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Chapter 4
When Lizzie got to school she was welcomed with stares from all the guys. It made her feel proud but also kind of used. All she knew about it was that she didn't really like it. She would much rather be dressed like she normally was. But she had to go through with her plan. She had to make not only her parents mad but Gordo to talk to her. If she knew him like she though she knew him he would tell her she shouldn't look like this for attention. She didn't need to make her self a slut to be liked by guys and have guy friends. When she got to her locker she saw Gordo. He saw her, she knew he must have, but he didn't show it. He walked right past her staring at the floor. Lizzie didn't know what was up with him. But she grabbed her math book and headed off to homeroom. She sat down and Miranda came over to her and said, "Wow . . . Lizzie. Wh . . .what are you wearing?"
"Oh, my parents are being jerks so I wanted to get them mad." a little voice in her head that sounded alot like Gordo's said, "If you keep making them mad you'll regret it." She shrugged it off and looked at Miranda, who had the same dazed look she had for the past two days now. Lizzie decided she needed to ask Miranda, "Miranda, what's wrong? I knwo you got grounded because I called and your mom said you couldn't talk . . ."
"So I guess she told you then." Miranda looked like she was about to cry, "She told you I'm . . . I'm pregnant."
"What?" Lizzie practically screamed, "No! You . . . You're Can't Tell?" Miranda nodded, "And . . . Gordo's the father?"
Miranda looke up horrified, "No! He's not!" She started crying, "La . . . Larry is." She whispered. It was Lizzie's turn to look horrified, "Lizzie . . . I can't tell him. I can't tell Larry he's goingto be a father!" The heard a gasp and turned around. Standing there was Larry Tudgeman. "Oh my gosh." Miranda said. She started crying even harder, "Larry I'm . . . I'm sorry. I . . ." She didn't finish her sentence but buried her face in her hands.
Lizzie stood up and elbowed Larry, who was standing dumbstruck in the aisle, hard in the ribs. He knelt down in front of Miranda and gently pulled her hands away from her face, "Miranda? Miranda listen to me." Miranda shook her head, "It's okay. just listen. You don't have to be sorry."
Miranda stopped him, "Yes I do. I wanted to . . ."
"No, Miranda. I could've stopped you anytime I wanted. But just listen. You don't need to cry. You don't. I know what we did was a mistake and now we have to live with the consequenses. And WE are going to do that. I'm going to help you. You're not in this alone. You have me, and your family and friends. You don't have to cry." Larry wrapped his arms around Miranda and she cried on his shoulder. Everyone looked up when someone snickered.
"Oh brother. What is this? A nerd convention?" Kate Saunders said. Her cronies lauged with her, "Ugh . . . why don't the two of you just get a room?" She said Miranda and Larry.
Miranda seemed to realize where she was and wiped away her tears, "Thank you." Lizzie heard her whisper in Larry's ear, "Lizzie." Miranda said quietly, "Will you come with me?" Lizzie nodded and they walked into the girls bathroom.
Lizzie looked at Miranda's face and said, "Why don't we fix up your makeup?" Mascara had run all down Miranda's face. While Lizzie was wiping it off and applying more she said, "You're really lucky. Larry's a great guy."
Miranda nodded, "Um . . ." She squeked out. Her throat hurt from crying, "What's up with Gordo?"
"What do you mean?" Lizzie dig through her purse for some eye shadow. They hadn't yet told Miranda they kissed.
"Well, I haven't talked to him in a while. How . . . how is he?"
Lizzie looked up into Miranda's sad face, "I don't know. He doesn't want to have anything to do with me for awhile."
"Why not?"
"Well, we . . . umm . . . we kissed. And Matt saw and told my parents and then they said we couldn't see each other for a month. So, I told Gordo and said I wasn't going to obey them and he said I should. And now he isn't talking to me."
"Oh." Miranda looked down as Lizzie declared, "Done" and they made they're way to the door.
"By the way . . . um . . .congratulations." Miranda looked up at her and smiled weakly. Lizzie hugged her and they walked back out into the hallway. They realized no one was in homeroom and they were late for their next classes. So Miranda went to Social Studies and Lizzie went back to homeroom to get her math book. When she got there she saw Gordo walking towards her.They looked at each other and made eye contact for a few seconds then Lizzie looked away. They passed each other and with a quick look back Lizzie followed him. He finally stopped and turned to look at her. "Why are you following me?" He asked colly.
Lizzie searched her brain for an answer that didn't seem too stupid. "Umm . . . I'm . . .I . . ."
"Lizzie, why can't you understand that I don't want to see you. I don't want to talk to you. I don't want anything to do with you. Stop following me and stay away from me! Stay out of my life!"
Lizzie looked like she was going to cry. But she wouldn't let herself. As Gordo walked turned away she said, "I don't want to."
"Well, I want you to." He said turning back around.
"I'll respect you and leave you alone but I'm not going to do it happily. Gordo, I want you in my life. I want you to love me . . ." Before Lizzie could finish Gordo all of a sudden kissed her. A long passionate kiss unlike any Lizzie had before. For those moments Lizzie felt like she was floating on a cloud. He had his warm hands on her cold cheeks. They were so close Lizzie was sure he could feel her heart racing. His warmth was make her cold desolate body warm again. He finally broke the kiss.
"I do." He said, "And that's why we can't be together anymore."
"Why can't you just be okay with it. It's not going to hurt you."
"It will. You don't know how much." Principal Tweety walked through the hallway.
"Mr. Gordon. Ms. McGuire. Looks like you'll have the pleasure of spending your lunch period in detention. Next time be in class when the bell rings." And he walked away.
"Gordo wait." Lizzie grabbed his arm, "Tell me how it will hurt you and I'll stay out of your life forever."
Gordo jerked his arm away and walked towards the gym. Lizzie groaned and walked back into her homeroom, got her book, and set off for Algebra.
Chapter 4
When Lizzie got to school she was welcomed with stares from all the guys. It made her feel proud but also kind of used. All she knew about it was that she didn't really like it. She would much rather be dressed like she normally was. But she had to go through with her plan. She had to make not only her parents mad but Gordo to talk to her. If she knew him like she though she knew him he would tell her she shouldn't look like this for attention. She didn't need to make her self a slut to be liked by guys and have guy friends. When she got to her locker she saw Gordo. He saw her, she knew he must have, but he didn't show it. He walked right past her staring at the floor. Lizzie didn't know what was up with him. But she grabbed her math book and headed off to homeroom. She sat down and Miranda came over to her and said, "Wow . . . Lizzie. Wh . . .what are you wearing?"
"Oh, my parents are being jerks so I wanted to get them mad." a little voice in her head that sounded alot like Gordo's said, "If you keep making them mad you'll regret it." She shrugged it off and looked at Miranda, who had the same dazed look she had for the past two days now. Lizzie decided she needed to ask Miranda, "Miranda, what's wrong? I knwo you got grounded because I called and your mom said you couldn't talk . . ."
"So I guess she told you then." Miranda looked like she was about to cry, "She told you I'm . . . I'm pregnant."
"What?" Lizzie practically screamed, "No! You . . . You're Can't Tell?" Miranda nodded, "And . . . Gordo's the father?"
Miranda looke up horrified, "No! He's not!" She started crying, "La . . . Larry is." She whispered. It was Lizzie's turn to look horrified, "Lizzie . . . I can't tell him. I can't tell Larry he's goingto be a father!" The heard a gasp and turned around. Standing there was Larry Tudgeman. "Oh my gosh." Miranda said. She started crying even harder, "Larry I'm . . . I'm sorry. I . . ." She didn't finish her sentence but buried her face in her hands.
Lizzie stood up and elbowed Larry, who was standing dumbstruck in the aisle, hard in the ribs. He knelt down in front of Miranda and gently pulled her hands away from her face, "Miranda? Miranda listen to me." Miranda shook her head, "It's okay. just listen. You don't have to be sorry."
Miranda stopped him, "Yes I do. I wanted to . . ."
"No, Miranda. I could've stopped you anytime I wanted. But just listen. You don't need to cry. You don't. I know what we did was a mistake and now we have to live with the consequenses. And WE are going to do that. I'm going to help you. You're not in this alone. You have me, and your family and friends. You don't have to cry." Larry wrapped his arms around Miranda and she cried on his shoulder. Everyone looked up when someone snickered.
"Oh brother. What is this? A nerd convention?" Kate Saunders said. Her cronies lauged with her, "Ugh . . . why don't the two of you just get a room?" She said Miranda and Larry.
Miranda seemed to realize where she was and wiped away her tears, "Thank you." Lizzie heard her whisper in Larry's ear, "Lizzie." Miranda said quietly, "Will you come with me?" Lizzie nodded and they walked into the girls bathroom.
Lizzie looked at Miranda's face and said, "Why don't we fix up your makeup?" Mascara had run all down Miranda's face. While Lizzie was wiping it off and applying more she said, "You're really lucky. Larry's a great guy."
Miranda nodded, "Um . . ." She squeked out. Her throat hurt from crying, "What's up with Gordo?"
"What do you mean?" Lizzie dig through her purse for some eye shadow. They hadn't yet told Miranda they kissed.
"Well, I haven't talked to him in a while. How . . . how is he?"
Lizzie looked up into Miranda's sad face, "I don't know. He doesn't want to have anything to do with me for awhile."
"Why not?"
"Well, we . . . umm . . . we kissed. And Matt saw and told my parents and then they said we couldn't see each other for a month. So, I told Gordo and said I wasn't going to obey them and he said I should. And now he isn't talking to me."
"Oh." Miranda looked down as Lizzie declared, "Done" and they made they're way to the door.
"By the way . . . um . . .congratulations." Miranda looked up at her and smiled weakly. Lizzie hugged her and they walked back out into the hallway. They realized no one was in homeroom and they were late for their next classes. So Miranda went to Social Studies and Lizzie went back to homeroom to get her math book. When she got there she saw Gordo walking towards her.They looked at each other and made eye contact for a few seconds then Lizzie looked away. They passed each other and with a quick look back Lizzie followed him. He finally stopped and turned to look at her. "Why are you following me?" He asked colly.
Lizzie searched her brain for an answer that didn't seem too stupid. "Umm . . . I'm . . .I . . ."
"Lizzie, why can't you understand that I don't want to see you. I don't want to talk to you. I don't want anything to do with you. Stop following me and stay away from me! Stay out of my life!"
Lizzie looked like she was going to cry. But she wouldn't let herself. As Gordo walked turned away she said, "I don't want to."
"Well, I want you to." He said turning back around.
"I'll respect you and leave you alone but I'm not going to do it happily. Gordo, I want you in my life. I want you to love me . . ." Before Lizzie could finish Gordo all of a sudden kissed her. A long passionate kiss unlike any Lizzie had before. For those moments Lizzie felt like she was floating on a cloud. He had his warm hands on her cold cheeks. They were so close Lizzie was sure he could feel her heart racing. His warmth was make her cold desolate body warm again. He finally broke the kiss.
"I do." He said, "And that's why we can't be together anymore."
"Why can't you just be okay with it. It's not going to hurt you."
"It will. You don't know how much." Principal Tweety walked through the hallway.
"Mr. Gordon. Ms. McGuire. Looks like you'll have the pleasure of spending your lunch period in detention. Next time be in class when the bell rings." And he walked away.
"Gordo wait." Lizzie grabbed his arm, "Tell me how it will hurt you and I'll stay out of your life forever."
Gordo jerked his arm away and walked towards the gym. Lizzie groaned and walked back into her homeroom, got her book, and set off for Algebra.
