As Miranda walked toward Amanda bedroom she could hear her daughter laughter come floating down the hallway. As she opened the door Miranda looked in and found that all she could do was stand there with her mouth hanging open and just stare at the sight in front of her. To her utter amusement Gordo was sitting down in one of Amanda small plastic pink chairs that went around the small table in her room. Not only was Gordo sitting in a chair that was four sizes to small for him, he also had on one of Amanda floppy sun hats on his head and a large purple and blue stripped scarf around his neck.
"Gordo, what in the world are you doing?" Miranda asked almost having to cover her mouth to hold back the laughter that was about to over take her as she looked at him.
Gordo first looked at Amanda and than he looked up at Miranda with a puzzled look on his face "We're having a tea party.Why? What's it look like we're doing here?"
"Gordo......" Miranda stopped because she was now snickering with laughter '.....why do you have that hat on your head and that.....that..." now Miranda was laughing to hard to continue.
"Oh you mean this?" said Gordo as he ran his hand down the scarf.
Miranda could only nod her head because she found she was unable to talk at the moment because of her giggles.
"Well, Peanut here said I was not up to the dress code for one of her tea parties." said Gordo like this should have been simple for Miranda to understand "So she went into her closet and dug out the proper attire that I was needing to wear to this high society function. And so there you go." Gordo said as he held his hands off to the side and them up and down his body "I am now properly dressed to attend this tea party."
"Peanut?" asked Miranda with a raised eyebrow.
"That's the nickname Uncle Gordo gave me!" said Amanda with a big smile on her face as she looked up from her tea set."Uncle Gordo" the little girl asked as she looked at Gordo from across the small table "Would you like some more tea?"
"Why certainly!" said Gordo as he held out the small plastic cup that was in his hand " I would love some more of this exquisite tea of yours."
"You talk funny Uncle Gordo." said Amanda giggling as she pretended to pour tea out of her plastic pitcher.
"Well, if you guys think you can drag yourself away from this lovely party your having." said Miranda smiling "Suppers ready."
"Oh Goody!" Amanda yelled as she jumped up from the table, took Gordo hand and helped him up out of the chair "Come on Uncle Gordo you can come sit next to me!"
"Of course Peanut." said Gordo as he was getting up moaning and rubbing his now aching left knee. He than bent down and scooped the little girl up into his arms.
"What's the matter Gordo are you getting old?" asked Miranda smiling at him and teasing him a little.
"Yeah maybe a little Rand. But just remember this." said Gordo smiling back at her "We're both the same age and a man graces as he gets older, while a woman," Gordo paused a second for dramatic effect "she just gets old and wore out."
"David Gordon," said Miranda giving him a stern look but with a soft smile on her face "You should consider yourself lucky that your holding my child. Because normally after a statement like that I would have had to hurt you."
A FEW HOURS LATER
"Is she asleep?" asked Gordo as Miranda came down the hall quietly and sat down on the couch next to him.
"Yeah but I don't see how." said Miranda smiling and shaking her head "I mean after all the ice cream you bought her she should be bouncing off the walls in a sugar fit."
"I still can't believe a girl that little put away four ice cream cones." said Gordo shaking his head in disbelief.
"Well, I did tell you that chocolate ice cream was her favorite thing to eat." said Miranda as she pulled her feet up onto the couch and sat Indian style "Gordo can you do me a favor?"
"Sure name it."
"Can you tell me about everyone from back home." asked Miranda "What are they doing, are they ok and that sort of thing."
"Sure" said Gordo nodding "Who do you want me start with?"
"Well duh! Why Lizzie of course! " laughed Miranda "I mean how did she become such a huge pop star, is she dating anyone famous, and does she and Lindsey Lohan really hate one another?"
"Ok let me try to answer the first part ," laughed Gordo holding up his hand to stop Miranda rambling "Senior year of college me,Lizzie and Brandy went to a bar one night and....."
"Who's Brandy?" asked Miranda interrupting Gordo.
"She was my girlfriend at the time and please ma'am don't interrupt the director when he's working." said Gordo looking sternly at Miranda. Which all it did was cause her to start to giggle again.
"Oh yes sir Mr. Director! Sorry Sir!"
"That's better" said Gordo smiling "Like I was saying me,Lizzie and Brandy went to a bar one night during college. As it turned out it was karaoke night there and we talked Lizzie on to going on stage. She put on a great act and just her luck there was a LA talent scout drinking there that night. She gave Lizzie her card and after graduation over her parents objection Lizzie went to cut a record deal in LA and the rest as they say is history."
"And is she dating anybody hot and famous right now?" asked Miranda wanting to know some hot and juicy inside gossip on her old friend.
"I think she's may still be dating that young blonde singing dude. Oh hell what was his name?" said Gordo as he looked up trying to think of the guy Lizzie had been dating off and on over the last few years "Oh now damn it his name is on the tip of my tongue!"
"It wasn't Aaron Carter was it?" asked Miranda.
"Oh please" said Gordo rolling his eyes "Even Lizzie has better taste in men than that!"
"Ok you can tell me later when you remember." laughed Miranda but practically bouncing up and down on the couch when she asked the next question "But now Gordo my old pal you have to tell me just what in the world is going down with Lizzie and Lindsey Lohan! Do they really hate each other as much as everyone says they do?"
Miranda got a kick out of the way Gordo sat up straighter on the couch and looked around the room like he was expecting to find a reporter hiding behind the love seat.
"Alright Miranda I'm doing this under the strictest confidence that you will never tell anyone what I'm about to tell you."
"No one will ever hear about it from me Gordo.I swear on it!" said Miranda holding up her hand giving the Boy Scout sign.
"Ok here goes." said Gordo taking a deep breath "No they don't hate each other at all. They're actually friends. It's just that they got together one night at a party and decided to ham it up for the paparazzi. They pretended to get into an argument over something, I don't quite remember what it was. But it got both of them so much publicity that they decided what the hell. They both decided to keep the act up until they got busted on it."
Miranda was shocked to say the least but she and Gordo continued to talk the night away and before they knew it was a few hours after midnight.
"I can not believe that Kate and Larry are married!" said Miranda in shock over that bombshell Gordo had just filled her in on "Much less that they now have kids together!"
"Yep they're about to have their third one here anytime now." said Gordo smiling at Miranda shocked face.
"Just how in the hell did all that come about?" asked Miranda.
"Well after college when her and her family lost all their money when they invested it in those dot com company stocks all her cool friends dumped her.Larry,Lizzie and myself were the only ones who would still have anything to do with her. And since me and Lizzie were almost always gone her on concert and me filming, she and Larry started spending a lot of time together. You should have seen the look on Lizzie face that day when we came home for Thanksgiving and found them making out on the couch at Larry house."
Miranda found for one of the few times in her life she was actually speechless.
"Oh man I had no idea it was so late!" said Gordo looking at his watch "I should get to my hotel room and get out of your hair."
"You are NOT in my hair Gordo." said Miranda "And for the record you are not going anywhere."
Miranda laughed at the puzzled look on Gordo face "Take a look outside Gordo." Miranda said pointing at the window behind him. She watched as Gordo looked over his shoulder and saw how hard the snow was falling outside the window. "It's been snowing like that for over two hours now." said Miranda "It has to be at least twenty degrees or colder outside and so I am not going to let you go out in that. Your just going to have to get use to the idea that your going to spend the night on my couch." Miranda could tell by the look on his face that Gordo was about to protest "I don't want to hear any arguments from you mister!" said Miranda "I could always take you down in an argument and a fight when we were younger and I bet I still can,so don't push it."
"Well in that case I will accept your gracious invitation to spend the night on your couch." said Gordo smiling.
"You might not consider it so gracious when a certain four year old wakes you up early in the morning." said Miranda "But it might be better than sharing a room with your friend John......."
"OH SHIT JOHN!!" said Gordo suddenly as he slapped his palm against his forehead with one hand and grabbed his cell phone with the other "I completely forgot about him! I left him at the diner with your boss! Oh man thank God I left him the car!"
"Ok while your calling John I'll go get you some covers and a pillow for the couch." said Miranda as she got up off the couch and headed down the hall.
Gordo listened as the cell phone rang a few times before John finally picked up.
"Uhh hello?" came John voice over the line.
"John oh man look it's me David." said Gordo "Look man I'm sorry for running off on you like I did today."
"Hey Boss you don't have to call and apologizes to me just because your out on the town getting some." said John "I already figured that out."
Gordo felt his jaw dropped to the floor "Damn it John!" Gordo said but than calmed down and spoke in a quieter voice "I'm not out on the town getting some!"
"Oh please Boss!" said John laughing "I saw the way that young,hot,and long dark haired beauty threw herself all over you. Don't even bother trying to deny it. Your out on the town having fun and getting some."
"Well, for you information I'm not out on the town I'm at Miranda apartment and......."
"She took you to back to her place ALREADY?!" John asked in a shocked and awed voice "Oh Boss you stud! You are the man, my hero!"
"John" sighed Gordo "I just called to tell you I'll be out all night tonight and to see if you made it back to the hotel room alright?"
"Yep I made it back." said John "I've just been sitting here in the room ordering lots of beer from room service and watching naked women on late night Skinamax." said John.
"Well, as long as your having fun tonight I guess everything is alright." said Gordo.
"Yeah but I'm betting I'm not having as much fun as your having tonight?" said John.
"Good bye John" said Gordo sighing.
"Bye Boss." said John laughing as both men hung up their phones.
Man I can't believe John thought I was out getting some tonight, thought Gordo to himself. I mean he was talking about Miranda of all people! One of my oldest pals. Sure I haven't seen her in years but she's still one of my best friends and I would never think of ........But Gordo thoughts were interrupted when Miranda suddenly came back down the hall. While she was gone she had changed into a pair of old jogging pants and a very small black tank top. Obviously sleeping attire, thought Gordo as he watched how Miranda long dark hair fell caressingly over her bare tan shoulder and...... WHOA!! Just where in the hell did that caressing thought come from,Gordo suddenly thought to himself. This is Miranda for Christ sakes. I can't be having thoughts like that about Miranda! Can I?
"Here you go Gordo." said Miranda as she laid a pillow and a few blankets down on the couch "If you get cold during the night there are some more blankets in the hall closet."
"Thanks Miranda I'm sure these will be enough." said Gordo as he got up off the sofa and started spreading the blankets out on the couch, but stopped when he saw the way Miranda was looking at him "What?"
"I'm just so happy to see you again Gordo!" said Miranda as she grabbed Gordo, kissed him on the cheek and pulled him to her in a hug.
"Me to Miranda, me to." said Gordo softly into her ear.
"Ok I'll let you get some sleep now." said Miranda as she broke the hug and wipped the tears out of her eyes "Night Gordo." she said and than started walking back down the hall to her room.
Gordo watched her until she went in and shut the door to her bedroom. As he laid down on the couch and pulled the covers over him Gordo found that he couldn't sleep and the main reason why was because his thoughts were on nothing but Miranda down the hall.
"Oh God I can't be having these thoughts. This can't be happening." Gordo muttered to himself as he pulled the pillow out from behind his head and put it over his face as if that would help him block out the thoughts of Miranda that were going through his mind.