"Gordo? Gordo?" he heard a sweet voice calling out to him. It sounded so familiar but it couldn't be...He opened his eyes and came face to face with Lizzie, the only person he wanted to see at that moment. He looked around the unfamiliar bedroom utterly confused. He was lying n a very uncomfortable bed in a room with walls that were painted an awful shade of brown. He didn't recognize it at all...
"Am I dreaming?" he asked her groggily.
"No, you passed out at the hospital and they brought you back here to your aunt's house. Your parents called me to tell me what happened and how you wanted to talk to me and well...here I am!" she replied cheerfully. He wondered how she could be so cheerful when he felt so awful, he had a splitting headache. As if reading his mind she gave him two aspirin.
"Here, take this, your parents said you hit your head when you fell, not too seriously,
just enough to cause some pain, this will help."
He took the pills and looked at her, bewildered, "why are you here?"
She seemed surprised that he would even ask. "Because you wanted me to be...you're my best friend and you needed me." Of course Gordo would have done the same if the situation were reversed, but he couldn't imagine Lizzie actually flying across the country to see him.
"Lizzie, we should probably talk..."
But she cut him off, "I know we should but not now, you have a lot going on that's more important than me...I'll always be here." The significance of that statement meant a lot to him, although he now understood that there was always a chance she wouldn't always be there.
"Right now, there's nothing more important to me than you and I've learned a lot being here, you should always sieze the moment and don't hesitate to tell someone how you feel because you never know if you will get another chance to tell them. I think you already know but I feel I should restate it, I love you and I probably always will and I really hope we can be more than friends."
Lizzie looked at him for a few moments before she spoke, "I hope you know that I love you too and I can't imagine ever going back to being just friends, but you still have to promise me something..."
"Anything."
"You have to promise me that no matter what happens between us, we will always remain friends,
because I don't know what I would do without you."
Gordo smiled, "I don't know what I would do without you either, McGuire, I promise to always be here for you no matter what."
"Good," Lizzie returned his smile and leaned down to kiss him. After they broke apart she asked him, "why do you love me?"
He racked his brain for an answer that could describe everything he felt, "Just because." "Why do you love me?"
"Just because."
Neither knew what the future held in store for them but they were ready to take the risk.
THE END
AN: I hoped you all liked the ending, I wanted to make sure I finished it tonight because the new Harry Potter book comes out tomorrow and who knows when I'll start writing again. I want to say thank you to everyone who reviewed, the encouragement really helped to get me to finish the story. And to servechamp93 - I'll be sure to read your stories, I'll look forward to it. Until next fic - Friendsfanatic90