MIRANDA'S POV
The next few weeks were really cool between everyone. Gordo and I spent a lot more time together and so did Lizzie and Jason. Gordo and I even found a special place that only he and I could go to. It was in the park on a little hill right above the park lake. Trees surrounded everything and when you went there at the right time of day the sun bounced off of the lake and a nice breeze came through. The breeze wasn't too cool either, everything was just right. Gordo and me were spending our usual quality time together there.
"Gordo have I ever told you how much I love this place" I said.
"This would only be your one hundredth time telling me beautiful" he said.
I leaned over to him and gave him a kiss.
"What was that for" he said with this goofy smile on his face.
"It was for calling me beautiful. I like it when you come up with nicknames for me it makes me feel special. I really have to come up with a nickname for you. It has to be something that only I can call you" I said.
"How about sexiest man alive" he laughed.
"How about Gordo Baggins! The little hobbit from the shire" I said laughing hysterically.
"You think I look like a hobbit" said Gordo.
"Well, you look like one in a cute sorta way" I said.
He turned his back from me and pouted. He held his head down to make it seem like his feelings were hurt, but I know him to well. I went up to him and called his name but he didn't respond. Then I figured that I might really have hurt his feelings.
"Gordo, I was joking, I'm really sorry, baby please don't be mad at me" I said sounding sad.
He still didn't respond. So I went over to him and lifted his head up because it was still hanging down. Then I realized that he was smiling.
"I knew I didn't hurt your feelings" I yelled.
He burst into laughter than grabbed me and started tickling me. I started to laugh uncontrollably and yelled for him to stop but he wouldn't. I started crying because he was tickling all of my ticklish spots. By time he stopped my stomach hurt from laughing so hard and I'm pretty sure Gordo was tired of my hitting him and screaming. "You know you were always the easiest one to tickle" he said still laughing.
"I know, and your going to use that to your advantage whenever you want" I said still out of breath.
"Yep" he said smiling at me.
"Well I can use something to my advantage to, the ability to make out" I said laughing.
"Oh, is that right" he said scooping me up into his arms.
He just starred at me. I loved it when he looked at me like that. His blue eyes really let me know that I had his heart and I know that he knows he has mine.
"I just figured out what your nickname is going to be" I said smiling.
"What is it going to be" he inquired.
"Blue" I said smiling.
"Blue" he said looking at me all confused.
"Yeah! Every time I look into your eyes, I always get lost in them. Your eyes tell me everything that you're thinking and when I look at them I see nothing but love. And they are a gorgeous shade of blue. So from here on, I and only I will call you blue because you love me so much" I said.
"You know that is the sweetest thing you have ever said to me" he said smiling.
"Oh really" I said. I leaned in and gave him a kiss. I guess he was waiting for that because our kiss deepened and he grabbed me closer to him. This went on for about five minutes then he pulled me away.
"You know your family comes tomorrow and then we have to go to school on Monday. It's like time has passed by so fast" he said.
"Speaking of family mine is coming tomorrow, can you volunteer to help move us in" I said using my baby face.
"You know you don't have to ask me, I was gonna help you any way. Plus I want to meet your baby sister" he said.
"Yeah she is a trip, she's learning new words everyday and she's a mess. You have to talk to my dad too because, I kinda told him about us" I said.
"That shouldn't be a problem, I mean as long as he doesn't threaten to kill me or something like that" he said laughing.
"He wouldn't do anything like that" I said smiling.
"I know. Look! The sun is starting to set" he said pointing towards the sky.
This was our favorite part of the day. We just sit there and watch the sun set and look at how beautiful the sky looks. It's this big array of pink, orange, purple, and red colors stretched across the sky. Today was no different, matter of fact I think this is the prettiest the sky has looked since we have been coming out here. Gordo held me in his arms and we just stared at the sky for what seemed like hours.
"I love you beautiful" he said kissing my cheek.
"I love you too blue" I said smiling then I returned his kiss.
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The next day was moving day and I had to wake up extra early to pack up my stuff that I had in Lizzie's room. I went to take a shower and got dressed; when I was done I walked back in the room.
"Hey chica" said Lizzie smiling.
"Oh hey Lizzie" I said smiling back at her.
"Well today is the day I have dreaded since you have been back home" said Lizzie with her sad eyes. "You're moving out, my roommate is leaving me" said Lizzie.
"I know Lizzie but we still get to hang out at school and stuff we won't be that far away from each other" I said giving her a hug.
"Well at least we get to help you move and. I think we should let Jason and Gordo carry all the heavy stuff' she said smiling.
"I totally agree with you" I said laughing. "Hey you finally get to meet my little sister today" I said.
"Yeah I know, maybe I can bring her over here so she can bother Matt and Lanny like they used to bother us" she said laughing.
"Hey that's not a bad idea" I said.
After Lizzie got her self together we went downstairs to eat some breakfast that Mrs. McGuire cooked for us. Of course it was great. After that we drove to the new house that my mom and dad purchased. Its right around the corner from Lizzie's house and the best thing it is right across the street from Gordo's house, which made me very happy to say the least. Lizzie's mom dropped us off and told us she would be back later on that day because she had some things to do. We both said our goodbyes then got out of the car.
Once we got there I saw my mom in the doorway of the house.
"Mama, Mama!" I yelled.
"Baby" she screamed running up to me and giving me this huge bear hug. "Oh you look so good, I have missed you so much" she said still hugging me.
"I've missed you too mama!" I yelled.
"Lizzie look at you, is it possible you have gotten more beautiful as time went on" my mom said hugging her in a death grip.
"Thanks, Mrs. Sanchez. I've missed you guys a lot" said Lizzie almost out of breath.
"Oh, I'm sorry for squeezing you so tight baby" my mom laughed letting Lizzie go.
"Well my mom will be here later she had to do some running around" said Lizzie.
"Where is daddy, Maria, and Nana" I said.
"Well your dad is on his way with all of our stuff and Nana is watching Maria over the Gordon's house. That way both of them can stay out of the way. So you and Gordo huh" my mom said smiling.
"Mom!" I yelled.
"What" she said surprised. "Okay, okay I will talk to you later about it" she said smiling. "So Lizzie I hear you have a new boyfriend yourself" my mom said laughing.
I shook my head and Lizzie just started to blush. "Yeah his name is Jason" she said smiling.
"Oh, well I can't wait to meet this Jason" my mom said.
"Well you get to meet him today because he is helping out with the moving" said Lizzie.
"Oh that's great! We can use the extra help" said my mom.
Just then I saw my dad and Mr. McGuire pull up with the moving van. My dad ran out of the truck and scooped me into his arms and started to fling me around like I was Maria's age. Then he grabbed me into this big bear hug and started kissing me all over my cheeks. "I have missed my baby" he said laughing.
"Dad I'm not a baby any more" I said laughing.
"You will always be my baby and that will never change, no matter how old you get" said my dad.
"I know daddy" I said smiling at him.
"Hey Lizzie, look at you, your getting all grown up on me. Sam what are we going to do with our daughters" said my dad giving Lizzie a hug.
"I don't have a clue" said Lizzie's dad laughing.
Lizzie and me just shook our head and started to laugh. We didn't see Jason and Gordo coming up to my house.
"Hey beautiful" said Gordo startling me a bit.
"Hey blue" I said hugging him and giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Blue" said Jason and Lizzie at the same time.
"Yeah that is Miranda's nickname for me, only she can call me that" said Gordo smiling.
"Oh" said Jason laughing. Lizzie just stood there looking confused. Then she put on this fake smile on her face. I knew that look anywhere; I don't think she was too happy on the nickname I gave to Gordo. It shouldn't matter, but some how I think it does.
"Hey guys" said my mom breaking my concentration.
"Oh hey Mrs. Sanchez" said Gordo giving my mom a hug. "This is Jason, my best guy friend and he is also Lizzie's boyfriend" said Gordo breaking away from my mom.
"Ah, so this is Jason" said my mom giving Jason a hug. "Oh, well Lizzie he is a cute one, good job" said my mom.
"Thanks Mrs. Sanchez" said Jason. Lizzie just started to laugh and blush again.
"Mom, can you stop embarrassing me for one second" I said with the pleading face.
"Okay, okay. That's my cue Jason. Nice to see you again Gordo" said my mom with the 'I know your dating my daughter look'.
"Nice to see you again Mrs. Sanchez" said Gordo smiling. After everyone finally exchanged pleasantries, we started the long process of moving everything into the house. My new room was ten times better than the one I had in the old house. This house was way bigger than our old one. Everyone had their own room, my room was right across from Maria's room. And my parent's bedroom was across from my Nana's room.
We finished moving everything into the house like three hours later. Mrs. McGuire came and helped my mother start decorating the house. Lizzie helped me set up Maria's room. And Gordo and Jason helped my dad and Mr. McGuire with the heavy stuff. After all the heavy stuff was moved and Maria's room was finished Jason and Lizzie left. When they left I swear that was the happiest I had seen Lizzie all day.
After a while my mom and Mrs. McGuire finished decorating downstairs and Gordo, Mr. McGuire, and my dad finished doing the basement, so Mr. McGuire and Mrs. McGuire left. My mom and dad went upstairs to start on Nana and their rooms. I started to decorate my room. I had a lot of stuff so I knew this would take a long time for me to finish.
Gordo came upstairs to help me in my room. A couple of hours later we finally finished and we both fell onto the bed from exhaustion.
"Miranda I will hook your computer up tomorrow. I don't think I have the energy to do it today" said Gordo.
"Okay" I said still laid out on the bed.
"You know Miranda you have a lot of stuff" he said laughing.
"I know I do. My mom yells at me all the time when I buy new stuff" I said laughing.
"Well she is just going to have to yell at you some more because I have a house warming gift for you" he said.
I popped up from the bed and demanded that he give it to me. He just sat there laughing at me because I was so excited.
"Come on Gordo don't laugh at me, I want my gift" I said using my sad eyes and baby voice, a trait I picked up from Maria. It works on dad all the time.
"Okay, okay" he said. He left and then came back like five minutes later. " I hid it downstairs when we were bringing stuff in" he said smiling.
The package was beautiful. It was a box wrapped in this purple wrapping paper covered with purple and blue ribbons and the same color bow. He held it out but when I tried to grab it he snatched the package away. Then he died laughing. I turned away and started pouting just like he did in the park yesterday. "Alright, alright here's your present" he said smiling.
I turned around with this big grin on my face and took the package away from him. I hurried up and opened it and I gasped.
"Do you like it" he questioned.
"I love it Gordo" I said almost in tears.
"Do you really" he asked.
"Yes" I said with a tear escaping from my eye. I looked at my gift again, it was a frame and inside the frame was a picture of me and Gordo that we took at my surprise party. Around the frame were the words 'to my beautiful love from blue'. And the words 'blue' were of course in blue. Under the frame was a scrapbook of all the pictures Gordo and I had taken over the years. It was just he and I. It had pictures from first grade until my eighth grade year in middle school.
"I hope you like it beautiful. I figured you and me could have our on little scrapbook. It has old pictures and the picture in the frame is the first picture we took together since you have been home. And the blank pages are for future pictures we take together. I also have a list where we can put our favorite things in. I also have another surprise, turn to the last page" he said smiling.
I did as he told me, when I turned to the last page there was this beautiful silver bracelet hanging on the page. On the bracelet it said 'Gordo and Miranda, best friends first, then true lovers last, but always best friends'. I was in full blow tears by now. Gordo walked over to me and put the bracelet on my wrist. Then out of his pocket he pulled an exact copy of the bracelet he gave me and then put it on his wrist.
"Miranda these bracelets symbolizes my commitment to you and only you. I will never hurt you intentionally and I know you would never do the same thing to me. I love you, and I know that my journey to find my true love is over. I love you beautiful" he said looking deeply into my eyes.
"I love you too blue" I said. I leaned in and gave him the most passionate kiss ever. He put his arms around my waist and I grabbed the sides of his face. We were so caught up in the kiss we didn't know my parents were standing in the doorway.
"Uh um um!" said my father clearing his throat. My mom just stood behind my father with this silly grin.
"I see were going to have to have some new rules implemented while you two are dating" said my father with the serious face.
Gordo and I just wiped our lips. We held our heads down because we were embarrassed more than anything. My dad walked away and my mom gave us the thumbs up then walked away. Gordo and I just looked at each other and laughed.
I am so happy! I hope this feeling never leaves me!
The next few weeks were really cool between everyone. Gordo and I spent a lot more time together and so did Lizzie and Jason. Gordo and I even found a special place that only he and I could go to. It was in the park on a little hill right above the park lake. Trees surrounded everything and when you went there at the right time of day the sun bounced off of the lake and a nice breeze came through. The breeze wasn't too cool either, everything was just right. Gordo and me were spending our usual quality time together there.
"Gordo have I ever told you how much I love this place" I said.
"This would only be your one hundredth time telling me beautiful" he said.
I leaned over to him and gave him a kiss.
"What was that for" he said with this goofy smile on his face.
"It was for calling me beautiful. I like it when you come up with nicknames for me it makes me feel special. I really have to come up with a nickname for you. It has to be something that only I can call you" I said.
"How about sexiest man alive" he laughed.
"How about Gordo Baggins! The little hobbit from the shire" I said laughing hysterically.
"You think I look like a hobbit" said Gordo.
"Well, you look like one in a cute sorta way" I said.
He turned his back from me and pouted. He held his head down to make it seem like his feelings were hurt, but I know him to well. I went up to him and called his name but he didn't respond. Then I figured that I might really have hurt his feelings.
"Gordo, I was joking, I'm really sorry, baby please don't be mad at me" I said sounding sad.
He still didn't respond. So I went over to him and lifted his head up because it was still hanging down. Then I realized that he was smiling.
"I knew I didn't hurt your feelings" I yelled.
He burst into laughter than grabbed me and started tickling me. I started to laugh uncontrollably and yelled for him to stop but he wouldn't. I started crying because he was tickling all of my ticklish spots. By time he stopped my stomach hurt from laughing so hard and I'm pretty sure Gordo was tired of my hitting him and screaming. "You know you were always the easiest one to tickle" he said still laughing.
"I know, and your going to use that to your advantage whenever you want" I said still out of breath.
"Yep" he said smiling at me.
"Well I can use something to my advantage to, the ability to make out" I said laughing.
"Oh, is that right" he said scooping me up into his arms.
He just starred at me. I loved it when he looked at me like that. His blue eyes really let me know that I had his heart and I know that he knows he has mine.
"I just figured out what your nickname is going to be" I said smiling.
"What is it going to be" he inquired.
"Blue" I said smiling.
"Blue" he said looking at me all confused.
"Yeah! Every time I look into your eyes, I always get lost in them. Your eyes tell me everything that you're thinking and when I look at them I see nothing but love. And they are a gorgeous shade of blue. So from here on, I and only I will call you blue because you love me so much" I said.
"You know that is the sweetest thing you have ever said to me" he said smiling.
"Oh really" I said. I leaned in and gave him a kiss. I guess he was waiting for that because our kiss deepened and he grabbed me closer to him. This went on for about five minutes then he pulled me away.
"You know your family comes tomorrow and then we have to go to school on Monday. It's like time has passed by so fast" he said.
"Speaking of family mine is coming tomorrow, can you volunteer to help move us in" I said using my baby face.
"You know you don't have to ask me, I was gonna help you any way. Plus I want to meet your baby sister" he said.
"Yeah she is a trip, she's learning new words everyday and she's a mess. You have to talk to my dad too because, I kinda told him about us" I said.
"That shouldn't be a problem, I mean as long as he doesn't threaten to kill me or something like that" he said laughing.
"He wouldn't do anything like that" I said smiling.
"I know. Look! The sun is starting to set" he said pointing towards the sky.
This was our favorite part of the day. We just sit there and watch the sun set and look at how beautiful the sky looks. It's this big array of pink, orange, purple, and red colors stretched across the sky. Today was no different, matter of fact I think this is the prettiest the sky has looked since we have been coming out here. Gordo held me in his arms and we just stared at the sky for what seemed like hours.
"I love you beautiful" he said kissing my cheek.
"I love you too blue" I said smiling then I returned his kiss.
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The next day was moving day and I had to wake up extra early to pack up my stuff that I had in Lizzie's room. I went to take a shower and got dressed; when I was done I walked back in the room.
"Hey chica" said Lizzie smiling.
"Oh hey Lizzie" I said smiling back at her.
"Well today is the day I have dreaded since you have been back home" said Lizzie with her sad eyes. "You're moving out, my roommate is leaving me" said Lizzie.
"I know Lizzie but we still get to hang out at school and stuff we won't be that far away from each other" I said giving her a hug.
"Well at least we get to help you move and. I think we should let Jason and Gordo carry all the heavy stuff' she said smiling.
"I totally agree with you" I said laughing. "Hey you finally get to meet my little sister today" I said.
"Yeah I know, maybe I can bring her over here so she can bother Matt and Lanny like they used to bother us" she said laughing.
"Hey that's not a bad idea" I said.
After Lizzie got her self together we went downstairs to eat some breakfast that Mrs. McGuire cooked for us. Of course it was great. After that we drove to the new house that my mom and dad purchased. Its right around the corner from Lizzie's house and the best thing it is right across the street from Gordo's house, which made me very happy to say the least. Lizzie's mom dropped us off and told us she would be back later on that day because she had some things to do. We both said our goodbyes then got out of the car.
Once we got there I saw my mom in the doorway of the house.
"Mama, Mama!" I yelled.
"Baby" she screamed running up to me and giving me this huge bear hug. "Oh you look so good, I have missed you so much" she said still hugging me.
"I've missed you too mama!" I yelled.
"Lizzie look at you, is it possible you have gotten more beautiful as time went on" my mom said hugging her in a death grip.
"Thanks, Mrs. Sanchez. I've missed you guys a lot" said Lizzie almost out of breath.
"Oh, I'm sorry for squeezing you so tight baby" my mom laughed letting Lizzie go.
"Well my mom will be here later she had to do some running around" said Lizzie.
"Where is daddy, Maria, and Nana" I said.
"Well your dad is on his way with all of our stuff and Nana is watching Maria over the Gordon's house. That way both of them can stay out of the way. So you and Gordo huh" my mom said smiling.
"Mom!" I yelled.
"What" she said surprised. "Okay, okay I will talk to you later about it" she said smiling. "So Lizzie I hear you have a new boyfriend yourself" my mom said laughing.
I shook my head and Lizzie just started to blush. "Yeah his name is Jason" she said smiling.
"Oh, well I can't wait to meet this Jason" my mom said.
"Well you get to meet him today because he is helping out with the moving" said Lizzie.
"Oh that's great! We can use the extra help" said my mom.
Just then I saw my dad and Mr. McGuire pull up with the moving van. My dad ran out of the truck and scooped me into his arms and started to fling me around like I was Maria's age. Then he grabbed me into this big bear hug and started kissing me all over my cheeks. "I have missed my baby" he said laughing.
"Dad I'm not a baby any more" I said laughing.
"You will always be my baby and that will never change, no matter how old you get" said my dad.
"I know daddy" I said smiling at him.
"Hey Lizzie, look at you, your getting all grown up on me. Sam what are we going to do with our daughters" said my dad giving Lizzie a hug.
"I don't have a clue" said Lizzie's dad laughing.
Lizzie and me just shook our head and started to laugh. We didn't see Jason and Gordo coming up to my house.
"Hey beautiful" said Gordo startling me a bit.
"Hey blue" I said hugging him and giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Blue" said Jason and Lizzie at the same time.
"Yeah that is Miranda's nickname for me, only she can call me that" said Gordo smiling.
"Oh" said Jason laughing. Lizzie just stood there looking confused. Then she put on this fake smile on her face. I knew that look anywhere; I don't think she was too happy on the nickname I gave to Gordo. It shouldn't matter, but some how I think it does.
"Hey guys" said my mom breaking my concentration.
"Oh hey Mrs. Sanchez" said Gordo giving my mom a hug. "This is Jason, my best guy friend and he is also Lizzie's boyfriend" said Gordo breaking away from my mom.
"Ah, so this is Jason" said my mom giving Jason a hug. "Oh, well Lizzie he is a cute one, good job" said my mom.
"Thanks Mrs. Sanchez" said Jason. Lizzie just started to laugh and blush again.
"Mom, can you stop embarrassing me for one second" I said with the pleading face.
"Okay, okay. That's my cue Jason. Nice to see you again Gordo" said my mom with the 'I know your dating my daughter look'.
"Nice to see you again Mrs. Sanchez" said Gordo smiling. After everyone finally exchanged pleasantries, we started the long process of moving everything into the house. My new room was ten times better than the one I had in the old house. This house was way bigger than our old one. Everyone had their own room, my room was right across from Maria's room. And my parent's bedroom was across from my Nana's room.
We finished moving everything into the house like three hours later. Mrs. McGuire came and helped my mother start decorating the house. Lizzie helped me set up Maria's room. And Gordo and Jason helped my dad and Mr. McGuire with the heavy stuff. After all the heavy stuff was moved and Maria's room was finished Jason and Lizzie left. When they left I swear that was the happiest I had seen Lizzie all day.
After a while my mom and Mrs. McGuire finished decorating downstairs and Gordo, Mr. McGuire, and my dad finished doing the basement, so Mr. McGuire and Mrs. McGuire left. My mom and dad went upstairs to start on Nana and their rooms. I started to decorate my room. I had a lot of stuff so I knew this would take a long time for me to finish.
Gordo came upstairs to help me in my room. A couple of hours later we finally finished and we both fell onto the bed from exhaustion.
"Miranda I will hook your computer up tomorrow. I don't think I have the energy to do it today" said Gordo.
"Okay" I said still laid out on the bed.
"You know Miranda you have a lot of stuff" he said laughing.
"I know I do. My mom yells at me all the time when I buy new stuff" I said laughing.
"Well she is just going to have to yell at you some more because I have a house warming gift for you" he said.
I popped up from the bed and demanded that he give it to me. He just sat there laughing at me because I was so excited.
"Come on Gordo don't laugh at me, I want my gift" I said using my sad eyes and baby voice, a trait I picked up from Maria. It works on dad all the time.
"Okay, okay" he said. He left and then came back like five minutes later. " I hid it downstairs when we were bringing stuff in" he said smiling.
The package was beautiful. It was a box wrapped in this purple wrapping paper covered with purple and blue ribbons and the same color bow. He held it out but when I tried to grab it he snatched the package away. Then he died laughing. I turned away and started pouting just like he did in the park yesterday. "Alright, alright here's your present" he said smiling.
I turned around with this big grin on my face and took the package away from him. I hurried up and opened it and I gasped.
"Do you like it" he questioned.
"I love it Gordo" I said almost in tears.
"Do you really" he asked.
"Yes" I said with a tear escaping from my eye. I looked at my gift again, it was a frame and inside the frame was a picture of me and Gordo that we took at my surprise party. Around the frame were the words 'to my beautiful love from blue'. And the words 'blue' were of course in blue. Under the frame was a scrapbook of all the pictures Gordo and I had taken over the years. It was just he and I. It had pictures from first grade until my eighth grade year in middle school.
"I hope you like it beautiful. I figured you and me could have our on little scrapbook. It has old pictures and the picture in the frame is the first picture we took together since you have been home. And the blank pages are for future pictures we take together. I also have a list where we can put our favorite things in. I also have another surprise, turn to the last page" he said smiling.
I did as he told me, when I turned to the last page there was this beautiful silver bracelet hanging on the page. On the bracelet it said 'Gordo and Miranda, best friends first, then true lovers last, but always best friends'. I was in full blow tears by now. Gordo walked over to me and put the bracelet on my wrist. Then out of his pocket he pulled an exact copy of the bracelet he gave me and then put it on his wrist.
"Miranda these bracelets symbolizes my commitment to you and only you. I will never hurt you intentionally and I know you would never do the same thing to me. I love you, and I know that my journey to find my true love is over. I love you beautiful" he said looking deeply into my eyes.
"I love you too blue" I said. I leaned in and gave him the most passionate kiss ever. He put his arms around my waist and I grabbed the sides of his face. We were so caught up in the kiss we didn't know my parents were standing in the doorway.
"Uh um um!" said my father clearing his throat. My mom just stood behind my father with this silly grin.
"I see were going to have to have some new rules implemented while you two are dating" said my father with the serious face.
Gordo and I just wiped our lips. We held our heads down because we were embarrassed more than anything. My dad walked away and my mom gave us the thumbs up then walked away. Gordo and I just looked at each other and laughed.
I am so happy! I hope this feeling never leaves me!