CHAP. 5- The Rules
Disclaimer: see previous chapters.
A/N: Is it getting exciting enough for you? If not, then let me know. I haven't written the whole story yet, so I'll still accept new idea's as long as it ties into the story I have right now somehow.
I'd love to hear your point of view so hey, read and review. Lol. Ok, that was cheesy. Oh well, it gets the point across. Now on with the story:
After awhile they got bored with listening to their CD Players so they decided just to talk. By this time, only 5 hours had gone by. After an hour or two of talking, the stewardess started passing out the headphone for the movie on the plane. Gordo and Lizzie decided that there was nothing better to do so they watched the movie. The movie was "A Walk to Remember" and during the movie the two lovebirds held hands and soon fell asleep. They slept for about 5 hours and woke up with only 3 hours of the flight left. They talked more and more about what they wanted to do while they were in the Bahamas. They decided they were going to have adventure, a lot of it, just the two of them.
Before they knew it, the co-pilot came over the Public Announcement System that they had in the plane and announced that they would be landing in about 15 minutes and could have some turbulence during the landing so make sure that they had their seatbelts on.
After they landed, the pilot didn't let them off for about 10 minutes because they had to get some things sorted out and put in place before they could get off the plane. When they finally did get off, they immediately went the luggage claim to retrieve their bags. Surprisingly enough, they had let Lizzie take all of her stuff. When they had gotten all of their luggage they decided to go to the rent-a-car center inside the airport to register to rent a car.
Lizzie and Gordo got to share one, since they both could drive and they could split the cost and get a nice car. They ended up picking out a silver Cadillac Escalade. It wasn't quite that expensive to them since they both had pretty good jobs back home and they were splitting it.
Mr. & Mrs. McGuire got a burgundy Toyota Avalon XLS due to Jo's love for Toyota's. She just loves the way that they ride. (A/N: Not like that you sickos! I know what you're thinking! Get your mind out of the gutter. Haha.)
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon got a red Jaguar because obviously their rich since they are both well known psychiatrists throughout Hillridge and other local cities so they decided to, just this once, have some fun and show it off.
After they got the cars, they all loaded the luggage into each couples trunks and headed off to the hotel. Once they got there, they unloaded the luggage onto a cart and gave the keys to a valet parking driver and went inside to get the keys to their rooms.
Lizzie and Gordo were on the 5th floor while the rest of them were on the 10th. The parents had requested that they all be on the same floor so they could check up on each other easily during the night. Now, the people they really wanted and needed to check up on, were 5 floors below them. This made them a little nervous.
"Now, kids, we're trusting you. No drugs, sex, or alcohol.," Mrs. McGuire warned them.
"Mom, we're only best friends. Kissing each other or doing anything beyond that for that matter would be like kissing my brother.," Lizzie lied.
"Yeah, Mrs. McGuire, I've known her forever, it would be two weird.," Gordo added lying.
"Ok then, but Gordo, don't make me give you THE TALK.," Jo warned.
"Uh! That's not fair, what about Lizzie? She would be just as guilty.," Gordo argued.
"Ok….then, I guess I should rephrase that. Don't make me give you both THE TALK.," She replied.
"Gordo! You are in so much trouble. Thanks for standing up for me!," Lizzie exclaimed laughing.
"Uh. Oh. Mommy!," Gordo said pretending to be scared.
"We're trusting you now with our daughter. We know that sooner or later, probably sooner, you two will start dating and probably end up getting married and having children of your own. But, please hold off from that as long as you can. We've known you forever, so we're trusting you.
"Uh…Ok…Thanks, I think.," Gordo replied.
"Yes, and Lizzie, don't do something you know you're going to regret later. We've gone through this before, but I'm telling you again. Just at least use something if you're going to, you know. Just please be careful.," Jo told her daughter.
"Yeah, mom, I will be careful and I won't do anything I will regret. I promise. Don't worry, ok? I swear, I'll be fine.," Lizzie promised her mom.
"Ok. Ok. It's just that I've never left you alone in the same room with a teenage boy alone for this long before, especially one that you trust and care about.," Jo said.
'You have no idea how much though, do you?,' she thought to herself.
"Ok. Whatever, mom.," Lizzie said.
"I'm just telling you honey.," Mrs. McGuire told her.
"I know, mom. Can we go now?," Lizzie asked.
"Fine. Fine.," she said.
Gordo got the cart and was pushing Lizzie on it along with all of the luggage.
"Be careful you two!," Mrs. Gordon told them.
"Mom, we'll be fine!," replied Gordo.
"We're just telling you, honey.," Mrs. McGuire said.
"We know.," Lizzie and Gordo replied in unison.
After they had finished the long, and boring conversation with their parents they decided to go unpack and take a nap considering how they were so jet lagged. Lizzie and Gordo each had their own dresser with 3 drawers in it. It was a quite spacious room with a 27" TV and video games, but you have to order them. They also had a desk, but they probably wouldn't use it.
They were glad they didn't have to share dressers because they had their own um…private stuff that they didn't want the other one to really see. When they finished unpacking they were so exhausted that they practically fell right onto their beds. They fell almost instantly asleep.
When they finally woke up from their much appreciated nearly 2 hour nap, it was already 7 pm, but they wanted to take a walk on the beach. They wanted to be alone so they didn't invite their parents and they wanted to avoid another dreadful "be careful" speech. When they got to the doors they realized it was pouring rain out and they could see the palm trees swaying fiercely back and forth.
"Gordo, what are we going to do now? I don't want to stay in the hotel room all night long!," Lizzie exclaimed.
"We can go get something to eat, I guess. I'm starving.," Gordo suggested.
"Sounds good to me, but I am not going out in that weather.," Lizzie told him.
"Fine. I'll go get the car and I'll pick you up.," Gordo told her.
"Ok.," Lizzie replied.
And with that Gordo was off to get the car.
When Gordo pulled up in the Escalade, she quickly ran outside and got into the truck (A/N: or is it an SUV. Bear with me!) and they found a nice restraunt to eat at. It was quite fancy and Gordo insisted on paying for it. Lizzie didn't really know how he could afford it since he didn't have a job, but she knew she couldn't turn down a free meal. She had Monterey Chicken and Gordo had a Porterhouse steak. Once they got done they were stuffed so they decided to go right back to the hotel.
When they got outside it was still raining and the wind was even stronger. They could see small branches spread across the road. This scared Lizzie because she had never been in a strong wind storm before. They don't get that much wind back in Hillridge. It was really cold out too and Lizzie had just warn a no sleeve summer skirt so she was really cold. Gordo noticed her shivering and gave her his jacket.
"Here you go Lizzie. Why didn't you bring a sweater or something?," Gordo asked her.
"I didn't pack one. I didn't think that it got this cold here.," She explained.
"Honey, it gets this cold everywhere at some point. Especially in these wind storms. Now lets get going before we get blown over.," He told her.
With that they ran to the car since they didn't want to get that wet and they didn't bring an umbrella because they didn't know it was going to be this bad outside.
When they got to the hotel they went to their parents room to see what they were doing. They saw that the note they had left them was still attached to the door.
"I guess they haven't been out yet or if they have, they didn't see it on their way out.," Gordo said.
"Yeah. Knock on the door and see if their here.," Lizzie suggested.
He knocked on the door. They waited for about half a minute and then decided that they must not be there so they left and went back to their own room. They took down the note that read:
Moms and Dads,
We went out to get some dinner and to take a walk along the beach.
Be back around 10 pm.
Love,
Your Kids
Well, it was only 9 so they had some time to spare before they should probably start worrying about their parents. They went downstairs to some of the stores. They only had about half an hour before most of them closed. After Lizzie had a couple or three bags in her hands, they decided to stop in the 24 hour café to get something to drink. All of that shopping made them thirsty. By this time it was already 9:45, and so they decided after they finished their drinks that they should probably go back to the room and play a card game or something.
They finished their drinks and headed back upstairs. They decided to call their parents room to see if they were back yet.
Ring…
Ring…
Ring…
"Still no answer? Where could they be?," Lizzie wondered aloud.
"I don't know. There's a bar downstairs. Maybe they went to have some fun.," Gordo suggested.
"Yeah, I guess we can give them until 11 or so. Then, if they aren't back we'll start looking for them.," Lizzie said.
"Ok. Sounds like a plan. So what do you want to do?," Gordo asked her.
"Oh. Shoot! I just remembered that my parents have the deck of cards in their room. So scratch that idea. How about we order a pay-per-view movie?," Lizzie suggested.
"Sure, but only if were splitting the cost. Those things are expensive in hotels.," Gordo said.
(A/N: I don't know if they are any more expensive in hotels, but I'm writing this story so in right now, they are like 10 bucks in hotels, k?)
"Fine. Fine.," Lizzie agreed.
While Gordo was flipping through the movies Lizzie asked him a question.
"Gordo, can we do something tomorrow?"
"Well, we are already planning on going to the Gulf with our parents tomorrow for the day."
"No, I want to do something alone. I'll go crazy if I can't kiss you or hold you all day."
"Oh, well then, when you put it that way, I'm sure we can do something somehow."
"Oh! I know! When our parents are laying in the sun, we'll just tell them that we're going for a walk and then we'll go down the beach like half a mile and just set up our stuff there."
"Sounds like a plan. All systems go."
"Yeah, all systems go."
They burst out laughing remembering the other time that they had said that to each other. After the murder mystery party when Gordo was trying to ask her out.
After the laughter died down they just contently looked at each other. Then Gordo started to lean in and their lips finally met. It felt just like the first time, with the heat radiating from their lips and their hearts.
