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Chapter 1~ Another Gordo?
David "Gordo" Gordon very happy! His parents had left him at home for the entire month of May and would be coming home in two days! Gordo had never in all of his 17 years, been allowed to be home alone for more than a week and now he had survived four. It was the first day of summer vacation and Gordo sat at the kitchen table crunching a very burned piece of toast. No matter how many times his mom showed him,
"Put the bread in here, push this lever down and wait for it to ping . . . . ."
The toast was always black and smoking. Maybe he should follow Lizzie's advice and only eat cereal. Grimacing Gordo threw the toast towards the trashcan, missed, walked over picked it up and placed the rock hard bread into the blue metal container.
The doorbell rang and Gordo sidled over to open it. Ethan stood there holding 'Algebra for the Sophomore' in one hand and a TI 83 calculator in the other. He smiled sheepishly at Gordo.
"Um Dude, like this math homework is killer! Do you think you could like help me out?"
"Sure Ethan," Gordo rolled his eyes, "Come on in!"
Gordo led Ethan through the entry way and into the kitchen, motioning for Ethan to sit down, he collapsed into a chair.
"Like I don't these systems of equations! Like there's the line combo and the substi-substi-" Ethan trailed off,
"Substitution?" Gordo offered, hoping that this would go quickly.
"Yeah that's it substitution!"
Gordo pulled out a pad of paper and a pen and began to show Ethan how to work 7th grade math problems.
~*~
An hour after Ethan had left, Gordo was in his room playing with his hackeysack, when he heard a car drive away. Catching the bean filled bag, Gordo walked over to his window in time to see a FedEx truck drive away. Gordo sighed and ran from his room to pick up the mail, almost tripping on his shoelaces.
Sitting back in the living room on the big, leather couch, Gordo looked through the letters. Most of them were bills for his parents. Thumbing through the contents, Gordo sorted the letters by who the mail was to. Suddenly Gordo came across a large manila envelope. The recipient was 'THE GORDON FAMILY'. Stamped on the front of paper in big red letters were the words
'EXTREMELY URGENT'
Extremely interested, Gordo opened the envelope. Several legal documents fell onto the couch and a long letter fell into his hands, he began to read.
"To The Gordon family,
As you know, a while back you adopted one boy out of a set of identical twins. It just so happens that the other day, the family of the other twin was in a fatal car crash. The boy, named Daniel, was home at the time and had no idea that his parents had died. His parents hadn't left where his was to go when there was no family left and he has no living relatives, except for David.
When asked where he would like to live, Daniel requested his brother's household. This is probably quite a shock, but if you feel that you can give your boy's brother loving home please contact me immediately and fill out all the forms.
Attached are the boy's stats. What he likes to do and not, where he went to school, what he eats, what his hobbies are, and the like.
Sincerely,
Barnabus Hodgeson"
Gordo let the letter fall from his grasp. He wasn't adopted! Or was he, Gordo looked nothing like his parents. He had a mass of dark curly brown hair, while both his parents had fairer, straight hair. Gordo clenched his hands into fists. Why hadn't his parents ever told him? They could have at least mentioned that he was adopted. Gordo took a deep breath to calm down and re-read the letter. Sighing, he picked up the phone and dialed his mom's cell.
~*~ "Hey, mom?"
"Yes David?"
"Am I adopted?"
"Well yes dear but-"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"David, honey, we were going to but we just never got around to it and- wait a minute how did you know?"
"There was a letter in the mail."
"What did it say?"
"I have a twin brother whose family just died. He wants to live with us."
"Oh poor Daniel, he must be so upset."
"YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT HIM? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU NEVER TOLD ME ANYTHING!!!!!"
"Oh Gordo, honey ..."
"I don't want to hear about it!"
"But-"
"NO!"
-click-
Gordo put the phone back into its cradle. Why didn't they ever tell me? He wondered, slamming his hand down on the coffee table. Why?
The doorbell rang. Gordo sighed and got up to answer it, vowing that should it be Ethan, the boy would never see tomorrow. He dragged his feet down the hallway and fumbled with the lock. Pulling the door open he was surprised to see a cloud of blond silk. Lizzie whirled around.
"Hey Gordo!" she smiled, "Want to go to the park with me?"
Gordo felt himself blush. He had had a crush on this girl since before time actually started. It was as though they were meant to be together. Lizzie noticed his color and she tinged too.
"So do you want to?" she asked again, a little more shyly.
Gordo suddenly found his throat very dry, "uh um___ yeah __ sure!"
Lizzie smiled and grabbed his arm,
"Good, let's go!" She fairly dragged him down the steps and onto the sidewalk. Lizzie moved her hand down his arm to hold his and she started talking. Gordo grinned and nodded and took in nothing that she said. He was busy enough figuring out why the heck they were holding hands.
The park was a few blocks away, but the moment passed to quickly for Gordo. They park was in sight and Lizzie dropped his hand. Shoving him lightly in the shoulder she leaned in. her breath was hot on his ear and Gordo swallowed hard.
"Tag you're it!" she whispered, before racing off towards the swings.
Gordo blinked a few times before regaining composure and chasing her around and around the park. He would have chased her to the ends of the earth if he had to. Just being with her was enough. Gordo made a face at himself, why was he being such a sap? He finally caught her by the slide and they both collapsed on the grass laughing.
"Hey Liz?" Gordo croaked, his voice hoarse from laughing and screaming and probably also the closeness of their bodies.
"Yeah?" she whispered, it was as if they were ten year olds on a sleep over.
"Uh did I ever tell you that I have a brother?" he asked knowing full well that she would leap to her feet.
Sure enough the blond leapt up, "What?" she said, "You never said anything? Do you not trust me?"
Gordo stood up to and hugged her but didn't let go, "Well you see, I have a twin and he's probably going to come and live with me soon and I just thought you should know. I only found out today also!" He smelled the strawberry scent in her hair and closed his eyes.
Lizzie nestled into his arms, "Oh really? Well one Gordo is never enough! What's his name?"
"Daniel." Gordo whispered, "Daniel Smith"
Chapter 1~ Another Gordo?
David "Gordo" Gordon very happy! His parents had left him at home for the entire month of May and would be coming home in two days! Gordo had never in all of his 17 years, been allowed to be home alone for more than a week and now he had survived four. It was the first day of summer vacation and Gordo sat at the kitchen table crunching a very burned piece of toast. No matter how many times his mom showed him,
"Put the bread in here, push this lever down and wait for it to ping . . . . ."
The toast was always black and smoking. Maybe he should follow Lizzie's advice and only eat cereal. Grimacing Gordo threw the toast towards the trashcan, missed, walked over picked it up and placed the rock hard bread into the blue metal container.
The doorbell rang and Gordo sidled over to open it. Ethan stood there holding 'Algebra for the Sophomore' in one hand and a TI 83 calculator in the other. He smiled sheepishly at Gordo.
"Um Dude, like this math homework is killer! Do you think you could like help me out?"
"Sure Ethan," Gordo rolled his eyes, "Come on in!"
Gordo led Ethan through the entry way and into the kitchen, motioning for Ethan to sit down, he collapsed into a chair.
"Like I don't these systems of equations! Like there's the line combo and the substi-substi-" Ethan trailed off,
"Substitution?" Gordo offered, hoping that this would go quickly.
"Yeah that's it substitution!"
Gordo pulled out a pad of paper and a pen and began to show Ethan how to work 7th grade math problems.
~*~
An hour after Ethan had left, Gordo was in his room playing with his hackeysack, when he heard a car drive away. Catching the bean filled bag, Gordo walked over to his window in time to see a FedEx truck drive away. Gordo sighed and ran from his room to pick up the mail, almost tripping on his shoelaces.
Sitting back in the living room on the big, leather couch, Gordo looked through the letters. Most of them were bills for his parents. Thumbing through the contents, Gordo sorted the letters by who the mail was to. Suddenly Gordo came across a large manila envelope. The recipient was 'THE GORDON FAMILY'. Stamped on the front of paper in big red letters were the words
'EXTREMELY URGENT'
Extremely interested, Gordo opened the envelope. Several legal documents fell onto the couch and a long letter fell into his hands, he began to read.
"To The Gordon family,
As you know, a while back you adopted one boy out of a set of identical twins. It just so happens that the other day, the family of the other twin was in a fatal car crash. The boy, named Daniel, was home at the time and had no idea that his parents had died. His parents hadn't left where his was to go when there was no family left and he has no living relatives, except for David.
When asked where he would like to live, Daniel requested his brother's household. This is probably quite a shock, but if you feel that you can give your boy's brother loving home please contact me immediately and fill out all the forms.
Attached are the boy's stats. What he likes to do and not, where he went to school, what he eats, what his hobbies are, and the like.
Sincerely,
Barnabus Hodgeson"
Gordo let the letter fall from his grasp. He wasn't adopted! Or was he, Gordo looked nothing like his parents. He had a mass of dark curly brown hair, while both his parents had fairer, straight hair. Gordo clenched his hands into fists. Why hadn't his parents ever told him? They could have at least mentioned that he was adopted. Gordo took a deep breath to calm down and re-read the letter. Sighing, he picked up the phone and dialed his mom's cell.
~*~ "Hey, mom?"
"Yes David?"
"Am I adopted?"
"Well yes dear but-"
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"David, honey, we were going to but we just never got around to it and- wait a minute how did you know?"
"There was a letter in the mail."
"What did it say?"
"I have a twin brother whose family just died. He wants to live with us."
"Oh poor Daniel, he must be so upset."
"YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT HIM? I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU NEVER TOLD ME ANYTHING!!!!!"
"Oh Gordo, honey ..."
"I don't want to hear about it!"
"But-"
"NO!"
-click-
Gordo put the phone back into its cradle. Why didn't they ever tell me? He wondered, slamming his hand down on the coffee table. Why?
The doorbell rang. Gordo sighed and got up to answer it, vowing that should it be Ethan, the boy would never see tomorrow. He dragged his feet down the hallway and fumbled with the lock. Pulling the door open he was surprised to see a cloud of blond silk. Lizzie whirled around.
"Hey Gordo!" she smiled, "Want to go to the park with me?"
Gordo felt himself blush. He had had a crush on this girl since before time actually started. It was as though they were meant to be together. Lizzie noticed his color and she tinged too.
"So do you want to?" she asked again, a little more shyly.
Gordo suddenly found his throat very dry, "uh um___ yeah __ sure!"
Lizzie smiled and grabbed his arm,
"Good, let's go!" She fairly dragged him down the steps and onto the sidewalk. Lizzie moved her hand down his arm to hold his and she started talking. Gordo grinned and nodded and took in nothing that she said. He was busy enough figuring out why the heck they were holding hands.
The park was a few blocks away, but the moment passed to quickly for Gordo. They park was in sight and Lizzie dropped his hand. Shoving him lightly in the shoulder she leaned in. her breath was hot on his ear and Gordo swallowed hard.
"Tag you're it!" she whispered, before racing off towards the swings.
Gordo blinked a few times before regaining composure and chasing her around and around the park. He would have chased her to the ends of the earth if he had to. Just being with her was enough. Gordo made a face at himself, why was he being such a sap? He finally caught her by the slide and they both collapsed on the grass laughing.
"Hey Liz?" Gordo croaked, his voice hoarse from laughing and screaming and probably also the closeness of their bodies.
"Yeah?" she whispered, it was as if they were ten year olds on a sleep over.
"Uh did I ever tell you that I have a brother?" he asked knowing full well that she would leap to her feet.
Sure enough the blond leapt up, "What?" she said, "You never said anything? Do you not trust me?"
Gordo stood up to and hugged her but didn't let go, "Well you see, I have a twin and he's probably going to come and live with me soon and I just thought you should know. I only found out today also!" He smelled the strawberry scent in her hair and closed his eyes.
Lizzie nestled into his arms, "Oh really? Well one Gordo is never enough! What's his name?"
"Daniel." Gordo whispered, "Daniel Smith"