Somewhere In Between review of Chapter 15.
"Don't tell me what's going on with you. I'm sorry that I actually care but there's not much I can do about that now is there. It comes with the duty of being your girlfriend, best friend. But hey if you don't want to tell me then, by all means don't."
I said icily to him. I decided that I'd had enough and I stormed off in the general direction of my house. I didn't care if my outfit was ruined from the rain. Who cares? It doesn't matter anymore. Nothing did. That's when I heard it.
"My.my parents are getting.a d-divorce."
I-what did he just say? Oh. My. Gosh. I have no idea how I heard it because the rain was coming down so hard that I could barely hear myself think. I turned slowly to see Gordo standing closer to me than I had realised. His hands were in his pockets and he had tears sliding down his cheeks silently. I was really worried. This was a big deal in itself but I had only seen Gordo cry on one other occasion. When his dog Jasper died when he was three. He had loved that dog to death and it had sadly died from old age. Needless to say Gordo had never had a pet since.
I ran to him and enveloped him in a hug as much as I could with him having his hands in his pockets and all. At first he was stiff as a board but the more I hugged him he let his guard down and sagged onto my shoulders. I felt him crying onto my shoulders.
"Shhh.Gordo, it's ok. Let it out, just let it out." I said softly to him. So there I was, in the pouring rain, hugging my best friend and letting him cry on my shoulder.
"Gordo.I'm here for you, I really am. But do you think we could go somewhere warm and talk? I just don't want you to get sick from being out here all night." I said gently. He pulled away from my shoulder and hastily wiped away his eyes.
"Um sure. I better get home.Oh I.Home. Great." I heard the resentment in his voice.
"Why don't you come home with me? We can talk about everything If you want too that is. My parents won't bother us." Parents. I had to mention them didn't I? I'm so tactless sometimes.
He smiled gently at me and nodded slightly.
"Yeah, I'd rather go home with you than to my house." He said shivering quite a bit.
I put my arm around him and we started walking to my house. We didn't talk on the way there. I really didn't know what to say. I was in shock. It was sinking in what he had said. Mr and Mrs Gordon weren't going to be Mr and Mrs Gordon for much longer. I had always thought they were so happy together. I can't imagine what would happen if my parents decided they didn't love each other anymore. I couldn't even begin to imagine what Gordo was going though. All I could do was listen and comfort him.
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Half an hour later we were holed up in the tree house that Matt and I had constructed when we were younger. I didn't usually go near it anymore. I remember that I used to love playing in it when I was younger with Gordo and Miranda, the good old days, when everything was the way it should be.
I pulled my sleeping bag out from its bag and spread it out on the floor next to Gordo's.
"Remind me again why we are out here in the cold?" he said climbing into his own sleeping bag.
"So we don't get any interruptions." I said as if it were the most logical thing in the world.
He raised an eyebrow at me and then smiled. He patted my sleeping bag so that I would sit down next to him. I did and he took me into his arms as we lay on the floor next to each other. We stared up at the ceiling for a few minutes without saying anything to one another. I felt Gordo sigh next to me. I snuggled closer to him. I really was at a loss as for what to do.
"Do.do you want to talk about it?" I asked him quietly.
"You know what? I really don't know. I mean I do, but I don't know where to start." He said looking at me.
"I don't want to force you into this or anything Gordo, I'm just glad that I know now, that I can try to help." I said somewhat lamely.
"You're helping by just being here Lizzie, I really appreciate this. Just having you here to talk too. Can we just talk about other things for a while?"
"Of course."
"How about the telling off that you gave to Kate? That was pretty amazing." He said, the proud evident in his voice.
I blushed, remembering my sudden burst of confidence that had long since evaporated, along with the rain.
"You heard that?" I squeaked out.
"Every word. You did a good job tonight McGuire. You really showed her what she needed to see. I'm proud of you, I really am."
"Yeah?" I said smiling shyly up at him.
"Yeah." He said returning my smile. I wrapped me arms around his stomach and cuddled him closely. I felt him sigh sadly. I reached up and wiped away a stray tear that had made its way down his cheek.
"They just.they always seemed so happy, Lizzie. You would never know that they hated each other. I still can't believe it. Mum's been gone for three days and it feels like a lifetime."
I sat up a little so that I could look into his face.
"You're Mum's.gone? Where?" I couldn't help it. I blurted the questions out one after the other. I half expected him to tell me to quit it but he didn't. He calmly answered them all.
"Yeah, she and dad had a yelling competition and she packed a bag and walked out the door. She's staying in the Hillridge Hotel." He said in a monotone.
"How. How long have they been fighting?"
"Months." He said without hesitation. I bit my lip. This was really serious. "Months but I didn't really notice it. They would just squabble, nothing major until recently." I gasped suddenly realising.
"That day I rung you to ask you to come to the Digi Bean with us.the yelling. She left then didn't she?"
I asked, trying desperately to hold back the tears. I almost felt like this was happening to my family, I knew the Gordon's farely well, they were like surrogate parents to me. I couldn't help it. I started crying. Gordo jumped a little when he heard a sob escape from me. He sat up and took me into his arms.
"Hey Lizzie, it's alright. Everything will be ok, or so people keep telling me." he said offering me a strained smile.
"I know.it's just that.you.you don't deserve something like this to happen to you. No one does of course. But I always thought that your family was perfect. Now I know there's no such thing. I just want to be able to be here for you and not screw things up. I want you to be happy."
I said sniffling a bit. Gordo stood up as best as he could in the small cubby house and unzipped his sleeping bag and flattened it out and motioned for me to do the same so I did and we sat on top of his sleeping bag and he draped my sleeping bag over us.
"More comfortable." He said, explaining our situation. He pulled me to him again. And began to play with my hair. It calmed me down immediately. It made me think of all the times he had done the same thing for me. I felt bad; I was supposed to be comforting him, not the other way around. I could feel myself drifting off to sleep but just before I did Gordo said something.
"So. You love me do you?" I looked at him and he was smiling. He must have heard what I had said to Larry.
"Yep, I do." I waited for him to say something else but he didn't. I knew I would be asleep in a few seconds so I got my final words in.
"Don't worry, you don't have to tell me, I know you love me too."
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~~ThE EnD!!!~~
Omigod!!!! I'm so happy! Ok not so ecstatic now, (I wrote that "Omigod!!! I'm so happy!" about a week ago now lol.) So yeah anyway, it's all over and done with. I really enjoyed writing this story so I hope that people enjoyed it as much as I did. There probably won't be any stories from me for a while as I go back to school tomorrow and because of the fact that I don't have any fresh ideas to start on. So if anyone there has an idea, please feel free to donate it to me lol. And I'll be happy to have a crack at writing it up. Originally I was going to wait a few days before I uploaded this chapter but why should I be mean to my loyal reviewers out there? So I decided to upload it tonight. Lucky I did too because I've been doing homework since I got home from school and now, I'm siting here, freezing my toes off just to post this! Lol. Just goes to show how happy I am that people reviewed. Stay tuned for more stuff from me in the future.or as soon as I get some ideas. Hint hint reviewers!! Lol. Never fear though, as I will still be around reading all those amazing fan fictions out there!
Love you all,
Nesserz.
"Don't tell me what's going on with you. I'm sorry that I actually care but there's not much I can do about that now is there. It comes with the duty of being your girlfriend, best friend. But hey if you don't want to tell me then, by all means don't."
I said icily to him. I decided that I'd had enough and I stormed off in the general direction of my house. I didn't care if my outfit was ruined from the rain. Who cares? It doesn't matter anymore. Nothing did. That's when I heard it.
"My.my parents are getting.a d-divorce."
I-what did he just say? Oh. My. Gosh. I have no idea how I heard it because the rain was coming down so hard that I could barely hear myself think. I turned slowly to see Gordo standing closer to me than I had realised. His hands were in his pockets and he had tears sliding down his cheeks silently. I was really worried. This was a big deal in itself but I had only seen Gordo cry on one other occasion. When his dog Jasper died when he was three. He had loved that dog to death and it had sadly died from old age. Needless to say Gordo had never had a pet since.
I ran to him and enveloped him in a hug as much as I could with him having his hands in his pockets and all. At first he was stiff as a board but the more I hugged him he let his guard down and sagged onto my shoulders. I felt him crying onto my shoulders.
"Shhh.Gordo, it's ok. Let it out, just let it out." I said softly to him. So there I was, in the pouring rain, hugging my best friend and letting him cry on my shoulder.
"Gordo.I'm here for you, I really am. But do you think we could go somewhere warm and talk? I just don't want you to get sick from being out here all night." I said gently. He pulled away from my shoulder and hastily wiped away his eyes.
"Um sure. I better get home.Oh I.Home. Great." I heard the resentment in his voice.
"Why don't you come home with me? We can talk about everything If you want too that is. My parents won't bother us." Parents. I had to mention them didn't I? I'm so tactless sometimes.
He smiled gently at me and nodded slightly.
"Yeah, I'd rather go home with you than to my house." He said shivering quite a bit.
I put my arm around him and we started walking to my house. We didn't talk on the way there. I really didn't know what to say. I was in shock. It was sinking in what he had said. Mr and Mrs Gordon weren't going to be Mr and Mrs Gordon for much longer. I had always thought they were so happy together. I can't imagine what would happen if my parents decided they didn't love each other anymore. I couldn't even begin to imagine what Gordo was going though. All I could do was listen and comfort him.
***
Half an hour later we were holed up in the tree house that Matt and I had constructed when we were younger. I didn't usually go near it anymore. I remember that I used to love playing in it when I was younger with Gordo and Miranda, the good old days, when everything was the way it should be.
I pulled my sleeping bag out from its bag and spread it out on the floor next to Gordo's.
"Remind me again why we are out here in the cold?" he said climbing into his own sleeping bag.
"So we don't get any interruptions." I said as if it were the most logical thing in the world.
He raised an eyebrow at me and then smiled. He patted my sleeping bag so that I would sit down next to him. I did and he took me into his arms as we lay on the floor next to each other. We stared up at the ceiling for a few minutes without saying anything to one another. I felt Gordo sigh next to me. I snuggled closer to him. I really was at a loss as for what to do.
"Do.do you want to talk about it?" I asked him quietly.
"You know what? I really don't know. I mean I do, but I don't know where to start." He said looking at me.
"I don't want to force you into this or anything Gordo, I'm just glad that I know now, that I can try to help." I said somewhat lamely.
"You're helping by just being here Lizzie, I really appreciate this. Just having you here to talk too. Can we just talk about other things for a while?"
"Of course."
"How about the telling off that you gave to Kate? That was pretty amazing." He said, the proud evident in his voice.
I blushed, remembering my sudden burst of confidence that had long since evaporated, along with the rain.
"You heard that?" I squeaked out.
"Every word. You did a good job tonight McGuire. You really showed her what she needed to see. I'm proud of you, I really am."
"Yeah?" I said smiling shyly up at him.
"Yeah." He said returning my smile. I wrapped me arms around his stomach and cuddled him closely. I felt him sigh sadly. I reached up and wiped away a stray tear that had made its way down his cheek.
"They just.they always seemed so happy, Lizzie. You would never know that they hated each other. I still can't believe it. Mum's been gone for three days and it feels like a lifetime."
I sat up a little so that I could look into his face.
"You're Mum's.gone? Where?" I couldn't help it. I blurted the questions out one after the other. I half expected him to tell me to quit it but he didn't. He calmly answered them all.
"Yeah, she and dad had a yelling competition and she packed a bag and walked out the door. She's staying in the Hillridge Hotel." He said in a monotone.
"How. How long have they been fighting?"
"Months." He said without hesitation. I bit my lip. This was really serious. "Months but I didn't really notice it. They would just squabble, nothing major until recently." I gasped suddenly realising.
"That day I rung you to ask you to come to the Digi Bean with us.the yelling. She left then didn't she?"
I asked, trying desperately to hold back the tears. I almost felt like this was happening to my family, I knew the Gordon's farely well, they were like surrogate parents to me. I couldn't help it. I started crying. Gordo jumped a little when he heard a sob escape from me. He sat up and took me into his arms.
"Hey Lizzie, it's alright. Everything will be ok, or so people keep telling me." he said offering me a strained smile.
"I know.it's just that.you.you don't deserve something like this to happen to you. No one does of course. But I always thought that your family was perfect. Now I know there's no such thing. I just want to be able to be here for you and not screw things up. I want you to be happy."
I said sniffling a bit. Gordo stood up as best as he could in the small cubby house and unzipped his sleeping bag and flattened it out and motioned for me to do the same so I did and we sat on top of his sleeping bag and he draped my sleeping bag over us.
"More comfortable." He said, explaining our situation. He pulled me to him again. And began to play with my hair. It calmed me down immediately. It made me think of all the times he had done the same thing for me. I felt bad; I was supposed to be comforting him, not the other way around. I could feel myself drifting off to sleep but just before I did Gordo said something.
"So. You love me do you?" I looked at him and he was smiling. He must have heard what I had said to Larry.
"Yep, I do." I waited for him to say something else but he didn't. I knew I would be asleep in a few seconds so I got my final words in.
"Don't worry, you don't have to tell me, I know you love me too."
***
~~ThE EnD!!!~~
Omigod!!!! I'm so happy! Ok not so ecstatic now, (I wrote that "Omigod!!! I'm so happy!" about a week ago now lol.) So yeah anyway, it's all over and done with. I really enjoyed writing this story so I hope that people enjoyed it as much as I did. There probably won't be any stories from me for a while as I go back to school tomorrow and because of the fact that I don't have any fresh ideas to start on. So if anyone there has an idea, please feel free to donate it to me lol. And I'll be happy to have a crack at writing it up. Originally I was going to wait a few days before I uploaded this chapter but why should I be mean to my loyal reviewers out there? So I decided to upload it tonight. Lucky I did too because I've been doing homework since I got home from school and now, I'm siting here, freezing my toes off just to post this! Lol. Just goes to show how happy I am that people reviewed. Stay tuned for more stuff from me in the future.or as soon as I get some ideas. Hint hint reviewers!! Lol. Never fear though, as I will still be around reading all those amazing fan fictions out there!
Love you all,
Nesserz.