Chapter Thirty-One

A/N: This chapter may be a bit bland and short, but the next chapter, which will be up later today, will be much better. I promise.

Chapter Thirty-Two

The next morning at around nine o'clock, Lizzie woke up, then, after forgetting where she was, then remembering the events of the night before, dressed herself in a lavender t-shirt and black Capri pants. She ran a brush through her wavy hair, then put on some pink lipgloss and went downstairs.

She found her way into the kitchen, where Gordo was pouring a glass of orange juice. "Hey," he said when he saw her come in.

"Hey," Lizzie replied. She rubbed her nose, then looked around. "So, Natalie must be at school or something, right?" she asked.

"Yeah, she left a while ago," Gordo told her.

"So, when's your wife going to come home?"

"Later today," Gordo answered. "Want something to eat?"

"Sure, what do you have?" Lizzie asked.

"Well, we have those Corn Flakes with the strawberries mixed in, which no one likes except for Natalie, so there's lots left. Uh, let me see what else we have," Gordo said, and began to open and close cupboards while listing off all the breakfast foods they had. Lizzie settled for a plain toaster waffle, and when Gordo asked her if that was all, she decided to have two, and Gordo raised an eyebrow at her.

"What?" Lizzie asked him, "I happen to like my toaster waffles just by themselves, with no condiments or anything. Especially syrup. It always gets in my hair."

Gordo laughed, then poured Lizzie some orange juice and handed the glass to her. She took a sip and asked him what they usually do during the day.

"Lots of stuff. Brooke goes off to her job at some clothing store and if I'm on vacation, which I am right now, I just go out and do whatever," Gordo told her.

"Cool," Lizzie replied. Suddenly, Lizzie's waffles popped up from the toaster, and before Gordo could do anything, she grabbed them, then sat down at the table and began eating one while holding the other in her left hand.

"Don't you want a plate?" Gordo asked.

"Nope," Lizzie said in a muffled voice since her mouth was full, "I don't want to waste a dish just for some waffle."

"Uh, okay then," was all Gordo could say as he sat down and watched Lizzie eat.

"So, what do you wanna do today?" Lizzie asked.

"I don't know, whatever you want to," Gordo said.

They were silent after that until Lizzie swallowed a chunk of waffle and nearly shouted, "Omigosh! I totally forgot to call Miranda! She needs to know where I am, where's your phone?"

Gordo raised an eyebrow at her, then said slowly, as if she were stupid, "Lizzie, there is a cordless phone right in front of you."

He was right. Lizzie grabbed the phone, started dialing, then turned to Gordo and said, "I'll pay for this call."

"No, it's okay, really," Gordo told her.

Lizzie shook her head as she told the operator the phone number she wanted to reach. A couple minutes later, Miranda answered her phone.

"What do you want?" Miranda asked in a groggy voice.

"It's me," Lizzie said.

Miranda's mood changed from tired bitch to excited puppy. "Omigosh! Where are you?!?"

Lizzie stood up and wandered her way into the living room as she explained it all to her friend.

"Wow! That is soo coincidental," Miranda said when she was finished. "So have you seen Natalie yet?"

"No," Lizzie answered as she sat down on the couch that Natalie and Ryan had been making out on. "It was late, so I went to bed, and now she's at school."

"Cool!" Miranda exclaimed. "So what are you guys gonna do today?"

"We don't know yet," Lizzie said as she put her free hand beside her on the couch.

"Oh, maybe you should, like, get some ice cream or something, or maybe, ya know, see a movie," Miranda rambled as Lizzie made a grossed-out face at the bubblegum she had laid her hand on. She tried to get the gum off from her hand while Miranda went on about a new movie that was coming out.

"Uh, Miranda, I gotta go," Lizzie told her, and without waiting for a reply, she managed to press the Off button on the phone.

"Gordo!" Lizzie called from the couch, "Could you come here please?"

Gordo came into the living room and found her on the couch with her hand covered in pink gum. Her burst out laughing at the sight, then Lizzie swore and asked him why they leave chewed up gum around the house.

"That's not mine, it must've been Natalie's, remember last night? She must have lost her gum hile she was making out with her boyfriend," Gordo explained.

"Ha, ha," Lizzie said sarcastically.

"Really, Lizzie, if I ask her, she'd blush ten shades of red," Gordo told her.

Lizzie sat silent for a moment as Gordo continued laughing. Then, forgetting about the pink goo covering her hand, she laughed along with her friend.