A/N – "Thoughts"

Chapter 11 – First Day

Gordo slowly walked into Hill Ridge High School for the first day of his senior year. He was trying his best to let his feelings for Kate go, to move on. He kept trying to believe Kate, that their two worlds didn't mix. But he couldn't, "Or maybe its I don't want to believe it."

As he slowly walked through the crowded hallways, deep in thought, he was eventually heading towards the cafeteria. Before homeroom each day, he and his friends would meet at their table and just hangout until it was time for homeroom.

Nearing the table, he noticed that Lizzie and Miranda were already there. When the girls heard him approach, they both looked up and gave him identical grins.

Gordo immediately felt the hairs on the back of his neck go up. "What?" he asked innocently as he sat down.

"I can't believe you had a summer fling," Miranda said sarcastically.

Gordo rolled his eyes, "I did not have a summer fling."

"Whatever," she said with a smirk. Miranda then turned to Lizzie, "So what's she like?"

Lizzie snickered and shrugged, "Don't know. The only thing I know is that he met someone."

Gordo groaned as Lizzie and Miranda turned their attention back to him. "Come on Gordo, give us the dets. What's her name? What's she like?" Miranda pressed him

"Ok, fine." "I can't tell them its Kate, so what the hell do I say?" After thinking about it for a moment, he grinned as an idea came to him. "Her name is Kat and we met one of the first days I was in San Francisco. She was living with her father and stepfamily during the summer. We did the tourist thing for awhile and basically just hung out together."

Lizzie noticed the necklace and pendant hanging around his neck. "She give you this?" she asked gently holding the pendant.

"Yea. She bought it when we were in Chinatown. It's a Chinese character that means friendship." Both girls gave him a sarcastic ah. "Shut up," he told them while laughing.

Before he continued, he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. As Lizzie and Miranda were talking, he glanced quickly to his left and saw her. Kate was sitting a few feet away. Catching her eye, she gave him a quick smirk. Gordo realized she had heard what he was saying. "We never said we were gonna keep it a secret."

"Gordo," Lizzie said as she snapped her fingers in front of his face. Gordo turned to her and gave her an annoyed look. "What's Kat like?" she asked him.

Taking a quickly glance to his left again, he saw Kate give him a small nod. "It…It was like hanging out with an old friend I hadn't seen in awhile. We just sort of clicked. It was weird cause on the surface, we're complete opposites but we had fun. She really surprised me and showed some incredible depth."

"You do anything other than the tourist thing?" Miranda asked with an evil smile.

"What do you mean?" Gordo asked trying to act innocent.

"Come on Gordo. We wanna know the good stuff," Lizzie told him laughing.

Gordo rolled his eyes. "Fine. We made out and…did other stuff," he answered a little embarrassed and Miranda and Lizzie continued to tease Gordo about his summer girlfriend.

As Kate tried to listen to more of what Gordo was saying, Claire kicked her under the table. Kate looked across the table at Claire, and gave her an annoyed glare. Claire just motioned with her head towards the end of the table. Looking down, she saw Gretchen looking at her. "Great. What the hell does Barbie want now?"

"What Bar, Gretchen?" Kate said coldly, once again putting the mask on.

Gretchen flipped her light blonde hair over her shoulder and adjusted her low cut shirt. "I wanted to know if you had memorized the new cheers yet?" she asked her just as coldly as she continued to prim herself.

"Oh, I'll be ready."

"Sure you're in shape?" Gretchen asked with a sarcastic smirk.

Kate let out a low, almost feral growl. "I'm in shape." Then a small smirk tugged at Kate's lips, "Speaking of shape. I've always wonder something Gretch, are they real?"

Gretchen made a small gasping noise and everyone at the table looked at Kate, not believing what she just asked. Claire, Brooke, and Alix were trying their best not to laugh out loud and Kate heard Gordo snicker a table away.

Gretchen just stood up and glared at Kate, "You just better be ready for practice." With that, Gretchen and her friends stood up and stormed away.

"God that felt good," Kate said out loud and her friends just started laughing.

Later that day, Kate and Gordo found out that they had the same English class. In fate's cruel joke, they found themselves sitting next to each other in the far corner.

As the teacher lectured, Kate tried to focus on what she was saying but was failing miserably. After about fifteen minutes, Kate started to flip through the textbook. She was desperate to try anything to keep her from looking at the boy next to her. "How the hell am I supposed to let him go when he's so close!"

Shutting the book, Kate propped her head up with her hand and making sure she was looking away from Gordo. "It'd never work anyway. We're from two different worlds. It'd never workout, there's too much in our way."

For some reason, she glanced over at Gordo and their eyes met. Quickly looking away, Kate felt a weird sensation and shivered. "Than why can't I pull myself away?"

Glancing over again, she noticed Gordo was staring at her and had the familiar far away look in his eyes. Kate tried to fight it but she could feel a smile tugging at her lips. Shifting slightly, she caused her skirt to ride up a little, exposing a little bit more of her leg. She watched in amusement as Gordo's ears started to redden and he looked away. As he shifted in his chair, Kate started giggling under her breath.

Gordo looked at her and when their eyes met, Kate felt something stir in her, a sort of desire. She wanted Gordo badly and suddenly she cursed herself for letting him go in the first place. Kate knew she wouldn't be happy until he was back with her and she was in his arms again.