Lizzie and Miranda walked into the main lobby of the gym. The music was blasting and people were talking. A group of people were standing by the door, but Lizzie or Miranda didn't reckonize anyone. They walked over to the sign in table, next to the gym doors and a red headed lady was filling in a name tag. They walked up to the table and the lady didn't see them.
Lizzie cleared her throat, "Excuse me."
The lady looked up and had a shocked impression on her face. She stared at them.
"Lizzie? Miranda? Is that really you guys?" She had a sincere smile on her face.
Miranda was puzzled and looked at Lizzie. Lizzie scratched her head and had a confused look on her face.
"It's me, Veruca!" She said, pointing to her hidden name tag.
Lizzie hit her forehead, "Duh! How come I couldn't reconize you?"
"Wow, you've changed!" Miranda said.
"Thanks," She handed them there name tags and they entered the gym.
The music was loud and people were dancing infront of the stage. Everyone was dressed up and the gym had a 'romantic' theme to it. The tables had a lacy cloth over it, wine glasses, candles, and a vase of flowers. Miranda and Lizzie scimmed the gym, hoping to find someone they knew.
Lizzie spotted Lary, talking to one of his old chess buddies. Before she could tell Miranda. someones arm wrapped around Mirandas neck.
"Give me your money!" The man said, disgusing his voice. Lizzie saw the guy and she let out a laugh, not letting Miranda see. The man loosened his grip, but still didn't let go.
"Who is this?" She questioned Lizzie trying to turn herself around the see the mysterious man.
"Guess!" He let out a evil laugh.
Miranda looked at the mans arm and noticed a watch. She reconized it and yelled, "Ryan!!"
He let go of her and she turned around and gave him a big hug.
"You scared me!" She said, not letting him go.
He let out a laugh.
"I can't believe you made it!" She let go of him.
He brushed his arm, "Well, I almost couldn't make it, because we had a important drill emergancy. I was pretty disapointed, and the sergant knew about the graduation party, since I've been talking about it and you, so he let me go!" He gave her a hug and kiss on the cheek. Miranda squealed and hugged him harder.
Lizzie just stood there watching them reunite. She bit her lip and looked around some more. She saw some people from her classes, but they weren't important. She walked over to one of the empty tables and sat down. Then someone tapped her shoulder.
"Lizzie!" The person said. The voice sounded familiar. Lizzie turned around.
"Kate?" She said, gasping. Kate was a wearing a pale pink dress, that was ruffly and went down to her ankles. It was a strapless and she had a tannish shawl on her shoulders.
"Lizzie, you look pretty! I love your dress," Kate said, with a big smile on her face.
Lizzie shook her head thanks, "You look great too. Wow, it's nice to see you again!"
"I know, long time, no see," She said, sitting in the chair across from Lizzie.
"So, anything new in your life? Marrige, a job?"
"Nope," Lizzie said shaking her head in disapointment. Just like she thought, she's a big loser.
"Are you engaged? Do you have a boyfriend?" Kate asked.
Lizzie shook her head. Kate nodded and understood why. Maybe she did love Gordo, like he did.
"So, are you married or engaged?" Lizzie asked Kate. She knew she was probably engaged to Ethan.
"Yes, I'm engaged," She said, showing Lizzie her engagment ring, "Me and Ethan are getting married in 3 months." Kate smiled and so did Lizzie.
"Wow, that's great. I'm happy for you," Lizzie said.
"Thanks," Kate said, smiling.
"Do you have a job? Do you do anything?" Lizzie asked.
"Well, I'm an assitant manager at Miss Flawless' clothing store," She said.
"Wow, that's great. I bet that's an awesome job," Lizzie said, sounding happy.
"Yes, it is, well it has a good pay to it," Kate laughed and so did Lizzie.
Ethan walked over to them, and paused when he saw Lizzie. He walked over to them and kneeled next to Kate.
"Hey beautiful," He said, kissing her cheek. He looked at Lizzie and she was looking at the floor. She seemed sad about something.
"Hey Lizzie," Lizzie looked up at him and she smiled.
"Hey Ethan,"
"Lizzie, you look great," He said, staring at her.
"Thanks," She said, cracking a smile.
Ethan looked over to the food and he got up, "Well I'm going to get me some food before everyone eats it all." He looked at Lizzie, "Nice seeing you again Lizzie,"
"Pleasure to see you again, Ethan,"
Kate got up, "Great talking to you again Lizzie," She smiled and walked away.
Ethan sat down in the chair and looked at Lizzie, "Lizzie are you okay? You look sad, just like someone I know feels."
Lizzie didn't want to answer but she did anyways, "I'm fine, Ethan."
He sighed, "Well take care of yourself. Bye Liz." He gave her a hug and walked away.
She bit her lip and sighed. She wanted to go home, but she wanted to wait for someone to show up.
Lizzie looked at the dance floor and saw Miranda and Ryan dancing and also saw Clair and some guy. Then she saw Larry. She got up and walked over to him. He turned around, and boy has he changed. He let out a smile, "Elizabeth, how are you?"
Lizzie smiled a bit, "I'm great, Larry, thanks."
The lady next to him tapped his shoulders and looked at him, "Oh, Lizzie I'd like you to meet my wife, Sarah. Sarah, Lizzie."
"Nice to meet you Lizzie," She said, shaking Lizzies hand. She had a English accent, a nice smile, and tannish hair. She was fairly thin, and was slightly shorter than Lizzie. Sarah was wearing a black spagetti strap dress that went done to her knees.
"Nice to meet you too," Lizzie said.
Larry put his hand on Sarah lower stomach, "Sarah is 4 months pregnant with our 2nd child,"
Lizzie let out a 'awh', "Wow, that's great, congradulations!" She gave them both a hug.
A slow song came on and Sarah sat out, because her feet were starting to hurt. Lizzie looked lonely so Larry offered her to dance. All the couples, except Lizzie and Larry, danced together.
"Lizzie, you've changed so much. Your very beautiful."
Lizzie blushed, "Thank you very much, and your a very handsome man."
Lizzie and Larry let out a small giggle, and soon the dance was over. They said bye and Lizzie walked over to Miranda and Ryan.
"Hey girl, having fun?" Miranda said, leaning against the wall.
"Yeah, so far. I talked to alot of old friends, so I guess it's all good."
Miranda looked over and saw Kate and Ethan talking to Danny.
"Is it just me, or is Kate being, nice?" Miranda said, looking at Kate.
"I was thinking the same thing. She was all nice to me, I guess people do change."
Miranda cocked an eyebrow and Lizzie laughed, "What?"
Ryan stomach grumbled and he wrapped his arm around his stomach, "I think I could use some food."
Lizzie and Miranda starting laughing.
"I think we could all use some food!" Miranda said, still laughing.
They made their way to the food and grabbed a plate each. Lizzie was the first one down the row, and as she tried to grab the spoon for the pasta, she bumped into someone elses hand.
"Sorry," She said, not looking at the person.
"No I'm sorry, you can use it," The person said.
"Thanks," She looked at the person and she grabbed the spoon and gasped. She couldn't believe who she was talking to.
"Hey Lizzie," He said, grinning alittle.
"Um, hey Ronnie," She didn't look at him and she continued down the line.
"You look great," He said, smiling at her.
She stopped and looked at him. She shook her head.
"Thanks, I guess."
She got the rest of her food and Ronnie stood next to her.
"Well, it was nice seeing you again," He said to her. She bit her lip.
"Yeah, nice seeing you too," Then a girl stood next to him and linked arms with him.
"Well I gotta go. Me and my wife, Emily are going to go talk to some more people." He walked away and turned around and waved at her. She sighed and really felt like going home. Why did Ronnie have to marry someone from her school? He wouldn't be there at the reunion if he didn't.
Miranda and Ryan walked up next to her.
"What did he say?" Miranda said, talking about Ronnie.
"Uh, nothing really," She nodded.
They walked to a table and Lizzie poked at her food. She was starved but she wasn't in the mood for eating. Miranda and Ryan talked about how everyone has changed, and Lizzie felt left out.
The lights started to get dim and another song came on. It wasn't a slow song but it wasn't a fast song. Lizzie took littie bites of her food and set her fork down. She didn't feel like eating anymore.
Miranda looked at her bestfriend and sighed. 'Where was Gordo?' Miranda thought, looking at the entrance.
"I'm done," Lizzie said, getting up. She set her napkin on the chair and took a sip of water.
"Lizzie, is something wrong?" Miranda said, concerned about her friend.
Ryan wiped his mouth with his napkin and looked at Lizzie.
Lizzie bit her lip and didn't know what to say.
"No, nothings wrong!" She walked away and went to the bathroom. She barged in and went to the sink. A teardrop rolled down her face and she wiped it off.
"Why aren't you here Gordo," She said to herself, as more tears fell down her face. She didn't bother to wipe them off. Her mascara trickled down her cheek and stopped. She hit the counter with her hand and started to cry again.
"Gordo, I love you," She said whispering loudly to herself.
Then one of the stalls opened and she heard footsteps. She didn't feel like clearing her face off or hiding, she just stood there looking at her swollen face, from all the crying.
Kate walked next to her and washed her hands. She smiled at Lizzie. She wanted to keep out of her business but she couldn't help it. She sighed and looked at Lizzie.
"What's the matter?" Kate asked.
"Nothing, nothing is wrong," Lizzie said, sniffing.
"Lizzie, what is wrong," She sounded serious.
Lizzie couldn't help it, she wanted to hold her feelings inside but she couldn't. One more secret would make her burst. She started to sob more.
"I don't know, I've been feeling so emotional, like my life doesn't have a meaning. I just can't stand it anymore. Everyone has someone special in there life and I don't. It's my fault I don't, he thinks I don't love him but I do! I love him more than anything and I want to be with him for the rest of my life. I only came here tonight to see him and he's not here so he'll never know how much I love him! I really really love him! Why doesn't he understand?! Why isn't he here tonight?!" Lizzie said, in a hurry. She took in a deep breathe, because she said all that in one quick breathe. She wiped her tears and sniffed.
Kate just stood there and felt bad. She nodded and didn't know what to say. The only thing she could say is that Gordo was coming sometime tonight. Kate gave Lizzie a hug and wiped her mascara off her cheeks.
Lizzie looked at Kate, "You know who I'm talking about, right?" She said, looking at Kate, and coughed.
Kate frowned a bit, "Yeah, I do."
Lizzie frowned even more and more tears trailed down her face, "He didn't even come." She said dispointedly.
Kate sighed, "Don't give up Lizzie, who knows, maybe he'll show up."
Lizzie looked at Kate. Kate smiled at Lizzie, and Lizzie let out a laugh. She wiped the drooping mascara from under her eyes, "How come your so nice to me now?"
Kate laughed, "Well, Ethan and G- Danny, told me how much of a loser I was in middle and highschool and I felt bad for everything I've done, and I've realized, most of my friends were only friends with me cause of my popularity. And I felt really, really bad for ditching my 3 true friends."
Lizzie let out a smile and looked at Kate in the mirror. Kate was brushed her fingers through Lizzies curly hair and smiled.
"I missed the old Kate," Lizzie said.
Kate giggled, "I missed her too."
They both laughed and hugged.
"Now let's fix your make-up." Kate reached in her bag and took out her make-up stuff. Lizzie washed her face and dried it off with the papertowel. Kate fixed Lizzies make-up. During the 10 minutes, Lizzie and Kate talked about there life so far and Lizzie tried to forget about Gordo, but she couldn't.
"There," Kate said, doing the last finishing touches, "Perfect."
She closed her foundation and put her things in her bag.
"Thanks Kate," Lizzie said, looking at her freshly done make-up in the mirror, "I apreciate everything you've done."
"No problem," Kate said.
They giggled and left the bathroom.
Lizzie cleared her throat, "Excuse me."
The lady looked up and had a shocked impression on her face. She stared at them.
"Lizzie? Miranda? Is that really you guys?" She had a sincere smile on her face.
Miranda was puzzled and looked at Lizzie. Lizzie scratched her head and had a confused look on her face.
"It's me, Veruca!" She said, pointing to her hidden name tag.
Lizzie hit her forehead, "Duh! How come I couldn't reconize you?"
"Wow, you've changed!" Miranda said.
"Thanks," She handed them there name tags and they entered the gym.
The music was loud and people were dancing infront of the stage. Everyone was dressed up and the gym had a 'romantic' theme to it. The tables had a lacy cloth over it, wine glasses, candles, and a vase of flowers. Miranda and Lizzie scimmed the gym, hoping to find someone they knew.
Lizzie spotted Lary, talking to one of his old chess buddies. Before she could tell Miranda. someones arm wrapped around Mirandas neck.
"Give me your money!" The man said, disgusing his voice. Lizzie saw the guy and she let out a laugh, not letting Miranda see. The man loosened his grip, but still didn't let go.
"Who is this?" She questioned Lizzie trying to turn herself around the see the mysterious man.
"Guess!" He let out a evil laugh.
Miranda looked at the mans arm and noticed a watch. She reconized it and yelled, "Ryan!!"
He let go of her and she turned around and gave him a big hug.
"You scared me!" She said, not letting him go.
He let out a laugh.
"I can't believe you made it!" She let go of him.
He brushed his arm, "Well, I almost couldn't make it, because we had a important drill emergancy. I was pretty disapointed, and the sergant knew about the graduation party, since I've been talking about it and you, so he let me go!" He gave her a hug and kiss on the cheek. Miranda squealed and hugged him harder.
Lizzie just stood there watching them reunite. She bit her lip and looked around some more. She saw some people from her classes, but they weren't important. She walked over to one of the empty tables and sat down. Then someone tapped her shoulder.
"Lizzie!" The person said. The voice sounded familiar. Lizzie turned around.
"Kate?" She said, gasping. Kate was a wearing a pale pink dress, that was ruffly and went down to her ankles. It was a strapless and she had a tannish shawl on her shoulders.
"Lizzie, you look pretty! I love your dress," Kate said, with a big smile on her face.
Lizzie shook her head thanks, "You look great too. Wow, it's nice to see you again!"
"I know, long time, no see," She said, sitting in the chair across from Lizzie.
"So, anything new in your life? Marrige, a job?"
"Nope," Lizzie said shaking her head in disapointment. Just like she thought, she's a big loser.
"Are you engaged? Do you have a boyfriend?" Kate asked.
Lizzie shook her head. Kate nodded and understood why. Maybe she did love Gordo, like he did.
"So, are you married or engaged?" Lizzie asked Kate. She knew she was probably engaged to Ethan.
"Yes, I'm engaged," She said, showing Lizzie her engagment ring, "Me and Ethan are getting married in 3 months." Kate smiled and so did Lizzie.
"Wow, that's great. I'm happy for you," Lizzie said.
"Thanks," Kate said, smiling.
"Do you have a job? Do you do anything?" Lizzie asked.
"Well, I'm an assitant manager at Miss Flawless' clothing store," She said.
"Wow, that's great. I bet that's an awesome job," Lizzie said, sounding happy.
"Yes, it is, well it has a good pay to it," Kate laughed and so did Lizzie.
Ethan walked over to them, and paused when he saw Lizzie. He walked over to them and kneeled next to Kate.
"Hey beautiful," He said, kissing her cheek. He looked at Lizzie and she was looking at the floor. She seemed sad about something.
"Hey Lizzie," Lizzie looked up at him and she smiled.
"Hey Ethan,"
"Lizzie, you look great," He said, staring at her.
"Thanks," She said, cracking a smile.
Ethan looked over to the food and he got up, "Well I'm going to get me some food before everyone eats it all." He looked at Lizzie, "Nice seeing you again Lizzie,"
"Pleasure to see you again, Ethan,"
Kate got up, "Great talking to you again Lizzie," She smiled and walked away.
Ethan sat down in the chair and looked at Lizzie, "Lizzie are you okay? You look sad, just like someone I know feels."
Lizzie didn't want to answer but she did anyways, "I'm fine, Ethan."
He sighed, "Well take care of yourself. Bye Liz." He gave her a hug and walked away.
She bit her lip and sighed. She wanted to go home, but she wanted to wait for someone to show up.
Lizzie looked at the dance floor and saw Miranda and Ryan dancing and also saw Clair and some guy. Then she saw Larry. She got up and walked over to him. He turned around, and boy has he changed. He let out a smile, "Elizabeth, how are you?"
Lizzie smiled a bit, "I'm great, Larry, thanks."
The lady next to him tapped his shoulders and looked at him, "Oh, Lizzie I'd like you to meet my wife, Sarah. Sarah, Lizzie."
"Nice to meet you Lizzie," She said, shaking Lizzies hand. She had a English accent, a nice smile, and tannish hair. She was fairly thin, and was slightly shorter than Lizzie. Sarah was wearing a black spagetti strap dress that went done to her knees.
"Nice to meet you too," Lizzie said.
Larry put his hand on Sarah lower stomach, "Sarah is 4 months pregnant with our 2nd child,"
Lizzie let out a 'awh', "Wow, that's great, congradulations!" She gave them both a hug.
A slow song came on and Sarah sat out, because her feet were starting to hurt. Lizzie looked lonely so Larry offered her to dance. All the couples, except Lizzie and Larry, danced together.
"Lizzie, you've changed so much. Your very beautiful."
Lizzie blushed, "Thank you very much, and your a very handsome man."
Lizzie and Larry let out a small giggle, and soon the dance was over. They said bye and Lizzie walked over to Miranda and Ryan.
"Hey girl, having fun?" Miranda said, leaning against the wall.
"Yeah, so far. I talked to alot of old friends, so I guess it's all good."
Miranda looked over and saw Kate and Ethan talking to Danny.
"Is it just me, or is Kate being, nice?" Miranda said, looking at Kate.
"I was thinking the same thing. She was all nice to me, I guess people do change."
Miranda cocked an eyebrow and Lizzie laughed, "What?"
Ryan stomach grumbled and he wrapped his arm around his stomach, "I think I could use some food."
Lizzie and Miranda starting laughing.
"I think we could all use some food!" Miranda said, still laughing.
They made their way to the food and grabbed a plate each. Lizzie was the first one down the row, and as she tried to grab the spoon for the pasta, she bumped into someone elses hand.
"Sorry," She said, not looking at the person.
"No I'm sorry, you can use it," The person said.
"Thanks," She looked at the person and she grabbed the spoon and gasped. She couldn't believe who she was talking to.
"Hey Lizzie," He said, grinning alittle.
"Um, hey Ronnie," She didn't look at him and she continued down the line.
"You look great," He said, smiling at her.
She stopped and looked at him. She shook her head.
"Thanks, I guess."
She got the rest of her food and Ronnie stood next to her.
"Well, it was nice seeing you again," He said to her. She bit her lip.
"Yeah, nice seeing you too," Then a girl stood next to him and linked arms with him.
"Well I gotta go. Me and my wife, Emily are going to go talk to some more people." He walked away and turned around and waved at her. She sighed and really felt like going home. Why did Ronnie have to marry someone from her school? He wouldn't be there at the reunion if he didn't.
Miranda and Ryan walked up next to her.
"What did he say?" Miranda said, talking about Ronnie.
"Uh, nothing really," She nodded.
They walked to a table and Lizzie poked at her food. She was starved but she wasn't in the mood for eating. Miranda and Ryan talked about how everyone has changed, and Lizzie felt left out.
The lights started to get dim and another song came on. It wasn't a slow song but it wasn't a fast song. Lizzie took littie bites of her food and set her fork down. She didn't feel like eating anymore.
Miranda looked at her bestfriend and sighed. 'Where was Gordo?' Miranda thought, looking at the entrance.
"I'm done," Lizzie said, getting up. She set her napkin on the chair and took a sip of water.
"Lizzie, is something wrong?" Miranda said, concerned about her friend.
Ryan wiped his mouth with his napkin and looked at Lizzie.
Lizzie bit her lip and didn't know what to say.
"No, nothings wrong!" She walked away and went to the bathroom. She barged in and went to the sink. A teardrop rolled down her face and she wiped it off.
"Why aren't you here Gordo," She said to herself, as more tears fell down her face. She didn't bother to wipe them off. Her mascara trickled down her cheek and stopped. She hit the counter with her hand and started to cry again.
"Gordo, I love you," She said whispering loudly to herself.
Then one of the stalls opened and she heard footsteps. She didn't feel like clearing her face off or hiding, she just stood there looking at her swollen face, from all the crying.
Kate walked next to her and washed her hands. She smiled at Lizzie. She wanted to keep out of her business but she couldn't help it. She sighed and looked at Lizzie.
"What's the matter?" Kate asked.
"Nothing, nothing is wrong," Lizzie said, sniffing.
"Lizzie, what is wrong," She sounded serious.
Lizzie couldn't help it, she wanted to hold her feelings inside but she couldn't. One more secret would make her burst. She started to sob more.
"I don't know, I've been feeling so emotional, like my life doesn't have a meaning. I just can't stand it anymore. Everyone has someone special in there life and I don't. It's my fault I don't, he thinks I don't love him but I do! I love him more than anything and I want to be with him for the rest of my life. I only came here tonight to see him and he's not here so he'll never know how much I love him! I really really love him! Why doesn't he understand?! Why isn't he here tonight?!" Lizzie said, in a hurry. She took in a deep breathe, because she said all that in one quick breathe. She wiped her tears and sniffed.
Kate just stood there and felt bad. She nodded and didn't know what to say. The only thing she could say is that Gordo was coming sometime tonight. Kate gave Lizzie a hug and wiped her mascara off her cheeks.
Lizzie looked at Kate, "You know who I'm talking about, right?" She said, looking at Kate, and coughed.
Kate frowned a bit, "Yeah, I do."
Lizzie frowned even more and more tears trailed down her face, "He didn't even come." She said dispointedly.
Kate sighed, "Don't give up Lizzie, who knows, maybe he'll show up."
Lizzie looked at Kate. Kate smiled at Lizzie, and Lizzie let out a laugh. She wiped the drooping mascara from under her eyes, "How come your so nice to me now?"
Kate laughed, "Well, Ethan and G- Danny, told me how much of a loser I was in middle and highschool and I felt bad for everything I've done, and I've realized, most of my friends were only friends with me cause of my popularity. And I felt really, really bad for ditching my 3 true friends."
Lizzie let out a smile and looked at Kate in the mirror. Kate was brushed her fingers through Lizzies curly hair and smiled.
"I missed the old Kate," Lizzie said.
Kate giggled, "I missed her too."
They both laughed and hugged.
"Now let's fix your make-up." Kate reached in her bag and took out her make-up stuff. Lizzie washed her face and dried it off with the papertowel. Kate fixed Lizzies make-up. During the 10 minutes, Lizzie and Kate talked about there life so far and Lizzie tried to forget about Gordo, but she couldn't.
"There," Kate said, doing the last finishing touches, "Perfect."
She closed her foundation and put her things in her bag.
"Thanks Kate," Lizzie said, looking at her freshly done make-up in the mirror, "I apreciate everything you've done."
"No problem," Kate said.
They giggled and left the bathroom.