Chapter 3: Escape
Lizzie POV
I stuffed the last of my clothes into my suitcase, and closed it gently, but firmly. I sighed and walked downstairs.
In the past hour, I had not spoken to anyone and made a decision.
I was going to Kaki's Island again, to forget about Gordo. I had left a note for my family. No one was home but me, so I didn't have to worry about sneaking out. I took a deep breath and walked out the door.
I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. I arrived at the beach, and saw a rowboat there. I got in, and started paddling.
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Gordo POV
I paddled as fast as I could, even though it still took 45 minutes to get to Kaki's Island. I thought how Lizzie and I were making out like crazy in this rowboat. I sighed heavily. Those days were over.
I had so many mixed emotions. I hated her, I really did, and yet I still loved her inside. I felt like going up to her and saying that I forgive her, and yet I wanted to see her suffer.
I remembered Lizzie talking endlessly about Stacie Orrico's 'Stuck'. She sung the words over and over. Now the song was caught in my head.
I hate you,
but I love you,
I can't stop think of you,
It's true,
I'm stuck on you.
I shook the song out of my mind, and parked the rowboat onshore. I walked slowly to that familiar waterfall, and memories came rushing back to me.
Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.
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Lizzie POV
I sighed and slumped against a tree trunk. This was *not* helping. His words echoed in my head.
*You know what? It's over. *
Over. I never thought I'd hear that from him. It was just a little mistake. Couldn't he forgive me? Did he have to heart at all? I looked around and thought about how we had become something here. Not just Lizzie and Gordo, but *Lizzie and Gordo*. A couple.
My eyes started to water. I didn't bother to wipe the tears away. I let them fall. Soon, my shirt had stains on it. What was I going to do?
I sighed and wiped the tears away.
That's why I had come here. To figure out what to do next.
But it didn't seem to be helping.
Lizzie POV
I stuffed the last of my clothes into my suitcase, and closed it gently, but firmly. I sighed and walked downstairs.
In the past hour, I had not spoken to anyone and made a decision.
I was going to Kaki's Island again, to forget about Gordo. I had left a note for my family. No one was home but me, so I didn't have to worry about sneaking out. I took a deep breath and walked out the door.
I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. I arrived at the beach, and saw a rowboat there. I got in, and started paddling.
***
Gordo POV
I paddled as fast as I could, even though it still took 45 minutes to get to Kaki's Island. I thought how Lizzie and I were making out like crazy in this rowboat. I sighed heavily. Those days were over.
I had so many mixed emotions. I hated her, I really did, and yet I still loved her inside. I felt like going up to her and saying that I forgive her, and yet I wanted to see her suffer.
I remembered Lizzie talking endlessly about Stacie Orrico's 'Stuck'. She sung the words over and over. Now the song was caught in my head.
I hate you,
but I love you,
I can't stop think of you,
It's true,
I'm stuck on you.
I shook the song out of my mind, and parked the rowboat onshore. I walked slowly to that familiar waterfall, and memories came rushing back to me.
Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.
***
Lizzie POV
I sighed and slumped against a tree trunk. This was *not* helping. His words echoed in my head.
*You know what? It's over. *
Over. I never thought I'd hear that from him. It was just a little mistake. Couldn't he forgive me? Did he have to heart at all? I looked around and thought about how we had become something here. Not just Lizzie and Gordo, but *Lizzie and Gordo*. A couple.
My eyes started to water. I didn't bother to wipe the tears away. I let them fall. Soon, my shirt had stains on it. What was I going to do?
I sighed and wiped the tears away.
That's why I had come here. To figure out what to do next.
But it didn't seem to be helping.