"What do you have to say for yourself, young man?"
"I'm sorry?" Gordo replied unsurley.
"Mike and I were worried sick! Did you think that a note would be enough? And to think you skipped our wedding..."
Gordo tried to tune out his mother. It had been like this ever since he had returned home that morning. He wished that they would just stop yelling.
"...and this Lizzie girl, whom I don't even know, her parents call me frantically because they think she ran off with my son...do you know how that made me feel?"
"I'm sorry...I did not think," Gordo said, trying to say something that would get his mom to shut up.
"You did not think...that was so unlike you Gordo," his mom said. "I am so disappointed in you."
"It was probably that Lizzie, she is a bad influence on you, Gordo," his stepdad, Mile piped up. "You need to choose your friends wisely."
"Is she your girlfriend, Gordo?"
Gordo had to think of an answer for a second.
"No she..she is...my friend," he stuttered.
"I think that it would be best if you two refrained from hanging out together anymore," Mike suggested.
Would he just shut up? Gordo thought. This is my mom and I's business, only.
"I think that would be best," his mom agreed.
Gordo nodded solemnly, and his mom left the room. He could see the disappointment in her face.
Mike walked over and sat next to him on the couch.
"You better stay away from her, and I mean it. One more false move, and it is military school for you."
And with that he walked into the kitchen with Gordo's mom.
Gordo did not know what to say, think, or do. He was in a state of shock. However, he did think it best that he and Lizzie refrained from seeing each other. After what had happened that day...
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Lizzie sadly retreated upstairs to her room. The events of that day had been such a blur, she did not know what to think. She did know, however, that she would probably not see the light of day for a month. She had been grounded by her parents.
But,if that wasn't punishment enough, Gordo wasn't talking to her anymore. How could she have been so stupid? Everyone else saw it, why didn't she?
She could see it in his eyes.
Jealousy.
Why did she do that to him?
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The day started off perfectly, without a hitch. Neither of their parents had caught them, and they both sucessfully snuck to the gas station.
The ride up there was also perfect. She and Gordo talked about school and life in general, while listening to the sounds of the Beatles Revolver. It seemed like the fun would never end.
But it did.
"Gordo, where are we staying tonight?"
"I do not know."
"What do you know?"
"Well..we are going to meet my best friend for lunch once we get there...maybe we can crash at his place."
"Okay..."
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"Lizzie, this is Jeremy."
Gordo introduced his longtime friend to Lizzie.
"Hey Lizzie. What's up?"
"I am fine."
"You sure are."
Gordo could not believe what he heard. Jeremy was indefinitely flirting with Lizzie. His Lizzie.
Lizzie blushed.
"Thanks," she demurley replied.
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Jeremy and Lizzie hit it off right away. They hit it off so much, that Gordo felt like a third wheel.
This was not suppossed to be happening. He decided that they would be leaving that night, and not the next morning as planned. Watching the two of them made him sick to his stomach.
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Gordo turned on his computer, and signed on to his screen name.
Right away, Lizzie tried to talk to him.
HILLRIDGEQT: Hi?
Gordo did not want to answer her.
HILLRIDGEQT: Hi?
HEYJUDE454: What do you want
HILLRIDGEQT: I'm sorry
HILLRIDGEQT: Why aren't you talking to me?
HILLRIDGEQT: Please talk to me, i am so sorry
HEYJUDE454 SIGNED OFF AT 11:45am EASTERN
He signed off. He really did not feel like talking to her.
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He signed off. Lizzie felt so terrible.
She should have never have gine to Seattle with Gordo.
She was punished, and she had lost her best friend.
"I'm sorry?" Gordo replied unsurley.
"Mike and I were worried sick! Did you think that a note would be enough? And to think you skipped our wedding..."
Gordo tried to tune out his mother. It had been like this ever since he had returned home that morning. He wished that they would just stop yelling.
"...and this Lizzie girl, whom I don't even know, her parents call me frantically because they think she ran off with my son...do you know how that made me feel?"
"I'm sorry...I did not think," Gordo said, trying to say something that would get his mom to shut up.
"You did not think...that was so unlike you Gordo," his mom said. "I am so disappointed in you."
"It was probably that Lizzie, she is a bad influence on you, Gordo," his stepdad, Mile piped up. "You need to choose your friends wisely."
"Is she your girlfriend, Gordo?"
Gordo had to think of an answer for a second.
"No she..she is...my friend," he stuttered.
"I think that it would be best if you two refrained from hanging out together anymore," Mike suggested.
Would he just shut up? Gordo thought. This is my mom and I's business, only.
"I think that would be best," his mom agreed.
Gordo nodded solemnly, and his mom left the room. He could see the disappointment in her face.
Mike walked over and sat next to him on the couch.
"You better stay away from her, and I mean it. One more false move, and it is military school for you."
And with that he walked into the kitchen with Gordo's mom.
Gordo did not know what to say, think, or do. He was in a state of shock. However, he did think it best that he and Lizzie refrained from seeing each other. After what had happened that day...
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Lizzie sadly retreated upstairs to her room. The events of that day had been such a blur, she did not know what to think. She did know, however, that she would probably not see the light of day for a month. She had been grounded by her parents.
But,if that wasn't punishment enough, Gordo wasn't talking to her anymore. How could she have been so stupid? Everyone else saw it, why didn't she?
She could see it in his eyes.
Jealousy.
Why did she do that to him?
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The day started off perfectly, without a hitch. Neither of their parents had caught them, and they both sucessfully snuck to the gas station.
The ride up there was also perfect. She and Gordo talked about school and life in general, while listening to the sounds of the Beatles Revolver. It seemed like the fun would never end.
But it did.
"Gordo, where are we staying tonight?"
"I do not know."
"What do you know?"
"Well..we are going to meet my best friend for lunch once we get there...maybe we can crash at his place."
"Okay..."
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"Lizzie, this is Jeremy."
Gordo introduced his longtime friend to Lizzie.
"Hey Lizzie. What's up?"
"I am fine."
"You sure are."
Gordo could not believe what he heard. Jeremy was indefinitely flirting with Lizzie. His Lizzie.
Lizzie blushed.
"Thanks," she demurley replied.
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Jeremy and Lizzie hit it off right away. They hit it off so much, that Gordo felt like a third wheel.
This was not suppossed to be happening. He decided that they would be leaving that night, and not the next morning as planned. Watching the two of them made him sick to his stomach.
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Gordo turned on his computer, and signed on to his screen name.
Right away, Lizzie tried to talk to him.
HILLRIDGEQT: Hi?
Gordo did not want to answer her.
HILLRIDGEQT: Hi?
HEYJUDE454: What do you want
HILLRIDGEQT: I'm sorry
HILLRIDGEQT: Why aren't you talking to me?
HILLRIDGEQT: Please talk to me, i am so sorry
HEYJUDE454 SIGNED OFF AT 11:45am EASTERN
He signed off. He really did not feel like talking to her.
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He signed off. Lizzie felt so terrible.
She should have never have gine to Seattle with Gordo.
She was punished, and she had lost her best friend.