Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Lizzie McGuire or the waterpark, Water World. I do own the character Jenny, Lizzie's little sister, and any other characters that aren't on the Lizzie McGuire show.
Background Information:
This story takes place in an alternate universe. Lizzie, Gordo and Miranda go to college in Colorado and work at Water World during their summer vacations. Lizzie's family is well off and her parents, brother Matt, and sister Jenny, live in Alaska. They are paying for Lizzie's college and expenses away from the family. They used to live in Colorado too, but decided that they wanted to get away from civilization and that Alaska was their best option.
Lizzie and Miranda are best friends who work as lifeguards at Water World. Gordo is their boss. Gordo secretly likes Lizzie, she suspects it, but isn't sure that she returns the feelings. It will take a car accident, cancer, and a trip to Alaska for Lizzie to realize her feelings for Gordo.
In the story: Lizzie and Miranda are 18, Gordo is 20, Matt is 15, and Jenny is 10.
Okay, here we go for a start to the story:
Chapter One: Intro
Lizzie McGuire stood next to the pool and watched people swimming past her. It was nearly 100 degrees out and she wished she could be in the pool too, but her job as a lifeguard kept her close to, but rarely in the water. Her blonde hair was pulled back into a ponytail to keep her neck from being too hot and she had a visor to shade her face. These things were useless to her in this kind of heat. She checked her watch and saw that it was almost time for a rotation. When it was her turn to rotate, she was jumping in the pool for just a minute, the heat was killing her. Besides, her boss, David Gordon, known as Gordo, wouldn't mind so long as she was quick about it.
The cool water felt great on her hot skin as she swam across the pool to her next position. She nearly dropped one of her sandals, but made it to the ladder and put her stuff up on the edge. She climbed out of the pool and took her position in the lifeguard stand. It felt much better to be wet, and she was able to tolerate the last half hour shift before her break. It was a very crowded day, Water World was a popular destination in the summertime in Colorado. Yet, no one was drowning, so Lizzie basically had to sit and watch people enjoying the pool. Occasionally, she had to yell at some annoying kids who were trying to stand on top of their inner tubes or trying to hold one another under the water.
When her break came, it was noon and she was ready to have lunch. She brought her own food most days, the food was good at Water World and she got a discount on it, but she didn't keep her skinny figure by eating fast food every day. As she approached the First-Aid station where all the lifeguards sat on their breaks, Gordo walked out and sat on the picnic table where they kep their backpacks.
"Lizzie, come sit with me," he called out.
"Hey Gordo," she smiled, grabbed her lunch and sat down across from her boss.
"How's it going so far today?" he asked, trying to make conversation.
"Not bad," she returned, "but this heat is killing me."
Miranda, another lifeguard, and Lizzie's best friend took a seat next to Lizzie, "No kidding, it's gotta be a hundred degrees out."
"Yeah I think it is," Gordo said, "oh, since it's so hot out, you guys have to jump in the pool during your rotations so that you can cool off. We can't have you guys overheating, so spread it to everyone that they need to get wet."
"Something makes me think no one is gonna argue with that," Lizzie laughed, "it's way too hot."
"You already took it upon yourself to do that once," Miranda poked her friend in the arm.
"Well I felt like I was going to melt!" Lizzie proclaimed.
"It's okay. You have to do it now," Gordo winked at her.
Gordo was always being really friendly to her. She just finished her first year of college, he was in his second. They had gone to the same high school, but didn't really know eachother then. They met at Water World when Lizzie was 16 and Gordo was 18 and they were both lifeguards. Lizzie had the feeling he liked her, but was too shy to say so. She wasn't sure what to think of him, and thought of him mostly as her boss. They didn't really see eachother outside of work accept for maybe at a party or two thrown by a co-worker.
Gordo's radio came on and he stood up to get some privacy to answer it.
"Lizzie, I think he likes you," Miranda hissed.
"I know, but he's too shy to say anything, and you aren't going to say anything for him," Lizzie glared at her friend, "it would be too weird for my boss to ask me out anyway."
"Fine," Miranda sighed.
"What are you talking about?" Frank, another lifeguard asked as he sat down with his pizza.
"Oh nothing interesting," Lizzie said quickly.
"Right," he gave them an odd look as he took a bite of his food.
"I promise we weren't talking about you," Miranda told him.
"I'm sure you weren't," he narrowed his eyes.
"Gordo says we have to jump into the pool and swim to our next positions when we rotate because it's so hot out," Lizzie smoothly changed the subject.
"Okay," Frank agreed.
"Yeah, be sure and spread it around," Miranda added.
"It's a good idea actually," Frank said," it's really hot today."
"I'm glad we don't usually get too many days with temperatures above 100 degrees," Lizzie said, "it almost makes me wish I was Alaska when it's this hot."
"I bet it's only like 60 degrees there," Miranda said, "that would be bice right about now."
"Well with any luck, it'll cloud up and we'll get a thunderstorm this afternoon and the park will clear out," Frank said.
"That's wishful thinking," Gordo rejoined the group, "the skies are nice and clear today."
"I know, what a shame," Frank rolled his eyes.
As they were enjoying their lunches, a lady walked up with a child in her arms, "My little girl fell down and scraped up her elbow."
"I've got it," Miranda, who was on First-Aid duty stood up. She led the woman into the First-Aid station and put on gloves so she could wash off the girl's scrape. She took care of the girl and put a band-aid on. The girl wasn't terribly happy about the peroxide in her wound and cried while Miranda took their information. It was park policy to take the name, phone number and address of all people they treated for First-Aid.
When she returned, it was time for Lizzie and Frank to go back to work. She thought seriously about telling Gordo that she knew he liked Lizzie, but remembered Lizzie's words. She decided it wasn't her place to meddle and just ate her lunch quietly.
A/N: This first chapter is basically an intro for the story. If you have any suggestions for a title at any point along the way, please let me know in your reviews. Tanguay18
Background Information:
This story takes place in an alternate universe. Lizzie, Gordo and Miranda go to college in Colorado and work at Water World during their summer vacations. Lizzie's family is well off and her parents, brother Matt, and sister Jenny, live in Alaska. They are paying for Lizzie's college and expenses away from the family. They used to live in Colorado too, but decided that they wanted to get away from civilization and that Alaska was their best option.
Lizzie and Miranda are best friends who work as lifeguards at Water World. Gordo is their boss. Gordo secretly likes Lizzie, she suspects it, but isn't sure that she returns the feelings. It will take a car accident, cancer, and a trip to Alaska for Lizzie to realize her feelings for Gordo.
In the story: Lizzie and Miranda are 18, Gordo is 20, Matt is 15, and Jenny is 10.
Okay, here we go for a start to the story:
Chapter One: Intro
Lizzie McGuire stood next to the pool and watched people swimming past her. It was nearly 100 degrees out and she wished she could be in the pool too, but her job as a lifeguard kept her close to, but rarely in the water. Her blonde hair was pulled back into a ponytail to keep her neck from being too hot and she had a visor to shade her face. These things were useless to her in this kind of heat. She checked her watch and saw that it was almost time for a rotation. When it was her turn to rotate, she was jumping in the pool for just a minute, the heat was killing her. Besides, her boss, David Gordon, known as Gordo, wouldn't mind so long as she was quick about it.
The cool water felt great on her hot skin as she swam across the pool to her next position. She nearly dropped one of her sandals, but made it to the ladder and put her stuff up on the edge. She climbed out of the pool and took her position in the lifeguard stand. It felt much better to be wet, and she was able to tolerate the last half hour shift before her break. It was a very crowded day, Water World was a popular destination in the summertime in Colorado. Yet, no one was drowning, so Lizzie basically had to sit and watch people enjoying the pool. Occasionally, she had to yell at some annoying kids who were trying to stand on top of their inner tubes or trying to hold one another under the water.
When her break came, it was noon and she was ready to have lunch. She brought her own food most days, the food was good at Water World and she got a discount on it, but she didn't keep her skinny figure by eating fast food every day. As she approached the First-Aid station where all the lifeguards sat on their breaks, Gordo walked out and sat on the picnic table where they kep their backpacks.
"Lizzie, come sit with me," he called out.
"Hey Gordo," she smiled, grabbed her lunch and sat down across from her boss.
"How's it going so far today?" he asked, trying to make conversation.
"Not bad," she returned, "but this heat is killing me."
Miranda, another lifeguard, and Lizzie's best friend took a seat next to Lizzie, "No kidding, it's gotta be a hundred degrees out."
"Yeah I think it is," Gordo said, "oh, since it's so hot out, you guys have to jump in the pool during your rotations so that you can cool off. We can't have you guys overheating, so spread it to everyone that they need to get wet."
"Something makes me think no one is gonna argue with that," Lizzie laughed, "it's way too hot."
"You already took it upon yourself to do that once," Miranda poked her friend in the arm.
"Well I felt like I was going to melt!" Lizzie proclaimed.
"It's okay. You have to do it now," Gordo winked at her.
Gordo was always being really friendly to her. She just finished her first year of college, he was in his second. They had gone to the same high school, but didn't really know eachother then. They met at Water World when Lizzie was 16 and Gordo was 18 and they were both lifeguards. Lizzie had the feeling he liked her, but was too shy to say so. She wasn't sure what to think of him, and thought of him mostly as her boss. They didn't really see eachother outside of work accept for maybe at a party or two thrown by a co-worker.
Gordo's radio came on and he stood up to get some privacy to answer it.
"Lizzie, I think he likes you," Miranda hissed.
"I know, but he's too shy to say anything, and you aren't going to say anything for him," Lizzie glared at her friend, "it would be too weird for my boss to ask me out anyway."
"Fine," Miranda sighed.
"What are you talking about?" Frank, another lifeguard asked as he sat down with his pizza.
"Oh nothing interesting," Lizzie said quickly.
"Right," he gave them an odd look as he took a bite of his food.
"I promise we weren't talking about you," Miranda told him.
"I'm sure you weren't," he narrowed his eyes.
"Gordo says we have to jump into the pool and swim to our next positions when we rotate because it's so hot out," Lizzie smoothly changed the subject.
"Okay," Frank agreed.
"Yeah, be sure and spread it around," Miranda added.
"It's a good idea actually," Frank said," it's really hot today."
"I'm glad we don't usually get too many days with temperatures above 100 degrees," Lizzie said, "it almost makes me wish I was Alaska when it's this hot."
"I bet it's only like 60 degrees there," Miranda said, "that would be bice right about now."
"Well with any luck, it'll cloud up and we'll get a thunderstorm this afternoon and the park will clear out," Frank said.
"That's wishful thinking," Gordo rejoined the group, "the skies are nice and clear today."
"I know, what a shame," Frank rolled his eyes.
As they were enjoying their lunches, a lady walked up with a child in her arms, "My little girl fell down and scraped up her elbow."
"I've got it," Miranda, who was on First-Aid duty stood up. She led the woman into the First-Aid station and put on gloves so she could wash off the girl's scrape. She took care of the girl and put a band-aid on. The girl wasn't terribly happy about the peroxide in her wound and cried while Miranda took their information. It was park policy to take the name, phone number and address of all people they treated for First-Aid.
When she returned, it was time for Lizzie and Frank to go back to work. She thought seriously about telling Gordo that she knew he liked Lizzie, but remembered Lizzie's words. She decided it wasn't her place to meddle and just ate her lunch quietly.
A/N: This first chapter is basically an intro for the story. If you have any suggestions for a title at any point along the way, please let me know in your reviews. Tanguay18