Author's Note: Thanks for all the great responses! Not much to say except here's chapter three. There may be one more chapter to this story. Please read and review!

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As the plane continued to violently and abruptly dip and sway, the airplane cabin filled up with the screaming and shouting of frightened passengers.

Gordo was terrified into complete numbness, as he watched in a daze as chaos let loose all around him.

"Oh my god, what's going on Gordo?? What's going on?" yelled Lizzie.

"I don't know!" replied Gordo, yelling at the top of his lungs. He could barely hear himself amidst the screaming and shouting of the other passengers.

As soon as he uttered his reply to Lizzie, another loud boom shook the airplane cabin.

"Oh man!!" yelled Gordo as he held on as tightly as he could to his seat's armrest. It felt his heart was up in his throat as the plane dipped and dove as if it were jumping off of a cliff into the abyss.

He turned his head towards the aisle and saw a flight attendant tumble to the floor of the plane as she was trying to serve coffee to a passenger. As the attendant hit the floor, the coffee and coffee pot flew into the air and landed on a passenger just a few seats behind, splattering coffee all over his three piece suit.

Man, hope she's okay. He watched as the attendant crawled to her seat at the back of the plane, strap her seat belt on, and sigh a breath of relief.

He then turned his head back to left to see how Lizzie was doing, and he saw nothing but pure fear on her face. She was clenching her teeth and gripping her chair's armrests as if her life depended on it.

We *are* going to die, thought Gordo. And with that thought, he instantly began reminiscing about the nightmare he just had, wondering if it had been a premonition of what was taking place right now.

If we're going to die, I need to tell Lizzie . . . .now, before it's too late. I can't die without having told her I love her . . . .

As Gordo was about to open his mouth, he heard the captain speak over the speakers.

"This is the captain speaking, please, please remain calm and please remain in your seats with your seatbelts fastened. We are experiencing severe, unexpected turbulence, and . . ."

BOOM!!!

Passengers screamed as the plane was hit with another massive jolt of turbulence. This time, the force of the turbulence pried open the overhead compartments and let loose various and sundry luggage all over the cabin.

"Whoa!" Gordo leaped back in his seat as he saw and heard his luggage crash onto the floor.

The captain composed himself and continued to speak. "As I was saying, we are experiencing severe turbulence, turbulence which will continue for the next several minutes. Please remain in your seats with your seatbelts fastened. There is nothing to worry about, once we've traveled past the turbulence, we will be landing shortly in Charles De Gaulle Airport. Thank you, and please, please, remain in your seats with your seatbelts fastened."

Okay, Gordo, it's just normal turbulence, it's nothing to worry about, the plane's not going to split apart into two, even if it feels like it's going to, and we'll be down on the ground, safe and sound, in no time. So, keep calm, and just make sure Lizzie's okay.

BOOM!

The plane took another vicious hit of turbulence, whipping Gordo's head from side to side and jarring and rattling each and every bone in his body.

Even though the captain had said that there was nothing to worry about, Gordo couldn't help shake the feeling that this would be it, that on this day, on this flight, he would be living the last day of his life.

"Gordo, we're going to be okay, right? Like the captain said?" as she asked him her question, Lizzie grabbed his arm and pinched it tightly, desperately in need of some reassurance.

He turned to Lizzie, put his hand over her hands, and replied, "We're going to be okay, Lizzie, I know it. Trust me." He gave Lizzie as reassuring a look as he could muster, a look which belied the fact that deep down he was scared for both their lives.

BOOM!!

"Ohh!!" Lizzie's body whipsawed back and forth in her chair. Only her seat- belt prevented her from flying off of her seat.

"Ohmigod Gordo, I'm so scared!"

"Don't worry, it's going to be okay, you'll see. We'll be flying out of this turbulence in no time." Gordo took his left hand, took hold of Lizzie's right hand, and gave it a comforting squeeze. "Trust me, Lizzie, trust me."

He smiled at her, and Lizzie returned a faint, but willing smile. "I-I- trust you."

Gordo gazed into Lizzie's concerned eyes, and he thought, okay, this might be it, the end of you life, so, what do you have to lose? Tell her now. It's now or never. In a few minutes, we could be scattered all over oblivion, and you'll die never having told her how you feel.

So, tell her. Now.

What are you waiting for?

Just as he was about to speak, he paused, put his hands to face and touched his lips, just to make sure that his mouth hadn't disappeared.

Okay, everything's where they're supposed to be, so all systems go. Tell her Gordo, tell her now. . . .

"Lizzie?"

"Hmm?" replied Lizzie, with anxiousness permeating her voice.

"Lizzie, I, uh, need to tell you something."

BOOM!!

"Ohhh!! Oh, oh ohmigosh, the captain's lying, isn't he, Gordo? This plane is going to blow up, isn't it? Ohmigosh I can't believe this is happening!" Lizzie grabbed and pulled at her hair, frantically trying to control her chaotic emotions.

Gordo instinctively grabbed Lizzie's hand again and gave it another reassuring hug. "Nah, captains can't lie to their passengers, it's against their pilot's oath. It's against the law. We are going to land safely, I know it Lizzie. There's no way that a little turbulence is going to prevent us from having our adventures in Paris. No way, no how."

"Oh, I hope you're right. No, I know you're right. Okay. I'm fine. I am. Really! So, tell me, Gordo, what were you going to tell me?" said Lizzie.

Gordo grabbed both of Lizzie's hands, peered into Lizzie's eyes, and said, "Okay, Lizzie, I have to tell you something I've been wanting to say since I don't know when."

Lizzie returned Gordo's intense gaze with a quizzical, curious stare. "Tell me what, Gordo?"

"Lizzie, I, well, ever since middle school, I've just, ummm, I've just . . ." stammered Gordo. Oh geez, now you're tongue tied.

"You've just . . . what?"

"I've just, I've just. . . you know, I-I. . . ." Spill it Gordo! Just tell her how you feel!

BOOOOMMMMM!!

Passengers began shrieking again from the latest hit of turbulence. It was the most violent blast yet, and it shook Gordo so much that his head almost crashed into Lizzie's.

The latest blast not only jarred Gordo's body from head to toe, it catalyzed his heart into action. Any trepidation about telling Lizzie his feelings evaporated from his intense and vivid fear of impending, imminent death.

He realized that the turbulence was a sign, a sign that was angrily and forcefully urging him to get over his fears and to tell Lizzie the truth, right now!

"Lizzie!"

"What Gordo, what?" She was taken aback by the intensity and loudness of Gordo's voice.

"Lizzie, I - I-love you!" shouted Gordo. "I'm in love with you, Lizzie McGuire!"

As soon as he uttered those words, he felt a huge sense of release and he was able to breathe once again.

He had said it, and now, at least he could die knowing he hadn't kept his feelings buried and stuffed inside of him.

"You-you, you're in love with me?" Lizzie looked at Gordo as if he had just told her that Martians had landed on earth.

Gordo could feel a torrent of feelings and emotions surging through him, desperately seeking to be unleashed. "That's what I said. I'm completely, truly, madly in love with you, Lizzie. I've been in love with you for as long as I can remember, I've just never had the courage to tell you before. But, it's true, I love you Lizzie, I am so in love with you."

"Gordo, I-"

"Listen, I know you may not feel the same way about me, because my god, you are so beautiful Lizzie, you take my breath away every day I'm with you. You are so amazing, you are such a beautiful soul and I've never told you how I felt before because, well, you know, I'm just me, Gordo, and only in my dreams could I ever imagine a girl like you loving a guy like me."

Gordo saw Lizzie's eyes start to fill with tears. What's she feeling, he wondered?

"I, I, umm, I-" stammered Lizzie as she wiped away her tears.

"You don't have to say, anything Lizzie, really. I just needed to tell you how I felt about you before it was too late, before this plane blows up into a million pieces. I don't want to spend eternity regretting that I had never told you the truth. Okay?"

Lizzie nodded her head, her eyes radiating tenderness and warmth. "Oh, Gordo, I don't know what to say," she whispered.

"You don't have to say anything, Lizzie. It just means so much to me that I-"

"Gordo!"

"Uh, yeah?"

"Shut up, okay?"

Lizzie then reached over, placed her left hand on Gordo's face, and before he could utter another word, she leaned in and kissed him.

"Li-mmm..mmmmmm." Gordo's eyes leaped wide open with surprise. But, as soon as he overcame his shock, he began to notice how sweet Lizzie's soft, full ruby-red lips felt on his lips, and his body began to loosen up and relax, and he closed his eyes to allow himself to fully take in and breathe Lizzie into his heart.

Boom!! The plane shook once more, but the shaking was lighter in intensity than before.

The shock briefly separated the two. Lizzie moved herself back slightly, then gazed straight into Gordo's eyes trying to determine his response to her kiss. He returned her gaze with a look of deep affection and longing.

Gordo then saw Lizzie's lips slowly curl up into an alluring little smile, and he couldn't help but smile back at her.

Although his head was telling him to wait for Lizzie to do something, anything, his body had a mind of its own and he found himself leaning towards her, brushing her rosy cheeks with his fingers, then lowering his face and gently kissing her on the lips.

Deeply immersed in each other, Lizzie and Gordo hardly noticed as the plane passed through and out of the turbulence, and hardly noticed as the cabin quickly steadied itself into a peaceful calm.