Chapter Fifteen: The New Couple
A/N: Well, So Yesterday and Stacy's (Magilino's if you're talking to Stacy) Mom are on the radio, I have no math homework today, I'm un-grounded, I got a good grade on science, and I got a cool language project so I'm in a good mood right now... take advantage of it!
MANY THANKS TO BILAL WHO ANSWERED MY MATH THING!!!!! Without you, I would've gotten in major trouble for not finishing my homework! LOL I hate math... Ahhhhh! Thank you so much...!!! Sixth grade sucks.
Sorry I haven't updated... stupid computer's Microsoft Word isn't working. I'm using WordPad. Oh, and also *cough*you know who you are*cough* it's partially your fault too! LOL
10 more chapters counting this one. Oh, and I'm starting *another* story, called Matchmaker... it's really cute and maybe long... I can't wait to start!
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Gordo's POV
Since that day on, Lizzie and I were a couple. And not just any ordinary every-day couple. There seemed as if there was something different about us... something special. There was this *vibe*, or feeling... I wasn't sure what it was, but it didn't seem like a normal couple.
We were soon to the stage of kissing and flirting, and I couldn't have been more thankful. Life was perfect. Nothing could go wrong... but then school had to start. Then we both grew a bit self-conscious. I mean, what would everyone think of us? We had spent the whole summer together, but not many people had seen us, well, *together*.
We were the new couple in school.
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"Are you sure everyone won't care?" She said, slipping on her high-heels.
I shook my head at her admiringly. It was the first day of ninth grade... the first day that everyone would be exposed to the new Lizzie and Gordo-no longer plain Lizzie and Gordo, but Lizzie&Gordo... one item.
"Why would they?" I said, reaching out for her hand as we walked down to the bus stop together.
She shrugged. "I don't know... wouldn't they think it's weird? I mean, the only other person who knows is Miranda."
I kissed her softly on the cheek and she blushed a deep florescent red. "I don't care what everyone thinks. Neither should you."
She smiled at me.
I grinned back.
It was so hard to believe she was actually mine, you know? I mean, after the fifty millionth dreams and fantasies I had, I couldn't believe this was *real*. But I had kissed her, I had held her, I had whispered in her ear... I had done everything a boyfriend could've done, and she was happy with it. It was amazing... like a dream come true. Literally.
I studied her closely, examining her face admiringly.
"What?" She asked, scrunching up her face. "Do I have something on my face?"
I chuckled and touched her cheek with my finger and let it trail down her face. "Lizzie, you're perfect."
(A/N: Yeah, so I got that from Dear Lizzie. So what? It's great line!)
She blushed. "Why do you always make me blush?"
"I don't *make* you blush... you blush on your own." I grinned, raising my left eyebrow. "Do you know that blushing is actually a reaction from..."
"Shut up, Gordo." Lizzie said, sitting down on the curb because the bus was obviously late.
I sat down next to her. "Oh, and did you know that the phrase 'shut up' really comes from the language..."
She put a hand on my cheek and kissed me, making me shut up immediately.
Okay, so we were a couple... but not so close that we kissed on the lips all the time. Actually, this was the first time she had kissed me ever since our little fiasco in Rome. It came to me as a shock. We flirted, kissed each other's cheeks... but not like this. I didn't know... maybe it was time to take this relationship to a different stage.
And I had just gotten used to this one!
"Hey, Lizzie? Did you know that I liked that?" I whispered softly.
She beamed, and we leaned in for another kiss. Our lips were about to touch when-
"Whoo! Go Gordon!" I heard a voice faintly. "It was the slow curve, huh?"
I shook my head, laughing under my breath. No doubt, Ethan had arrived.
"Yeah, Ethan, it was." I said, hoping that would satisfy him.
Lizzie giggled.
"So you guys are together finally?" He asked, yelling across the street.
"No, Ethan, we're still best friends and we were about to kiss." I joked, rolling my eyes. It seemed like the summer had done him no good. He was still the same spacey Ethan. "No romantic vibes here at all..."
"Oh." He nodded as he sat down on the curb next to us. "That's cool too."
Lizzie chortled under her breath, and I sighed.
Ethan would be Ethan.
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Lizzie's POV
All my life I had wondered how it would be like if Gordo and I were, quote, 'more than just friends'. I had good and bad visions, but never had it occurred to me that other people were involved. I mean, what if everyone thought it was weird? To me, it wasn't weird... it was so cool dating him! He was so sweet, so nice, so cute-I couldn't believe I didn't see it before. I sat next to him on bus, like I usually did, but this time... it felt different. I can't explain it. It was just different. He smiled at me as I rested my head on his shoulder.
"I'm so tired." I groaned, making myself comfortable. "I hate Mondays."
"I hate the first day of school." He grinned as he kissed me on the cheek.
"Whoa!" I heard from a few seats ahead of us.
My head twirled around. It was Kate. Great. Just what I needed. I almost groaned as I fake-smiled at her. "What?" I asked.
"You and Gordork... since when?" She raised her eyebrows.
Oh, come on. She was the one that had said he liked me... take a hint, Kate! I mean, duh, it was kind of obvious...but I couldn't say that. It was *Kate*. And even though we had become semi-friends (well, kind of) in Rome, didn't mean that she hadn't returned to her usual bratty self.
"Since Rome." Gordo simply answered for me, and we went back to our conversation, ignoring the weird looks everyone was giving us, as if us being a couple was the most outrageous idea on the planet.
***
By the time we got to school, everyone was whispering and giving us weird looks, as if we had done something bizarre. I pretty much thought I knew what everyone was going so crazy over, but I wasn't a hundred percent sure until-
"Hey, Lizzie, Gordo!" Veruca called out. "Are you guys dating? Because everyone says you are, and I just wanted to check if..."
"Yeah we are..." I said, and I thought I saw Gordo's face lighten up out of the corner of my eye. "...does everyone know?"
She raised her eyebrows. "Um... pretty much. Well, uh, good luck together you guys!" She smiled and I could've sworn I heard an 'It's about time' under her breath.
Was it really that obvious?
"Yo, Gordon!" Ethan approached us. "You never said that Lizzie was your girlfriend!"
"Um, yeah, Ethan, I kind of did."
I giggled.
"Uh...good job, man! Everyone was betting on how long it would take you guys to get together!"
My jaw dropped open. My lord, how come nobody had told me sooner? Did they *want* me to figure it out on my own? Because I knew that without Kate's help... all this wouldn't have ever happened.
"Oh, and by the way, Lizzie, Kate says something about you owe her twenty bucks...? What's that all about?"
I groaned. She still remembered that little bet from sixth grade? I tried to remember what it was about-oh yeah. Gordo and I wouldn't ever become a couple. Oh, god, I was young, I didn't know how absolutely amazing Gordo could be.
I shrugged, and Ethan left.
"Hey, Lizzie, look on the bright side." Gordo said, putting his arm around my waist. "At least no one thinks we're a bad couple."
I blushed and looked at the ground. "Gordo, you shouldn't care what other people think." I scolded him.
He chuckled. "I don't."
"Well neither do I."
"Good." He said, kissing me right on the lips.
A/N: Sorry if this was more of a filler chapter... I couldn't think of anything for ninth grade! It was kind of poorly written, too... but oh well. Life goes on. Haha, well, I have to go do reading homework... it's kind of late!
A/N: Well, So Yesterday and Stacy's (Magilino's if you're talking to Stacy) Mom are on the radio, I have no math homework today, I'm un-grounded, I got a good grade on science, and I got a cool language project so I'm in a good mood right now... take advantage of it!
MANY THANKS TO BILAL WHO ANSWERED MY MATH THING!!!!! Without you, I would've gotten in major trouble for not finishing my homework! LOL I hate math... Ahhhhh! Thank you so much...!!! Sixth grade sucks.
Sorry I haven't updated... stupid computer's Microsoft Word isn't working. I'm using WordPad. Oh, and also *cough*you know who you are*cough* it's partially your fault too! LOL
10 more chapters counting this one. Oh, and I'm starting *another* story, called Matchmaker... it's really cute and maybe long... I can't wait to start!
***
Gordo's POV
Since that day on, Lizzie and I were a couple. And not just any ordinary every-day couple. There seemed as if there was something different about us... something special. There was this *vibe*, or feeling... I wasn't sure what it was, but it didn't seem like a normal couple.
We were soon to the stage of kissing and flirting, and I couldn't have been more thankful. Life was perfect. Nothing could go wrong... but then school had to start. Then we both grew a bit self-conscious. I mean, what would everyone think of us? We had spent the whole summer together, but not many people had seen us, well, *together*.
We were the new couple in school.
***
"Are you sure everyone won't care?" She said, slipping on her high-heels.
I shook my head at her admiringly. It was the first day of ninth grade... the first day that everyone would be exposed to the new Lizzie and Gordo-no longer plain Lizzie and Gordo, but Lizzie&Gordo... one item.
"Why would they?" I said, reaching out for her hand as we walked down to the bus stop together.
She shrugged. "I don't know... wouldn't they think it's weird? I mean, the only other person who knows is Miranda."
I kissed her softly on the cheek and she blushed a deep florescent red. "I don't care what everyone thinks. Neither should you."
She smiled at me.
I grinned back.
It was so hard to believe she was actually mine, you know? I mean, after the fifty millionth dreams and fantasies I had, I couldn't believe this was *real*. But I had kissed her, I had held her, I had whispered in her ear... I had done everything a boyfriend could've done, and she was happy with it. It was amazing... like a dream come true. Literally.
I studied her closely, examining her face admiringly.
"What?" She asked, scrunching up her face. "Do I have something on my face?"
I chuckled and touched her cheek with my finger and let it trail down her face. "Lizzie, you're perfect."
(A/N: Yeah, so I got that from Dear Lizzie. So what? It's great line!)
She blushed. "Why do you always make me blush?"
"I don't *make* you blush... you blush on your own." I grinned, raising my left eyebrow. "Do you know that blushing is actually a reaction from..."
"Shut up, Gordo." Lizzie said, sitting down on the curb because the bus was obviously late.
I sat down next to her. "Oh, and did you know that the phrase 'shut up' really comes from the language..."
She put a hand on my cheek and kissed me, making me shut up immediately.
Okay, so we were a couple... but not so close that we kissed on the lips all the time. Actually, this was the first time she had kissed me ever since our little fiasco in Rome. It came to me as a shock. We flirted, kissed each other's cheeks... but not like this. I didn't know... maybe it was time to take this relationship to a different stage.
And I had just gotten used to this one!
"Hey, Lizzie? Did you know that I liked that?" I whispered softly.
She beamed, and we leaned in for another kiss. Our lips were about to touch when-
"Whoo! Go Gordon!" I heard a voice faintly. "It was the slow curve, huh?"
I shook my head, laughing under my breath. No doubt, Ethan had arrived.
"Yeah, Ethan, it was." I said, hoping that would satisfy him.
Lizzie giggled.
"So you guys are together finally?" He asked, yelling across the street.
"No, Ethan, we're still best friends and we were about to kiss." I joked, rolling my eyes. It seemed like the summer had done him no good. He was still the same spacey Ethan. "No romantic vibes here at all..."
"Oh." He nodded as he sat down on the curb next to us. "That's cool too."
Lizzie chortled under her breath, and I sighed.
Ethan would be Ethan.
***
Lizzie's POV
All my life I had wondered how it would be like if Gordo and I were, quote, 'more than just friends'. I had good and bad visions, but never had it occurred to me that other people were involved. I mean, what if everyone thought it was weird? To me, it wasn't weird... it was so cool dating him! He was so sweet, so nice, so cute-I couldn't believe I didn't see it before. I sat next to him on bus, like I usually did, but this time... it felt different. I can't explain it. It was just different. He smiled at me as I rested my head on his shoulder.
"I'm so tired." I groaned, making myself comfortable. "I hate Mondays."
"I hate the first day of school." He grinned as he kissed me on the cheek.
"Whoa!" I heard from a few seats ahead of us.
My head twirled around. It was Kate. Great. Just what I needed. I almost groaned as I fake-smiled at her. "What?" I asked.
"You and Gordork... since when?" She raised her eyebrows.
Oh, come on. She was the one that had said he liked me... take a hint, Kate! I mean, duh, it was kind of obvious...but I couldn't say that. It was *Kate*. And even though we had become semi-friends (well, kind of) in Rome, didn't mean that she hadn't returned to her usual bratty self.
"Since Rome." Gordo simply answered for me, and we went back to our conversation, ignoring the weird looks everyone was giving us, as if us being a couple was the most outrageous idea on the planet.
***
By the time we got to school, everyone was whispering and giving us weird looks, as if we had done something bizarre. I pretty much thought I knew what everyone was going so crazy over, but I wasn't a hundred percent sure until-
"Hey, Lizzie, Gordo!" Veruca called out. "Are you guys dating? Because everyone says you are, and I just wanted to check if..."
"Yeah we are..." I said, and I thought I saw Gordo's face lighten up out of the corner of my eye. "...does everyone know?"
She raised her eyebrows. "Um... pretty much. Well, uh, good luck together you guys!" She smiled and I could've sworn I heard an 'It's about time' under her breath.
Was it really that obvious?
"Yo, Gordon!" Ethan approached us. "You never said that Lizzie was your girlfriend!"
"Um, yeah, Ethan, I kind of did."
I giggled.
"Uh...good job, man! Everyone was betting on how long it would take you guys to get together!"
My jaw dropped open. My lord, how come nobody had told me sooner? Did they *want* me to figure it out on my own? Because I knew that without Kate's help... all this wouldn't have ever happened.
"Oh, and by the way, Lizzie, Kate says something about you owe her twenty bucks...? What's that all about?"
I groaned. She still remembered that little bet from sixth grade? I tried to remember what it was about-oh yeah. Gordo and I wouldn't ever become a couple. Oh, god, I was young, I didn't know how absolutely amazing Gordo could be.
I shrugged, and Ethan left.
"Hey, Lizzie, look on the bright side." Gordo said, putting his arm around my waist. "At least no one thinks we're a bad couple."
I blushed and looked at the ground. "Gordo, you shouldn't care what other people think." I scolded him.
He chuckled. "I don't."
"Well neither do I."
"Good." He said, kissing me right on the lips.
A/N: Sorry if this was more of a filler chapter... I couldn't think of anything for ninth grade! It was kind of poorly written, too... but oh well. Life goes on. Haha, well, I have to go do reading homework... it's kind of late!