"What?! There's no way I owe you that much!"
I said indignantly to Matt as he claimed that I owed him $1,000 dollars for landing on one of his hotels.
"Read 'em and weep sister dear." He said rubbing his palms together.
"Call me 'sister dear' again and you'll be the one who's weeping." I said maliciously to Matt.
"Ohhh! Shakin' in my boots."
"I know you are."
At that last comment he just poked his tongue out at me.
"Oh real mature, worm." I said mimicking the same thing he had just done.
He just rolled his eyes and laughed at me. I'd won obviously.
We were on our third game of monopoly when the phone rang. Matt jumped up to get it.
"It's probably Melina. No cheating Lizzie!"
"As if I would! I'm winning anyway!" I yelled to him.
I was just in the process of moving his car back a few spaces when he came back into the room and spoke.
"It's Gordo."
"It.what?"
"Gordo, you know, you're boyfriend?"
"Oh right." I stood up and went into the kitchen to pick up the phone.
"Hello?" I said into the receiver.
"Hey McGuire. How are you?"
"I'm alright, you?"
"I'm.I.ok."
"Coherent much?" I mumbled into the phone.
"I-what? I heard that."
"Oh right. Sorry." I sighed. I couldn't take this anymore. I had to ask him about the other day.
"Gordo, can I ask you something?" I asked, adopting my nervous habit of twirling the phone cord around my finger.
"Sure Lizzie, what's up?"
"The other day when we were lying on the grass in the backyard.you went all weird on me? Why? I'm just really worried and I wanted to know what it was all about."
I heard a kind of choking noise on the end of the line and then silence followed.
"Gordo? You still there?"
"Yeah.look Lizzie, it was nothing to worry about. Everything's fine."
"Really? I mean cos if it's not. You know you can talk to me right?"
"Yeah.I know. Thanks."
"Lizzie!" I heard Matt holler from the living room. I rolled my eyes, suddenly a lot happier than I had been in the last day or so.
"Gordo? I have to go. It's games mania at the McGuire household. I'm halfway through kicking Matt's butt at Monopoly."
"You? Kicking Matt's butt. Isn't it usually the other way around?"
"Hey! Whose side are you on here?!"
"Sorry, my logical side's coming out again."
"Coming out? It's always out. Constantly."
"Ahem. Well I'll see you tomorrow ok? G'night."
I laughed into the receiver.
"See you then."
I hung up then ran back into the living room to find Matt re-arranging all my pieces on the Monopoly board.
"Hey! Worm, I can see what you're doing. I'm standing right here!"
"Oh yeah. Ha. Um. Wanna play another game?"
"Yes! How about.urgh, we haven't got anything else to play. We've played everything."
"Oh well. I enjoyed it. D'you mind if I go ring Melina? Nothing else to do."
"Nah I don't mind. I think I'm going to go to bed anyway. I'm kinda tired."
"Kay, night sis." Then Matt did something he hasn't done since he was about three years old. He kissed me goodnight on the cheek. I looked at him with a look of shock on my face.
"What was that for?" I asked him, touching my cheek in mock disgust. He laughed.
"It's to say good night and.thanks. You really helped Melina and me. I don't think we would have ever gotten together if it weren't for you. I underestimated you Lizzie."
I gaped at him before smiling broadly at him.
"So does this mean that you've finally gone from worm to human?" I asked, jumping up and down and clapping my hands sarcastically.
"Quite possibly. Oh just so you know, I've decided my pranking days are over. Well my pranking days on you. You helped me out when you didn't have too so I decided that that exempts you from pranking mayhem. And if you're lucky, I'll even be civil to you in public!"
I laughed and then leant over and ruffled his hair.
"I look forward to the day little bro. I look forward to the day."
"You do realise you just repeated yourself right?"
I swiped at him but he ducked. I laughed as I climbed the stairs to my room. I yawned even though it was only about 9:15pm and I got undressed and pulled on my favourite pj's. They are baggy pj bottoms with pink and purple stars and hearts all over them and a cute little tank top with a purple star in the middle of my chest. I flopped down on my bed and pulled the covers over me and drifted off to sleep almost immediately.
***
Matt has a sensitive side!!!!!! I know spooky huh? But it's my story and I want lLizzie and Matt to get along. Besides I think Matt's cute lol. Not in a sickening I'm-16-and-he's-about-12 kind of way. Just one of those kids you wanna go up to and pinch their cheeks. Lol. Ok shouldn't have said that.
Anyway! That was the quickest chapter I've ever typed! That one just came to me like that *snaps fingers* Liked it or hated it? (I actually said to myself once that I would never ask that? I've failed myself.)
Nesserz.
I said indignantly to Matt as he claimed that I owed him $1,000 dollars for landing on one of his hotels.
"Read 'em and weep sister dear." He said rubbing his palms together.
"Call me 'sister dear' again and you'll be the one who's weeping." I said maliciously to Matt.
"Ohhh! Shakin' in my boots."
"I know you are."
At that last comment he just poked his tongue out at me.
"Oh real mature, worm." I said mimicking the same thing he had just done.
He just rolled his eyes and laughed at me. I'd won obviously.
We were on our third game of monopoly when the phone rang. Matt jumped up to get it.
"It's probably Melina. No cheating Lizzie!"
"As if I would! I'm winning anyway!" I yelled to him.
I was just in the process of moving his car back a few spaces when he came back into the room and spoke.
"It's Gordo."
"It.what?"
"Gordo, you know, you're boyfriend?"
"Oh right." I stood up and went into the kitchen to pick up the phone.
"Hello?" I said into the receiver.
"Hey McGuire. How are you?"
"I'm alright, you?"
"I'm.I.ok."
"Coherent much?" I mumbled into the phone.
"I-what? I heard that."
"Oh right. Sorry." I sighed. I couldn't take this anymore. I had to ask him about the other day.
"Gordo, can I ask you something?" I asked, adopting my nervous habit of twirling the phone cord around my finger.
"Sure Lizzie, what's up?"
"The other day when we were lying on the grass in the backyard.you went all weird on me? Why? I'm just really worried and I wanted to know what it was all about."
I heard a kind of choking noise on the end of the line and then silence followed.
"Gordo? You still there?"
"Yeah.look Lizzie, it was nothing to worry about. Everything's fine."
"Really? I mean cos if it's not. You know you can talk to me right?"
"Yeah.I know. Thanks."
"Lizzie!" I heard Matt holler from the living room. I rolled my eyes, suddenly a lot happier than I had been in the last day or so.
"Gordo? I have to go. It's games mania at the McGuire household. I'm halfway through kicking Matt's butt at Monopoly."
"You? Kicking Matt's butt. Isn't it usually the other way around?"
"Hey! Whose side are you on here?!"
"Sorry, my logical side's coming out again."
"Coming out? It's always out. Constantly."
"Ahem. Well I'll see you tomorrow ok? G'night."
I laughed into the receiver.
"See you then."
I hung up then ran back into the living room to find Matt re-arranging all my pieces on the Monopoly board.
"Hey! Worm, I can see what you're doing. I'm standing right here!"
"Oh yeah. Ha. Um. Wanna play another game?"
"Yes! How about.urgh, we haven't got anything else to play. We've played everything."
"Oh well. I enjoyed it. D'you mind if I go ring Melina? Nothing else to do."
"Nah I don't mind. I think I'm going to go to bed anyway. I'm kinda tired."
"Kay, night sis." Then Matt did something he hasn't done since he was about three years old. He kissed me goodnight on the cheek. I looked at him with a look of shock on my face.
"What was that for?" I asked him, touching my cheek in mock disgust. He laughed.
"It's to say good night and.thanks. You really helped Melina and me. I don't think we would have ever gotten together if it weren't for you. I underestimated you Lizzie."
I gaped at him before smiling broadly at him.
"So does this mean that you've finally gone from worm to human?" I asked, jumping up and down and clapping my hands sarcastically.
"Quite possibly. Oh just so you know, I've decided my pranking days are over. Well my pranking days on you. You helped me out when you didn't have too so I decided that that exempts you from pranking mayhem. And if you're lucky, I'll even be civil to you in public!"
I laughed and then leant over and ruffled his hair.
"I look forward to the day little bro. I look forward to the day."
"You do realise you just repeated yourself right?"
I swiped at him but he ducked. I laughed as I climbed the stairs to my room. I yawned even though it was only about 9:15pm and I got undressed and pulled on my favourite pj's. They are baggy pj bottoms with pink and purple stars and hearts all over them and a cute little tank top with a purple star in the middle of my chest. I flopped down on my bed and pulled the covers over me and drifted off to sleep almost immediately.
***
Matt has a sensitive side!!!!!! I know spooky huh? But it's my story and I want lLizzie and Matt to get along. Besides I think Matt's cute lol. Not in a sickening I'm-16-and-he's-about-12 kind of way. Just one of those kids you wanna go up to and pinch their cheeks. Lol. Ok shouldn't have said that.
Anyway! That was the quickest chapter I've ever typed! That one just came to me like that *snaps fingers* Liked it or hated it? (I actually said to myself once that I would never ask that? I've failed myself.)
Nesserz.