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A/N – "Thoughts"

Chapter 8 – A Weekend Together

It was Friday night and Mr. Sanders and Annie had gone out for the night, leaving Kate to baby sit Julie. Since she had to baby sit, she called Gordo to have him come over to keep her company. After Gordo somehow got Julie to go to bed, he had suggested watching a movie, since they never actually got around to watching one last time, and he reluctantly agreed to watch Titanic.

During the movie, Kate had settled next to Gordo and leaned against his side with her head resting on his shoulder. She stayed like that for the entire movie. As the movie ended, she sniffled a little and wiped at her eyes.

Hearing Gordo snicker softly, she looked at him. "Oh shut up," she said hitting him lightly in the chest.

"I can't help it. Three hours for the stupid ship to hit an oversized ice cube," he joked.

Kate rolled her eyes as she moved away from him and got up from the couch. "Guys." she mumbled as she headed towards the kitchen. After grabbing a can of soda from the refrigerator, she walked to Julie's room. Quietly opening the door, Kate popped her head in and checked on her little stepsister. She grinned a little as she saw Julie sound asleep clutching her teddy bear.

Walking back to the kitchen, she found Gordo cleaning the bowl they had used for popcorn. Wrapping her arms around his waist from behind, she rested her chin on his shoulder.

"I don't know how you did it but the little demon is sound asleep," Kate told him.

Gordo grinned, "She's not that bad."

"Cause she actually listens to you," Kate told him as she let go.

Gordo laughed a little and glanced at her, "If I can handle Matt, I'm not too scared of a little toddler." Looking at his watch, "I gotta go. I promised my mom I'd be back by ten," he told her.

"What? Gordo can't stay and play?" she asked sarcastically then kissed him.

Snickering, "You still wanna take that boat tour tomorrow?" Gordo asked her, trying to put her last comment out of his mind.

"Yea, it sounds like fun. You're coming over at eight right?" she asked as they stood in the doorway.

Gordo nodded, "Yea. We'll do breakfast here and then you wanted to take the trolleys to the wharf."

"Right." She then leaned in and gave Gordo a lingering kiss. "Sure you don't wanna stay and play?" she teased.

Groaning, "I hate it when you play dirty." Kate just gave him an innocent smile. "I'll see you tomorrow."

Kate laughed at Gordo, "Bye Gordo," she said as she watched him walk towards the elevator.

Just like they had planned, Gordo had come over at eight the next morning. They had breakfast, which Gordo had picked up on the way there, on the rooftop, so they could be alone. The rooftop had become their own private area, and for Kate, a sanctuary away from her stepmother.

After breakfast, they walked a few blocks and caught the trolley that'd take them to the wharf. It probably would've been easier to drive but they both had been wanting to take the trolleys somewhere and this seemed like their best opportunity.

About a hour later, they were sitting in a large boat that was going to take them on the tour around the bay. There were two tours, one that would tour the bay and another one that would take them to Alcatraz and a few of the other islands in the bay. Since they had already gone to Alcatraz the last time they had been to Fisherman's Wharf, Gordo let Kate decided which tour she wanted to go on. She picked the one that goes around the bay.

As they were out on the water, the wind started picking up. Kate zipped her windbreaker closed and slid closer to Gordo. Grinning a little, he wrapped an arm around her waist.

As Kate was busy taking pictures and looking around, Gordo watched her with a small smile. She was wearing jeans and a light blue windbreaker over an old black t-shirt, and she had pulled her hair back into a ponytail to keep it from blowing all over the place.

He was wearing jeans and a plain red t-shirt underneath a dark gray pullover windbreaker. Leaning his head next to her's, he asked her, "Having fun?"

Kate, who's head was turned away from him and looking into the water over the edge of the boat, looked at him and smiled when she noticed how close their faces were.

"Yea," she said softly back to him before she gave him a light kiss on the lips. They both looked at each other for a few minutes before they looked back out at the water.

During the tour, they came across a whale as it came to the surface for air. Gordo watched in amusement as Kate got all excited and started taking pictures. "Sometimes she really reminds me of the little girl I used to know."

The tour had taken about two hours and by the time they got back to the wharf, it was time for lunch. Walking down the wharf hand in hand, they picked a different restaurant from the one they went to last time.

After walking into the restaurant, they were shown to a small table near a window that over looked the Bay. As Kate reached for her seat, Gordo quickly beat her to the chair and pulled it out for her. Thrown a little by the gesture, she looked at him in a little bit of surprise. Gordo just smiled a little at her.

When he heard about how some of the guys had treated her in the past, it kinda opened his eyes a little. He figured the least he could do was make her feel special by doing some of the little things, like pulling out her chair for her. He wouldn't over do it but every so often, just to let her know that he cared about her.

When he had done it with Lizzie, it was more of a second nature for him to do stuff like this for her. Gordo would just have to keep reminding himself to do it.

Lizzie had once told him, "Sometimes the little things speak louder than the big gestures."

"Thanks," Kate said softly with a little grin as she sat down. "I don't think a guy as ever done that for me before."

After walking around the table to his own seat, Gordo sat down and looked across the table with a grin. "So did you have fun?" he asked her.

Kate looked back at him with a smile. "Yea. The tour was fun and the whale was cool. I hope my pictures come out." Gordo just smiled as he watched and listened to Kate talk about the tour.

As they were eating, Gordo glanced up and watched Kate fighting with the lobster she had ordered. She was having hard time cracking the shell. As Gordo started chuckling, Kate snapped and shattered the piece of shell she was working on. Pieces of shell deflected off of Gordo's face while he was sprayed with some of the juices inside it.

Kate had to bite her lip from laughing hysterically as she watched Gordo reach for his napkin. "Remember that next time you laugh at me," she said in between fits of laughter. Gordo just scowled as he whipped the gunk off his face.

Sunday night found Kate and Gordo laying on a large beach blanket on the rooftop, they were lying quietly next to each other and were staring up at the stars. Kate had also brought up a small boom box and it was playing very low in the background.

Looking over at Gordo, she smiled. Getting up, she walked over to her boom box.

Gordo had been picking out the constellations in the night sky when he noticed Kate get up. Sitting up, he watched her kneel in front of the boom box and heard her raise the volume a little.

Kate stood up again and walked back to him. Standing in front of him, she smiled down at him. "Dance with me."

He wanted to say no, that he doesn't dance, but the words never came out. Standing up, "I'm not very good," was what he found himself saying.

She just shrugged and wrapped her arms around his waist. "Just relax and listen to the music."

Gordo nodded and wrapped his arms around her waist. He tried to stop thinking and just move in time with Kate. She moved in closer and rested her head on his shoulder. Feeling goose bumps rise where he felt her breath on his neck, Gordo held her tighter. As the song ended, they just stayed in each other's arms.

Suddenly, Gordo heard Kate giggle a little. "What?"

"I was just thinking about when we were younger, I used to think you were really strange and I couldn't understand why Lizzie liked you so much," she told him without removing her head from his shoulder.

"Look who's talking. I couldn't figure out why anyone would want to spend all day playing with dolls and makeup." They both started laughing.

"Though I will admit, I've always thought you were cute," Kate told him as she picked her head up and kissed his cheek.

"I thought you were cute too."

She gave him a smirk, "Yea, only because I was one of the first girls to develop," she teased him.

"Nah, that was junior high," he said while laughing. "Before all that. Aside from the dolls and constantly wanting to play dress up, I thought you were really pretty. I never really had a stage where I thought girls were yucky and gross. Strange, yes." He then gave her an evil smile, "Of course you were no Lizzie."

Kate smirked and stomped on his foot. Gordo wiggled his foot a little, trying to alleviate the pain, but he continued to smile at her.

"You're lucky I like you," she told him. She then grew serious, "Can I ask you something?" When Gordo nodded, she continued, "Why didn't you and Lizzie work out?"

Lizzie and Gordo had been dating since the beginning of freshman year but in the beginning of junior year, they broke up.

"We eventually realized we were too close. After the lust and the newness of our relationship wore off, it was like we were still just best friends but with a few added bonuses. We decided it'd be better to be just best friends for now. If we're meant to be together, we'll find our way back to each other."

Kate nodded and letting go of him. After she walked over to shut the boom box off, she laid back down on the blanket and stared up at the night sky. Gordo walked back to the blanket and sat down next to her.

"Do you think you'll go back to her, someday?" she asked tentatively as she looked up at him.

Gordo shrugged, "I don't know. Could I see it happening? Sure. But for all I know, I haven't met the woman I'm gonna spend the rest of my life with." He then looked down at her and met her gaze. "Or she could be laying beside me right now. Who knows what'll happen between us. We may break up at the end of summer only to get back together for good next summer."

"Do you still love her?" she asked him.

"Yes," he said simply. "But I don't know if I love her like a girlfriend or a sister." He paused for a moment as he looked at her. "I do know, that right now, I like being with you and I take our relationship very seriously, even if it's just a summer romance. I care about you and I want to see you happy."

Smiling at him, Kate shifted so instead of lying next to him, her head was now resting in his lap. As Gordo gently toyed with her hair, "I take us seriously too," she told him as she closed her eyes. "You know when you're not spouting off useless facts, you can be really romantic."