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A/N: Ok, um. let's see, thanks for the reviews! Sorry, this one's going to be short, but I'm going to post chapter 3 really soon! Oh yeah, for those of you who are a little confused, the prologue is Miranda in the present, and the rest of the story so far is what happened, and basically what she's remembering. I think that'll make more sense now. sorry for the confusion! It made sense in my head! Ok, anyway, on with the plot.
Chapter 2: The long drive
Gordo began driving at 6 A.M. as Lizzie and Miranda slept. Having both chosen to sit in the back for maximum comfort, Gordo was all alone in the front seat with nothing but the radio and his mind to amuse him. Even with that, he didn't want to turn up the radio very loud and wake his friends, so he eventually turned it off. He glanced in the rearview mirror to see Lizzie sleeping peacefully. Her head leaned against the window, with her hair covering half of her face. The rising sun reflected on her strands of blond hair, transforming it so that it had a pinkish glow. If he didn't need to drive, Gordo probably would have reached out to brush the strands of hair from her face. But alas, the road beckoned.
After about 20 minutes, Miranda woke up to find Gordo humming to himself, in an obvious attempt to stay awake.
"Hey Gordo, what time is it?" Miranda asked, rubbing her eyes.
"It's about 10:00. I'm thinking of pulling into a rest stop for a cup of coffee. I really need caffeine to stay awake."
"Oh my gosh! I didn't realize you'd been driving for 4 hours! Come back here and sleep, and I'll drive!" Miranda commanded.
When they reached a service station, Gordo and Miranda switched places while Lizzie continued to sleep, not even taking notice of what was going on around her. The minute that Gordo buckled his seatbelt, he fell fast asleep. Lizzie turned away from the window, and after many tries at finding comfortable position discovered a shoulder, which she thought belonged to Miranda, and lay her head on it. Gordo, not aware of what he was doing, instinctively leaned in towards Lizzie, using her head as a support for his, and putting his arm around her. Lizzie reciprocated by snuggling closer. Miranda was just about to ask Gordo where he had put the driving directions when she looked back and saw the couple sleeping. She smiled knowingly, and decided to keep her mouth closed and continue driving.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Lizzie began to wake up, she felt refreshed and very comfortable. She remembered having fallen asleep against the car window, and midway through her nap having changed positions, but she wasn't sure exactly where she was right now. This thought was interrupted by rhythmic moving of whatever her head was leaning on that was accompanied by breathing that certainly wasn't Miranda's. Opening her eyes, she realized that she was leaning on Gordo's chest, and that he had his arms around her. Shocked by this, she quickly moved away, waking up her friend.
"Lizzie.?" Gordo said, blinking.
"Hey Gordo. Sleep well?" she asked, not knowing what else to say.
"Yea.mmm.God, my shoulder hurts" he mused, not knowing why.
"Oh. Sorry Gordo, I woke up and I had kind of been using you as a pillow." Lizzie replied sheepishly.
"That's ok," he said smiling sleepily.
"I see you guys are awake.finally!" called a voice from the front.
"Hi Miranda, where are we?" asked Lizzie, as she looked out of the window.
"Well we passed Salem, Oregon a while back, but it's been 2 hours since I began driving. so I'll drive for another 2, and then Lizzie can take over," she replied, keeping her eyes on the road.
"Wait. are we almost there?" asked Lizzie, somewhat confused.
Gordo began to laugh as he replied, "Do the math Lizzie, we've been driving for 6 hours, and the trip is 14. We still have another 8 to go."
Lizzie swatted his shoulder playfully, as Miranda turned on the radio. After futile attempts at searching for stations, Gordo sat up and reached into the glove compartment. From there he pulled out a CD case that read "Evil Study mix" and told Miranda to pop it into the CD player Gordo had installed. Suddenly the "Olé Song" came booming out of the speakers. Immediately Lizzie began to sing along.
"Bouncing souls, no one can beat us! We drink beer and wear Adidas!" she wailed.
Gordo laughed because she looked so cute, and this was responded to with yet another swat.
"Why don't you sing Gordo? This IS your CD.loosen up!!!" she said as she continued wailing.
Giving in and putting his qualms behind him he let loose and sang with Lizzie all through not only "Olé Song" but also "I Wanna be Sedated" and "My Generation" (A/N: Classic songs people.) Lizzie and Miranda knew all of the words because after a while they finally got used to Gordo's music. After a period of only swing music, and then the idea that all music was an attempt to make people conform, Gordo had discovered that he actually liked music. Sure, what he listened to wasn't exactly mainstream, but it was good nonetheless.
So the gang continued to drive along, singing, laughing, and enjoying each other's company. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: Alright, hope you liked this installment! Sorry it took so long! I had exams, then rehearsals, and what not. The next chapter should be posted soon. I'm not going to beg. but BE A RESPONSIBLE READER!! IF YOU READ THE STORY, REVIEW IT!! Hehe, alright. Thanx
A/N: Ok, um. let's see, thanks for the reviews! Sorry, this one's going to be short, but I'm going to post chapter 3 really soon! Oh yeah, for those of you who are a little confused, the prologue is Miranda in the present, and the rest of the story so far is what happened, and basically what she's remembering. I think that'll make more sense now. sorry for the confusion! It made sense in my head! Ok, anyway, on with the plot.
Chapter 2: The long drive
Gordo began driving at 6 A.M. as Lizzie and Miranda slept. Having both chosen to sit in the back for maximum comfort, Gordo was all alone in the front seat with nothing but the radio and his mind to amuse him. Even with that, he didn't want to turn up the radio very loud and wake his friends, so he eventually turned it off. He glanced in the rearview mirror to see Lizzie sleeping peacefully. Her head leaned against the window, with her hair covering half of her face. The rising sun reflected on her strands of blond hair, transforming it so that it had a pinkish glow. If he didn't need to drive, Gordo probably would have reached out to brush the strands of hair from her face. But alas, the road beckoned.
After about 20 minutes, Miranda woke up to find Gordo humming to himself, in an obvious attempt to stay awake.
"Hey Gordo, what time is it?" Miranda asked, rubbing her eyes.
"It's about 10:00. I'm thinking of pulling into a rest stop for a cup of coffee. I really need caffeine to stay awake."
"Oh my gosh! I didn't realize you'd been driving for 4 hours! Come back here and sleep, and I'll drive!" Miranda commanded.
When they reached a service station, Gordo and Miranda switched places while Lizzie continued to sleep, not even taking notice of what was going on around her. The minute that Gordo buckled his seatbelt, he fell fast asleep. Lizzie turned away from the window, and after many tries at finding comfortable position discovered a shoulder, which she thought belonged to Miranda, and lay her head on it. Gordo, not aware of what he was doing, instinctively leaned in towards Lizzie, using her head as a support for his, and putting his arm around her. Lizzie reciprocated by snuggling closer. Miranda was just about to ask Gordo where he had put the driving directions when she looked back and saw the couple sleeping. She smiled knowingly, and decided to keep her mouth closed and continue driving.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When Lizzie began to wake up, she felt refreshed and very comfortable. She remembered having fallen asleep against the car window, and midway through her nap having changed positions, but she wasn't sure exactly where she was right now. This thought was interrupted by rhythmic moving of whatever her head was leaning on that was accompanied by breathing that certainly wasn't Miranda's. Opening her eyes, she realized that she was leaning on Gordo's chest, and that he had his arms around her. Shocked by this, she quickly moved away, waking up her friend.
"Lizzie.?" Gordo said, blinking.
"Hey Gordo. Sleep well?" she asked, not knowing what else to say.
"Yea.mmm.God, my shoulder hurts" he mused, not knowing why.
"Oh. Sorry Gordo, I woke up and I had kind of been using you as a pillow." Lizzie replied sheepishly.
"That's ok," he said smiling sleepily.
"I see you guys are awake.finally!" called a voice from the front.
"Hi Miranda, where are we?" asked Lizzie, as she looked out of the window.
"Well we passed Salem, Oregon a while back, but it's been 2 hours since I began driving. so I'll drive for another 2, and then Lizzie can take over," she replied, keeping her eyes on the road.
"Wait. are we almost there?" asked Lizzie, somewhat confused.
Gordo began to laugh as he replied, "Do the math Lizzie, we've been driving for 6 hours, and the trip is 14. We still have another 8 to go."
Lizzie swatted his shoulder playfully, as Miranda turned on the radio. After futile attempts at searching for stations, Gordo sat up and reached into the glove compartment. From there he pulled out a CD case that read "Evil Study mix" and told Miranda to pop it into the CD player Gordo had installed. Suddenly the "Olé Song" came booming out of the speakers. Immediately Lizzie began to sing along.
"Bouncing souls, no one can beat us! We drink beer and wear Adidas!" she wailed.
Gordo laughed because she looked so cute, and this was responded to with yet another swat.
"Why don't you sing Gordo? This IS your CD.loosen up!!!" she said as she continued wailing.
Giving in and putting his qualms behind him he let loose and sang with Lizzie all through not only "Olé Song" but also "I Wanna be Sedated" and "My Generation" (A/N: Classic songs people.) Lizzie and Miranda knew all of the words because after a while they finally got used to Gordo's music. After a period of only swing music, and then the idea that all music was an attempt to make people conform, Gordo had discovered that he actually liked music. Sure, what he listened to wasn't exactly mainstream, but it was good nonetheless.
So the gang continued to drive along, singing, laughing, and enjoying each other's company. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A/N: Alright, hope you liked this installment! Sorry it took so long! I had exams, then rehearsals, and what not. The next chapter should be posted soon. I'm not going to beg. but BE A RESPONSIBLE READER!! IF YOU READ THE STORY, REVIEW IT!! Hehe, alright. Thanx
