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A/N 2- Olivia had a crush on Nick about three years ago, and he was joking about it online in the last chapter)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters associated with Lizzie McGuire.
Chapter Four
Jeremy was sound asleep in his bed, until Ben walked in because he was instructed to wake Jeremy up to start getting ready for that night. At first, Ben started by poking Jeremy, but that didn't wake him up. Then, Ben crawled up on the bed, got really close to Jeremy's ear, and yelled, "JEREMY!!!" Jeremy's eyes shot open.
Jeremy: (groggily) Stop! What do you want?
Ben: I forgot.
Jeremy rolled his eyes and put his head under his pillow.
Five minutes later, Gordo was in Jeremy's room.
Gordo: Jeremy, get up! We are running late.
Jeremy: Where are we going?
Gordo: Nana and Papa's.
Jeremy: Do I have to go?
Gordo: We discussed this earlier. Get up! We are leaving in fifteen minutes.
Gordo disappeared and Jeremy got up and started to get dressed.
Gordo: (yelling from another room) Oh, and wear a tie!
Jeremy: Yes sir!
Fifteen minutes later, everyone was in the car, as one big happy family. Jeremy starred out the window thinking of skiing.
Lizzie: Jeremy?
Jeremy: Mam?
Lizzie: (passenger seat) What are you thinking about so hard back there?
Jeremy: Nothing, mom.
Ben: Mommy?
Lizzie: What?
Ben: I need to go pott-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!
Jeremy clutched his ears shut as Ben was yelling.
Olivia: Thanks for sharing, Ben.
Lizzie: You can wait a few minutes, can't you?
Ben: I need to go!
Gordo: Benny, buddy? We will be there in about five minutes. Can you wait that long?
Ben: I don't know.
Lizzie: Well try, okay?
Ben: Okay.
Two minutes later, Ben started humming to himself while he was holding his bladder. Nobody said anything for the rest of the car trip.
After what seemed like an hour, they finally reached Nana and Papa's house. Jeremy was the first to exit the car, but Ben bolted for the front door, and rang it furiously, still humming to himself. Mrs. Gordon answered the door before everyone could make it to the front door.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, hello there, Ben.
Ben: Hi. I need to go to the bathroom.
Mrs. Gordon: (laughing) I can see that. Come right on in.
Ben ran to the bathroom as Mrs. Gordon greeted her son and his family.
Olivia: Hi, Nana. Happy Hanukah!
Mrs. Gordon: Hello, Olivia. My, Olivia! You have grown up so much since the last time I saw you.
Olivia smiled.
Mrs. Gordon: Oh! And look at you, Jeremy! Such a young gentleman you have become! How are you?
Jeremy: I am good.
Mrs. Gordon: I just can't get over how much you look like your father.
Jeremy: Thank you.
Mrs. Gordon: We have so much to catch up on, Jeremy. Oh, and look at my son! You haven't changed at all, Gordo!
Gordo: Thank you, mom. How are you?
Mrs. Gordon: I am feeling old with all these grandchildren. How have you been?
Gordo: Good. I have been busy.
Just then, Mr. Gordon appeared holding Ben's hand.
Mr. Gordon: Hello, son!
Mr. Gordon and Gordo hugged.
Gordo: Hi, dad. How are you?
Mr. Gordon: Good. I was just watching the news when Benjamin appeared and greeted me with a hug.
Gordo: Cool.
Mrs. Gordon: And Lizzie! Lizzie! Lizzie! Elizabeth, my favorite daughter- in -law! I am glad you are here.
Lizzie: I am glad to be here.
Ben: I am hungry!
Lizzie: Oh, and I brought these brownies for dessert.
Mrs. Gordon: Thank you. Food is almost ready, Benjamin. In the mean time, lets all sit down and talk in the living room.
Gordo: That sounds great.
They all walked into the living room and sat down.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, it seems like we haven't seen each other in years. Especially with you, Jeremy. You have grown up to be an attractive young adult who is driving. Everybody better steer clear!
Everybody laughed.
Jeremy: Thank you.
Mr. Gordon: How long have you been in town?
Gordo: I picked him up just today.
Mrs. Gordon: Wow! Well, I am glad to have you all here tonight. I think family is very important, especially during the holidays.
Everyone agreed and nodded their heads.
Mrs. Gordon: So, Olivia, I hear you have a dance coming up on Monday night.
"So that is what she was talking about." Jeremy thought.
Olivia: Yes mam.
Mrs. Gordon: Is this your first dance?
Olivia: Yes mam.
Mrs. Gordon: You know, I remember Gordo's first dance. He was your age. I am sure he doesn't remember anything about it. I couldn't get him to tell me anything about that sort of thing when he was your age.
Gordo: Well, there wasn't much to say. There still isn't.
Mrs. Gordon: (rolling her eyes) Boys. I'll bet Jeremy will claim the same thing about his first dance, and it was only four years ago.
Jeremy: I remember a little.
Mrs. Gordon: A little?
Jeremy: Well, there are a lot of dances in middle school, so after a while, they all start to blend in.
Mrs. Gordon: Oh! Hodge podge! Anyway, how are you, Ben?
Ben: I am good. I am in first grade right now.
Mr. Gordon: Wow! You are almost as old as me!
Ben: No! You are two hundred years older than me.
Everyone laughed at that statement. Soon, dinner was ready, and the same lame conversations were going on at the dinner table.
For dinner, everyone had noodles and turkey and brownies for dessert. They all laughed and talked about life, mainly Jeremy's and the adults seemed to be having a great conversation. Jeremy, Olivia, and Ben, however became bored halfway through the meal, so they sat quietly as the adults talked.
After dinner, it was time for everyone to open his or her Hanukah presents for the first night. In the Gordon/McGuire house, they mainly celebrated Christmas, but since they were celebrating Hanukah, Nana and Papa gave each of the children a present, and Gordo also gave them each a present. Normally, Gordo and Lizzie would give the gifts together for Christmas, but since he was with his family, he celebrated the tradition he had growing up.
Jeremy opened his present from Nana and Papa first. It was money. Jeremy then opened the one from his father. It was a digital video camera.
Gordo: I thought you might like one of these someday, and I realized that I never gave you one, so I decided now was a good time to get you a video camera. When I was your age, I had one, and I would use it constantly.
Jeremy: Cool! Thank you dad!
Lizzie: That was sweet of you, Gordo.
Ben: I want one.
Gordo: Perhaps when you are older, Ben.
Ben: Can I open my presents, now?
Mrs. Gordon: I don't see why not.
Ben: Yay!
Ben opened his presents, and he received a children's laptop from Nana and Papa and a pair of cowboy boots from his dad. He had been asking for cowboy boots for a long time now, and he was really excited.
Ben: Wow! Thank you, dad! Thank you Nana and Papa. Now I have me a pair of cowboy boots. Hey, Jeremy, now we can play Cowboys and Indians.
Jeremy: (sarcastically) Oh, Joy!
Olivia then opened her presents. Since she was Nana and Papa's only granddaughter, she sometimes was spoiled. This time, Nana and Papa gave her two tickets to a concert of her favorite band. She was so excited. This would be her first concert.
Olivia: The Lunar Juggies is my favorite band! Thank you so much.
"The Lunar Juggies is not even a band. All they do is sing." Jeremy thought to himself.
Mrs. Gordon: You are welcome!
Olivia then opened Gordo's present, which a new mp3 player.
Olivia: Thank you, daddy! You are the best!
Gordo: You are welcome, sweetheart!
Not long after that, Gordo and his family left saying their goodbyes and thanking them one last time for their presents. As soon as they got in the car, everyone let out a huge sigh.
Gordo: That wasn't so bad, was it?
Jeremy, Olivia, and Ben: No, sir.
Gordo: You all behaved very nicely. Thank you very much.
Olivia: Mom, can I take Ana with me to the concert?
Lizzie: When is the concert?
Olivia: On Tuesday night.
Lizzie: Oh, I don't think so. I would rather you go with an adult, so dad or I will probably have to go.
Gordo: We can't go that night.
Olivia: What? Why can't I go?
Lizzie: You can go, Olivia. What are you talking about, Gordo?
Gordo: We have a business party we have to go to.
Lizzie: We both have to go?
Gordo: Yes, we do.
Lizzie: Then who is going to take Olivia to the concert?
Gordo: Jeremy?
Jeremy, who was not listening to the conversation, but instead his mp3 player, took off his headphones.
Jeremy: Sir?
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A/N- Review!
A/N 2- Olivia had a crush on Nick about three years ago, and he was joking about it online in the last chapter)
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters associated with Lizzie McGuire.
Chapter Four
Jeremy was sound asleep in his bed, until Ben walked in because he was instructed to wake Jeremy up to start getting ready for that night. At first, Ben started by poking Jeremy, but that didn't wake him up. Then, Ben crawled up on the bed, got really close to Jeremy's ear, and yelled, "JEREMY!!!" Jeremy's eyes shot open.
Jeremy: (groggily) Stop! What do you want?
Ben: I forgot.
Jeremy rolled his eyes and put his head under his pillow.
Five minutes later, Gordo was in Jeremy's room.
Gordo: Jeremy, get up! We are running late.
Jeremy: Where are we going?
Gordo: Nana and Papa's.
Jeremy: Do I have to go?
Gordo: We discussed this earlier. Get up! We are leaving in fifteen minutes.
Gordo disappeared and Jeremy got up and started to get dressed.
Gordo: (yelling from another room) Oh, and wear a tie!
Jeremy: Yes sir!
Fifteen minutes later, everyone was in the car, as one big happy family. Jeremy starred out the window thinking of skiing.
Lizzie: Jeremy?
Jeremy: Mam?
Lizzie: (passenger seat) What are you thinking about so hard back there?
Jeremy: Nothing, mom.
Ben: Mommy?
Lizzie: What?
Ben: I need to go pott-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!
Jeremy clutched his ears shut as Ben was yelling.
Olivia: Thanks for sharing, Ben.
Lizzie: You can wait a few minutes, can't you?
Ben: I need to go!
Gordo: Benny, buddy? We will be there in about five minutes. Can you wait that long?
Ben: I don't know.
Lizzie: Well try, okay?
Ben: Okay.
Two minutes later, Ben started humming to himself while he was holding his bladder. Nobody said anything for the rest of the car trip.
After what seemed like an hour, they finally reached Nana and Papa's house. Jeremy was the first to exit the car, but Ben bolted for the front door, and rang it furiously, still humming to himself. Mrs. Gordon answered the door before everyone could make it to the front door.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, hello there, Ben.
Ben: Hi. I need to go to the bathroom.
Mrs. Gordon: (laughing) I can see that. Come right on in.
Ben ran to the bathroom as Mrs. Gordon greeted her son and his family.
Olivia: Hi, Nana. Happy Hanukah!
Mrs. Gordon: Hello, Olivia. My, Olivia! You have grown up so much since the last time I saw you.
Olivia smiled.
Mrs. Gordon: Oh! And look at you, Jeremy! Such a young gentleman you have become! How are you?
Jeremy: I am good.
Mrs. Gordon: I just can't get over how much you look like your father.
Jeremy: Thank you.
Mrs. Gordon: We have so much to catch up on, Jeremy. Oh, and look at my son! You haven't changed at all, Gordo!
Gordo: Thank you, mom. How are you?
Mrs. Gordon: I am feeling old with all these grandchildren. How have you been?
Gordo: Good. I have been busy.
Just then, Mr. Gordon appeared holding Ben's hand.
Mr. Gordon: Hello, son!
Mr. Gordon and Gordo hugged.
Gordo: Hi, dad. How are you?
Mr. Gordon: Good. I was just watching the news when Benjamin appeared and greeted me with a hug.
Gordo: Cool.
Mrs. Gordon: And Lizzie! Lizzie! Lizzie! Elizabeth, my favorite daughter- in -law! I am glad you are here.
Lizzie: I am glad to be here.
Ben: I am hungry!
Lizzie: Oh, and I brought these brownies for dessert.
Mrs. Gordon: Thank you. Food is almost ready, Benjamin. In the mean time, lets all sit down and talk in the living room.
Gordo: That sounds great.
They all walked into the living room and sat down.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, it seems like we haven't seen each other in years. Especially with you, Jeremy. You have grown up to be an attractive young adult who is driving. Everybody better steer clear!
Everybody laughed.
Jeremy: Thank you.
Mr. Gordon: How long have you been in town?
Gordo: I picked him up just today.
Mrs. Gordon: Wow! Well, I am glad to have you all here tonight. I think family is very important, especially during the holidays.
Everyone agreed and nodded their heads.
Mrs. Gordon: So, Olivia, I hear you have a dance coming up on Monday night.
"So that is what she was talking about." Jeremy thought.
Olivia: Yes mam.
Mrs. Gordon: Is this your first dance?
Olivia: Yes mam.
Mrs. Gordon: You know, I remember Gordo's first dance. He was your age. I am sure he doesn't remember anything about it. I couldn't get him to tell me anything about that sort of thing when he was your age.
Gordo: Well, there wasn't much to say. There still isn't.
Mrs. Gordon: (rolling her eyes) Boys. I'll bet Jeremy will claim the same thing about his first dance, and it was only four years ago.
Jeremy: I remember a little.
Mrs. Gordon: A little?
Jeremy: Well, there are a lot of dances in middle school, so after a while, they all start to blend in.
Mrs. Gordon: Oh! Hodge podge! Anyway, how are you, Ben?
Ben: I am good. I am in first grade right now.
Mr. Gordon: Wow! You are almost as old as me!
Ben: No! You are two hundred years older than me.
Everyone laughed at that statement. Soon, dinner was ready, and the same lame conversations were going on at the dinner table.
For dinner, everyone had noodles and turkey and brownies for dessert. They all laughed and talked about life, mainly Jeremy's and the adults seemed to be having a great conversation. Jeremy, Olivia, and Ben, however became bored halfway through the meal, so they sat quietly as the adults talked.
After dinner, it was time for everyone to open his or her Hanukah presents for the first night. In the Gordon/McGuire house, they mainly celebrated Christmas, but since they were celebrating Hanukah, Nana and Papa gave each of the children a present, and Gordo also gave them each a present. Normally, Gordo and Lizzie would give the gifts together for Christmas, but since he was with his family, he celebrated the tradition he had growing up.
Jeremy opened his present from Nana and Papa first. It was money. Jeremy then opened the one from his father. It was a digital video camera.
Gordo: I thought you might like one of these someday, and I realized that I never gave you one, so I decided now was a good time to get you a video camera. When I was your age, I had one, and I would use it constantly.
Jeremy: Cool! Thank you dad!
Lizzie: That was sweet of you, Gordo.
Ben: I want one.
Gordo: Perhaps when you are older, Ben.
Ben: Can I open my presents, now?
Mrs. Gordon: I don't see why not.
Ben: Yay!
Ben opened his presents, and he received a children's laptop from Nana and Papa and a pair of cowboy boots from his dad. He had been asking for cowboy boots for a long time now, and he was really excited.
Ben: Wow! Thank you, dad! Thank you Nana and Papa. Now I have me a pair of cowboy boots. Hey, Jeremy, now we can play Cowboys and Indians.
Jeremy: (sarcastically) Oh, Joy!
Olivia then opened her presents. Since she was Nana and Papa's only granddaughter, she sometimes was spoiled. This time, Nana and Papa gave her two tickets to a concert of her favorite band. She was so excited. This would be her first concert.
Olivia: The Lunar Juggies is my favorite band! Thank you so much.
"The Lunar Juggies is not even a band. All they do is sing." Jeremy thought to himself.
Mrs. Gordon: You are welcome!
Olivia then opened Gordo's present, which a new mp3 player.
Olivia: Thank you, daddy! You are the best!
Gordo: You are welcome, sweetheart!
Not long after that, Gordo and his family left saying their goodbyes and thanking them one last time for their presents. As soon as they got in the car, everyone let out a huge sigh.
Gordo: That wasn't so bad, was it?
Jeremy, Olivia, and Ben: No, sir.
Gordo: You all behaved very nicely. Thank you very much.
Olivia: Mom, can I take Ana with me to the concert?
Lizzie: When is the concert?
Olivia: On Tuesday night.
Lizzie: Oh, I don't think so. I would rather you go with an adult, so dad or I will probably have to go.
Gordo: We can't go that night.
Olivia: What? Why can't I go?
Lizzie: You can go, Olivia. What are you talking about, Gordo?
Gordo: We have a business party we have to go to.
Lizzie: We both have to go?
Gordo: Yes, we do.
Lizzie: Then who is going to take Olivia to the concert?
Gordo: Jeremy?
Jeremy, who was not listening to the conversation, but instead his mp3 player, took off his headphones.
Jeremy: Sir?
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