The Wish
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Title: The Wish
Author: MerlinsAprrentince
Plot: Lizzie wishes she could see her family more after an incident that she had with them. Finding Merlin's, the ancient wizard, amulet and making a wish Lizzie finds reasons to make up and be friends with her family and Miranda and Gordo. She learns how much she missed and how she wants to make it up. But can Lizzie reforge the bond that was fiercely broken at one point???
A/N: This is an G/L in later eppies, so if you rather dont like this couple (i dont see why i mean its ethier that or Ethan Crafte ^.^'''') you shouldnt read this. And please read and review. If you like it, there won't be any new chapters until I at least get 5. Reviews give me insipration ^.~. Please enjoy this took quite some time to compose and type. For your 'reading' pleasure please enjoy...
Disclaimer: Lizzie Mcguire does not belong to me. Nope. Uh Uh. Neber.
But Alison, Gabe, Yeni, Danny, Anya, Miles, Cameron, Mr.Fuzzlewort and any other unfamiliar characters to belong to Miao' so if you wish to use them please contact me.... please?
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Lizzie starred up at the humongus building. As large as it was and it just being a building she still felt quite intimadated, by its hugeness and the way it towered over her. But she was here and there was no turning back now.
Elizabeth, more known as Lizzie, Mcgiure was now 24 and well into the being an adult and entering the human world. She had grown much in size being just mid-height, her hair instead of long and straight as she always loved it to be in middle school, the young woman now had to her shoulders and naturally wavy with its own highlights. She had also quit trying to do anything with her hair, amazingly. Sometimes she would pull out her collection of hair decorations and put them on but it never looked as youthful as it did before. And sometimes it would fall into the dirt she was investigated.
Amazingly, Lizzie became an archelolgoist. She always wanted to be the one who found something strange and amazing and show it off, and she wanted to travel. Traveling was something she would never want to stop doing. So far she was taken to just about every continent , except Antartica. But she was sure she would have an assignment there sooner or later. Being an 'Arch', as Lizzie liked to refer to her and her comrads, had its advantages and disadvantages. Lizzie still had a flair for clothing but she didn't really wear much when she was ethier exploring unknown terrian or digging deeply in the dirt. Basicly she stuck to old jeans and overalls and old shirts in hopes they wouldn't get to ruin. Whenever she could she would indulge in dressing up into all the lastest fashions, but otherwise it was those and a pair of mountain boots. Her hair also had gotten in the way when it was long, so that was another reason it was short and wavy.
She was more muscular and less fragile then she remembered. Lizzie had her share of bruises and scarpes and she had grown a soft tan instead if the pale ivory skin she envied now. She truly did love her job but it did just about everything to her 24-year old looks. But she shouldn't have been thinking of her looks right now. Lizzie had bigger problems to settle.
Silently taking another fleeting look at the building she raced up its immsense steps in a pair of overalls a shirt and a jacket her mountains laced on ready for battle. Lizzie had found something that would be a great value for this company. And she really needed the money.
Archeology wasn't as great as it was in earlier times. Egypt was practically un buried to the core and every castle in Europe has been excavated, and every Aztec or Inca ruine was discovered. Less and Less was being found. So she and her close Arch friends were loosing money and Yeni her roomate was getting really fed up of paying the rent all by herself.
As Lizzie headed toward the entrance she scolded Alison and Gabe, her two close friends who were in the same profession as she was, making her come all by herself with out any of their help. Turning to the clerk who sat at the desk she blew a blonde lock away from her face and waked over a little bounce in her step her finger enclosed over her money maker that was in her left pocket.
"Um... hi.... excuse me???" she asked the young woman who looked no older then 18 sitting and listening to head-banger music blowing a huge bubble out of bubble gum. She didn't look up from her Teen People magazine slowly banging her red head curls. Lizzie sighed rolling her eyes. She was like this sometimes but never at work. "Excuse me?" she called out louder looking down at her. Still no luck. The teenager was still head banging along. Suddenly feeling a spark of agitation she slammed her hand down hard upon the desk and she looked up sharply. Pulling down her earphones she raised and red eyebrow. "Yes may I help you??"
Lizzie sighed with a tired friendly smile.She never lost her triat of friendliness. "Yes I have an appointmet with Carlos Lurenzo" she stated plainly. The girl knodded flipping through her little book and sighed cracking her gum annoyingly. Lizzie's smile was now forced. "Name?"
"Elizabeth Mcgiure" she said softly looking over at the red head with a quiet disdain. "Go on" she said waving her to the left. Lizzie sighed and knodded giving a poilete thank you. Kids these days.
As she rounded the corner she searched all the major excuetive office rooms until she spotted C. Lurenzo. Taking a deep breath Lizzie felt like she was approaching her science teacher instead of her boss but the situations were similiar in a way. Quietly she held a fist to knock on the door but at that excat moment the door opened. Lizzie stepped back a moment in shock. "Oh um... I -uh..Hello" she said sounding quite untelligent as she found a middle aged 30 year old man with shocking deep chocolate eyes.
He was tall for 30 towering over short Lizzie and he had dark skin and soft pitch black hair. "Ah you must be Ms.Mcgruie" he said with a slight spanish accent and he gave a soft grin. Lizzie stared a moment her mouth agap. She didn't know her boss was so.... hot, for lack of words. Soundly she had a loss of words and gulped and fiegned a smile. "Uh--" she squealed as she saw his deep eyes. So pretty.
Soundly she shook her head gainingher voice back. "Um.. yes thats me" she whispered back finally watching the young Carlos Lurenzo with a silent eye. "Well Ms.Mcgruie---"
"Lizzie"
Carlos smilied. "Lizzie, you've called for an appointment, but I'm afriad I don't have much time today. I have a meeting with my father Senor Lurenzo and a business meeting with a few employees" he sounded apologetic as he led the young girl into his office and sat her down on the seat. Lizzie faintly knodded half listening to what he was saying. The other half of her was marveling over the amazingness of the office. It was huge and instead of walls everything was made of glass so he could see in and out of everything. One of of the spacious room showed the wide range of palm trees and in the distant the ocean of Palm Beach Florida and on the other side was a trick mirror. Lizzie remembered that the hallway was made of mirror. Carlos could see all his visitors before they entered his office. She wondered if he could hear them too.
"So Lizzie---"
Lizzie was shot back into reality. "You have something of value for me. Your an archelogoist am I correct?'
"Yes sir." she said with an enoucarging grin knodding her head. Silently her hand wandered to her pocket and felt the shiny object. Carlos knodded. "Well then show me" he insisted with a heart grabbing grin. Lizzie shuurgged as she pulled it out and layed it gently on Carlos's desk.
Carlos leaned forward to examine the find more closely. It was a necklace. It was a simple metal string and hanging from it was an amulet, a large gem that fit perfectly into a human's palm surrounding was a metal carving of a dragon, a griffin, and a unicorn. Carlos looked at it . It was beautiful and brreath taking but he didn't see why it was valuable time-wise. "It is quite a beauty Miam. But I don't see what it would be a value of money for me...."
Lizzie gave a small grin. "Look on the back" she encouraged eyeing softly. Carlos turned it over. Written in exqusite calligraphy was
'Merlin'
Carlos stared for a moment. He raised an eyebrow to Lizzie. "You don't seem much of a phony when you came in Ms.Mcgruie" he said his voice losing all friendlyness that it held before. Lizzie frowned starting up quickly her hands fiddling in her lap nervously. "What? Mr.Lurenzo... I'm-I'm not lying" she whispered. Carlos sighed. "I've had many people come to me with Merlin 'Authenthics' and King Arthur stuff, but none of them have come to prove true. Miss I'm sorry you can't hoax me. I've had to many doubts to believe this is real"
"But Mr.Lurenzo if you listen to my story you'll see that this has to be Merlin's amulet---"
"Ms.Mcguire thank you for your time, but I must be going along now. I musn't be late" Carlos cut her of stand up and wiping his expensive armani suite. Lizzie sighed blowing a blonde tendril away from her face, as she sprinted froward and stole the amazing amulet back into her safety comfines of her pocket. "Yes. Mr.Lurenzo. Have well... Have a nice day" Lizzie muttured quietly stomping out before Carlos could say another word.
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"Hey Lizzie any luck?" Alison Parker, a bright red head girl a yea ror two younger then her. She was one of Lizzie's closest friends now in Florida. She was tall bright and wild at the same time, with a bubbly personilty. Lizzie sighed rolling her eyes as she entered the condo that she shared with Yeni, another great girl friend, who pitied her and let her, Alison, and her other close Arch friend Gabe. "None. He thought it was an fake.Oh but it isn't Alison!!! You,Gabe, and Alexis were there!! Witnesses that I unburied it in Ireland" she exclaimed throwing the amulet onto the coffee table placed neatly in front of the TV.
Alison sighed but gave a smile. "Hey don't worry about it. We'll be out of here in no time. Lurenzo Senor wants You, me , Gabe, Alexis, George, and Gwen to excavate another pyramid down in Egypt" Lizzie wrinkled her nose and sank into the old couch, Alison following in pursuit. When in doubt have a soda. Alison handed her a coke. "Thanks..." Lizzie took a sip and felt the bubble of energy pop inside her from the high amount of caffiene and sugar in the sweet liquid. "I needed that"
Alison knodded with a quick grin. "So whens... egypt?" Lizzie asked wrinkling her nose. Egypt was hot and stinky and very sandy sometimes. And alot of tourists were there. Almost as bad as Florida. Alison chuckled. "Soon. Boss doesn't have an excat date" she shurgged taking a sip of her own sweet beverage. They sat turning on the TV for a minute,hoping to forget all their troubles they had encountered during the day.
Aftter about an hour, the condo door opened and Yeni a young cuban girl with a long sheet of black hair and olive skin and piercing green eyes sighed 2 full bags of grocery in hand. "Lizzie! How did your interview...?" But she stopped when she saw Lizzie's forlorn face and stilll say the amulent was in its house the coffe table. "Oh dear. I'm sorry Liz. If you want I'll pay the re---" Lizzie gave a grin. "Don't worry about it Yeni. I have money to pay for that. Its everything else I'm worried about" she teased but all humour was lost in it all. Yeni gave a small grin as she took the two handfuls of food into the small kitchen. "Wheres Gabe? He said he would cook dinner" Yeni whined as she pulled out a round large chicken. She was hoping to make a nice big turkey just for the fun of it and so they could have many leftovers. Alison shurgged. "He's been done at the beach surfing ever since we got here. I surprised he isnt living there yet" she snorted as she pulled herself from the couch to help Yeni with dinner.
"Do you guys mind if I take a break today? I'd rather just take a bubble bath and reside in my bedroom if you don't mind all to much" Lizzie mummbled standing up and scooping Merlin's necklace along with her. Yeni and Alison looked at Lizzie then at each other taking a moment to think.
"Don't worry bout it Liz. We'll handle this, do you want any?"
Lizzie shook her head. "No thanks. I'll just have a sandwhich"
Lizzie pulled out onto the large kings size bed. There was 5 bedrooms all in the condo. It was rather large, but the bedrooms were closet size each. Each person, Yeni, Alison, Gabe and Lizzie all had their each individual rooms and then their was the move room where a huge bed and a large tv, vcr, and dvd player resided. It was here where all the roomates had movie night or decided to have a sleep over or just to have fun.
Lizzie was the only one in the room now, watching old I love Lucy reruns and snacking down on a bowl of fresh buttery popcorn. Decked in her overlarge pink shirt and plaid pajama bottoms Lizzie had never been more comfortable. She would have felt alot better though if she had sold that necklace. Lowering down the volume Lizzie took the necklace from the side table she layed it on before she took her 2 hour long bubble bath. She felt like she had failed in someway to not sale what was rightfully a artifact of great importance. And soon they were all going to have to run for double jobs. The condo was expensive and they also had to pay a few for flights in and out of the country and such. Lizzie could have phoned her parents long ago but she had never talked to them since she left at 18.
Lizzie held the smooth amulet still in her grasp as she turned back from the bedside table and drew out from its drawer a ragged and dogeared picture. Looking at it Lizzie gave a rare pure smile. It was a picture at her graduation for high school, a few days before the Fight. Around her arms all decked in their navy blue graduation dresses were her two best friends of all time Marianda Sanchez and David 'Gordo' Gordon. They had been inseperable when she lived at home with her parents. They were often known as the 3 musketeers.
Lizzie gave another smile as she traced over their two grinning faces. Marianda was surprised of them all to find that she was graduating. She thought she was going to fail, but Lizzie knew her best friend would make it. Both her parents were major scientists freaks. And Gordo. He had won some special scholarship and she remembered he couldn't have been happier. Next to her there was an obnixious little kid Lizzie remembered all to well.
Matt had jumped into the picture in the last minute posing a thoughtful pose with Lanny his silent best friend who was doing a disco pose. Chuckling, she remembered how mad she was at him for just jumping into the perfect picture. But it made the picture more perfect with him with it.
Of course though she would never admit that.
Silently clutching to the smooth amulet she grinned and sat the picture back down on the side of the table. She really did miss the old days, before that. She wondered what Marianda and Gordo were up to now. She hadn't heard from them like she hadn't heard from her parents since that eventful day. A day she was scarred for life.
But quietly in a voice barely of a whispered her thumb still going over the smooth surface of the she wished with all her heart and mind that she could go back without any scares or pains and just see her friends and family. She missed them so much. She just..... wanted them back again. Sure she loved Yeni, Alison, and Gabe but she could never replace Gordo and Marianda. And she hadn't heard any inscissent nagging from her mother, or any little fatherly cheesy jokes from her dad.
She was willing to even have a Matt trick her with stuffing her jean pockets with shaving cream again.
"Please, I love you all. I wish I can just make things all better" she whispered kissing the photo slightly in hopes to maybe reforge the bond she sad to admit had broke. Silently from beneath her grasp the amulet shook brightly and it flashed so fast that Lizzie hadn't seen or sensed a thing.
Things were going to change.
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The smell of sizziling bacon and the sound of cheerful laughter and happy noises was what Lizzie had woken up too.
Well actually it was just the bacon.
Lizzie was to dumped to eat any food so last night all she had eaten was about a handful or two of the big bowl of popcorn she made. Pushing the large satin sheets of the big bed aside half asleep she stuck her feet into her pink fuzzy slippers. Florida was a little chilly in the morning during the winter. She dragged herself out of the comfy mattress and her blonde hair a ratsnest and her eyes practically glued shut together.She was practically sleep walking when she came to the kitchen and Yeni, Gabe, and Alison all sat around the small kitchen table eating bacon , eggs, sausage, and other breakfast assortments.
"Well good morning pretty" Gabe teased. He was a tall muscular blonde beach bum being as tan as Lizzie was his bright blonde hair in locks all over his skye blue eyes. Gabe was labeled a 'major hottie' so it wasn't their fault when Lizzie , Alison, and Yeni flirted shamelessly with him. Alison had got it into her crazy mind to
hook Yeni and Gabe together, but Lizzie hadn't seen so many sparks quite yet. But it was still a possibilty.
"Shut up" she rasped as she piled on the food into a plate as she pushed Gabe out of his seat and sa
t down. Gabe jumped out before she could inflict anymore damage on his shoulder. She was known to be lethal in this state of sleepiness. "You could say please" he taunted in a deep voice as he threw his plate into the sink. Yeni rolled her eyes but a smile curled up anyway. Alison watched this with an interest look and flashed it to Lizzie who was all to interested into her food to notice anything.
"So Liz you ok?" Alison said after she failed her third time to make eye contact with her close friend. Lizzie looked up slowly coming from her daze cloggy way and knodded. "Yeah, I'm better. The necklace is pretty. I think I'll keep it for myself" she shurgged as she stuffed a full greasy sausage into her mouth. Alison watched this for a moment and shook her head. "Alrighty then" Yeni and Gabe were chatting around as they washed their own dishes and put it in the drainer when the phone rang. The ringing was harsh in Lizzie's ear and she winced as it rang a second time. "I got it!" Alison and Yeni yelled at the same time and after much squealing and laughing Alison held the phone truimphantly in her left hand.
"Hello Carbone, Lansing, McGuire, Aldah residence how may I help you?" Alison giggled into the phone and smilied thoughtfully. Yeni gave her a daggered glare as she pulled herself from the couch. She was known to be a sore loser. Lizzie finally shoved down the last bit of an egg sadly and looked up as Alison suddenly lost her giggle and laughs. And that didn't happen to often.
"What? Oh um...well sure...hold on a minute"
She stood up with a glazed look as she stumbled from the couch and headed toward Lizzie holding the phone. 'Who is it?' Lizzie mouth as she took a phone and covered the mouthpiece with her palm pushing her fluffy bedhead away from her face. Alison starred for a moment then mouthed. 'Your mother'
Lizzie felt herself froze suddenly. Her mom. Her mom was phoning her? Where in the world did she get this number...?! Her mother. Oh how much she missed her mom. Maybe she could talk to her. Listen to her. Its been so long.... seven years. Seven years without hearing her parents knowing knowlegable voices. Seven long and torturous years. Lizzie flashed a desperately look at Alison, who inturn gave her an encouraging glance and knodded. Silently Lizzie sighed and took her palm from the reciever.
"H-H-Hello-o???"
"Lizzie? Lizzie is that you?" the voice was staticky and hard to hear, but besides that Lizzie felt her eyes glaze over with tears. That voice. She use to hate the worried hopeful voice in middle school .Telling stories beyond stories. She was like her own personal physcatrist. Hormones. Lizzie gave a weak watery chuckle at the thought. "Yes, Yes its me" she whispered quietly back hurrying up hoping for another chance to hear her mother's voice. "Lizzie! Oh its so nice to hear your voice...Ive been searching so hard to find this number... how dear its wonderful....how have you been? Have you been doing well?"
Of course her mother had to know if she was doing well out into the open world. She was her only daughter, a daughter who hadn't talked to her mom for seven long years. It was so like her. "I-I'm I am doing well" she stuttured losing her voice in shock and joy beyond all relief. Gabe and Yeni had left the room when Alison had gave them a pleading stare and Alison was across the table clutching to Lizzie's trembling hand. "Good.... Oh its a relief to know you alright dear... Oh I'm sorry I have to cut short. Oh honey I could talk to you forever...I'm so sorry about what happened... but I'm only allowed a few more minutes...I do have a reason to call" and her mom gave a small watery chuuckle alot like the one Lizzie made a few minutes ago. Lizzie gave a small smile from her heart. "I'm sorry too mom" she whispered quietly biting her lip trying to make it stop trembling. "Oh dear... your starting to static.. let me make this quick... Your brother is engaged!!! Yes Matt's getting married... and dear oh dear we would love to have you at the wedding, please will you come back to see your brother and your dad and me? Please come home Lizzie we miss you so much..." and soon her mom was breaking down roughly into soft sobs. Lizzie tried her hardest but allowed herself one bubbly sob.
Matt was getting married. What a surprise. She didn't know any girl that would stand him long enough to fall in love with him. "Yes" she whispered quietly. "I'll come home. I'll come home"
A/N: MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *cough*
This actually took some while.
Wondering what happened to Lizzie and her family and friends?
And what about that amulet thingie??? Is this all going to work out???
Is that a metoerite coming to destory the earth????
Well ur just going to have to find out in the next eppie ^.^ Oh I just luv suspense.
~MerlinsApprentince
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Title: The Wish
Author: MerlinsAprrentince
Plot: Lizzie wishes she could see her family more after an incident that she had with them. Finding Merlin's, the ancient wizard, amulet and making a wish Lizzie finds reasons to make up and be friends with her family and Miranda and Gordo. She learns how much she missed and how she wants to make it up. But can Lizzie reforge the bond that was fiercely broken at one point???
A/N: This is an G/L in later eppies, so if you rather dont like this couple (i dont see why i mean its ethier that or Ethan Crafte ^.^'''') you shouldnt read this. And please read and review. If you like it, there won't be any new chapters until I at least get 5. Reviews give me insipration ^.~. Please enjoy this took quite some time to compose and type. For your 'reading' pleasure please enjoy...
Disclaimer: Lizzie Mcguire does not belong to me. Nope. Uh Uh. Neber.
But Alison, Gabe, Yeni, Danny, Anya, Miles, Cameron, Mr.Fuzzlewort and any other unfamiliar characters to belong to Miao' so if you wish to use them please contact me.... please?
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Lizzie starred up at the humongus building. As large as it was and it just being a building she still felt quite intimadated, by its hugeness and the way it towered over her. But she was here and there was no turning back now.
Elizabeth, more known as Lizzie, Mcgiure was now 24 and well into the being an adult and entering the human world. She had grown much in size being just mid-height, her hair instead of long and straight as she always loved it to be in middle school, the young woman now had to her shoulders and naturally wavy with its own highlights. She had also quit trying to do anything with her hair, amazingly. Sometimes she would pull out her collection of hair decorations and put them on but it never looked as youthful as it did before. And sometimes it would fall into the dirt she was investigated.
Amazingly, Lizzie became an archelolgoist. She always wanted to be the one who found something strange and amazing and show it off, and she wanted to travel. Traveling was something she would never want to stop doing. So far she was taken to just about every continent , except Antartica. But she was sure she would have an assignment there sooner or later. Being an 'Arch', as Lizzie liked to refer to her and her comrads, had its advantages and disadvantages. Lizzie still had a flair for clothing but she didn't really wear much when she was ethier exploring unknown terrian or digging deeply in the dirt. Basicly she stuck to old jeans and overalls and old shirts in hopes they wouldn't get to ruin. Whenever she could she would indulge in dressing up into all the lastest fashions, but otherwise it was those and a pair of mountain boots. Her hair also had gotten in the way when it was long, so that was another reason it was short and wavy.
She was more muscular and less fragile then she remembered. Lizzie had her share of bruises and scarpes and she had grown a soft tan instead if the pale ivory skin she envied now. She truly did love her job but it did just about everything to her 24-year old looks. But she shouldn't have been thinking of her looks right now. Lizzie had bigger problems to settle.
Silently taking another fleeting look at the building she raced up its immsense steps in a pair of overalls a shirt and a jacket her mountains laced on ready for battle. Lizzie had found something that would be a great value for this company. And she really needed the money.
Archeology wasn't as great as it was in earlier times. Egypt was practically un buried to the core and every castle in Europe has been excavated, and every Aztec or Inca ruine was discovered. Less and Less was being found. So she and her close Arch friends were loosing money and Yeni her roomate was getting really fed up of paying the rent all by herself.
As Lizzie headed toward the entrance she scolded Alison and Gabe, her two close friends who were in the same profession as she was, making her come all by herself with out any of their help. Turning to the clerk who sat at the desk she blew a blonde lock away from her face and waked over a little bounce in her step her finger enclosed over her money maker that was in her left pocket.
"Um... hi.... excuse me???" she asked the young woman who looked no older then 18 sitting and listening to head-banger music blowing a huge bubble out of bubble gum. She didn't look up from her Teen People magazine slowly banging her red head curls. Lizzie sighed rolling her eyes. She was like this sometimes but never at work. "Excuse me?" she called out louder looking down at her. Still no luck. The teenager was still head banging along. Suddenly feeling a spark of agitation she slammed her hand down hard upon the desk and she looked up sharply. Pulling down her earphones she raised and red eyebrow. "Yes may I help you??"
Lizzie sighed with a tired friendly smile.She never lost her triat of friendliness. "Yes I have an appointmet with Carlos Lurenzo" she stated plainly. The girl knodded flipping through her little book and sighed cracking her gum annoyingly. Lizzie's smile was now forced. "Name?"
"Elizabeth Mcgiure" she said softly looking over at the red head with a quiet disdain. "Go on" she said waving her to the left. Lizzie sighed and knodded giving a poilete thank you. Kids these days.
As she rounded the corner she searched all the major excuetive office rooms until she spotted C. Lurenzo. Taking a deep breath Lizzie felt like she was approaching her science teacher instead of her boss but the situations were similiar in a way. Quietly she held a fist to knock on the door but at that excat moment the door opened. Lizzie stepped back a moment in shock. "Oh um... I -uh..Hello" she said sounding quite untelligent as she found a middle aged 30 year old man with shocking deep chocolate eyes.
He was tall for 30 towering over short Lizzie and he had dark skin and soft pitch black hair. "Ah you must be Ms.Mcgruie" he said with a slight spanish accent and he gave a soft grin. Lizzie stared a moment her mouth agap. She didn't know her boss was so.... hot, for lack of words. Soundly she had a loss of words and gulped and fiegned a smile. "Uh--" she squealed as she saw his deep eyes. So pretty.
Soundly she shook her head gainingher voice back. "Um.. yes thats me" she whispered back finally watching the young Carlos Lurenzo with a silent eye. "Well Ms.Mcgruie---"
"Lizzie"
Carlos smilied. "Lizzie, you've called for an appointment, but I'm afriad I don't have much time today. I have a meeting with my father Senor Lurenzo and a business meeting with a few employees" he sounded apologetic as he led the young girl into his office and sat her down on the seat. Lizzie faintly knodded half listening to what he was saying. The other half of her was marveling over the amazingness of the office. It was huge and instead of walls everything was made of glass so he could see in and out of everything. One of of the spacious room showed the wide range of palm trees and in the distant the ocean of Palm Beach Florida and on the other side was a trick mirror. Lizzie remembered that the hallway was made of mirror. Carlos could see all his visitors before they entered his office. She wondered if he could hear them too.
"So Lizzie---"
Lizzie was shot back into reality. "You have something of value for me. Your an archelogoist am I correct?'
"Yes sir." she said with an enoucarging grin knodding her head. Silently her hand wandered to her pocket and felt the shiny object. Carlos knodded. "Well then show me" he insisted with a heart grabbing grin. Lizzie shuurgged as she pulled it out and layed it gently on Carlos's desk.
Carlos leaned forward to examine the find more closely. It was a necklace. It was a simple metal string and hanging from it was an amulet, a large gem that fit perfectly into a human's palm surrounding was a metal carving of a dragon, a griffin, and a unicorn. Carlos looked at it . It was beautiful and brreath taking but he didn't see why it was valuable time-wise. "It is quite a beauty Miam. But I don't see what it would be a value of money for me...."
Lizzie gave a small grin. "Look on the back" she encouraged eyeing softly. Carlos turned it over. Written in exqusite calligraphy was
'Merlin'
Carlos stared for a moment. He raised an eyebrow to Lizzie. "You don't seem much of a phony when you came in Ms.Mcgruie" he said his voice losing all friendlyness that it held before. Lizzie frowned starting up quickly her hands fiddling in her lap nervously. "What? Mr.Lurenzo... I'm-I'm not lying" she whispered. Carlos sighed. "I've had many people come to me with Merlin 'Authenthics' and King Arthur stuff, but none of them have come to prove true. Miss I'm sorry you can't hoax me. I've had to many doubts to believe this is real"
"But Mr.Lurenzo if you listen to my story you'll see that this has to be Merlin's amulet---"
"Ms.Mcguire thank you for your time, but I must be going along now. I musn't be late" Carlos cut her of stand up and wiping his expensive armani suite. Lizzie sighed blowing a blonde tendril away from her face, as she sprinted froward and stole the amazing amulet back into her safety comfines of her pocket. "Yes. Mr.Lurenzo. Have well... Have a nice day" Lizzie muttured quietly stomping out before Carlos could say another word.
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"Hey Lizzie any luck?" Alison Parker, a bright red head girl a yea ror two younger then her. She was one of Lizzie's closest friends now in Florida. She was tall bright and wild at the same time, with a bubbly personilty. Lizzie sighed rolling her eyes as she entered the condo that she shared with Yeni, another great girl friend, who pitied her and let her, Alison, and her other close Arch friend Gabe. "None. He thought it was an fake.Oh but it isn't Alison!!! You,Gabe, and Alexis were there!! Witnesses that I unburied it in Ireland" she exclaimed throwing the amulet onto the coffee table placed neatly in front of the TV.
Alison sighed but gave a smile. "Hey don't worry about it. We'll be out of here in no time. Lurenzo Senor wants You, me , Gabe, Alexis, George, and Gwen to excavate another pyramid down in Egypt" Lizzie wrinkled her nose and sank into the old couch, Alison following in pursuit. When in doubt have a soda. Alison handed her a coke. "Thanks..." Lizzie took a sip and felt the bubble of energy pop inside her from the high amount of caffiene and sugar in the sweet liquid. "I needed that"
Alison knodded with a quick grin. "So whens... egypt?" Lizzie asked wrinkling her nose. Egypt was hot and stinky and very sandy sometimes. And alot of tourists were there. Almost as bad as Florida. Alison chuckled. "Soon. Boss doesn't have an excat date" she shurgged taking a sip of her own sweet beverage. They sat turning on the TV for a minute,hoping to forget all their troubles they had encountered during the day.
Aftter about an hour, the condo door opened and Yeni a young cuban girl with a long sheet of black hair and olive skin and piercing green eyes sighed 2 full bags of grocery in hand. "Lizzie! How did your interview...?" But she stopped when she saw Lizzie's forlorn face and stilll say the amulent was in its house the coffe table. "Oh dear. I'm sorry Liz. If you want I'll pay the re---" Lizzie gave a grin. "Don't worry about it Yeni. I have money to pay for that. Its everything else I'm worried about" she teased but all humour was lost in it all. Yeni gave a small grin as she took the two handfuls of food into the small kitchen. "Wheres Gabe? He said he would cook dinner" Yeni whined as she pulled out a round large chicken. She was hoping to make a nice big turkey just for the fun of it and so they could have many leftovers. Alison shurgged. "He's been done at the beach surfing ever since we got here. I surprised he isnt living there yet" she snorted as she pulled herself from the couch to help Yeni with dinner.
"Do you guys mind if I take a break today? I'd rather just take a bubble bath and reside in my bedroom if you don't mind all to much" Lizzie mummbled standing up and scooping Merlin's necklace along with her. Yeni and Alison looked at Lizzie then at each other taking a moment to think.
"Don't worry bout it Liz. We'll handle this, do you want any?"
Lizzie shook her head. "No thanks. I'll just have a sandwhich"
Lizzie pulled out onto the large kings size bed. There was 5 bedrooms all in the condo. It was rather large, but the bedrooms were closet size each. Each person, Yeni, Alison, Gabe and Lizzie all had their each individual rooms and then their was the move room where a huge bed and a large tv, vcr, and dvd player resided. It was here where all the roomates had movie night or decided to have a sleep over or just to have fun.
Lizzie was the only one in the room now, watching old I love Lucy reruns and snacking down on a bowl of fresh buttery popcorn. Decked in her overlarge pink shirt and plaid pajama bottoms Lizzie had never been more comfortable. She would have felt alot better though if she had sold that necklace. Lowering down the volume Lizzie took the necklace from the side table she layed it on before she took her 2 hour long bubble bath. She felt like she had failed in someway to not sale what was rightfully a artifact of great importance. And soon they were all going to have to run for double jobs. The condo was expensive and they also had to pay a few for flights in and out of the country and such. Lizzie could have phoned her parents long ago but she had never talked to them since she left at 18.
Lizzie held the smooth amulet still in her grasp as she turned back from the bedside table and drew out from its drawer a ragged and dogeared picture. Looking at it Lizzie gave a rare pure smile. It was a picture at her graduation for high school, a few days before the Fight. Around her arms all decked in their navy blue graduation dresses were her two best friends of all time Marianda Sanchez and David 'Gordo' Gordon. They had been inseperable when she lived at home with her parents. They were often known as the 3 musketeers.
Lizzie gave another smile as she traced over their two grinning faces. Marianda was surprised of them all to find that she was graduating. She thought she was going to fail, but Lizzie knew her best friend would make it. Both her parents were major scientists freaks. And Gordo. He had won some special scholarship and she remembered he couldn't have been happier. Next to her there was an obnixious little kid Lizzie remembered all to well.
Matt had jumped into the picture in the last minute posing a thoughtful pose with Lanny his silent best friend who was doing a disco pose. Chuckling, she remembered how mad she was at him for just jumping into the perfect picture. But it made the picture more perfect with him with it.
Of course though she would never admit that.
Silently clutching to the smooth amulet she grinned and sat the picture back down on the side of the table. She really did miss the old days, before that. She wondered what Marianda and Gordo were up to now. She hadn't heard from them like she hadn't heard from her parents since that eventful day. A day she was scarred for life.
But quietly in a voice barely of a whispered her thumb still going over the smooth surface of the she wished with all her heart and mind that she could go back without any scares or pains and just see her friends and family. She missed them so much. She just..... wanted them back again. Sure she loved Yeni, Alison, and Gabe but she could never replace Gordo and Marianda. And she hadn't heard any inscissent nagging from her mother, or any little fatherly cheesy jokes from her dad.
She was willing to even have a Matt trick her with stuffing her jean pockets with shaving cream again.
"Please, I love you all. I wish I can just make things all better" she whispered kissing the photo slightly in hopes to maybe reforge the bond she sad to admit had broke. Silently from beneath her grasp the amulet shook brightly and it flashed so fast that Lizzie hadn't seen or sensed a thing.
Things were going to change.
***
The smell of sizziling bacon and the sound of cheerful laughter and happy noises was what Lizzie had woken up too.
Well actually it was just the bacon.
Lizzie was to dumped to eat any food so last night all she had eaten was about a handful or two of the big bowl of popcorn she made. Pushing the large satin sheets of the big bed aside half asleep she stuck her feet into her pink fuzzy slippers. Florida was a little chilly in the morning during the winter. She dragged herself out of the comfy mattress and her blonde hair a ratsnest and her eyes practically glued shut together.She was practically sleep walking when she came to the kitchen and Yeni, Gabe, and Alison all sat around the small kitchen table eating bacon , eggs, sausage, and other breakfast assortments.
"Well good morning pretty" Gabe teased. He was a tall muscular blonde beach bum being as tan as Lizzie was his bright blonde hair in locks all over his skye blue eyes. Gabe was labeled a 'major hottie' so it wasn't their fault when Lizzie , Alison, and Yeni flirted shamelessly with him. Alison had got it into her crazy mind to
hook Yeni and Gabe together, but Lizzie hadn't seen so many sparks quite yet. But it was still a possibilty.
"Shut up" she rasped as she piled on the food into a plate as she pushed Gabe out of his seat and sa
t down. Gabe jumped out before she could inflict anymore damage on his shoulder. She was known to be lethal in this state of sleepiness. "You could say please" he taunted in a deep voice as he threw his plate into the sink. Yeni rolled her eyes but a smile curled up anyway. Alison watched this with an interest look and flashed it to Lizzie who was all to interested into her food to notice anything.
"So Liz you ok?" Alison said after she failed her third time to make eye contact with her close friend. Lizzie looked up slowly coming from her daze cloggy way and knodded. "Yeah, I'm better. The necklace is pretty. I think I'll keep it for myself" she shurgged as she stuffed a full greasy sausage into her mouth. Alison watched this for a moment and shook her head. "Alrighty then" Yeni and Gabe were chatting around as they washed their own dishes and put it in the drainer when the phone rang. The ringing was harsh in Lizzie's ear and she winced as it rang a second time. "I got it!" Alison and Yeni yelled at the same time and after much squealing and laughing Alison held the phone truimphantly in her left hand.
"Hello Carbone, Lansing, McGuire, Aldah residence how may I help you?" Alison giggled into the phone and smilied thoughtfully. Yeni gave her a daggered glare as she pulled herself from the couch. She was known to be a sore loser. Lizzie finally shoved down the last bit of an egg sadly and looked up as Alison suddenly lost her giggle and laughs. And that didn't happen to often.
"What? Oh um...well sure...hold on a minute"
She stood up with a glazed look as she stumbled from the couch and headed toward Lizzie holding the phone. 'Who is it?' Lizzie mouth as she took a phone and covered the mouthpiece with her palm pushing her fluffy bedhead away from her face. Alison starred for a moment then mouthed. 'Your mother'
Lizzie felt herself froze suddenly. Her mom. Her mom was phoning her? Where in the world did she get this number...?! Her mother. Oh how much she missed her mom. Maybe she could talk to her. Listen to her. Its been so long.... seven years. Seven years without hearing her parents knowing knowlegable voices. Seven long and torturous years. Lizzie flashed a desperately look at Alison, who inturn gave her an encouraging glance and knodded. Silently Lizzie sighed and took her palm from the reciever.
"H-H-Hello-o???"
"Lizzie? Lizzie is that you?" the voice was staticky and hard to hear, but besides that Lizzie felt her eyes glaze over with tears. That voice. She use to hate the worried hopeful voice in middle school .Telling stories beyond stories. She was like her own personal physcatrist. Hormones. Lizzie gave a weak watery chuckle at the thought. "Yes, Yes its me" she whispered quietly back hurrying up hoping for another chance to hear her mother's voice. "Lizzie! Oh its so nice to hear your voice...Ive been searching so hard to find this number... how dear its wonderful....how have you been? Have you been doing well?"
Of course her mother had to know if she was doing well out into the open world. She was her only daughter, a daughter who hadn't talked to her mom for seven long years. It was so like her. "I-I'm I am doing well" she stuttured losing her voice in shock and joy beyond all relief. Gabe and Yeni had left the room when Alison had gave them a pleading stare and Alison was across the table clutching to Lizzie's trembling hand. "Good.... Oh its a relief to know you alright dear... Oh I'm sorry I have to cut short. Oh honey I could talk to you forever...I'm so sorry about what happened... but I'm only allowed a few more minutes...I do have a reason to call" and her mom gave a small watery chuuckle alot like the one Lizzie made a few minutes ago. Lizzie gave a small smile from her heart. "I'm sorry too mom" she whispered quietly biting her lip trying to make it stop trembling. "Oh dear... your starting to static.. let me make this quick... Your brother is engaged!!! Yes Matt's getting married... and dear oh dear we would love to have you at the wedding, please will you come back to see your brother and your dad and me? Please come home Lizzie we miss you so much..." and soon her mom was breaking down roughly into soft sobs. Lizzie tried her hardest but allowed herself one bubbly sob.
Matt was getting married. What a surprise. She didn't know any girl that would stand him long enough to fall in love with him. "Yes" she whispered quietly. "I'll come home. I'll come home"
A/N: MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *cough*
This actually took some while.
Wondering what happened to Lizzie and her family and friends?
And what about that amulet thingie??? Is this all going to work out???
Is that a metoerite coming to destory the earth????
Well ur just going to have to find out in the next eppie ^.^ Oh I just luv suspense.
~MerlinsApprentince