Fast Times at Hillridge High

Sorry I've taken forever to update! I think I'm going to slowly update all my stories in the next couple of weeks. I haven't been on in over 2 years!

LIZZIE'S POV

"Are you serious!" Miranda screeched from the driver's seat.

"Yes, I soo am!" Claire grinned at Miranda. "But watch the road! I don't want us to crash just because you found out that Kate actually hooked up with Larry!"

"You said it happened two years ago?" Miranda said in disbelief. "I know that was in middle school, but still, that's when Kate was at her snottiest! I can't believe she was in love with Larry Tudgeman!"

"I didn't say she was in love!" Claire protested. "Larry might have been in love, but Kate wasn't. But, yeah, they did make out like crazy!"

"Oh my gosh!" Miranda giggled. "I can't believe it!"

I smiled at them from the backseat. We were on our way back from the beach, and we were tanned and happy. I love those two so much! Sometimes I wonder how I got so lucky as to get them for best friends. Them and Gordo.

Gordo.

I looked at Gordo's head, filled with black curls, that was laying on my shoulder. Gordo was asleep. He always falls asleep on the way home after trips.

Gordo, Miranda, and I have been friends for as long as o can remember. Claire didn't join our group until last summer. The summer of Paolo.

But back to the point.

Claire's one of the best friends I could ever have. True, she was mean and shallow before, but she's no longer mean, and she's getting less and less shallow as the days go by. It's just ironic that what happened in Italy had to happen before we could realize what good friends we could be.

Italy.

I know that one day, I'm going to have to sit down and think about that summer and Italy. And I know that I'll have to talk about it with the others too, because they deserve and explanation.

But not yet.

I just can't bring myself to talk about it. Sometimes my mind wanders to it against my will, and I get lightheaded and feel like I'm about to pass out. Or I have really terrible nightmares about it, from which I wake up screaming and crying.

I run my fingers through Gordo's hair. The three people who are in the car with me right now are the people who helped me through my bad time in Italy. I'm not fully over it yet, but I know one day, I will be. I have to be.

But I'm not going to let what happened ruin anymore of my life.

"Hey guys?" I speak up from the back set.

"Huh?" Miranda says, and Claire turns around to look at me, I guess because I've been so quiet.

"Turn up the radio!" I grin. "This is my song!"

We all laugh, and Miranda turns up the dial on the radio. Gordo keeps on sleeping, and Miranda, Claire, and I sing loudly to the song on the radio.

Miranda pulled into the parking lot of the digital Bean.

"Gordo." I whisper. "Gordo wake up."

When that doesn't work, I try a different tactic.

"Gordo, WAKE UP! We're at the Digital Bean!"

Gordo's eyes shoot open. "I'm awake, I'm awake." He rubs his eyes. "No need to yell."

Miranda and Claire giggle, and I roll my eyes and get out of the car.

We walked in the door and Gordo went told us he needed to go to the bathroom, and that he'd be right back.

Miranda, Claire, and I look around for a table.

"Look y'all." Miranda says. "There's Parker. She looks kind of lost. We should sit with her."

I looked to the back corner of the Digital Bean, and lo and behold, there was Parker. I mean, I don't have anything against her, but over the last year or so, Parker's really changed, and she kind of creeps me out.

"Sure." Claire and I agree.

We walk over to Parker, who seems engrossed in her ice cream cup.

"Hey Parker." I say, and offer a friendly smile.

"Uh. Oh, hey Lizzie." She looks up. "Hey Miranda, hey Claire.

We sit down and start talking about the killer test Hawthorne had given us the Thursday before, and how bad we think we did on it. Gordo came to the table from the bathroom, and I could swear, I saw Parker's eyes light up. But I might just be imagining things.

"Ready to order?" A short blonde waitress comes up to our table.

"Yeah….."

Sorry the chapters so short! After two years, It's kind of hard for me to really get back into the characters!