Disclaimer: I still do not own much... I am just stuck with my slow
computer...
A/N: Thanks to those who have reviewed my recent chapter. I appreciate what you are doing even though there are practically hundreds of other Lizzie fics. I hope you always come back to check and review!
Sorry if this new chapter took long. It's just that college classes have just started and I have a lot to read and inquire about. Anyway, I will try my best to upload at least once a week, but I'll make sure that it will (I hope) be to your liking.
Chapter 10 - Hook, Line and Sinker
Gordo woke up that morning with the idea of his plan still stuck to his head. He knew it was time to put his plan to action. After taking a bath and dressing up, he went downstairs for breakfast.
"Good morning, mom... dad..." Gordo greeted happily, with a matching smile on his face.
"Watch out," Howard Gordon whispered to his wife, "I'm pretty sure he has something up his sleeve..."
"I agree," Roberta murmured back.
"So," Gordo began., "what's for breakfast?"
"Pancakes."
"Really? Great!"
"David, what's this? First a 'good morning!', then a 'great!'. What are you up to?"
"Nothing... really!" 'Figures... they're parents! It's like they have a special telepathic power or something.'
"Come on, out with it!"
Gordo hesitated at first. It took quite a long while before he continued.
"Okay... I've been thinking a lot lately..."
"Now THAT scares me," Howard told his wife.
"I miss my friends... I'm worried about them... Now wait, before you say anything, please listen to what I have to say. I know I'm grounded and that it is my own fault that I've made a big punishment for myself. But the thing is, do you know what you have done?"
"You tell us," Roberta returned.
"Well, you ground me and make me stay away from both Miranda and Lizzie, my two best friends, but don't you know that that is simply PART of the punishment? You might wonder how it came to be only a PART...well, you did not just punish me but you also punished my two best friends? For all that I know, they might be spending every second of their lives worrying about me! Aren't you afraid that they would get depressed and start to get sick?"
"Well, that's THEIR punishment."
"But dad, I thought we had an agreement? I thought I asked you to give every punishment to ME and NOT to my best friends. I mean, what kind of parents would deprive their child of companionship? of friendship? I mean, they are the ones I turn to when I have problems about myself and my social life. Don't I even deserve that?"
"Well David, you should have thought of that before you went running off into the night without telling us now, shouldn't you?"
"But this is more than just responsibility and punishment; I'm talking about keeping HEALTHY relationships with other people. Come on now, do you want me to grow up to become a psycho or a social outcast who has no friends to call his own just because his parents never wanted him to keep an open line with his peers? Come on, this is Miranda and Lizzie we're talking about! You know as well as I do that we've been together for as long as we could remember. What I'm trying to say is that they are very GOOD and TRUSTWORTHY friends! Would you rather let me be friends with that geeky Larry? or that snobby Kate? or that brainless Ethan?(A/N: No offense meant here.) or maybe that punk Angel? Mom, dad, please! Don't let my friends suffer any longer!"
Gordo nervously waits as a tense moment ensues.
"Alright," Mr. Gordon stood up. "What do you want?"
"Dad, I want to talk with my friends again! You know that I would never do anything bad... I've matured! Perhaps that you may not believe, but whether or not you do, I have... believe me!"
"Oh we believe you alright, but the thing is, can we TRUST you?"
"Dad, you know as well as I do that only YOU could answer that..."
"Okay. We will let you talk with your friends, but we are going to set up ground rules... you can only talk with them in our living room, only after you have finished all your homework, only up to thirty minutes..."
"Mom!"
"Honey..."
"Alright, alright... up to an hour tops, and only in my presence..."
"Honey, I think that's too much. They won't be able to talk comfortably with you around... give him a chance..."
"Okay, okay, okay... You talk in the living room, but I'll be right in the kitchen. There is nothing more. Is that understood?"
"Yes..." 'Like I have any choice...'
"Good. Now, finish your pancakes or else your mother and I are going to be late for work."
"Alright... oh, and dad... thanks... a lot. I really mean it."
Mr. Gordon was surprised, and Mrs. Gordon just smiled at him. This is why they both loved their son... their David.
A/N: Looks like Gordo's plan worked! At long last, Gordo will be able to talk with his friends again! Lizzie, Miranda, what have you to tell Gordo? Will new problems arise? Hang on! Review please!
I know that my chapters have been getting short lately, but I hope that the story is always interesting. I guess you don't have to worry about the basic love story plots going around, because I'm sure that I'll always have something in mind. R/R!
A/N: Thanks to those who have reviewed my recent chapter. I appreciate what you are doing even though there are practically hundreds of other Lizzie fics. I hope you always come back to check and review!
Sorry if this new chapter took long. It's just that college classes have just started and I have a lot to read and inquire about. Anyway, I will try my best to upload at least once a week, but I'll make sure that it will (I hope) be to your liking.
Chapter 10 - Hook, Line and Sinker
Gordo woke up that morning with the idea of his plan still stuck to his head. He knew it was time to put his plan to action. After taking a bath and dressing up, he went downstairs for breakfast.
"Good morning, mom... dad..." Gordo greeted happily, with a matching smile on his face.
"Watch out," Howard Gordon whispered to his wife, "I'm pretty sure he has something up his sleeve..."
"I agree," Roberta murmured back.
"So," Gordo began., "what's for breakfast?"
"Pancakes."
"Really? Great!"
"David, what's this? First a 'good morning!', then a 'great!'. What are you up to?"
"Nothing... really!" 'Figures... they're parents! It's like they have a special telepathic power or something.'
"Come on, out with it!"
Gordo hesitated at first. It took quite a long while before he continued.
"Okay... I've been thinking a lot lately..."
"Now THAT scares me," Howard told his wife.
"I miss my friends... I'm worried about them... Now wait, before you say anything, please listen to what I have to say. I know I'm grounded and that it is my own fault that I've made a big punishment for myself. But the thing is, do you know what you have done?"
"You tell us," Roberta returned.
"Well, you ground me and make me stay away from both Miranda and Lizzie, my two best friends, but don't you know that that is simply PART of the punishment? You might wonder how it came to be only a PART...well, you did not just punish me but you also punished my two best friends? For all that I know, they might be spending every second of their lives worrying about me! Aren't you afraid that they would get depressed and start to get sick?"
"Well, that's THEIR punishment."
"But dad, I thought we had an agreement? I thought I asked you to give every punishment to ME and NOT to my best friends. I mean, what kind of parents would deprive their child of companionship? of friendship? I mean, they are the ones I turn to when I have problems about myself and my social life. Don't I even deserve that?"
"Well David, you should have thought of that before you went running off into the night without telling us now, shouldn't you?"
"But this is more than just responsibility and punishment; I'm talking about keeping HEALTHY relationships with other people. Come on now, do you want me to grow up to become a psycho or a social outcast who has no friends to call his own just because his parents never wanted him to keep an open line with his peers? Come on, this is Miranda and Lizzie we're talking about! You know as well as I do that we've been together for as long as we could remember. What I'm trying to say is that they are very GOOD and TRUSTWORTHY friends! Would you rather let me be friends with that geeky Larry? or that snobby Kate? or that brainless Ethan?(A/N: No offense meant here.) or maybe that punk Angel? Mom, dad, please! Don't let my friends suffer any longer!"
Gordo nervously waits as a tense moment ensues.
"Alright," Mr. Gordon stood up. "What do you want?"
"Dad, I want to talk with my friends again! You know that I would never do anything bad... I've matured! Perhaps that you may not believe, but whether or not you do, I have... believe me!"
"Oh we believe you alright, but the thing is, can we TRUST you?"
"Dad, you know as well as I do that only YOU could answer that..."
"Okay. We will let you talk with your friends, but we are going to set up ground rules... you can only talk with them in our living room, only after you have finished all your homework, only up to thirty minutes..."
"Mom!"
"Honey..."
"Alright, alright... up to an hour tops, and only in my presence..."
"Honey, I think that's too much. They won't be able to talk comfortably with you around... give him a chance..."
"Okay, okay, okay... You talk in the living room, but I'll be right in the kitchen. There is nothing more. Is that understood?"
"Yes..." 'Like I have any choice...'
"Good. Now, finish your pancakes or else your mother and I are going to be late for work."
"Alright... oh, and dad... thanks... a lot. I really mean it."
Mr. Gordon was surprised, and Mrs. Gordon just smiled at him. This is why they both loved their son... their David.
A/N: Looks like Gordo's plan worked! At long last, Gordo will be able to talk with his friends again! Lizzie, Miranda, what have you to tell Gordo? Will new problems arise? Hang on! Review please!
I know that my chapters have been getting short lately, but I hope that the story is always interesting. I guess you don't have to worry about the basic love story plots going around, because I'm sure that I'll always have something in mind. R/R!