The Perfect Night-Chapter 2
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"Gordo, I'm so sorry" Lizzie stopped laughing and solemnly looked at Gordo.
"Lizzie, she's had that coming for a long time now." Gordo laughed and turned towards the door, motioning Lizzie to follow him.
"But why were you guys barely dressed. . .And what does she mean by 'play'? Lizzie followed him inside and shut the door.
"She came over late last night to apologize for getting mad when I left to go to your house. Then I started taking pictures of her for my photography class final. You know I sleep in boxers!" Gordo flashed Lizzie a smile while he pulled a t-shirt over his head. Lizzie stared at his perfectly formed body.
"Actually I didn't know that." Lizzie walked over closer to him.
"Well now you do." Gordo laughed and plopped down on the coach pulling Lizzie down with him to where she was sitting in his lap with his arms around her waist. "So what's wrong?"
"I found out that Ryan broke up with me for Kate." Lizzie said biting her lip. "I don't know if I can face her tomorrow at school."
"Lizzie, you are one of the strongest people I know. And if you do happen to stumble sometimes Miranda and I are always going to be right there to catch you. Because you do the same for us." Gordo traced her jaw line with the back of his hand.
"Gordo, do you ever feel so horrible one minute and then perfect the next?" Lizzie asked him.
"I do. . .why?" Gordo looked at her quizzically.
"Because that's how I feel right now." Lizzie smiled. Gordo thought about what to say next.
"Was it just like BOOM?" Gordo had reached over and grabbed a pillow and hit her in the head with it on the 'boom'.
"DAVID GORDON! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! YOU MESSED UP MY HAIR!" Lizzie screamed as she leaped off of him to grab a pillow for herself. The two started a pillow fight. Lizzie threw a pillow at him but he ducked and it knocked a vase off a table. It shattered. They stopped dead in their tracks.
"DAVID GORDON!" They both heard his mother yell from upstairs. "WHAT IS GOING ON DOWN THERE?"
"Come on! LIZZIE! COME ON!" Gordo grabbed Lizzie's hand and pulled her out the back door. They ran towards the old tree house in his backyard. The quickly climbed up the latter and shut the door.
"Wow that was close." Gordo laughed out of breath.
"Yeah I know. We haven't been up here since 6th grade." Lizzie smiled looking around.
"Brings back memories doesn't it?" Gordo moved over beside her. "Like the time you and Miranda wanted to make an all girls club and you locked me out!"
"And the time we dropped Miranda's Barbie doll she'd left up here over the fence and before we could get it back the dog ate it!"
"And the time I fell off the latter and broke my arm and you kissed me to make it feel better." Gordo finished and they sat silent for a minute.
"Gordo. . .I. . ." Lizzie started as she leaned in closer to him. She adjusted her body to where she was facing him fully and put one hand behind his head to pull him in. They shut their eyes and. . .
"DAVID GORDON! Get in here and clean up this mess you made with Grandma's vase! You are going to have to explain this to your father when he gets home. I know you and Lizzie are up in that tree house! Come down here now! And is Lizzie staying for dinner?? DAVID!" They jumped apart at his mother's voice. Gordo exhaled disappointedly and Lizzie smiled shyly.
"We better go she sounds pretty mad." Gordo said moving towards the door.
"Yeah." Lizzie followed him down the latter.
"Do you want to stay for dinner?" Gordo asked.
"Yeah, just lemme call and tell my mom." Lizzie smiled and entered the house to use the phone.
"God, She's beautiful." Gordo smiled as he watched Lizzie disappear inside. He collected himself and then entered in behind her.
"Lizzie thank you so much for setting the table. I know it would be too much for my lazy son to do anything to help out his poor mother." Mrs. Gordon exclaimed as she tossed a salad.
"It's no problem." Lizzie responded and smiled over at Gordo who was sneering from the stairs. Lizzie noticed he'd changed into jeans and a hoodie, since it was still a little cool outside.
"I do plenty around her mom." Gordo protested and then moved over behind Lizzie. He wrapped his arms around her waist and looked over her shoulder. Lizzie stopped folding napkins and turned her head to look at him.
"Can I help you?" She asked.
"No." Gordo answered slyly.
"Then move cause I'm trying to set the table." Lizzie laughed as he pulled away reluctantly.
As soon as everything was finished they all sat down. It was Mr. Gordon at the head, His wife to the left, Lizzie to the right and Gordo at the other end.
"Lizzie since you're our guest would you do the honors of blessing the food?" Mr. Gordon asked.
"Okay, but I'm not Jewish, so its going to sound REALLY Baptist to you." Mr. And Mrs. Gordon laughed and she proceeded. "Dear Lord, Bless this food to our bodies and keep us well, In Jesus name I pray. Amen." She looked up at her best friend's parents for approval.
"That was good Lizzie. We always are open to other beliefs." Everyone laughed and Lizzie smiled.
"Okay lets eat!" Gordo cried. After the spaghetti, salad, green beans and corn were all passed around they begun to talk about school and finals as they ate. Soon the subject of prom came up.
"So, Lizzie," Mrs. Gordon started. "I'm guess you and Ryan are going to prom together?" Gordo looked sharply at his mother and then supporting over at Lizzie, ready to jump in anytime.
"Um. . .Actually no. We broke up. So the wedding is off. And so is prom." Lizzie smiled weakly and stared into her plate.
"Oh, I'm sorry dear! I hope everything works out. I would say go with Gordo but I know he's already going with Emily." Mrs. Gordon laughed. Gordo shot his mom another sharp look.
"Um, no mom we aren't. We broke up today." Gordo continued to glare at his mother as if to say 'Shut the hell up.'
"Oh, dear." Mrs. Gordon said and stared into her own plate. They sat in silence for the rest of dinner. The two adults got up to clear the table and get the dessert. As soon as they were gone Gordo spoke up.
"I'm sorry Lizzie. I couldn't get her to shut up. She keep digging herself in deeper and deeper." Gordo reached out and touched Lizzie's arm.
"It's okay! Really. I'm fine." Lizzie smiled and looked into his eyes.
"Do you want to go somewhere with me?" Gordo asked.
"Where?"
"It's a surprise." Gordo smiled.
"Okay lets go!" Lizzie jumped up and ran to get her purse from the couch. Gordo entered the kitchen.
"Mom, Me and Lizzie are going somewhere kay?" Gordo reached and grabbed a cookie off the plate.
"Okay just be back by curfew."
"Okay." Gordo exited and grabbed Lizzie's hand on the way out the door. They jumped into his car agreeing to get Lizzie's car later. As he pulled out of the driveway Gordo took a bite out of his cookie.
"Oooh. Give me some." Lizzie squealed.
"Okay." Gordo broke the cookie in half.
"Your half is bigger!" Lizzie exclaimed.
"Is not!"
"IS TOO!" Lizzie grabbed for his half and bit a little bite off it. "There." She said and handed the cookie back to Gordo.
"Just the way I like it." Gordo said under his breath.
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"Gordo, I'm so sorry" Lizzie stopped laughing and solemnly looked at Gordo.
"Lizzie, she's had that coming for a long time now." Gordo laughed and turned towards the door, motioning Lizzie to follow him.
"But why were you guys barely dressed. . .And what does she mean by 'play'? Lizzie followed him inside and shut the door.
"She came over late last night to apologize for getting mad when I left to go to your house. Then I started taking pictures of her for my photography class final. You know I sleep in boxers!" Gordo flashed Lizzie a smile while he pulled a t-shirt over his head. Lizzie stared at his perfectly formed body.
"Actually I didn't know that." Lizzie walked over closer to him.
"Well now you do." Gordo laughed and plopped down on the coach pulling Lizzie down with him to where she was sitting in his lap with his arms around her waist. "So what's wrong?"
"I found out that Ryan broke up with me for Kate." Lizzie said biting her lip. "I don't know if I can face her tomorrow at school."
"Lizzie, you are one of the strongest people I know. And if you do happen to stumble sometimes Miranda and I are always going to be right there to catch you. Because you do the same for us." Gordo traced her jaw line with the back of his hand.
"Gordo, do you ever feel so horrible one minute and then perfect the next?" Lizzie asked him.
"I do. . .why?" Gordo looked at her quizzically.
"Because that's how I feel right now." Lizzie smiled. Gordo thought about what to say next.
"Was it just like BOOM?" Gordo had reached over and grabbed a pillow and hit her in the head with it on the 'boom'.
"DAVID GORDON! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! YOU MESSED UP MY HAIR!" Lizzie screamed as she leaped off of him to grab a pillow for herself. The two started a pillow fight. Lizzie threw a pillow at him but he ducked and it knocked a vase off a table. It shattered. They stopped dead in their tracks.
"DAVID GORDON!" They both heard his mother yell from upstairs. "WHAT IS GOING ON DOWN THERE?"
"Come on! LIZZIE! COME ON!" Gordo grabbed Lizzie's hand and pulled her out the back door. They ran towards the old tree house in his backyard. The quickly climbed up the latter and shut the door.
"Wow that was close." Gordo laughed out of breath.
"Yeah I know. We haven't been up here since 6th grade." Lizzie smiled looking around.
"Brings back memories doesn't it?" Gordo moved over beside her. "Like the time you and Miranda wanted to make an all girls club and you locked me out!"
"And the time we dropped Miranda's Barbie doll she'd left up here over the fence and before we could get it back the dog ate it!"
"And the time I fell off the latter and broke my arm and you kissed me to make it feel better." Gordo finished and they sat silent for a minute.
"Gordo. . .I. . ." Lizzie started as she leaned in closer to him. She adjusted her body to where she was facing him fully and put one hand behind his head to pull him in. They shut their eyes and. . .
"DAVID GORDON! Get in here and clean up this mess you made with Grandma's vase! You are going to have to explain this to your father when he gets home. I know you and Lizzie are up in that tree house! Come down here now! And is Lizzie staying for dinner?? DAVID!" They jumped apart at his mother's voice. Gordo exhaled disappointedly and Lizzie smiled shyly.
"We better go she sounds pretty mad." Gordo said moving towards the door.
"Yeah." Lizzie followed him down the latter.
"Do you want to stay for dinner?" Gordo asked.
"Yeah, just lemme call and tell my mom." Lizzie smiled and entered the house to use the phone.
"God, She's beautiful." Gordo smiled as he watched Lizzie disappear inside. He collected himself and then entered in behind her.
"Lizzie thank you so much for setting the table. I know it would be too much for my lazy son to do anything to help out his poor mother." Mrs. Gordon exclaimed as she tossed a salad.
"It's no problem." Lizzie responded and smiled over at Gordo who was sneering from the stairs. Lizzie noticed he'd changed into jeans and a hoodie, since it was still a little cool outside.
"I do plenty around her mom." Gordo protested and then moved over behind Lizzie. He wrapped his arms around her waist and looked over her shoulder. Lizzie stopped folding napkins and turned her head to look at him.
"Can I help you?" She asked.
"No." Gordo answered slyly.
"Then move cause I'm trying to set the table." Lizzie laughed as he pulled away reluctantly.
As soon as everything was finished they all sat down. It was Mr. Gordon at the head, His wife to the left, Lizzie to the right and Gordo at the other end.
"Lizzie since you're our guest would you do the honors of blessing the food?" Mr. Gordon asked.
"Okay, but I'm not Jewish, so its going to sound REALLY Baptist to you." Mr. And Mrs. Gordon laughed and she proceeded. "Dear Lord, Bless this food to our bodies and keep us well, In Jesus name I pray. Amen." She looked up at her best friend's parents for approval.
"That was good Lizzie. We always are open to other beliefs." Everyone laughed and Lizzie smiled.
"Okay lets eat!" Gordo cried. After the spaghetti, salad, green beans and corn were all passed around they begun to talk about school and finals as they ate. Soon the subject of prom came up.
"So, Lizzie," Mrs. Gordon started. "I'm guess you and Ryan are going to prom together?" Gordo looked sharply at his mother and then supporting over at Lizzie, ready to jump in anytime.
"Um. . .Actually no. We broke up. So the wedding is off. And so is prom." Lizzie smiled weakly and stared into her plate.
"Oh, I'm sorry dear! I hope everything works out. I would say go with Gordo but I know he's already going with Emily." Mrs. Gordon laughed. Gordo shot his mom another sharp look.
"Um, no mom we aren't. We broke up today." Gordo continued to glare at his mother as if to say 'Shut the hell up.'
"Oh, dear." Mrs. Gordon said and stared into her own plate. They sat in silence for the rest of dinner. The two adults got up to clear the table and get the dessert. As soon as they were gone Gordo spoke up.
"I'm sorry Lizzie. I couldn't get her to shut up. She keep digging herself in deeper and deeper." Gordo reached out and touched Lizzie's arm.
"It's okay! Really. I'm fine." Lizzie smiled and looked into his eyes.
"Do you want to go somewhere with me?" Gordo asked.
"Where?"
"It's a surprise." Gordo smiled.
"Okay lets go!" Lizzie jumped up and ran to get her purse from the couch. Gordo entered the kitchen.
"Mom, Me and Lizzie are going somewhere kay?" Gordo reached and grabbed a cookie off the plate.
"Okay just be back by curfew."
"Okay." Gordo exited and grabbed Lizzie's hand on the way out the door. They jumped into his car agreeing to get Lizzie's car later. As he pulled out of the driveway Gordo took a bite out of his cookie.
"Oooh. Give me some." Lizzie squealed.
"Okay." Gordo broke the cookie in half.
"Your half is bigger!" Lizzie exclaimed.
"Is not!"
"IS TOO!" Lizzie grabbed for his half and bit a little bite off it. "There." She said and handed the cookie back to Gordo.
"Just the way I like it." Gordo said under his breath.