Chapter 26 – The Fallout of the fights (I am trying to write as often as I
can. I have been working really odd hours here lately and it's made it hard
to write. Again please bear with me. Also to update on my aunt, she is
doing better. She is improving by the day. Again thank you so much for
the prayers.
James)
Gordo and Larry sat quietly at their lunch table. They had finished eating and were now just sitting there neither really knowing what to say. Larry finally decided to ask him what had been on his mind the last few days.
"So what has it been like?" He questioned Gordo.
"What has what been like?" Gordo inquired playing dumb.
"You know what I'm talking about," Larry quickly informed him.
"Odd and tense. I was helping Mr..... Dad with the dishes and out of the blue he tells me that no matter what happens with me and Lizzie that I'm still a member of the family. Then when I was getting ready to go to bed when Mrs....Mom came and told me good night and hugged me. Then before she left the room she tells me "I love you.""
"What did you say to that?" Larry asked intrigued.
Gordo shrugged his shoulders and answered, "I love you too."
"What about Lizzie? Are you guys broken up?" Larry inquired.
"I don't know we haven't talked about it. The only time we are around each other has been at dinner." Gordo stated.
"How has dinner been?" Larry asked.
"Surreal. Everyone will talk to Lizzie and everyone will talk to me but Lizzie and I don't talk. The only time we speak to each other is to ask to pass the bread or something. Its just eerie." He stated.
"What about Miranda?" Larry voiced wanting to move on.
"She hasn't really talked to me, but I keep catching her looking at me, watching me. And when she looks at me Its like...I can't even describe it." Gordo told his friend.
"Try," Larry replied wanting him to go on.
"When I catch her eyes, its like.... I can see everything she's feeling. Its like I'm looking into her soul. I can see the longing and the pain. She's scared Larry. She's scared of messing everything up just like I am." He stated; this was obviously having an effect on Gordo.
"How can you tell that?" Larry questioned not really knowing what to say.
Gordo shrugged then looked seriously at his friend, "I just can."
"Whoa dude that umm..." Larry started to say at a loss for words.
"Freaky I know," Gordo finished and then he continued his revelation, "and what's so scary about it is that I know she is doing the same thing."
Larry studied his friend. Over the last few months he had become very good at reading Gordo. Seeing that was something else he asked him, "Why you got that look on your face? You didn't expect it to be like this?"
"Actually I did expect it to be exactly like this, I just always thought it would be," Gordo started.
"With Lizzie?" Larry finished his sentence for him.
"Yeah," Gordo sighed and nodded.
"You will be ok David I promise. Where are your girlfriends anyway?" Larry asked with a smile.
Gordo tried very hard not to laugh but he quickly found himself snickering. After a few moments and a smile across his face he informed Larry that, "Well Lizzie and Kate are sitting at the table in the corner with some of Kate's cheerleader friends. Miranda is at our old table but I don't think she is sitting with anyone."
Gordo turned and looked in Miranda's general direction and spotted Ethan sitting with her. Ethan waved at Gordo causing Miranda to turn and see whom he was acknowledging. She caught Gordo's gaze and the two exchanged a long knowing look before resuming their respective conversations.
Gordo and Larry sat quietly at their lunch table. They had finished eating and were now just sitting there neither really knowing what to say. Larry finally decided to ask him what had been on his mind the last few days.
"So what has it been like?" He questioned Gordo.
"What has what been like?" Gordo inquired playing dumb.
"You know what I'm talking about," Larry quickly informed him.
"Odd and tense. I was helping Mr..... Dad with the dishes and out of the blue he tells me that no matter what happens with me and Lizzie that I'm still a member of the family. Then when I was getting ready to go to bed when Mrs....Mom came and told me good night and hugged me. Then before she left the room she tells me "I love you.""
"What did you say to that?" Larry asked intrigued.
Gordo shrugged his shoulders and answered, "I love you too."
"What about Lizzie? Are you guys broken up?" Larry inquired.
"I don't know we haven't talked about it. The only time we are around each other has been at dinner." Gordo stated.
"How has dinner been?" Larry asked.
"Surreal. Everyone will talk to Lizzie and everyone will talk to me but Lizzie and I don't talk. The only time we speak to each other is to ask to pass the bread or something. Its just eerie." He stated.
"What about Miranda?" Larry voiced wanting to move on.
"She hasn't really talked to me, but I keep catching her looking at me, watching me. And when she looks at me Its like...I can't even describe it." Gordo told his friend.
"Try," Larry replied wanting him to go on.
"When I catch her eyes, its like.... I can see everything she's feeling. Its like I'm looking into her soul. I can see the longing and the pain. She's scared Larry. She's scared of messing everything up just like I am." He stated; this was obviously having an effect on Gordo.
"How can you tell that?" Larry questioned not really knowing what to say.
Gordo shrugged then looked seriously at his friend, "I just can."
"Whoa dude that umm..." Larry started to say at a loss for words.
"Freaky I know," Gordo finished and then he continued his revelation, "and what's so scary about it is that I know she is doing the same thing."
Larry studied his friend. Over the last few months he had become very good at reading Gordo. Seeing that was something else he asked him, "Why you got that look on your face? You didn't expect it to be like this?"
"Actually I did expect it to be exactly like this, I just always thought it would be," Gordo started.
"With Lizzie?" Larry finished his sentence for him.
"Yeah," Gordo sighed and nodded.
"You will be ok David I promise. Where are your girlfriends anyway?" Larry asked with a smile.
Gordo tried very hard not to laugh but he quickly found himself snickering. After a few moments and a smile across his face he informed Larry that, "Well Lizzie and Kate are sitting at the table in the corner with some of Kate's cheerleader friends. Miranda is at our old table but I don't think she is sitting with anyone."
Gordo turned and looked in Miranda's general direction and spotted Ethan sitting with her. Ethan waved at Gordo causing Miranda to turn and see whom he was acknowledging. She caught Gordo's gaze and the two exchanged a long knowing look before resuming their respective conversations.