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Lizzie and Gordo stepped inside to a box office and looked at the schedule.
"Looks like the next movie's at 7:30. Hungry? We have half an hour," he said looking at his watch.
"Sort of. What were you thinking?"
"There's a Subway, buffet, and a Burger King near here. We could walk to any of them."
"Perfect! I so was craving a turkey sub today." she said before stepping ahead to the box office.
Gordo reserved two seats for the 7:30 showing and they walked the short distance to the subway. The line was pretty long.
"Great, just in time for the dinner rush." Lizzie's eyes got larger as she patted her pockets. "Uh oh..."
"What's wrong?"
"I think I forgot my wallet."
"Oh, that's it? I was gonna pay anyways."
She looked at her watch - 7:10 p.m. "You know, we may not make it. We don't have to eat."
"Oh no you don't, Miss McGuire. We're eating and I'm paying. So choose what you want." Gordo commanded, forceful but not mean.
'Classic Gordo.' Lizzie thought as she nodded. Something caught her eye. Out of the corner of her eye she thought she saw someone. But when she turned whoever she thought she saw wasn't there. She shook her head. 'Get a hold of herself, McGuire. He's sick.'
"New bracelet?" Gordo's voice snapped Lizzie back to reality. He held up her right hand and looked at the silver chain with a star and heart charms attached to it.
"Oh this," she hesitated to say whom she got it from. "Well, uh... I've had this for awhile. I just never wore it," She lied. She figured it still wasn't time for him to know.
"Right..." he said dubiously. They stepped forward a couple feet. "You can tell me, you know."
"I know I can tell you, if there was something to tell." They stepped forward another couple feet.
"Hi! May I take your order?"
Gordo looked up from Lizzie to order. "Lina?!"
"Hey Gordo. What can I get you and the lady?" she said with a grin.
Lizzie looked a little confused at Gordo, then Lina. "I'll have the turkey on white. Extra tomatos and pickles."
"I'll have the Subway melt on rye and a large Coke." Lina wrote the order and gave the sheet to a tall 30-year-old man. Then, she started to spread mayonaise on the roll and put lettuce and tomato in as well. "You work here?"
"Is he always this observant?" Lina asked Lizzie, pointing the bun towards Gordo.
"I'm afraid not," Lizzie laughed. "I don't think we've formally met... I'm Lizzie. Lina, right?"
"Yup. The one and only" She answered. Her eyes got even more smaller from her smile. She then looked back at Gordo, "What tipped you off? Was it the hat? Or was it the apron that did it? Or maybe the fact that I am behind the counter making food..."
"Funny, real funny," he said.
"Oh, I struck a nerve, didn't I? Well, I wasn't supposed to work today, but two people called in sick and one had an emergency. So they called me in." she said as she finished Lizzie's Turkey breast sub and wrapped it. The thirty year old handed Gordo's sub to Lina and she handed them both each of their respective sandwhiches. She pointed down the line. "You can pay down there. Nice to see you again, Gordo, and nice to finally meet you Lizzie. Have a nice night."
When they got out of hearing distance from Lina, Lizzie whispered to Gordo, "I think she likes ya Gordon." She nudged his arm. She laughed.
"What's so funny about someone liking me?" he whispered a little louder than Lizzie did.
"Nothing..." she said, stopped laughing. "You guys would make a cute couple, except maybe if she wore heels to the dance, she'd be four inches taller than you." She started laughing again. Something inside her irked when she mentioned Gordo dating.
"I'm still taller than you, aren't I?" he jested lightly.
"Oh big whoop. You're taller than a girl, who by the way is due for a growth spur any year now."
"Haha... right." They finally made it to the register. He paid and they decided to eat while they walked back to the movie theater. They made a light filler-type conversation on their way back. When they made it to the box office, Gordo got the tickets. They entered the hall in which other hallways with the actual theaters started.
To say that that particular 'room' was huge would be an understatement. The ceiling was a large dome, from which posters from future movies were hung. The ceiling was at least thirty feet from the tiled floor. There were two mini-cafes on each side and an arcade where a few elementary school children were playing. There was a small line forming at the concession stand. They decided to sit at a table in one of the cafes to finish eating.
"Hey, who do you have for Social studies?" Lizzie asked while paying most of her attention to chewing the large bite out of her sandwhich.
"Kennedy. Why?"
"Did she tell you yet about the trip?"
"Not yet, where is it?"
"Get this- New York!" she said almost knocking over Gordo's soda. "Won't that be great? You just HAVE to come. Maybe you'll meet a famous rock star that looks just like you! And totally fall in love..." She trailed off. She kind of didn't want to continue not only because it reminded her of Paolo, but Gordo falling in love was more than weird for her to say.
He chuckled and took a sip of his drink. "What time is it?" he asked turning around in his chair for a clock. He noticed someone. He had to squint a bit to make sure, but that was definitely her.
"Oh my goodness! Is that Kate?!" Lizzie almost yelled. Gordo was silent, turning back around to face Lizzie.
"Lizzie, we can just ignore her and her evil make-up posse. It would just make this night go way faster."
She sighed, "Fine." She sat with her arms crossed. "We should get our seats."
They both stood up and headed towards one the five hallways that originate in the oversized lobby. She stopped and stared.
"Lizzie, I told you. We could just ignore them." He said. Right after he said that, he saw tears well up in Lizzie's eyes as she stood there, frozen. He looked behind his shoulder. But the next thing he knew Lizzie was running out of the lobby. Before he knew it, he was chasing her down out of the door.
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Lizzie and Gordo stepped inside to a box office and looked at the schedule.
"Looks like the next movie's at 7:30. Hungry? We have half an hour," he said looking at his watch.
"Sort of. What were you thinking?"
"There's a Subway, buffet, and a Burger King near here. We could walk to any of them."
"Perfect! I so was craving a turkey sub today." she said before stepping ahead to the box office.
Gordo reserved two seats for the 7:30 showing and they walked the short distance to the subway. The line was pretty long.
"Great, just in time for the dinner rush." Lizzie's eyes got larger as she patted her pockets. "Uh oh..."
"What's wrong?"
"I think I forgot my wallet."
"Oh, that's it? I was gonna pay anyways."
She looked at her watch - 7:10 p.m. "You know, we may not make it. We don't have to eat."
"Oh no you don't, Miss McGuire. We're eating and I'm paying. So choose what you want." Gordo commanded, forceful but not mean.
'Classic Gordo.' Lizzie thought as she nodded. Something caught her eye. Out of the corner of her eye she thought she saw someone. But when she turned whoever she thought she saw wasn't there. She shook her head. 'Get a hold of herself, McGuire. He's sick.'
"New bracelet?" Gordo's voice snapped Lizzie back to reality. He held up her right hand and looked at the silver chain with a star and heart charms attached to it.
"Oh this," she hesitated to say whom she got it from. "Well, uh... I've had this for awhile. I just never wore it," She lied. She figured it still wasn't time for him to know.
"Right..." he said dubiously. They stepped forward a couple feet. "You can tell me, you know."
"I know I can tell you, if there was something to tell." They stepped forward another couple feet.
"Hi! May I take your order?"
Gordo looked up from Lizzie to order. "Lina?!"
"Hey Gordo. What can I get you and the lady?" she said with a grin.
Lizzie looked a little confused at Gordo, then Lina. "I'll have the turkey on white. Extra tomatos and pickles."
"I'll have the Subway melt on rye and a large Coke." Lina wrote the order and gave the sheet to a tall 30-year-old man. Then, she started to spread mayonaise on the roll and put lettuce and tomato in as well. "You work here?"
"Is he always this observant?" Lina asked Lizzie, pointing the bun towards Gordo.
"I'm afraid not," Lizzie laughed. "I don't think we've formally met... I'm Lizzie. Lina, right?"
"Yup. The one and only" She answered. Her eyes got even more smaller from her smile. She then looked back at Gordo, "What tipped you off? Was it the hat? Or was it the apron that did it? Or maybe the fact that I am behind the counter making food..."
"Funny, real funny," he said.
"Oh, I struck a nerve, didn't I? Well, I wasn't supposed to work today, but two people called in sick and one had an emergency. So they called me in." she said as she finished Lizzie's Turkey breast sub and wrapped it. The thirty year old handed Gordo's sub to Lina and she handed them both each of their respective sandwhiches. She pointed down the line. "You can pay down there. Nice to see you again, Gordo, and nice to finally meet you Lizzie. Have a nice night."
When they got out of hearing distance from Lina, Lizzie whispered to Gordo, "I think she likes ya Gordon." She nudged his arm. She laughed.
"What's so funny about someone liking me?" he whispered a little louder than Lizzie did.
"Nothing..." she said, stopped laughing. "You guys would make a cute couple, except maybe if she wore heels to the dance, she'd be four inches taller than you." She started laughing again. Something inside her irked when she mentioned Gordo dating.
"I'm still taller than you, aren't I?" he jested lightly.
"Oh big whoop. You're taller than a girl, who by the way is due for a growth spur any year now."
"Haha... right." They finally made it to the register. He paid and they decided to eat while they walked back to the movie theater. They made a light filler-type conversation on their way back. When they made it to the box office, Gordo got the tickets. They entered the hall in which other hallways with the actual theaters started.
To say that that particular 'room' was huge would be an understatement. The ceiling was a large dome, from which posters from future movies were hung. The ceiling was at least thirty feet from the tiled floor. There were two mini-cafes on each side and an arcade where a few elementary school children were playing. There was a small line forming at the concession stand. They decided to sit at a table in one of the cafes to finish eating.
"Hey, who do you have for Social studies?" Lizzie asked while paying most of her attention to chewing the large bite out of her sandwhich.
"Kennedy. Why?"
"Did she tell you yet about the trip?"
"Not yet, where is it?"
"Get this- New York!" she said almost knocking over Gordo's soda. "Won't that be great? You just HAVE to come. Maybe you'll meet a famous rock star that looks just like you! And totally fall in love..." She trailed off. She kind of didn't want to continue not only because it reminded her of Paolo, but Gordo falling in love was more than weird for her to say.
He chuckled and took a sip of his drink. "What time is it?" he asked turning around in his chair for a clock. He noticed someone. He had to squint a bit to make sure, but that was definitely her.
"Oh my goodness! Is that Kate?!" Lizzie almost yelled. Gordo was silent, turning back around to face Lizzie.
"Lizzie, we can just ignore her and her evil make-up posse. It would just make this night go way faster."
She sighed, "Fine." She sat with her arms crossed. "We should get our seats."
They both stood up and headed towards one the five hallways that originate in the oversized lobby. She stopped and stared.
"Lizzie, I told you. We could just ignore them." He said. Right after he said that, he saw tears well up in Lizzie's eyes as she stood there, frozen. He looked behind his shoulder. But the next thing he knew Lizzie was running out of the lobby. Before he knew it, he was chasing her down out of the door.
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