Lizzie woke up the next morning smiling. She rolled over in bed to look at
her alarm clock. She was surprised to see that it was already 10:30! She
slowly made her way down to the kitchen to eat breakfast. As she was making
her breakfast she wondered what she, Miranda and Gordo were going to do
today. Her thoughts didn't get past wondering what they would do. She got
stuck on Gordo. What was going on with them lately? Lizzie noticed that
they had both been acting so weird around each other. Lizzie thought back
to yesterday when Miranda asked her if she liked Gordo. Did she? She wasn't
sure. She was definitely having different feelings, but was it a crush? It
couldn't be a crush; it's Gordo! Lizzie didn't think it was bad that she
was having different feeling for Gordo; it was just weird. Lizzie and Gordo
had been friends for almost as long as she could remember, she wasn't sure
she wanted things to change between them.
Lizzie sat eating her cereal and pondering she and Gordo's relationship some more when the phone rang. "Hello?" Lizzie managed between bites of cereal.
"Lizzie, is that you?" Gordo asked.
"Yeah, sorry, I'm eating breakfast," Lizzie said and slurped milk off her spoon.
"Oh, so how are you feeling this morning?" Gordo asked.
"Great!" Lizzie said, "Thanks to you."
Gordo was glad they weren't talking in person since he blushed at her last comment. "So, are we hanging out today?"
"I hope so. Have you talked to Miranda?" Lizzie asked.
"No, I called you first," Gordo, replied.
"Well, just come over here and we'll figure out what to do," Lizzie said.
"Okay, see ya," Gordo said.
"Bye."
Lizzie ran upstairs and jumped in the shower, she was sure she could finish before Gordo got there. A few minutes later, while Lizzie was still in the shower, Gordo arrived and decided he'd wait in Lizzie's room. Gordo couldn't remember too many times that he'd been in Lizzie's room alone. Gordo started poking around. Looking at the stuff on her desk and on the walls. There was a bookcase that had more miscellaneous stuff on it than books; Gordo looked at nail polish, some jewelry, barrettes, a pack of gum. He wasn't really looking for anything, just looking. Because it was Lizzie's stuff it somehow seemed more interesting.
Miranda had been quietly standing in the door for a minute or two just watching Gordo poke around in Lizzie's room. She knew Gordo wasn't going to harm anything so she just watched him. But as she stood there watching him she realized she could use this opportunity to try get some information out of Gordo. "So, whatcha doing?" Miranda said startling Gordo.
Gordo whirled around and said,"Hey, you shouldn't sneak up on people!"
"Caught ya!" Miranda said, "So, tell me why you are poking around in Lizzie's room?"
"Um, I don't know, bored I guess," Gordo said rather unconvincingly.
"I don't buy that. I think that you have a crush on Lizzie," Miranda said, "And don't try to deny it, I've seen the way you look at her."
Gordo was quiet for a moment, not sure how to answer. Of course he had a crush on Lizzie, but he wasn't sure he wanted to flat out admit it to Miranda. As Gordo was stalling for time the bathroom door opened and Lizzie walked across the hall into her room.
"Hey guys!" Lizzie said, "Let me do something to my hair and I'll be ready to go. By the way, what are we doing?"
"Well, we haven't decided yet, have we Miranda?" Gordo said,
"No, but I vote for the mall since it is raining," Miranda said.
Lizzie and Gordo agreed. Miranda stayed with Lizzie while she finished her hair, while Gordo went to clean the popcorn and candy out of his backseat from last night.
"So, how is your arm?" Miranda asked.
"Good," Lizzie answered.
"That was so nice of Gordo to take care of you, don't you think?" Miranda asked.
Lizzie smiled and replied, "It was so sweet. Gordo's such a great guy."
"So, back to our conversation from yesterday. Do you have a crush on Gordo?" Miranda asked.
Lizzie thought for a moment and decided to be as honest with Miranda as she could. "I'm not sure I'd call it a crush. I think my feelings toward Gordo are changing, but I wouldn't call it a crush yet. It's like I'm realizing that there may be more to mine and Gordo's relationship. But, I'm taking the whole thing slowly as it comes. I don't want to rush into anything because I don't think I'm ready for our relationship to change in that way. Does that make sense?"
"I totally understand. I won't say anything to Gordo. Just know that I think this change will happen whether you want it to or not. But, by all means, take it slow and enjoy the ride," Miranda said.
Miranda was a little surprised by what had come out of Lizzie's mouth. Not that Lizzie was dumb, because she certainly wasn't. But, Miranda was sure that she had never heard anything quite as insightful come out of her friend's mouth. She would respect Lizzie's wishes and not say anything to Gordo, but that didn't mean that she wouldn't still work on pushing them together at every opportunity to make them realize just what they meant to each other.
Half an hour later they were at the mall. "So, what should we do?" Miranda asked.
"Well, I need some new sandals, mine have soda all over them. I tried rinsing them off, but they are stained a weird color and are just really sticky," Lizzie offered.
"Ooh, good!" Miranda squealed, "My mom bought me a new outfit for this summer and I could use some new shoes too."
As they walked toward the shoe store Gordo thought about how much he hated shoe shopping with Miranda and Lizzie. They took forever. He didn't understand why they needed to try on so many different pairs. Today would be different though. It was his fault that Lizzie's sandals got wrecked. So, no matter how boring it seemed he would do his best to be supportive of Lizzie's quest for new shoes. Gordo sighed; he still didn't understand it though.
Gordo sat on a bench with the girls' purses and watched them try on thousands of pairs of shoes. It was probably less than 20 pairs apiece, but it felt like thousands. Gordo was trying his hardest to stay focused and give an honest opinion of each pair; but he felt like standing up and shouting, I'm a guy for Pete's sake, I don't know anything about women's shoes. While Gordo was studying the latest pair of sandals Lizzie had on he noticed something; she even had cute feet. Her toenails were painted a pink color. Over the pink color a flower was painted in a lighter pink color and in the center of each flower was a rhinestone. On one ankle Lizzie was wearing a bracelet that had flowers that matched the ones painted on her toes. "Wow, girls go to a lot of trouble to look nice," Gordo thought. "I must really have it bad to have even noticed that."
"Earth to Gordo!" Lizzie said, "You've been staring at my feet for like a minute but you still haven't told me what you think of these sandals."
"Yeah, they're alright, I guess," Gordo answered.
"Just alright? Do you have any better suggestions?" Lizzie asked.
"Well, you should see if they have any that match your toenails," Gordo said.
Miranda and Lizzie both gave him a really weird look, like they couldn't believe what he'd just said. But when they came back again Lizzie had on a pair of pink faux suede slides with flower cut outs. "You're right Gordo, these are perfect! Thanks!" Lizzie cheered.
Miranda and Lizzie paid for their shoes and they finally left the shoe store. Next they decided to go to the food court and get some lunch. Lizzie wanted a sub, but Miranda and Gordo wanted Chinese so they split up to buy their food. While they waited in line Miranda was going on and on about how obvious it was that Gordo liked Lizzie since he'd even noticed how her toenails were painted. Gordo wasn't really listening though. He was watching Lizzie talking to some guy over in the sub line. "Miranda, who is that guy that Lizzie is talking to?" Gordo asked.
Miranda whirled around, squinted in Lizzie's direction and gasped, "Oh my gosh, I think that's Ethan Craft. I wonder what he's talking to her about."
Gordo wondered too and worried. Lizzie used to have a big crush on Ethan Craft! In fact Ethan Craft was all Lizzie talked about until Ethan and Kate started going out. Gordo didn't see Kate anywhere, which meant, they probably broke up. This was not good.
After they got their food Gordo and Miranda met Lizzie at a table in the center of the food court.
"So, Lizzie, who were you talking to over there? It kind of looked like Ethan Craft," Miranda asked.
"Yeah, it was Ethan," Lizzie said happily, "I guess he and Kate broke up and he asked me to go mini-golfing with him tonight! Can you believe it?"
"Wow," Miranda said in a voice that lacked excitement. She couldn't believe this was happening, Lizzie was supposed to get together with Gordo, not Ethan.
"I know I can't believe it," Gordo said sadly.
Lizzie noticed that neither of her friends seemed very happy for her. She wasn't sure why, but she didn't want to get into it. Truth was, she wasn't sure she was that thrilled either. It just didn't feel right, like she somehow wished she were going with someone else instead. But, it was Ethan Craft, this was her big chance to be with him and she didn't want to blow it.
Lizzie sat eating her cereal and pondering she and Gordo's relationship some more when the phone rang. "Hello?" Lizzie managed between bites of cereal.
"Lizzie, is that you?" Gordo asked.
"Yeah, sorry, I'm eating breakfast," Lizzie said and slurped milk off her spoon.
"Oh, so how are you feeling this morning?" Gordo asked.
"Great!" Lizzie said, "Thanks to you."
Gordo was glad they weren't talking in person since he blushed at her last comment. "So, are we hanging out today?"
"I hope so. Have you talked to Miranda?" Lizzie asked.
"No, I called you first," Gordo, replied.
"Well, just come over here and we'll figure out what to do," Lizzie said.
"Okay, see ya," Gordo said.
"Bye."
Lizzie ran upstairs and jumped in the shower, she was sure she could finish before Gordo got there. A few minutes later, while Lizzie was still in the shower, Gordo arrived and decided he'd wait in Lizzie's room. Gordo couldn't remember too many times that he'd been in Lizzie's room alone. Gordo started poking around. Looking at the stuff on her desk and on the walls. There was a bookcase that had more miscellaneous stuff on it than books; Gordo looked at nail polish, some jewelry, barrettes, a pack of gum. He wasn't really looking for anything, just looking. Because it was Lizzie's stuff it somehow seemed more interesting.
Miranda had been quietly standing in the door for a minute or two just watching Gordo poke around in Lizzie's room. She knew Gordo wasn't going to harm anything so she just watched him. But as she stood there watching him she realized she could use this opportunity to try get some information out of Gordo. "So, whatcha doing?" Miranda said startling Gordo.
Gordo whirled around and said,"Hey, you shouldn't sneak up on people!"
"Caught ya!" Miranda said, "So, tell me why you are poking around in Lizzie's room?"
"Um, I don't know, bored I guess," Gordo said rather unconvincingly.
"I don't buy that. I think that you have a crush on Lizzie," Miranda said, "And don't try to deny it, I've seen the way you look at her."
Gordo was quiet for a moment, not sure how to answer. Of course he had a crush on Lizzie, but he wasn't sure he wanted to flat out admit it to Miranda. As Gordo was stalling for time the bathroom door opened and Lizzie walked across the hall into her room.
"Hey guys!" Lizzie said, "Let me do something to my hair and I'll be ready to go. By the way, what are we doing?"
"Well, we haven't decided yet, have we Miranda?" Gordo said,
"No, but I vote for the mall since it is raining," Miranda said.
Lizzie and Gordo agreed. Miranda stayed with Lizzie while she finished her hair, while Gordo went to clean the popcorn and candy out of his backseat from last night.
"So, how is your arm?" Miranda asked.
"Good," Lizzie answered.
"That was so nice of Gordo to take care of you, don't you think?" Miranda asked.
Lizzie smiled and replied, "It was so sweet. Gordo's such a great guy."
"So, back to our conversation from yesterday. Do you have a crush on Gordo?" Miranda asked.
Lizzie thought for a moment and decided to be as honest with Miranda as she could. "I'm not sure I'd call it a crush. I think my feelings toward Gordo are changing, but I wouldn't call it a crush yet. It's like I'm realizing that there may be more to mine and Gordo's relationship. But, I'm taking the whole thing slowly as it comes. I don't want to rush into anything because I don't think I'm ready for our relationship to change in that way. Does that make sense?"
"I totally understand. I won't say anything to Gordo. Just know that I think this change will happen whether you want it to or not. But, by all means, take it slow and enjoy the ride," Miranda said.
Miranda was a little surprised by what had come out of Lizzie's mouth. Not that Lizzie was dumb, because she certainly wasn't. But, Miranda was sure that she had never heard anything quite as insightful come out of her friend's mouth. She would respect Lizzie's wishes and not say anything to Gordo, but that didn't mean that she wouldn't still work on pushing them together at every opportunity to make them realize just what they meant to each other.
Half an hour later they were at the mall. "So, what should we do?" Miranda asked.
"Well, I need some new sandals, mine have soda all over them. I tried rinsing them off, but they are stained a weird color and are just really sticky," Lizzie offered.
"Ooh, good!" Miranda squealed, "My mom bought me a new outfit for this summer and I could use some new shoes too."
As they walked toward the shoe store Gordo thought about how much he hated shoe shopping with Miranda and Lizzie. They took forever. He didn't understand why they needed to try on so many different pairs. Today would be different though. It was his fault that Lizzie's sandals got wrecked. So, no matter how boring it seemed he would do his best to be supportive of Lizzie's quest for new shoes. Gordo sighed; he still didn't understand it though.
Gordo sat on a bench with the girls' purses and watched them try on thousands of pairs of shoes. It was probably less than 20 pairs apiece, but it felt like thousands. Gordo was trying his hardest to stay focused and give an honest opinion of each pair; but he felt like standing up and shouting, I'm a guy for Pete's sake, I don't know anything about women's shoes. While Gordo was studying the latest pair of sandals Lizzie had on he noticed something; she even had cute feet. Her toenails were painted a pink color. Over the pink color a flower was painted in a lighter pink color and in the center of each flower was a rhinestone. On one ankle Lizzie was wearing a bracelet that had flowers that matched the ones painted on her toes. "Wow, girls go to a lot of trouble to look nice," Gordo thought. "I must really have it bad to have even noticed that."
"Earth to Gordo!" Lizzie said, "You've been staring at my feet for like a minute but you still haven't told me what you think of these sandals."
"Yeah, they're alright, I guess," Gordo answered.
"Just alright? Do you have any better suggestions?" Lizzie asked.
"Well, you should see if they have any that match your toenails," Gordo said.
Miranda and Lizzie both gave him a really weird look, like they couldn't believe what he'd just said. But when they came back again Lizzie had on a pair of pink faux suede slides with flower cut outs. "You're right Gordo, these are perfect! Thanks!" Lizzie cheered.
Miranda and Lizzie paid for their shoes and they finally left the shoe store. Next they decided to go to the food court and get some lunch. Lizzie wanted a sub, but Miranda and Gordo wanted Chinese so they split up to buy their food. While they waited in line Miranda was going on and on about how obvious it was that Gordo liked Lizzie since he'd even noticed how her toenails were painted. Gordo wasn't really listening though. He was watching Lizzie talking to some guy over in the sub line. "Miranda, who is that guy that Lizzie is talking to?" Gordo asked.
Miranda whirled around, squinted in Lizzie's direction and gasped, "Oh my gosh, I think that's Ethan Craft. I wonder what he's talking to her about."
Gordo wondered too and worried. Lizzie used to have a big crush on Ethan Craft! In fact Ethan Craft was all Lizzie talked about until Ethan and Kate started going out. Gordo didn't see Kate anywhere, which meant, they probably broke up. This was not good.
After they got their food Gordo and Miranda met Lizzie at a table in the center of the food court.
"So, Lizzie, who were you talking to over there? It kind of looked like Ethan Craft," Miranda asked.
"Yeah, it was Ethan," Lizzie said happily, "I guess he and Kate broke up and he asked me to go mini-golfing with him tonight! Can you believe it?"
"Wow," Miranda said in a voice that lacked excitement. She couldn't believe this was happening, Lizzie was supposed to get together with Gordo, not Ethan.
"I know I can't believe it," Gordo said sadly.
Lizzie noticed that neither of her friends seemed very happy for her. She wasn't sure why, but she didn't want to get into it. Truth was, she wasn't sure she was that thrilled either. It just didn't feel right, like she somehow wished she were going with someone else instead. But, it was Ethan Craft, this was her big chance to be with him and she didn't want to blow it.