A/N:Soory it's taken so long to update but I had so much to do lately. Pre-Algebra tests, creative writting assingments, Bible tests, and an overnight trip t seaworld with the rest of the 7th grade. Busy, busy, busy. Oh, and from maybe June eigth to the 24th don't expect any updates. I'm going to Rome! I'm so excited! My friends tell me I should change my name to Lizzie, rename my best guy friend Gordo, find a cute Italian popstar and impersonate his signing partner at some award show and fall in love w/"Gordo". And I tell them to go jump in a lake =) Anywho, hope U enjoy this!
Chapter 6:Turning the Tables
Lizzie sat in her study hall class tapping her pen on the table in unison with the ticking clock overhead. It currently read two forty four. The end of school bell would ring in one minute. She sighed and let her eyes roam the classroom. Ethan was trying to figure out how to sharpen his mechanical pencil and Kate was painting her nails a bright pink. Everthing was the same, Ethan being stupid, Kate being preppy. Lizzie wished for just one thing to be different.
The hair on the back of her neck prickled. Someone was watching her. She looked to her right side and saw Ethan's cousin, Cory staring at her. Now that's different, she thought. He blushed and quickly looked down at his desk. Though he was related to Ethan he was actually quite smart, getting better grades than Lizzie in alot of things. He was quiet adding on to his, what the girls call his "Craft charm." He's cute, but not as cute as Gordo, she thought to herself.
The bell rang snapping her outof her thoughts. She quickly gathered up her stuff and begant to walk down the hall, eager to get home. "Hey, Lizzie," she heard soeone cry from behind her. She turned and saw Cory trying to dodge his way down the crowded hall towards her. "Oh, hey, Cory," she said smiling and waiting for him to catch up. "I read your article in the school paper. It was good, very interesting," he said nerviously. She looked at him akwardly. Her article was a paragraph on the build up of trash in the US throughout the past year. Either this guy had strange interests or he liked her. She'd go with the first option.
"Okay, thanks," she said starting to walk. "So, Lizzie," he said following wof her. "So, Cory," she said. "I was wondering if you were doing anything this Saturday," he said jamming his hands in his pockets. Lizzie's heart jumped into her mouth. Was he trying to ask her out on a date? "I don't know, why?" she asked unsuridly. "Cuz me and my band have a gig and I was wondering if you wanted to come and then afterwards we could go out, get some pizza , or go to the movies or- something," he said bouncing on the balls of his foot.
"You mean, like a...a date?" Lizzie stammered. He just nodded, his long hair covering his face. "Cory, you're a great guy but-" she stoped in midsentence. Walking out of the spanish classroom was Miranda with Gordo. Miranda saw her and gently grasped Gordo's hand. Lizzie felt the heat rise in her face. "I'd love to go out with you, Cory," she said just loud enough for Miranda to hear in her anger. In response Miranda gave Gordo a hard kiss on the cheek. Lizzie sighed in agrivation and stormed off down the hall with Cory yelling, "I'll call you!" from behind.
GORDO's POV
Gordo sat in his spanish class watching the clock overhead tick from one number to the next. The bell finally rang and he began to lazily gather up his books. "Hey, Gordo," he heard Miranda say from behind him. Grunt. "You wanna go to the Digital Bean after school?" she asked. "No, I have alot to do," he grunted. "Okay, well what about tomorrow?" she asked again. "I don't know," he replied. He knew he was being mean to Miranda but he couldn't help it, he didn't know why.
He walked into the hall with Miranda close by his side when he spotted Lizzie. He felt the heat rise in his face. She was walking with Cory, Ethan's cousin who had just moved to Hillridge at the beginning of the year. Another Craft that all the girls drooled over. Lizzie spotted them and Miranda gently gripped his hand and almost immediatly his first instinct was to pull away but he didn't. He didn't know why he didn't, it was strange really.
"I'd love to go out with you, Cory," Lizzie said loudly. Gordo felt the color drain from his face. He went numb all over. Lizzie was going on date with someone other than him. It was alot for him to process that. Suddenly Miranda kissed him hard on the cheek snapping him out of his thoughts. It was his left cheek. She kissed Lizzie's cheek!
Lizzie sighed angrily and stormed down the hall past them. "Miranda!" he said angrily. "What?" she asked innocently. "That was Lizzie's cheek! You kissed Lizzie's cheek! I don't even let my mom kiss that cheek!" he cried. "Sorry you didn't label it!" she cried back. "You know what, just forget, I'll see you later," he huffed walking past her without waiting for a response. Lizzie had done what he hadn't expected. She was making him jealous. She had turned the tables on him.
Chapter 6:Turning the Tables
Lizzie sat in her study hall class tapping her pen on the table in unison with the ticking clock overhead. It currently read two forty four. The end of school bell would ring in one minute. She sighed and let her eyes roam the classroom. Ethan was trying to figure out how to sharpen his mechanical pencil and Kate was painting her nails a bright pink. Everthing was the same, Ethan being stupid, Kate being preppy. Lizzie wished for just one thing to be different.
The hair on the back of her neck prickled. Someone was watching her. She looked to her right side and saw Ethan's cousin, Cory staring at her. Now that's different, she thought. He blushed and quickly looked down at his desk. Though he was related to Ethan he was actually quite smart, getting better grades than Lizzie in alot of things. He was quiet adding on to his, what the girls call his "Craft charm." He's cute, but not as cute as Gordo, she thought to herself.
The bell rang snapping her outof her thoughts. She quickly gathered up her stuff and begant to walk down the hall, eager to get home. "Hey, Lizzie," she heard soeone cry from behind her. She turned and saw Cory trying to dodge his way down the crowded hall towards her. "Oh, hey, Cory," she said smiling and waiting for him to catch up. "I read your article in the school paper. It was good, very interesting," he said nerviously. She looked at him akwardly. Her article was a paragraph on the build up of trash in the US throughout the past year. Either this guy had strange interests or he liked her. She'd go with the first option.
"Okay, thanks," she said starting to walk. "So, Lizzie," he said following wof her. "So, Cory," she said. "I was wondering if you were doing anything this Saturday," he said jamming his hands in his pockets. Lizzie's heart jumped into her mouth. Was he trying to ask her out on a date? "I don't know, why?" she asked unsuridly. "Cuz me and my band have a gig and I was wondering if you wanted to come and then afterwards we could go out, get some pizza , or go to the movies or- something," he said bouncing on the balls of his foot.
"You mean, like a...a date?" Lizzie stammered. He just nodded, his long hair covering his face. "Cory, you're a great guy but-" she stoped in midsentence. Walking out of the spanish classroom was Miranda with Gordo. Miranda saw her and gently grasped Gordo's hand. Lizzie felt the heat rise in her face. "I'd love to go out with you, Cory," she said just loud enough for Miranda to hear in her anger. In response Miranda gave Gordo a hard kiss on the cheek. Lizzie sighed in agrivation and stormed off down the hall with Cory yelling, "I'll call you!" from behind.
GORDO's POV
Gordo sat in his spanish class watching the clock overhead tick from one number to the next. The bell finally rang and he began to lazily gather up his books. "Hey, Gordo," he heard Miranda say from behind him. Grunt. "You wanna go to the Digital Bean after school?" she asked. "No, I have alot to do," he grunted. "Okay, well what about tomorrow?" she asked again. "I don't know," he replied. He knew he was being mean to Miranda but he couldn't help it, he didn't know why.
He walked into the hall with Miranda close by his side when he spotted Lizzie. He felt the heat rise in his face. She was walking with Cory, Ethan's cousin who had just moved to Hillridge at the beginning of the year. Another Craft that all the girls drooled over. Lizzie spotted them and Miranda gently gripped his hand and almost immediatly his first instinct was to pull away but he didn't. He didn't know why he didn't, it was strange really.
"I'd love to go out with you, Cory," Lizzie said loudly. Gordo felt the color drain from his face. He went numb all over. Lizzie was going on date with someone other than him. It was alot for him to process that. Suddenly Miranda kissed him hard on the cheek snapping him out of his thoughts. It was his left cheek. She kissed Lizzie's cheek!
Lizzie sighed angrily and stormed down the hall past them. "Miranda!" he said angrily. "What?" she asked innocently. "That was Lizzie's cheek! You kissed Lizzie's cheek! I don't even let my mom kiss that cheek!" he cried. "Sorry you didn't label it!" she cried back. "You know what, just forget, I'll see you later," he huffed walking past her without waiting for a response. Lizzie had done what he hadn't expected. She was making him jealous. She had turned the tables on him.