her face. "What do you think?"
She looked so glamorous, yet so down to earth, so innocent, so... beautiful. Her hair fell in loose waves around her face, and to Gordo it looked like gold. She was almost like an enigma, except she was right there, with him.
Boy, he was gonna get himself in deep if he didn't stop thinking like that.
"You look like a movie star... Lizzie McGuire, star of a slew of movies including David Gordon's latest venture, 'Beautiful', is here with us today. Tell us, Miss McGuire, what's it like to be the most sought-after actress in the business?" Gordo pretended to hold a microphone up to her. Lizzie giggled.
"Well, it's exciting! And the best part of it all, is that the director here, is the most awesome guy in the world, and I got to work with him on this awesome movie!" She gave her best award-winning smile to the imaginary audience, then turned to Gordo and cracked up.
"We are such dorks!" she exclaimed. Gordo was laughing so hard he could only attempt to nod his head in agreement.
"Gordo... do you ever wonder what life would be like, if we had all just stayed back in California? What would we all be doing now?"
Gordo shrugged. "Never really thought about it." 'Liar,' the voice in his head said. Gordo sighed inwardly. There was no doubt about it. He loved her. Totally and completely.
"Why not? What if we had never broken our little trio up? What if we had all stayed in California, and never gone away to college? What would have happened?"
"Who knows?"
Lizzie smiled. "I bet you and Miranda would have dated for a while, but then you guys would have broken up because Ethan Craft asked her out, and you would have started chasing Kate Sanders around, and I'd be... I'd still just be Lizzie, clueless as can be."
"Kate Sanders?!" Gordo looked at her in disbelief, and Lizzie laughed.
"Just kidding, Gordo. I bet me and you would have gotten together... and we'd probably be engaged or married, and then we'd have little Gordo's all over the place... oh jeez, that would be scary!" she joked. Gordo didn't know what to think of that one, so he put on a fake hurt face.
"What are you trying to say, McGuire? My kids are gonna look scary?"
"No, no, no! But Gordo... one of you is enough."
"Liz?" Gordo's expression turned serious. Lizzie stopped laughing.
"What?"
"Do you ever think about me and you?"
"Like, you mean... together?" Gordo swallowed hard when she said that, trying to gather his courage.
"Yeah... together. Do you?"
"Uh... well... yeah, sometimes," she admitted. Okay, so once in a while Lizzie tended to daydream about what an amazing boyfriend Gordo would make. Once in a while. At least three times a day.
"You do?" Gordo was surprised.
"Yeah... why?"
"No reason..." Gordo trailed off. Lizzie looked up at him and gave him that, 'You'd-BETTER-spill-the-beans-or-you're-in-trouble" look.
"Well, I mean... because I do to sometimes..." he started to tell her, but began to chicken out at the same time.
"Gordo..."
"Yeah?"
"You know what?"
"What?"
"This is what." Lizzie stepped closer to him and kissed him ever-so- lightly. Gordo was taken aback, and it took him a second to realize what was going on. Lizzie pulled away.
"I'm sorry, Gordo... shoot... I'm sorry!" Before Gordo could think of what to say to her, she turned and ran from the room, and he heard the door to his apartment slam as she ran out. He turned around and looked out the window. She was standing outside on the sidewalk, hugging herself. Finally getting over the shock she'd just caused him, he hurried outside.
"Lizzie... why did you run away?" His voice was so quiet, she barely heard him.
"I'm sorry, Gordo... I couldn't help it... it's just... you know... confusing."
"What's confusing?"
"This! What's going on between us... Gordo, I kissed you... I feel like such a jackass now," Lizzie mumbled, looking at the ground.
"Why?" Gordo tilted her chin so she'd look at him again.
"Because..." Lizzie trailed off, looking towards the ground again.
"Because you're afraid? You don't think it's possible that I feel it too?"
Lizzie's head snapped up when he said that. "You do?"
He leaned in and kissed her, then pulled away. "Only every day since fifth grade," he said.
"Gordo!!" She suddenly stepped back, then hit his shoulder lightly.
"What? What did I do now?" Gordo was confused.
"Why didn't you TELL me? Ugh, Gordo! That's like TEN YEARS of hiding this big secret!"
"It's not like you said anything to me, either, Liz."
"Ugh... you know... if you were anyone else, I would just... smack you." Lizzie looked flustered, and Gordo grinned. "But I'm not. I'm Gordo!"
"Sometimes that scares me." Lizzie tossed him a smile before hurrying back up the sidewalk and going back into the apartment. Gordo just stared after her, then shook his head and followed suit.