Disclaimer: Lizzie McGuire is Disney-owned. It is not mine. And once
again, Celine Dion's "Have You Ever Been In Love" is still not mine.
Author's Note: *spoiler alert* Allusions to episode "Clueless" if you haven't seen it, and if you haven't seen it. See it! This is also the last chapter!
Open Your Eyes - Chapter Six: Somewhere to Stay
By: Taygeta
Lizzie looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing the white dress that her mother and Miranda had helped her pick out earlier that week at the mall. It was a simple dress that reminded her of a dress she had grown out of. She had worn a white dress in the last year of junior high at the Clue party where she had been Ethan's bride. She had discovered a lot at that party, but nothing had come from her discoveries...just the same routines. She had thought Gordo might have moved on since then. He had had a few girlfriends here and there, and she had had her own romances. Lately though she was hoping that he hadn't moved on.
"Lizzie, are you ready?" asked Mrs. McGuire knocking lightly on the slightly open door.
-Cartoon Lizzie- As ready as I'll ever be!
Her daughter turned around and smiled, "I guess. How do I look?"
"Beautiful," she said, and then added slyly, "I think Gordo would concur."
Lizzie rolled her eyes, "Mom..."
Before Mrs. McGuire could reply, Mr. McGuire called up from downstairs, "Lizzie, honey, Gordo's here."
She bit her lower lip, "Do I look okay, Mom?"
Mrs. McGuire laughed and gave her daughter a hug, "You look wonderful, dear."
They both walked downstairs to see Gordo wearing an open-collared white shirt with a dark blue sports coat. His hair was in a slightly more kempt mop-form and Lizzie couldn't help observe that he was looking quite the handsome devil.
-Cartoon Lizzie- Gordo's looking quite swanky.
"Well you're looking very nice tonight, Gordo," Mrs. McGuire commented.
"Thank you," he replied with a smile.
Lizzie stood beside Gordo and they looked at the McGuires for a while. It wasn't as if Gordo and Lizzie hadn't ever gone out together before, but this was different. This was Lizzie and Gordo going out together...on a date.
-Cartoon Lizzie- Can you feel the parental weirdness?
"Um...Gordo," began Mr. McGuire.
"Yes, Mr. McGuire?"
"Uh...please have Lizzie home before eleven-thirty," he said.
"Of course, Mr. McGuire," said Gordo. After awhile, he glanced at Lizzie and said, "Um...shall we go?"
She nodded, "Yea...we don't want to be late."
The two walked out to the car that Gordo's parents had bought him for his sixteenth birthday, a silver Toyota Camry that just screamed practicality. Gordo opened Lizzie's door for her and she was about to sit down when she realized there was something on her seat.
Gordo sat in the driver's seat and was about to start the car with an amused grin, but Lizzie stopped him, "What's this for?"
She held up a single red rose bouquet with baby's breath surrounding it.
-Cartoon Lizzie- A rose! *swoon*
"Just something I picked up along the way," he said as he glanced at her and turned the ignition on.
"You didn't have to buy me a rose, Gordo," said Lizzie with a smile.
"I know, but I wanted to," was his simple reply.
The drive to the high school took a short ten minutes. They had driven in relative silence, unsure of what to say...unsure of what to do.
"Should I take this in with me?" she asked holding up the bouquet slightly.
"It might get lost," said Gordo.
"True," she said, as she put it in the backseat before she got out of the car.
As they both walked toward the gym where the dance was going to be held, Gordo finally said, "This is weird."
Lizzie smiled, "Yeah...it is."
"But I'm glad to be here," he assessed, and then added, "With you."
She glanced at him, took hold of his right hand with her left, and said, "And I'm glad I'm here with you too."
Gordo glanced at their hands and just smiled.
The silence now comfortable, they walked into the gym and met up with Miranda and her date, Freddie Chandler. Freddie was one of the school's basketball stars. He was fairly tall with blonde hair and grey eyes. He was one of the more quiet people at school, but rather popular because of his seemingly brooding qualities.
"Hey, you two," said Miranda with a grin as she noted their holding hands.
"Hey," they both said.
The music started to blare and the couples went to the dance floor. After a few numbers, Gordo and Lizzie went to the food table to get a few drinks.
"Gor-don, Liz-zie!" greeted Ethan with Kate in tow.
"If it isn't the Princess of Dirkdom and her Knight in cheap polyester," said Kate with a smirk.
"That's not a nice way to greet pals, Kate," said her date.
"Oh, I'm just joking Ethan," she said with a fake smile. "They know that."
"Riiight," was Gordo's reply.
A slow song began to play.
*** Have you ever been in love / You could touch the moonlight/When your heart is shooting stars / You're holding heaven in your arms /Have you ever been in love? ***
Gordo and Lizzie both looked at each other with odd expressions as Ethan and Kate went to the dance floor.
"Would you like to dance?" Gordo asked her. Lizzie looked at him blankly, still thrown off by the song.
Without waiting for her reply, he took her by the hand and led her to the dance floor. They held each other closely as they danced. Neither dared to look into the other's eyes. It was the first slow dance of the night, but for two dreamers, it was a reality that was opening eyes in ways their dreams already had foretold.
**** Have you ever been / Some place that you ain't leavin' / Somewhere you gonna stay /When you finally found the meanin' /Have you ever felt this way.. ****
When the song faded to a close and changed to a faster song, Gordo and Lizzie finally looked at each other. They held hands as they walked off the dance floor.
"Can we go somewhere and talk?" she asked him quietly.
He nodded and they walked outside of the gym and outside the school in relative silence. They sat on the school front steps.
"What's going on?" she asked. It was a question directed not only to him, but also to herself.
He glanced at her, "I don't know. Well, I'm not exactly all ignorant, I do know what I feel about you and that I've felt this way for a long time."
"And what is that exactly?" she asked.
He leaned his head toward hers and kissed her. Lizzie closed her eyes and thought back to the dream she had woken from this morning. He pulled away from her and she opened her eyes.
She smiled and said, "I see." Lizzie continued with, "It was worth it."
Gordo gave her a quizzical look and then said allusively, "The wait?"
Lizzie shook her head, "This."
And with that she kissed him.
Author's Note II: That's the end of my first Lizzie McGuire fanfic, folks! Thanks for all the great reviews! Please R/R...it would be appreciated greatly :)
Author's Note: *spoiler alert* Allusions to episode "Clueless" if you haven't seen it, and if you haven't seen it. See it! This is also the last chapter!
Open Your Eyes - Chapter Six: Somewhere to Stay
By: Taygeta
Lizzie looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing the white dress that her mother and Miranda had helped her pick out earlier that week at the mall. It was a simple dress that reminded her of a dress she had grown out of. She had worn a white dress in the last year of junior high at the Clue party where she had been Ethan's bride. She had discovered a lot at that party, but nothing had come from her discoveries...just the same routines. She had thought Gordo might have moved on since then. He had had a few girlfriends here and there, and she had had her own romances. Lately though she was hoping that he hadn't moved on.
"Lizzie, are you ready?" asked Mrs. McGuire knocking lightly on the slightly open door.
-Cartoon Lizzie- As ready as I'll ever be!
Her daughter turned around and smiled, "I guess. How do I look?"
"Beautiful," she said, and then added slyly, "I think Gordo would concur."
Lizzie rolled her eyes, "Mom..."
Before Mrs. McGuire could reply, Mr. McGuire called up from downstairs, "Lizzie, honey, Gordo's here."
She bit her lower lip, "Do I look okay, Mom?"
Mrs. McGuire laughed and gave her daughter a hug, "You look wonderful, dear."
They both walked downstairs to see Gordo wearing an open-collared white shirt with a dark blue sports coat. His hair was in a slightly more kempt mop-form and Lizzie couldn't help observe that he was looking quite the handsome devil.
-Cartoon Lizzie- Gordo's looking quite swanky.
"Well you're looking very nice tonight, Gordo," Mrs. McGuire commented.
"Thank you," he replied with a smile.
Lizzie stood beside Gordo and they looked at the McGuires for a while. It wasn't as if Gordo and Lizzie hadn't ever gone out together before, but this was different. This was Lizzie and Gordo going out together...on a date.
-Cartoon Lizzie- Can you feel the parental weirdness?
"Um...Gordo," began Mr. McGuire.
"Yes, Mr. McGuire?"
"Uh...please have Lizzie home before eleven-thirty," he said.
"Of course, Mr. McGuire," said Gordo. After awhile, he glanced at Lizzie and said, "Um...shall we go?"
She nodded, "Yea...we don't want to be late."
The two walked out to the car that Gordo's parents had bought him for his sixteenth birthday, a silver Toyota Camry that just screamed practicality. Gordo opened Lizzie's door for her and she was about to sit down when she realized there was something on her seat.
Gordo sat in the driver's seat and was about to start the car with an amused grin, but Lizzie stopped him, "What's this for?"
She held up a single red rose bouquet with baby's breath surrounding it.
-Cartoon Lizzie- A rose! *swoon*
"Just something I picked up along the way," he said as he glanced at her and turned the ignition on.
"You didn't have to buy me a rose, Gordo," said Lizzie with a smile.
"I know, but I wanted to," was his simple reply.
The drive to the high school took a short ten minutes. They had driven in relative silence, unsure of what to say...unsure of what to do.
"Should I take this in with me?" she asked holding up the bouquet slightly.
"It might get lost," said Gordo.
"True," she said, as she put it in the backseat before she got out of the car.
As they both walked toward the gym where the dance was going to be held, Gordo finally said, "This is weird."
Lizzie smiled, "Yeah...it is."
"But I'm glad to be here," he assessed, and then added, "With you."
She glanced at him, took hold of his right hand with her left, and said, "And I'm glad I'm here with you too."
Gordo glanced at their hands and just smiled.
The silence now comfortable, they walked into the gym and met up with Miranda and her date, Freddie Chandler. Freddie was one of the school's basketball stars. He was fairly tall with blonde hair and grey eyes. He was one of the more quiet people at school, but rather popular because of his seemingly brooding qualities.
"Hey, you two," said Miranda with a grin as she noted their holding hands.
"Hey," they both said.
The music started to blare and the couples went to the dance floor. After a few numbers, Gordo and Lizzie went to the food table to get a few drinks.
"Gor-don, Liz-zie!" greeted Ethan with Kate in tow.
"If it isn't the Princess of Dirkdom and her Knight in cheap polyester," said Kate with a smirk.
"That's not a nice way to greet pals, Kate," said her date.
"Oh, I'm just joking Ethan," she said with a fake smile. "They know that."
"Riiight," was Gordo's reply.
A slow song began to play.
*** Have you ever been in love / You could touch the moonlight/When your heart is shooting stars / You're holding heaven in your arms /Have you ever been in love? ***
Gordo and Lizzie both looked at each other with odd expressions as Ethan and Kate went to the dance floor.
"Would you like to dance?" Gordo asked her. Lizzie looked at him blankly, still thrown off by the song.
Without waiting for her reply, he took her by the hand and led her to the dance floor. They held each other closely as they danced. Neither dared to look into the other's eyes. It was the first slow dance of the night, but for two dreamers, it was a reality that was opening eyes in ways their dreams already had foretold.
**** Have you ever been / Some place that you ain't leavin' / Somewhere you gonna stay /When you finally found the meanin' /Have you ever felt this way.. ****
When the song faded to a close and changed to a faster song, Gordo and Lizzie finally looked at each other. They held hands as they walked off the dance floor.
"Can we go somewhere and talk?" she asked him quietly.
He nodded and they walked outside of the gym and outside the school in relative silence. They sat on the school front steps.
"What's going on?" she asked. It was a question directed not only to him, but also to herself.
He glanced at her, "I don't know. Well, I'm not exactly all ignorant, I do know what I feel about you and that I've felt this way for a long time."
"And what is that exactly?" she asked.
He leaned his head toward hers and kissed her. Lizzie closed her eyes and thought back to the dream she had woken from this morning. He pulled away from her and she opened her eyes.
She smiled and said, "I see." Lizzie continued with, "It was worth it."
Gordo gave her a quizzical look and then said allusively, "The wait?"
Lizzie shook her head, "This."
And with that she kissed him.
Author's Note II: That's the end of my first Lizzie McGuire fanfic, folks! Thanks for all the great reviews! Please R/R...it would be appreciated greatly :)