As you should all know by now, I don't own Lizzy or any of the characters, sad as it is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As Gordo made his way to the living room couch and soon became engrossed in the T.V.; Lizzy made her way to her room. She silently closed the door and crept over to her bed, and picked up her phone. "Please don't say no," she mentally pleaded as she dialed the number. As the other end rang, Lizzy could swear she felt her heart stopping; but her thoughts were soon switch over as a masculine voice answered with a "hello". "Oh, hey, Ethan? This is Lizzy."

"Liz-zy, Liz-zy, what can I do for ya?"

"How about come over to my house for a swim?"

"Me and you, and a swimming pool –"

"–And Gordo."

"And Gordo, cool enough."

"So, you'll be here?"

"Sure thing Liz-zy."

As she hang up, she couldn't help but feel a little guilty about this. Since they had started high school Ethan had begun to feel differently toward her, and often openly flirted with her in front of everyone. She knew she was merely going to be using him to prove to Gordo that he did still love her; and she was pretty sure Ethan had caught that too by the change in his tones. Still he was coming, he temporary knight in shining armor; or shining swimming trunks anyway. First came the fun part; she picked out a light blue thong bikini set that made her eyes seem twice as bright. She put it on, picturing what it would do to both of her guests when they saw her; and couldn't help but smile as she exited to the living room. "Does this look alright?" she asked sweetly; suppressing a giggle when he looked at her. Gordo's eyes bugged out of his head some, "y-yeah, it looks great." He quickly looked back at the screen, and Lizzy thought she heard him mumble a "damn" under his breath.

"I'm going to see if the water's warm enough to swim in, kay?" She didn't even wait for him to reply before leaving to the back yard. As she dipped her finger into the pool, she was pleased to find that it was perfect. "I hope this works," she whispered, crossing her fingers. When she looked up, she noticed Ethan heading toward the front of the house, so she called him over toward the back of the gate; where his eyes too bugged out of his head at the sight of her. "Liz-zy, quite lovely today." She couldn't' stop the light giggle that escaped her lips at the way he said her name; she'd always found it amusing. "But I think you'd look better this way," he said as he pushed her into the pool. She splashed around and resurfaced, "Ethan, you jerk," she said as she gasped for air.

"Sorry, Liz-zy" he smirked.

"Yeah?" She grabbed his leg and pulled him in with her. They continued splashing each other and Lizzy squealed from time to time; until Ethan had splashed her into a corner and their noses touched as they started into eachother's eyes. Lizzy couldn't' help but notice they had a new depth to them then what they'd ever had before. Still, her heart was Gordo's; and feeling a kiss coming on, she shifted her gaze toward the patio doors; where she spotted none other than her beloved Gordo watching them.

Suddenly something came over her, she leaned forward and kissed Ethan with all she had. He responded more than she thought he would; wrapping his arms around her and trying his best to deepen it. But as quickly as it had happened it was done; and Lizzy was left embracing the air. When she opened her eyes, she was horrified to see that Gordo had ripped Ethan away from her, out of the pool, and was now attempting to fight him. "Gordo, stop, what are you doing?!?"

He turned to face her, his eyes gleaming with some sort of hidden betrayal that broke her heart to see. She jumped out of the pool and step in-between them. "Ethan, thanks for coming, but maybe you should go."

"What? Yeah, yeah, anything you say Liz." He leaned forward and kisses her cheek, earning a low growl from Gordo. "Talk to you tomorrow." As he walked away, Gordo watch until Ethan was entirely out of view.

"How could you do that?" he voiced lowly.

"Do what, kiss Ethan? It's not like I belong to anyone, Gordo." she shot back, her eyes screaming out a pain of her secret longing.

His eyes looked over her, then locked on hers, walking toward Lizzy and lightly shoving her into the house. "You belong to me, McGuire, never forget that." With those words uttered he leaned in a passionately kissed her.