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I Don't

Lizzie ringed her hands together as her eyed searched Gordo's face. She wasn't sure if he had found out yet. It was really hard to tell. Then again, it always was with Gordo. Hopefully, he was blissfully clueless. But Lizzie had never been that lucky in her life before.

Gordo stopped avoiding what he needed to say. And he was afraid how Lizzie would handle it. He took another deep breath and looked up at the starry sky. He needed support; he couldn't do this now. Not alone. But if he didn't tell Lizzie, how would she be acting towards him in the future? He needed to tell her; then and there.

"Lizzie," Gordo said, obviously taking himself by surprise. She looked up, her eyes very wide with what looked like fear. Gordo wondered if she had suspected this day to come. If she had, would she hate him for making it come true? "I need to tell you something." He had said it. There was no turning back now. Things were going to change, and very quickly.

Lizzie turned her neck away a little, her eyes slowly filling with tears. She was crying; and he hadn't even told her yet. She had to know. Lizzie nodded her head as she turned it back so it as facing him. "Ok," Lizzie said. Gordo stared back at her, wishing he had never brought this up. But, he knew it needed to be said. It would eventually interfere with everything. But in the long run, it would be best for the common good of everybody.

"OK," Gordo cleared his throat a few times, making sure he was going to be able to say this. Each time he cleared his throat, Lizzie flinched and her eyes filled with more tears, until they began to stream down her cheeks. Lizzie closed her eyes very tightly, to stop the tears from running. "Um, I really need to say this. So, here it goes," Gordo was looking at his feet the entire time. "I don't think we should be- -," when Gordo did turn his attention back to Lizzie, he realized she looked miserable. He couldn't lay this on her now. "Lizzie? Are you ok?" Lizzie looked up at him.

"Yeah-yeah. I'm fine. I'm sorry; what were you going to say to me, Gordo?" Lizzie looked at him, pleading with him not to say anything more.

"Um, it's not a big deal. Lets just get you home." Gordo couldn't do it. He didn't have it in him to do that to his best friend. But he couldn't wait. He had to tell her, at the mall on Sunday.

Lizzie and Gordo sat in the malls food court on the rainy Sunday afternoon. The mall was very packed, and very claustrophobic. As they were eating their ice cream and talked about the people that walked by them, Gordo knew he had to tell her. But she still looked so unhappy. She had already gotten an ice cream sundae to ease her mind, but it hadn't helped at all. Now she was staring into space, thinking of something. She was thinking about what he was going to tell her the other night. Maybe Gordo did love her, and he was going to say that he didn't think they should just be friends. And that was why he was so nervous. Or maybe he thought that him and Julia weren't meant to be, and she was the one who made him realize it. Whatever he had to tell Lizzie, she knew it couldn't be bad. But that wasn't even important anymore. All she could think of was her and Miranda's fight. The vision of Miranda yelling at her haunted her; Miranda's words sunk in her heart and echoed through out her body. At night, she was awake with her conscience, begging her to mend things. But two days, and two dark circles later, Lizzie had tried to call Miranda, but she had hung up on her. Things were over with her and Miranda; this time for good.

Lizzie felt a pare of eyes on her. She focused on Gordo; he was staring at her; concerned almost. In an instant, his eyes poured into her own. She wished he would never stop; the feeling that was surging through her veins was so relaxing, so close to home. But of course, him being Gordo, he spoke too soon.

"Lizzie, what's wrong?" Gordo wasn't stupid. He knew something was wrong. But Lizzie couldn't tell him what she knew was wrong. She had to stall for time.

"What tipped you off?" Lizzie asked. She didn't know what Gordo's response was going to be, but it had to tell her more than she knew.

"Well, you've been acting so distant, you're staring into space, not talking, letting your favorite flavor sundae melt, and you haven't even mentioned Miranda all day. Is there something going on with you two?"

Lizzie sighed loudly to indicate he hit a point. She had devised a plan; a plan to full-proof not to work. "Yes, something happened. I have no idea why, Gordo. She's been so-so mean to me lately for no reason," Lizzie's eyes slowly blurred over with the tears she had left from her hectic life. "Everything was going great, you know? Then she meets a new crowd of friends, and she gets herself a new boyfriend and she totally ignores me. I don't know how much he means to her, but, can't she see it's tearing me apart?" Lizzie was speaking through sobs. She was actually making herself cry. She had touched a sensitive topic; she realized that she had lost everything. "And then, then at the party, I simply asked her about it, and about 2 hours later she approached me, and -and." Lizzie broke down and cupped her face in her hands. Her body was shaking with sobs. Gordo scooted his chair directly next to hers and put his muscular arm around her shaking shoulders.

"What did she do, Lizzie? What did Miranda do?" Gordo asked her while he was rubbing her shoulder to comfort her.

"She attacked me Gordo! And she told that she never wanted to talk to me again," Lizzie started bawling, her sobs coming out as small shrieks. Some people who had been watching for a while, intently turned around when Gordo gave him a look of death. Lizzie looked up and stared longingly in Gordo's eyes. "I'm all alone Gordo. I'm all alone. Miranda doesn't need me anymore, and neither do you. You have Julia now. She's what you need. I'm all alone!" Lizzie stated again as she started sobbing once again.

Gordo was taken by surprise. He wrapped Lizzie in his strong arms, and she rested her head on his shoulder. "Lizzie, you're not alone. You still have me. You haven't lost me, you will never loose me. I love you too much to let you go." Gordo raised her head, and kissed her lightly on the cheek. It was a sweet kiss, but Lizzie felt the shivers run down her spine. This was her moment. She could do this. She leaned in a little, and noticed him doing the same. Lizzie's eyes fluttered close and she felt Gordo's breath on her neck. She instantly raised her hands up to his face, and ran her fingers over his smooth skin. In an instant, she felt Gordo's lips brush hers. But in less than a second, they were gone. She heard him mutter something like "damn", but the worse thing she heard was coming from behind her. It was someone behind her, saying Gordo's name in a small dazed voice. Lizzie turned around. It was Julia. And she had seen them kiss.