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Long Lost Friend
Chapter 4
Things Are Different
Lizzie picked up the phone and dialed the seven digits she knew so well. She listened to the low ringing, murmuring to herself, "Please pick up…please pick up!" Finally a deep voice said, "Hello?"
"Ethan!"
"Yeah?"
"It's Lizzie…"
"I know."
"You're mad, aren't you?"
"What do you think? I come to my fiancée's house to surprise her, only to find her making out with her best friend from high school on the floor. Guess I was the one who got a surprise."
"Ethan, I'm so sorry! Please forgive me!"
"I don't know, Lizzie…"
"Ethan, I really am sorry. What can I do to make you see how sorry I am for hurting you?"
Ethan responded quickly, as if he'd already thought about that question, "Promise me you'll never see David Gordon again."
"What?"
"I want you to never see David Gordon again."
"Why not?"
"Because I can't trust you around him, apparently. I've never had any problem trusting you before. If he's out of the picture, then we'll be okay."
Ethan stared at the phone, dumbfounded, "Ethan, you can't decide who I'm friends with! Gordo's my friend and what happened was just an accident. It—It—It didn't mean anything." As she spoke, she knew she was lying.
"It's him or me, Liz. Him or me."
"Ethan, you can't seriously expect me to make that kind of decision."
"That's how it has to be."
"But, Ethan, you can trust me! I—I—I love you." More lies, Lizzie thought sadly to herself.
"I'd like to make everything go back the way they were, Lizzie, I really would…but—"
"But nothing, Ethan. Come on. Give it a chance. Gordo's off filming now and he'll be gone for like three weeks. We'll spend so much time together…we'll totally re-connect. What do you say?"
Ethan was silent for a minute. Lizzie assumed he was thinking it over. Finally he took a deep breath and said, "Lizzie, I can't. I'd love to, but I have work and things are just too complicated and confusing. You can't expect me to just forgive and forget, you know. Right now, things are too…" His voice trailed off. He suddenly said, "I can't, Lizzie. I'm not ready to face this…I'm sorry." He hung up the phone.
Lizzie pushed the 'Off' button on her phone and put it on the glass coffee table in front of her. A tear rolled down her cheek. His words had stung her, "I can't trust you…Promise me you'll never see David Gordon again…It's him or me, Liz. Him or me."
How can he make me choose like that? Between my friend and my fiancé. How do I choose? I just can't…you know what's funny, Lizzie? Once upon a time, you were so sure you and Ethan would be together forever…you swore you'd never give up Ethan for Gordo…and now you're considering it…but, things have changed a bit since then, haven't they? I mean, when I thought that, Gordo and I were just friends…now things are different. Things are different.
David Gordon was sitting on his own private jet, staring out the window, and thinking about the last few days. It was like a dream come true, bumping into Lizzie again. He'd never tell her this, but he'd come back to their hometown, wondering if she was still there, and hoping that he'd bump into her if she was. While their actual meeting was an accident, he can't deny that he'd tried to find her.
He glanced to the other side of the plane, where a couch-like seat was under another set of windows. He sighed and kept thinking. How could she do that to me? Even though I still love her, I was willing to look past that and just be friends with her, just like in middle and high school, because she's engaged to Ethan. I wonder if they're still engaged. I wouldn't blame Ethan if he broke up with her. Anyway, I was willing to be just friends, despite my feelings. Why'd she go and ruin it? I mean, kissing her was…amazing. I haven't felt that good in a long time…probably since I graduated from filming school. But even though I completely enjoyed the kiss, it just complicated everything. Who needs Hollywood? I'm living my own drama. Now there's issues with her and Ethan, and I don't know if she blames me at all for them or if she's mad at me or not. I don't know if we could be friends after this. I don't know if I should go back home in three weeks like I was going to…I should just stay and begin working as soon as possible, get everything started early. I don't think I could face her, anyway. Things are just too…different.
His thoughts were interrupted by the captain's voice on the speaker above his seat, "We're preparing to land, Mr. Gordon. Please fasten your seatbelt." Gordo saw no need in listening to the instructions, as he had never taken off his seatbelt in the first place. He sat back in his chair and forced Lizzie out of his mind by thinking about the new movie he was working and all the work he had to do.
A/N- sorry it's so short! I'll write more soon. Please review! Hope you liked the chapter!
Love,
DC