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Chapter 6

Reminiscence

Lizzie galloped up the stairs as fast as she could, but it was hard because her knee was still hurting.

Animated Lizzie: "I've gotta call Gordo and check up on him; he seemed so down today."

Lizzie picked up the phone to dial Gordo's number.

Animated Lizzie: "What am I supposed to say? Gordo you're my best friend and I've got a huge crush on you?! I can't say that! It would ruin everything."

"Just act normal," Lizzie whispered to herself.

On the other end of the phone... "Hello?" a voice said. Lizzie knew that voice; she loved it.

"Uh, hey Gordo!" Lizzie said, stumbling to find her voice.

"Oh, hey," Gordo replied softly. He sounded disappointed to hear that it was just her.

"What's wrong?" Lizzie asked him, her voice full of concern.

"N-nothing," Gordo answered flatly.

"Don't give me that!" Lizzie screeched. "C'mon Gordo, I'm your best friend. I can tell when something is bothering you."

"It's nothing, really," he said with absolutely no emotion in his voice.

Gordo Thoughts: I can't tell her the truth. She'd never speak to me again. Like she just said, I'm her best friend. That's probably all I'll ever be to her.

"Aren't you supposed to be having band practice?" he inquired.

"Yeah, but I decided to come call you. I wanted to make sure you were okay. I wish you would have come to our practice, "Lizzie announced sweetly.

"Why? I'm not in your band? What would you need me for?" he wondered.

"The company! Gordo, I love being around you! Why would you even question that?" Lizzie retorted sorely.

"Really?" he asked astonished.

"Yes I do. Why do you think I have stuck by you through everything? The good, the bad, the ugly..." Lizzie trailed on. "My point is, I can't think of anyone that I would rather spend more time with than you."

Gordo Thoughts: I can't believe just she said that! Maybe I do have a chance with her. Maybe, one day, when I get enough courage to tell her.

"Lizzie, I feel the same way. I guess I just got a little upset because I know how Troy feels about you, and you can do so much better," Gordo said.

"What are you talking about Gordo?" Lizzie asked. "There's nothing going on with Troy and I."

"Okay," Gordo accepted. "I just don't want you to get hurt."

Animated Lizzie: "Oh that's so sweet! Just tell him! You know you want to!"

"Thanks," she replied. "Gordo, I... I... I...," Lizzie tried.

"You what?" Gordo asked confused.

"I... I... have to go. Gotta practice! See you tomorrow!" she announced as she hung up the phone.

Animated Lizzie: "Get a grip McGuire!"

"What song are we going to sing?" Miranda asked as they were all grouped together in the basement.

"I think we should write our own song together. Something cool, but sweet," Hayden replied.

"That is so deep," Miranda said as she gazed up at him. He looked down at her and met her dark brown eyes. Then she felt a soft touch on the small of her back and realized it was Hayden's. She wasn't sure what to do, but she did know that it felt great.

"Well have any of ya'll ever written a song?" Scott asked. "I know that I'd be terrible at it. All I can do is play the drums."

"Well I haven't but I'm sure I could do it," Miranda offered.

"Me too!" Lizzie exclaimed.

Animated Lizzie: "This is SO cool! Singer and now songwriter! Look out MTV!"

"Alright then. It's settled. Lizzie and Miranda will be in charge of singing and lyrics. We'll just stick to writing the music," Troy decided.

Lizzie and Miranda both shared glances. They were very both excited to get to work on something together that would be so much fun!

The band hung out in the basement for about another hour or so just chatting and getting to know one another better. They found out that Troy was working on professional wakeboarding and Hayden could play almost any instrume. They decided that he could play the piano or bass during their act, depending on the song. And Scott was just there... living life, taking up space. Both Lizzie and Miranda were pleasantly surprised to find that all of the boys were single. There were even several times that Hayden put his arm around Miranda and just kind of leaned on her... nonchantly flirting with her. And even though Troy didn't physically make any moves on Lizzie, it was obvious in his facial expressions that he had a thing for her.

It was starting to get late and the band was going its seperate ways for the night.

Scott was the first to leave. He said his goodbyes and was on his way.

Hayden went over to Miranda and squeezed her in a cozy hug before he left. "Bye," he said. "Can't wait to see you tomorrow."

A tounge-tied Miranda tried her best to respond, "Yeah, okay me too. See. You. Tomorrow." Then Miranda said goodbye to Lizzie and Troy as she walked away giddy with stars in her eyes.

"Well I guess I'd better go too," Troy said with a sullen look on his face.

"I'd say you could stay for a while, but I've got so much homework to do and a huge biology test in the morning," Lizzie elucidated.

"Oh it's okay I understand," he answered. "I just didn't want to have to say bye to you yet," he shot back at her.

Animated Lizzie: "Okay, so maybe Gordo was right, and Troy does have feelings for me. Great. The one time that I can finally find a great guy that likes me and I've got my mind stuck on Gordo."

Lizzie, not sure how to respond to that, nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I know," she said. What she meant was that she knew about his feelings for her and that he really didn't want to let her go, but Troy must have taken it the wrong way.

Then Lizzie felt him wrap his warm arms around her in an embrace. "Lizzie, you are so... perfect," Troy told her.

She felt his arms squeeze tighter around her and then his eyes met hers. Troy leaned in for a kiss. She felt his soft lips on hers and it felt good, but then a huge rush went through her...

Animated Lizzie: "What am I doing? I can't do this! Gordo is the one I care about. He's always been there for me. Always."

While he was kissing her Lizzie thought of all the past times that she had spent with Gordo. She remembered in seventh grade when Ronnie broke her heart and Gordo said all those sweet things to her; that no one was prettier than her, or more fun to be with. She reminisced about eight grade too; when Gordo moved up to high school and she missed him so much, how sad she was that Gordo danced with Parker at the dance after she called him short, how he had tried to ask her out after Ethan's who-dunnit party, but he chickened out. Then she recalled that kiss on their last night in Rome. It wasn't long, but not too short. It was just right. Perfect even. As all these thoughts flowed through her mind she realized that she was still kissing Troy. As soon as she noticed this, she softly pushed away from him.

"I'm sorry Troy," Lizzie said, "but I can't do this."

"Why not? Don't you like me?" he asked, with a hurt look on his face.

"Yeah I really do, it's just... well... it's really complicated," she explained.

"Oh, okay, well I understand. It's alright, I just feel really dumb now," he responded.

Animated Lizzie: "Why do I feel so guilty? I was just being honest with him!"

"Please don't be this way, you're a great guy, I'm just going through some things right now," Lizzie said.

"Okay," Troy said; still looking upset. "Well let me know if you ever change your mind," he teased with a little half grin appearing on his face.

Animated Lizzie: "Yes! I guess this means he's not mad. It's ALL good!"

"Sure will," Lizzie answered smiling back. "So we're cool?" she asked just to clarify.

"Yeah we're cool," he reassured her as he gave her a soft pat on the back before walking out the door.

Lizzie sighed.

Animated Lizzie: "My life is so full of drama! It's like an episode of Dawson's Creek."

"I have to get up the courage to tell Gordo how I feel," she whispered to herself as she walked back upstairs to join her family. "I can't keep it bottled up forever."

What she didn't know is that someone had been watching the whole time...

Dun dun dun dun... lol okay so there's chapter 6! Sorry not too much L/G yet, but I will get there just give me time! Who do you think was watching the whole time? Please R&R!

Carrie