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A.N.: Hope y'all like this chapter! I think I've watched a lil' too much American Idol, don't you? Lol. That's where I'm getting all these songs from. All Ruben & Clay songs. Hehehe. *Grins* Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Build Me Up Buttercup – The Temptations. Disney owns Lizzie and Gordo. Aaron Carter, of course, owns himself. I own the story idea. 

            Gordo sat by his phone waiting for Lizzie to call like she had promised. It was early Saturday morning, and she'd promised the night before she'd call so they could makes plans to get together, as usual. He knew Miranda would be there too, but it was Lizzie that he really wanted to see. While he sat there waiting for her call, he turned his radio to an oldies station, just because he didn't feel like risking the chance of hearing Aaron Carter right then.

Why do you build me up (build me up) buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darlin'
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) buttercup, don't break my heart
 
                    After waiting for an hour longer than he should've, the phone finally rang.
 
               "Hello?" Gordo said anxiously.
 
               "Hey Gordo!" Lizzie answered cheerfully. "Sorry I took so long to call. My alarm got turned off, and my Mom insisted I eat first, before making plans and stuff."
 
               "It's okay," he told her, smiling as he listened to her voice. "It's not like I was sitting next to the phone waiting for you to call or anything."
 
               "You weren't, were you?" Lizzie asked concerned.
 
               "Lizzie, I was joking," he laughed. "As if I'd wait by the phone, when there's so much more to do around my house."
 
               "Like what?" Lizzie, now curious, wanted to know.
 
               "Eat breakfast for one, clean my room up some for two."
 
               "And three?"
 
               "Wait for you to call," he thought to himself, but answered, "Finish my history project that's due Tuesday."
 
               "Gordo, you're crazy if you're doing homework on a Saturday," Lizzie giggled. "Oh, and just so you know, I'll be over 'round ten. Miranda's gonna meet us at the Digital Bean."
 
                    "Okay."
 
               "Well, my Mom needs the phone now, so, bye."
 
               "Bye."
 
               He hung up his phone, and fell back onto his bed smiling.
 
               "Yes!" He thought. "Lizzie and I will be alone today! Even if it IS only for a short while."
 
                    He lay there on his bed daydreaming about Lizzie, and waiting for her to arrive. After what seemed like only about ten minutes or so, he sat up, only to discover that an hour and a half had gone by.
 
               "Ten thirty? Already?" He thought aloud. "Wait. Lizzie said she'd be here at ten, so where is she?"
 
               The doorbell rang then, and he ran to answer it, he was disappointed to only find the paper-boy on the other side.
 
                    "If she's not here in another ten minutes, I'm phoning her place," he told himself. "I'm starting to get worried." 
 
"I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again
But you're late; I wait around and then (bah-dah-dah)
I run to the door, I can't take any more
It's not you, you let me down again
 
                    Gordo glared at his phone. He'd phoned Lizzie's only to find no one home, then had phoned Miranda to see if she knew anything. Apparently, she knew even less than he did. 
 
               "Where is she?" He wondered aloud.
 
               "Where's who David?"
 
               Gordo looked up only to find his Mom standing in his doorway.
 
               "Lizzie, Mom," he replied. "She said she'd be here at ten, but never showed up. Then, when I called her no one was home."
 
               "Did you try Miranda?" His mother asked.
 
               "I called her too. She knows even less than I do about Lizzie's whereabouts. Apparently, Lizzie was supposed to phone her before coming here, but she never phoned, and obviously she never phoned or came here either."
 
               "Give her time David. Maybe her mother had to run errands and needed Lizzie's help with them or something. You never know Dear."
 
                    "I still think she would've called, had there been a change of plans."
 
               His mother shrugged, then left the room.
 
               "She better have a VERY good explanation for making me worry," he thought.
 
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time, and I'll make you happy
(hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
 
                    It was now one o'clock in the afternoon, and still he'd heard no word from Lizzie. The phone rang then, and he just about jumped a mile.
 
               "Hello? Lizzie?"
 
               "Sorry Gordo. It's me, Miranda."
 
               "Oh. Hi Miranda," he said almost gloomingly.
 
               "Don't sound so enthused, yeesh," Miranda commented.
 
               "Sorry," he apologized. "I'm just really worried about Lizzie."
 
               "That's why I called."
 
                    "It is?"
 
               "Yeah. Lizzie just phoned me, and said she'll phone you in 'bout an hour. She got stuck going shopping with her Mom, and never got the chance to call you to let you know."
 
               "Then why'd she have the time to call you?"
 
               "I don't know," Miranda answered. "She just did."
 
               "Fine. But she'd better call this time."
 
               "Don't worry so much. Bye."
 
               "Bye."
 
Why do you build me up (build me up) buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darling
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) buttercup, don't break my heart
 
                    "I bet she spotted Ethan Craft, and suddenly forgot all about me," Gordo thought angrily. "Either that, or Aaron Carter's suddenly decided to show up in the picture again once more."
 
               He left his spot next to the phone, and plopped down onto his bed, and stared up at his ceiling. 
 
               "Why can't I be the guy she likes?" He pondered. "Why does she always go for the blonds, the dimwitted ones and all?" 
 
               He grabbed his hackey sack, and began to toss it up in the air while lying there, catching it every time.
 
               "I'll treat you better than any of them blonds you like," he sighed. "I already treat you like the Princess that you are in my eyes."
 
To you I'm a toy but I could be the boy you adore
If you'd just let me know (bah-dah-dah)
Although you're untrue, I'm attracted to you all the more
Why do I need you so?
 
                    Gordo glared at his phone, trying to will it to ring.
 
               "Ring. Ring. Ring!" He chanted in his head. "Ring. Ring. Ring!"
 
               "Argh!" He growled, whipping his hackey sack at the phone. "You know I can make you happy Lizzie! So why must you make me so miserable?"
 
               He got up and began to pace then.
 
               "Okay, she knows I'm home waiting for her call, yet has the nerve not to phone me. What's up with that? I mean, c'mon! It's Lizzie! She ALWAYS calls when she says she will! Why's today any different than any other day? Why?" 
 
(Hey, hey, hey!) Baby, baby, try to find
(Hey, hey, hey!) A little time and I'll make you happy
(Hey, hey, hey!) I'll be home
I'll be beside the phone waiting for you
Ooo-oo-ooo, ooo-oo-ooo
 
                    Gordo ate a late supper, then headed back up to his room.
 
               "I'm going o bed," he muttered. "I've tired myself out with all this crazy waiting and worrying."
 
               He went into his room and collapsed on his bed, which he'd been on pretty much all day. And it'd been such a nice day out too. But had he left? Nooo. He'd waited for his beloved Lizzie to call him instead.
 
               "I hope you're okay Elizabeth McGuire," were his last thoughts before he dozed off.
 
               Lizzie never did call him back.
 
Why do you build me up (build me up) buttercup, baby
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but i love you still
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, darling
You know that i have from the start
So build me up (build me up) buttercup, don't break my heart
 
               Dream…
 
               "Lizzie, I love you," Gordo told her. "I need you more than anybody! I've never felt this way about anyone before. I can't imagine my life without you."
 
               "I love you too Gordo, but…" Lizzie trailed off.
 
               "Please Lizzie, don't break my heart. I'll die if I don't have you," he stated, cutting her off. 
 
               "I won't Gordo. I promise."
 
               "Then what was the 'but' for?"
 
               "I was going to say, 'but' I've always known we'd be together some day."
 
               "Will you marry me Elizabeth McGuire?"
 
               "Yes, I will, David Gordon."
 
               He kissed her then with so much passion he thought they would both pass out from the pure pleasure of it all.
 
I need you (I need you) more than anyone, baby
You know that I have from the start
So build me up (build me up) Buttercup, don't break my heart

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