A/N – "Thoughts"

Chapter 13 – College

It was about eleven o'clock on a Saturday morning and Gordo was were most teenagers were on a Saturday morning, asleep. As he laid curled up under his covers, Miranda came rushing into the room.

"Gordo!" she yelled excitedly as she dove on top of him.

Grunting as she landed on him, "Damn it Miranda. If you wanted some, you're supposed to crawl under the covers, not literally jump on me," Gordo joked as he slowly sat up, rubbing his ribs.

Miranda laughed as she rolled off him and sat up next to him. "They came," she said excitedly.

"What came?" he asked slowly waking up.

"My acceptance letters," she told him as she spread out four letters on the bed in front of them. She had already been accepted to USC, UCLA, and Boston College, and was on the waiting list for Columbia.

Gordo watched Miranda stare at them for a few minutes. He could tell she was nervous but he was getting impatient. "Open them," he urged her.

Miranda smiled at him and grabbed one of the envelopes. "Berkley." she said aloud reading from the envelope. Taking a deep breath, she opened the letter. After reading it, she smiled and pumped her fist, "I got in."

Gordo grabbed the next letter, "Stanford," he said handing it to her.

Taking the letter and opening it, she read it, "I got in," she said, her voice expressing her relief.

"Congratulations," he said as he kissed the side of her head. "Where are the other two from?" he asked curiously.

Grabbing one, "This one's from Brown," she said as she gathered the courage to open it, Brown was one of her top choices.

"Come on, open it. They'd be stupid not to let you in," Gordo said to her, snapping her out of her daze.

Tearing it open, she started smiling as she read the letter. "I got in!" she yelled excitedly and wrapping her arms around Gordo's neck, she kissed him. The kiss instantly deepened and using her around his neck, pulled herself into his lap an deepened the kiss. As they made out, the letter slipped from her fingers as she started to forget about everything else around them.

Pulling slightly apart Gordo pressed his forehead against her's. Looking away for a moment, Gordo noticed the last letter. "What's the last one?" he asked breathlessly.

"Last one?" Miranda asked confused for a moment, she had completely forgotten about it. Reluctantly tearing herself away from his eyes, she looked over and saw the last envelope. "Oh." Reaching out, she grabbed it.

For a moment, she stared at the envelope. Slowly looking up at him, "You'd say Harvard is one of the toughest schools to get into right?" she asked as she toyed with the envelope.

"Yea, I suppose. Why?" Gordo was wondering what she was getting at.

"Do you think I could get in?" Miranda asked him while looking down at the letter in her hands.

"Sure, I…" Gordo started but stopped when he realized what she meant. "Did she…" "Did you apply to Harvard?" he asked motioning towards the letter.

"Yea," she answered softly, a little unsure of her decision to do so.

"Open it," Gordo encouraged her again with a smile.

Miranda looked at him for a moment and then started to open the envelope. She slowly pulled the letter out and held it. Gordo could tell she was nervous; wrapping his arms around her waist, "Open it," he whispered in her ear.

Taking a deep breath, she unfolded the letter and started reading, "Dear Miss Sanchez. We are happy to inform you that you have been accepted to Harvard University for the 2007 fall semester." As she read her voice got louder and by the end she was yelling excitedly. "I got in? I can't believe it. I got in," she thought to herself in disbelief as she stared at the letter.

Miranda's reread the letter almost three times before it really sunk in. "I got in!" she shouted.

Gordo suddenly picked her up and jumped up to his feet on his bed. Hugging her, "Congratulations."

As he hugged her, Miranda started to jump excitedly in Gordo's arms. Quickly loosing their balance, their feet slipped out from under them and Miranda landed on top of Gordo as they crashed back down on the bed.

Grinning, Miranda hovered her face just over his. "I wanna celebrate."

"Oh," Gordo said grinning back, "And what exactly do you want to do?" he asked, his voice taking on a husky tone and the wolfish grin emerging. Miranda said nothing but gave him an evil smile as she lowered her lips to his.

After making out again, Miranda was laying on Gordo's chest with his arms wrapped around her. As they laid in silence, it gave Miranda some time to really think. She needed to decide what she wanted to do and how it'd affect everything around her, namely her relationship with Gordo. After lying there for the rest of the morning, Miranda had finally made a decision about their future. "Gordo," she said. "I don't know if it work out but this just feels like the best decision for me."

"Yea?"

Miranda sat up on Gordo's waist and watched him fold his arms underneath his head. "I've decided where I'm gonna go to school." Putting her hands on his chest, "I want to be with you out east but I don't wanna feel like I'm just following you and your life. I want to have my own life too."

"Ok." Gordo cocked his head a little, "So what are you saying?"

"I'm gonna go to Brown. Providence is only about an hour away from Boston. We can still be together and not worry about a long distance relationship but we also can lead our own separate lives."

"Sounds like you've given it a lot of thought," Gordo said.

Miranda nodded, "I just wanna know what you think."

Taking his hands out from behind his head and onto her hips, he looked her in the eyes, "I love you and if this is what'll make you happy, then I'll respect your decision."

"You were expecting something else?" she thought sarcastically to herself and smiled at him. Rolling off, she sat on the edge of the bed. "Get changed and I'll make us some lunch. Then I wanna go tell my parents."

Gordo nodded and rolled off the bed on the other side. As Miranda adjusted her clothes and walked to the doorway, "Rand," Gordo called.

Miranda turned around and looked at him. "Congratulations. Brown is a good school and they're lucky to get you," he said to her.

Miranda grinned at him, "Sweet talk all you want, I'm not gonna rock your world right now," she said sarcastically and giggled softly as Gordo laughed. While Gordo started to gather his jeans and a shirt, Miranda watched him. "Gordo," she waited until he was looking at her, "Thanks."