Chapter 8: Keep Your Cool
A/N: Man, I just had Mexican, and I have mushrooms stuck in my wisdom teeth. I know that has nothing to do with the story, but I just wanted to say that. Sorry this is so short. I think I have writer's block again. I haven't been able to write a sentence since I ended 'Romeo and Juliet.' OMG, I never realized it, but this chapter is kind of longer than the rest.
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Lizzie's POV
Gordo woke me up bright and early on Thursday morning with a phone call. Of course I didn't answer it, so he left a message.
"HEY,LIZZIE! GET UP! I BET YOU MADE SKYE! I KNOW YOU"RE THERE! *GET UP!*" The speaker practically blew out my eardrums. I groaned loudly and tossed over to pick it up.
"Good morning to you, too, Gordo." I said sarcastically, and started to get up.
"Rise and shine, Liz. We have a lot to do today."
I moaned. "Please, no... let me sleep! It's the summer, Gordo!"
"I have a present for you." He whispered.
I perked up. "Okay, I'll be right there."
***
I arrived at Gordo's house at eight o'clock sharp. I bounded upstairs to his room. "So, what's my present?" I asked no one in particular, plopping down on his bed.
Gordo entered the room. I started laughing. He looked so cute like that, with his eyelids barely open and his hair a mess and his clothes hanging on his shoulders as a last resort. "I didn't think you'd get here *this* early." He smiled weakly.
"Where's my present!" I repeated, looking underneath his pillow. There lay a blue notebook. "Hey, what's this..."
"Lizzie, no!" He exclaimed, snatching the book from me. "That's my journal." I grinned at him "Ooh. Can I see?"
"No."
I pretended to look hurt. "You don't trust your own girlfriend?" I looked at the floor. "Some boyfriend you are."
"Oh really? Even after I got you this?" He smiled, and revealed a present from behind his back. "Ta-daa!" He announced.
I ripped the box open. It was a ring. A silver band with a pretty design etched into it. It was beautiful.
I gasped. "Gordo, what's this for?"
"It's our four-week anniversary, right?" He said, slipping it onto my middle finger on my right hand.
I sighed with happiness and kiss him wholeheartedly. He was so sweet. I couldn't believe he had remembered! We broke apart and I smiled.
"Wow, if that was just for a ring, I wonder what I'll get when I give you our five-week anniversary. You know, five is the big number. It's like the sweet sixteen of dating." Gordo said, gazing into my eyes. "Hey, so... did you get me anything?"
"Yes." I beamed at him. "But it's not as great as this ring."
"What?" He asked eagerly.
"You'll see... but right now, we have to get to the Ren-Mar Warehouse. Miranda's probably waiting for us there."
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"You ready, guys?" I squeezed my eyes shut and opening them again.
They both nodded.
We walked into the warehouse, and once again pushed through all of the people. There were groans and shrieks and smiles coming from all directions. I got nervous and began to tense up.
"Gordo, what if I didn't make it?" I frowned.
Miranda grinned. "Oh, you definitely made it. I can tell."
I didn't listen to her. I was listening to Gordo's answer. "So what if you didn't? At least we tried, and that's what counts, right?" He looked at me, smiling.
"Right."
Miranda rolled her eyes as we moved forward into the crowd. I saw the top of the list. Kyle Jennings................... David Gordon
I gasped. "GORDO, YOU MADE KYLE!" I exclaimed.
He gaped at me. "Really?"
I giggled. "This is so cool! We're going to be on TV!"
Miranda slapped him a high five. "Way to go, Gordo!"
I leaned over and gave him a long kiss while Miranda edged closer to the list, trying to see who got the part of Skye.
But it didn't matter to me. I was on cloud nine. Gordo was Kyle. I squealed loudly. In all of my excitement, I forgot that for me to be happy, *I* had to get the part of Skye. I just kind of assumed that if Gordo was Kyle, then I automatically became Skye. It never occurred to me...
"Oh, my god." I heard Miranda's voice and turned around just in time to see her jaw drop.
"What?" I asked.
"You.... I.... Lizzie, you're not-you're... not.... Skye." She stammered. "I am."
My mouth dropped open. WHAT!? *Miranda* was Skye? How could that be possible? I was Gordo's girlfriend... and now... this?
'Keep your cool, McGuire.' I thought. 'Calm down. It's just a stupid TV show.'
Gordo wrapped his arms around me. "Then who's Lizzie?" He asked fiercely.
She looked at the ground. "Trissa."
"T-Trissa?" I exclaimed. "I-I'm Trissa?"
"And Brian McNamara is Joshua." She whispered in a voice barely audible.
I gasped. "No..."
This could *not* be happening to me.
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"This is unbelievable!" I exclaimed to Gordo. "This is so unfair!"
He made a face. "Miranda is my girlfriend now." He joked.
I swatted him in the arm. "You're not making me feel any better."
"It's okay, Lizzie. It's just some dumb show that'll probably be cancelled after a few episodes." He stroked my cheek. "In reality, I'm all yours."
I looked at the ground. "Yeah.' I said. "I'm cool with it. Besides, how dramatic can a little TV show be?"
I had no idea what I had gotten myself into.
A/N: Man, I just had Mexican, and I have mushrooms stuck in my wisdom teeth. I know that has nothing to do with the story, but I just wanted to say that. Sorry this is so short. I think I have writer's block again. I haven't been able to write a sentence since I ended 'Romeo and Juliet.' OMG, I never realized it, but this chapter is kind of longer than the rest.
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Lizzie's POV
Gordo woke me up bright and early on Thursday morning with a phone call. Of course I didn't answer it, so he left a message.
"HEY,LIZZIE! GET UP! I BET YOU MADE SKYE! I KNOW YOU"RE THERE! *GET UP!*" The speaker practically blew out my eardrums. I groaned loudly and tossed over to pick it up.
"Good morning to you, too, Gordo." I said sarcastically, and started to get up.
"Rise and shine, Liz. We have a lot to do today."
I moaned. "Please, no... let me sleep! It's the summer, Gordo!"
"I have a present for you." He whispered.
I perked up. "Okay, I'll be right there."
***
I arrived at Gordo's house at eight o'clock sharp. I bounded upstairs to his room. "So, what's my present?" I asked no one in particular, plopping down on his bed.
Gordo entered the room. I started laughing. He looked so cute like that, with his eyelids barely open and his hair a mess and his clothes hanging on his shoulders as a last resort. "I didn't think you'd get here *this* early." He smiled weakly.
"Where's my present!" I repeated, looking underneath his pillow. There lay a blue notebook. "Hey, what's this..."
"Lizzie, no!" He exclaimed, snatching the book from me. "That's my journal." I grinned at him "Ooh. Can I see?"
"No."
I pretended to look hurt. "You don't trust your own girlfriend?" I looked at the floor. "Some boyfriend you are."
"Oh really? Even after I got you this?" He smiled, and revealed a present from behind his back. "Ta-daa!" He announced.
I ripped the box open. It was a ring. A silver band with a pretty design etched into it. It was beautiful.
I gasped. "Gordo, what's this for?"
"It's our four-week anniversary, right?" He said, slipping it onto my middle finger on my right hand.
I sighed with happiness and kiss him wholeheartedly. He was so sweet. I couldn't believe he had remembered! We broke apart and I smiled.
"Wow, if that was just for a ring, I wonder what I'll get when I give you our five-week anniversary. You know, five is the big number. It's like the sweet sixteen of dating." Gordo said, gazing into my eyes. "Hey, so... did you get me anything?"
"Yes." I beamed at him. "But it's not as great as this ring."
"What?" He asked eagerly.
"You'll see... but right now, we have to get to the Ren-Mar Warehouse. Miranda's probably waiting for us there."
***
"You ready, guys?" I squeezed my eyes shut and opening them again.
They both nodded.
We walked into the warehouse, and once again pushed through all of the people. There were groans and shrieks and smiles coming from all directions. I got nervous and began to tense up.
"Gordo, what if I didn't make it?" I frowned.
Miranda grinned. "Oh, you definitely made it. I can tell."
I didn't listen to her. I was listening to Gordo's answer. "So what if you didn't? At least we tried, and that's what counts, right?" He looked at me, smiling.
"Right."
Miranda rolled her eyes as we moved forward into the crowd. I saw the top of the list. Kyle Jennings................... David Gordon
I gasped. "GORDO, YOU MADE KYLE!" I exclaimed.
He gaped at me. "Really?"
I giggled. "This is so cool! We're going to be on TV!"
Miranda slapped him a high five. "Way to go, Gordo!"
I leaned over and gave him a long kiss while Miranda edged closer to the list, trying to see who got the part of Skye.
But it didn't matter to me. I was on cloud nine. Gordo was Kyle. I squealed loudly. In all of my excitement, I forgot that for me to be happy, *I* had to get the part of Skye. I just kind of assumed that if Gordo was Kyle, then I automatically became Skye. It never occurred to me...
"Oh, my god." I heard Miranda's voice and turned around just in time to see her jaw drop.
"What?" I asked.
"You.... I.... Lizzie, you're not-you're... not.... Skye." She stammered. "I am."
My mouth dropped open. WHAT!? *Miranda* was Skye? How could that be possible? I was Gordo's girlfriend... and now... this?
'Keep your cool, McGuire.' I thought. 'Calm down. It's just a stupid TV show.'
Gordo wrapped his arms around me. "Then who's Lizzie?" He asked fiercely.
She looked at the ground. "Trissa."
"T-Trissa?" I exclaimed. "I-I'm Trissa?"
"And Brian McNamara is Joshua." She whispered in a voice barely audible.
I gasped. "No..."
This could *not* be happening to me.
***
"This is unbelievable!" I exclaimed to Gordo. "This is so unfair!"
He made a face. "Miranda is my girlfriend now." He joked.
I swatted him in the arm. "You're not making me feel any better."
"It's okay, Lizzie. It's just some dumb show that'll probably be cancelled after a few episodes." He stroked my cheek. "In reality, I'm all yours."
I looked at the ground. "Yeah.' I said. "I'm cool with it. Besides, how dramatic can a little TV show be?"
I had no idea what I had gotten myself into.
