Chapter 4: Mac Namara
Gordo's POV
"Um... do we know you?" I said, turning around.
"I don't know... maybe you do." He pointed to his sticker name tag that said Brian McNamara in handwritten letters.
Lizzie chortled. "Fancy. He's got a *nametag*." She whispered sarcastically to me. "Can you get any dorkier?"
"I don't think we've met." Lizzie said politely.
"Hey, uh, Brian MicMar... Namaca...McMarinara... dude." Miranda tried to pronounce his last name.
He sighed as if she were some kind of annoying bug. "It's Mac- Nuh-Mare- Ah." He corrected, smiling brightly at Lizzie.
A little *too* brightly.
You don't think-
She smiled weakly back. "So, you here for the audition, Mac?" She asked.
"It's Bri-I mean, yes, I am. I'm trying out for Kyle. And I hope you're trying out for Skye." He flashed a toothy smile at her.
"Yeah, in fact, I am." Lizzie winced.
Miranda looked dumbfounded at the both of them. "Ooookay. Um, I, gotta go to the b-bathroom..." She trailed off and ran toward the bathrooms. "Be back in a sec..."
I noticed why she was acting so strange. This Brian guy was all over my girlfriend! Oh, I was getting mad. This guy might ruin our budding relationship even though it had barely began!
"So, Mac, are you, like, a professional actor or something?" She asked, trying to make a conversation.
"Um... um... no, not really." He blushed, pushing his coke-bottle glasses up his nose. "But I plan to someday. Maybe you'll become an actress and star in movies with me. I mean, you *are* beautiful. You must be a born actress."
"Uh... right." Lizzie looked strangely at him. "Can I talk to my *boyfriend* in privacy for a minute, please? It's kind of important." She said, stressing the word 'boyfriend'.
"Of course." He said distastefully, glancing at me. "And your name is..."
"Lizzie."
"Farewell, Lizzie. Shall we meet again soon!" He drifted off into the crowd.
She watched him leave. "Okay, what was *that*?" Lizzie looked disgusted. "That guy totally creeps me out."
"I know. He was really flirting with you!" I exclaimed, partially hurt. I knew that she didn't like the guy, but it still hurt to have someone else flirting with *my* Lizzie.
Lizzie's face softened. "He was, wasn't he? Don't worry, Gordo. This Mac guy is a total nerd. He's worse than Larry. I will not, definitely *not*, you know..." She searched for the right words.
"Flirt with him back?" I suggested.
"Exactly." She smiled. "And anyway, who could flirt with anyone else when David Gordon's her boyfriend?"
I kissed her on the nose. "Thanks, Lizzie. I was ready to punch the guy when he said 'I hope you're gonna be Skye.' Look, if he ever bothers you, tell me, okay? I'll sock him." I fake flexed my muscles.
She rolled her eyes. "Gordo, you are so weird."
"Don't you just love me for it?" I said, slipping her hand into mine.
"One hundred percent."
This was going to be perfect. Me as Kyle, Lizzie as Skye, and no Brain or Mac, whatever his real name was, was going to interfere.
Gordo's POV
"Um... do we know you?" I said, turning around.
"I don't know... maybe you do." He pointed to his sticker name tag that said Brian McNamara in handwritten letters.
Lizzie chortled. "Fancy. He's got a *nametag*." She whispered sarcastically to me. "Can you get any dorkier?"
"I don't think we've met." Lizzie said politely.
"Hey, uh, Brian MicMar... Namaca...McMarinara... dude." Miranda tried to pronounce his last name.
He sighed as if she were some kind of annoying bug. "It's Mac- Nuh-Mare- Ah." He corrected, smiling brightly at Lizzie.
A little *too* brightly.
You don't think-
She smiled weakly back. "So, you here for the audition, Mac?" She asked.
"It's Bri-I mean, yes, I am. I'm trying out for Kyle. And I hope you're trying out for Skye." He flashed a toothy smile at her.
"Yeah, in fact, I am." Lizzie winced.
Miranda looked dumbfounded at the both of them. "Ooookay. Um, I, gotta go to the b-bathroom..." She trailed off and ran toward the bathrooms. "Be back in a sec..."
I noticed why she was acting so strange. This Brian guy was all over my girlfriend! Oh, I was getting mad. This guy might ruin our budding relationship even though it had barely began!
"So, Mac, are you, like, a professional actor or something?" She asked, trying to make a conversation.
"Um... um... no, not really." He blushed, pushing his coke-bottle glasses up his nose. "But I plan to someday. Maybe you'll become an actress and star in movies with me. I mean, you *are* beautiful. You must be a born actress."
"Uh... right." Lizzie looked strangely at him. "Can I talk to my *boyfriend* in privacy for a minute, please? It's kind of important." She said, stressing the word 'boyfriend'.
"Of course." He said distastefully, glancing at me. "And your name is..."
"Lizzie."
"Farewell, Lizzie. Shall we meet again soon!" He drifted off into the crowd.
She watched him leave. "Okay, what was *that*?" Lizzie looked disgusted. "That guy totally creeps me out."
"I know. He was really flirting with you!" I exclaimed, partially hurt. I knew that she didn't like the guy, but it still hurt to have someone else flirting with *my* Lizzie.
Lizzie's face softened. "He was, wasn't he? Don't worry, Gordo. This Mac guy is a total nerd. He's worse than Larry. I will not, definitely *not*, you know..." She searched for the right words.
"Flirt with him back?" I suggested.
"Exactly." She smiled. "And anyway, who could flirt with anyone else when David Gordon's her boyfriend?"
I kissed her on the nose. "Thanks, Lizzie. I was ready to punch the guy when he said 'I hope you're gonna be Skye.' Look, if he ever bothers you, tell me, okay? I'll sock him." I fake flexed my muscles.
She rolled her eyes. "Gordo, you are so weird."
"Don't you just love me for it?" I said, slipping her hand into mine.
"One hundred percent."
This was going to be perfect. Me as Kyle, Lizzie as Skye, and no Brain or Mac, whatever his real name was, was going to interfere.
