I'm so happy to be writing. I'm so shocked and excited that people actually like my story! So I am enthused to write more. And since its summer and that means NO SCHOOL, I have all the time in the world!
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"So...I guess you two will be going to prom together."
Lizzie looked up at Miranda. "Uh, I guess so. We would have been going together, anyway, probably. Who are you going with?" She bit into her hamburger.
Miranda surveyed the school cafeteria nervously, her eyes quickly landing on Matt, then fluttering away. "Oh...I dunno. I think Jerome Jaques is thinking of asking me. At least, thats what Ashely Marcella said in Bio last week."
Lizzie smiled, then frowned as the hamburger hit her stomach. "Jerome...he's cute. I think he likes you, too."
Miranda smiled, her eyes all the time over on Matt. They probably wouldn't be going to prom together anytime soon. She stabbed her salad with a plastic spork. "So, how are the 'rents taking the big news?"
Lizzie blushed. "Oh my God, Miranda, you have no idea how long we sat there, with Dad trying to talk us out of it and Mom calmly saying that..." She imitated her mother's voice. "Gordo, we would love to have you in the family, someday, but you are both young and need to grow and expand your horizons before you settle down." Lizzie's face plopped into her hands. "Why is it my parents are trying to talk me out of the one thing that is finally making me feel happy and comlete?" Nothing. Lizzie peeked through her hands. Miranda was staring distantly somewhere else. Lizzie followed her gaze. "Who are you looking at?"
Miranda's head whipped back fopeward. "Looking at? Oh...nothing. No one! Just, um..." She took a big, crunchy bite of iceberg lettuce drizzled in Ranch. "Just eating my salad."
Lizzie gave her a look, then shrugged.
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"You're WHAT?!"
Kate took a deep breath, and sighed. "I'm quitting the cheer squad." She bit her lip so hard that it bled. This was one of the hardest things she had ever had to do. Contary to popular belief, she wasn't in cheerleading just for the popularity boost. She was in it because she loved it. It was her passion. She loved the flips, the pyramids, the excitement, the cartwheels, the screaming, the poms poms, the wind in her hair and the thrill she got everytime before running out on to the field. She was Varsity Cheer Captain, and she loved that position. So yes, this was very hard.
Mrs. Annette Henderson, Cheerleading Sponsor, shook her head incredulously. "Kate...no. We only have about three months left in school anyway. Why are you quitting now. We have the Nationals in two months..."
Kate lowered her voice. "Mrs. Henderson...I'm pregnant."
Mrs. Henderson's eyes grew wide. "Wh-what? Oh, dear me...do your parents know?"
Kate shrugged. "I told them; I don't think they were paying attention." She shoved her hands in her pockets. "Mrs. H, I have to go. Don't mention this to anyone else, okay? None of the other cheerleaders need to know why I quit...yet."
Mrs. Henderson nodded. "Of course, baby."
Kate walked out of the room, tears in her eyes. She wasn't watching where she was going, and wouldn't you know it(!), she bumped right into a one Mr. Ethan Craft.
"Kate...hey..."
Kate looked up at Ethan, forcing herself to smile politely. "Oh. Hey Ethan." She stood there stupidly, looking at her feet every second or so, feeling really dumb. "So...whats up?" *Be polite. Be...social.*
"Nothing...Kate?" Kate looked up again, knowing for sure she was going to lose herself in his eyes.
"Yeah?"
Ethan started out slowly. "Kate...I've been hearing alot of rumors. Now, I'm not one to listen to gossip, but when its about someone I care about...well, I know Jeffrey talks alot of smack, so I won't believe it until I hear it straight from you. Are you pregnant?"
Kate burst into tears, and let herself fall into Ethan's arms.
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"Are we going to go to prom together?"
Matt stopped kissing Miranda and stared at her. "What?"
Miranda stood up. "Are we going to prom together? We've been together for almost half a year, Matt, but I don't see our relationship really GOING anywhere! Do you even consider me your girlfriend, or just a little fun? Your personal little sex slave?"
Matt put his hands on her shoulders. "Miranda...calm down. You're getting excited..."
"I'LL CALM DOWN WHEN I WANT TO CALM DOWN!" Miranda screamed, "Matt McGuire, I don't think I can stand this anymore. Do you have any idea how ALONE I feel when other people make out with their bfs at parties and hold hands in school and get presents on Valentines Day? And I have to kiss you behind closed doors? Where is our relationship going, Matt McGuire. Because if I have no future with you, I'm leaving right now."
Matt just stood there, staring at her blankly.
Miranda rolled her eyes, and grabbed her purse. "I'm out of here."
She left the room, slamming the door behind her. Matt stood there for a second, then ran after her. "Miranda!" he called from the top of the stairs, "Miranda! Wait! I love you!"
Mirand froze. She turned around. "What?"
Matt grinned, and slid down the stair railing. "I love you." And then he kissed her so tenderly and so sweet that all Miranda's anger melted away.
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"Maybe we should get married during the summer."
It was a hot, lazy Saturday. Gordo lay out in a hammock, with Lizzie in his arms. "The summer?" he said, "I thought you didn't want to get married so soon. I thought you'd want to wait at least a year or two. Maybe until we were out of college..."
Lizzie made a pouty face, sticking up her lower lip. "You don't want to marry me? I could always find someone else..."
Gordo laughed, and kissed her forehead. "The summer sounds great. What were you thinking?"
"Well," Lizzie said, "I was thinking we could have an outdoor wedding, wouldn't that be great, and maybe...for our honeymoon we could go to...Disneyworld?"
Gordo laughed out loud. "Disneyworld?! Thats really going to convince your parents we're old enough to get married. Go to Disneyworld for our honeymoon!" He held Lizzie tightly.
"Well, Gordo!" Lizzie said, "I haven't been since I was five...remember? I went with your family. That was the greatest time ever. We had so much fun...I was thinking we could have that much fun together, again." She kissed his cheek.
Gordo smiled. "Okay. Disneyworld it is. But lets not have a G-rated honeymoon, okay?" He rolled over, kissing Lizzie until she dissolved into giggles.
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Okay, thats Ch. 3! I'm gettin these out fast...I love summer!
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"So...I guess you two will be going to prom together."
Lizzie looked up at Miranda. "Uh, I guess so. We would have been going together, anyway, probably. Who are you going with?" She bit into her hamburger.
Miranda surveyed the school cafeteria nervously, her eyes quickly landing on Matt, then fluttering away. "Oh...I dunno. I think Jerome Jaques is thinking of asking me. At least, thats what Ashely Marcella said in Bio last week."
Lizzie smiled, then frowned as the hamburger hit her stomach. "Jerome...he's cute. I think he likes you, too."
Miranda smiled, her eyes all the time over on Matt. They probably wouldn't be going to prom together anytime soon. She stabbed her salad with a plastic spork. "So, how are the 'rents taking the big news?"
Lizzie blushed. "Oh my God, Miranda, you have no idea how long we sat there, with Dad trying to talk us out of it and Mom calmly saying that..." She imitated her mother's voice. "Gordo, we would love to have you in the family, someday, but you are both young and need to grow and expand your horizons before you settle down." Lizzie's face plopped into her hands. "Why is it my parents are trying to talk me out of the one thing that is finally making me feel happy and comlete?" Nothing. Lizzie peeked through her hands. Miranda was staring distantly somewhere else. Lizzie followed her gaze. "Who are you looking at?"
Miranda's head whipped back fopeward. "Looking at? Oh...nothing. No one! Just, um..." She took a big, crunchy bite of iceberg lettuce drizzled in Ranch. "Just eating my salad."
Lizzie gave her a look, then shrugged.
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"You're WHAT?!"
Kate took a deep breath, and sighed. "I'm quitting the cheer squad." She bit her lip so hard that it bled. This was one of the hardest things she had ever had to do. Contary to popular belief, she wasn't in cheerleading just for the popularity boost. She was in it because she loved it. It was her passion. She loved the flips, the pyramids, the excitement, the cartwheels, the screaming, the poms poms, the wind in her hair and the thrill she got everytime before running out on to the field. She was Varsity Cheer Captain, and she loved that position. So yes, this was very hard.
Mrs. Annette Henderson, Cheerleading Sponsor, shook her head incredulously. "Kate...no. We only have about three months left in school anyway. Why are you quitting now. We have the Nationals in two months..."
Kate lowered her voice. "Mrs. Henderson...I'm pregnant."
Mrs. Henderson's eyes grew wide. "Wh-what? Oh, dear me...do your parents know?"
Kate shrugged. "I told them; I don't think they were paying attention." She shoved her hands in her pockets. "Mrs. H, I have to go. Don't mention this to anyone else, okay? None of the other cheerleaders need to know why I quit...yet."
Mrs. Henderson nodded. "Of course, baby."
Kate walked out of the room, tears in her eyes. She wasn't watching where she was going, and wouldn't you know it(!), she bumped right into a one Mr. Ethan Craft.
"Kate...hey..."
Kate looked up at Ethan, forcing herself to smile politely. "Oh. Hey Ethan." She stood there stupidly, looking at her feet every second or so, feeling really dumb. "So...whats up?" *Be polite. Be...social.*
"Nothing...Kate?" Kate looked up again, knowing for sure she was going to lose herself in his eyes.
"Yeah?"
Ethan started out slowly. "Kate...I've been hearing alot of rumors. Now, I'm not one to listen to gossip, but when its about someone I care about...well, I know Jeffrey talks alot of smack, so I won't believe it until I hear it straight from you. Are you pregnant?"
Kate burst into tears, and let herself fall into Ethan's arms.
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"Are we going to go to prom together?"
Matt stopped kissing Miranda and stared at her. "What?"
Miranda stood up. "Are we going to prom together? We've been together for almost half a year, Matt, but I don't see our relationship really GOING anywhere! Do you even consider me your girlfriend, or just a little fun? Your personal little sex slave?"
Matt put his hands on her shoulders. "Miranda...calm down. You're getting excited..."
"I'LL CALM DOWN WHEN I WANT TO CALM DOWN!" Miranda screamed, "Matt McGuire, I don't think I can stand this anymore. Do you have any idea how ALONE I feel when other people make out with their bfs at parties and hold hands in school and get presents on Valentines Day? And I have to kiss you behind closed doors? Where is our relationship going, Matt McGuire. Because if I have no future with you, I'm leaving right now."
Matt just stood there, staring at her blankly.
Miranda rolled her eyes, and grabbed her purse. "I'm out of here."
She left the room, slamming the door behind her. Matt stood there for a second, then ran after her. "Miranda!" he called from the top of the stairs, "Miranda! Wait! I love you!"
Mirand froze. She turned around. "What?"
Matt grinned, and slid down the stair railing. "I love you." And then he kissed her so tenderly and so sweet that all Miranda's anger melted away.
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"Maybe we should get married during the summer."
It was a hot, lazy Saturday. Gordo lay out in a hammock, with Lizzie in his arms. "The summer?" he said, "I thought you didn't want to get married so soon. I thought you'd want to wait at least a year or two. Maybe until we were out of college..."
Lizzie made a pouty face, sticking up her lower lip. "You don't want to marry me? I could always find someone else..."
Gordo laughed, and kissed her forehead. "The summer sounds great. What were you thinking?"
"Well," Lizzie said, "I was thinking we could have an outdoor wedding, wouldn't that be great, and maybe...for our honeymoon we could go to...Disneyworld?"
Gordo laughed out loud. "Disneyworld?! Thats really going to convince your parents we're old enough to get married. Go to Disneyworld for our honeymoon!" He held Lizzie tightly.
"Well, Gordo!" Lizzie said, "I haven't been since I was five...remember? I went with your family. That was the greatest time ever. We had so much fun...I was thinking we could have that much fun together, again." She kissed his cheek.
Gordo smiled. "Okay. Disneyworld it is. But lets not have a G-rated honeymoon, okay?" He rolled over, kissing Lizzie until she dissolved into giggles.
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Okay, thats Ch. 3! I'm gettin these out fast...I love summer!