Chapter Thirty Nine

A/N: Hello people. This is the second last chapter to Can We Still Be Friends. I hope you guys like this. I doubt you guys will, though....this wasn't the way I originally planned on ending it. I wanted to make it different than other stories. I'm so author, so I can do what I want with the story.

Chapter Thirty Nine

Later that night, after Lizzie had returned from the movies, she had collapsed on her bed and stared at the ceiling for a while. Just as she was about to fall asleep, someone knocked on the door. Not bothering to get up and answer it, Lizzie called out, "Come in."

The door slowly opened and Gordo stepped inside.

"Oh, it's you," Lizzie hissed, and was about to grab a pillow and throw it at him, but he opened his mouth and said "Hi," before she could take the pillow.

They stared at each other for a while. "Hi," Lizzie said softly after a while.

Gordo closed his mouth, then opened it again and said, "I'm sorry."

"For what?

"Saying those stupid things. Especially the hitman thing. That was beyond idiotic."

Lizzie stared at Gordo, trying to see if he meant it. Then she said something completely out of the blue. "Gordo, I agree with you. I don't want our children being thrown around like toys."

"Lizzie," Gordo began, "Did you mean what you said that night we slept together?" He reached up and ran a hand through his hair.

Lizzie sighed. She thought about it for a while, then hesitated before saying, "Just a little bit. It's just so complicated, you know? We're so far apart, we're different people now from when we were teenagers. You have your movies and I have...hardly anything, I have to admit, but I want to have this baby so I can start off with a fresh start. And I agree that you need to be with your children also, we both need them. I don't want what happened to Natalie happen to our baby."

She took a deep breath, then told Gordo to sit down. He came and sat down beside her on the bed. He glanced at her, then stared into space.

"You're right," he told her, "We are different people now. We've drifted too far apart to get together. It's so confusing, I mean, when you first came here, I started falling in love with you, but then I had Brooke, and I loved her, and then I didn't love her, and right before she left me all the old feelings came back and the feelings I had for you went away. We're better off as just friends, Lizzie, as much as I hate to say it. I liked you when we were fifteen, and then I got a crush on you a few weeks ago. I guess we're just friends who happen to have kids together."

"I agree," Lizzie replied so softly you could hardly hear her. She rubbed her eye with her hand, then thought of something to say next. "I guess that when I'm in my ninth month you can come to Hillridge so you'll be there when the baby is born."

"I could do that," Gordo agreed, nodding his head, "Natalie could come, too."

"Wait," Lizzie said. She looked at Gordo with a concerned look on her face. "Brooke left you?" she asked.

Gordo sighed. "Yeah," he answered, feeling like there was a need to cry for the first time in his life. He really did love Brooke, he just denied it because of Lizzie. "She filed for divorce and moved out today after I signed the papers."

"You signed the papers!?" Lizzie shrieked. Her eyes were as round as plates.

"Of course," Gordo said, "It was what she wanted. She's happy now."

"Gordo," Lizzie said, her voice dripping with sugary sweetness, "That is the sweetest thing you've probably ever done! You're okay, though, right?"

Gordo sighed again, before answering. "I guess so. I'll move on easy."

"Good," Lizzie said, patting him on the leg, "Just remember, I'm always here for you."

"Yeah," Gordo said. He looked at her for a moment, then said, "Now may I have a say in naming our kid?"

Lizzie's mouth fell open. "What? Don't you like Natalie!?"

"Of course I do," Gordo said truthfully, "But I like some other girl names, in case we have another ones."

"Like what?" Lizzie asked.

"Gertrude," Gordo stated.

Lizzie made a gagging sound, then smacked Gordo in the face with her pillow. "Shut up!" she laughed.

"I was only joking!" Gordo told her.

"I know that, just don't joke about things like that," Lizzie said, "I don't want to scar our kid for life."

They both laughed at this, and continued their conversation until Natalie came home, who was relieved to see that her parents were on speaking terms again.