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Jo looked out the window.
"Sam" she called to her husband "Why are the girls sitting out there on the sidewalk?" Sam appeared behind her and looked out the window too. "Oh my gosh they're crying" Jo said and rushed out the front door and headed straight for the girls.
"Girls?" she asked "What's wrong?" Lizzie looked up at her mom, her eyes red.
"Mom, he left. He left without saying goodbye. He wasn't happy"
Jo was confused. She bent down and grabbed each girl on their upper arm and helped them to get up. "Come inside, tell me all about it"
They went in and went to the lving room. Lizzie couldn't speak so Miranda did all the talking. "..And then Mrs Gordon told us he wasn't happy and that he wanted to leave. He wanted to go"
Jo watched the girls cry. She knew there was nothing she could do to make them happy for tonight so she decided to go and call Mrs Sanchez and tell her that Miranda would be staying the night.
Gordo stared out the window watching the houses that went by. They had been driving for almost an hour when they finally reached the place.
"Hey uncle Phil" Gordo said shaking his hand.
"Hello David" he replied smiling "How are you?"
"Pretty good" Gordo said "and you?"
"Great, great"
Gordo went to get his suitcases from the back of the car while his dad and uncle talked. Once everything was out, Mr Gordon was set to leave. Gordo gave him a hug.
"I'll miss you dad"
"You too son, you too"
"Yeah. I'll see you in three months then?"
"For sure" his dad replied
"I love you"
"Me too"
"Bye dad"
"Bye" Mr Gordon got into his car and drove off. Gordo watched until the car disappeared from sight.
"How about we go in?" his uncle asked.
"Yeah" he replied
Miranda lay on the spare bed in Lizzie's room. The girls had been crying all night.
"I can't believe he left" Lizzie said
"Me neither"
"I miss him so much already"
"Join the club"
"Goodnight Miranda"
"Night Lizzie" Miranda fell asleep but Lizzie lay awake. "Miranda?" no response.
Lizzie rolled over and cried. She cried herself to sleep
The next day, Gordo started at his new school. He walked into the office.
"Uh hi I'm new here. I'm David Gordon" he told the secretary. She consolted her list
"Ah yes. Welcome Mr. Gordon" she handed him a package, "Inside are your locker combination and number, class schedule, map of school grounds and other things you will need for the next three months"
"Thankyou" he replied and walked out. He found his locker and spun the combination. A girl approached him.
"Hey" she said
"Hey" he replied back
"You new here?"
"That I am"
"Alison" she said holding out her hand
"Huh? Oh" he took her hand and shook it "David, David Gordon" She smiled at him and he smiled back. She takes a look at his schedule.
"Ooo we are in the same classes"
"Excellent. You'll be able to show me around then?"
"Totally"Gordo was liking this school already. He missed Miranda and of course Lizzie but he was glad that he was making new friends so soon.
Lizzie and Miranda walked into school the next day, their eyes still red from all the crying. Jake walked up from behind and slung his arm around Lizzie's shoulders.
"Heya babe. Wassup?"
Miranda turned to glare at him "Now is NOT a good time Jake"
"Butt out Miranda"
"Excuse me?"
"Lizzie is my girlfriend I can speak to her whenever I want so butt out"
"Bad move" Lizzie muttered under her breath. Jake heard and looked at her, confused.
"Yeah well Lizzie just so happens to be my best friend. I have known her since like, forever and I know her better than she knows herself sometimes so don't you dare try to push me out of the picture. I said it is not a good time so back off"
"Geez whats up your butt Sanchez?"
"Our best friend just left us. He moved without saying goodbye. He hasn't contacted us since he's been gone and if you can't tell Lizzie and I are very distressed about it so don't go telling me I've got something up my butt because if you're not careful there'll be something up yours"
"The dweeb left? Good. I never really liked him anyway"
Lizzie turned to look at him. "What did you just say?"
"Bad move" this time it was Miranda who said it.
"Come on Lizzie do you think I'm dumb? I see the way he looks at you and I can see the way you look at him. Now that he's gone, theres nothing to distract you from me"
"I'll always be here" said Miranda glaring at him
"I cannot believe you just said that" Lizzie said, tears falling "Gordo had been here for me since we were born. He has always protected me, looked out for me. When I'm down he lifts me back up. When I'm sad he's always there to cheer me up. I have never been to afraid to do anything because I know that Gordo will be there to catch me when I fall" Lizzie was crying hard now "Gordo has been my rock since forever. He keeps me standing tall, he's always there to lean on and he's there in all the hard times. Never once has he ever done anything to hurt me. Not once. If you don't like Gordo than we're through and you know what? I'm not sorry. It's been a long time comming" Lizzie stormed off, unaware off all the people looking at them. Miranda looked at Jake triumphantly before following her friend.
At lunch, Gordo got his tray and looked around, wondering where to sit.
"Over here" Alison called to him. He smiled and walked over.
"Hey"
"Hey" she smiled back at him
Alison's friends were all there too. David looked at them and saw they were looking back at him.
"Oh, David, this is" she pointed and went around the table clockwise "Amy, Ria, Nathan and Scott"
David followed her hand and smiled at each of them.
"Everyone, this is David" Gordo felt weird being called David. Lizzie and Miranda always called him Gordo
"Hey" they all said together
"Hey" he responded
"So why'd you do it?" Scott asked him
"Do what?" Gordo said
"Move when there's only three months left?"
"Oh, um I needed to get away from Hillridge. I'll be here for three months, graduate, then go back there for highschool."
"But you're only here for three months?" Ria asked
"Um.. yeah"
"Oh okay, cool" said Amy
The rest of the school day flew by for him. He really liked Alison and her friends were cool too. After school, Gordo met up with Alison at her locker.
"Hey"
"Oh hey David" Alison grinned at him
"How do you get home in the afternoons?" he asked her
"I walk" she said simply
"Cool. Well, can I walk with you?"
"I'd like that"
The two took off together.
Meanwhile, Lizzie spent most of the school day trying to figure out why Gordo left. She paid no attention in class and when her name was said, she didn't even notice. She was like a zombie. She refused to eat breakfast that morning and she didn't want to eat lunch either. She missed Gordo so much. She felt so lonely without him. The day ended and she headed home in complete silence. Apart from the morning with Jake and Miranda, she hadn't spoken at all. Her mother called her for dinner but she still refused to eat a thing.
"Running away from your problems isn't the answer" Alison told him as they walked
"Sorry?" he asked
"The reason you left your old highschool was to run away from something wasn't it?"
"What?"
"Oh David don't play dumb. Something happened at your old school. That's why you decided to take a break from it and come down here. I mean, why else would anyone in their right mind want to swap schools three months before graduating?"
"Alison you don't understand"
"So lay it out and help me to understand"
"I..I can't. Not yet. See ya Alison" Gordo took off down the street leaving her standing there.
