Gordo gently led Lizzie back into the car so that he could drive them both back the Ethan's house. As she buckled up she looked up at him, "Gordo, will you at least think about it?"

He looked over at Lizzie "How can I not" He whispered. And it was true, his mind had been completely full with the thoughts and wishes of what Lizzie had offered. "I mean a chance to finish High School in a place where you have books, where I don't have to hide shit. Lizzie, it sounds great."

"You're 18, why can't you?"

Gordo smiled starting the car. "Chris" He whispered.

Lizzie looked up at him "What?"

"She kept me sane, during the worst part of my life Lizzie, I don't know if I could just leave her there."

Lizzie nodded sighing "But Gordo, you can't stay there."

"I know" He sighed, looking over at her. "I know Lizzie."

"Gordo, just please, I'll talk to my parents. I'll explain everything." She paused "Well almost everything. I don't think they need to know about the weekend they left for Dad's office halloween party and we had sex in half the rooms in the house."

David laughed, looking over at her, he pulled into Ethan's driveway. "If you tell them that, then I can guarantee that they won't let me stay. They probably won't let me come within twenty feet of you" He laughed leaning in and kissing her softly.

"Chris cares about you." Lizzie whispered, slightly out of breath as she looked up at him "she wouldn't want you to fuck things up just for her, just like I wouldn't."

"You like her?"

"I dunno" Lizzie said softly. I don't understand her by any stretch of the imagination. And I'll never be like her. Now that I know what she knows, I guess I could like her. But I'll never understand her."

Gordo nodded. "So should we go in?" He asked looking up at Ethan's house.

"And interrupt the probable sexcapades?" Lizzie asked laughing as she leaned in kissing Gordo again. "Hmmm maybe not"

Twenty minutes later they got out of the car, Lizzie smiled kissing Gordo lightly. "So should we knock really loud?" She laughed as Gordo closed his door. He grabbed her around the waist.

Lizzie laughed as he tightened his grip, David buried his head in her neck. "I dun want to let you go." He whispered, kissing up the bare skin of her shoulder, gently resting his lips against her cheek. "This weekend is too prefect."

"We've fought all weekend practically."

Gordo smiled. "But don't you see, we figured it out, we didn't just argue and argue and then get mad and split. We talked out everything."

Lizzie smiled, looking at him and smiling. "mkay, I'll agree with that."

"And I'm not lying to you anymore." David said softly. "You know me, now. Not just what I tell you."

Lizzie nodded. "Lets go on in. We'll talk to Ethan and Chris while we clean."

David shook his head "Nope." He grinned pulling Lizzie closer to him. "We can just wait for Chris to get bored with him and clean up all by herself."

Lizzie laughed "Gordo!"

"What?" He grinned tugging her arm lightly "Fine we'll go in and clean." He sighed as they walked in.

Ethan was laying back on the couch "God, I hate you Chris" He muttered.

"Oh god" Lizzie looked around. "I thought this would take all day!" She said looking around the sparkling clean house, all the furniture back in is original place.

Chris smiled walking in, carrying a tray of sandwiches. "Hey." She smiled putting the sandwiches down and straddling Ethan, lightly kissing him. "That wasn't so bad!"

"I told you" David grinned "She's a clean freak"

Lizzie laughed, grabbing a sandwich. "Wow Chris you got him to clean?"

"It wasn't fair, she kept on promising me that it would only take five minutes..." Ethan muttered as Chris laughed, falling back onto the couch. Ethan reached meekly for a sandwich but they were to far away. He sighed "the world hates me" He muttered. Chris sat up leaning over him, grabbing two for the both of them.

"So how did the visit with your mom go?" Chris asked handing Ethan a sandwich and laying back on the couch, her legs across Ethan's lap.

"Not very good." David sighed sitting on a bright white couch that only the night before had been covered with a drop cloth and various liquids. Lizzie sat primly next to him.

"Aww David" Chris sighed looking over at him. "I'm sorry."

"Actually Lizzie suggested something" He said looking up. "That I come back, I could live with her."

Chris smiled, she could see how uncomfortable he was just sitting there. "You need to talk?" She asked softly. David nodded and they both stood up, moving to the backyard.

David shut the door behind them, Chris smiled taking out a joint. "Wanna?" She asked as they climbed up the stairs to the porch on the second floor.

"Yeah" He whispered, his voice thick.

Chris lit it, taking a deep drag. She looked up at him, smiling as she exhaled. David grinned taking it.

The night before this was what he had been trying to recreate. The feeling of ease. There wasn't even a feeling he was doing something wrong. He grinned taking a hit, he wrapped his arm around her.

"I dun wanna leave you there alone." He whispered. "I mean I know I won't go back if I leave."

Chris smiled, resting her head against his shoulder. "I know." She said. "But you need to be here" She whispered.

"Lizzie said you'd say that."

"Lizzie was right." Chris laughed. "Look, maybe two weeks ago, I'd tell you to stick it out or that this wasn't the right place for you. Hell maybe even twenty hours ago I'd have said that" She whispered looking as out as the sun started to set on their second day there. "But you need this." She whispered turning to look at him carefully.

"I do?"

"Yeah" She whispered. "You need this more then anything. You're done with LA. And it will change you. And you needed that change." She smiled. "You needed to hit rock bottom, you needed to get stoned with me, you needed to have your perfect nice jewish boy idea of life ruined. So you can be the best, the most amazing film maker this world has seen."

"I'm gunna miss you" David whispered. "You don't know how much."

Chris smiled taking the joint from him, she took a hit then pulled him close shot gunning it to him. He pulled back, exhaling and then leaning in, kissing her.

The kiss was slow, the most unsexual thing a kiss can be. They both had people they needed to say good by to. Chris had to say good by to the boy who she had come closest to falling for. She had to say good bye to the possibility of Ethan, she had to run her hands through David's hair one last time as they worked out complex emotions that they couldn't express through lips and touches.

David had to say good bye to Gordo. He knew, as his lips touched Chris' again that she was right, he was different. And if he didn't acknowledge it then he wouldn't learn. And getting hit around was too painful not to learn from. He had to say good bye to Chris. Because he knew when they left this balcony they would only have spare moments together. He had to want her one last time to understand him.

Soon, before they realized it, Chris was pulling him over her, and they connected for a few minutes. It was uncomfortable, Chris was sure she had splinters in her back, but they had needed it. David kissed her again taking the joint from her and taking a deep hit as they sat on the balcony, Chris pulling on her jeans and leaning against David lightly.

"I'm gunna miss you" He said, whispering to her in the dark.

He pulled his pants up, buttoning them as he ran a hand through his hair. "How the fuck am I gunna explain it to Lizzie?"

Chris smiled "I will" She whispered, pulling her shirt on.

Sex had never been so unsexy.

Author's notes: Now, give me input, should the next chapter be them talking to Lizzie, or David packing up and moving? Notice: Chris never will break up David and Lizzie. They had sex, for connection, as a last real connection. She has no designs on David, in fact she was kinda hoping to fall for Ethan. Now you all know the drill, PLEASE review, I mean it! I've been wanting to put this in the story for a while (I knew from chapter two they'd have sex) And I want to know if I got my message through! So yeah, please review.