A/N: Oh, look at macdeniken. Look at how she is updating!! Thanks for the
reviews. They really were a surprise to me because I was trying to decided
whether or not to update this or continue this story. . .and then I decided
well, if one person is still reading this, its worth it to me to keep
writing it. The updates may still be a little slow, but I am working on it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lizzie McGuire
Chapter Eleven
~Gordo~
Gordo didn't know what to do with this. He figured he would wait until work started again for things to go back to normal, but that never happened because the day he was going to go back to work was the day the Killian Company called. In fact, Mr. Ivey personally called Gordo that morning and told him that Elizabeth had quit her job.
"What?" Gordo said, not knowing what to make of this.
"She just said she couldn't handle it. It was a shame, really. She was such a great girl."
"Did she give a reason?"
"No," Mr. Ivey said, "She did tell me to tell you that she can't forget."
Gordo sighed, "So is the project off?"
"No! No! We can't afford to lose this. What will end up happening is that you will have a new partner."
Somehow, this didn't appeal to Gordo, "Um, Mr. Ivey, I don't want another partner."
"What?"
"I don't think it would be fair to Miss McGuire if I had a new partner."
"What are you trying to say, Mr. Gordon?"
"I can work on it by myself."
"You would be willing to do that?"
"We have been working on this project for quite a while, and I think I can finish it by myself."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah," Gordo said.
"All right," Mr. Ivey gave in, "Just remember to report back to us every week, okay?"
"Okay," Gordo said and after they said goodbye, they both hung up.
Gordo didn't really know what to say about all of this. He wished he could call Lizzie and ask her what was going on, but when he tried calling her, a recorded message said that the line was disconnected. Great, he thought, Lizzie was going to drastic lengths to avoid him.
A part of Gordo wished he could take that night they kissed away, but another part of him had to admit he was glad it happened. It made him realize that he had to get over life and that life had to go on. . .without Lizzie. Lizzie obviously didn't want him and he had to learn to live with that. He had to go out in the world and start dating. This would be good for him. At least this woman would love and respect him and not cheat on him. It would be hard, but he would have to face the facts: Lizzie wasn't in love with him anymore.
~~~
~Lizzie~
Lizzie went home that day in tears. She had to face the facts: She still loved Gordo. She had never stopped loving him. Once Lizzie got home, she sat down and thought about recent events. She was set to marry Ethan Craft, then her ex-boyfriend shows up and she works with him on a project and then catches Ethan cheating on her, and then finds herself making out with her ex-boyfriend. It was as if someone was trying to send her a message. What was that message? Was the message trying to tell her to give up on guys? Was it to tell her that there is no such thing as monogamy? Or, was it more specific? Was it fate that Gordo showed up when Lizzie was having doubts about her relationship with Ethan? Was it destiny that they kissed the night before after all these years? Was it some sort of sign that work would bring them together for this project? Probably, she thought. However, when fate opened its doors for her, she slammed them shut permanently.
Lizzie didn't know which was worse, the way she behaved when she kissed Gordo or the way she behaved after they kissed. It was all so confusing.
Lizzie didn't know how to fix anything. She felt helpless and out of control. She decided she needed a change and she needed it fast. So, instead of sitting in her apartment waiting for someone to help her misery, she decided to move away.
Lizzie didn't more far, she just moved about an hour away from her old apartment. It was just enough to start a new life without totally losing her identity.
After moving into her new apartment, she started looking for a job. She finally found a job at a discount bookstore at the information desk. She liked her job, though. She was able to see the whole store at her desk and met fascinating people through her work.
Ultimately, she decided, what she really liked about it was that she didn't have to worry about guys. She was taking a break from guys until she felt she was ready. It would be her first time being single since high school, but she decided to try and enjoy the experience.
After a month or so or working at the store, she had established herself with a new social life and a new group of friends. The girl that worked in the Starbucks in the bookstore was her new "work" friend and she rarely talked to her family and friends back in LA. In fact, the only person she really kept up with was Miranda, and even that wasn't very often. They had only seen each other twice in the past month, because Lizzie refused to go back to LA anytime soon in fear of the trauma.
Lizzie figured that Gordo had moved on with his life and other projects and tried her best to forget about him, but struggled. Every action she witnessed and idea she had reminded her of Gordo in some way or another. They had too much of a history together to forget anything.
She tried not to make a big deal about it. In fact, she practically told no one any details about her past and when asked, she sometimes lied about it. "The city was too dirty," she would say, or "I needed a change."
She didn't know really how badly she missed Gordo until it was right in front of her. Approximately four months after she moved away, Lizzie was spending one of her Saturday evenings by herself in her apartment watching a Lifetime Original Movie and eating fat-free frozen chocolate yogert. The movie was about a child who could die any day now, and because of this, her mother never let her have any friends. In the movie, the child made a secret friend, and when the child had collapsed, Lifetime started to show a commercial.
Because of her past, Lizzie wasn't a huge fan of commercials. However, since she wanted to see if the child would live, she stayed on the channel to wait for the movie. One of the commercials struck her hard. It was a commercial for Killian Glaciers that Lizzie had never seen before. In fact, the whole commercial was what she and Gordo planned on doing. She watched in amazement as the thirty second commercial played. It started with a little girl with her mother and a wagon. The scene in which Lizzie had been playing in her mind for a long time. She never saw it as a commercial, but as a commercial, it looked perfect.
Gordo must have worked on the project, Lizzie thought, for he was the only one who knew exactly how she wanted the commercial to play, shot by shot, and frame by frame. It was weird to watch it, and for a second, Lizzie thought she was dreaming, but then found out that this wasn't a dream. It was real.
Gordo stayed on that project, and even if she treated him like scum, he kept her ideas and made them happen. Gordo did that for her.
Lizzie watched the last few minutes of the movie, but was no longer able to concentrate on the movie. She was too busy thinking about the commercial. What was she supposed to do now? Call him and thank him? Apologize? Ask him why he did that?
She wanted to talk to him, but could find nothing to say without feeling like an idiot. At the end of the night, Lizzie decided that she should let it be and stop reading too much into the idea of using her idea. He probably just didn't have anytime to think of another idea.
~~~
A/N: I can't make any promises as to when the next update will be, but I can try my best to update soon. Thanks, and if you feel compelled to review or something, I would appreciate it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Lizzie McGuire
Chapter Eleven
~Gordo~
Gordo didn't know what to do with this. He figured he would wait until work started again for things to go back to normal, but that never happened because the day he was going to go back to work was the day the Killian Company called. In fact, Mr. Ivey personally called Gordo that morning and told him that Elizabeth had quit her job.
"What?" Gordo said, not knowing what to make of this.
"She just said she couldn't handle it. It was a shame, really. She was such a great girl."
"Did she give a reason?"
"No," Mr. Ivey said, "She did tell me to tell you that she can't forget."
Gordo sighed, "So is the project off?"
"No! No! We can't afford to lose this. What will end up happening is that you will have a new partner."
Somehow, this didn't appeal to Gordo, "Um, Mr. Ivey, I don't want another partner."
"What?"
"I don't think it would be fair to Miss McGuire if I had a new partner."
"What are you trying to say, Mr. Gordon?"
"I can work on it by myself."
"You would be willing to do that?"
"We have been working on this project for quite a while, and I think I can finish it by myself."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah," Gordo said.
"All right," Mr. Ivey gave in, "Just remember to report back to us every week, okay?"
"Okay," Gordo said and after they said goodbye, they both hung up.
Gordo didn't really know what to say about all of this. He wished he could call Lizzie and ask her what was going on, but when he tried calling her, a recorded message said that the line was disconnected. Great, he thought, Lizzie was going to drastic lengths to avoid him.
A part of Gordo wished he could take that night they kissed away, but another part of him had to admit he was glad it happened. It made him realize that he had to get over life and that life had to go on. . .without Lizzie. Lizzie obviously didn't want him and he had to learn to live with that. He had to go out in the world and start dating. This would be good for him. At least this woman would love and respect him and not cheat on him. It would be hard, but he would have to face the facts: Lizzie wasn't in love with him anymore.
~~~
~Lizzie~
Lizzie went home that day in tears. She had to face the facts: She still loved Gordo. She had never stopped loving him. Once Lizzie got home, she sat down and thought about recent events. She was set to marry Ethan Craft, then her ex-boyfriend shows up and she works with him on a project and then catches Ethan cheating on her, and then finds herself making out with her ex-boyfriend. It was as if someone was trying to send her a message. What was that message? Was the message trying to tell her to give up on guys? Was it to tell her that there is no such thing as monogamy? Or, was it more specific? Was it fate that Gordo showed up when Lizzie was having doubts about her relationship with Ethan? Was it destiny that they kissed the night before after all these years? Was it some sort of sign that work would bring them together for this project? Probably, she thought. However, when fate opened its doors for her, she slammed them shut permanently.
Lizzie didn't know which was worse, the way she behaved when she kissed Gordo or the way she behaved after they kissed. It was all so confusing.
Lizzie didn't know how to fix anything. She felt helpless and out of control. She decided she needed a change and she needed it fast. So, instead of sitting in her apartment waiting for someone to help her misery, she decided to move away.
Lizzie didn't more far, she just moved about an hour away from her old apartment. It was just enough to start a new life without totally losing her identity.
After moving into her new apartment, she started looking for a job. She finally found a job at a discount bookstore at the information desk. She liked her job, though. She was able to see the whole store at her desk and met fascinating people through her work.
Ultimately, she decided, what she really liked about it was that she didn't have to worry about guys. She was taking a break from guys until she felt she was ready. It would be her first time being single since high school, but she decided to try and enjoy the experience.
After a month or so or working at the store, she had established herself with a new social life and a new group of friends. The girl that worked in the Starbucks in the bookstore was her new "work" friend and she rarely talked to her family and friends back in LA. In fact, the only person she really kept up with was Miranda, and even that wasn't very often. They had only seen each other twice in the past month, because Lizzie refused to go back to LA anytime soon in fear of the trauma.
Lizzie figured that Gordo had moved on with his life and other projects and tried her best to forget about him, but struggled. Every action she witnessed and idea she had reminded her of Gordo in some way or another. They had too much of a history together to forget anything.
She tried not to make a big deal about it. In fact, she practically told no one any details about her past and when asked, she sometimes lied about it. "The city was too dirty," she would say, or "I needed a change."
She didn't know really how badly she missed Gordo until it was right in front of her. Approximately four months after she moved away, Lizzie was spending one of her Saturday evenings by herself in her apartment watching a Lifetime Original Movie and eating fat-free frozen chocolate yogert. The movie was about a child who could die any day now, and because of this, her mother never let her have any friends. In the movie, the child made a secret friend, and when the child had collapsed, Lifetime started to show a commercial.
Because of her past, Lizzie wasn't a huge fan of commercials. However, since she wanted to see if the child would live, she stayed on the channel to wait for the movie. One of the commercials struck her hard. It was a commercial for Killian Glaciers that Lizzie had never seen before. In fact, the whole commercial was what she and Gordo planned on doing. She watched in amazement as the thirty second commercial played. It started with a little girl with her mother and a wagon. The scene in which Lizzie had been playing in her mind for a long time. She never saw it as a commercial, but as a commercial, it looked perfect.
Gordo must have worked on the project, Lizzie thought, for he was the only one who knew exactly how she wanted the commercial to play, shot by shot, and frame by frame. It was weird to watch it, and for a second, Lizzie thought she was dreaming, but then found out that this wasn't a dream. It was real.
Gordo stayed on that project, and even if she treated him like scum, he kept her ideas and made them happen. Gordo did that for her.
Lizzie watched the last few minutes of the movie, but was no longer able to concentrate on the movie. She was too busy thinking about the commercial. What was she supposed to do now? Call him and thank him? Apologize? Ask him why he did that?
She wanted to talk to him, but could find nothing to say without feeling like an idiot. At the end of the night, Lizzie decided that she should let it be and stop reading too much into the idea of using her idea. He probably just didn't have anytime to think of another idea.
~~~
A/N: I can't make any promises as to when the next update will be, but I can try my best to update soon. Thanks, and if you feel compelled to review or something, I would appreciate it.