A/N: All right, I need to remind some people that this is a prequel to a story where Lizzie got pregnant out of wedlock. That means that they had sex before they were married . . .I don't know when, but it's a possibility that I am going to throw out there. Also, you don't need to worry about making Lizzie pregnant because it wouldn't fit with the rest of the trilogy. Anyway, I am glad so many people reviewed the last chapter. It means a lot to me.
Disclaimer: I don't own Lizzie McGuire
Chapter Eight
Bad Party
Three Months Later
The past three months had been magical for Lizzie and Gordo. Their feelings were now out in the open and everyone at school thought they were the "it" couple.
It was a Saturday afternoon and Gordo was pacing his room trying to think of what to give Lizzie for Christmas. He called over Miranda to see if she could help.
"What did you give her last year?" Miranda asked.
"I gave her soap, but this year is different. Miranda, we're dating now. I think I should get her something a little bit nicer than soap, don't you think?"
Miranda shrugged, "It's up to you. You've only been dating for three months. . .what kind of thing are you thinking?"
"I don't know," Gordo said, "Maybe jewelry."
"Whoa," Miranda said, looking at Gordo, "what kind of jewelry?"
Gordo rolled his eyes, "Come on. It's not like I'm going to propose or anything."
"Good," Miranda said, "because that would just be too weird having my two best friends be engaged."
Gordo raised his eye brow, "You really think she'd say yes?"
Miranda gasped, "David Gordon! Don't you dare!" and she threw a pillow at him.
Gordo caught the pillow and laughed, "Don't worry. I'm not ready for something like that. I've got college to think about."
"Okay, let's think of something. How about a picture frame with a picture of you two in it?"
Gordo thought about that for a moment, "But I don't have any recent pictures of us."
Miranda rolled her eyes, "Okay, what about a stuffed animal?"
Again, Gordo raised his eyes brow, "How old are we again?"
"What! She'll think its cute, and believe me, by the New Year, you two will be even closer if you know what I mean," Miranda said and she winked.
Gordo laughed, to try to cover up his blushing, "Miranda! How do you know we aren't that close already?"
"Come on!" Miranda said, "You may be madly in love with each other and everything, but I know that you two haven't done anything. Besides, Lizzie told me."
Gordo blushed, "You two talk about this kind of thing?"
Miranda looked at Gordo as if he was crazy, "Are you kidding? We talk about everything."
"Alright," Gordo said, "What else has she told you?"
Miranda rolled her eyes, "What makes you think I am going to tell you?"
"Fine," Gordo shrugged, "In that case, I won't tell you what Larry has said about you."
"Fine," Miranda said, "Because I don't even care."
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That same afternoon, Lizzie was getting ready to walk out the door to meet up with Gordo, when her mom stopped her, "Lizzie can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure," Lizzie said, and she came into the living room where her mom was sitting in the living room with a concerned look on her face, "What is it?" Lizzie asked, worriedly.
"I just got off the phone with Mrs. Peterson. They just got back in town after a week of being away, and it turns out that their son, Jeff, threw a party there last weekend."
Lizzie nodded her head. She knew about the party because she was there. It was a pretty wild party, too.
"The reason I am bringing this up is because I think I remember you saying something about a party. Where you there?"
Lizzie nodded her head. She was pretty honest with her mom and her mom trusted her, so she figured she deserved the truth.
"Anyway, rumor has it that it was quite a party and that quite a few people got drunk and a few people ended up having sex."
Lizzie wondered how her mom knew this, but didn't bother to ask. She had a feeling she knew where this talk was going.
"And your father and I just want to let you know that we love you very much. We know that you are almost eighteen and pretty soon will be able to be on your own. However, I also know that you love Gordo very much, and we do to. I guess what I am trying to say is that we hope that you are making the right decisions and not moving too fast."
Lizzie nodded her head as her mom continued, "Now, one of the parents of one of the girls thinks their child was raped at this party, and if this is true, the Peterson's could face serious liability charges. Did you see anything happen?"
Lizzie shook her head, somewhat shocked, "No, I didn't. Of course, Larry, Miranda, Gordo and I didn't stay there very long, but we didn't see anything like that happen and I didn't hear anything about this when I went back to school. What makes them think one of the girls was raped?"
"Well, yesterday, the girl went to the doctor for an annual check-up and they found some bruises all over her body and the girl claims she is fine and nothing happened, but the doctor suspects that she was raped."
"Do you know who the girl is?"
Jo shook her head, "I didn't ask. The point is, the girl's parents are really upset and are considering suing the Petersons unless a better explanation comes up."
Lizzie shrugged, "That's just so strange to think about."
"Well, sweetie," Jo said, kissing her daughter's forehead, "I'm just glad it wasn't you who had to go through that."
"Yeah," Lizzie said, distantly. She wondered if she knew who it was that was raped. After sitting there for a few more minutes, she finally decided to go to Gordo's house and see what he was up to.
She walked to his house and saw that the door was open, so she let herself in and headed toward Gordo's room. The door was closed, but she could hear Gordo and Miranda's voices. She couldn't hear what they were saying, but she could hear a lot of laughing. Out of curiosity, she stood outside the door to see if she could hear what they were talking about. "Aren't you kind of curious about how Lizzie feels about it?"
About what? Lizzie thought, but she didn't get time to hear what he said because Miranda's cell phone rang. "Hello? Hey! Yeah, okay. I'll be there in a sec." She heard Miranda say and then Miranda hung up and spoke to Gordo, "That was Larry. I have to go now, but I'll help you more later, okay?"
"Bye," she heard Gordo say and the door opened and Miranda jumped when she saw Lizzie, "Lizzie!" she said, "Hey! I don't have time to chat right now, but I'll talk to you later, okay?"
"Okay," Lizzie said and she turned to Gordo as Miranda left, "Hey."
Gordo smiled, "Hey. How long have you been here?"
Lizzie shrugged, "Only a few seconds."
"Oh," Gordo said, but he looked relieved.
Lizzie walked up closer to him and put her arms around his neck, "And how are we today?"
"Good," Gordo said and he wrapped his arms around Lizzie's waist and kissed her on the forehead, "I didn't think you were coming over."
"I thought I'd surprise you."
"Oh," Gordo said, smiling, "well, this was a nice surprise." Gordo pulled Lizzie closer to him and kissed her softly on the lips. Lizzie kissed him back, but before they got too into it, Lizzie suddenly remembered what her mother told her and she pulled away.
Lizzie and Gordo sat on his bed and Lizzie told him what her mom told her and Gordo looked just as shocked as she did, "Man, I knew that that was a crazy party, but rape? That just doesn't seem like something that would happen here in Hill Ridge."
Lizzie nodded her head, "I know. I just can't help but wonder who it is.
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Disclaimer: I don't own Lizzie McGuire
Chapter Eight
Bad Party
Three Months Later
The past three months had been magical for Lizzie and Gordo. Their feelings were now out in the open and everyone at school thought they were the "it" couple.
It was a Saturday afternoon and Gordo was pacing his room trying to think of what to give Lizzie for Christmas. He called over Miranda to see if she could help.
"What did you give her last year?" Miranda asked.
"I gave her soap, but this year is different. Miranda, we're dating now. I think I should get her something a little bit nicer than soap, don't you think?"
Miranda shrugged, "It's up to you. You've only been dating for three months. . .what kind of thing are you thinking?"
"I don't know," Gordo said, "Maybe jewelry."
"Whoa," Miranda said, looking at Gordo, "what kind of jewelry?"
Gordo rolled his eyes, "Come on. It's not like I'm going to propose or anything."
"Good," Miranda said, "because that would just be too weird having my two best friends be engaged."
Gordo raised his eye brow, "You really think she'd say yes?"
Miranda gasped, "David Gordon! Don't you dare!" and she threw a pillow at him.
Gordo caught the pillow and laughed, "Don't worry. I'm not ready for something like that. I've got college to think about."
"Okay, let's think of something. How about a picture frame with a picture of you two in it?"
Gordo thought about that for a moment, "But I don't have any recent pictures of us."
Miranda rolled her eyes, "Okay, what about a stuffed animal?"
Again, Gordo raised his eyes brow, "How old are we again?"
"What! She'll think its cute, and believe me, by the New Year, you two will be even closer if you know what I mean," Miranda said and she winked.
Gordo laughed, to try to cover up his blushing, "Miranda! How do you know we aren't that close already?"
"Come on!" Miranda said, "You may be madly in love with each other and everything, but I know that you two haven't done anything. Besides, Lizzie told me."
Gordo blushed, "You two talk about this kind of thing?"
Miranda looked at Gordo as if he was crazy, "Are you kidding? We talk about everything."
"Alright," Gordo said, "What else has she told you?"
Miranda rolled her eyes, "What makes you think I am going to tell you?"
"Fine," Gordo shrugged, "In that case, I won't tell you what Larry has said about you."
"Fine," Miranda said, "Because I don't even care."
~*~*~*~
That same afternoon, Lizzie was getting ready to walk out the door to meet up with Gordo, when her mom stopped her, "Lizzie can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Sure," Lizzie said, and she came into the living room where her mom was sitting in the living room with a concerned look on her face, "What is it?" Lizzie asked, worriedly.
"I just got off the phone with Mrs. Peterson. They just got back in town after a week of being away, and it turns out that their son, Jeff, threw a party there last weekend."
Lizzie nodded her head. She knew about the party because she was there. It was a pretty wild party, too.
"The reason I am bringing this up is because I think I remember you saying something about a party. Where you there?"
Lizzie nodded her head. She was pretty honest with her mom and her mom trusted her, so she figured she deserved the truth.
"Anyway, rumor has it that it was quite a party and that quite a few people got drunk and a few people ended up having sex."
Lizzie wondered how her mom knew this, but didn't bother to ask. She had a feeling she knew where this talk was going.
"And your father and I just want to let you know that we love you very much. We know that you are almost eighteen and pretty soon will be able to be on your own. However, I also know that you love Gordo very much, and we do to. I guess what I am trying to say is that we hope that you are making the right decisions and not moving too fast."
Lizzie nodded her head as her mom continued, "Now, one of the parents of one of the girls thinks their child was raped at this party, and if this is true, the Peterson's could face serious liability charges. Did you see anything happen?"
Lizzie shook her head, somewhat shocked, "No, I didn't. Of course, Larry, Miranda, Gordo and I didn't stay there very long, but we didn't see anything like that happen and I didn't hear anything about this when I went back to school. What makes them think one of the girls was raped?"
"Well, yesterday, the girl went to the doctor for an annual check-up and they found some bruises all over her body and the girl claims she is fine and nothing happened, but the doctor suspects that she was raped."
"Do you know who the girl is?"
Jo shook her head, "I didn't ask. The point is, the girl's parents are really upset and are considering suing the Petersons unless a better explanation comes up."
Lizzie shrugged, "That's just so strange to think about."
"Well, sweetie," Jo said, kissing her daughter's forehead, "I'm just glad it wasn't you who had to go through that."
"Yeah," Lizzie said, distantly. She wondered if she knew who it was that was raped. After sitting there for a few more minutes, she finally decided to go to Gordo's house and see what he was up to.
She walked to his house and saw that the door was open, so she let herself in and headed toward Gordo's room. The door was closed, but she could hear Gordo and Miranda's voices. She couldn't hear what they were saying, but she could hear a lot of laughing. Out of curiosity, she stood outside the door to see if she could hear what they were talking about. "Aren't you kind of curious about how Lizzie feels about it?"
About what? Lizzie thought, but she didn't get time to hear what he said because Miranda's cell phone rang. "Hello? Hey! Yeah, okay. I'll be there in a sec." She heard Miranda say and then Miranda hung up and spoke to Gordo, "That was Larry. I have to go now, but I'll help you more later, okay?"
"Bye," she heard Gordo say and the door opened and Miranda jumped when she saw Lizzie, "Lizzie!" she said, "Hey! I don't have time to chat right now, but I'll talk to you later, okay?"
"Okay," Lizzie said and she turned to Gordo as Miranda left, "Hey."
Gordo smiled, "Hey. How long have you been here?"
Lizzie shrugged, "Only a few seconds."
"Oh," Gordo said, but he looked relieved.
Lizzie walked up closer to him and put her arms around his neck, "And how are we today?"
"Good," Gordo said and he wrapped his arms around Lizzie's waist and kissed her on the forehead, "I didn't think you were coming over."
"I thought I'd surprise you."
"Oh," Gordo said, smiling, "well, this was a nice surprise." Gordo pulled Lizzie closer to him and kissed her softly on the lips. Lizzie kissed him back, but before they got too into it, Lizzie suddenly remembered what her mother told her and she pulled away.
Lizzie and Gordo sat on his bed and Lizzie told him what her mom told her and Gordo looked just as shocked as she did, "Man, I knew that that was a crazy party, but rape? That just doesn't seem like something that would happen here in Hill Ridge."
Lizzie nodded her head, "I know. I just can't help but wonder who it is.
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