It was 12:45, and Lizzie was preparing herself for skating with Gordo. She put her blond hair up into a hair scrunchie, and fiddled with it for a while.
Toon Lizzie: How in the world am I going to explain why Taylor got upset? It'll be telling him straight out that I think he likes me!
After a few minutes, Lizzie got irritated and pulled the scrunchie out. She flopped down onto her soft bed, and looked down at her clothes to make sure they didn't have any stains. Matt hadn't pulled any pranks lately, which made her suspicious.
She let that thought pass, and looked at her reflection in the mirror. And at Gordo's house, he was looking at his own reflection.
He was sitting on his new bed, surrounded only by a few pieces of cheap furniture. His parents still couldn't afford to buy anything fancy. He let his eyes wander away from the pocket mirror he was holding, and they fell onto a picture frame.
Framed in it was a new picture of Lizzie that had been taken at the baby shower. The frame wasn't as pretty as the gold one that he use to have, but Lizzie's smile made up for it. He sighed with pleasure, knowing that Taylor was no longer Lizzie's boyfriend.
He knew he should be feeling sympathetic for Lizzie, but he wasn't. She didn't sound too upset about it on the phone. That's a good start. He thought, and glanced at the time. He decided that he should get on over to Lizzie's, and left.
Lizzie was waiting nervously on the front steps, still unsure as to what to say to Gordo. She knew the subject would come up quickly at the rink, and she didn't want to sound lame. A couple minutes later, she saw Gordo coming around the corner. She quickly opened the front door, and yelled, "Bye Mom!" to Jo. She was lying on the couch, and groaned a good-bye.
Lizzie closed the door, and she heard Jo yelling for Sam to turn down the air conditioner as she walked down the driveway. Gordo caught up to her, and smiled. "Hey Lizzie."
"Hi." She replied, swinging her purse over her shoulder. They walked without saying much, and Lizzie's head swam with nervousness. She tried to appear as calm as possible, as they approached the skating rink. The rental shop outside of the rink came into view, and they both rented a pair of skates.
They sat down on padded benches, and Gordo helped Lizzie put hers on when she was having trouble. His hand brushed hers, and his ears turned slightly red. Neither one quite considered this a date, but Gordo silently wished to himself that it was.
He started imagining to himself what it'd actually be like for Lizzie to call him her boyfriend, when she snapped him out of it. "Are you going to put yours on?" Lizzie asked with a slight chuckle.
"Oh! Yeah, I was just... making sure the rental man gave me the right size." He replied. Lizzie knew he hadn't been looking at his skates, but rather staring off into space. She didn't say anything about it, though.
Gordo slipped on his skates, tied them up, and the two friends tried to walk into the rink. Lizzie, being a klutz as usual, fell down after only two steps with her skates on. Gordo helped her up, wanting to hold her hand longer than he needed to get her off the ground. He didn't though, and let go.
They managed to get onto the rink without tripping, and slowly started to skate around. They got faster as time went by, not falling down quite as much as they had the last time.
"So..." Gordo said, feeling his palms go sweaty, "What happened with Taylor?" Lizzie sighed.
Toon Lizzie: I was just having a good time, too!
She took a deep breath, and tried to gather up her courage. "It started when he walked me home from the Digital Bean. He got the feeling that something was on my mind, and asked me about it."
"Was there?" He asked, slowing down to adjust his skate. Lizzie slowed down, too.
"Yeah..." She said hesitantly. "I... well, thought that someone else likes me... and that just maybe I do, too. And he got jealous." There. She'd said it.
"Oh." He didn't want to be nosy and ask who, although he was dying to know. He was starting to become angry again that yet someone else was getting in the way of him and Lizzie! "So, do you think you know now? If, you know, you like this guy?" He tried to say casually.
They'd stopped skating by now. She looked into his eyes, and just stood there for a moment in thought. Finally she said, "Yes. I do know." She told him. She leaned over, and kissed him. After a moment, she slowly pulled away.
"Lizzie..." He started to say, but didn't know how to finish his sentence. Surprised, yet pleased, he was unsure what to say next. Both were smiling kind of sheepishly.
Toon Lizzie: Did I just do that? Did I just... kiss Gordo?
She looked at him. He looked back at her, joy filling his eyes. It me she just kissed. Not Ethan. Not Ronnie. Not Taylor. But me! Unnoticed, short me! He thought with a satisfied sigh.
Back at the McGuire house, Jo surprised Sam by telling him that it was her time to leave for the hospital. In their hurry, they forgot all about Lizzie. Luckily they didn't have to worry about forgetting Matt.
As soon as he'd heard Jo yell, he'd raced outside and hopped into the McGuire's vehicle. With video camera in hand, he taped his parents rushing in with him, Sam frantically rushing back in the house to get his wallet he'd left, and then racing to the hospital. She winced several times, and held onto her stomach.
She breathed hard, as contractions slowly getting closer together. "Sam, hurry!" She exclaimed.
"I'm goin' as fast as I can!" He snapped, and apologized soon after. All this pressure was really getting to him. They arrive a few minutes later, Sam signed them in, and a nurse led Jo to a room. Sam soon followed, with Matt right behind him, taping the whole thing.
It never occurred to them once they Lizzie still didn't know, until Sam glanced down at a picture in his wallet of her after putting his drivers license back into it. His eyes opened wide. "We forgot about Lizzie!" He told Matt in panic, and grabbed his cell phone. "I don't know the number of the skating rink she was going to!" He groaned.
They were now in the room Jo had been put in, now dressed in a hospital gown with little teddy bears and balloons printed all over it. Matt zoomed in on that, letting out a chuckle.
"Jo, Lizzie doesn't know. I can't reach her!" He told her, waving the cell phone in the air. Jo sighed. This was the last thing she had on her mind right then!
"Just... see if someone here has a phonebook!" She told him, grasping the plastic bedpost as another contraction came. He nodded quickly, mumbling that he'd come back soon, as rushed out of the room.
Matt was enjoying getting all of this on tape, and zoomed in on the pained look on Jo's face. He didn't feel glad that she was going through pain or anything, but it was interesting to him since he was the youngest and hadn't seen this before.
Lizzie and Gordo were still at the rink. Gordo never finished his sentence after the kiss, and they were just kind of staring at each other. They were interrupted when they heard someone called Lizzie over a loudspeaker.
"Lizzie McGuire, please come to the front desk. I repeat, Lizzie McGuire, come to the front desk. Thank you!" Lizzie gave Gordo a puzzled look, and he shrugged. Slightly embarrassed, her and Gordo tromped to the front desk with their skates still on. A guy with the nametag "John" handed her a phone.
"You're father wants to talk to you." He told her, and Lizzie took the phone, with a little bit of impatience.
Toon Lizzie: Why would Dad have to call me now? What in the world is so important that can't wait?
"Hello? Dad?" She asked.
Toon Lizzie: How in the world am I going to explain why Taylor got upset? It'll be telling him straight out that I think he likes me!
After a few minutes, Lizzie got irritated and pulled the scrunchie out. She flopped down onto her soft bed, and looked down at her clothes to make sure they didn't have any stains. Matt hadn't pulled any pranks lately, which made her suspicious.
She let that thought pass, and looked at her reflection in the mirror. And at Gordo's house, he was looking at his own reflection.
He was sitting on his new bed, surrounded only by a few pieces of cheap furniture. His parents still couldn't afford to buy anything fancy. He let his eyes wander away from the pocket mirror he was holding, and they fell onto a picture frame.
Framed in it was a new picture of Lizzie that had been taken at the baby shower. The frame wasn't as pretty as the gold one that he use to have, but Lizzie's smile made up for it. He sighed with pleasure, knowing that Taylor was no longer Lizzie's boyfriend.
He knew he should be feeling sympathetic for Lizzie, but he wasn't. She didn't sound too upset about it on the phone. That's a good start. He thought, and glanced at the time. He decided that he should get on over to Lizzie's, and left.
Lizzie was waiting nervously on the front steps, still unsure as to what to say to Gordo. She knew the subject would come up quickly at the rink, and she didn't want to sound lame. A couple minutes later, she saw Gordo coming around the corner. She quickly opened the front door, and yelled, "Bye Mom!" to Jo. She was lying on the couch, and groaned a good-bye.
Lizzie closed the door, and she heard Jo yelling for Sam to turn down the air conditioner as she walked down the driveway. Gordo caught up to her, and smiled. "Hey Lizzie."
"Hi." She replied, swinging her purse over her shoulder. They walked without saying much, and Lizzie's head swam with nervousness. She tried to appear as calm as possible, as they approached the skating rink. The rental shop outside of the rink came into view, and they both rented a pair of skates.
They sat down on padded benches, and Gordo helped Lizzie put hers on when she was having trouble. His hand brushed hers, and his ears turned slightly red. Neither one quite considered this a date, but Gordo silently wished to himself that it was.
He started imagining to himself what it'd actually be like for Lizzie to call him her boyfriend, when she snapped him out of it. "Are you going to put yours on?" Lizzie asked with a slight chuckle.
"Oh! Yeah, I was just... making sure the rental man gave me the right size." He replied. Lizzie knew he hadn't been looking at his skates, but rather staring off into space. She didn't say anything about it, though.
Gordo slipped on his skates, tied them up, and the two friends tried to walk into the rink. Lizzie, being a klutz as usual, fell down after only two steps with her skates on. Gordo helped her up, wanting to hold her hand longer than he needed to get her off the ground. He didn't though, and let go.
They managed to get onto the rink without tripping, and slowly started to skate around. They got faster as time went by, not falling down quite as much as they had the last time.
"So..." Gordo said, feeling his palms go sweaty, "What happened with Taylor?" Lizzie sighed.
Toon Lizzie: I was just having a good time, too!
She took a deep breath, and tried to gather up her courage. "It started when he walked me home from the Digital Bean. He got the feeling that something was on my mind, and asked me about it."
"Was there?" He asked, slowing down to adjust his skate. Lizzie slowed down, too.
"Yeah..." She said hesitantly. "I... well, thought that someone else likes me... and that just maybe I do, too. And he got jealous." There. She'd said it.
"Oh." He didn't want to be nosy and ask who, although he was dying to know. He was starting to become angry again that yet someone else was getting in the way of him and Lizzie! "So, do you think you know now? If, you know, you like this guy?" He tried to say casually.
They'd stopped skating by now. She looked into his eyes, and just stood there for a moment in thought. Finally she said, "Yes. I do know." She told him. She leaned over, and kissed him. After a moment, she slowly pulled away.
"Lizzie..." He started to say, but didn't know how to finish his sentence. Surprised, yet pleased, he was unsure what to say next. Both were smiling kind of sheepishly.
Toon Lizzie: Did I just do that? Did I just... kiss Gordo?
She looked at him. He looked back at her, joy filling his eyes. It me she just kissed. Not Ethan. Not Ronnie. Not Taylor. But me! Unnoticed, short me! He thought with a satisfied sigh.
Back at the McGuire house, Jo surprised Sam by telling him that it was her time to leave for the hospital. In their hurry, they forgot all about Lizzie. Luckily they didn't have to worry about forgetting Matt.
As soon as he'd heard Jo yell, he'd raced outside and hopped into the McGuire's vehicle. With video camera in hand, he taped his parents rushing in with him, Sam frantically rushing back in the house to get his wallet he'd left, and then racing to the hospital. She winced several times, and held onto her stomach.
She breathed hard, as contractions slowly getting closer together. "Sam, hurry!" She exclaimed.
"I'm goin' as fast as I can!" He snapped, and apologized soon after. All this pressure was really getting to him. They arrive a few minutes later, Sam signed them in, and a nurse led Jo to a room. Sam soon followed, with Matt right behind him, taping the whole thing.
It never occurred to them once they Lizzie still didn't know, until Sam glanced down at a picture in his wallet of her after putting his drivers license back into it. His eyes opened wide. "We forgot about Lizzie!" He told Matt in panic, and grabbed his cell phone. "I don't know the number of the skating rink she was going to!" He groaned.
They were now in the room Jo had been put in, now dressed in a hospital gown with little teddy bears and balloons printed all over it. Matt zoomed in on that, letting out a chuckle.
"Jo, Lizzie doesn't know. I can't reach her!" He told her, waving the cell phone in the air. Jo sighed. This was the last thing she had on her mind right then!
"Just... see if someone here has a phonebook!" She told him, grasping the plastic bedpost as another contraction came. He nodded quickly, mumbling that he'd come back soon, as rushed out of the room.
Matt was enjoying getting all of this on tape, and zoomed in on the pained look on Jo's face. He didn't feel glad that she was going through pain or anything, but it was interesting to him since he was the youngest and hadn't seen this before.
Lizzie and Gordo were still at the rink. Gordo never finished his sentence after the kiss, and they were just kind of staring at each other. They were interrupted when they heard someone called Lizzie over a loudspeaker.
"Lizzie McGuire, please come to the front desk. I repeat, Lizzie McGuire, come to the front desk. Thank you!" Lizzie gave Gordo a puzzled look, and he shrugged. Slightly embarrassed, her and Gordo tromped to the front desk with their skates still on. A guy with the nametag "John" handed her a phone.
"You're father wants to talk to you." He told her, and Lizzie took the phone, with a little bit of impatience.
Toon Lizzie: Why would Dad have to call me now? What in the world is so important that can't wait?
"Hello? Dad?" She asked.