Chapter Seven: Resisting Cooties
A/N: In this chapter you kind of find out that Kate is already evil, but the three don't know it. She wants to break up Lizzie and Gordo's friendship so she can have Lizzie all to herself. Oh, yeah, and now you know how Kate got held back in kindergarten. They meet her in kindergarten, not knowing that this was her second time around. Now they are in first grade.
Hey, I just found something I'm good at! I have really great ideas for music videos on the Metamorphosis CD. If anyone wants to hear my ideas, just e-mail me at s_mittal12@yahoo.com with one of these songs (I haven't thought of more yet.)
1. So Yesterday
2. Come Clean (This one's cool!)
3. Where Did I Go Right?
4. Anywhere But Here (This one's in the works, still getting ideas)
5. Love Just Is
6. Metamorphosis
7. Working It Out
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Gordo's POV
I was completely and totally jealous when Kate and Miranda joined our crowd. I liked it the way it was before; Lizzie and me, friends forever. But now Lizzie had stopped paying attention to me, and started playing with her other girl friends more. It really hurt... but our friendship survived. Even through first grade's most horrible subject... cooties.
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"Ewww... girls are icky." My new so-called 'friend', Danny Kessler made a face. "How can you be friends with one?"
I frowned. "Lizzie's not icky!"
"You know... my sister, Kelly, told me that first-grade girls have this thing called cooties. It's really bad, and if it's bad enough, you have to go to the doctor and get a shot!"
I gasped. "Really? What do they do?"
"I don't know... but it's scary. Kelly says they want to kiss you and say 'I love you' and stuff." He made a face.
I shuddered, and then regained my confidence and crossed my arms in front of my chest. "Lizzie does not have cooties. I know it. She my best friend in the world, and I know that she wouldn't ever do that."
Danny frowned. "I think all of the girls have them, even Lizzie."
"No!" I yelled, and stormed off.
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Lizzie POV
"Really!" Miranda insisted. "Kate told me!"
"No!" I exclaimed. "Gordo doesn't have cooties."
She crossed her arms. "All boys have cooties."
I pushed her, and she fell into the mulch. "Not Gordo!"
Miranda scoffed. "Think what you want to. Just don't come running to me when Gordo says her wants to kiss you."
"EWWWWW!" I exclaimed, running toward the swings.
I sat down on the swings and started to cry. In front of everyone. I was humiliated, but I had just lost a friend, and nobody could dare insult *my* Gordo!
Kate came running to me. "Lizzie!" She exclaimed. "Why are you crying?"
Now, a smart Lizzie would have told her to leave me alone, but remember, I was only, what, six or something. "Miranda says Gordo has cooties."
She sighed. "He proabably does. He told me to tell you something."
"What?" I perked up.
"He wanted to tell you that he loves you and wants to marry you."
"WHAT!" I started to bawl even harder.
"It's okay. You don't need friends like him."
'She right,' I thought. 'What's the point of a friend if he has cooties?'
***
Gordo's POV
I couldn't believe it. Kate had come up to me and told me that Lizzie wanted to kiss me! It was so incredibly gross! I thought she was my friend!
A tear trickled down my cheek. She was like my sister. How dare she do that to me! I'd known her forever. Why was she destroying our friendship? There was only one way to solve this problem.
I got up, and started walking to the swings, where Lizzie was swinging alone.
I was going to talk to her.
"Hey, Lizzie." I said, sitting down next to her.
She said nothing. She just wiped the tears off her face and sniffled.
"Lizzie, can I ask you something?"
She was silent.
"Why do you want to kiss me?"
She looked at the ground sadly, and then did a double-take and looked me right in the eye. "What? I never said that! *You're* the one that said you wanted to marry me."
Huh? That was confusing. What on earth was she talking about?
"Who told you that!?" I exclaimed. "I thought..."
She giggled. "So you don't want to marry me?"
I shook my head disgustedly. "Never in a bajillion years."
"Me neither." She came up to me and hugged me tight. "I'm glad you don't had cooties, Gordo."
I smiled at her. "Me too."
A/N: In this chapter you kind of find out that Kate is already evil, but the three don't know it. She wants to break up Lizzie and Gordo's friendship so she can have Lizzie all to herself. Oh, yeah, and now you know how Kate got held back in kindergarten. They meet her in kindergarten, not knowing that this was her second time around. Now they are in first grade.
Hey, I just found something I'm good at! I have really great ideas for music videos on the Metamorphosis CD. If anyone wants to hear my ideas, just e-mail me at s_mittal12@yahoo.com with one of these songs (I haven't thought of more yet.)
1. So Yesterday
2. Come Clean (This one's cool!)
3. Where Did I Go Right?
4. Anywhere But Here (This one's in the works, still getting ideas)
5. Love Just Is
6. Metamorphosis
7. Working It Out
***
Gordo's POV
I was completely and totally jealous when Kate and Miranda joined our crowd. I liked it the way it was before; Lizzie and me, friends forever. But now Lizzie had stopped paying attention to me, and started playing with her other girl friends more. It really hurt... but our friendship survived. Even through first grade's most horrible subject... cooties.
***
"Ewww... girls are icky." My new so-called 'friend', Danny Kessler made a face. "How can you be friends with one?"
I frowned. "Lizzie's not icky!"
"You know... my sister, Kelly, told me that first-grade girls have this thing called cooties. It's really bad, and if it's bad enough, you have to go to the doctor and get a shot!"
I gasped. "Really? What do they do?"
"I don't know... but it's scary. Kelly says they want to kiss you and say 'I love you' and stuff." He made a face.
I shuddered, and then regained my confidence and crossed my arms in front of my chest. "Lizzie does not have cooties. I know it. She my best friend in the world, and I know that she wouldn't ever do that."
Danny frowned. "I think all of the girls have them, even Lizzie."
"No!" I yelled, and stormed off.
***
Lizzie POV
"Really!" Miranda insisted. "Kate told me!"
"No!" I exclaimed. "Gordo doesn't have cooties."
She crossed her arms. "All boys have cooties."
I pushed her, and she fell into the mulch. "Not Gordo!"
Miranda scoffed. "Think what you want to. Just don't come running to me when Gordo says her wants to kiss you."
"EWWWWW!" I exclaimed, running toward the swings.
I sat down on the swings and started to cry. In front of everyone. I was humiliated, but I had just lost a friend, and nobody could dare insult *my* Gordo!
Kate came running to me. "Lizzie!" She exclaimed. "Why are you crying?"
Now, a smart Lizzie would have told her to leave me alone, but remember, I was only, what, six or something. "Miranda says Gordo has cooties."
She sighed. "He proabably does. He told me to tell you something."
"What?" I perked up.
"He wanted to tell you that he loves you and wants to marry you."
"WHAT!" I started to bawl even harder.
"It's okay. You don't need friends like him."
'She right,' I thought. 'What's the point of a friend if he has cooties?'
***
Gordo's POV
I couldn't believe it. Kate had come up to me and told me that Lizzie wanted to kiss me! It was so incredibly gross! I thought she was my friend!
A tear trickled down my cheek. She was like my sister. How dare she do that to me! I'd known her forever. Why was she destroying our friendship? There was only one way to solve this problem.
I got up, and started walking to the swings, where Lizzie was swinging alone.
I was going to talk to her.
"Hey, Lizzie." I said, sitting down next to her.
She said nothing. She just wiped the tears off her face and sniffled.
"Lizzie, can I ask you something?"
She was silent.
"Why do you want to kiss me?"
She looked at the ground sadly, and then did a double-take and looked me right in the eye. "What? I never said that! *You're* the one that said you wanted to marry me."
Huh? That was confusing. What on earth was she talking about?
"Who told you that!?" I exclaimed. "I thought..."
She giggled. "So you don't want to marry me?"
I shook my head disgustedly. "Never in a bajillion years."
"Me neither." She came up to me and hugged me tight. "I'm glad you don't had cooties, Gordo."
I smiled at her. "Me too."