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Chapter 3: Road Trip
Lizzie awoke Friday morning feeling excited. The numerals on her alarm clock read 7:34. That left her enough time to shower and check over what she'd packed, before Gordo picked her up. They'd decided to take his Jeep, since Lizzie and Miranda had small cars that weren't very suitable for a six-hour road trip.
Since Lizzie's house was on the way to Miranda's from Gordo's, he stopped by the McGuire residence first. Lizzie toted her suitcase out to the Jeep, while Gordo looked on incredulously. "Lizzie, we're going to be there for three days! Is that thing full?" he asked.
"Yeah. Gordo, you'd never understand. It's a girl thing," Lizzie explained, hoisting the large piece of luggage into the back of the Jeep and then slamming it shut. She ran back into the house and retreated within a minute or so, her purse slung over her shoulder.
"Ready?" Gordo asked. Lizzie nodded. "Let's go get Miranda!" she exclaimed.
They stopped at Miranda's house and Gordo just shook his head as Miranda walked out to the Jeep, a suitcase almost as big as Lizzie's rolling behind her on four small wheels. Lizzie got out and helped Miranda put it in the back, and the two girls hopped into the Jeep.
"Okay, guys. . . let's lay down some ground rules here, okay? I'm the driver, and this is my car, therefore if I can't deal with the music, we're not listening to it. That means under NO circumstances, will there be any Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, 'N Sync, or any other of those cheesy, disgusting singers or groups playing in my car. And if you spill any drinks in here, they'd better be cleaned up before they leave a stain. Okay?" Gordo said, almost militantly.
Lizzie stuck her tongue out at him and popped a Michelle Branch CD into the CD player. "Is this okay, Sergeant?" she teased. Gordo rolled his eyes. "It could be better, but it's tolerable," he said, trying to sound crabby. Miranda burst into laughter in the seat behind Lizzie.
Lizzie and Miranda entertained Gordo with their singing skills for the first two hours or so of the trip, but after sitting in the car for that long, they grew tired of it. Lizzie sat quietly in the front passenger seat, staring out the window at the trees alongside the interstate. Miranda was stretched out across the back seat, trying to take a nap. Gordo hummed softly to himself as he drove. Every so often, he'd glance over at Lizzie and smile.
She was absolutely beautiful. He often wondered what it would be like to have a romantic relationship with her. The truth was, he'd thought about it for years. But now, it would be too late to even say anything. They'd all be going their separate ways at the end of the summer, to different colleges in different states. Miranda was going to University of North Carolina, Lizzie was going to Michigan State, and Gordo was going to NYU. They would be spread out all over the country, barely even within the same time zone.
Gordo sighed inwardly as he continued to drive. It was pointless, really. They'd all already mapped out their futures, and he knew it would be easier to leave the feelings alone. 'They'll go away eventually,' he reasoned. 'I hope.'
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