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Chapter five! R&R!
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"Matt, well he's angry with you. For running out, but more so for believing Gordo would ever cheat on you." The woman said still holding her best friend close.
"Understandable." Elizabeth sniffled. She clung to her best friend soaking in the moment knowing at any given second Miranda could start being resentful and push the vulnerable, lost blonde out of her life. "How is David?"
"Gordo… well he's totally immersed himself in work. I mean his films are amazing, but to him none of that matters." Miranda said, thinking about her other best friend, just as heartbroken and destroyed as the one she was holding.
"What do you mean that doesn't matter to him? That's all he's ever wanted!" Elizabeth declared, confused. David Gordon had wanted nothing more than to be a director all his life, it didn't make sense for him to not care.
"Well he doesn't have anyone to share it with, you are really all he's ever wanted. Directing would have just been the icing on the cake." Miranda answered quietly, "Now he has the icing with out the cake."
"I never really thought he was cheating on me, you know." Lizzie confessed, "I just, I saw you committing yourself eternally to Matt and I wasn't ready for that. I loved Go-David, but forever is a really long time."
"But can you imagine forever with out him, should have been the question in your mind." Miranda stated, after hearing her best friend admit what she knew was true all along.
"No, I can't." whispered Elizabeth. "I can't imagine it without you or Matt either."
"Liz, why don't we go back to your apartment, I'm assuming it's around here, and talk?" Miranda proposed.
"Sounds good." Elizabeth answered simply.
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Lizzie dug through her purse for her keys, she fumbled with them for a moment and unlocked the door to her apartment. She dropped her purse and keys on the floor, and slowly wandered into the small kitchen.
"Do you want anything? Tea? Coffee? Anything?" Elizabeth asked her friend who was now seated at the bar.
"Nope, I'm good." Miranda answered, looking around the apartment. It was plain and lacked personality. There were no pictures or paintings. There was a DVD rack on the side of the TV but Miranda didn't see a single film Lizzie could sit through. There were no colors, no sign that anyone really lived there.
"Lizzie, what happened?" Miranda said when she finished her scan of the room. "I mean none of this is you at all. When we were roommates you had color everywhere, color and comedies and photos everywhere."
"I – I… You know… it's jus…" Elizabeth stumbled, knowing full well the reason it didn't look like her former rooms and apartments. Anything that reminded Elizabeth of 'Lizzie' and the life she had left was unwelcome. Until today.
"And why does everyone keep calling you 'Elizabeth'? I mean you used to hate that name." Miranda questioned referring to just about everyone they bumped into in the hall.
"Because I'm not Lizzie anymore." Elizabeth choked.
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How is Miranda gonna react? Will Gordo come back? What about Elizabeth's album? Does Miranda still have a job? You'll soon find out! R&R!
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