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Life, Love, and Lizzie
Coaster Kingdom
*~&~*Gordo*~&~*
I smiled down at Lizzie as we walked toward the gates of Coaster Kingdom. I heard Miranda say something to Gaia and then Jason to Miranda but I couldn't care less right now what they said. I liked Miranda's plan. It was a beautiful plan. I squeezed Lizzie's hand slightly. She looked up at me and smiled.
Call me crazy but it was almost as if she was enjoying this as much as I was. But that was impossible, right? I mean, I'm just Gordo. The low-key best friend who nobody notices. Yeah, it was impossible.
I felt Lizzie let go of my hand to get something out of her pocket. She smiled one of her award winning smiles at me and I stumbled.and ran face- first into the brick wall of the ticket booth. Well done Gordon. You not only made yourself look like an idiot in front of Lizzie, but now you have a migraine too!
I heard Miranda laugh. "Gordo, you gotta stop hanging around Lizzie so much! She's rubbing off on you."
"Hey!" Lizzie said as she slapped Miranda's arm slightly. "Thanks a lot."
"No prob!" Miranda answered.
I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Gordo, are you, like, ok?"
"I'm fine Jolie." I said walking firmly out of her grip and walking to Lizzie.
"Are you ok sweetheart?" She asked, placing a hand on my forehead. I shivered. "You've got a huge red mark here."
"I'm fine now." I said as I kissed her cheek.
Lizzie smiled and kissed my cheek. There were the shivers again.
Lizzie walked over to the (evil) ticket booth and paid the man $72 dollars (After we all gave her $12 dollars, of course.) "6 students please."
The guy typed something into a computer and turned back to us. "Please enjoy your stay at Coaster Kingdom. Lockers, restrooms, strollers, and arcade are to your left, rides to your right. Have a good day." The guy sounded really bored. I would be too if I had to sit in a 4' X 4' room all day, typing stuff into a computer and telling strangers lines which where most likely on a script or something.
"Thank you, we will." Lizzie smiled and dragged me by the hand trough the gates. I could've sworn I say the guy glare at us. Oh well. He was probably angry at us for being so happy. But I couldn't help it. I was pretending to date my best friend/life-long crush. Who wouldn't be happy?
"So what's first?" Jason asked as we walked into the park.
"How about we put our stuff in a locker and then head over to the rides and we'll decide what to do from there." I suggested.
"Eeew! Like, no way am I, like, putting my stuff in a smelly old public locker." Jolie spat.
"Doesn't she put her stuff in a locker at school?" Miranda asked Gaia behind me.
"She does. But she gets it sterilized every week." Gaia informed her.
I tried my best not to laugh.
"Well, then you're going to have to take you're bag on the rides and risk losing it all." Jason said.
"I'll risk it." Jolie answered almost immediately.
After we rented a locker and put our stuff in it (we convinced Jolie to put her purse inside of Gaia's backpack so we wouldn't have to spend another hour or so looking for all of her stuff) we headed to the rides.
"The Thunderbolt." Miranda, Jason and Gaia breathed.
The biggest roller-coaster in the park stood before us. I would have done it but Lizzie doesn't like this one particular ride, and I wasn't going to abandon her.
"Let's do it." the two girls and Jason said to no one in particular.
"Jolie? Are you coming?" Miranda turned toward her.
"No." She stated, looking at it with fear.
"Why not? Are you chicken?" Miranda challenged. Okay, so it was immature. But it got Jolie angry and that's all the counts.
"I am not chicken!" She burst. But she had no intention of moving from that spot.
I knew what would get her up there. I turned toward Jason and whispered loudly, "Is she always such a scardy-cat?"
"Let's go!" Jolie grabbed Miranda, Jason and Gaia and pushed them into line.
"Well done." Lizzie giggled when they were out of ear-shot.
"Thank you. I just can't wait to see her face when she gets off." I laughed at the pictures in my head.
Lizzie laughed along with me as she sat on a nearby bench and motioned me to sit too.
"Nice move at the gate, Mr. Gordon." she nudged me with her shoulder.
I laughed nervously, "Thank you, Ms. McGuire."
She giggled softly and leaned her head on my shoulder. Shiver, shiver.
We sat in comfortable silence, until the rest of the gang got back.
I almost cracked up laughing at the expression on Jolie's face, but managed to tone it down to a snort.
"So where should we go next?" Miranda was hyped.
"Well, I thought we could break up onto groups and then meet back at the restrooms at 3:30." Jason suggested. We all agreed.
Miranda, Jason, Gaia, and Jolie (Okay, so she was dragged) went toward the black diamond (the jerkiest and bigger rides), while Lizzie and I headed toward the green square (the moderate level ones.)
"What do you want to do first?" I asked her taking her by the hand and leading her until Jolie couldn't see us anymore, and then, reluctantly, let go of her hand.
"Ummm," she looked down at the list of rides on the map of the park. "Oh! How about The Octopus?" She pointed to a circular ride that had 8 arms, each arm with 4 carts, each cart with 2 people, that spun you around in a different circles all at the same time. I remembered this ride. Lizzie's dad had taken her on the ride when she was 6 weeks old (I was 7 weeks.) But half way through the ride, she decided she didn't like it anymore and decided to jump out. It's a good thing Mr. McGuire was there. He caught her right before she made it out of the cart. He said it took all his strength to keep her in the car.
"Sure." I answered as we walked to the line.
It looked like a 10 minute wait, judging from the size of the line.
We stood in silence, just listening to the other people around us when Lizzie asked, "Gordo? Did you only come with me because if you didn't, Jolie might get suspicious?"
"No!" I practically yelled. Why would she even think that? "Lizzie," I said grasping both her hands, "it's true Jolie was one factor of my decision, but she was only one part. One very, very, small, part."
"Really?" She asked.
"Yeah. I'd do anything for you Liz, you know that."
"Yeah, thanks for always being there for me Gordo." She smiled up at me.
"I'll always be there for you, Liz." I pulled her into a quick hug.
"And I'll always be there for you, Gordo."
"Together Forever, huh?" I said as I felt myself leaning in.
"Yeah, Together Forever." We were so close, I could feel her breath.
"Next!" The guy at the gate yelled.
I jerked back quickly and sighed. Maybe later.
"Um, c'mon Gordo. That's us." Lizzie said, once again dragging me by the hand to the cart, and once again, I felt the shivers.
I let Lizzie climb in first and I followed her, sitting on her left.
"Don't jump out okay." I smirked.
She laughed, "Well, I can't promise anything."
I laughed slightly and then settled back into the cart, knowing the ride wouldn't start for a few minutes. We moved up to the top and waited while other people filled the carts on the ground.
"C'mon. Let's try and get the cart to spin." Lizzie said grabbing the rail.
"Alright." I said following suite.
For the next few minutes, we rocked back and forth, turning the cart to the left and right. We managed to get it to turn around all the way once before the ride started. As we flew around in many different directions, I tried to find new interesting ways to sit so that the ride was more, I donno, jerky. I finally found that when I leaned my head against the back of the cart, I got jerked around more. The ride ended soon after I found the position and I jumped out of the cart. I felt dizzy when my feet touched the ground and I realized I shouldn't have eaten the curly fries at the Bean. I held my hand out for Lizzie as she stepped down and pulled her over to a concession stand.
"Gordo, are you okay?" Lizzie asked as I leaned against the wall.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just need some water... fast." I said as I paid for the bottle and drank the whole thing in one gulp. "I just got a little dizzy." I said after my stomach had settled a little from the ride.
"Okay. You okay now?"
"Yeah."
"Good. It's your turn to chose the ride." She said, handing me the map.
"Okay, sure." I looked at the list of rides.
Well, the Gemini was fun, but that was not one for Lizzie. I scrolled down the list. Too jerky, too boring, too dumb, too big, too fast, aha!
"Taxies! We can't come to Coaster Kingdom without doing the taxies!" I exclaimed.
The Taxies were little car things that you could drive around a track on. Every time we came to Coaster Kingdom, Lizzie and I would ride them while we waited for Miranda to get off the Jet. ( A ride which shot you 80 feet into the air at about 50 mph and dropped you even faster. I may be able to ride jerky rides pretty well, but I cannot do vertical drops.)
"Alright, let's go!"
We ran over to the line and were amazed to find about 6 people standing there. The Taxies were one of the most popular rides at the park. There's usually a 20 to 30 minute wait. We walked through the twists and turns in the line and made it to the front.
"Excuse me." I tapped the lady in front of me on the shoulder. "Why is the line so short?"
"One of the cars stopped in the middle of the track. The people here have to push it to the shed over there." She pointed to a small shed that looked like it was about to fall down. Of course, inside it looked brand-new but the park loved making the buildings and signs to look like they came from the 50's. "The people got bored waiting and left."
"Oh. Thank you." I turned back to Lizzie.
"The Viking Ship next?" I asked her referring to one of the only water rides here. Your clothes didn't get that wet, but your face sure did.
"Sure. But I get to chose the pose for the picture this time." She said.
Miranda, Lizzie, and I have a tradition of posing for the camera on The Viking. (You know, the ones that they try to sell to you for $20. I usually bought them though.) Each time, we would make up some silly pose and perform on the way over the hill. The pictures always looked funny. Like last time, Miranda had come up with the idea that we should all look sea- sick. So, we all stuck our heads over the side of the boat, gripping the side of it until our knuckles turned white. It didn't turn out that well, but it was fun doing it.
"Cool." I answered.
"Do you want different cars, or do you want to drive or ride or what?" Lizzie asked referring to the cars. Since they're taxies, they had room for 1 driver and 3 passengers.
"I think I'll ride this time." I answered as we stepped through the gate.
"Alright." We walked up to the number 3 painted on the sidewalk.
We waited for our car. First a red one drove up to the people standing on 1. Then a green car for the girl standing on 2. Then a blue one drove up to us. I climbed in first so I sat on the passengers side. Then Lizzie climbed in and pushed the lever on the ground with her foot. We took off around the corner and went up a small hill. Once we straightened out, Lizzie took control of the wheel, since we were being pulled by a chain before, and turned left. But we still went straight. So we rammed into the metal bar on the track underneath our car. 5 seconds later, the car turned left.on a straight path. So, once again, we rammed into the metal bar.
"Lizzie! What are you doing?" I exclaimed, laughing, as we bounced back and forth against the bar.
"It's not my fault Gordo, it's the car." She laughed, attempting to turn right only to find the car was still busy turning left. This continued all the way down the hill.
We laughed as we got out of the car at the bottom.
"Lizzie Mcguire, you are not allowed to get your license until you are 25!"
She pouted playfully. She looked so cute when she did that. "Fine." She said crossing her arms across her chest. "But you are going to drive me around, where ever I want to go until I get my license."
"Hey! No fair! You're the one who can't drive, why should I be punished?" I asked, putting on my own pout.
"Because." She stated simply.
"Because why?" I asked her. I knew this conversation from somewhere, didn't I?
"Because, I said so that's why." I know where!
"You sound like my mother!" I said, failing to keep my pout on my face anymore.
She laughed. "C'mon. The Viking's probably got a humongous line."
We made our way over to the ride. The line was long but we got to the front quickly. This ride was a good one, but it was short, and the hills were small, so you didn't have to wait long. It was a log ride, each cart had room for 4 people. Lizzie got in the front and I jumped in the back. The guy at the controls pushed some buttons and off we went.
"So what's our picture going to look like this time?" I asked Lizzie as we rounded a corner and went up the small hill in the ride.
"You lean on the right side of the boat and look asleep. I'll lean on the left. Do the whole hand thing too." She explained to me.
The boat went down the small hill, which was about 2 feet high. Lizzie squealed as she got wet from the small splash.
"Like this?" I asked putting my hands on the side of the boat and placing my head on top of them. I closed my eyes for the effect.
I heard Lizzie turn around to look. "Ummm." I felt a hand move some hair out of my eyes. I turned into jell-o right then. "Perfect."
I opened my eyes and smiled. Lizzie smiled back.
I felt a jerk and realized we were going up the "big" hill. It was about 15 feet high.
"Get ready." Lizzie said, leaning her head on her hands on the left side of the boat. A strand of her beautiful blonde hair fell on her face as she did so.
I took one hand out from under my head and moved the hair away from her face. "Perfect." I said returning my hand under my head and I closed my eyes.
I saw the flash as we started down the hill and sat up a few seconds after, only to be met by a wave of water. Lizzie screamed with happiness as the water hit us.
After the wave had disappeared, I shook my head to get some of the water out of my hair. Lizzie pulled her hair into a ponytail and squeezed the water out, laughing. This was always one of my favorite rides. It was the perfect water ride. Your clothes didn't get too wet, so you wouldn't freeze later, but you didn't stay completely dry either. We came to a stop and we stepped out, running up the stairs to the photo gallery.
The picture was perfect. Both of us looked like we were asleep but also looked like we had planned it. I pulled a $20 out of my pocket and handed it to the Christine, (Lizzie, Miranda and I came here and rode this ride so many times, we knew the people who manned the booth. Christine had the Noon to 2:30 shift.) laughing. She printed the picture and put it in one of the cardboard frames. I thanked her and we were off.
"Let's go put this in the locker." I said.
"Cool."
So we put the picture in the locker and decided to go to the arcade. I played a pinball game and a few skee-ball games. Lizzie, did the skee-ball too and then went to the racing games. We walked around for a little, talking about this and that when Lizzie's eyes lit up.
"What?" I asked.
"Look at that teddy bear! It's so cute! Gordo, can I have it? Please?" Puppy-dog eyes.why the puppy-dog eyes.
I sighed. "Fine."
"Yeah! Thanks Gordo!" She kissed me on the cheek and ran over to the booth.
I was shocked. Was Jolie around or something? Nope. Why did she kiss me? Ah, oh well. Just enjoy it.
I walked over to the booth. Ring toss. I handed the man 2 dollars and he gave me 5 rings. I had to hit 3 pegs in order to win the bear. I threw one and missed. I threw the second one and hit the bottom left peg (They were set up in a triangle) I heard Lizzie squeal slightly beside me. I laughed inwardly and threw the next ring. It hit the top peg. Lizzie squealed a little louder. I threw the 4th one and.missed. I had to get this one. I had to. Lizzie would be so happy if I made this. I sighed and thumbed the ring. I threw it. It hit the wall above the rings, bounced off onto the surface below the pegs, bounced off again, and amazingly, landed right on the bottom right peg. Wow. That was weird.
Lizzie squealed louder than anytime I've heard her squeal before. The man handed me the bear and I handed it to Lizzie. She hugged it so tight I thought it's head would pop off.
"Thank you so much Gordo!" She said before hugging me almost as tight as she hugged the bear.
"Lizzie." I squeaked.
"Yeah?" She said not letting go of me.
"Can't.Breathe."
She let go of me almost instantly. "Oh, sorry."
I took in a deep breath. "It's okay." I looked down at my watch. "Liz, it's almost 3:30. We gotta meet the other guys back at the restrooms."
"Alright, let's go." She smiled, taking my hand and pulling me to the restrooms. We were about to round the corner when I realized something.
"Lizzie. Jolie." I stated simply. I knew she'd understand. She always would. It was like we could read each other's mind sometimes.
She nodded and wrapped one arm around my waist. I put my arm around her shoulder.
Everyone was already there when we turned the corner.
"Did you two have fun?" Miranda asked as she saw us approach.
"Yup. But Lizzie isn't allowed to drive until she's 25, kay?" I informed one of my best friends.
"What?" She sounded confused.
"Later." Lizzie said, turning a slight shade of pink.
"We were going to head over to the Ferris Wheel. Sound good?" Jolie asked.
"Liz? Are you up for it?" Lizzie wasn't found of Ferris Wheels. Wasn't to found of heights for that matter.
"I'm game." she said, determination clear in her voice.
"Let's go then." Gaia said.
We stood in a short line for about 5 minutes.
"Lizzie, are you sure you want to do this?" I whispered to her as Jolie and Gaia sat down in a pink cart. Gaia looked disgusted to have to ride in a pink cart.
"I'm positive. I'm not giving Jolie the pleasure of seeing me chicken out. Besides, you'll be tight there with me if I get too freaked out, right?" she whispered back.
"Have I ever let you down?" I answered as I climbed into a green cart. Lizzie climbed in after me.
"Not once." she said as she kissed my cheek and held onto the teddy bear with one hand, and with the other, held onto my hand.
The door closed and off we went. One step at a time, we made our way to the top. With each jerky stop, Lizzie squeezed my hand tighter, not that I minded.
We were three steps from the top when I noticed Lizzie had started to cry. I hated it when she cried.
"I don't want to do this anymore, Gordo." I reached over and hugged her.
"Shhh...Lizzie, it's okay. We're gonna be fine. It's gonna be alright Liz." I said in what I hoped to be a reassuring voice.
She hugged me tighter. "I don't' want to do this anymore, Gordo." she said again.
We stopped. Uh-oh. The one time the ride had to break down had to be the one time Lizzie decided to ride it. Not to mention we were on the top.
"Lizzie, how many times have I been on this thing?" I asked, my shirt getting damp.
"I donno. 100 so." she said through sobs.
"And how many times has the Ferris Wheel broken?"
"Not once." Lizzie's sobs turned to sniffs.
"And how many times have I let you down?" I asked tightening my grip on her.
"How many pigs fly?" She asked looking up at me, a small smile playing on her lips.
"Do you trust me?"
"Of course."
I held my breath. "Then look." I turned her toward the window in the cart.
She gasped. "Wow." The view overlooked all of Hillridge. There were buildings for miles. Past that you could see the beach and water as far as the eye could see.
"It's beautiful." she exclaimed, grabbing my hand and squeezing it.
Without thinking, I replied, "No it isn't." She looked at me strangely.
"What?" She asked, purely surprised.
"It's nothing," I took a deep breath "Compared to you."
She gasped as I summoned all my courage and leaned in. Excitement, fear and confusion spread through my veins as she leaned in closer to me. I took another deep breath as I closed the remaining space between us.
Time stopped at that moment.
Nothing could have ever made me happier. A shiver went up and down my spine and my stomach did a flip-flop. I was kissing Lizzie. I, David Zephyr Gordon was kissing Elizabeth Brooke Mcguire. Oh my gosh! I was kissing Lizzie Mcguire! What was I thinking!?! I broke apart.
There was silence between us for a couple of seconds. But those seconds turned into minutes.
"Please say something." I said looking down at my hands.
Twenty seconds had passed when I heard a beautiful voice start to sing.
'Remember when,
We never needed each other.
The best of friends, like,
Sister and Brother.
We understood,
We'd never be.
Alone.
Those days are gone,
Now I want you so much.
The nights are long.
And I need your touch.
Don't know what to say.
Never meant to feel this way.
Don't wanna be alone tonight.
What can I do, to make you mine?
Falling so hard, so fast this time.
What did I say? What did you do?
How did I fall in love with you.'
I was smiling ear-to-ear by the end of the song. "I love you, Lizzie." I confessed to her, happily.
"I love you too, Gordo."
I smiled even wider as I leaned in for a second kiss.
Bliss. Pure Bliss.
I pulled back to get a breath of oxygen and to see Lizzie's face. A smile played on her soft lips. I wished that moment could last forever. Unfortunately, it couldn't. A jerk brought me back down to Earth.
"We're moving!" I exclaimed.
"You mean we stopped?" Lizzie looked a little scared again.
"Yeah, we did. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Liz, but we're moving now. We'll be fine in alwhile and-" I was cut off by Lizzie's lips, pressed hard against mine.
She let go slowly, "Thank."
"For what?"
"For being you." She kissed me softly and quickly, jumping out the open door onto the ground.
When I climbed out, she grabbed my hand, pulling me in the direction of a drink/pretzel booth where Miranda and Jason were standing. "C'mon."
"Hey guys." Miranda said, paying for her coke and taking a drink.
"Hello Miranda! Hello Jason!" Lizzie sang happily, never letting go of my hand.
Jason laughed. "What got you so happy?"
"Gordo." She answered simply.
"Gordo, huh? What'd you do?" Miranda asked curiously, taking another drink.
I smiled, "I did this." I turned Lizzie towards me and kissed her full on the lips.
Miranda spat out her drink and I thought I heard Jason squeak.
"When'd this happen!?!" Miranda screamed.
I laughed. "On the Ferris Wheel when it stopped."
"What's up?" Gaia asked as she walked up with Jolie.
"Come here." Miranda pulled Gaia, Lizzie, and I over to a corner.
Miranda explained the situation to Gaia. ( I think she did at least, all I heard was "Lizzie *squeal* Gordo *squeal* Ferris Wheel *squeal* together *SQUEAL FROM BOTH GAIA AND MIRANDA*)
"So what's going on?" Gaia asked excitedly.
"When's you're first date?" Miranda added.
"When's the wedding?"
"Where are you going to live?"
"How many kids?"
"What are their names?"
I laughed. The two girls were getting WAY to far ahead of themselves.
Lizzie shook her head smiling, "I gotta get home. I'm supposed to be home at 4:00."
"Can I walk you home?" I asked.
"Duh." Lizzie smiled again, grabbing my hand. "Bye Miranda, Gaia."
We walked past Jason. "Where's Jolie?" I asked him.
He shrugged, "I donno."
"Alright then, Cya." I waved.
"Bye." He said, walking over to the (still) sqeualing girls in the corner.
Lizzie and I walked in a comfortable silence until we got to Elm Street (A/N: Is that what Lizzie's street is called?) when Lizzie asked me a question.
"Gordo, can we not tell our parents quite yet? I mean, I know they'll be happy for us, but I want to keep it between us, Miranda, Gaia, and Jason for awhile okay?"
"Sure, but one more person knows."
"Who?" Lizzie was curious.
"Jolie."
"Oh yeah. I forgot about her."
I laughed.
"Oh and Gordo?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I do this?" She asked, leaning in and kissing me, pulling me in closer to her. I wrapped my arms around her waist and she wrapped hers around my neck. Remember that shiver? Well, it suddenly turned into an electric shock. We stood there like that for a good 5 minutes. Unfortunately, oxygen is needed in the human body.
Bewildered, I answered, "Oh yeah."
"Good." She said, doing it again.
Life is good.
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Life, Love, and Lizzie
Coaster Kingdom
*~&~*Gordo*~&~*
I smiled down at Lizzie as we walked toward the gates of Coaster Kingdom. I heard Miranda say something to Gaia and then Jason to Miranda but I couldn't care less right now what they said. I liked Miranda's plan. It was a beautiful plan. I squeezed Lizzie's hand slightly. She looked up at me and smiled.
Call me crazy but it was almost as if she was enjoying this as much as I was. But that was impossible, right? I mean, I'm just Gordo. The low-key best friend who nobody notices. Yeah, it was impossible.
I felt Lizzie let go of my hand to get something out of her pocket. She smiled one of her award winning smiles at me and I stumbled.and ran face- first into the brick wall of the ticket booth. Well done Gordon. You not only made yourself look like an idiot in front of Lizzie, but now you have a migraine too!
I heard Miranda laugh. "Gordo, you gotta stop hanging around Lizzie so much! She's rubbing off on you."
"Hey!" Lizzie said as she slapped Miranda's arm slightly. "Thanks a lot."
"No prob!" Miranda answered.
I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Gordo, are you, like, ok?"
"I'm fine Jolie." I said walking firmly out of her grip and walking to Lizzie.
"Are you ok sweetheart?" She asked, placing a hand on my forehead. I shivered. "You've got a huge red mark here."
"I'm fine now." I said as I kissed her cheek.
Lizzie smiled and kissed my cheek. There were the shivers again.
Lizzie walked over to the (evil) ticket booth and paid the man $72 dollars (After we all gave her $12 dollars, of course.) "6 students please."
The guy typed something into a computer and turned back to us. "Please enjoy your stay at Coaster Kingdom. Lockers, restrooms, strollers, and arcade are to your left, rides to your right. Have a good day." The guy sounded really bored. I would be too if I had to sit in a 4' X 4' room all day, typing stuff into a computer and telling strangers lines which where most likely on a script or something.
"Thank you, we will." Lizzie smiled and dragged me by the hand trough the gates. I could've sworn I say the guy glare at us. Oh well. He was probably angry at us for being so happy. But I couldn't help it. I was pretending to date my best friend/life-long crush. Who wouldn't be happy?
"So what's first?" Jason asked as we walked into the park.
"How about we put our stuff in a locker and then head over to the rides and we'll decide what to do from there." I suggested.
"Eeew! Like, no way am I, like, putting my stuff in a smelly old public locker." Jolie spat.
"Doesn't she put her stuff in a locker at school?" Miranda asked Gaia behind me.
"She does. But she gets it sterilized every week." Gaia informed her.
I tried my best not to laugh.
"Well, then you're going to have to take you're bag on the rides and risk losing it all." Jason said.
"I'll risk it." Jolie answered almost immediately.
After we rented a locker and put our stuff in it (we convinced Jolie to put her purse inside of Gaia's backpack so we wouldn't have to spend another hour or so looking for all of her stuff) we headed to the rides.
"The Thunderbolt." Miranda, Jason and Gaia breathed.
The biggest roller-coaster in the park stood before us. I would have done it but Lizzie doesn't like this one particular ride, and I wasn't going to abandon her.
"Let's do it." the two girls and Jason said to no one in particular.
"Jolie? Are you coming?" Miranda turned toward her.
"No." She stated, looking at it with fear.
"Why not? Are you chicken?" Miranda challenged. Okay, so it was immature. But it got Jolie angry and that's all the counts.
"I am not chicken!" She burst. But she had no intention of moving from that spot.
I knew what would get her up there. I turned toward Jason and whispered loudly, "Is she always such a scardy-cat?"
"Let's go!" Jolie grabbed Miranda, Jason and Gaia and pushed them into line.
"Well done." Lizzie giggled when they were out of ear-shot.
"Thank you. I just can't wait to see her face when she gets off." I laughed at the pictures in my head.
Lizzie laughed along with me as she sat on a nearby bench and motioned me to sit too.
"Nice move at the gate, Mr. Gordon." she nudged me with her shoulder.
I laughed nervously, "Thank you, Ms. McGuire."
She giggled softly and leaned her head on my shoulder. Shiver, shiver.
We sat in comfortable silence, until the rest of the gang got back.
I almost cracked up laughing at the expression on Jolie's face, but managed to tone it down to a snort.
"So where should we go next?" Miranda was hyped.
"Well, I thought we could break up onto groups and then meet back at the restrooms at 3:30." Jason suggested. We all agreed.
Miranda, Jason, Gaia, and Jolie (Okay, so she was dragged) went toward the black diamond (the jerkiest and bigger rides), while Lizzie and I headed toward the green square (the moderate level ones.)
"What do you want to do first?" I asked her taking her by the hand and leading her until Jolie couldn't see us anymore, and then, reluctantly, let go of her hand.
"Ummm," she looked down at the list of rides on the map of the park. "Oh! How about The Octopus?" She pointed to a circular ride that had 8 arms, each arm with 4 carts, each cart with 2 people, that spun you around in a different circles all at the same time. I remembered this ride. Lizzie's dad had taken her on the ride when she was 6 weeks old (I was 7 weeks.) But half way through the ride, she decided she didn't like it anymore and decided to jump out. It's a good thing Mr. McGuire was there. He caught her right before she made it out of the cart. He said it took all his strength to keep her in the car.
"Sure." I answered as we walked to the line.
It looked like a 10 minute wait, judging from the size of the line.
We stood in silence, just listening to the other people around us when Lizzie asked, "Gordo? Did you only come with me because if you didn't, Jolie might get suspicious?"
"No!" I practically yelled. Why would she even think that? "Lizzie," I said grasping both her hands, "it's true Jolie was one factor of my decision, but she was only one part. One very, very, small, part."
"Really?" She asked.
"Yeah. I'd do anything for you Liz, you know that."
"Yeah, thanks for always being there for me Gordo." She smiled up at me.
"I'll always be there for you, Liz." I pulled her into a quick hug.
"And I'll always be there for you, Gordo."
"Together Forever, huh?" I said as I felt myself leaning in.
"Yeah, Together Forever." We were so close, I could feel her breath.
"Next!" The guy at the gate yelled.
I jerked back quickly and sighed. Maybe later.
"Um, c'mon Gordo. That's us." Lizzie said, once again dragging me by the hand to the cart, and once again, I felt the shivers.
I let Lizzie climb in first and I followed her, sitting on her left.
"Don't jump out okay." I smirked.
She laughed, "Well, I can't promise anything."
I laughed slightly and then settled back into the cart, knowing the ride wouldn't start for a few minutes. We moved up to the top and waited while other people filled the carts on the ground.
"C'mon. Let's try and get the cart to spin." Lizzie said grabbing the rail.
"Alright." I said following suite.
For the next few minutes, we rocked back and forth, turning the cart to the left and right. We managed to get it to turn around all the way once before the ride started. As we flew around in many different directions, I tried to find new interesting ways to sit so that the ride was more, I donno, jerky. I finally found that when I leaned my head against the back of the cart, I got jerked around more. The ride ended soon after I found the position and I jumped out of the cart. I felt dizzy when my feet touched the ground and I realized I shouldn't have eaten the curly fries at the Bean. I held my hand out for Lizzie as she stepped down and pulled her over to a concession stand.
"Gordo, are you okay?" Lizzie asked as I leaned against the wall.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I just need some water... fast." I said as I paid for the bottle and drank the whole thing in one gulp. "I just got a little dizzy." I said after my stomach had settled a little from the ride.
"Okay. You okay now?"
"Yeah."
"Good. It's your turn to chose the ride." She said, handing me the map.
"Okay, sure." I looked at the list of rides.
Well, the Gemini was fun, but that was not one for Lizzie. I scrolled down the list. Too jerky, too boring, too dumb, too big, too fast, aha!
"Taxies! We can't come to Coaster Kingdom without doing the taxies!" I exclaimed.
The Taxies were little car things that you could drive around a track on. Every time we came to Coaster Kingdom, Lizzie and I would ride them while we waited for Miranda to get off the Jet. ( A ride which shot you 80 feet into the air at about 50 mph and dropped you even faster. I may be able to ride jerky rides pretty well, but I cannot do vertical drops.)
"Alright, let's go!"
We ran over to the line and were amazed to find about 6 people standing there. The Taxies were one of the most popular rides at the park. There's usually a 20 to 30 minute wait. We walked through the twists and turns in the line and made it to the front.
"Excuse me." I tapped the lady in front of me on the shoulder. "Why is the line so short?"
"One of the cars stopped in the middle of the track. The people here have to push it to the shed over there." She pointed to a small shed that looked like it was about to fall down. Of course, inside it looked brand-new but the park loved making the buildings and signs to look like they came from the 50's. "The people got bored waiting and left."
"Oh. Thank you." I turned back to Lizzie.
"The Viking Ship next?" I asked her referring to one of the only water rides here. Your clothes didn't get that wet, but your face sure did.
"Sure. But I get to chose the pose for the picture this time." She said.
Miranda, Lizzie, and I have a tradition of posing for the camera on The Viking. (You know, the ones that they try to sell to you for $20. I usually bought them though.) Each time, we would make up some silly pose and perform on the way over the hill. The pictures always looked funny. Like last time, Miranda had come up with the idea that we should all look sea- sick. So, we all stuck our heads over the side of the boat, gripping the side of it until our knuckles turned white. It didn't turn out that well, but it was fun doing it.
"Cool." I answered.
"Do you want different cars, or do you want to drive or ride or what?" Lizzie asked referring to the cars. Since they're taxies, they had room for 1 driver and 3 passengers.
"I think I'll ride this time." I answered as we stepped through the gate.
"Alright." We walked up to the number 3 painted on the sidewalk.
We waited for our car. First a red one drove up to the people standing on 1. Then a green car for the girl standing on 2. Then a blue one drove up to us. I climbed in first so I sat on the passengers side. Then Lizzie climbed in and pushed the lever on the ground with her foot. We took off around the corner and went up a small hill. Once we straightened out, Lizzie took control of the wheel, since we were being pulled by a chain before, and turned left. But we still went straight. So we rammed into the metal bar on the track underneath our car. 5 seconds later, the car turned left.on a straight path. So, once again, we rammed into the metal bar.
"Lizzie! What are you doing?" I exclaimed, laughing, as we bounced back and forth against the bar.
"It's not my fault Gordo, it's the car." She laughed, attempting to turn right only to find the car was still busy turning left. This continued all the way down the hill.
We laughed as we got out of the car at the bottom.
"Lizzie Mcguire, you are not allowed to get your license until you are 25!"
She pouted playfully. She looked so cute when she did that. "Fine." She said crossing her arms across her chest. "But you are going to drive me around, where ever I want to go until I get my license."
"Hey! No fair! You're the one who can't drive, why should I be punished?" I asked, putting on my own pout.
"Because." She stated simply.
"Because why?" I asked her. I knew this conversation from somewhere, didn't I?
"Because, I said so that's why." I know where!
"You sound like my mother!" I said, failing to keep my pout on my face anymore.
She laughed. "C'mon. The Viking's probably got a humongous line."
We made our way over to the ride. The line was long but we got to the front quickly. This ride was a good one, but it was short, and the hills were small, so you didn't have to wait long. It was a log ride, each cart had room for 4 people. Lizzie got in the front and I jumped in the back. The guy at the controls pushed some buttons and off we went.
"So what's our picture going to look like this time?" I asked Lizzie as we rounded a corner and went up the small hill in the ride.
"You lean on the right side of the boat and look asleep. I'll lean on the left. Do the whole hand thing too." She explained to me.
The boat went down the small hill, which was about 2 feet high. Lizzie squealed as she got wet from the small splash.
"Like this?" I asked putting my hands on the side of the boat and placing my head on top of them. I closed my eyes for the effect.
I heard Lizzie turn around to look. "Ummm." I felt a hand move some hair out of my eyes. I turned into jell-o right then. "Perfect."
I opened my eyes and smiled. Lizzie smiled back.
I felt a jerk and realized we were going up the "big" hill. It was about 15 feet high.
"Get ready." Lizzie said, leaning her head on her hands on the left side of the boat. A strand of her beautiful blonde hair fell on her face as she did so.
I took one hand out from under my head and moved the hair away from her face. "Perfect." I said returning my hand under my head and I closed my eyes.
I saw the flash as we started down the hill and sat up a few seconds after, only to be met by a wave of water. Lizzie screamed with happiness as the water hit us.
After the wave had disappeared, I shook my head to get some of the water out of my hair. Lizzie pulled her hair into a ponytail and squeezed the water out, laughing. This was always one of my favorite rides. It was the perfect water ride. Your clothes didn't get too wet, so you wouldn't freeze later, but you didn't stay completely dry either. We came to a stop and we stepped out, running up the stairs to the photo gallery.
The picture was perfect. Both of us looked like we were asleep but also looked like we had planned it. I pulled a $20 out of my pocket and handed it to the Christine, (Lizzie, Miranda and I came here and rode this ride so many times, we knew the people who manned the booth. Christine had the Noon to 2:30 shift.) laughing. She printed the picture and put it in one of the cardboard frames. I thanked her and we were off.
"Let's go put this in the locker." I said.
"Cool."
So we put the picture in the locker and decided to go to the arcade. I played a pinball game and a few skee-ball games. Lizzie, did the skee-ball too and then went to the racing games. We walked around for a little, talking about this and that when Lizzie's eyes lit up.
"What?" I asked.
"Look at that teddy bear! It's so cute! Gordo, can I have it? Please?" Puppy-dog eyes.why the puppy-dog eyes.
I sighed. "Fine."
"Yeah! Thanks Gordo!" She kissed me on the cheek and ran over to the booth.
I was shocked. Was Jolie around or something? Nope. Why did she kiss me? Ah, oh well. Just enjoy it.
I walked over to the booth. Ring toss. I handed the man 2 dollars and he gave me 5 rings. I had to hit 3 pegs in order to win the bear. I threw one and missed. I threw the second one and hit the bottom left peg (They were set up in a triangle) I heard Lizzie squeal slightly beside me. I laughed inwardly and threw the next ring. It hit the top peg. Lizzie squealed a little louder. I threw the 4th one and.missed. I had to get this one. I had to. Lizzie would be so happy if I made this. I sighed and thumbed the ring. I threw it. It hit the wall above the rings, bounced off onto the surface below the pegs, bounced off again, and amazingly, landed right on the bottom right peg. Wow. That was weird.
Lizzie squealed louder than anytime I've heard her squeal before. The man handed me the bear and I handed it to Lizzie. She hugged it so tight I thought it's head would pop off.
"Thank you so much Gordo!" She said before hugging me almost as tight as she hugged the bear.
"Lizzie." I squeaked.
"Yeah?" She said not letting go of me.
"Can't.Breathe."
She let go of me almost instantly. "Oh, sorry."
I took in a deep breath. "It's okay." I looked down at my watch. "Liz, it's almost 3:30. We gotta meet the other guys back at the restrooms."
"Alright, let's go." She smiled, taking my hand and pulling me to the restrooms. We were about to round the corner when I realized something.
"Lizzie. Jolie." I stated simply. I knew she'd understand. She always would. It was like we could read each other's mind sometimes.
She nodded and wrapped one arm around my waist. I put my arm around her shoulder.
Everyone was already there when we turned the corner.
"Did you two have fun?" Miranda asked as she saw us approach.
"Yup. But Lizzie isn't allowed to drive until she's 25, kay?" I informed one of my best friends.
"What?" She sounded confused.
"Later." Lizzie said, turning a slight shade of pink.
"We were going to head over to the Ferris Wheel. Sound good?" Jolie asked.
"Liz? Are you up for it?" Lizzie wasn't found of Ferris Wheels. Wasn't to found of heights for that matter.
"I'm game." she said, determination clear in her voice.
"Let's go then." Gaia said.
We stood in a short line for about 5 minutes.
"Lizzie, are you sure you want to do this?" I whispered to her as Jolie and Gaia sat down in a pink cart. Gaia looked disgusted to have to ride in a pink cart.
"I'm positive. I'm not giving Jolie the pleasure of seeing me chicken out. Besides, you'll be tight there with me if I get too freaked out, right?" she whispered back.
"Have I ever let you down?" I answered as I climbed into a green cart. Lizzie climbed in after me.
"Not once." she said as she kissed my cheek and held onto the teddy bear with one hand, and with the other, held onto my hand.
The door closed and off we went. One step at a time, we made our way to the top. With each jerky stop, Lizzie squeezed my hand tighter, not that I minded.
We were three steps from the top when I noticed Lizzie had started to cry. I hated it when she cried.
"I don't want to do this anymore, Gordo." I reached over and hugged her.
"Shhh...Lizzie, it's okay. We're gonna be fine. It's gonna be alright Liz." I said in what I hoped to be a reassuring voice.
She hugged me tighter. "I don't' want to do this anymore, Gordo." she said again.
We stopped. Uh-oh. The one time the ride had to break down had to be the one time Lizzie decided to ride it. Not to mention we were on the top.
"Lizzie, how many times have I been on this thing?" I asked, my shirt getting damp.
"I donno. 100 so." she said through sobs.
"And how many times has the Ferris Wheel broken?"
"Not once." Lizzie's sobs turned to sniffs.
"And how many times have I let you down?" I asked tightening my grip on her.
"How many pigs fly?" She asked looking up at me, a small smile playing on her lips.
"Do you trust me?"
"Of course."
I held my breath. "Then look." I turned her toward the window in the cart.
She gasped. "Wow." The view overlooked all of Hillridge. There were buildings for miles. Past that you could see the beach and water as far as the eye could see.
"It's beautiful." she exclaimed, grabbing my hand and squeezing it.
Without thinking, I replied, "No it isn't." She looked at me strangely.
"What?" She asked, purely surprised.
"It's nothing," I took a deep breath "Compared to you."
She gasped as I summoned all my courage and leaned in. Excitement, fear and confusion spread through my veins as she leaned in closer to me. I took another deep breath as I closed the remaining space between us.
Time stopped at that moment.
Nothing could have ever made me happier. A shiver went up and down my spine and my stomach did a flip-flop. I was kissing Lizzie. I, David Zephyr Gordon was kissing Elizabeth Brooke Mcguire. Oh my gosh! I was kissing Lizzie Mcguire! What was I thinking!?! I broke apart.
There was silence between us for a couple of seconds. But those seconds turned into minutes.
"Please say something." I said looking down at my hands.
Twenty seconds had passed when I heard a beautiful voice start to sing.
'Remember when,
We never needed each other.
The best of friends, like,
Sister and Brother.
We understood,
We'd never be.
Alone.
Those days are gone,
Now I want you so much.
The nights are long.
And I need your touch.
Don't know what to say.
Never meant to feel this way.
Don't wanna be alone tonight.
What can I do, to make you mine?
Falling so hard, so fast this time.
What did I say? What did you do?
How did I fall in love with you.'
I was smiling ear-to-ear by the end of the song. "I love you, Lizzie." I confessed to her, happily.
"I love you too, Gordo."
I smiled even wider as I leaned in for a second kiss.
Bliss. Pure Bliss.
I pulled back to get a breath of oxygen and to see Lizzie's face. A smile played on her soft lips. I wished that moment could last forever. Unfortunately, it couldn't. A jerk brought me back down to Earth.
"We're moving!" I exclaimed.
"You mean we stopped?" Lizzie looked a little scared again.
"Yeah, we did. I'm sorry I didn't tell you, Liz, but we're moving now. We'll be fine in alwhile and-" I was cut off by Lizzie's lips, pressed hard against mine.
She let go slowly, "Thank."
"For what?"
"For being you." She kissed me softly and quickly, jumping out the open door onto the ground.
When I climbed out, she grabbed my hand, pulling me in the direction of a drink/pretzel booth where Miranda and Jason were standing. "C'mon."
"Hey guys." Miranda said, paying for her coke and taking a drink.
"Hello Miranda! Hello Jason!" Lizzie sang happily, never letting go of my hand.
Jason laughed. "What got you so happy?"
"Gordo." She answered simply.
"Gordo, huh? What'd you do?" Miranda asked curiously, taking another drink.
I smiled, "I did this." I turned Lizzie towards me and kissed her full on the lips.
Miranda spat out her drink and I thought I heard Jason squeak.
"When'd this happen!?!" Miranda screamed.
I laughed. "On the Ferris Wheel when it stopped."
"What's up?" Gaia asked as she walked up with Jolie.
"Come here." Miranda pulled Gaia, Lizzie, and I over to a corner.
Miranda explained the situation to Gaia. ( I think she did at least, all I heard was "Lizzie *squeal* Gordo *squeal* Ferris Wheel *squeal* together *SQUEAL FROM BOTH GAIA AND MIRANDA*)
"So what's going on?" Gaia asked excitedly.
"When's you're first date?" Miranda added.
"When's the wedding?"
"Where are you going to live?"
"How many kids?"
"What are their names?"
I laughed. The two girls were getting WAY to far ahead of themselves.
Lizzie shook her head smiling, "I gotta get home. I'm supposed to be home at 4:00."
"Can I walk you home?" I asked.
"Duh." Lizzie smiled again, grabbing my hand. "Bye Miranda, Gaia."
We walked past Jason. "Where's Jolie?" I asked him.
He shrugged, "I donno."
"Alright then, Cya." I waved.
"Bye." He said, walking over to the (still) sqeualing girls in the corner.
Lizzie and I walked in a comfortable silence until we got to Elm Street (A/N: Is that what Lizzie's street is called?) when Lizzie asked me a question.
"Gordo, can we not tell our parents quite yet? I mean, I know they'll be happy for us, but I want to keep it between us, Miranda, Gaia, and Jason for awhile okay?"
"Sure, but one more person knows."
"Who?" Lizzie was curious.
"Jolie."
"Oh yeah. I forgot about her."
I laughed.
"Oh and Gordo?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I do this?" She asked, leaning in and kissing me, pulling me in closer to her. I wrapped my arms around her waist and she wrapped hers around my neck. Remember that shiver? Well, it suddenly turned into an electric shock. We stood there like that for a good 5 minutes. Unfortunately, oxygen is needed in the human body.
Bewildered, I answered, "Oh yeah."
"Good." She said, doing it again.
Life is good.
Yeah! Go me! I fianally did it! It took me almost a week, but I did it! Whoo-hoo! Well, if you guys want me to update, tell me! Click the little purple button down there! Thanx!
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