Disclaimer: I don't own Lizzie McGuire or anything related to it. The song 'Better Off' belongs to Ashlee Simpson.
Chapter 6. Better Off
8th grade:
"C'mon, Lizzie, I swear nobody saw you!" Miranda said.
"Yeah, it wasn't that bad!" Bella said, looking around. Lizzie's face was all flushed.
"Ah, really? Not that bad? I fell downstairs and in front of Ethan Craft!" Lizzie cried. "During lunch! These stains aren't going off!" she and her friends looked at her pretty lavender shirt and jeans, now covered with the school's 'Mistery Meat'. Gordo appeared out of nowhere, carrying all the girls' books. "Thanks Gordo" he nodded and Miranda grabbed her books.
"I'll go look for something you can wear," she announced and left.
"Let's go change for gym," Lizzie said. Gordo moaned. "Oopsie! Sorry, Gordo" she and Bella grabbed their books and went to the lockers. Lizzie let out a small moan and Bella looked at her.
"Are you ok?" she asked her. "Stomache?" Lizzie nodded.
"And headache..." Lizzie added.
"Don't you think you're gonna...? I mean, I did a week ago," Bella whispered.
"Nah, I don't think so..." the bell rang. "Let's go" the girls went to the gym, Gordo and Miranda were already there. "Hey, guys"
"Hey, Liz-zay!" Ethan yelled. "Did you take that sticky thing off your clothes?" Lizzie blushed and shook her head. "Too bad! Gor-don, one on one?" Gordo nodded and they grabbed a basketball. The three girls sat on the floor to watch. Bella and Miranda cheered for Gordo and, to their surprise, Lizzie did too. They exchanged glances. They had both thought Lizzie would cheer for her crush, Ethan. Gordo flashed them a smile, surprised of seeing Lizzie cheering for him too. After a few shots, Gordo made it. Coach Kelly finally came in. Lizzie got up and she heard a small group pointing at her and laughing. Gordo saw Lizzie's back and approached to her.
"Er... Lizzie... your shorts..." he whispered. Isabella saw her too.
"Let's go to the girls' lockers," she whispered as well. "You're indisposed" Lizzie blushed madly and Gordo gave her his sweather. She put it around her waist and left with her sister.
Later, Lizzie and Gordo were walking home:
"Gordo, I'll return you your sweather later, kay?" Lizzie said. Gordo nodded.
"No prob," he said.
"Argh! This day couldn't get any worse now that it's over, right?" she asked. Gordo looked up, opened his mouth to say something and started raining. "Why did I speak?"
"Hey, it's ok!" Gordo said, smiling at her. They stopped in a covered bench and sat.
"I mean, what's wrong with me? I can't spend a day without embarassing myself!" she cried. He wiped her tears, caressing her cheeks softly.
"Shhh... you just had a bad day..." he comforted her. "And nothing's wrong with you... you rock" she smiled at him then he, slowly, leaned in and kissed her.
End of chapter.
"The sky is falling
And it's early in the morning
But it's ok somehow
I spilt my coffee, it went
All over your clothes
I gotta wear mine now
And I'm always, always, always late
And my hair's a mess,
Even when it's straight
But so what,
I'm better off everyday
When I'm standing in the pouring rain, I don't mind
I think of you and everything's alright
I used to think I had it good
But now I know that I misunderstood
With you I'd say, i'm better off in every way
My friends keep callin'
They say, they say I'm stallin'
And they wanna meet you now
I tell them hell no, I say
We're tryin' to lay low
Don't wanna lose what I've found
Things are finally, finally lookin' up
Oh my feet are on the ground
Even though I'm stuck
But so what,
I'm better off everyday
When I'm standing in the pouring rain, I don't mind
I think of you and everything's alright
I used to think I had it good
But now I know that I misunderstood
With you I'd say, I'm better off in every way
Things are finally, finally lookin' up
Oh my feet are on the ground
Even though I'm stuck
Even though I'm stuck
But so what,
I'm better off everyday
When I'm standing in the pouring rain, I don't mind
I think of you and everything's alright
I used to think I had it good
But now I know that I misunderstood
With you I'd say, I'm better off in every way
Yeah, yeah
Better off in every way
I'm better off in every way
I'm better off today
The sky is falling
And it's early in the morning
But it's ok"
AN: Oh, yeah! We're finally back!
Like this Saturday my little fella turns 14, we decided to come back.
Cka3ka-13: Well, I hope you liked it!
Hotchic12: Poor Bella, right? She seems like always second best...
Ali Oldman: OMG, thanx! You're so sweet!
NewStart07: Well, too bad you don't like it. LyG4ever and I both know not everybodymight like our work, but it's ok! We're both songfic crazy! By the way, we do know what the 'La La' song is about, but they are still little kids!
AN2: LyG4ever thought Lizzie and Gordo should stop with that little kisses and move on to something bigger. Did I let her? Wait for her next chapter to find out!
AN3 (LyG4ever): Yay! LGFever is being mean, but I hope you'll like this and the next chapters! Cya! (thanx u all so much 4 reviewing!)