In The Dust
A/N: Oh my gosh. I haven't written in like two months!! Wow... sorry guys! I have a VERY VERY busy life. I'm in show choir (that's a VERY BiG THING) and I have softball practices and I wake up at 6 every morning now..... ERGH! Stupid busy life. Well, I'll try to catch up!
Chapter 5: Telling Miranda
"You will absolutely hate me for this," I said. Miranda was on the phone with me, and I was about to tell her about LA.
"You KNOW I could never, ever hate you, Gordo. You're my best friend! I would never hate you!" Sure, she sounded convincing. But, I don't know if I bought it or not.
"Sure about that?" I tested her.
"As positive that everyone dies and that you're in love with Lizzie," she teased. God, she was good.
"Ergh. That's mucho positive," I said. Hehe. I tried to soften the tension by speaking in Spanish.
"Please, never talk in Spanish again. You sound like a little white boy," Miranda said. She always teases me like that. It's so not fair. I'll get her back one of these days.
"Well, this little white boy is going to LA in two weeks and won't be back until 6 months from then," I said. Whoa. I can't believe I just told her about the trip in a joke. That's crazy.
"I knew it!" She thought it was a joke. I know she did, because the way she reacted was her little reaction to a joke.
"No, I'm serious. That Taylor guy offered me a job as an assistant director, so I'm going to be gone for 6 months." Silence. I heard static, Miranda's sister whining, and my clock ticking. I didn't hear Miranda talk.
"You better not forget about us." It sounded kind of like a threat, like she was mad at me.
"How could I ever forget about you?"
"You know, six months is a hell of a lot of time. You'll make new friends who are rich Hollywood snobs, and you'll forget about the best friends you've got down here in suburb Hillridge. You'll help direct some lame movie and you'll get some money. You'll find some pretty co-star that'll pretend to like you for your money, and you'll fall for her. Lizzie will find out and her heart will be broken. You'll pack up to leave six months from now, and then this stupid Taylor guy will offer you another job that'll require you to stay for a year and a half, and you'll take it. And you'll forget all about us. So, you know what, Gordo? Screw you."
"It won't be like that, Miranda! It would never be like that!" I was practically screaming into the phone. But no response. Silence was on the other end. She had hung up on me. I can't believe it. We promised each other that we'd never hang up on each other. She broke the rules.
Then again, we'd promised that none of us would leave Hillridge alone. I just broke the most important rule.
E/N: Wow. Drama, drama, drama. Miranda hates Gordo, Lizzie loves Gordo, Miranda is Lizzie's best friend, and Gordo is leaving town for 6 months. Wow. Angst! I love it!