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Chapter 15

Gordo finished helping Mr. Sanchez with the rest of the things he needed to take. He had put a few boxes in his car and was going to drop them off at the Sanchez's before he went to the restaurant.

He had just put his car in drive when someone tapped on his passenger side window. He leaned over and rolled the window down.

"Hey Gordo." A red-headed girl said as she peered in at him.

"Hey Kelly."

"Kate was supposed to be my ride, but I can't find her now. Do you think you can give me a ride?" Gordo was little hesitant in his answer. He wasn't to sure about this girl, but he felt bad if she didn't have a ride.

" Sure, but I have to go by the Sanchez's house first." He told her as she climbed in.

"Cool." They headed towards Miranda's house. With both hands and both eyes on the road, Gordo was determined not to give this girl any impressions.

"So…Gordo…is that your real name?" She finally broke the silence between them.

"No." He said with a small laugh. "My name is David Gordon. When we were young, Lizzie couldn't say Gordon, and it came out Gordo, and well…it just stuck I guess."

"Ahhhh…that's cute David." She said as she reached over and touched his leg. Her fingers lingered on his thigh as she pulled her hand slowly away. Her finger nails scratched at the fabric of his pant leg and sent a chill down his spine. Gordo was about to say something, but she spoke before he could.

"This is such a cool car. What year is it?" Her hands now in her lap, like nothing ever happened.

"It's a '67." Gordo said, deciding not to say anything about her hands. Maybe she is just touchy-feely, Gordo thought.

"Well it's a hot car." She said causing Gordo to smile.

Fifteen year old Gordo watched his grandmother lying in the hospital bed. The doctors hadn't given her very long to live. She reached out and grabbed Gordo's hand and placed a small box in it. His face showed the confusion as he opened it and found a shiny brand-new key.

"It's to the mustang David." She said with a weak smile.

"But grandma…"

"But Mom…"

"Don't 'but me' you two. I just got done restoring that car and I'm not going to just let it sit there and go to waste. Plus, David is about to turn 16 and he needs a car." She said with a wink. Gordo leaned over and gave his grandmother a big hug.

"Thank you grandma." He whispered in her ear.

"Now, David, listen." She whispered as she pulled him closer. "If you tear this car up, I will haunt you for the rest of your life. But this car was made to have fun too. So don't drive it like a grandma either." She let him go and the two shared a laugh

He pulled onto Miranda's street. He still had a smile thinking about his grandma. She passed away a week after she gave him the car.

"I can't wait for tomorrow. Weddings are so romantic." She said with a starry-eyed look. Gordo hurriedly pulled into driveway, where he saw Mr. Sanchez coming out of the garage.

"Uh-huh." Gordo said as he rushed to get out of the car. He unloaded the boxes from my car and put them with the others in the garage.

"Thanks Gordo." Mr. Sanchez said. "It's such a nice night. I was thinking about taking the bike out."

"Oh…well…I was hoping…I mean…thinking you could just ride with us." Mr. Sanchez gave him a confused look. Gordo narrowed his eyes and shifted them towards Kelly then back to Mr. Sanchez. He seemed to understand.

"Well actually I was thinking that since I have to take Estella's car to the restaurant, maybe you could take it out. If it sits to long without running the gas…builds up in the…engine and…tends to…flood." He said with a slight smile. Gordo saw Kelly's eyes light up. She must be thinking she's riding with me, he thought. "And," Mr. Sanchez continued seeing the same thing in Kelly's eyes. "I only have one helmet, so Gordo, do you think you could take her out?"

"Really?" He wasn't sure Mr. Sanchez was thinking correctly.

"Yeah, why not!" Gordo was ecstatic, while Kelly had a disappointed look on her face. Gordo thought she was nice, but he didn't really want to have anything like that. For a moment he did think about go along with her, just to make Lizzie jealous. Or at least try, but he didn't want to screw things up anymore. He had tried to fix things with her, and he didn't want to screw it up now.

He watched as Mr. Sanchez and Kelly pulled out of the driveway on down the road. He strapped on the helmet and sat on the bike. It had been a long time since he had driven a motorcycle. He was little nervous, but he started it up and felt the rumble and the power of the engine underneath him. He slowly opened the throttle and went down the driveway. In the road he opened up the engine and sped off.

It felt good to have the wind in his face. The air was cool, but not too cold. The Cliff, the restaurant where the rehearsal dinner was being held, was on top of a lookout where you could see the whole city. Gordo arrived shortly after Mr. Sanchez and Kelly. He walked in and was escorted towards the back room that was adjacent to the balcony that overlooked the city.

The room was set up beautifully. Dimly lit, with candles on every table. The shinning of gold seemed to be everywhere. White and Gold roses lined the room. As Gordo walked in Miranda and Larry walked up to him. Larry shook his hand and Miranda gave him a hug.

"Thank you for being here Gordo." She whispered.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world. You look beautiful." He said and gave her a peek on the cheek.

"Thank you Gordo." Miranda pointed out his seat, which as Gordo had feared, was by Kelly.

"Umm…Miranda. About this Kelly…" He started to say.

"Gordo just sit down." She gave him a small push and went to the table. He took his seat by Kelly. Kate and Ethan and what Gordo assumed to be their significant others were the others at the table.

"Hey guys." He said as he sat down. Gordo met Kate's husband, Glenn Blevins, and Ethan's girlfriend, Laura. They made small talk and began dinner. Everything was going great. The food, the conversations; Gordo was having a great time. They played Miranda and Larry's wedding video while everyone ate. There where pictures of Miranda and Larry when they were young, and as they grew. Gordo had tears in his eyes as he saw many pictures of him, Lizzie and Miranda as little kids and young adults. He didn't remember all the times the pictures were taken, but he knew he was with his two best friends in them. Suddenly he felt a hand on his leg that was creeping up. Gordo slammed his hand down on the small warm hand that was on his leg. He turned to see a wide-eyed Kelly.

"Please stop." Gordo mouthed towards her. Her eyes filled with tears, embarrassment and anger as she quickly pulled her hand away. Gordo sighed silently in relief that he probably stopped her from doing anything else.

DING DING DING! Everyone turned towards Larry and Miranda as they stood up.

"We just wanted to thank all of you for being a part of this special day. We love each and every one of you. Thank you." Larry said, more confident than Gordo ever remembered him being. It was nice to see that he had come out of his shell. And to think Kate did that for him, Gordo thought with a little laugh.

Everyone was now standing and talking. Gordo made his way out of the loud crowded room. He was on the balcony breathing in the cool night air. He leaned over the railing and looked out at the town of Hillridge. It seemed so much smaller up there. He tried to see if he could find his house. Then tried to find Lizzie's.

"Lizzie." He said out loud. He tried a couple of time to talk to her after dinner, but it was impossible to get her alone. Gordo was lost in the sight of town, and the rising mountains in the distance that he didn't hear balcony door open behind him.

"Gordo." He spun around and saw her standing there. She was as beautiful as he had ever seen her. The moon caught curled blond hair, and her pink dress seemed to glow.

"Hi. You look great." He said reaching out to take her hand.

"Thank you. The same to you." She gave him her hand and which he kissed. "It's a little better to be outside with you with its not raining." She said with a nervous laugh.

"Yeah." Gordo too let out a slight laugh. The two stood there awkwardly for a moment, then Lizzie moved to the railing beside Gordo and looked out.

"It's so pretty up here." She said. "Hey you remember when me, you, Mark…and…oh what was her name… the girl you dating?"

"OH! Casey!"

"Yeah Casey. We came here on a double date, and you ending up taking me home and Mark took Casey home!" They both started laughing hard.

"Mark was all over her that night. So I started flirting with you to get Casey to leave me alone." Gordo said in between laughs. The two calmed down.

"Ohhhh. That was fun. Good memory." Gordo said. The two looked out over the moon lit horizon.

"Gordo, about last night. I…" Gordo held up his hand up.

"Lizzie don't. I've been thinking. Last night wasn't an accident or a mistake. It was something that we needed. Well at least I needed it. I didn't say goodbye to you when I left. Last night we said goodbye. I don't know about you but I need to say goodbye to you so I could move on. I needed last night. So there is no need to apologize or explain what happened. It happened and I needed it." Gordo looked over at her. She kept her eyes on the town below. She seemed like she was taking it all in.

"I needed it to Gordo. I needed to hear you say that you love me. And I had to tell you that I still loved you. I had to get it off my chest. When you kissed me, every moment we had ever had together flashed before me. It was almost like it was being released from some cage in my brain where I had stored all of our memories. I need to see them again, and to let the hurt go. I needed to say goodbye. You're right. We needed last night. To say goodbye." They stood there sinking in all the words.

"Well isn't this a sight." Lizzie and Gordo turned to see their best friend Miranda standing there looking at them. She smiled and walked towards them. "So what are you guys talking about?"

"Nothin." Gordo said with a smile.

"Yeah. Nothin." Lizzie said laughing. Miranda stood between them and leaned on the rail.

"Well whatever you guys are talking about, I'm just glad you are talking."

"We needed too." Lizzie said looking at Gordo.

"Yeah we did." Gordo looked back at her. All three friends sighed and looked out at the view. Miranda put her arms around the other two, and they put their arms around Miranda.

"Hey, didn't you guys go on a double date here once?"