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I DO NOT OWN LIZZIE MCGUIRE
Last Laugh
Chapter Five
~Gordo~
On the afternoon of Lizzie's date, Gordo could hardly stand still, he was so nervous. What if this date went really well? What if this became a permanent thing? If so, Gordo may have lost his chance to ever be with Lizzie. Lizzie may never return the love that he had for her.
The tension was so high in Gordo's mind, that he decided he needed some fresh air. He decided maybe he should go to the park and clear his head.
~~~
~Lizzie~
The walk to Lizzie's house from the restaurant was normally a thirty-minute walk, but Lizzie decided to take a stroll and think things over.
Since when did life get so strange and so off the flow it started on? When did it get so hard to love your best friend as more than a friend? She was excited and thrilled to hear that Gordo loved her, but at the same time, it complicated things so much. This meant that all she had to do was tell him that she loved him back and have everything flow the way everything was intended to flow. The mystery of whether he liked her was her safe zone, because nothing wrong could ever happen to ruin their friendship, but the reality seemed more exciting because as complicated as it was, it was something they both wanted.
Lizzie felt weird because she felt confused yet so sure of herself at the moment. She knew the only way to satisfy her heart was to find him and talk to him about the whole thing.
~
Lizzie was so wrapped up in her thoughts; she barely realized that she was almost home. She was at the park five minutes away from her house. She decided to spend a few minutes in the park before going home and calling Gordo.
About fifty feet away from her, Lizzie couldn't believe who she saw. There, sitting in the grass, looking in the direction away from her, she noticed Gordo. It must be some sort of sign, she thought. After a few seconds of debating about what to do, she walked up to him.
"Hi," she said, sort of quietly.
Gordo turned his head back, and looked at his best friend, "Hi."
Lizzie sat down beside him in the grass, "Mind if I join you?"
Gordo shook his head, "No, go ahead."
After a brief moment of silence, Gordo spoke, "So, how was your date?"
Lizzie looked at Gordo, who didn't look like he was too eager for an answer, "Ehh, I've had better."
Gordo looked at Lizzie, confused, "But I thought that was your first date."
"It was," Lizzie said, "And not dating anyone is better than dating Martin Smith."
"Oh," Gordo said, nodding his head. He looked down, trying to hide his smile. Lizzie noticed this.
A few more minutes of silence passed, both of them too nervous to speak. Gordo was playing with the grass and Lizzie was looking around, trying to think of something to say.
"I haven't been to this park in a long time," Lizzie said.
Gordo nodded his head, "Neither have I."
"You know," she said, "I remember that summer where this was our favorite hang out. When we weren't swimming, we were over here, goofing off."
"Yeah," he said, "those were the days before the Digital Bean."
"Times sure have changed," Lizzie said.
"Yeah," Gordo said, "I guess they have."
"In fact, I don't think I have really been to this park since that last weekend," Lizzie laughed nervously, because she had a plan, "Do you remember that weekend?"
Gordo thought about it, "No. What happened?"
Lizzie laughed, "We were waiting for Miranda to go swimming and I asked you if you believed in love at first sight."
Gordo gulped. He sort of remembered this day, but he couldn't remember what he said in response. "And what did I say?"
Lizzie smiled, "You told me to ask you in a few years."
Gordo nodded his head, "Oh, okay."
"So, here we are, five years later. What do you have to say for yourself?"
Gordo rolled his eyes. He knew this was coming, "I still plead the fifth."
"Oh," Lizzie said, somewhat disappointed, "Well, what about the other question I asked."
"What other question?"
"Have you ever been in love?"
Gordo could feel himself turning red, "You sure do have a good memory."
"Well," Lizzie said, "I am a girl. I remember things like this."
"Wow," Gordo said, looking down at the grass.
"So, have you ever been in love?"
Gordo's face turned a deeper shade of red, "Don't you think that question is kind of personal?"
Lizzie shrugged, "Fine, whatever Gordo. I was just trying to talk to you. I would tell you the truth if you asked me."
Gordo looked at Lizzie, a little hurt, "You've been in love before?"
Lizzie smiled and shook her head, "You didn't tell me. Why should I tell you?"
Gordo shrugged it off, "It was probably with Ethan Craft, anyway."
Lizzie laughed "Not!"
"Then with who?"
It got silent for a moment as Lizzie looked over at Gordo, "Who said I was ever in love in the first place?"
Gordo shrugged, "Nobody. I just assumed that. . ."
Lizzie cut him off, "You assumed that I had been in love with someone?"
Gordo nodded, "Yeah, I guess so."
"Well," Lizzie said, taking a deep breath, "I guess you are right in a way."
Gordo looked at Lizzie, "Oh. Okay," he felt hurt. "Well, I guess I better be going." Gordo stood up.
Lizzie got up as well, "Wait! Don't you want to know who I am in love with?"
Gordo shook his head, "No, not really."
Lizzie took in a deep breath. She needed to tell him now if she was going to tell him at all, "But what if I was in love with you?"
Gordo froze and looked at Lizzie, who was smiling, "What?"
"Gordo, I have loved you for a long time." Lizzie took his hand with hers and held it.
Gordo gulped. He didn't know what to say. "Th-thank you." He then tried to let go of her hand.
Lizzie sighed with frustration, "Wait! Please! Say something!"
Gordo looked at her, and the way she was smiling, which was genuine. He took both of her hands and said, "Are you sure you are not joking?"
Lizzie nodded her head, still smiling, "Cross my heart."
Gordo felt himself grinning, "Wow! This is so funny!"
Lizzie's smile suddenly turned to a frown, "What's so funny about it?"
"It's funny because I love you, too."
Lizzie smiled again, "Really?"
Gordo nodded his head, "Yeah, I guess I was too scarred to tell you."
Both of them looked at each other and found themselves confused, "So what happens now?"
"I don't know. I guess we go out on a date or something."
"Or something," Lizzie echoed, suddenly remembering something else from that day at the park, and she smiled, "But first I want you to kiss me."
Gordo didn't know whether to feel confused, happy or embarrassed by Lizzie's words, "What?"
"You heard me! I want you to kiss me."
Gordo looked around, "Right here? Right now?"
Lizzie nodded her head, "Why not?"
Gordo shrugged, "Um, okay." Nervously, Gordo leaned in and Lizzie did as well and Gordo kissed Lizzie lightly on the lips. Gordo started to pull back, but Lizzie, feeling bold, pulled him back to her and kissed him more passionately and longer than before.
When they finally pulled away from each other, Lizzie had a smile on her facem while Gordo was confused, "What was that for?"
Lizzie laughed at her obnoxious friend, "I was just showing the world how much I loved you, that's all. Did you not like it?"
Gordo smiled, "No, it was fine. It was just so sudden, that's all."
Lizzie smiled and kissed him lightly on the cheek, "See, I told you."
Gordo looked at Lizzie, confused, "What are you talking about?"
"You told me that you would never kiss anyone in public, but you just did."
"When did I say that?"
"A few summers ago, that same day I asked you about love."
"Oh, yeah, I remember now," he said, and he smiled again, "Well, I was naïve back then."
"So its okay if I kiss you in public?"
"Only if I can kiss you back," Gordo said, pulling Lizzie into another, longer kiss.
In the middle of the kiss, Lizzie couldn't help but overhearing a younger male voice say, "Eww! They are kissing! That is so gross!"
"It's not that gross, Tommy. I think it's romantic," a younger female voice said.
"Well, I am never doing that!"
"You never know, maybe one day you will change your mind."
"Ha! When pigs fly!"
Lizzie pulled away from Gordo, smiling, "I guess I got the last laugh after all."
Gordo rolled his eyes, "Just this once."
"Oh, but Gordo? Don't you remember that time you said you would never kiss a blonde?" Lizzie smiled.
"I was four!!!"
"So? I told you that someday you would kiss a blonde."
"Okay! Fine! You win!" Gordo laughed and took Lizzie's hand. Together, they walked home and started planning their first date.
~~~
~The End~
I DO NOT OWN LIZZIE MCGUIRE
Last Laugh
Chapter Five
~Gordo~
On the afternoon of Lizzie's date, Gordo could hardly stand still, he was so nervous. What if this date went really well? What if this became a permanent thing? If so, Gordo may have lost his chance to ever be with Lizzie. Lizzie may never return the love that he had for her.
The tension was so high in Gordo's mind, that he decided he needed some fresh air. He decided maybe he should go to the park and clear his head.
~~~
~Lizzie~
The walk to Lizzie's house from the restaurant was normally a thirty-minute walk, but Lizzie decided to take a stroll and think things over.
Since when did life get so strange and so off the flow it started on? When did it get so hard to love your best friend as more than a friend? She was excited and thrilled to hear that Gordo loved her, but at the same time, it complicated things so much. This meant that all she had to do was tell him that she loved him back and have everything flow the way everything was intended to flow. The mystery of whether he liked her was her safe zone, because nothing wrong could ever happen to ruin their friendship, but the reality seemed more exciting because as complicated as it was, it was something they both wanted.
Lizzie felt weird because she felt confused yet so sure of herself at the moment. She knew the only way to satisfy her heart was to find him and talk to him about the whole thing.
~
Lizzie was so wrapped up in her thoughts; she barely realized that she was almost home. She was at the park five minutes away from her house. She decided to spend a few minutes in the park before going home and calling Gordo.
About fifty feet away from her, Lizzie couldn't believe who she saw. There, sitting in the grass, looking in the direction away from her, she noticed Gordo. It must be some sort of sign, she thought. After a few seconds of debating about what to do, she walked up to him.
"Hi," she said, sort of quietly.
Gordo turned his head back, and looked at his best friend, "Hi."
Lizzie sat down beside him in the grass, "Mind if I join you?"
Gordo shook his head, "No, go ahead."
After a brief moment of silence, Gordo spoke, "So, how was your date?"
Lizzie looked at Gordo, who didn't look like he was too eager for an answer, "Ehh, I've had better."
Gordo looked at Lizzie, confused, "But I thought that was your first date."
"It was," Lizzie said, "And not dating anyone is better than dating Martin Smith."
"Oh," Gordo said, nodding his head. He looked down, trying to hide his smile. Lizzie noticed this.
A few more minutes of silence passed, both of them too nervous to speak. Gordo was playing with the grass and Lizzie was looking around, trying to think of something to say.
"I haven't been to this park in a long time," Lizzie said.
Gordo nodded his head, "Neither have I."
"You know," she said, "I remember that summer where this was our favorite hang out. When we weren't swimming, we were over here, goofing off."
"Yeah," he said, "those were the days before the Digital Bean."
"Times sure have changed," Lizzie said.
"Yeah," Gordo said, "I guess they have."
"In fact, I don't think I have really been to this park since that last weekend," Lizzie laughed nervously, because she had a plan, "Do you remember that weekend?"
Gordo thought about it, "No. What happened?"
Lizzie laughed, "We were waiting for Miranda to go swimming and I asked you if you believed in love at first sight."
Gordo gulped. He sort of remembered this day, but he couldn't remember what he said in response. "And what did I say?"
Lizzie smiled, "You told me to ask you in a few years."
Gordo nodded his head, "Oh, okay."
"So, here we are, five years later. What do you have to say for yourself?"
Gordo rolled his eyes. He knew this was coming, "I still plead the fifth."
"Oh," Lizzie said, somewhat disappointed, "Well, what about the other question I asked."
"What other question?"
"Have you ever been in love?"
Gordo could feel himself turning red, "You sure do have a good memory."
"Well," Lizzie said, "I am a girl. I remember things like this."
"Wow," Gordo said, looking down at the grass.
"So, have you ever been in love?"
Gordo's face turned a deeper shade of red, "Don't you think that question is kind of personal?"
Lizzie shrugged, "Fine, whatever Gordo. I was just trying to talk to you. I would tell you the truth if you asked me."
Gordo looked at Lizzie, a little hurt, "You've been in love before?"
Lizzie smiled and shook her head, "You didn't tell me. Why should I tell you?"
Gordo shrugged it off, "It was probably with Ethan Craft, anyway."
Lizzie laughed "Not!"
"Then with who?"
It got silent for a moment as Lizzie looked over at Gordo, "Who said I was ever in love in the first place?"
Gordo shrugged, "Nobody. I just assumed that. . ."
Lizzie cut him off, "You assumed that I had been in love with someone?"
Gordo nodded, "Yeah, I guess so."
"Well," Lizzie said, taking a deep breath, "I guess you are right in a way."
Gordo looked at Lizzie, "Oh. Okay," he felt hurt. "Well, I guess I better be going." Gordo stood up.
Lizzie got up as well, "Wait! Don't you want to know who I am in love with?"
Gordo shook his head, "No, not really."
Lizzie took in a deep breath. She needed to tell him now if she was going to tell him at all, "But what if I was in love with you?"
Gordo froze and looked at Lizzie, who was smiling, "What?"
"Gordo, I have loved you for a long time." Lizzie took his hand with hers and held it.
Gordo gulped. He didn't know what to say. "Th-thank you." He then tried to let go of her hand.
Lizzie sighed with frustration, "Wait! Please! Say something!"
Gordo looked at her, and the way she was smiling, which was genuine. He took both of her hands and said, "Are you sure you are not joking?"
Lizzie nodded her head, still smiling, "Cross my heart."
Gordo felt himself grinning, "Wow! This is so funny!"
Lizzie's smile suddenly turned to a frown, "What's so funny about it?"
"It's funny because I love you, too."
Lizzie smiled again, "Really?"
Gordo nodded his head, "Yeah, I guess I was too scarred to tell you."
Both of them looked at each other and found themselves confused, "So what happens now?"
"I don't know. I guess we go out on a date or something."
"Or something," Lizzie echoed, suddenly remembering something else from that day at the park, and she smiled, "But first I want you to kiss me."
Gordo didn't know whether to feel confused, happy or embarrassed by Lizzie's words, "What?"
"You heard me! I want you to kiss me."
Gordo looked around, "Right here? Right now?"
Lizzie nodded her head, "Why not?"
Gordo shrugged, "Um, okay." Nervously, Gordo leaned in and Lizzie did as well and Gordo kissed Lizzie lightly on the lips. Gordo started to pull back, but Lizzie, feeling bold, pulled him back to her and kissed him more passionately and longer than before.
When they finally pulled away from each other, Lizzie had a smile on her facem while Gordo was confused, "What was that for?"
Lizzie laughed at her obnoxious friend, "I was just showing the world how much I loved you, that's all. Did you not like it?"
Gordo smiled, "No, it was fine. It was just so sudden, that's all."
Lizzie smiled and kissed him lightly on the cheek, "See, I told you."
Gordo looked at Lizzie, confused, "What are you talking about?"
"You told me that you would never kiss anyone in public, but you just did."
"When did I say that?"
"A few summers ago, that same day I asked you about love."
"Oh, yeah, I remember now," he said, and he smiled again, "Well, I was naïve back then."
"So its okay if I kiss you in public?"
"Only if I can kiss you back," Gordo said, pulling Lizzie into another, longer kiss.
In the middle of the kiss, Lizzie couldn't help but overhearing a younger male voice say, "Eww! They are kissing! That is so gross!"
"It's not that gross, Tommy. I think it's romantic," a younger female voice said.
"Well, I am never doing that!"
"You never know, maybe one day you will change your mind."
"Ha! When pigs fly!"
Lizzie pulled away from Gordo, smiling, "I guess I got the last laugh after all."
Gordo rolled his eyes, "Just this once."
"Oh, but Gordo? Don't you remember that time you said you would never kiss a blonde?" Lizzie smiled.
"I was four!!!"
"So? I told you that someday you would kiss a blonde."
"Okay! Fine! You win!" Gordo laughed and took Lizzie's hand. Together, they walked home and started planning their first date.
~~~
~The End~