Chapter Twelve: The Dating Game
A/N: Yes! I can totally write this chapter! I'm in sixth grade! It's so much better than how I described it before. From now on, it's so much L/G you'll freak! Well, not literally, but they *will* start to feel strongly toward each other. I'm changing the rating. Not yet, but eventually...
Thank you, thank you, thank you! So many reviews! I feel so touched! :*) Well, it's half over. Yeah, this is the twelfth chappie, and there are gonna be 24, so...
The reason I didn't update for a while was because I was working on making After Rome perfect... and having a social life. LOL.
I feel so sad! Only six people read Love Lifts Us Up! Boo!!!
Well here goes chapter 12...
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Lizzie's POV
Gordo acted pretty weird around me for the next few weeks, and I never found out why until college or something. He kept staring at me, and avoiding me... it was odd, but I didn't notice it.
Sixth grade was a rapid change for me. Everyone started gossiping and dating, and we had to switch classes and everything, I felt kind of out of place for a while. Sixth grade was also the year Kate started drifting away little by little. It was just too to handle much sometimes.
And the fact that everyone was urging me to be more than friends with Gordo didn't help one bit.
***
"Caroline is going out with WHO?" Miranda exclaimed.
"Jason." I said, fiddling with a strand of my hair.
"Whoa... that's weird."
"Yeah, I know."
Miranda looked at her watch, and then gasped. "Oh great! I was supposed to meet my baby at the cafeteria two minutes ago! See you later!"
I rolled my eyes as she dashed of. 'My Baby' is what she called her boyfriend, Leo. It sounded so stupid, but I didn't dare tell her that. Miranda was very offensive when it came to Leo.
"So, Lizzie... who's your boyfriend again? I keep forgetting." Kate said, looking me in the eye just as Miranda whipped out of sight.
"Um... maybe that's because I don't have one."
"Oh duh! I just thought that because I was so used to having a boyfriend that..."
"Shut up!"
"Sorry." She giggled, and dug into her jeans pocket for something. She fished out a ratty piece of paper that was folded into eighths. "Okay... then we'll get you one."
The piece of paper said 'Push' on it, so I touched it. Kate unfolded it so it was now in fourths. There were two categories: Boy and Girl. I touched Boy. She once again unfolded it, so it was only folded into halves. In each square it said something different: Date, Marry, Friend, Love. I touched the word 'Date'. She unfolded it one last time.
"Now... pick a number between 1 and 23." She said, glancing up and down the paper.
"Um... 12."
"Okay..." She scanned the page for the number 12 and then shrieked. "Oh my god, you're going to date Gordo!" She cried out.
"No way!" I snatched the paper from her hands and looked under 'Guys', number 12.
Gordo.
"Oh, ewww!" I exclaimed. "You need to fix that thing!"
She chuckled. "I know."
I giggled.
"But seriously... you guys would make a sweet couple."
"Ewwww! No!" I shivered. "Gross!"
Kate crossed her arms across her chest. "Uh-huh."
"Mark my words, Kate Saunders, Gordo and I will never, ever, EVER be a couple. If we do... I'll pay you twenty bucks."
"Promise?"
"Yeah."
"Write it down and sign it."
I groaned and took out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote-
*February 6th, 2000. Kate, Gordo and I will never be a couple. If we do, I will have to pay you twenty dollars. Signed, Lizzie McGuire.*
I wrote the signature in fancy handwriting so nobody would be able to forge it.
"You guys are so getting together."
"No, we are not!"
She snorted. "Better start saving." She called as she walked away.
***
"No!" He gasped. "That'd be so gross!"
I rolled my eyes. "Really. Get real, Parker."
Parker McKenzie was the new girl at school, and the second she saw us, she's like, 'Oh, my gosh! Are you two going out? You'd look so sweet together!' She was seriously psycho.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." Parker rolled her eyes and walked away, muttering, "No *friends* flirt that much."
"Flirt!" I raised my eyebrows. "Do we flirt?"
"No..." He said, eyeing his broccoli.
"This is an-what's that word-outrage!"
"What?"
"Everyone in this entire school thinks that we should be a couple!"
He raised his eyebrows and scooped some mashed potatoes into his mouth. "Yeah, right."
"Just because we have been friends forever doesn't mean that we are a couple!" I made a face.
He just played around with his food, making a little mashed potatoes volcano (A/N: Ahhhhh, the classic mashed potatoes volcano with gravy lava...), not saying a word.
"Gordo!"
He looked up. "Wha-what?" He said, blinking several times.
"Back me up here! This is so ridiculous! I'm getting so sick of this!"
He shrugged. "Why do you care what other people think, anyway. It's not important."
"It's important to *me*." I scowled. "Especially when they are saying that I am dating you! Talk about gross! As if you and I would ever make a couple. We're just friends." I took a deep breath and started yelling.
"You hear that, people! Me and him are just friends. JUST. FRIENDS."
Everyone looked at her as if she were absolutely insane, and then started chatting again, muttering 'whatever.' It didn't seem to affect anyone.
What I didn't notice was that Gordo was still playing with his food silently.
A/N: Hee hee! He likes her, he likes her! But he doesn't know it yet! When do you think he'll figure it out...? Sorry so short.
A/N: Yes! I can totally write this chapter! I'm in sixth grade! It's so much better than how I described it before. From now on, it's so much L/G you'll freak! Well, not literally, but they *will* start to feel strongly toward each other. I'm changing the rating. Not yet, but eventually...
Thank you, thank you, thank you! So many reviews! I feel so touched! :*) Well, it's half over. Yeah, this is the twelfth chappie, and there are gonna be 24, so...
The reason I didn't update for a while was because I was working on making After Rome perfect... and having a social life. LOL.
I feel so sad! Only six people read Love Lifts Us Up! Boo!!!
Well here goes chapter 12...
***
Lizzie's POV
Gordo acted pretty weird around me for the next few weeks, and I never found out why until college or something. He kept staring at me, and avoiding me... it was odd, but I didn't notice it.
Sixth grade was a rapid change for me. Everyone started gossiping and dating, and we had to switch classes and everything, I felt kind of out of place for a while. Sixth grade was also the year Kate started drifting away little by little. It was just too to handle much sometimes.
And the fact that everyone was urging me to be more than friends with Gordo didn't help one bit.
***
"Caroline is going out with WHO?" Miranda exclaimed.
"Jason." I said, fiddling with a strand of my hair.
"Whoa... that's weird."
"Yeah, I know."
Miranda looked at her watch, and then gasped. "Oh great! I was supposed to meet my baby at the cafeteria two minutes ago! See you later!"
I rolled my eyes as she dashed of. 'My Baby' is what she called her boyfriend, Leo. It sounded so stupid, but I didn't dare tell her that. Miranda was very offensive when it came to Leo.
"So, Lizzie... who's your boyfriend again? I keep forgetting." Kate said, looking me in the eye just as Miranda whipped out of sight.
"Um... maybe that's because I don't have one."
"Oh duh! I just thought that because I was so used to having a boyfriend that..."
"Shut up!"
"Sorry." She giggled, and dug into her jeans pocket for something. She fished out a ratty piece of paper that was folded into eighths. "Okay... then we'll get you one."
The piece of paper said 'Push' on it, so I touched it. Kate unfolded it so it was now in fourths. There were two categories: Boy and Girl. I touched Boy. She once again unfolded it, so it was only folded into halves. In each square it said something different: Date, Marry, Friend, Love. I touched the word 'Date'. She unfolded it one last time.
"Now... pick a number between 1 and 23." She said, glancing up and down the paper.
"Um... 12."
"Okay..." She scanned the page for the number 12 and then shrieked. "Oh my god, you're going to date Gordo!" She cried out.
"No way!" I snatched the paper from her hands and looked under 'Guys', number 12.
Gordo.
"Oh, ewww!" I exclaimed. "You need to fix that thing!"
She chuckled. "I know."
I giggled.
"But seriously... you guys would make a sweet couple."
"Ewwww! No!" I shivered. "Gross!"
Kate crossed her arms across her chest. "Uh-huh."
"Mark my words, Kate Saunders, Gordo and I will never, ever, EVER be a couple. If we do... I'll pay you twenty bucks."
"Promise?"
"Yeah."
"Write it down and sign it."
I groaned and took out a pen and a piece of paper and wrote-
*February 6th, 2000. Kate, Gordo and I will never be a couple. If we do, I will have to pay you twenty dollars. Signed, Lizzie McGuire.*
I wrote the signature in fancy handwriting so nobody would be able to forge it.
"You guys are so getting together."
"No, we are not!"
She snorted. "Better start saving." She called as she walked away.
***
"No!" He gasped. "That'd be so gross!"
I rolled my eyes. "Really. Get real, Parker."
Parker McKenzie was the new girl at school, and the second she saw us, she's like, 'Oh, my gosh! Are you two going out? You'd look so sweet together!' She was seriously psycho.
"Yeah, sure, whatever." Parker rolled her eyes and walked away, muttering, "No *friends* flirt that much."
"Flirt!" I raised my eyebrows. "Do we flirt?"
"No..." He said, eyeing his broccoli.
"This is an-what's that word-outrage!"
"What?"
"Everyone in this entire school thinks that we should be a couple!"
He raised his eyebrows and scooped some mashed potatoes into his mouth. "Yeah, right."
"Just because we have been friends forever doesn't mean that we are a couple!" I made a face.
He just played around with his food, making a little mashed potatoes volcano (A/N: Ahhhhh, the classic mashed potatoes volcano with gravy lava...), not saying a word.
"Gordo!"
He looked up. "Wha-what?" He said, blinking several times.
"Back me up here! This is so ridiculous! I'm getting so sick of this!"
He shrugged. "Why do you care what other people think, anyway. It's not important."
"It's important to *me*." I scowled. "Especially when they are saying that I am dating you! Talk about gross! As if you and I would ever make a couple. We're just friends." I took a deep breath and started yelling.
"You hear that, people! Me and him are just friends. JUST. FRIENDS."
Everyone looked at her as if she were absolutely insane, and then started chatting again, muttering 'whatever.' It didn't seem to affect anyone.
What I didn't notice was that Gordo was still playing with his food silently.
A/N: Hee hee! He likes her, he likes her! But he doesn't know it yet! When do you think he'll figure it out...? Sorry so short.