A/N: Thanks to D. Torres for all the help he gave me with my chapters!
Sorry this update took so long it's just that my KB broke when my kitten
ran through it!
~Meep
The girl, who had stood behind the door, frowned. She was being given away!
~*~
Miranda opened the poolroom door to find a surprised Lizzie talking to an annoyed Parker. The tall brunette leaned down and whispered something to the blond before rushing past Miranda. She eyed Parker warily before stepping to the right to let Parker pass.
Just as the oak doors banged shut behind her, Gordo poked his head through the door.
"The guests want to know if swimming is again an option!" Gordo said blandly making Lizzie roll her eyes at him and nod. "Good they were about to break down the walls and throw me out a window when I told them that the pool was off limits!" he chuckled and turned his dark, curly head over his shoulder. "Come and get it!" he yelled before moving into the poolroom in front of a mob of eager teenagers.
Cider followed them again, slipping and sliding on the wet floor. The puppy couldn't get her breaks on fast enough, and the small gold lump tumbled into the pool. Laughs were heard from almost every corner of the room as the little dog floated to the surface and began to paddle around. Cider got excited by the noise and swam after unsuspecting guests and sank her teeth into their rumps.
Lizzie rolled her eyes before leaning over the 4-½ foot deep water. Lizzie grabbed the extra skin at the back of the puppy's neck and hauled the little dog to the edge of the pool. As Lizzie was about to pull the dog out of the water and onto the floor, someone bumped into her. She toppled head first into the water and sank like a stone.
Gordo immediately tensed up, what if she hit her head on the bottom? The pool wasn't that deep and Lizzie was taller than it. The few minutes in which it took Lizzie to drop to the bottom were like an eternity, or a pause in a cruel game of fate. He saw her body jolt as she connected with the concrete and Gordo sucked in his breath. If her eyes didn't open he would jump in after her.
Lizzie's hazel eyes blinked as she lifted herself to her feet under water. Her head broke the surface and Gordo let out the air that had been bottled up inside him in one great breath, and restocked oxygen levels as Lizzie did the same. She rubbed water out of her eyes and pushed her shining hair over her shoulder.
"Miranda, that was so not funny!" She sputtered, as Ethan helped her out of the pool.
"Sorry! Accident!" Miranda whined, before giving way to a laugh along with Lizzie.
Ethan wrapped a towel around Lizzie's shoulders and she smiled.
"Thanks Ethan," she grinned, before looking across the pool to where Gordo was sitting.
Something stirred in Gordo's deep blue eyes, something that she couldn't understand. Jealousy? Perhaps? No! Gordo's eyes radiated a gentle, sweet emotion. Something forgiving. Something that she had never noticed before. Gordo looked away; sure that she could read every emotion of his in her eyes.
He collapsed onto a deck chair near the doors and wished that this day had never happened. There was no doubt now! Parker was the murderer and he had let her stay in a room alone with the girl he loved. He could never spend forever with her now, knowing that he had put her in such danger. Upset, he closed his eyes.
~*~
"Gordo, Gordo wake up!" Lizzie shook the boy one more time.
Gordo groaned and opened his eyes. Standing in front of him was an angel. Lizzie stood there wrapped in her white sarong and a mesh over-shirt. She reached out a hand and stroked his cheek.
"Come on sleepyhead! They're all gone!" Lizzie whispered in his ear sending shivers down his spine.
Gordo sat up and stretched. Sleeping in a beach chair was very uncomfortable. The rubber strips had made red marks on his back, which itched something awful. Lizzie slid to the ground and it was then he realized that she had been sitting on his chest. Gordo felt his gut wrench. Lizzie the perfect had forgiven him all of his wrongs.
"Liz, I need to say I'm sorry!" Gordo blurted, only wanting her forgiveness and love.
"Why?" Lizzie asked, her eyes showing her confusion.
"Because I left you alone with the murderer!" Gordo explained, wondering why she was laughing.
"Parker? Parker isn't the murderer you silly!" Lizzie giggled again at Gordo's cluelessness this time. "She wanted to tell me that she knew who did do it. But before she could Miranda interrupted us!" Lizzie stated matter-of-factly. Gordo nodded without really listening to the blond and stood up.
Cider bounced around his feet making noises to be petted. Gordo picked up the pup and hugged it. Scratching the dog behind her ears. He put her down and the ball of fur scampered into the kitchen looking for food.
Lizzie took Gordo's hand in her own and pulled him into a hug. "Thanks for being sorry about leaving me with a suspect!" She said and Gordo smiled.
"Any time Lizzie, any time!" Gordo whispered under his breath. He buried his head in her hair, inhaling the scent of her shampoo. Lizzie laughed.
"What?" She said.
"Oh nothing!" Gordo mumbled "Nothing at all!"
"Oh, well, Miranda is spending the night tonight! Do you want to stay also?" Lizzie asked, a pout gracing her lips.
Gordo nodded, swallowed hard and stared at the teasing girl. "Good!" she laughed. "Call your mom!" Gordo grinned and followed her up to her room.
~*~
Miranda stood by Lizzie's guest bed with a grin on her face. "Hi Gordo!" She simpered.
"Uh hi Miranda!" Gordo stuttered and scratched his ear. Miranda was acting oddly.
Lizzie tossed Gordo the phone, and he dialed his number. The answering machine came on and he left a message.
"I'm staying!" He said and threw the phone back to Lizzie.
She placed it back into the holder and started to brush out her hair. Miranda picked up 'Little Women' by Louisa May Allcott and started to read. Gordo sat on Lizzie's bed and put on a shirt.
"Hey Liz, can I borrow some clothes till my Parents can send some over when they get home?" Gordo asked motioning to his bathing suit and bare chest. Lizzie smiled
"Sure thing Gordo, Matt was about your size!" She got up and led Gordo into Matt's room.
Miranda stayed where she was. She loved Gordo, Lizzie didn't know how lucky she was. Miranda would have done anything to have Gordo like her. Anything. She sighed, Soon enough he would be hers.
~*~
Lizzie looked through her brother's drawers and pulled out a big t-shirt. She tossed it to Gordo who held it up to his chest. Lizzie stared. Gordo had a six-pack. She had never noticed how those years on the basketball team paid off. She slowly walked forward. Gordo swallowed hard.
Lizzie reached out her hands and placed them on Gordo's chest. The skin was smooth and warm against her touch and bolts of electricity spread from her fingers. Gordo gasped and felt himself stiffen. Her hands were cool against his skin and it was all he could do to not to kiss her then and there. Gordo shouldn't have worried.
Lizzie leaned forward and pressed her lips against his. She felt Gordo wrap his arms around her waist and she almost collapsed onto the ground. Lizzie ran her tongue along Gordo's bottom lip until he opened his mouth. The kiss deepened and the two fell back onto Matt's bed. Neither of them saw the door open.
"What is going on here?" Miranda asked breaking the couple apart.
Lizzie rolled off of Gordo and flushed. He pulled the blue Duke Law t-shirt over his head and leaned forward on the bed. Miranda hid her anger behind a wide smile.
"Did I break up the heat?" Miranda joked, while fury and betrayal ran through her head. Lizzie had been kissing HER Gordo! There was no going back now, Parker had been right, Lizzie was too confident with boys.
Lizzie ran from the room, still in her bathing suit, she was afraid that Gordo would never want to talk to her again. Gordo got up to chase after her, but Miranda pushed him down on to the bed again.
"Why don't we let the little whore go?" She simpered and sat down in Gordo's lap.
A/N: Not what you expected eh? Well it's supposed to be a shock! Please R+R
~Meep
~Meep
The girl, who had stood behind the door, frowned. She was being given away!
~*~
Miranda opened the poolroom door to find a surprised Lizzie talking to an annoyed Parker. The tall brunette leaned down and whispered something to the blond before rushing past Miranda. She eyed Parker warily before stepping to the right to let Parker pass.
Just as the oak doors banged shut behind her, Gordo poked his head through the door.
"The guests want to know if swimming is again an option!" Gordo said blandly making Lizzie roll her eyes at him and nod. "Good they were about to break down the walls and throw me out a window when I told them that the pool was off limits!" he chuckled and turned his dark, curly head over his shoulder. "Come and get it!" he yelled before moving into the poolroom in front of a mob of eager teenagers.
Cider followed them again, slipping and sliding on the wet floor. The puppy couldn't get her breaks on fast enough, and the small gold lump tumbled into the pool. Laughs were heard from almost every corner of the room as the little dog floated to the surface and began to paddle around. Cider got excited by the noise and swam after unsuspecting guests and sank her teeth into their rumps.
Lizzie rolled her eyes before leaning over the 4-½ foot deep water. Lizzie grabbed the extra skin at the back of the puppy's neck and hauled the little dog to the edge of the pool. As Lizzie was about to pull the dog out of the water and onto the floor, someone bumped into her. She toppled head first into the water and sank like a stone.
Gordo immediately tensed up, what if she hit her head on the bottom? The pool wasn't that deep and Lizzie was taller than it. The few minutes in which it took Lizzie to drop to the bottom were like an eternity, or a pause in a cruel game of fate. He saw her body jolt as she connected with the concrete and Gordo sucked in his breath. If her eyes didn't open he would jump in after her.
Lizzie's hazel eyes blinked as she lifted herself to her feet under water. Her head broke the surface and Gordo let out the air that had been bottled up inside him in one great breath, and restocked oxygen levels as Lizzie did the same. She rubbed water out of her eyes and pushed her shining hair over her shoulder.
"Miranda, that was so not funny!" She sputtered, as Ethan helped her out of the pool.
"Sorry! Accident!" Miranda whined, before giving way to a laugh along with Lizzie.
Ethan wrapped a towel around Lizzie's shoulders and she smiled.
"Thanks Ethan," she grinned, before looking across the pool to where Gordo was sitting.
Something stirred in Gordo's deep blue eyes, something that she couldn't understand. Jealousy? Perhaps? No! Gordo's eyes radiated a gentle, sweet emotion. Something forgiving. Something that she had never noticed before. Gordo looked away; sure that she could read every emotion of his in her eyes.
He collapsed onto a deck chair near the doors and wished that this day had never happened. There was no doubt now! Parker was the murderer and he had let her stay in a room alone with the girl he loved. He could never spend forever with her now, knowing that he had put her in such danger. Upset, he closed his eyes.
~*~
"Gordo, Gordo wake up!" Lizzie shook the boy one more time.
Gordo groaned and opened his eyes. Standing in front of him was an angel. Lizzie stood there wrapped in her white sarong and a mesh over-shirt. She reached out a hand and stroked his cheek.
"Come on sleepyhead! They're all gone!" Lizzie whispered in his ear sending shivers down his spine.
Gordo sat up and stretched. Sleeping in a beach chair was very uncomfortable. The rubber strips had made red marks on his back, which itched something awful. Lizzie slid to the ground and it was then he realized that she had been sitting on his chest. Gordo felt his gut wrench. Lizzie the perfect had forgiven him all of his wrongs.
"Liz, I need to say I'm sorry!" Gordo blurted, only wanting her forgiveness and love.
"Why?" Lizzie asked, her eyes showing her confusion.
"Because I left you alone with the murderer!" Gordo explained, wondering why she was laughing.
"Parker? Parker isn't the murderer you silly!" Lizzie giggled again at Gordo's cluelessness this time. "She wanted to tell me that she knew who did do it. But before she could Miranda interrupted us!" Lizzie stated matter-of-factly. Gordo nodded without really listening to the blond and stood up.
Cider bounced around his feet making noises to be petted. Gordo picked up the pup and hugged it. Scratching the dog behind her ears. He put her down and the ball of fur scampered into the kitchen looking for food.
Lizzie took Gordo's hand in her own and pulled him into a hug. "Thanks for being sorry about leaving me with a suspect!" She said and Gordo smiled.
"Any time Lizzie, any time!" Gordo whispered under his breath. He buried his head in her hair, inhaling the scent of her shampoo. Lizzie laughed.
"What?" She said.
"Oh nothing!" Gordo mumbled "Nothing at all!"
"Oh, well, Miranda is spending the night tonight! Do you want to stay also?" Lizzie asked, a pout gracing her lips.
Gordo nodded, swallowed hard and stared at the teasing girl. "Good!" she laughed. "Call your mom!" Gordo grinned and followed her up to her room.
~*~
Miranda stood by Lizzie's guest bed with a grin on her face. "Hi Gordo!" She simpered.
"Uh hi Miranda!" Gordo stuttered and scratched his ear. Miranda was acting oddly.
Lizzie tossed Gordo the phone, and he dialed his number. The answering machine came on and he left a message.
"I'm staying!" He said and threw the phone back to Lizzie.
She placed it back into the holder and started to brush out her hair. Miranda picked up 'Little Women' by Louisa May Allcott and started to read. Gordo sat on Lizzie's bed and put on a shirt.
"Hey Liz, can I borrow some clothes till my Parents can send some over when they get home?" Gordo asked motioning to his bathing suit and bare chest. Lizzie smiled
"Sure thing Gordo, Matt was about your size!" She got up and led Gordo into Matt's room.
Miranda stayed where she was. She loved Gordo, Lizzie didn't know how lucky she was. Miranda would have done anything to have Gordo like her. Anything. She sighed, Soon enough he would be hers.
~*~
Lizzie looked through her brother's drawers and pulled out a big t-shirt. She tossed it to Gordo who held it up to his chest. Lizzie stared. Gordo had a six-pack. She had never noticed how those years on the basketball team paid off. She slowly walked forward. Gordo swallowed hard.
Lizzie reached out her hands and placed them on Gordo's chest. The skin was smooth and warm against her touch and bolts of electricity spread from her fingers. Gordo gasped and felt himself stiffen. Her hands were cool against his skin and it was all he could do to not to kiss her then and there. Gordo shouldn't have worried.
Lizzie leaned forward and pressed her lips against his. She felt Gordo wrap his arms around her waist and she almost collapsed onto the ground. Lizzie ran her tongue along Gordo's bottom lip until he opened his mouth. The kiss deepened and the two fell back onto Matt's bed. Neither of them saw the door open.
"What is going on here?" Miranda asked breaking the couple apart.
Lizzie rolled off of Gordo and flushed. He pulled the blue Duke Law t-shirt over his head and leaned forward on the bed. Miranda hid her anger behind a wide smile.
"Did I break up the heat?" Miranda joked, while fury and betrayal ran through her head. Lizzie had been kissing HER Gordo! There was no going back now, Parker had been right, Lizzie was too confident with boys.
Lizzie ran from the room, still in her bathing suit, she was afraid that Gordo would never want to talk to her again. Gordo got up to chase after her, but Miranda pushed him down on to the bed again.
"Why don't we let the little whore go?" She simpered and sat down in Gordo's lap.
A/N: Not what you expected eh? Well it's supposed to be a shock! Please R+R
~Meep