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A Summer of Changes
Chapter 12:
Lizzie cocked her head a bit and smiled at Gordo's comment. "Well thanks." She replied.
"No problem." He remarked. Smooth move, he thought to himself. Now she knows something is up.
They drove for a few more minutes, neither one saying anything. Lizzie shifted her sitting position yet again. She tried to think of something to say, to break the silence, but she couldn't. This was so weird. Ordinarily, she never shut up. She and Gordo always had plenty to talk about.
Instead, she was staring into space, thinking about how much things had changed, but were the still exactly the same all at once. She was thinking about the future, but wanting to stay with Gordo right here forever at the same time. The way she had been feeling about him lately had caused her to worry about how she could live without him as a permanent fixture in her life.
Gordo must have thought it was weird too, because he spoke up. "What's with you McGuire? Usually I can't get a word in edgewise. Now you're going all pensive on me." "I'm just thinking." She replied.
"Oh yeah?" he asked. "What about?"
"Life in general." She responded.
"Geez Lizzie, don't get too specific." He joked.
Lizzie laughed. "I was just thinking about us actually."
"Us?" Gordo asked, wondering where she could possibly be going with this. "What about us?"
"Us growing up." She replied. "I can't believe that we're 16."
"Almost 16." He pointed out.
"You know what I mean." She remarked. "Its just so strange. I mean here we, well - you - are driving around, doing whatever we want. It feels like just yesterday we were restricted to our houses and the mall. And we only have 2 years of high school left! What's with that? I mean, its seems as if we were just in middle school."
"You've been thinking about this a lot, huh?" Gordo asked.
"I guess." Lizzie replied. "My parents want me to start looking at colleges already, and I feel like I've just finally started to get used to high school. We're all suddenly adults. Its weird."
"I know." Gordo agreed. "But at least we have each other. We'll get through it together, just like we got through middle school and high school."
"That's the thing though." Lizzie explained. "We might not. We probably aren't going to go to the same college. You'll go off to some top of the line school for geniuses, and I'll go to some middle of the road college for average people like me."
Gordo could tell that Lizzie had been worrying about these things lately. He tried to reassure her. "I have no idea where I'll go to school. Who's to say we don't end up going to the same college? And Lizzie, even if we do go to different schools, we'll always be best friends. Nothing will change that."
Lizzie rubbed her head. She was stressing herself out. "You're right." She remarked, wanting to change the subject. "Lets talk about something else now, ok?" She was mad at herself for bringing up the whole subject.
But Gordo wasn't letting her give up so easily. "I can tell its bothering you, Lizzie. What's worrying you so much?"
Lizzie took a deep breath. "I just don't want to picture my life without you in it." She was tearing up, but looked away so he couldn't see. "I'm sorry. I don't know why I'm getting all gross and mushy. I'm over-thinking things."
Gordo's heart skipped a beat inside of his chest. Could this really be happening? Was she going to admit how she really felt? He tried to play it cool. "You're not being mushy. I know exactly how you feel."
"You do?" she asked.
He nodded. "I couldn't picture my life without you in it either. And we don't have to."
"We don't?" she asked.
"No." he told her. "Lets promise right here and now that we will always be a part of each others lives."
"Ok." She agreed.
"No matter where we live, no matter what our jobs are, or who we are married to, we'll talk at least once a week, and see each other at least once every 6 months." He proposed.
"No matter what?" she asked.
"No matter what." He confirmed. "Best friends for life."
"For life." She echoed.
"No turning back now." He joked. "You're stuck with me McGuire." He flashed her a huge Gordo grin.
She laughed at him.
"Now there's my Lizzie." He remarked.
My Lizzie? He had called her his Lizzie! Lizzie's heart skipped a beat, and her face broke into a huge smile.
Gordo looked over at her. "Hey, you're smiling again!" he remarked.
She nodded.
"I like it when you smile." He commented.
The two best friends drove off in the sunshine, both knowing that something big was about to happen. Something they had both been waiting for all of their lives.
TBC!
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Disclaimer: I do not own anything that has to do with Lizzie McGuire.
A Summer of Changes
Chapter 12:
Lizzie cocked her head a bit and smiled at Gordo's comment. "Well thanks." She replied.
"No problem." He remarked. Smooth move, he thought to himself. Now she knows something is up.
They drove for a few more minutes, neither one saying anything. Lizzie shifted her sitting position yet again. She tried to think of something to say, to break the silence, but she couldn't. This was so weird. Ordinarily, she never shut up. She and Gordo always had plenty to talk about.
Instead, she was staring into space, thinking about how much things had changed, but were the still exactly the same all at once. She was thinking about the future, but wanting to stay with Gordo right here forever at the same time. The way she had been feeling about him lately had caused her to worry about how she could live without him as a permanent fixture in her life.
Gordo must have thought it was weird too, because he spoke up. "What's with you McGuire? Usually I can't get a word in edgewise. Now you're going all pensive on me." "I'm just thinking." She replied.
"Oh yeah?" he asked. "What about?"
"Life in general." She responded.
"Geez Lizzie, don't get too specific." He joked.
Lizzie laughed. "I was just thinking about us actually."
"Us?" Gordo asked, wondering where she could possibly be going with this. "What about us?"
"Us growing up." She replied. "I can't believe that we're 16."
"Almost 16." He pointed out.
"You know what I mean." She remarked. "Its just so strange. I mean here we, well - you - are driving around, doing whatever we want. It feels like just yesterday we were restricted to our houses and the mall. And we only have 2 years of high school left! What's with that? I mean, its seems as if we were just in middle school."
"You've been thinking about this a lot, huh?" Gordo asked.
"I guess." Lizzie replied. "My parents want me to start looking at colleges already, and I feel like I've just finally started to get used to high school. We're all suddenly adults. Its weird."
"I know." Gordo agreed. "But at least we have each other. We'll get through it together, just like we got through middle school and high school."
"That's the thing though." Lizzie explained. "We might not. We probably aren't going to go to the same college. You'll go off to some top of the line school for geniuses, and I'll go to some middle of the road college for average people like me."
Gordo could tell that Lizzie had been worrying about these things lately. He tried to reassure her. "I have no idea where I'll go to school. Who's to say we don't end up going to the same college? And Lizzie, even if we do go to different schools, we'll always be best friends. Nothing will change that."
Lizzie rubbed her head. She was stressing herself out. "You're right." She remarked, wanting to change the subject. "Lets talk about something else now, ok?" She was mad at herself for bringing up the whole subject.
But Gordo wasn't letting her give up so easily. "I can tell its bothering you, Lizzie. What's worrying you so much?"
Lizzie took a deep breath. "I just don't want to picture my life without you in it." She was tearing up, but looked away so he couldn't see. "I'm sorry. I don't know why I'm getting all gross and mushy. I'm over-thinking things."
Gordo's heart skipped a beat inside of his chest. Could this really be happening? Was she going to admit how she really felt? He tried to play it cool. "You're not being mushy. I know exactly how you feel."
"You do?" she asked.
He nodded. "I couldn't picture my life without you in it either. And we don't have to."
"We don't?" she asked.
"No." he told her. "Lets promise right here and now that we will always be a part of each others lives."
"Ok." She agreed.
"No matter where we live, no matter what our jobs are, or who we are married to, we'll talk at least once a week, and see each other at least once every 6 months." He proposed.
"No matter what?" she asked.
"No matter what." He confirmed. "Best friends for life."
"For life." She echoed.
"No turning back now." He joked. "You're stuck with me McGuire." He flashed her a huge Gordo grin.
She laughed at him.
"Now there's my Lizzie." He remarked.
My Lizzie? He had called her his Lizzie! Lizzie's heart skipped a beat, and her face broke into a huge smile.
Gordo looked over at her. "Hey, you're smiling again!" he remarked.
She nodded.
"I like it when you smile." He commented.
The two best friends drove off in the sunshine, both knowing that something big was about to happen. Something they had both been waiting for all of their lives.
TBC!
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