Chapter 28 – Kate and Lizzie (Ok so I am trying to write again. I apologize for being away for so long. I hope you can bear with me because I still love to do this whenever I can. I just have been finding it hard to have the time to write. Well yall I am back. Are you ready? Love James)
Kate smiled as her friend Lizzie joined her at the cheerleaders' lunch table. Lizzie was not a cheerleader but with everything that had gone on recently they had welcomed her to their world at least during lunch. Lizzie smiled weakly at her friend before beginning to nibble at her food. Several minutes passed and when Kate saw that Lizzie was finished eating she made her move.
"Lizzie, how are you doing?" Kate asked trying to come off innocently.
"Fine Kate, why do you ask?" she answered hoping that Kate wouldn't pry more.
"Lizzie...just tell me what is going on," Kate responded, starting to get frustrated. She didn't have time for Lizzie to be defensive about this.
Lizzie opened her mouth to say something but shut it again when the words didn't come out. After a few moments of just staring at each other, Lizzie gave up trying to fight it and decided to open up to her old friend.
"Kate...I'm so confused. I was just sure that Gordo and me were the perfect happy couple. Even when I starting suspecting that there might be something between them I just figured he loved me and I didn't really worry about it. And I thought that since Miranda was my best friend she would never even think of trying for my boyfriend. Then I come home one day and Gordo is gone and apparently they have told each other that they love each other. I feel like they both stabbed me in the back." Lizzie paused from her rant long enough to suppress the emotions she was feeling from reliving the night everything had fallen apart. She found both Gordo and Miranda with her eyes, sighed, and turned back to Kate and continued.
"I haven't talked to either of them since it happened. Well Gordo and I speak at dinner enough to be social but its still tense and hard, on the whole family. I've just avoided Miranda. I haven't even made eye contact with her. I don't think they are talking to each other either. Its like we are all mad and confused and afraid any little move we make would just screw it all more then it already is." Lizzie stopped her spiel and gave Kate her best 'help me doc.' look.
"What exactly do you think of Miranda right now?" Kate inquired wanting to make sure she understood Lizzie's feelings.
"I feel betrayed. I feel like she knew how I felt but she didn't care. All she cared about was herself and her own selfish feelings. All of the boys in this school, why couldn't she want someone else, someone who is single, someone who isn't Gordo. She has been my friend for so long. I still can't believe she would do something like this to me." She answered.
Kate just nodded and asked her friend, "Ok, what about David?"
"I'm just confused by him. I thought I was everything he ever wanted. I thought he loved me. I thought he didn't even look at other girls anymore. I remember it was so odd when his parents died and he shut me out. He shut everybody out. I mean he finally let me in a little about it but it seemed like every time he was having a really hard time with it he always ended up confiding in Miranda about it. I'm supposed to be his girlfriend. Why am I not good enough for him to fall apart with? I was there for him Kate. I let him be mean to me. I let him cry on my shoulder. I offered advice to him. I was everything I could be to him and now he has gone and done this. I just don't understand why. Why am I not good enough for him? What does Miranda have that I don't? I just don't see where I have failed to be good to him Kate I just don't see it." Lizzie intended to continue but her frustration and pain overcame her.
Kate wrapped Lizzie in a hug and after a few minutes she regained her composure enough to listen to what Doctor Kate had to tell her. Kate pondered what to tell her distressed friend.
When the words came to her Kate informed Lizzie that, "I'm sure neither of them wanted to hurt you. Miranda probably told you as soon as she was sure of her feelings and built up the courage to tell you. I know for a fact that the last thing in the world David would ever want to is to hurt you. He probably couldn't tell you because he was so confused he didn't know what he was feeling. This whole thing is just so messed up but I think it really is just a big misunderstanding. You guys have been friends for so long and everyone can tell how much you care about each other. You will be ok and so will David and so will Miranda. I think you all just need to forgive and let time heal wounds. You also need to talk to them Lizzie. Somebody has to speak first. They are your best friends remember that. You love them a lot and love has a way of winning out especially when no one is truly right or wrong. I know this has been hard and it's going to be hard but it's going to be ok, trust me." Kate finished her prognosis.
Lizzie just sat there for a few minutes not knowing what to say. Finally a small smile formed on her face. Then she responded with, "Kate...Thank you."
"Your welcome," Kate voiced happily. The bell rang and the students at Hill Ridge High made their way back to their classes.
Kate smiled as her friend Lizzie joined her at the cheerleaders' lunch table. Lizzie was not a cheerleader but with everything that had gone on recently they had welcomed her to their world at least during lunch. Lizzie smiled weakly at her friend before beginning to nibble at her food. Several minutes passed and when Kate saw that Lizzie was finished eating she made her move.
"Lizzie, how are you doing?" Kate asked trying to come off innocently.
"Fine Kate, why do you ask?" she answered hoping that Kate wouldn't pry more.
"Lizzie...just tell me what is going on," Kate responded, starting to get frustrated. She didn't have time for Lizzie to be defensive about this.
Lizzie opened her mouth to say something but shut it again when the words didn't come out. After a few moments of just staring at each other, Lizzie gave up trying to fight it and decided to open up to her old friend.
"Kate...I'm so confused. I was just sure that Gordo and me were the perfect happy couple. Even when I starting suspecting that there might be something between them I just figured he loved me and I didn't really worry about it. And I thought that since Miranda was my best friend she would never even think of trying for my boyfriend. Then I come home one day and Gordo is gone and apparently they have told each other that they love each other. I feel like they both stabbed me in the back." Lizzie paused from her rant long enough to suppress the emotions she was feeling from reliving the night everything had fallen apart. She found both Gordo and Miranda with her eyes, sighed, and turned back to Kate and continued.
"I haven't talked to either of them since it happened. Well Gordo and I speak at dinner enough to be social but its still tense and hard, on the whole family. I've just avoided Miranda. I haven't even made eye contact with her. I don't think they are talking to each other either. Its like we are all mad and confused and afraid any little move we make would just screw it all more then it already is." Lizzie stopped her spiel and gave Kate her best 'help me doc.' look.
"What exactly do you think of Miranda right now?" Kate inquired wanting to make sure she understood Lizzie's feelings.
"I feel betrayed. I feel like she knew how I felt but she didn't care. All she cared about was herself and her own selfish feelings. All of the boys in this school, why couldn't she want someone else, someone who is single, someone who isn't Gordo. She has been my friend for so long. I still can't believe she would do something like this to me." She answered.
Kate just nodded and asked her friend, "Ok, what about David?"
"I'm just confused by him. I thought I was everything he ever wanted. I thought he loved me. I thought he didn't even look at other girls anymore. I remember it was so odd when his parents died and he shut me out. He shut everybody out. I mean he finally let me in a little about it but it seemed like every time he was having a really hard time with it he always ended up confiding in Miranda about it. I'm supposed to be his girlfriend. Why am I not good enough for him to fall apart with? I was there for him Kate. I let him be mean to me. I let him cry on my shoulder. I offered advice to him. I was everything I could be to him and now he has gone and done this. I just don't understand why. Why am I not good enough for him? What does Miranda have that I don't? I just don't see where I have failed to be good to him Kate I just don't see it." Lizzie intended to continue but her frustration and pain overcame her.
Kate wrapped Lizzie in a hug and after a few minutes she regained her composure enough to listen to what Doctor Kate had to tell her. Kate pondered what to tell her distressed friend.
When the words came to her Kate informed Lizzie that, "I'm sure neither of them wanted to hurt you. Miranda probably told you as soon as she was sure of her feelings and built up the courage to tell you. I know for a fact that the last thing in the world David would ever want to is to hurt you. He probably couldn't tell you because he was so confused he didn't know what he was feeling. This whole thing is just so messed up but I think it really is just a big misunderstanding. You guys have been friends for so long and everyone can tell how much you care about each other. You will be ok and so will David and so will Miranda. I think you all just need to forgive and let time heal wounds. You also need to talk to them Lizzie. Somebody has to speak first. They are your best friends remember that. You love them a lot and love has a way of winning out especially when no one is truly right or wrong. I know this has been hard and it's going to be hard but it's going to be ok, trust me." Kate finished her prognosis.
Lizzie just sat there for a few minutes not knowing what to say. Finally a small smile formed on her face. Then she responded with, "Kate...Thank you."
"Your welcome," Kate voiced happily. The bell rang and the students at Hill Ridge High made their way back to their classes.