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Miranda woke up the next morning. Yawning, she ran a hand through her raven hair and sat up. She glanced out the window and felt her heart leap. There was snow outside! Not just a dusting of snow, but inches of snow! Excitedly, she attempted to jump out of bed but hadn't realized her legs were tangled and instead of landed in a heap on the floor.
"Miranda, are you all right?" her mother called, knocking on the door before poking her head through.
"Sí, I'm fine," she muttered, untangling her legs from the blankets.
Her mother let out an amused chuckle and nodded towards the window. "Have you looked outside?"
Miranda nodded. "Yeah, do you care if I go sledding with Lizzie and Gordo, after school?"
"Be careful," she replied, shutting the door behind her.
Freed from the blanket, she ran over to her closet and pulled out a pine green sweater then a pair of slick jogging pants the same color. She knew the combination was a little unusual but she'd be wearing a coat. Finally dressed, she picked up her phone from the dresser and simultaneously called the two numbers then connected them before either had answer.
"Hello?" Lizzie and Gordo asked in unison.
"Get ready we're going sled riding after school!" Miranda squealed happily.
"Yes!" Lizzie exclaimed happily.
"Does anyone have a sled?" Gordo asked in his usual sensible way. Both girls were silent, Gordo laughed. "I've got money, I'll buy toboggans."
"Who's driving?" Lizzie asked.
"I will," Miranda replied. "I'll drive you both to school, and then after school we'll go." She hung up the phone. She knew sledding was something kids did, but it was her last year before she became an adult, she had to break loose and get a little wild and crazy.
She pulled her hair back, grabbed a ski hat, yanked it down over her ears, then ran down the stairs and out the door.
The car warmed up quickly and she easily glided it along the well salted streets until she was in front of the McGuire household. Lizzie was waiting outside and quickly climbed into the car.
"Are you going to tell him?" Miranda asked, directing the car onto the street.
Lizzie sighed. "Not yet, I'm trying to wait for the perfect moment."
Miranda rolled her eyes as she turned onto Gordo's street. "There will never be a perfect moment, you just gotta do it."
"He's outside waiting," Lizzie pointed out, bluntly ending the subject.
Miranda glared at her but her look went unnoticed as Gordo opened the car door and climbed inside.
"Hello."
The girls replied their greeting then Miranda drove to the school. She never realized how long a school day could be while she excited. She was completely ecstatic when the bell rang and ran outside to meet Lizzie. Gordo was waiting leaning against the car. He smiled as Miranda jogged up. She grabbed her keys and unlocked the car, and quickly turned on the heat. She didn't get a chance to say much to Gordo, because Lizzie quickly joined them and climbed inside the car.
glanced in the mirror at him. "Do you have any idea where we can get a sled at?"
"Drive to Wal-Mart, there's nothing they don't have," he replied.
Miranda nodded then drove them to the destination. Gordo had been right as he usually was, they quickly found the sleds and paid for three then hurried back to the car. Miranda drove to a hillside overlooking a long forgotten park.
The trio climbed out of the car, pulling on gloves. Lizzie raced towards the top her pink toboggan in tow. Miranda firmly grasped the plastic handles of her green one as she carefully lowered herself into it. She glanced on both sides. Lizzie and Gordo were poised to go. "Ready, set, go!" she exclaimed, pushing herself off with her feet.
Miranda laughed as she heard her friends' excited exclamations as they sped down the snow covered hill. With a squeal Lizzie tumbled off of hers and into the snow but she stood up triumphantly and grabbed the pink sled.
"I won!" Lizzie exclaimed, bounding back up the hill.
Miranda wasn't about to let Lizzie keep that victory for long an she grabbed her own sled and followed her up the hill.
After a while, it would seem logical that sliding down the same hill again and again would lose it interest, but it didn't. Miranda couldn't wait to reach the bottom so she could struggle her way back up the icy mountain to repeat the process. Her cheeks and Lizzie's were flushed from the cold and the wind. She sat down again and slid down. That's when she finally looked over and saw Gordo, he was laying at the bottom of the hill, staring up at the sky.
After slowing down her sled, she cautiously made her way over to him.
"Gordo, you all right?"
His head popped up and he smiled at her. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Then come on, let's race," she laughed.
"No," he replied, his voice soft as he let his head fall back onto the snow. "I'm tired, go ahead without me."
Miranda briefly wondered if a sudden face full of snow would help wake him up, but as she looked at her friend's expression, she realized that as flushed as her and Lizzie's were, his looked pale, pasty even.
He looked up and looked surprised to see her still standing over her. "What are you waiting for? Lizzie's going to declare herself queen of this mountain if you don't get up there and give her some competition," he smiled.
Miranda returned the grin and went quickly up the hill. But now sledding seemed have lost its magic. She slid to a stop at the bottom.
"What's up with Gordo?" Lizzie asked, glancing over at the motionless lump.
"He says he's tired," Miranda explained, picking up her sled. "Let's call it a day, because he'll never admit that he wants to go home."
Lizzie nodded, walked over and gingerly pushed on his shoulder. "Hey, Sleeping Beauty, you're a bit past the beauty sleep phase," she grinned when he opened his eyes. "Let's go home, my fingers are about to fall off."
He seemed to accept this and pulled himself out of the snow. With a laugh, he brushed himself off then followed the girls to the car.
Miranda drove home but carefully tried to watch him out of the corner of her eye. He was quiet and staring out the window. She drove towards his house first. "Hey, guys, I want you to come over tomorrow night. My parents are going to this dinner, and I was going to make some cookies and stuff, and I don't want to be bored."
Lizzie nodded. "Okay, sounds good."
"I'll be there," Gordo replied.
"Good, they're leaving at about six," she stated, pulling the car to a stop in front of Gordo's house. "So, after choir practice, we'll just go to my house."
Gordo nodded and climbed out of the car. "Okay, see you tomorrow."
"Oh, Gordo, wait," Lizzie called, turning suddenly towards him.
Miranda felt her heart leap. Was she going to tell him?
"What about the sleds?"
Miranda moaned and leaned her head back against the seat.
Gordo missed her reaction and smiled. "Keep them, we'll go again soon."
Lizzie smiled as the door shut, she turned to Miranda who was staring at her.
"What?" Lizzie exclaimed.
"Why couldn't you just tell him?"
Lizzie shrugged. "I just can't yet, Miranda. Just let me do it on my own please."
Miranda sighed, she knew she was right.
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Miranda woke up the next morning. Yawning, she ran a hand through her raven hair and sat up. She glanced out the window and felt her heart leap. There was snow outside! Not just a dusting of snow, but inches of snow! Excitedly, she attempted to jump out of bed but hadn't realized her legs were tangled and instead of landed in a heap on the floor.
"Miranda, are you all right?" her mother called, knocking on the door before poking her head through.
"Sí, I'm fine," she muttered, untangling her legs from the blankets.
Her mother let out an amused chuckle and nodded towards the window. "Have you looked outside?"
Miranda nodded. "Yeah, do you care if I go sledding with Lizzie and Gordo, after school?"
"Be careful," she replied, shutting the door behind her.
Freed from the blanket, she ran over to her closet and pulled out a pine green sweater then a pair of slick jogging pants the same color. She knew the combination was a little unusual but she'd be wearing a coat. Finally dressed, she picked up her phone from the dresser and simultaneously called the two numbers then connected them before either had answer.
"Hello?" Lizzie and Gordo asked in unison.
"Get ready we're going sled riding after school!" Miranda squealed happily.
"Yes!" Lizzie exclaimed happily.
"Does anyone have a sled?" Gordo asked in his usual sensible way. Both girls were silent, Gordo laughed. "I've got money, I'll buy toboggans."
"Who's driving?" Lizzie asked.
"I will," Miranda replied. "I'll drive you both to school, and then after school we'll go." She hung up the phone. She knew sledding was something kids did, but it was her last year before she became an adult, she had to break loose and get a little wild and crazy.
She pulled her hair back, grabbed a ski hat, yanked it down over her ears, then ran down the stairs and out the door.
The car warmed up quickly and she easily glided it along the well salted streets until she was in front of the McGuire household. Lizzie was waiting outside and quickly climbed into the car.
"Are you going to tell him?" Miranda asked, directing the car onto the street.
Lizzie sighed. "Not yet, I'm trying to wait for the perfect moment."
Miranda rolled her eyes as she turned onto Gordo's street. "There will never be a perfect moment, you just gotta do it."
"He's outside waiting," Lizzie pointed out, bluntly ending the subject.
Miranda glared at her but her look went unnoticed as Gordo opened the car door and climbed inside.
"Hello."
The girls replied their greeting then Miranda drove to the school. She never realized how long a school day could be while she excited. She was completely ecstatic when the bell rang and ran outside to meet Lizzie. Gordo was waiting leaning against the car. He smiled as Miranda jogged up. She grabbed her keys and unlocked the car, and quickly turned on the heat. She didn't get a chance to say much to Gordo, because Lizzie quickly joined them and climbed inside the car.
glanced in the mirror at him. "Do you have any idea where we can get a sled at?"
"Drive to Wal-Mart, there's nothing they don't have," he replied.
Miranda nodded then drove them to the destination. Gordo had been right as he usually was, they quickly found the sleds and paid for three then hurried back to the car. Miranda drove to a hillside overlooking a long forgotten park.
The trio climbed out of the car, pulling on gloves. Lizzie raced towards the top her pink toboggan in tow. Miranda firmly grasped the plastic handles of her green one as she carefully lowered herself into it. She glanced on both sides. Lizzie and Gordo were poised to go. "Ready, set, go!" she exclaimed, pushing herself off with her feet.
Miranda laughed as she heard her friends' excited exclamations as they sped down the snow covered hill. With a squeal Lizzie tumbled off of hers and into the snow but she stood up triumphantly and grabbed the pink sled.
"I won!" Lizzie exclaimed, bounding back up the hill.
Miranda wasn't about to let Lizzie keep that victory for long an she grabbed her own sled and followed her up the hill.
After a while, it would seem logical that sliding down the same hill again and again would lose it interest, but it didn't. Miranda couldn't wait to reach the bottom so she could struggle her way back up the icy mountain to repeat the process. Her cheeks and Lizzie's were flushed from the cold and the wind. She sat down again and slid down. That's when she finally looked over and saw Gordo, he was laying at the bottom of the hill, staring up at the sky.
After slowing down her sled, she cautiously made her way over to him.
"Gordo, you all right?"
His head popped up and he smiled at her. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Then come on, let's race," she laughed.
"No," he replied, his voice soft as he let his head fall back onto the snow. "I'm tired, go ahead without me."
Miranda briefly wondered if a sudden face full of snow would help wake him up, but as she looked at her friend's expression, she realized that as flushed as her and Lizzie's were, his looked pale, pasty even.
He looked up and looked surprised to see her still standing over her. "What are you waiting for? Lizzie's going to declare herself queen of this mountain if you don't get up there and give her some competition," he smiled.
Miranda returned the grin and went quickly up the hill. But now sledding seemed have lost its magic. She slid to a stop at the bottom.
"What's up with Gordo?" Lizzie asked, glancing over at the motionless lump.
"He says he's tired," Miranda explained, picking up her sled. "Let's call it a day, because he'll never admit that he wants to go home."
Lizzie nodded, walked over and gingerly pushed on his shoulder. "Hey, Sleeping Beauty, you're a bit past the beauty sleep phase," she grinned when he opened his eyes. "Let's go home, my fingers are about to fall off."
He seemed to accept this and pulled himself out of the snow. With a laugh, he brushed himself off then followed the girls to the car.
Miranda drove home but carefully tried to watch him out of the corner of her eye. He was quiet and staring out the window. She drove towards his house first. "Hey, guys, I want you to come over tomorrow night. My parents are going to this dinner, and I was going to make some cookies and stuff, and I don't want to be bored."
Lizzie nodded. "Okay, sounds good."
"I'll be there," Gordo replied.
"Good, they're leaving at about six," she stated, pulling the car to a stop in front of Gordo's house. "So, after choir practice, we'll just go to my house."
Gordo nodded and climbed out of the car. "Okay, see you tomorrow."
"Oh, Gordo, wait," Lizzie called, turning suddenly towards him.
Miranda felt her heart leap. Was she going to tell him?
"What about the sleds?"
Miranda moaned and leaned her head back against the seat.
Gordo missed her reaction and smiled. "Keep them, we'll go again soon."
Lizzie smiled as the door shut, she turned to Miranda who was staring at her.
"What?" Lizzie exclaimed.
"Why couldn't you just tell him?"
Lizzie shrugged. "I just can't yet, Miranda. Just let me do it on my own please."
Miranda sighed, she knew she was right.