Chapter dedicated to Jodu. Don't let family get you down! You are still my hero.
Chapter Two
Simple Yet Complicated
The Friday Gordo and Lizzie were set to leave, Gordo picked Lizzie up at her house and they were off to Arizona. They planned it so they would cross the state line and stay overnight and then finished the treck the next day.
"I feel bad for leaving Miranda," Gordo said.
"Don't worry. She's been hiding something from me all week and I have a feeling that she has a secret boyfriend."
"Really?" Gordo asked, as he drove on.
"Yeah," she said, "I mean, she acts so nervous around me and sometimes, I'm at her house and someone calls and not only does she whisper, but she also immediately covers and erases the caller ID number from the phone."
"That's strange," Gordo said, "I wonder what she has to hide from us."
"I don't know. Maybe she will tell us when she gets back."
"What did she say when you told her we were going to go out of town?"
Lizzie shrugged, "She didn't look too disappointed. I told her I was visiting my grandmother and that you would be at an academic conference."
Gordo nodded her head, "Well, I just hope she appreciates what we are doing for her."
"Yeah, me too," Lizzie said, "and I also hope that whoever she is with isn't some jerk and treats her nicely. Miranda deserves a nice person."
An hour passed, and Lizzie was listening to her headphones and flipping through a Cosmo issue when Gordo started imagining what it would be like to date Lizzie again. To know that he was the one that was on her mind every minute and that he could steal kisses from her and be able to acknowledge that they did happen and not pretend like something happened.
Gordo didn't know how this all happened in the first place. How Lizzie and him broke up, that is. All he knew was that he was tricked into it and wished they didn't break up. The kiss Lizzie shared with Ethan turned out to be innocent and Gordo didn't know this until after the fact when people pointed it out to him.
The fortunate thing that came out of all of this was that he and Lizzie didn't seem to be too damaged by the break up. Lizzie moved on and dated a few people, and Gordo never dated anyone else. He still thought he and Lizzie had a chance to make up and go back to where they were.
Another thing about Lizzie and Gordo's relationship that this author briefly grazed upon in the chapter before and earlier in this one was that despite the fact that they didn't go out or consider themselves a couple, occasionally they would hook up either out of boredom or at a party. While Gordo enjoyed this part, he still wished this wasn't so complicated. It would be one thing if feelings weren't involved with each touch of their lips, but for Gordo, it wasn't true. There were feelings involved with him.
This is why he decided that on this trip he would try to reestablish what he had with Lizzie and tell her the truth. He thought maybe there was a change that she liked him back.
In the meantime, Miranda was back in Hill Ridge and walked up to the familiar McGuire driveway, looked around, and rang the doorbell cautiously.
A few seconds later, the front door opened and Lizzie's little brother, Matt appeared. "Hey," she said, "Is Lizzie gone yet."
Matt nodded his head and opened the door a little wider for Miranda to let her in, "She's been gone a while now."
"Good," Miranda said, walking in and closing the door behind her, "You have no idea how much I have been looking forward to this weekend."
"I know," Matt said, pulling Miranda into a hug, "I thought we would never get this time alone."
Miranda laughed lightly as she kissed Matt on the cheek, "Can you imagine what Lizzie would say if she knew that we were dating?"
"Babe," Matt said, "Let's go up to my room and not even think about my sister. All I want to do is be with you."
"Well then," Miranda said, stepping one step closer to Matt, "Let's not waste any time, then."
The two secret lovers then proceeded to go upstairs to Matt's room and Miranda closed the door behind her and locked before dropping to Matt's bed and smiling at him seductively, "You know, in a few days I'll be seventeen."
"I know," Matt said, crawling on top of Miranda and smiling, "And I'll still be fourteen."
Miranda's heart beat faster as she pulled Matt down to her by his shirt and proceeded to kiss him. So there they were, Miranda and Matt, on Matt's bed making out. "I love this weekend," Miranda said, letting Matt kiss her and touch her.
Now, for those of you wondering how Miranda and Matt hooked up in the first place, allow this next part to explain.
Over the summer, which ended about two months before this little rendez-vous, Lizzie was off at some college tour for the day and Miranda came over, not knowing that Lizzie wouldn't be there.
Matt was the only one there and he answered the door in his boxers, having just woken up. He let Miranda come in and he got dressed while she waited in his room. What Miranda didn't know was that Matt had a thing for Miranda. Miranda was complaining about her last boyfriend to Matt and somehow, Matt's crush came out in the open. Miranda tried to ignore this at first, but it became hard because she found herself growing an affection for Matt so by the end of the day, Miranda kissed Matt and Matt asked her out. Miranda agreed, but the both agreed that this would be kept under wraps, as Lizzie would probably not approve of this relationship. They thought it was only going to be a fling, anyway.
But a fling it wasn't. By the end of the summer, Miranda and Matt were dating and seeing each other almost everyday. They would meet secretly and Miranda would drive them to the next town.
But they were getting sick of this secretness and that is why, a few days earlier when Lizzie announced and she and Gordo were going out of town, Matt and Miranda saw this as a perfect opportunity to spend some quality time together.
So, there they were on Matt's bed, fooling around for the first time without having to worry if someone was going to walk in on them. Matt was an eighth grader and Miranda was a junior. They didn't care about the age difference, though. All they cared about was being together. They were on that bed for a long time that afternoon. If they weren't making out, they were in each other's arms, talking to each other and having a good time. Miranda didn't just see Matt as a boy friend, for he was becoming another one of her best friend's.
They ordered pizza for delivery and Miranda called her parents to tell them she was staying at Lizzie's overnight. What she didn't tell her was that Lizzie wasn't going to be there. Matt and Miranda fell asleep in Matt's bed after a while in each other's arms. Both were fully clothed, as nothing happened. Matt and Miranda didn't need anything to happen to be happy, though, because the important thing was that they had each other.
While they were sleeping, Gordo and Lizzie were crossing the state line to Arizona and looking for a place to stop for the night.
They finally found a place to stay about thirty minutes into the state and agreed to stop. It was late. Between stopping to eat and bathroom trips, they didn't stop until a little before midnight.
They didn't know that this was the beginning of a new adventure.
Chapter Two
Simple Yet Complicated
The Friday Gordo and Lizzie were set to leave, Gordo picked Lizzie up at her house and they were off to Arizona. They planned it so they would cross the state line and stay overnight and then finished the treck the next day.
"I feel bad for leaving Miranda," Gordo said.
"Don't worry. She's been hiding something from me all week and I have a feeling that she has a secret boyfriend."
"Really?" Gordo asked, as he drove on.
"Yeah," she said, "I mean, she acts so nervous around me and sometimes, I'm at her house and someone calls and not only does she whisper, but she also immediately covers and erases the caller ID number from the phone."
"That's strange," Gordo said, "I wonder what she has to hide from us."
"I don't know. Maybe she will tell us when she gets back."
"What did she say when you told her we were going to go out of town?"
Lizzie shrugged, "She didn't look too disappointed. I told her I was visiting my grandmother and that you would be at an academic conference."
Gordo nodded her head, "Well, I just hope she appreciates what we are doing for her."
"Yeah, me too," Lizzie said, "and I also hope that whoever she is with isn't some jerk and treats her nicely. Miranda deserves a nice person."
An hour passed, and Lizzie was listening to her headphones and flipping through a Cosmo issue when Gordo started imagining what it would be like to date Lizzie again. To know that he was the one that was on her mind every minute and that he could steal kisses from her and be able to acknowledge that they did happen and not pretend like something happened.
Gordo didn't know how this all happened in the first place. How Lizzie and him broke up, that is. All he knew was that he was tricked into it and wished they didn't break up. The kiss Lizzie shared with Ethan turned out to be innocent and Gordo didn't know this until after the fact when people pointed it out to him.
The fortunate thing that came out of all of this was that he and Lizzie didn't seem to be too damaged by the break up. Lizzie moved on and dated a few people, and Gordo never dated anyone else. He still thought he and Lizzie had a chance to make up and go back to where they were.
Another thing about Lizzie and Gordo's relationship that this author briefly grazed upon in the chapter before and earlier in this one was that despite the fact that they didn't go out or consider themselves a couple, occasionally they would hook up either out of boredom or at a party. While Gordo enjoyed this part, he still wished this wasn't so complicated. It would be one thing if feelings weren't involved with each touch of their lips, but for Gordo, it wasn't true. There were feelings involved with him.
This is why he decided that on this trip he would try to reestablish what he had with Lizzie and tell her the truth. He thought maybe there was a change that she liked him back.
In the meantime, Miranda was back in Hill Ridge and walked up to the familiar McGuire driveway, looked around, and rang the doorbell cautiously.
A few seconds later, the front door opened and Lizzie's little brother, Matt appeared. "Hey," she said, "Is Lizzie gone yet."
Matt nodded his head and opened the door a little wider for Miranda to let her in, "She's been gone a while now."
"Good," Miranda said, walking in and closing the door behind her, "You have no idea how much I have been looking forward to this weekend."
"I know," Matt said, pulling Miranda into a hug, "I thought we would never get this time alone."
Miranda laughed lightly as she kissed Matt on the cheek, "Can you imagine what Lizzie would say if she knew that we were dating?"
"Babe," Matt said, "Let's go up to my room and not even think about my sister. All I want to do is be with you."
"Well then," Miranda said, stepping one step closer to Matt, "Let's not waste any time, then."
The two secret lovers then proceeded to go upstairs to Matt's room and Miranda closed the door behind her and locked before dropping to Matt's bed and smiling at him seductively, "You know, in a few days I'll be seventeen."
"I know," Matt said, crawling on top of Miranda and smiling, "And I'll still be fourteen."
Miranda's heart beat faster as she pulled Matt down to her by his shirt and proceeded to kiss him. So there they were, Miranda and Matt, on Matt's bed making out. "I love this weekend," Miranda said, letting Matt kiss her and touch her.
Now, for those of you wondering how Miranda and Matt hooked up in the first place, allow this next part to explain.
Over the summer, which ended about two months before this little rendez-vous, Lizzie was off at some college tour for the day and Miranda came over, not knowing that Lizzie wouldn't be there.
Matt was the only one there and he answered the door in his boxers, having just woken up. He let Miranda come in and he got dressed while she waited in his room. What Miranda didn't know was that Matt had a thing for Miranda. Miranda was complaining about her last boyfriend to Matt and somehow, Matt's crush came out in the open. Miranda tried to ignore this at first, but it became hard because she found herself growing an affection for Matt so by the end of the day, Miranda kissed Matt and Matt asked her out. Miranda agreed, but the both agreed that this would be kept under wraps, as Lizzie would probably not approve of this relationship. They thought it was only going to be a fling, anyway.
But a fling it wasn't. By the end of the summer, Miranda and Matt were dating and seeing each other almost everyday. They would meet secretly and Miranda would drive them to the next town.
But they were getting sick of this secretness and that is why, a few days earlier when Lizzie announced and she and Gordo were going out of town, Matt and Miranda saw this as a perfect opportunity to spend some quality time together.
So, there they were on Matt's bed, fooling around for the first time without having to worry if someone was going to walk in on them. Matt was an eighth grader and Miranda was a junior. They didn't care about the age difference, though. All they cared about was being together. They were on that bed for a long time that afternoon. If they weren't making out, they were in each other's arms, talking to each other and having a good time. Miranda didn't just see Matt as a boy friend, for he was becoming another one of her best friend's.
They ordered pizza for delivery and Miranda called her parents to tell them she was staying at Lizzie's overnight. What she didn't tell her was that Lizzie wasn't going to be there. Matt and Miranda fell asleep in Matt's bed after a while in each other's arms. Both were fully clothed, as nothing happened. Matt and Miranda didn't need anything to happen to be happy, though, because the important thing was that they had each other.
While they were sleeping, Gordo and Lizzie were crossing the state line to Arizona and looking for a place to stop for the night.
They finally found a place to stay about thirty minutes into the state and agreed to stop. It was late. Between stopping to eat and bathroom trips, they didn't stop until a little before midnight.
They didn't know that this was the beginning of a new adventure.