Chapter 17: Valentine's Day
Disclaimer: I think we all know I don't own the song "Wherever You Will Go" by the Calling which is mentioned once in this chapter.
(Hillridge High-Valentine's Day)
"I can't believe that everyone around here has a boyfriend or girlfriend," Miranda moaned," and I'm single!"
"It's Valentine's Day," Lizzie said," by next week, everyone will have broken up pretty much."
"And in the meantime, I'm all alone," Miranda sighed," is there something wrong with me?"
"No, you are beautiful, friendly, outgoing, who wouldn't want to go out with you?" Lizzie told her honestly.
"Obviously all the guys at Hillridge High School," Miranda said.
"Oh Randa, you are impossible to please," Lizzie hugged her friend," maybe you are just too mature for all of the guys here."
"Oh I like that, I'll just tell myself that," Miranda laughed," thanks for telling me all that."
Gordo spotted Lizzie talking to Miranda and snuck up behind them. He had a bouquet of roses, a teddy bear and a box of chocolates for Lizzie. Sure, they were all clichés, but he knew Lizzie would love them anyway. He picked out pink roses because that was Lizzie's favorite color. Once he got behind Lizzie he tapped her shoulder and she jumped a mile into the air.
"Good grief! David you sure know how to scare the heck out of someone," Lizzie swung around to face him," Gordo, is all that for me?"
"Yes because I love you," Gordo smiled.
"I love you too," Lizzie embraced Gordo tightly. She had to restrain from kissing him because the principal just happened to be strolling by.
"See Lizzie, this is why I'm jealous," Miranda started," no one brought me flowers, candy or a teddy bear!"
"Actually, this is for you," Gordo pulled out another box of candy from behind his back.
"Aw Gordo, you're so sweet," Miranda hugged him.
Lizzie smiled at Gordo. He was incredibly thoughtful. She was so glad that she was going to be with him for the rest of her life. She couldn't believe how much she loved him. At one point, she wouldn't have thought she could love anyone so much. Gordo was one of the most kind, intelligent, and thoughtful people she had ever met. Gordo turned back and caught her smiling at him. He loved Lizzie's beautiful smile.
"Gordo, what made you think of getting Randa something too?" Lizzie asked.
"I remember her saying something about not having a boyfriend, so I figured she'd like it if I got her something. Valentine's Day is a crappy day for single people," Gordo explained.
"I am so glad that you guys are my best friends," Miranda said.
"And we're glad you're our best friend," Lizzie smiled," just think we only have a few more months of guaranteed time together."
"Wow, you're right Liz. Gordo will be gone this summer, so the three of us won't be hanging out together anymore. But you and I will do stuff together right?" Miranda asked.
"Of course. You are going to New York for medical school, that's the entire country away!" Lizzie said.
"True, if I'm going so far away for school, I don't really want a boyfriend anyway, do I?" Miranda stated.
"Yep, long distance things almost never work out," Gordo assured her.
"It's a good thing I'm going to be going to college in California too," Lizzie said," that way you and I will be seeing eachother all the time. My school's only about a 20 minute drive and yours is about half an hour in the other direction. So we can come home on the weekends to see eachother all the time."
The bell rang sending everyone scurrying off to their classes.
(Later that day-Gordon House)
"My parents left to go to some sort of conference," Gordo unlocked the door," so the house is all ours."
Lizzie smiled nervously," We won't be getting into any trouble right?"
"No of course not," Gordo assured her," it's just nice to not have parents bugging us."
"Yes it is," Lizzie agreed.
Gordo set his backpack down by the front door and Lizzie did the same. Then he went into the kitchen to get a snack. Lizzie sat on the couch and waited for Gordo to return. A few minutes later, he reappeared with two plates balanced on his arm and two glasses of milk. Lizzie jumped up to help him so he wouldn't drop anything. He had brought them each a piece of cake.
"So, it's okay with your parents for you to have dinner with me?" Gordo asked.
"Oh, I didn't know I was staying that long. I'll just call my mom and tell her now," Lizzie jumped up to find the phone.
(McGuire House)
"Lizzie just called to say she's staying at Gordo's house for dinner," Jo hung up the phone," Sam, I don't want those two alone for that long."
"Jo dear, they won't do anything stupid," Sam assured his wife," this is David Gordon we're talking about. He's very smart and mature."
"He's also a teenage boy with my daughter," Jo huffed.
"It's going to be fine," Sam gave her a look.
"Fine. But if they do something, you are at fault," Jo warned.
"They won't," Sam told his wife.
"So, what did you get me for Valentine's Day?" Jo changed the subject.
"I'm not telling you, it'll ruin the surprise," Sam grinned mysteriously.
"What surprise?" Matt walked into the room.
"Whatever your father got me for Valentine's Day," Jo explained.
"Oh," Matt was uninterested.
"Why don't you go find a snack son," Sam instructed.
"Whatever," Matt muttered as he left. He knew his parents were going to get all "lovey dovey" with eachother and he hated that.
A few minutes later, the doorbell rang. It was Lanny. Jo let him in and explained that Matt was probably in the kitchen. He gave her one of his usual quiet stares and then plopped his backpack on the couch on his way to find Matt. Jo picked the backpack up and hung it on the coat rack. Kids were always just tossing their things around, that was one thing that always drove her nuts. They didn't seem to care where their stuff ended up.
"Lanny, hey I didn't know you were coming over," Matt said.
Lanny stared at Matt.
"You're right Lanny, you did say you were coming over, I just forgot," Matt shook his head," well let's go do something I don't want to stay here. It's Valentine's Day and Lizzie is at Gordo's house. We should go check up on them for my parents."
Lanny grinned evilly and followed Matt out of the house. Matt mostly left Lizzie alone these days, but something about being with Lanny made him crave a bit of mischief. Besides, it would be a favor to his parents, though they would pretend to be angry if they knew he was spying.
(Outside Gordo's House)
"Okay now Lanny, be quiet, we don't want them to know we're here," Matt snuck up towards the living room window.
He and Lanny peaked in to see if they could spot Lizzie and Gordo. They were sitting on the floor eating cake. Upon closer inspection, they were actually feeding eachother cake.
"I know Lanny, that is sickening," Matt made a face," I hope I never act like that if I fall in love."
They continued to watch Lizzie and Gordo as they finished up their cake. Matt could tell they were talking, but he just wished he could hear them. Gordo stood up and Matt and Lanny quickly dove out of sight. Matt hoped they hadn't been spotted. He waited a minute then carefully peaked in again. Gordo was sitting down next to Lizzie, so he signaled for Lanny to stand up again. They watched as Gordo said something, then proceeded to lick Lizzie's face.
"Gross!" Matt shouted, then realized his mistake and made a break for it.
(Inside Gordo's House)
"Lizzie, you have some frosting on your face," Gordo laughed," I'll take care of it."
He leaned in to lick the frosting off, then heard a shout.
"Did you hear that?" Lizzie ran to the window.
"I don't see anyone," Gordo opened the door and peered outside.
"It was probably just kids playing across the street, or in the neighbor's yard or something," Lizzie closed the curtains," but just in case someone was watching us, I feel better with the curtains shut."
"Me too," Gordo took Lizzie's hand and lead her back to the couch," now where were we?"
"I believe you were cleaning frosting off my face," Lizzie smiled.
"Right," Gordo leaned in to kiss Lizzie," you taste sweet, like sugar."
"Be quiet," Lizzie said as they kissed again.
They began to slowly kiss more and more. They were kissing eachother passionately and running their hands over eachother when the phone startled them back to reality.
"I'll answer that," Gordo jumped up and smoothed his shirt.
Lizzie leaned back onto the couch. Part of her was glad the phone rang. If it hadn't, she wasn't sure when or where they would have stopped. She loved Gordo, but she wanted to wait until they were married to go all the way. Kissing was fine, but she didn't know where to draw the line. Gordo was gone for a few minutes.
"That was my parents," he rolled his eyes.
"Leave it to parents to know just when to call," Lizzie laughed.
"Yeah. So, did you have any homework today?" Gordo asked.
"Oh, yes I did. Better get it done so we can enjoy dinner," Lizzie rumaged through her backpack for her math book," I think I left my calculator in my locker, can I borrow yours?"
"Sure thing," Gordo pulled his out of his backpack and handed it to Lizzie.
(Dinnertime)
"Okay Lizzie, dinner is a surprise, just give me a few minutes in the kitchen, make sure you have a jacket," Gordo instructed.
Lizzie was a little confused but went to get her jacket out of Gordo's back seat. She sat on the couch and waited for Gordo to return. He walked back into the living room grinning and holding a picnic basket.
"We're going on a picnic dinner," he explained.
"Oh Gordo, this is so sweet," Lizzie locked the house as Gordo put the food in the trunk of his car.
Gordo drove them to a secluded spot in a park for their meal. He spread out a blanket for them to sit on and brought the basket of food over to Lizzie. He smiled as he handed her a paper plate. Then he pulled out a couple of candles and lit them. Then he handed Lizzie a wine glass and she gave him a funny look.
"We-we can't drink Gordo," she stammered.
"Why not?" he asked, pulling out a bottle," it's just sparkling grape juice."
"I should know you better," Lizzie laughed at herself.
The main course was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, their childhood favorite.
"I don't think I've had one of these in years," Lizzie bit hungrily into her sandwich.
"I hope you like our little dinner," Gordo wanted her approval.
"Of course! It's so perfectly romantic," Lizzie gave Gordo a kiss.
"You wouldn't think PB&J would be romantic though," Gordo smiled.
"No you wouldn't," Lizzie giggled.
They finished their meal and Lizzie expected they were going to head home, but Gordo motioned for her to stay there. He put the basket away and then climbed into the driver's seat of his car. Lizzie waited patiently as Gordo opened the passenger's side door and turned on his cd player. He stepped out as the song "Wherever You Will Go" began to float out into the night sky.
"This is my favorite song," Lizzie ran to hug Gordo.
"I know, I think this should be our song," Gordo took Lizzie's hand and they began to dance.
"Oh David Gordon, I love you so much!" Lizzie proclaimed.
"I love you too Elizabeth McGuire," Gordo kissed her as they danced.
When the song finished, it was time to go and Gordo drove her back to her house. She went inside and was surprised to find Matt home alone.
"Where did Mom and Dad go?" Lizzie asked.
"They went off to some fancy restaurant," Matt said, staring at the TV.
"Oh. Well I'm home," Lizzie said as she went up to her room. She had to call Miranda and tell her all about her afternoon and evening.
"Obviously you are," Matt turned to say more, but saw that Lizzie was already up the stairs.
A/N: Had a bit of writer's block and that's what took this chapter so long. Will update again some day. lol
Disclaimer: I think we all know I don't own the song "Wherever You Will Go" by the Calling which is mentioned once in this chapter.
(Hillridge High-Valentine's Day)
"I can't believe that everyone around here has a boyfriend or girlfriend," Miranda moaned," and I'm single!"
"It's Valentine's Day," Lizzie said," by next week, everyone will have broken up pretty much."
"And in the meantime, I'm all alone," Miranda sighed," is there something wrong with me?"
"No, you are beautiful, friendly, outgoing, who wouldn't want to go out with you?" Lizzie told her honestly.
"Obviously all the guys at Hillridge High School," Miranda said.
"Oh Randa, you are impossible to please," Lizzie hugged her friend," maybe you are just too mature for all of the guys here."
"Oh I like that, I'll just tell myself that," Miranda laughed," thanks for telling me all that."
Gordo spotted Lizzie talking to Miranda and snuck up behind them. He had a bouquet of roses, a teddy bear and a box of chocolates for Lizzie. Sure, they were all clichés, but he knew Lizzie would love them anyway. He picked out pink roses because that was Lizzie's favorite color. Once he got behind Lizzie he tapped her shoulder and she jumped a mile into the air.
"Good grief! David you sure know how to scare the heck out of someone," Lizzie swung around to face him," Gordo, is all that for me?"
"Yes because I love you," Gordo smiled.
"I love you too," Lizzie embraced Gordo tightly. She had to restrain from kissing him because the principal just happened to be strolling by.
"See Lizzie, this is why I'm jealous," Miranda started," no one brought me flowers, candy or a teddy bear!"
"Actually, this is for you," Gordo pulled out another box of candy from behind his back.
"Aw Gordo, you're so sweet," Miranda hugged him.
Lizzie smiled at Gordo. He was incredibly thoughtful. She was so glad that she was going to be with him for the rest of her life. She couldn't believe how much she loved him. At one point, she wouldn't have thought she could love anyone so much. Gordo was one of the most kind, intelligent, and thoughtful people she had ever met. Gordo turned back and caught her smiling at him. He loved Lizzie's beautiful smile.
"Gordo, what made you think of getting Randa something too?" Lizzie asked.
"I remember her saying something about not having a boyfriend, so I figured she'd like it if I got her something. Valentine's Day is a crappy day for single people," Gordo explained.
"I am so glad that you guys are my best friends," Miranda said.
"And we're glad you're our best friend," Lizzie smiled," just think we only have a few more months of guaranteed time together."
"Wow, you're right Liz. Gordo will be gone this summer, so the three of us won't be hanging out together anymore. But you and I will do stuff together right?" Miranda asked.
"Of course. You are going to New York for medical school, that's the entire country away!" Lizzie said.
"True, if I'm going so far away for school, I don't really want a boyfriend anyway, do I?" Miranda stated.
"Yep, long distance things almost never work out," Gordo assured her.
"It's a good thing I'm going to be going to college in California too," Lizzie said," that way you and I will be seeing eachother all the time. My school's only about a 20 minute drive and yours is about half an hour in the other direction. So we can come home on the weekends to see eachother all the time."
The bell rang sending everyone scurrying off to their classes.
(Later that day-Gordon House)
"My parents left to go to some sort of conference," Gordo unlocked the door," so the house is all ours."
Lizzie smiled nervously," We won't be getting into any trouble right?"
"No of course not," Gordo assured her," it's just nice to not have parents bugging us."
"Yes it is," Lizzie agreed.
Gordo set his backpack down by the front door and Lizzie did the same. Then he went into the kitchen to get a snack. Lizzie sat on the couch and waited for Gordo to return. A few minutes later, he reappeared with two plates balanced on his arm and two glasses of milk. Lizzie jumped up to help him so he wouldn't drop anything. He had brought them each a piece of cake.
"So, it's okay with your parents for you to have dinner with me?" Gordo asked.
"Oh, I didn't know I was staying that long. I'll just call my mom and tell her now," Lizzie jumped up to find the phone.
(McGuire House)
"Lizzie just called to say she's staying at Gordo's house for dinner," Jo hung up the phone," Sam, I don't want those two alone for that long."
"Jo dear, they won't do anything stupid," Sam assured his wife," this is David Gordon we're talking about. He's very smart and mature."
"He's also a teenage boy with my daughter," Jo huffed.
"It's going to be fine," Sam gave her a look.
"Fine. But if they do something, you are at fault," Jo warned.
"They won't," Sam told his wife.
"So, what did you get me for Valentine's Day?" Jo changed the subject.
"I'm not telling you, it'll ruin the surprise," Sam grinned mysteriously.
"What surprise?" Matt walked into the room.
"Whatever your father got me for Valentine's Day," Jo explained.
"Oh," Matt was uninterested.
"Why don't you go find a snack son," Sam instructed.
"Whatever," Matt muttered as he left. He knew his parents were going to get all "lovey dovey" with eachother and he hated that.
A few minutes later, the doorbell rang. It was Lanny. Jo let him in and explained that Matt was probably in the kitchen. He gave her one of his usual quiet stares and then plopped his backpack on the couch on his way to find Matt. Jo picked the backpack up and hung it on the coat rack. Kids were always just tossing their things around, that was one thing that always drove her nuts. They didn't seem to care where their stuff ended up.
"Lanny, hey I didn't know you were coming over," Matt said.
Lanny stared at Matt.
"You're right Lanny, you did say you were coming over, I just forgot," Matt shook his head," well let's go do something I don't want to stay here. It's Valentine's Day and Lizzie is at Gordo's house. We should go check up on them for my parents."
Lanny grinned evilly and followed Matt out of the house. Matt mostly left Lizzie alone these days, but something about being with Lanny made him crave a bit of mischief. Besides, it would be a favor to his parents, though they would pretend to be angry if they knew he was spying.
(Outside Gordo's House)
"Okay now Lanny, be quiet, we don't want them to know we're here," Matt snuck up towards the living room window.
He and Lanny peaked in to see if they could spot Lizzie and Gordo. They were sitting on the floor eating cake. Upon closer inspection, they were actually feeding eachother cake.
"I know Lanny, that is sickening," Matt made a face," I hope I never act like that if I fall in love."
They continued to watch Lizzie and Gordo as they finished up their cake. Matt could tell they were talking, but he just wished he could hear them. Gordo stood up and Matt and Lanny quickly dove out of sight. Matt hoped they hadn't been spotted. He waited a minute then carefully peaked in again. Gordo was sitting down next to Lizzie, so he signaled for Lanny to stand up again. They watched as Gordo said something, then proceeded to lick Lizzie's face.
"Gross!" Matt shouted, then realized his mistake and made a break for it.
(Inside Gordo's House)
"Lizzie, you have some frosting on your face," Gordo laughed," I'll take care of it."
He leaned in to lick the frosting off, then heard a shout.
"Did you hear that?" Lizzie ran to the window.
"I don't see anyone," Gordo opened the door and peered outside.
"It was probably just kids playing across the street, or in the neighbor's yard or something," Lizzie closed the curtains," but just in case someone was watching us, I feel better with the curtains shut."
"Me too," Gordo took Lizzie's hand and lead her back to the couch," now where were we?"
"I believe you were cleaning frosting off my face," Lizzie smiled.
"Right," Gordo leaned in to kiss Lizzie," you taste sweet, like sugar."
"Be quiet," Lizzie said as they kissed again.
They began to slowly kiss more and more. They were kissing eachother passionately and running their hands over eachother when the phone startled them back to reality.
"I'll answer that," Gordo jumped up and smoothed his shirt.
Lizzie leaned back onto the couch. Part of her was glad the phone rang. If it hadn't, she wasn't sure when or where they would have stopped. She loved Gordo, but she wanted to wait until they were married to go all the way. Kissing was fine, but she didn't know where to draw the line. Gordo was gone for a few minutes.
"That was my parents," he rolled his eyes.
"Leave it to parents to know just when to call," Lizzie laughed.
"Yeah. So, did you have any homework today?" Gordo asked.
"Oh, yes I did. Better get it done so we can enjoy dinner," Lizzie rumaged through her backpack for her math book," I think I left my calculator in my locker, can I borrow yours?"
"Sure thing," Gordo pulled his out of his backpack and handed it to Lizzie.
(Dinnertime)
"Okay Lizzie, dinner is a surprise, just give me a few minutes in the kitchen, make sure you have a jacket," Gordo instructed.
Lizzie was a little confused but went to get her jacket out of Gordo's back seat. She sat on the couch and waited for Gordo to return. He walked back into the living room grinning and holding a picnic basket.
"We're going on a picnic dinner," he explained.
"Oh Gordo, this is so sweet," Lizzie locked the house as Gordo put the food in the trunk of his car.
Gordo drove them to a secluded spot in a park for their meal. He spread out a blanket for them to sit on and brought the basket of food over to Lizzie. He smiled as he handed her a paper plate. Then he pulled out a couple of candles and lit them. Then he handed Lizzie a wine glass and she gave him a funny look.
"We-we can't drink Gordo," she stammered.
"Why not?" he asked, pulling out a bottle," it's just sparkling grape juice."
"I should know you better," Lizzie laughed at herself.
The main course was peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, their childhood favorite.
"I don't think I've had one of these in years," Lizzie bit hungrily into her sandwich.
"I hope you like our little dinner," Gordo wanted her approval.
"Of course! It's so perfectly romantic," Lizzie gave Gordo a kiss.
"You wouldn't think PB&J would be romantic though," Gordo smiled.
"No you wouldn't," Lizzie giggled.
They finished their meal and Lizzie expected they were going to head home, but Gordo motioned for her to stay there. He put the basket away and then climbed into the driver's seat of his car. Lizzie waited patiently as Gordo opened the passenger's side door and turned on his cd player. He stepped out as the song "Wherever You Will Go" began to float out into the night sky.
"This is my favorite song," Lizzie ran to hug Gordo.
"I know, I think this should be our song," Gordo took Lizzie's hand and they began to dance.
"Oh David Gordon, I love you so much!" Lizzie proclaimed.
"I love you too Elizabeth McGuire," Gordo kissed her as they danced.
When the song finished, it was time to go and Gordo drove her back to her house. She went inside and was surprised to find Matt home alone.
"Where did Mom and Dad go?" Lizzie asked.
"They went off to some fancy restaurant," Matt said, staring at the TV.
"Oh. Well I'm home," Lizzie said as she went up to her room. She had to call Miranda and tell her all about her afternoon and evening.
"Obviously you are," Matt turned to say more, but saw that Lizzie was already up the stairs.
A/N: Had a bit of writer's block and that's what took this chapter so long. Will update again some day. lol