Gordo held open the gym doors and Miranda and I walked in ahead of him.
It's amazing what sort of a transformation a gym can go under in a few
hours. Miranda and I walked around for a while, admiring how great
everything looked. You have to hand it to Kate, she does have a flair for
decorating, if not a flair for being nice to people.
We'd been standing around for a few minutes when Ethan and Larry came up to us. I raised an eyebrow at Larry and he asked Miranda to dance. I expected her to say no but she accepted. I smiled encouragingly at her as Larry led her away. My favourite song began to play and I turned around quickly to grab Gordo to dance with me when Ethan stepped between us.
"Hey Lizz-ay. Wanna you know, dance with me?" He smiled sweetly at me. I looked at Gordo and he was smiling softly at my predicament. I mean, sure it'd be nice to dance with Ethan but I didn't really mind if I didn't.
"Yo Gordo-n. Can I dance with your girl?" Ethan asked raising an eyebrow at Gordo, who looked thoroughly surprised at someone asking permission to dance with me.
"I um.Sure Ethan. Go for it. That is if Lizzie wants to dance with you?" he asked, directing the question at me.
Ergh.
"Sure, I'd love to dance with you Ethan." I said after looking at Gordo to see that he really didn't mind. I think he was still in shock actually. Not that it's completely impossible for someone to want to dance with me but you know what I mean.
I walked out on the floor with Ethan as another song started up. It just happened to be a slow song. I started to walk back to Gordo as Ethan grabbed my arm.
"Come on Lizzie, Dance with me. So it's a slow song, no biggie." He said as he wrapped his arms around me. I hesitantly put my own arms around his neck and we swayed slightly to the song that the DJ had chosen at that particular moment. It's funny how much I would have wanted this in Middle School. To be dancing with Ethan Craft. Now it was more of "Oh yeah I'm dancing with Ethan, big deal. His hair isn't even that good anymore."
As we swayed around the dance floor I caught sight of Miranda. I mouthed, "help" to her. I really didn't want to be dancing with Ethan, especially when a fast song came back on. He started flailing his arms around. I hoped that no one was watching us too closely, I was sure that they would see the worried expression on my face. I certainly didn't want to see Gordo's expression, although I knew what it would be already. Sure enough, when I looked around and found my boyfriend, he was laughing silently at us. I knew he was only a few seconds away from bursting with laughter. Although I didn't like the situation I was in, it was really good to see Gordo smiling sincerely. He hadn't done for so long.
Finally the song ended and I got away from Ethan. I joined Miranda by the punch bowl.
"Phew." I said dramatically, wiping my hand across my forehead in mock exhaustion. I grinned anyway, Ethan was a lot of fun, even if he didn't realise how much.
"Exhausted?" Miranda asked, taking a sip of her punch and nearly spitting it back into the cup.
"Urgh! This is disgusting! What did they put in this?" She wiped her mouth on a napkin and grabbed the nearest cola and downed it in one gulp. I laughed at her antics then stopped abruptly as Larry approached me and held out his hand and asked me to dance. Gordo was nowhere in sight. I had wanted my next dance to be with him but I couldn't see him anywhere. I shrugged to Miranda and told her that if she saw Gordo to tell him I was looking for him for a dance. She nodded and shooed me away.
"So," Larry said as we danced energetically to the fast song that was playing. "You really care about Gordo don't you?"
"Uh yeah Larry I do, even if he wasn't my boyfriend I would. Why do you ask?"
"Oh I was just wondering. I've been observing the couples at our school recently. I've been observing their habits. Like who's going out to get back at their friends and who is really truly in love. I'm proud to say that you and Gordo are the only couple that is believable. That is real and as close to perfect as any relationship could be."
He finished and smiled at me. Another slow song started and Larry and I moved closer to one another.
"Truly in love hey? I don't know about that. I mean, sure I love Gordo and everything, I really do but I'm not sure how he feels about me." I said, fighting back tears, thinking about the past week.
"Not sure how he feels? Lizzie come on, are you blind. You should see the way that he looks at you! It's like he would die if he couldn't talk to you and spend time with you. He's always loved you Lizzie, sure once it was just best friend love, now it's much more than that. He's in love with you and he always will be. Every couple go through rough patches. You'll pull though. And if you don't then I don't think that there is hope for anyone else in this world."
I looked at Larry with a raised eyebrow. No matter how weird I used to think he was, he sure does have a lot of advice. Whether it's good or not, I'm not sure yet. I smiled weakly at him and he hugged me as the song ended. I saw Gordo over and decided to go and see if he wanted to dance with me. I thanked Larry for the dance and kissed him lightly on the cheek. Just a friendly gesture. I walked over to Gordo and he fixed me with a piercing look. It felt like he was looking right through me. Suddenly as I watched he started walking towards the gym's double doors.
"Gordo! Hey Gordo, come back!" I called loud enough for him to hear. If he had heard me he made no indication. I was torn between the decision to run after him and to ask Miranda if she knew what was going on. I decided to go to Miranda. Maybe she would have some idea. Afterall, it I knew some of what was going on I'd be clued in to some extent.
"Hey Randa, any idea what that was about?" I asked her as she handed me a cup of cola. She shrugged at me and looked in the direction that Gordo had gone in.
"I have absolutely no idea. He was just standing there watching you and Larry and then once you kissed him on the cheek, he bristled. I dunno why, I mean, come on. It was Larry for goodness sake. I guess you should go talk to him." I nodded then frowned when Miranda's face took on a look of disgust.
"Don't look now, here comes the Snob Squad." I knew who she meant. Only one person could deserve that title. Kate.
I turned around anyway. It's never a good idea to have your back to Kate. Who knows what she could do. I shudder to think.
"Well well well. Trouble in paradise I see. What did you do to Gordo this time Lizzie? Cheat on him, tell him you liked tall guys. What? It must have been something bad, I've never seen him move so fast! Oooo! I know what you did. You kissed Tudgeman! You naughty girl Lizzie. I thought you loved Gordo. How could you do that to him?"
She finished in her snooty voice. I felt my fists clench involuntarily at my sides but I decided I wouldn't do anything. That's what she wanted. I turned around and began to walk towards the gym doors, that's when she said the one thing that I couldn't ignore.
"Don't worry Lizzie, he'll forgive you," she said raising her voice so that the whole gym could hear. "He loooooves you Lizzie, he'll do anything you want. He's like your little puppy isn't he Lizzie. It's like he can't think for himself, you have to it for him and I mean really, you, thinking for two people is absolutely disastrous! You can barely make it through a day thinking for yourself!"
I felt my face go red. I stopped in my tracks. I slowly turned around and walked back up to Kate and her posse who were surrounding her as usual. I got so close to her that there was no way she would miss a word of what I was going to say.
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Ahhh! Cliffie! I've got plenty to write so I had to end my chapter there. Otherwise it'd be too long. I hope this makes people want to review, the more you do, the faster I'll update. Major stuff about to happen! I can't wait to upload it so you better all review. Lol. I'm s demanding. Seriously, its your choice if you feel like reviewing, but you wouldn't want to make the rest of the reviewers suffer by not reviewing would you??? Make sense.that's what I thought!
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We'd been standing around for a few minutes when Ethan and Larry came up to us. I raised an eyebrow at Larry and he asked Miranda to dance. I expected her to say no but she accepted. I smiled encouragingly at her as Larry led her away. My favourite song began to play and I turned around quickly to grab Gordo to dance with me when Ethan stepped between us.
"Hey Lizz-ay. Wanna you know, dance with me?" He smiled sweetly at me. I looked at Gordo and he was smiling softly at my predicament. I mean, sure it'd be nice to dance with Ethan but I didn't really mind if I didn't.
"Yo Gordo-n. Can I dance with your girl?" Ethan asked raising an eyebrow at Gordo, who looked thoroughly surprised at someone asking permission to dance with me.
"I um.Sure Ethan. Go for it. That is if Lizzie wants to dance with you?" he asked, directing the question at me.
Ergh.
"Sure, I'd love to dance with you Ethan." I said after looking at Gordo to see that he really didn't mind. I think he was still in shock actually. Not that it's completely impossible for someone to want to dance with me but you know what I mean.
I walked out on the floor with Ethan as another song started up. It just happened to be a slow song. I started to walk back to Gordo as Ethan grabbed my arm.
"Come on Lizzie, Dance with me. So it's a slow song, no biggie." He said as he wrapped his arms around me. I hesitantly put my own arms around his neck and we swayed slightly to the song that the DJ had chosen at that particular moment. It's funny how much I would have wanted this in Middle School. To be dancing with Ethan Craft. Now it was more of "Oh yeah I'm dancing with Ethan, big deal. His hair isn't even that good anymore."
As we swayed around the dance floor I caught sight of Miranda. I mouthed, "help" to her. I really didn't want to be dancing with Ethan, especially when a fast song came back on. He started flailing his arms around. I hoped that no one was watching us too closely, I was sure that they would see the worried expression on my face. I certainly didn't want to see Gordo's expression, although I knew what it would be already. Sure enough, when I looked around and found my boyfriend, he was laughing silently at us. I knew he was only a few seconds away from bursting with laughter. Although I didn't like the situation I was in, it was really good to see Gordo smiling sincerely. He hadn't done for so long.
Finally the song ended and I got away from Ethan. I joined Miranda by the punch bowl.
"Phew." I said dramatically, wiping my hand across my forehead in mock exhaustion. I grinned anyway, Ethan was a lot of fun, even if he didn't realise how much.
"Exhausted?" Miranda asked, taking a sip of her punch and nearly spitting it back into the cup.
"Urgh! This is disgusting! What did they put in this?" She wiped her mouth on a napkin and grabbed the nearest cola and downed it in one gulp. I laughed at her antics then stopped abruptly as Larry approached me and held out his hand and asked me to dance. Gordo was nowhere in sight. I had wanted my next dance to be with him but I couldn't see him anywhere. I shrugged to Miranda and told her that if she saw Gordo to tell him I was looking for him for a dance. She nodded and shooed me away.
"So," Larry said as we danced energetically to the fast song that was playing. "You really care about Gordo don't you?"
"Uh yeah Larry I do, even if he wasn't my boyfriend I would. Why do you ask?"
"Oh I was just wondering. I've been observing the couples at our school recently. I've been observing their habits. Like who's going out to get back at their friends and who is really truly in love. I'm proud to say that you and Gordo are the only couple that is believable. That is real and as close to perfect as any relationship could be."
He finished and smiled at me. Another slow song started and Larry and I moved closer to one another.
"Truly in love hey? I don't know about that. I mean, sure I love Gordo and everything, I really do but I'm not sure how he feels about me." I said, fighting back tears, thinking about the past week.
"Not sure how he feels? Lizzie come on, are you blind. You should see the way that he looks at you! It's like he would die if he couldn't talk to you and spend time with you. He's always loved you Lizzie, sure once it was just best friend love, now it's much more than that. He's in love with you and he always will be. Every couple go through rough patches. You'll pull though. And if you don't then I don't think that there is hope for anyone else in this world."
I looked at Larry with a raised eyebrow. No matter how weird I used to think he was, he sure does have a lot of advice. Whether it's good or not, I'm not sure yet. I smiled weakly at him and he hugged me as the song ended. I saw Gordo over and decided to go and see if he wanted to dance with me. I thanked Larry for the dance and kissed him lightly on the cheek. Just a friendly gesture. I walked over to Gordo and he fixed me with a piercing look. It felt like he was looking right through me. Suddenly as I watched he started walking towards the gym's double doors.
"Gordo! Hey Gordo, come back!" I called loud enough for him to hear. If he had heard me he made no indication. I was torn between the decision to run after him and to ask Miranda if she knew what was going on. I decided to go to Miranda. Maybe she would have some idea. Afterall, it I knew some of what was going on I'd be clued in to some extent.
"Hey Randa, any idea what that was about?" I asked her as she handed me a cup of cola. She shrugged at me and looked in the direction that Gordo had gone in.
"I have absolutely no idea. He was just standing there watching you and Larry and then once you kissed him on the cheek, he bristled. I dunno why, I mean, come on. It was Larry for goodness sake. I guess you should go talk to him." I nodded then frowned when Miranda's face took on a look of disgust.
"Don't look now, here comes the Snob Squad." I knew who she meant. Only one person could deserve that title. Kate.
I turned around anyway. It's never a good idea to have your back to Kate. Who knows what she could do. I shudder to think.
"Well well well. Trouble in paradise I see. What did you do to Gordo this time Lizzie? Cheat on him, tell him you liked tall guys. What? It must have been something bad, I've never seen him move so fast! Oooo! I know what you did. You kissed Tudgeman! You naughty girl Lizzie. I thought you loved Gordo. How could you do that to him?"
She finished in her snooty voice. I felt my fists clench involuntarily at my sides but I decided I wouldn't do anything. That's what she wanted. I turned around and began to walk towards the gym doors, that's when she said the one thing that I couldn't ignore.
"Don't worry Lizzie, he'll forgive you," she said raising her voice so that the whole gym could hear. "He loooooves you Lizzie, he'll do anything you want. He's like your little puppy isn't he Lizzie. It's like he can't think for himself, you have to it for him and I mean really, you, thinking for two people is absolutely disastrous! You can barely make it through a day thinking for yourself!"
I felt my face go red. I stopped in my tracks. I slowly turned around and walked back up to Kate and her posse who were surrounding her as usual. I got so close to her that there was no way she would miss a word of what I was going to say.
***
Ahhh! Cliffie! I've got plenty to write so I had to end my chapter there. Otherwise it'd be too long. I hope this makes people want to review, the more you do, the faster I'll update. Major stuff about to happen! I can't wait to upload it so you better all review. Lol. I'm s demanding. Seriously, its your choice if you feel like reviewing, but you wouldn't want to make the rest of the reviewers suffer by not reviewing would you??? Make sense.that's what I thought!
Neway.
Nesserz.