The Reason

Summary: A story full or romance, action, drama, and suspense. You'll just have to read it to find out. PLEASE give it a chance. I guarantee you won't be disappointed and I promise I'll make you cry. L/G eventually.

Chapter 2- I could only pull away.

March 21st, 2004
Gordo came up to me in the hall today. He said he wanted to 'talk' to me which I find extremely weird considering I've been successfully ditching him for about two months now. I don't want to be rude to him. . .Jeff just doesn't like him, and I love Jeff. So I'd do anything for him. I was kind of rude today in the hall. It looked like Gordo was about to cry. Man, I miss him. But, AH! I can't forget what he did to me! I remember it like it was yesterday. We were at the football game, where Miranda had screamed at me during halftime about how snobby and stuck up she was becoming now that she was a cheerleader. Gordo had totally stood up for me. I was crying and he was holding me telling me we'd always be friends. That's when I was going to tell him I liked him so much more than a friend. That I was falling in love with him. I was about whisper it in his ear, but his cell phone rang. He answered it, told the person to wait by the front gate and he'd come and greet them. He told me he'd be right back. I waited for about twenty minutes. You know me, I get impatient. So I go down to the front gate finding him lip locked with some bimbo. I lost it and he spotted me running away from the stadium. That's when I met Jeff. He was out of the game for a hurt knee and was walking into the stadium to watch the rest. I basically ran right into his arms, crying, even though I'd never met him. After he calmed me down we introduced ourselves, I went back to the game with him. That was really the last time I'd talked to Gordo. Besides your basic 'Hi, How's it going?' He broke my heart, so I just moved on. . .funny how things work out.
Lizzie

"Lizzie! Your BOYFRIEND is on the phone!" Matt screamed from downstairs. She'd been so enthralled in her journal she hadn't even heard the phone ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey baby." Jeff said seductively.
"I'm so glad to hear your voice." Lizzie smiled. He could always brighten her day.
"Look, I was calling to check on you. You seemed kind of shaken after that freak talked to you in the hall today.
"He's not a freak!" Lizzie was surprised at how easily she'd defended Gordo. "I mean. . .He's just got some issues."
"Yeah, well, I don't want any jackass hurting my girl." Jeff laughed.
"Jeff, he's not a jackass either." Lizzie didn't really seam to care if it sounded like she was defending Gordo. After all, he used to be her BEST friend.
"Sorry. . ." Jeff's voice trailed off.
"No, its fine. We used to be friends, that's all." Lizzie bit her lip.
"Oh, okay. Well, I hope you get some sleep tonight. You seem kind of cranky." Lizzie rolled her eyes. She hated when Jeff assumed things, but she was too tired to argue with him.
"Okay, goodnight." She effortlessly clicked the phone off and laid her head down on her desk.

"Everyone, this is David Gordon. He's a prospective member." Ethan introduced Gordo to a group of drugged up people. They were hardly responsive. Gordo smiled weakly and gave a small wave.
"Hello." He sat down in a ratted recliner. He was in the back room of the old Beechman furniture warehouse. It had been deserted for years.
"Okay, we can start now that CRAFT is here." A girl spoke up and walked to the middle of the room. She had long blonde hair and brown eyes, although you could hardly tell by the way they were framed in makeup. She was about 5'3" and had cut marks all over her arms and legs.
"My baby!" Another girl, who looked like she was about to explode she was so pregnant, ran over to Ethan. Gordo could tell by the way she was now ripping Ethan's clothes off that she was not referring to her REAL baby. The first girl rolled her eyes and tried to block them out.
"My name is Vanessa. I'm the Vice president of the Rebels." She introduced herself to Gordo. "The president, Kenny, is currently in jail. Although, we will have enough money soon to get him out on bail." Everyone laughed but Gordo. "Everyone introduce yourself to David."
"Please, call me Gordo." Gordo stuck out his hand, but she sneered at it.
"Gordo. . .It's catchy." Vanessa shrank back into a recliner much like Gordo's.
"Hi, I'm Tom. I get all the drugs." Tom proudly shook Gordo's hand.
"I'm Rachel, I get money by selling my body to horny guys. I'm also a stripper." Rachel sat on Gordo's lap.
"Um, Rachel, I don't think he has the twenty bucks you charge for a lap dance." Ethan, now on the floor underneath the pregnant girl, shouted out. Rachel snapped her fingers and slipped him her phone number. Gordo could only stare at this strange bunch of people.
"I'm Cassie." The pregnant girl said in between Ethan's kisses.
"It's nice to meet all of you." Gordo said nervously.
"So you want in?" Vanessa asked Gordo. Gordo blinked.
"Excuse me?"
"Ethan said you wanted in." Vanessa moved closer to Gordo.
"Um, I guess. . ." Gordo was too afraid to say no.
"Okay, We don't believe in torturing someone to get in. That's only if you want out." She smiled and the rest of the group laughed. Gordo laughed and fidgeted in his chair. "All you have to do is say the pledge. Repeat after me. . .I"
"I"
"State your name."
"David "Gordo" Gordon"
"Solemnly swear to be loyal to the Rebel Gang."
"Solemnly swear to be loyal to the Rebel Gang."
"There, you're in." Vanessa smiled and everyone clapped.
Lizzie awoke from her dream. It was about Gordo and they were going for ice cream after school. She sat up realizing she was still at her desk and her diary was still open. Tears had stained the page. Lizzie quietly shut it and crawled under the covers. She seriously missed Gordo, but there was no way to go back now.