[I like incorporating song lyrics from time to time, if you guys didn't notice! "Thin Line" by Jurassic 5 (if you didn't know) is a song about a guy and a girl who are best friends and who want to be with each other , but don't want to ruin their friendship, so they don't tell each other. Oh, by the way, I don't own anything.]
Chapter 16
Lizzie slowly opened her eyes and smiled. Gordo was sleeping next to her. His mouth was open a little bit and his hair had- wait, Gordo was sleeping next to her?!?! Lizzie shot up.
::Cartoon Lizzie:: What is going on here?!
Lizzie was totally awake now. "Don't freak," she muttered to herself. What had happened? The couch...her migraine...Gordo...
"Gordo! Gordo! Wake up!" Lizzie gently nudged him. Gordo, half awake, opened his eyes and groggily responded with a profound, "Huh?"
"Gordo! We fell asleep! We're still at school! C'mon, get up. The dance starts," she looks at her watch, "45 minutes ago."
::Cartoon Lizzie:: Ethan! Ethan Craft! Waiting...FOR ME!!!!!
Lizzie's words suddenly registered with Gordo. He sprang up and started apologizing profusely. "Lizzie, I am so sorry! I didn't mean to fall asleep! I really didn't! The last thing I remember...well, I don't know. But I didn't mean-"
Lizzie interrupted him. "Gordo. Stop. It's okay."
Gordo stopped and looked at her. "Really?"
She smiled. "Yeah. Actually...I should thank you."
Gordo's eyebrows shot up. Thank him? "Why should you thank me?" his voice filled with hope.
"For...well, for taking care of me when I wasn't feeling well... It was really sweet."
GORDO POV
She looks so pretty right now. Kiss her. Just kiss her, Gordo. Do it!
END OF GORDO'S POV
Gordo licked his lips and started to lean in towards Lizzie ever so slightly. This was it. No turning back.
Lizzie, however, didn't notice what Gordo was doing. She continued talking as she stood up and stretched. "I have to get home now and change and get to the dance. Ethan will be so hurt if I don't show."
Gordo sighed. Luck was not on his side when it came to Lizzie. "Okay." He reluctantly stood up and followed her into the auditorium and out of the school.
"Yo, Miranda, have you seen Lizzie?"
Miranda turned and saw Ethan standing behind her, looking utterly dejected. She had been so busy talking with Tudgeman that she hadn't noticed her best friend was missing in action. Her other best friend was, too, for that matter.
"I don't know, Ethan. Gordo's not here, either. Maybe they were doing something and got held up."
Ethan nodded, but didn't look any happier. Just then, an arm wrapped itself around his waist.
"Hey, Ethan," Parker cooed, "Wanna dance?"
Ethan shrugged. "Why not?" Parker linked arms with him and dragged him out onto the dance floor.
"Quarter for your thoughts."
Miranda jerked her head up. Larry brought her back to reality - she had been watching Parker drape herself all over her best friend's kinda-boyfriend.
"A quarter, huh? What happened to a penny?" Miranda smiled.
"Inflation," Larry answered matter-of-factly.
"Larry," Miranda started, "you know, you and me are very different..."
"Yes, yes we are." Larry looked a little nervous. He wasn't sure where she was going with this.
"And we're different in two respects: different from each other and different from everyone else. We're both independent individuals. That's one of my favorite things about you, although it might have taken me a long time to realize or acknowledge it. I think it's awesome that you are who you are and you like it."
LARRY'S POV
If I was in a Looney Tunes cartoon, my eyes would turn into hearts and my heart would be beating so hard you could see it. I'd be Pepe LePew. I don't even think I have bones in my legs anymore - just Jello. She looks so pretty right now. Kiss her. Just kiss her, Larry. Do it!
END OF LARRY'S POV
Larry licked his lips and started to lean in towards Miranda ever so slightly. This was it. No turning back.
Miranda proved to be a bit more impulsive. She stepped towards Larry and planted her lips on his. Larry's eyes bulged with shock. MIRANDA SANCHEZ WAS KISSING HIM!
"Eww!!! A bunch of losers making out! There is nothing grosser than that," Claire screeched to Kate, after they both witnessed Miranda's and Larry's first kiss. Miranda stepped away from Larry.
LARRY'S POV
Oh no. Not this. She's embarrassed to be with me. She's humiliated. She kissed Tudgeman. The biggest loser in school. I should have known better.
END OF LARRY'S POV
Larry was about to say something to her, but Miranda did the last thing he thought she would do - she walked over to Claire and Kate. Claire sneered at her. "What do you want, dirk?"
Miranda said nothing. She stood there for a few seconds, then, out of nowhere, punched Claire square in the nose.
Lizzie ran into the gym, with Gordo reluctantly following. She looked around. Where was Ethan? Where was Miranda? What was that big crowd over in the corner? Lizzie grabbed Gordo's hand.
"C'mon, Gordo. Let's see what everyone's doing over there."
But before they could see over the hundred of heads into the center of the crowd, Ms. Kenny burst through, with Miranda and a bloody Claire in tow.
"Miranda-"
"Not now, Miss McGuire. Miss Sanchez is a little busy at the moment," Ms. Kenny snapped at her.
The DJ started up the music again once they left the gym. "Thin Line" by Jurassic 5 and Nelly Furtado came through the speakers. Lizzie looked around for Ethan and she found him - with a growth that looked an awful lot like Parker McKenzie.
Gordo saw the look on Lizzie's face. It broke his heart. He had to do something drastic.
"Hey, Lizzie."
She looked at him, with tears in her eyes. "Yeah?"
"You wanna dance?"
Ethan looked around the gym for about the 50th time. Parker hadn't left his side the entire night. He was so looking forward to spending the night with Lizzie, and she never showed. Where was she- Hey! There she is! With...Gor-don. What a great friend he was, getting Lizzie to the dance. Ethan smiled and walked over to claim his girl.
