Why can't I breathe?
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Summary:
Chapter 4—Maybe I'm falling.
"Uh. . . He's a friend of mine." Lizzie lied as she ripped the phone from Gordo's hands. "Hello?" She quickly answered. "Uh. . .Hi. Can I call you back later? Right now is not really a good time." Lizzie darted glances at her best friends. They could probably see through her. "You too. Bye." Lizzie hung up and tossed her phone aside. "So what do you guys want to do now?" Gordo and Miranda glanced at each other and then back at Lizzie.
"Want to hit the mall?" Miranda asked after awkward silence.
"Yes! I've been dying to." Lizzie exclaimed.
"Ugh. Count me out. I'm going to go home and work on my summer project a little bit. Catch you guys later." Gordo stood and exited Lizzie's room
"I knew that would make him leave. Okay so spill." Miranda sat up on her knees so she could absorb every detail.
"Spill what? I don't have anything to spill. I'm spill free." Lizzie protested crossing the room to her vanity. She began toying with her makeup.
"Okay. So how did you make up with Gordo so fast?"
"He said he just wanted to be friends, which is the best news I've heard all day." Lizzie was leaning close to the mirror doing her mascara.
"You bought that?" Miranda laughed. "Lizzie, the guy has been in love with you since 2nd grade. You were the only one who didn't see it. Gosh I feel so bad for him because he'll always pine for you." Miranda ended quietly.
"Miranda. He said we could be friends. And that's it. And what do you mean since 2nd grade!? How come you didn't tell me before!?" Lizzie dropped her makeup and sat down closer to her best friend.
"And you wonder why he's never had a girlfriend. Except for that Brooke girl." Miranda flashed back to when she and Lizzie saw Gordo kissing Brooke in the Digital Bean.
"Memory Lane is closed Miranda! I had no idea he'd felt that way for so long! I thought when he told me he loved me three years ago he was being insecurity. . .you know about me leaving for Florida." Lizzie began to wonder if Gordo really, truly, was in love with her.
"Lizzie!! He told you he loved you? Nobody told me that!! What did you say to him?" Miranda was on the edge of a breakdown if she didn't get some answers.
"I told him I didn't think I could ever love him. Not in that way." Lizzie said quietly.
"Oh. . . . ." Miranda trailed off.
"I wish I hadn't now." Lizzie slowly began to regret her choice of words three years ago.
"Why not?"
"Never say never. Right?" Lizzie smiled weakly. "Is this really happening?" she asked herself. "Am I really feeling romantic feelings towards Gordo?"
"Lizzie. Do you love him?" Miranda simply asked. Lizzie closed her eyes to consider the question. Did she love him? Her eyes snapped open. Suddenly remembering Jon. Her fiancé for crying out loud!
"No. Miranda I don't love him. Want to know why? I'm in love with somebody else. And that somebody loves me." Lizzie crossed the room to her bedside table and picked up the ring where she'd left it yesterday. As she slipped it on, Miranda's mouth dropped.
"LIZZIE!!!!!!!! WHO IS HE? WHEN? Wha..." Miranda could only stare at the ring.
"His name is Jon Larson. I meet him about 2 years ago and we hit it off. He proposed about 2 weeks ago. You are the first to know." Lizzie smiled as her best friend carefully estimated how much she thought it was worth.
"So Gordo doesn't know yet?" Miranda snapped out of her pre-wedding frenzy and focused on a BIG problem.
"No. And you can't tell him Miranda! I have to tell him. Over time, but soon because Jon is coming to Hilldridge in two weeks so we can announce our engagement officially and start planning the wedding. We want to be married by the end of the summer." Lizzie looked at her friend. A look of consternation crossed her face.
"Gordo isn't going to take this well. So this Jon. You really like him huh?"
"Yeah. . .He's really a great guy. . ." Lizzie slipped the ring off and placed it carefully in her jewelry box.
LATER THAT EVENING
Lizzie sat on her bed flipping through a wedding magazine. Her cell phone rang and she picked it up expecting it to be Jon.
"I can't wait for you to be here." She said sexily without even saying hello first.
"Um. . .I can be there in a few minutes if you really want me to be." Gordo said surprised by the way Lizzie had answered the phone.
"Oh hi Gordo." Lizzie blushed. She could have sworn it said Jon.
"What are you doing?"
"Just looking at a magazine."
"Hey I was wondering if you wanted to go to the drive in with me tonight. Just as friends. They are playing A Love Affair to Remember. I know you like that movie. So I wouldn't take anybody else." Gordo nervously awaited her answer.
"Sure. When do you want to pick me up?" Lizzie boredly shut the magazine.
"How's seven sound?"
"Great."
"Okay see you then. Lizzie immediately began searching for something to wear. She finally settled on her pink mini skirt with the black polka dots and a black shirt that slit down to her naval. It was held together in the center by a wide silver ring. Then she skipped off to the shower.
Disclaimer: Yada, Yada, Yada.
Summary:
Chapter 4—Maybe I'm falling.
"Uh. . . He's a friend of mine." Lizzie lied as she ripped the phone from Gordo's hands. "Hello?" She quickly answered. "Uh. . .Hi. Can I call you back later? Right now is not really a good time." Lizzie darted glances at her best friends. They could probably see through her. "You too. Bye." Lizzie hung up and tossed her phone aside. "So what do you guys want to do now?" Gordo and Miranda glanced at each other and then back at Lizzie.
"Want to hit the mall?" Miranda asked after awkward silence.
"Yes! I've been dying to." Lizzie exclaimed.
"Ugh. Count me out. I'm going to go home and work on my summer project a little bit. Catch you guys later." Gordo stood and exited Lizzie's room
"I knew that would make him leave. Okay so spill." Miranda sat up on her knees so she could absorb every detail.
"Spill what? I don't have anything to spill. I'm spill free." Lizzie protested crossing the room to her vanity. She began toying with her makeup.
"Okay. So how did you make up with Gordo so fast?"
"He said he just wanted to be friends, which is the best news I've heard all day." Lizzie was leaning close to the mirror doing her mascara.
"You bought that?" Miranda laughed. "Lizzie, the guy has been in love with you since 2nd grade. You were the only one who didn't see it. Gosh I feel so bad for him because he'll always pine for you." Miranda ended quietly.
"Miranda. He said we could be friends. And that's it. And what do you mean since 2nd grade!? How come you didn't tell me before!?" Lizzie dropped her makeup and sat down closer to her best friend.
"And you wonder why he's never had a girlfriend. Except for that Brooke girl." Miranda flashed back to when she and Lizzie saw Gordo kissing Brooke in the Digital Bean.
"Memory Lane is closed Miranda! I had no idea he'd felt that way for so long! I thought when he told me he loved me three years ago he was being insecurity. . .you know about me leaving for Florida." Lizzie began to wonder if Gordo really, truly, was in love with her.
"Lizzie!! He told you he loved you? Nobody told me that!! What did you say to him?" Miranda was on the edge of a breakdown if she didn't get some answers.
"I told him I didn't think I could ever love him. Not in that way." Lizzie said quietly.
"Oh. . . . ." Miranda trailed off.
"I wish I hadn't now." Lizzie slowly began to regret her choice of words three years ago.
"Why not?"
"Never say never. Right?" Lizzie smiled weakly. "Is this really happening?" she asked herself. "Am I really feeling romantic feelings towards Gordo?"
"Lizzie. Do you love him?" Miranda simply asked. Lizzie closed her eyes to consider the question. Did she love him? Her eyes snapped open. Suddenly remembering Jon. Her fiancé for crying out loud!
"No. Miranda I don't love him. Want to know why? I'm in love with somebody else. And that somebody loves me." Lizzie crossed the room to her bedside table and picked up the ring where she'd left it yesterday. As she slipped it on, Miranda's mouth dropped.
"LIZZIE!!!!!!!! WHO IS HE? WHEN? Wha..." Miranda could only stare at the ring.
"His name is Jon Larson. I meet him about 2 years ago and we hit it off. He proposed about 2 weeks ago. You are the first to know." Lizzie smiled as her best friend carefully estimated how much she thought it was worth.
"So Gordo doesn't know yet?" Miranda snapped out of her pre-wedding frenzy and focused on a BIG problem.
"No. And you can't tell him Miranda! I have to tell him. Over time, but soon because Jon is coming to Hilldridge in two weeks so we can announce our engagement officially and start planning the wedding. We want to be married by the end of the summer." Lizzie looked at her friend. A look of consternation crossed her face.
"Gordo isn't going to take this well. So this Jon. You really like him huh?"
"Yeah. . .He's really a great guy. . ." Lizzie slipped the ring off and placed it carefully in her jewelry box.
LATER THAT EVENING
Lizzie sat on her bed flipping through a wedding magazine. Her cell phone rang and she picked it up expecting it to be Jon.
"I can't wait for you to be here." She said sexily without even saying hello first.
"Um. . .I can be there in a few minutes if you really want me to be." Gordo said surprised by the way Lizzie had answered the phone.
"Oh hi Gordo." Lizzie blushed. She could have sworn it said Jon.
"What are you doing?"
"Just looking at a magazine."
"Hey I was wondering if you wanted to go to the drive in with me tonight. Just as friends. They are playing A Love Affair to Remember. I know you like that movie. So I wouldn't take anybody else." Gordo nervously awaited her answer.
"Sure. When do you want to pick me up?" Lizzie boredly shut the magazine.
"How's seven sound?"
"Great."
"Okay see you then. Lizzie immediately began searching for something to wear. She finally settled on her pink mini skirt with the black polka dots and a black shirt that slit down to her naval. It was held together in the center by a wide silver ring. Then she skipped off to the shower.