CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 5
One Week Later (Lizzie's P.O.V.)
My phone rang a week later, and I prayed that it was Gordo. The next time he called, I was going to apologize for being so stupid and beg him for my forgiveness. I ran to answer it and picked it up on the third ring.
"Hello?" I said.
"Lizzie!" exclaimed Miranda's voice in my ear.
"Miranda! Are you home?"
"Duh. I wouldn't call you all the way from Mexico. It would cost us too much."
"Oh...right..."
"Anyway, can we meet at the Digital Bean? We have a LOT of catch-up to play."
"Sure. Just let me run a brush through my hair and I'll get going."
"Ok. Hey, call Gordo and tell him. I wanna talk to him too."
"Uh...well...do you think just me and you can go?" I said. I was doing it again. "I mean, I've seen so much of just Gordo this summer...I want to see just Miranda for once." Now I was lying.
"Ok..." she said, sounding a little confused. "See you there."
I ran a brush through my hair, grabbed my purse and ran down the stairs.
"I'm going to the Digital Bean, be back whenever." I called on my way out the door. I practically jogged all the way to the Digital Bean, and met Miranda at the front door. We smiled at each other and hugged.
"I missed you SO much." She said.
"I missed you, too." I replied, hugging my best friend again.
"You've got to tell me everything about Rome." This brought me back to the reality of my situation.
"Only if you tell me all about Mexico."
"Deal." She said. We were just about to walk inside when I saw Gordo walking towards us. My jaw dropped, which didn't go unnoticed by Miranda. She turned around and saw him. "Gordo!" she exclaimed. She ran at him and they hugged.
"Hello Miranda..." he said in a slightly winded voice. He looked up and saw me. "Lizzie." He said this as if he were saying hello to me.
"We're going to the Digital Bean." She said. "You should join us."
"He glanced at me. "I dunno..." he said.
"Join us Gordo." She said in a pleading tone.
"Well..." Miranda put on a pout. "If you insist." Then the tree of us walked into the Digital Bean and sat in a booth. Miranda sat between us, and for a while there was an awkward silence.
"So..." said Miranda. "I hear that you two have been spending a lot of time together this summer." Leave it to Miranda to ruin everything.
"Oh yeah," said Gordo. "Every waking moment." I slightly sunk down in my seat.
"So," I said. "Miranda, tell us about Mexico."
"You guys, I've been there four times before. The only think that changed is that I met a boy this time..."
"You met a boy? Tell me...us about it." I said.
"Well," she said. "His name is Markus, and he's REALLY hot." Said Miranda. Gordo snorted and shook his head. "Ok then, did you guys meet any special people in Rome?"
"I did." I replied. "His name is Paolo." I said, glancing at Gordo. "He was cute, but he ended up being a real jerk. I don't like him anymore."
"Oh..." said Miranda. "How about you, Gordo? Did you meet any girls?"
"One." He said, pointedly looking at me. He didn't say anything after that.
"Ok..." said Miranda. "Well, sounds like we all just had the perfect summer."
"Yeah, perfect." Mumbled Gordo.
"Did I miss something?" asked Miranda.
"You didn't miss anything." I replied.
"Bull shit." Said Gordo.
"Gordo!" I exclaimed.
"What? We're fifteen. It's gonna happen."
"Fine." I said, sitting back and folding my arms across my chest.
"I'll tell you what you missed, Miranda." Said Gordo. I looked at him in a pleading way. But he ignored it. "Lizzie left me behind the whole time we were in Rome so that she could go off gallivanting with some little Italian pop-star, and made me cover for her. Mind you, I almost got sent home. Then, at the end of the two weeks, Lizzie got to perform on stage in front of thousands of people with one of the best-known musical artists in Italy. Then, you'll really get a kick out of this one, we kissed." He said. Miranda looked more shocked than I had ever seen her. "We talked fine until we said good-bye. This is the most we've talked since. Perfect summer? Only for you two." I slammed my hand down on the table, making my friends jump, and everyone around us turn to stare.
"How can you say that?" I growled at him. His eyes widened with what seemed to be fear. "My summer has been Hell. Sure, the performing with Isabella was awesome, but think about everything else that's happened."
"Oh yeah, that kiss was terrible, wasn't it?"
"No." it slipped out before I could stop it. Gordo stared at me for a second.
"Really?"
"Really." I replied.
"This is beyond weird." Said Miranda. We had almost forgotten she was there.
"Well, if it was good, then how come you wouldn't call me?" he said.
"I dunno..." I said.
"I'd like to know."
"Because I'm a terrible person Gordo, is that what you want me to say?"
"No!" he said defensively.
"Then what do you want me to say?"
"Anything!" he exclaimed, standing up. "Just don't ignore me." He walked away from the booth and out the door. I watched him go and started banging my head on the wall next to me.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid!" I shouted.
"I would appreciate if you would not come in here and cause a scene. You're not aloud in here for twenty-four hours. Good-bye." Said the new busboy. I stood up and left, Miranda following close behind me.
CHAPTER 5
One Week Later (Lizzie's P.O.V.)
My phone rang a week later, and I prayed that it was Gordo. The next time he called, I was going to apologize for being so stupid and beg him for my forgiveness. I ran to answer it and picked it up on the third ring.
"Hello?" I said.
"Lizzie!" exclaimed Miranda's voice in my ear.
"Miranda! Are you home?"
"Duh. I wouldn't call you all the way from Mexico. It would cost us too much."
"Oh...right..."
"Anyway, can we meet at the Digital Bean? We have a LOT of catch-up to play."
"Sure. Just let me run a brush through my hair and I'll get going."
"Ok. Hey, call Gordo and tell him. I wanna talk to him too."
"Uh...well...do you think just me and you can go?" I said. I was doing it again. "I mean, I've seen so much of just Gordo this summer...I want to see just Miranda for once." Now I was lying.
"Ok..." she said, sounding a little confused. "See you there."
I ran a brush through my hair, grabbed my purse and ran down the stairs.
"I'm going to the Digital Bean, be back whenever." I called on my way out the door. I practically jogged all the way to the Digital Bean, and met Miranda at the front door. We smiled at each other and hugged.
"I missed you SO much." She said.
"I missed you, too." I replied, hugging my best friend again.
"You've got to tell me everything about Rome." This brought me back to the reality of my situation.
"Only if you tell me all about Mexico."
"Deal." She said. We were just about to walk inside when I saw Gordo walking towards us. My jaw dropped, which didn't go unnoticed by Miranda. She turned around and saw him. "Gordo!" she exclaimed. She ran at him and they hugged.
"Hello Miranda..." he said in a slightly winded voice. He looked up and saw me. "Lizzie." He said this as if he were saying hello to me.
"We're going to the Digital Bean." She said. "You should join us."
"He glanced at me. "I dunno..." he said.
"Join us Gordo." She said in a pleading tone.
"Well..." Miranda put on a pout. "If you insist." Then the tree of us walked into the Digital Bean and sat in a booth. Miranda sat between us, and for a while there was an awkward silence.
"So..." said Miranda. "I hear that you two have been spending a lot of time together this summer." Leave it to Miranda to ruin everything.
"Oh yeah," said Gordo. "Every waking moment." I slightly sunk down in my seat.
"So," I said. "Miranda, tell us about Mexico."
"You guys, I've been there four times before. The only think that changed is that I met a boy this time..."
"You met a boy? Tell me...us about it." I said.
"Well," she said. "His name is Markus, and he's REALLY hot." Said Miranda. Gordo snorted and shook his head. "Ok then, did you guys meet any special people in Rome?"
"I did." I replied. "His name is Paolo." I said, glancing at Gordo. "He was cute, but he ended up being a real jerk. I don't like him anymore."
"Oh..." said Miranda. "How about you, Gordo? Did you meet any girls?"
"One." He said, pointedly looking at me. He didn't say anything after that.
"Ok..." said Miranda. "Well, sounds like we all just had the perfect summer."
"Yeah, perfect." Mumbled Gordo.
"Did I miss something?" asked Miranda.
"You didn't miss anything." I replied.
"Bull shit." Said Gordo.
"Gordo!" I exclaimed.
"What? We're fifteen. It's gonna happen."
"Fine." I said, sitting back and folding my arms across my chest.
"I'll tell you what you missed, Miranda." Said Gordo. I looked at him in a pleading way. But he ignored it. "Lizzie left me behind the whole time we were in Rome so that she could go off gallivanting with some little Italian pop-star, and made me cover for her. Mind you, I almost got sent home. Then, at the end of the two weeks, Lizzie got to perform on stage in front of thousands of people with one of the best-known musical artists in Italy. Then, you'll really get a kick out of this one, we kissed." He said. Miranda looked more shocked than I had ever seen her. "We talked fine until we said good-bye. This is the most we've talked since. Perfect summer? Only for you two." I slammed my hand down on the table, making my friends jump, and everyone around us turn to stare.
"How can you say that?" I growled at him. His eyes widened with what seemed to be fear. "My summer has been Hell. Sure, the performing with Isabella was awesome, but think about everything else that's happened."
"Oh yeah, that kiss was terrible, wasn't it?"
"No." it slipped out before I could stop it. Gordo stared at me for a second.
"Really?"
"Really." I replied.
"This is beyond weird." Said Miranda. We had almost forgotten she was there.
"Well, if it was good, then how come you wouldn't call me?" he said.
"I dunno..." I said.
"I'd like to know."
"Because I'm a terrible person Gordo, is that what you want me to say?"
"No!" he said defensively.
"Then what do you want me to say?"
"Anything!" he exclaimed, standing up. "Just don't ignore me." He walked away from the booth and out the door. I watched him go and started banging my head on the wall next to me.
"Stupid, stupid, stupid!" I shouted.
"I would appreciate if you would not come in here and cause a scene. You're not aloud in here for twenty-four hours. Good-bye." Said the new busboy. I stood up and left, Miranda following close behind me.