Lizzie
Lizzie was silent as she served herself another helping of mashed potatoes. Usually she chattered nonstop during dinner but today she knew she didn't want to talk to her parents about what was on her mind.
"Lizzie, honey, is everything alright?" Jo McGuire asked. "You're being very quiet today."
"Yeah, and it was doing us so much good!" Matt McGuire, Lizzie's little brother, added.
"Shut up Matt! The reason I haven't talked is because you haven't shut up about that stupid prank that happened at your little elementary school today! I have better things on my mind because, I'm going to high school, I'm going to-"
"Nooo! Not that song again!" Matt interrupted with a look on his face as if he was in pain.
"ALRIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH!" Sam McGuire thundered. "Lizzie, your right you are almost in high school so you shouldn't still be arguing with your brother, and Matt.well.just be nice to your sister!"
"Sorry Mom, sorry dad" Lizzie apologized flipping her pale blonde hair over her shoulder. "I just had some things on my mind, but I think I've solved them now."
"What do you mean by "things" Lizzie?" Jo asked putting on what Lizzie dubbed her "concerned mom" voice.
"Nothing mom, may I be excused?" Lizzie quickly said, already standing up. "Ok mom thanks!" she said before her mother had time to answer.
She swiftly walked to the kitchen to put her plate in the dishwasher and then headed upstairs to her room to call Gordo.
Gordo
"Hello?" Gordo said into the telephone as he attempted to play hacky- sack and talk on the phone at the same time. He lunged to grab the phone after it began slipping.
"Gordo?" Lizzie's voice faintly came over the phone from the ground where he had dropped it. "Gordo, are you there?"
Gordo snatched the phone up from the carpet, "Yeah Lizzie, sorry I dropped the phone."
"Playing hackey-sack again, Gordo?" Lizzie's remarked playfully, lightly teasing him.
"Lizzie, you know me too well." Gordo said with a slight laugh shaking his head even though she couldn't see him.
"Yeah, we've known each other a long time." Lizzie said the laughter dropping out of her voice. "But we have to talk Gordo, big time."
"About wha-oh, that." Gordo said remembering the day's earlier events.
"Yes, that! Will you meet me at the Digital Bean tomorrow?" Lizzie asked anxiously.
"Uhh." Gordo intelligently said as he scanned his mental calendar, "Yep, anytime tomorrow is good."
"Ok, how about at noon?"
"Sounds good, I'll see you then Lizzie."
"Bye Gordo."
Gordo hung up the phone and continued playing hackey-sack. After a couple of minutes of trying and failing to play he gave up, he was preoccupied.
Might as well go to sleep, Gordo though, I won't concentrate on anything until tomorrow.
He climbed into his unmade without even changing his clothes and promptly went into a dreamless sleep. The next day he woke up at 11:40. Gordo stood up, stretched and left his house, still dressed in the clothes he wore yesterday.
Lizzie
Lizzie's night was just about the opposite of Gordos. After she went to bed she tossed and turned all night, haunted with dreams of Gordo laughing at her when she explained her feelings for him. Finally she decided she wouldn't even try to sleep at got up at 8:00. Just enough time for me to get ready to see Gordo! Lizzie thought
She went into her bathroom and took a luxurious hour-long shower. After that she blow-dried her hair and then put it into soft curls and secured a black velvet headband in her hair. Lizzie carefully did her make- up and then walked to her room to decide what to wear. After discarding several outfits she dressed in dark denim jeans and small black spaghetti strap shirt that stopped just above her belly button. Over her shirt she slipped on a black long sleeve shirt made out of see-through material.
"There", Lizzie said looking in her full length mirror, "Just right!"
By that time it was already 11:30 so Lizzie strapped on her sneakers and started the walk to the Digital Bean.
When Lizzie reached the Digital Bean she was still a little early so she grabbed a table in the crowded restaurant and ordered a banana- strawberry smoothie.
As the waitress dropped off her smoothie Lizzie spotted Gordo standing near the door scanning the hangout.
"Gordo! Over here!" Lizzie cheerfully called as she waved her arm so he could see her.
He made his way through the maze of tables and chairs and finally slid into his chair at Lizzie's table.
"Wow, it's a madhouse here today." Gordo remarked shaking his dark brown curls out of his face.
"Yeah it sure is." Lizzie agreed giving Gordo a scrutinizing look, "Didn't you wear that yesterday?"
"What this?" Gordo asked indicating his clothes, "Yeah, I guess."
Lizzie smiled to herself, same old Gordo, she thought. "Ok, Gordo, about yester-"
"Hey can I get a drink over here?" Gordo called to the waitress, interrupting Lizzie.
Lizzie waited until Gordo finished ordering and then she began again, "When I kissed you yesterday it was only-" she managed to get in before Gordo interrupted again.
"I can't believe that waitress didn't come over right away" Gordo said shaking his head, "It's almost as bad service as when you worked here. Not that you were a bad waitress I just don't think that job was for you.." He babbled, trailing off at the end.
Lizzie gave Gordo a strange look, "Gordo, are you avoiding talking about what happened yesterday? Because we really have to talk about it."
"I know, I know, your right we should talk. Look Lizzie, I like you! I've liked you for a long time! In fact.I'm Confused Guy."
"Confused Guy?" Lizzie murmured, clearly confused herself, "Wait, you mean Confused Guy, the last person I gave advise to when I wrote the advice column?"
"Yeah, that was me." Gordo confessed, "And you were the best friend was talking about. I've had a crush on you forever..and if you want to." Gordo took a deep breath, "Would you go out with me Lizzie McGuire?"
Lizzie was silent as she served herself another helping of mashed potatoes. Usually she chattered nonstop during dinner but today she knew she didn't want to talk to her parents about what was on her mind.
"Lizzie, honey, is everything alright?" Jo McGuire asked. "You're being very quiet today."
"Yeah, and it was doing us so much good!" Matt McGuire, Lizzie's little brother, added.
"Shut up Matt! The reason I haven't talked is because you haven't shut up about that stupid prank that happened at your little elementary school today! I have better things on my mind because, I'm going to high school, I'm going to-"
"Nooo! Not that song again!" Matt interrupted with a look on his face as if he was in pain.
"ALRIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH!" Sam McGuire thundered. "Lizzie, your right you are almost in high school so you shouldn't still be arguing with your brother, and Matt.well.just be nice to your sister!"
"Sorry Mom, sorry dad" Lizzie apologized flipping her pale blonde hair over her shoulder. "I just had some things on my mind, but I think I've solved them now."
"What do you mean by "things" Lizzie?" Jo asked putting on what Lizzie dubbed her "concerned mom" voice.
"Nothing mom, may I be excused?" Lizzie quickly said, already standing up. "Ok mom thanks!" she said before her mother had time to answer.
She swiftly walked to the kitchen to put her plate in the dishwasher and then headed upstairs to her room to call Gordo.
Gordo
"Hello?" Gordo said into the telephone as he attempted to play hacky- sack and talk on the phone at the same time. He lunged to grab the phone after it began slipping.
"Gordo?" Lizzie's voice faintly came over the phone from the ground where he had dropped it. "Gordo, are you there?"
Gordo snatched the phone up from the carpet, "Yeah Lizzie, sorry I dropped the phone."
"Playing hackey-sack again, Gordo?" Lizzie's remarked playfully, lightly teasing him.
"Lizzie, you know me too well." Gordo said with a slight laugh shaking his head even though she couldn't see him.
"Yeah, we've known each other a long time." Lizzie said the laughter dropping out of her voice. "But we have to talk Gordo, big time."
"About wha-oh, that." Gordo said remembering the day's earlier events.
"Yes, that! Will you meet me at the Digital Bean tomorrow?" Lizzie asked anxiously.
"Uhh." Gordo intelligently said as he scanned his mental calendar, "Yep, anytime tomorrow is good."
"Ok, how about at noon?"
"Sounds good, I'll see you then Lizzie."
"Bye Gordo."
Gordo hung up the phone and continued playing hackey-sack. After a couple of minutes of trying and failing to play he gave up, he was preoccupied.
Might as well go to sleep, Gordo though, I won't concentrate on anything until tomorrow.
He climbed into his unmade without even changing his clothes and promptly went into a dreamless sleep. The next day he woke up at 11:40. Gordo stood up, stretched and left his house, still dressed in the clothes he wore yesterday.
Lizzie
Lizzie's night was just about the opposite of Gordos. After she went to bed she tossed and turned all night, haunted with dreams of Gordo laughing at her when she explained her feelings for him. Finally she decided she wouldn't even try to sleep at got up at 8:00. Just enough time for me to get ready to see Gordo! Lizzie thought
She went into her bathroom and took a luxurious hour-long shower. After that she blow-dried her hair and then put it into soft curls and secured a black velvet headband in her hair. Lizzie carefully did her make- up and then walked to her room to decide what to wear. After discarding several outfits she dressed in dark denim jeans and small black spaghetti strap shirt that stopped just above her belly button. Over her shirt she slipped on a black long sleeve shirt made out of see-through material.
"There", Lizzie said looking in her full length mirror, "Just right!"
By that time it was already 11:30 so Lizzie strapped on her sneakers and started the walk to the Digital Bean.
When Lizzie reached the Digital Bean she was still a little early so she grabbed a table in the crowded restaurant and ordered a banana- strawberry smoothie.
As the waitress dropped off her smoothie Lizzie spotted Gordo standing near the door scanning the hangout.
"Gordo! Over here!" Lizzie cheerfully called as she waved her arm so he could see her.
He made his way through the maze of tables and chairs and finally slid into his chair at Lizzie's table.
"Wow, it's a madhouse here today." Gordo remarked shaking his dark brown curls out of his face.
"Yeah it sure is." Lizzie agreed giving Gordo a scrutinizing look, "Didn't you wear that yesterday?"
"What this?" Gordo asked indicating his clothes, "Yeah, I guess."
Lizzie smiled to herself, same old Gordo, she thought. "Ok, Gordo, about yester-"
"Hey can I get a drink over here?" Gordo called to the waitress, interrupting Lizzie.
Lizzie waited until Gordo finished ordering and then she began again, "When I kissed you yesterday it was only-" she managed to get in before Gordo interrupted again.
"I can't believe that waitress didn't come over right away" Gordo said shaking his head, "It's almost as bad service as when you worked here. Not that you were a bad waitress I just don't think that job was for you.." He babbled, trailing off at the end.
Lizzie gave Gordo a strange look, "Gordo, are you avoiding talking about what happened yesterday? Because we really have to talk about it."
"I know, I know, your right we should talk. Look Lizzie, I like you! I've liked you for a long time! In fact.I'm Confused Guy."
"Confused Guy?" Lizzie murmured, clearly confused herself, "Wait, you mean Confused Guy, the last person I gave advise to when I wrote the advice column?"
"Yeah, that was me." Gordo confessed, "And you were the best friend was talking about. I've had a crush on you forever..and if you want to." Gordo took a deep breath, "Would you go out with me Lizzie McGuire?"