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Weeks Later
3 Weeks Later
Passing the weird feeling she felt twice as a stomach malfunction of some sort, Lizzie's life went on normally. Matt got out of the hospital with a cast the day after the accident, and was doing quite well. Life was running smoothly for Lizzie now.
Gordo, on the other hand, had no idea what to do. After several attempts to try and talk to Lizzie about what happened at he dock, he decided to drop it. If she really wanted to bring it up, it was up to her. What was weird to him was that Lizzie seemed like she was sort of keeping a distance away from him. She wasn't avoiding him, but they no longer went out after school for ice cream or anything. Every time he asked, Lizzie made up some excuse.
Other than this, a new quarter was starting at school, which meant there were some schedule changes, and now instead of art, Gordo and Lizzie were taking economics last period . . .together. Miranda had economics the last quarter, so during lunch, Miranda told Lizzie and Gordo all about economics.
"Yeah, the teacher is crazy, and like, the fist thing she does is pair you off and you two work together on like three projects in one- a stock project, a budget project, and a tax project. You turn in all three together and most days are work -days. Depending on your partner, you are either same-sex couples, best friends, married, or just life-long partners. She totally tries to be creative, but sometimes it gets backfired. At the end of the quarter, you turn it in and make a small presentation. Stuff happens each week to affect your life. Its pretty simple, but you do have to spend a lot of time with your partner," Miranda said.
"Who was your partner?" Lizzie asked.
"Lydia Davenport. We were best friends and roommates who ended up retiring together, and neither of us got married. Although, miraculously, I had two children and she had three. That is when her creativity sort of backfires. This project makes you grow up. I learned a lot, but by the end, I was so sick of Lydia, no offence to her."
"Do you get to choose partners?" Gordo asked, glancing at Lizzie.
"No, but you do get to choose your job . . .kind of."
"Cool. What are you taking now, art?" Lizzie asked.
"No, I used up my art credits last year, so I am taking this cool class called 'Life,' and it only is an option every four years. It supposedly looks at life and deals with role-playing exercises. It is supposed to be great for drama and prepare people with life. I met the teacher and he seems really cool," Miranda said.
The three friends talked about their classes and the new quarter and pretty soon headed for their second to last class of the day. Lizzie's was computer, while Miranda and Gordo headed for Latin IV. After that class, she headed for economics, and once in the room, she found Gordo and sat with him. As soon as the bell rang, she looked around and noticed only six people were in the class, as well as a teacher Lizzie had seen before. Lizzie was the only female in the class.
"Welcome to Economics. For those of you who do not know me, I am Mrs. Hill. Now, as you all know, in this school, you must take this class to be able to graduate, and I guess you can say this is the 'cool class.' There are six of you, two sophomores, two juniors, and two seniors. As you may have heard, this class consists of one big project of three little projects that involve a partner," Mrs. Hill said as the class nodded. "That being said and due to the small size of the class, I am going to let your partners be the same person with you in your grade," The class sighed in relief. "This means that Justin and Gavin will be one group. You two will be life-long partners," she said as the two sophomores looked at each other in disgust, "David and Elizabeth will be the junior group. You two will be roommates," Lizzie and Gordo looked at each other as they approved their assignment. It meant no love, yet they could be friends. "Our last group would be George and Josh. You two will also be roommates," Josh and George looked at each other relieved as Justin and Gavin glanced at everyone else jealously. "Now that you have been paired off, I will hand out a sheet of paper that will include your salary, the guidelines of the project, and past work experience that you will use for your résumé. After that, you will come up one at a time and pick your job out of a hat."
Lizzie could already tell this was going to be an interesting class. She was also happy to be paired with Gordo, and it was also lucky that they weren't married or anything. Once Mrs. Hill passed out the sheets, she went around and everyone picked out a job. Lizzie picked interior decorator and Gordo picked real-estate agent.
As soon as they were over what jobs they got, Lizzie finally got a chance to look at her sheet of paper. It had her name on the top as well as age, (22). It said that she lives in Minneapolis with Gordo in a two-bedroom apartment that they just bought. Lizzie just completed college at Minnesota State, but previously lived in Milwaukee. In Milwaukee, she worked part time in a clothing shop and also worked as a host at a restaurant. Once she went off to college, she worked in a furniture warehouse and decided to major in ______. She just got an undergraduate, and is currently attending a ________ school to become a ______. She was supposed to fill in the blanks according to her job. She then read the bottom, which was supposedly her personal story.
While Lizzie read her personal story, Gordo started reading his sheet. He was 23 and lives in Minneapolis in a two bedroom department. He is in his first year of post-graduate studies. He attended Minnesota State, but when he was younger, lived in East Lansing. When in high school, he worked at a fast food restaurant and taught tennis lessons in the summer. Once in college, he interned at a business company and also was a construction worker. He then went on to read his personal story.
Lizzie's personal story was: She was born in Milwaukee and was brought up by her father after her mother dies of childbirth. She was popular and made good grades. (Lizzie could definitely tell Mrs. Hill had fun making this up) Her father remarried after she left for high school, which left her with two step-siblings, a brother and a sister. The brother was her age and they went off to the same college. (As Lizzie read this she definitely reassured herself that Mrs. Hill had way too much time on her hands.) Once in college, the brother and sister fell in love and after college, they moved in together. Their wedding was to be held soon.
Lizzie gawked at the last statement. This was too overwhelming. They were only supposed to be roommates. Lizzie looked at Gordo, who obviously hadn't read his personal history.
"Um, Gordo?" Lizzie said.
"Hmm?" Gordo said, still reading his sheet.
"Read your personal story . . .NOW," Lizzie said starting to feel uncomfortable.
Gordo looked at Lizzie then found the Personal history quickly.
Personal History: David was born in Lansing and eventually had a younger sister. When he was five, his parents split up and custody was split half and half, until his father moved away to Arizona, and he only saw his dad during the summer. His mother remarried right before he left for college, which made him have a new sister who was about his age and they happened to be going to the same college. Once in college, David falls in love with his step-sister, and after college they move in together. They are currently planning their wedding.
Gordo looked up. "I have a sister?" Gordo said, shocked.
"Yeah, but that isn't the problem. Does your story say anything about us?" Lizzie asked.
Gordo looked back at his paper and reread the last two sentences. Once it registered, Gordo looked at Lizzie and they both became confused. "Were only supposed to be roommates . . . I thought," Gordo said.
Lizzie nodded her head annoyingly, and then called the teacher's attention. Once Mrs. Hill came over, Lizzie explained, "I thought you said we were only going to be roommates."
"You are roommates. What is the problem?" Mrs. Hill asked.
"It says on this sheet that we are supposed to be married," Lizzie said.
"Oh," Mrs. Hill said as she thought about it. "OH! I can explain that. My bad! You see, the principle has to approve of the assignments to make sure they are appropriate, and he didn't approve of the opposite-sex roommate thing. He said it was suggesting that this school encourages opposite sexes to live together before marriage, and he doesn't want to hear any complaints from parents."
"But we aren't married now," Lizzie pointed out.
Mrs. Hill looked up and back at Lizzie and said, "I guess it was approved because you are planning on getting married." Mrs. Hill went on to help Josh and George.
After she left, she said softly to Gordo, "I cannot believe this woman. We are only supposed to be roommates."
"Lizzie, it isn't a big deal. It isn't real," Gordo pointed out, but Lizzie didn't have time to respond, because after that, the bell rang, and Mrs. Hill gave them their homework- discuss how much you want to spend on your home. She also handed them a worksheet of things to consider about their living situation.
Gordo and Lizzie left the room and went to their lockers. Secretly, he was upset that Lizzie was making such a big deal about the being married. He was hurt that Lizzie was so bothered by this, but also, being married meant they would suffer less with taxes and IF Mrs. Hill decided to give them a child, they wouldn't have to move right away, because their apartment had two bedrooms. He decided he would point this out once Lizzie calmed down.
As Lizzie headed for her locker she considered the fact that Gordo and her were to be married. Why was she so mad at the fact that they were married? It wasn't real life and they had been married for a school project before. She decided she owed Gordo an apology and decided to also invite him over to her house to work on the assignment.
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Weeks Later
3 Weeks Later
Passing the weird feeling she felt twice as a stomach malfunction of some sort, Lizzie's life went on normally. Matt got out of the hospital with a cast the day after the accident, and was doing quite well. Life was running smoothly for Lizzie now.
Gordo, on the other hand, had no idea what to do. After several attempts to try and talk to Lizzie about what happened at he dock, he decided to drop it. If she really wanted to bring it up, it was up to her. What was weird to him was that Lizzie seemed like she was sort of keeping a distance away from him. She wasn't avoiding him, but they no longer went out after school for ice cream or anything. Every time he asked, Lizzie made up some excuse.
Other than this, a new quarter was starting at school, which meant there were some schedule changes, and now instead of art, Gordo and Lizzie were taking economics last period . . .together. Miranda had economics the last quarter, so during lunch, Miranda told Lizzie and Gordo all about economics.
"Yeah, the teacher is crazy, and like, the fist thing she does is pair you off and you two work together on like three projects in one- a stock project, a budget project, and a tax project. You turn in all three together and most days are work -days. Depending on your partner, you are either same-sex couples, best friends, married, or just life-long partners. She totally tries to be creative, but sometimes it gets backfired. At the end of the quarter, you turn it in and make a small presentation. Stuff happens each week to affect your life. Its pretty simple, but you do have to spend a lot of time with your partner," Miranda said.
"Who was your partner?" Lizzie asked.
"Lydia Davenport. We were best friends and roommates who ended up retiring together, and neither of us got married. Although, miraculously, I had two children and she had three. That is when her creativity sort of backfires. This project makes you grow up. I learned a lot, but by the end, I was so sick of Lydia, no offence to her."
"Do you get to choose partners?" Gordo asked, glancing at Lizzie.
"No, but you do get to choose your job . . .kind of."
"Cool. What are you taking now, art?" Lizzie asked.
"No, I used up my art credits last year, so I am taking this cool class called 'Life,' and it only is an option every four years. It supposedly looks at life and deals with role-playing exercises. It is supposed to be great for drama and prepare people with life. I met the teacher and he seems really cool," Miranda said.
The three friends talked about their classes and the new quarter and pretty soon headed for their second to last class of the day. Lizzie's was computer, while Miranda and Gordo headed for Latin IV. After that class, she headed for economics, and once in the room, she found Gordo and sat with him. As soon as the bell rang, she looked around and noticed only six people were in the class, as well as a teacher Lizzie had seen before. Lizzie was the only female in the class.
"Welcome to Economics. For those of you who do not know me, I am Mrs. Hill. Now, as you all know, in this school, you must take this class to be able to graduate, and I guess you can say this is the 'cool class.' There are six of you, two sophomores, two juniors, and two seniors. As you may have heard, this class consists of one big project of three little projects that involve a partner," Mrs. Hill said as the class nodded. "That being said and due to the small size of the class, I am going to let your partners be the same person with you in your grade," The class sighed in relief. "This means that Justin and Gavin will be one group. You two will be life-long partners," she said as the two sophomores looked at each other in disgust, "David and Elizabeth will be the junior group. You two will be roommates," Lizzie and Gordo looked at each other as they approved their assignment. It meant no love, yet they could be friends. "Our last group would be George and Josh. You two will also be roommates," Josh and George looked at each other relieved as Justin and Gavin glanced at everyone else jealously. "Now that you have been paired off, I will hand out a sheet of paper that will include your salary, the guidelines of the project, and past work experience that you will use for your résumé. After that, you will come up one at a time and pick your job out of a hat."
Lizzie could already tell this was going to be an interesting class. She was also happy to be paired with Gordo, and it was also lucky that they weren't married or anything. Once Mrs. Hill passed out the sheets, she went around and everyone picked out a job. Lizzie picked interior decorator and Gordo picked real-estate agent.
As soon as they were over what jobs they got, Lizzie finally got a chance to look at her sheet of paper. It had her name on the top as well as age, (22). It said that she lives in Minneapolis with Gordo in a two-bedroom apartment that they just bought. Lizzie just completed college at Minnesota State, but previously lived in Milwaukee. In Milwaukee, she worked part time in a clothing shop and also worked as a host at a restaurant. Once she went off to college, she worked in a furniture warehouse and decided to major in ______. She just got an undergraduate, and is currently attending a ________ school to become a ______. She was supposed to fill in the blanks according to her job. She then read the bottom, which was supposedly her personal story.
While Lizzie read her personal story, Gordo started reading his sheet. He was 23 and lives in Minneapolis in a two bedroom department. He is in his first year of post-graduate studies. He attended Minnesota State, but when he was younger, lived in East Lansing. When in high school, he worked at a fast food restaurant and taught tennis lessons in the summer. Once in college, he interned at a business company and also was a construction worker. He then went on to read his personal story.
Lizzie's personal story was: She was born in Milwaukee and was brought up by her father after her mother dies of childbirth. She was popular and made good grades. (Lizzie could definitely tell Mrs. Hill had fun making this up) Her father remarried after she left for high school, which left her with two step-siblings, a brother and a sister. The brother was her age and they went off to the same college. (As Lizzie read this she definitely reassured herself that Mrs. Hill had way too much time on her hands.) Once in college, the brother and sister fell in love and after college, they moved in together. Their wedding was to be held soon.
Lizzie gawked at the last statement. This was too overwhelming. They were only supposed to be roommates. Lizzie looked at Gordo, who obviously hadn't read his personal history.
"Um, Gordo?" Lizzie said.
"Hmm?" Gordo said, still reading his sheet.
"Read your personal story . . .NOW," Lizzie said starting to feel uncomfortable.
Gordo looked at Lizzie then found the Personal history quickly.
Personal History: David was born in Lansing and eventually had a younger sister. When he was five, his parents split up and custody was split half and half, until his father moved away to Arizona, and he only saw his dad during the summer. His mother remarried right before he left for college, which made him have a new sister who was about his age and they happened to be going to the same college. Once in college, David falls in love with his step-sister, and after college they move in together. They are currently planning their wedding.
Gordo looked up. "I have a sister?" Gordo said, shocked.
"Yeah, but that isn't the problem. Does your story say anything about us?" Lizzie asked.
Gordo looked back at his paper and reread the last two sentences. Once it registered, Gordo looked at Lizzie and they both became confused. "Were only supposed to be roommates . . . I thought," Gordo said.
Lizzie nodded her head annoyingly, and then called the teacher's attention. Once Mrs. Hill came over, Lizzie explained, "I thought you said we were only going to be roommates."
"You are roommates. What is the problem?" Mrs. Hill asked.
"It says on this sheet that we are supposed to be married," Lizzie said.
"Oh," Mrs. Hill said as she thought about it. "OH! I can explain that. My bad! You see, the principle has to approve of the assignments to make sure they are appropriate, and he didn't approve of the opposite-sex roommate thing. He said it was suggesting that this school encourages opposite sexes to live together before marriage, and he doesn't want to hear any complaints from parents."
"But we aren't married now," Lizzie pointed out.
Mrs. Hill looked up and back at Lizzie and said, "I guess it was approved because you are planning on getting married." Mrs. Hill went on to help Josh and George.
After she left, she said softly to Gordo, "I cannot believe this woman. We are only supposed to be roommates."
"Lizzie, it isn't a big deal. It isn't real," Gordo pointed out, but Lizzie didn't have time to respond, because after that, the bell rang, and Mrs. Hill gave them their homework- discuss how much you want to spend on your home. She also handed them a worksheet of things to consider about their living situation.
Gordo and Lizzie left the room and went to their lockers. Secretly, he was upset that Lizzie was making such a big deal about the being married. He was hurt that Lizzie was so bothered by this, but also, being married meant they would suffer less with taxes and IF Mrs. Hill decided to give them a child, they wouldn't have to move right away, because their apartment had two bedrooms. He decided he would point this out once Lizzie calmed down.
As Lizzie headed for her locker she considered the fact that Gordo and her were to be married. Why was she so mad at the fact that they were married? It wasn't real life and they had been married for a school project before. She decided she owed Gordo an apology and decided to also invite him over to her house to work on the assignment.
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