"Can you believe Parker? She acted as if you weren't even there." Lizzie
was still too angry to reply. Parker was way crazy if she think that she
could take Gordo. She blew him off for the dance last year and now all of a
sudden she's acting as if he was the hottest guy on the planet??!! Well he
was... but she wasn't supposed to know that. What if Gordo went back to
liking her? He didn't pay her any attention today but he did like her
first. Was she the rebound girl for him? Did he actually still like Parker?
"Miranda you don't think that Gordo still like Parker do you?"
"Of course not Lizzie. That's why she looked so stupid just now, because he was totally ignoring her. How could you even think that?" Someone walked up behind Lizzie and joined the line. They were queued up outside the vice- principal's office to get their homerooms and timetables for the next year. It was their first day of school. They were actually in high school!!!!! The morning was going so perfectly. That is until Parker showed up.
Obviously she had spent the summer pondering her loss with Gordo because she marched straight up to him this morning and started fawning over him, tell him that he was looking good and asking him if he got taller. The nerve of her. Especially as it was impossible to miss that his and Lizzie' s hands were firmly interwoven.
"I dunno, I mean I know that Gordo is different but remember Ronnie broke up with me because of a girl that he liked before."
"Lizzie, you and Gordo are going to be together FOREVER! That's just the way it is. You're meant to be. I wonder if Larry and I are meant to be. You don't think we'll ever break up do you? Lizzie? Is that a YES???!" Lizzie was definitely not paying attention. She had been feeling as if someone was listening to them and she turned around annoyed only to see
"Oh my gosh......Ronnie?" This cannot be happening not now! Why was Ronnie Jacobs standing behind her?!!! And more importantly why was he staring at her like that?
Ronnie couldn't believe it but he should have guessed. Obviously Lizzie would go to Hillridge High. When he joined the line he thought that the voice had sounded familiar but he hadn't placed it until she mentioned his name. Then it hit him. He wasn't really paying attention to her conversation as much as he was just looking at her. She didn't really change physically. Ok maybe a little more of all the right things in the right places but something else made him stare. She was glowing, she exuded confidence. He had seen that somewhere before.... Oh yeah. With Hope. He had seen her look like that when she had fallen in love with him. So Lizzie was in love. And not with him. Why did this make him feel so bad. Oh yeah, because Hope was in New York and he was lonely.
"Hey Lizzie you look really good. Actually, no you look great. How've you been?"
"Fine. You look good to. Oh this is my friend Miranda." Miranda gave him a small smile and wave. So Ronnie was going to Hillridge High now. Interesting.
At that same moment Gordo and Larry were walking up to them. They were in the bathroom which was why they hadn't joined the girls earlier. They had promised to hold a space in the line for them and they were now approaching them. Suddenly Gordo stopped halting Larry also with his hand on his arm.
"Larry, that's Lizzie's ex. That's the guy that had her wearing dirty shoelaces and then left her crying her eyes out in the library. I want to hurt him so bad but I don't know if Lizzie would ever forgive me. Why is she talking to that jerk anyway? What do you think I should do?"
"Man, walk up to your girl and stake your claim. You know Lizzie is only interested in you so show it to the fool. Why are you feeling so insecure. You know Lizzie loves you."
"You think so? You think she LOVES me?" shaking his head "Nah, I mean look at him. He's totally her type, tall AND blonde. She wrote his name all over her history note book last year."
"Yeah, so what? She went out and bought notebooks even though she had no school just to write yours. She is yours, man. She'll always be yours."
"Thanks Tudgeman, you're a good friend." With his self esteem restored Gordo and Larry proceeded on their way to the girls. When they reached they slipped their arms around their shoulders . It was the most natural thing in the world.
"Why did you all take so long? It's not as if you had makeup to freshen up." Miranda had seen they guys stop and guessed at why. This was just a little fun.
"We um, had to stop for something." Larry squirmed. He didn't like not being able to tell Miranda everything.
"Riiiiight." Her look told him that she saw them but it also told him that she understood. She actually had a mischievous glint in her eyes. She was pulling his leg. He gave a mock evil look and she giggled. He hadn't even heard Lizzie introduce them.
"Ronnie, this is my boyfriend, Gordo and that's Miranda's. Guys this is Ronnie." Gordo stared at Ronnie long and hard and then he turned to Lizzie. Her look reassured him. For her sake he would try to be civil.
"Hey." That was civil enough for him. "Lizzie, its our turn to go in. See ya later man."
"Gordo, that wasn't very nice." Lizzie whispered as they entered the office.
"Whadayamean? I said hey." He tried his best to give her his innocent puppy dog expression. Apparently his best was very good because he was rewarded with a smile tugging at the corner of her lips. She struggled to suppress it but she was overpowered and she giggled. "C'mon lets compare timetables."
They had almost all the same classes. The only difference was that he was taking a sophmore course called Cinema Arts. Miranda and Larry had the same timetable too except that Larry was also doing sophmore Chemistry. Miranda and Lizzie had Music Appreciation when the guys did their other courses. This was going to be a spectacular year.
"Miranda you don't think that Gordo still like Parker do you?"
"Of course not Lizzie. That's why she looked so stupid just now, because he was totally ignoring her. How could you even think that?" Someone walked up behind Lizzie and joined the line. They were queued up outside the vice- principal's office to get their homerooms and timetables for the next year. It was their first day of school. They were actually in high school!!!!! The morning was going so perfectly. That is until Parker showed up.
Obviously she had spent the summer pondering her loss with Gordo because she marched straight up to him this morning and started fawning over him, tell him that he was looking good and asking him if he got taller. The nerve of her. Especially as it was impossible to miss that his and Lizzie' s hands were firmly interwoven.
"I dunno, I mean I know that Gordo is different but remember Ronnie broke up with me because of a girl that he liked before."
"Lizzie, you and Gordo are going to be together FOREVER! That's just the way it is. You're meant to be. I wonder if Larry and I are meant to be. You don't think we'll ever break up do you? Lizzie? Is that a YES???!" Lizzie was definitely not paying attention. She had been feeling as if someone was listening to them and she turned around annoyed only to see
"Oh my gosh......Ronnie?" This cannot be happening not now! Why was Ronnie Jacobs standing behind her?!!! And more importantly why was he staring at her like that?
Ronnie couldn't believe it but he should have guessed. Obviously Lizzie would go to Hillridge High. When he joined the line he thought that the voice had sounded familiar but he hadn't placed it until she mentioned his name. Then it hit him. He wasn't really paying attention to her conversation as much as he was just looking at her. She didn't really change physically. Ok maybe a little more of all the right things in the right places but something else made him stare. She was glowing, she exuded confidence. He had seen that somewhere before.... Oh yeah. With Hope. He had seen her look like that when she had fallen in love with him. So Lizzie was in love. And not with him. Why did this make him feel so bad. Oh yeah, because Hope was in New York and he was lonely.
"Hey Lizzie you look really good. Actually, no you look great. How've you been?"
"Fine. You look good to. Oh this is my friend Miranda." Miranda gave him a small smile and wave. So Ronnie was going to Hillridge High now. Interesting.
At that same moment Gordo and Larry were walking up to them. They were in the bathroom which was why they hadn't joined the girls earlier. They had promised to hold a space in the line for them and they were now approaching them. Suddenly Gordo stopped halting Larry also with his hand on his arm.
"Larry, that's Lizzie's ex. That's the guy that had her wearing dirty shoelaces and then left her crying her eyes out in the library. I want to hurt him so bad but I don't know if Lizzie would ever forgive me. Why is she talking to that jerk anyway? What do you think I should do?"
"Man, walk up to your girl and stake your claim. You know Lizzie is only interested in you so show it to the fool. Why are you feeling so insecure. You know Lizzie loves you."
"You think so? You think she LOVES me?" shaking his head "Nah, I mean look at him. He's totally her type, tall AND blonde. She wrote his name all over her history note book last year."
"Yeah, so what? She went out and bought notebooks even though she had no school just to write yours. She is yours, man. She'll always be yours."
"Thanks Tudgeman, you're a good friend." With his self esteem restored Gordo and Larry proceeded on their way to the girls. When they reached they slipped their arms around their shoulders . It was the most natural thing in the world.
"Why did you all take so long? It's not as if you had makeup to freshen up." Miranda had seen they guys stop and guessed at why. This was just a little fun.
"We um, had to stop for something." Larry squirmed. He didn't like not being able to tell Miranda everything.
"Riiiiight." Her look told him that she saw them but it also told him that she understood. She actually had a mischievous glint in her eyes. She was pulling his leg. He gave a mock evil look and she giggled. He hadn't even heard Lizzie introduce them.
"Ronnie, this is my boyfriend, Gordo and that's Miranda's. Guys this is Ronnie." Gordo stared at Ronnie long and hard and then he turned to Lizzie. Her look reassured him. For her sake he would try to be civil.
"Hey." That was civil enough for him. "Lizzie, its our turn to go in. See ya later man."
"Gordo, that wasn't very nice." Lizzie whispered as they entered the office.
"Whadayamean? I said hey." He tried his best to give her his innocent puppy dog expression. Apparently his best was very good because he was rewarded with a smile tugging at the corner of her lips. She struggled to suppress it but she was overpowered and she giggled. "C'mon lets compare timetables."
They had almost all the same classes. The only difference was that he was taking a sophmore course called Cinema Arts. Miranda and Larry had the same timetable too except that Larry was also doing sophmore Chemistry. Miranda and Lizzie had Music Appreciation when the guys did their other courses. This was going to be a spectacular year.
