~Always and Forever~
Disclaimer: I really do wish that I owned something worthwhile but sadly; I don't.
I sat with Miranda on our towels watching the boys play Volleyball. I was right; it wasn't my kind of sport. I was sitting on the sidelines and I still got his by the ball. It probably wouldn't have happened if I had been watching what they were doing and not reading a fashion magazine. I watched the game for a while, trying to figure out what Ethan meant about the whole stealing his girl business. Why would Gordo steal me from him? He didn't need to steal me, I was already one of his best friends, and I always have time for my friends. The way I see it, friends come before boyfriends, no matter how cute they are.
"Lizzie, heads up!" I heard Gordo call a split second before I ended up with a ball in my lap.
"Thanks for the warning! A few seconds earlier would have been appreciated too!" I called out.
"Sorry!" he said as he came over to retrieve it from me. He smiled at me and pushed his hair out of his eyes and caught the ball as I threw it to him. My stomach did a funny acrobatic manoeuvre as he smiled but I shook it off as heat stroke. Coincidence okay?! I decided from then on that I would watch the game. I don't understand how people can play games like that for hours and not get bored. I mean come on, back and forth back and forth, drop, back and drop. How repetitive. I felt my mind begin to wander along with my gaze and I looked down the beach to see Kate lying on a towel, staring out to sea. I looked at her for a while and stood up telling Miranda, who was sunning herself that I would be back soon. She waved her hand at me, not speaking. I smiled and walked away from our spot in the shade and continued on down the beach to Kate. I was about to speak to her when I heard something that sounded suspiciously like a sob. I stopped in my tracks and say Kate distinctly wipe at her eyes. She wasn't crying! No way.I stood there in shock, listening to her cry. Why would she be crying? What possible reason?
"Stupid Lizzie. I hate her!"
Ok. I could be the reason.
"She's taken away everything that made me happy. Why is she popular all of a sudden? It's not right. I'm supposed to me popular, she's supposed to be the loser, not me."
Oh. How rude. I was actually going to comfort her, now she was just asking for rudeness.
"Hi Kate." I said, standing over her hunched form on the beach. She looked up and shielded her eyes from the sun and once she saw me she scowled and wiped at her eyes. Muttering about sand in them, yeah right.
"What do you want Loozie?" she asked, adopting back her usual sneer.
"I'm not "Loozie" anymore Kate. I happen to be popular. You should try it sometime." I said, sitting next to her on the sand.
"Look Lizzie, I don't care what you do with you're popularity, but stay away from Ethan alright?"
"Yeah about that. No. Why should I? There's nothing written anywhere that says that I can't hang out with him, he seems to like me enough." Kate snorted.
"It's only because you're popular, he didn't even look at you before that, remember?"
I pretended that I didn't hear her and inspected my nails instead. Sensing that she wasn't going to say anything else I stood up and told her that I would do what I wanted, when I wanted and turned to leave.
"Popularity is a privilege, not a right Lizzie." She said softly and I walked away from her, she thought I didn't hear her but I did.
***
"Hey Lizzie, what did you and Kate talk about?" Ethan asked casually as he sat next to me on another beach towel. Nothing?
"Nothing much, why?" I said leaning back on my arms as I looked out the ocean. Why would Ethan want to know anyway? Unless.Oh my gosh.
"Ethan, come for a swim!" I said standing up and grabbing him by the hand and pulling him out to the water.
"What's wrong Lizzie?" he asked as we splashed around.
"What's wrong?! Why didn't you tell me it was Kate that you have your eye on?" I asked, putting my arms around his shoulders in a loving gesture. Considering I would have loved to be doing this a couple of years ago, now it was no big deal. He put his arms around my waist. Quick this one.
"I thought that if you knew it was Kate then you wouldn't help me." he said shrugging, looking in her direction. I touched him on the chin and pulled his face back to mine.
"Are you kidding? All the more reason to help. Making Kate jealous is something I'm always up for doing! But you know, I help my friends where I can." I added seeing him raise an eyebrow.
"I've been thinking about how we can put our plan into action. We need to be seen out together more, you know, Digital Bean, movies, mini golfing even. All the places where Kate goes, and where people are going to see us and tell her that they saw us." He has that sparkle back in his eyes, the one he got when he talked about Kate. I personally, could not understand what he saw in her. But then again when she wants to be, she can be decent.
"You really like her don't you?" I asked as we walked up the beach, arms around each other's waists.
"Like you wouldn't believe, I feel like Kate understands me. I don't know why, it's just that, I think it might be the whole popular thing, we hang out a lot, well we used to before you guys kinda switched places, know what I mean?" he said looking at me.
I suddenly felt very guilty, I was loving this whole popular thing, even if it wasn't that major and here Ethan was, wanting Kate back and I was stopping her from coming back, but I just want my time to shine. Everyone knows who I am at the moment; it's never been like that. Just once in my life.
"But even though I feel that way, I don't care if she is popular or not, she's still Kate."
He got that right! She's still snooty, annoying, rude, self indulged Kate.
"I'll help you get her Ethan, don't worry, in fact I don't think you'll have to do much." I said as I swung around and walked back in the other direction.
"Ok well all we have to do now is get you and Gordon together." Ethan said, removing his arm from my waist and holding my hand loosely in his.
"Um what Ethan? Gordo and I don't-"
"Like each other? Don't try to kid me Lizzie. You two are made for each other. Soulmates." I gaped at him like a gold fish. No way. Ethan noticed? Noticed nothing I mean. He didn't notice anything. There's nothing to notice.
"There's nothing happening there Ethan." I said, calmly as possible.
"Of course not. Not yet anyway."
Huh!? There never would be, we don't like each other like that, we really don't. We are two thirds of The Three Amigo's. The three amigos do not pair off. I was frowning by the time we got back and Miranda must have noticed because she asked what was wrong.
"Huh? Oh. Oh! Nothing. Just.thinking about things."
"Any things in particular?" Gordo asked, removing his arm from shielding his eyes from the sun to look at me.
"Uh yeah sort of. I mean no. Nothing important anyway. Pretty stupid anyway." I said as I gathered up my beach towel and chucked it into the back of Gordo's car. But I couldn't help thinking how important it really was as we drove down the highway, the hair whipping around my neck.
***
A/N: You'll be glad to know that I don't have any urges now. =D
Disclaimer: I really do wish that I owned something worthwhile but sadly; I don't.
I sat with Miranda on our towels watching the boys play Volleyball. I was right; it wasn't my kind of sport. I was sitting on the sidelines and I still got his by the ball. It probably wouldn't have happened if I had been watching what they were doing and not reading a fashion magazine. I watched the game for a while, trying to figure out what Ethan meant about the whole stealing his girl business. Why would Gordo steal me from him? He didn't need to steal me, I was already one of his best friends, and I always have time for my friends. The way I see it, friends come before boyfriends, no matter how cute they are.
"Lizzie, heads up!" I heard Gordo call a split second before I ended up with a ball in my lap.
"Thanks for the warning! A few seconds earlier would have been appreciated too!" I called out.
"Sorry!" he said as he came over to retrieve it from me. He smiled at me and pushed his hair out of his eyes and caught the ball as I threw it to him. My stomach did a funny acrobatic manoeuvre as he smiled but I shook it off as heat stroke. Coincidence okay?! I decided from then on that I would watch the game. I don't understand how people can play games like that for hours and not get bored. I mean come on, back and forth back and forth, drop, back and drop. How repetitive. I felt my mind begin to wander along with my gaze and I looked down the beach to see Kate lying on a towel, staring out to sea. I looked at her for a while and stood up telling Miranda, who was sunning herself that I would be back soon. She waved her hand at me, not speaking. I smiled and walked away from our spot in the shade and continued on down the beach to Kate. I was about to speak to her when I heard something that sounded suspiciously like a sob. I stopped in my tracks and say Kate distinctly wipe at her eyes. She wasn't crying! No way.I stood there in shock, listening to her cry. Why would she be crying? What possible reason?
"Stupid Lizzie. I hate her!"
Ok. I could be the reason.
"She's taken away everything that made me happy. Why is she popular all of a sudden? It's not right. I'm supposed to me popular, she's supposed to be the loser, not me."
Oh. How rude. I was actually going to comfort her, now she was just asking for rudeness.
"Hi Kate." I said, standing over her hunched form on the beach. She looked up and shielded her eyes from the sun and once she saw me she scowled and wiped at her eyes. Muttering about sand in them, yeah right.
"What do you want Loozie?" she asked, adopting back her usual sneer.
"I'm not "Loozie" anymore Kate. I happen to be popular. You should try it sometime." I said, sitting next to her on the sand.
"Look Lizzie, I don't care what you do with you're popularity, but stay away from Ethan alright?"
"Yeah about that. No. Why should I? There's nothing written anywhere that says that I can't hang out with him, he seems to like me enough." Kate snorted.
"It's only because you're popular, he didn't even look at you before that, remember?"
I pretended that I didn't hear her and inspected my nails instead. Sensing that she wasn't going to say anything else I stood up and told her that I would do what I wanted, when I wanted and turned to leave.
"Popularity is a privilege, not a right Lizzie." She said softly and I walked away from her, she thought I didn't hear her but I did.
***
"Hey Lizzie, what did you and Kate talk about?" Ethan asked casually as he sat next to me on another beach towel. Nothing?
"Nothing much, why?" I said leaning back on my arms as I looked out the ocean. Why would Ethan want to know anyway? Unless.Oh my gosh.
"Ethan, come for a swim!" I said standing up and grabbing him by the hand and pulling him out to the water.
"What's wrong Lizzie?" he asked as we splashed around.
"What's wrong?! Why didn't you tell me it was Kate that you have your eye on?" I asked, putting my arms around his shoulders in a loving gesture. Considering I would have loved to be doing this a couple of years ago, now it was no big deal. He put his arms around my waist. Quick this one.
"I thought that if you knew it was Kate then you wouldn't help me." he said shrugging, looking in her direction. I touched him on the chin and pulled his face back to mine.
"Are you kidding? All the more reason to help. Making Kate jealous is something I'm always up for doing! But you know, I help my friends where I can." I added seeing him raise an eyebrow.
"I've been thinking about how we can put our plan into action. We need to be seen out together more, you know, Digital Bean, movies, mini golfing even. All the places where Kate goes, and where people are going to see us and tell her that they saw us." He has that sparkle back in his eyes, the one he got when he talked about Kate. I personally, could not understand what he saw in her. But then again when she wants to be, she can be decent.
"You really like her don't you?" I asked as we walked up the beach, arms around each other's waists.
"Like you wouldn't believe, I feel like Kate understands me. I don't know why, it's just that, I think it might be the whole popular thing, we hang out a lot, well we used to before you guys kinda switched places, know what I mean?" he said looking at me.
I suddenly felt very guilty, I was loving this whole popular thing, even if it wasn't that major and here Ethan was, wanting Kate back and I was stopping her from coming back, but I just want my time to shine. Everyone knows who I am at the moment; it's never been like that. Just once in my life.
"But even though I feel that way, I don't care if she is popular or not, she's still Kate."
He got that right! She's still snooty, annoying, rude, self indulged Kate.
"I'll help you get her Ethan, don't worry, in fact I don't think you'll have to do much." I said as I swung around and walked back in the other direction.
"Ok well all we have to do now is get you and Gordon together." Ethan said, removing his arm from my waist and holding my hand loosely in his.
"Um what Ethan? Gordo and I don't-"
"Like each other? Don't try to kid me Lizzie. You two are made for each other. Soulmates." I gaped at him like a gold fish. No way. Ethan noticed? Noticed nothing I mean. He didn't notice anything. There's nothing to notice.
"There's nothing happening there Ethan." I said, calmly as possible.
"Of course not. Not yet anyway."
Huh!? There never would be, we don't like each other like that, we really don't. We are two thirds of The Three Amigo's. The three amigos do not pair off. I was frowning by the time we got back and Miranda must have noticed because she asked what was wrong.
"Huh? Oh. Oh! Nothing. Just.thinking about things."
"Any things in particular?" Gordo asked, removing his arm from shielding his eyes from the sun to look at me.
"Uh yeah sort of. I mean no. Nothing important anyway. Pretty stupid anyway." I said as I gathered up my beach towel and chucked it into the back of Gordo's car. But I couldn't help thinking how important it really was as we drove down the highway, the hair whipping around my neck.
***
A/N: You'll be glad to know that I don't have any urges now. =D