Chapter 9

The happy couple sat next to each other on the bus holding each other's the entire time and they enjoyed the company of each other very much without one word being spoken. For Gordo this entire thing still felt a little bit too good to be true, somehow he had that nagging feeling that this was all a dream that he would soon wake up from. Because he wanted to put those thoughts to rest for now he said: "So how do you think will Miranda react if we tell her about us?" Lizzie turned away from the nice view out of the bus window and replied with a smile on her face: "I think that she will be happy for the both of us and I don't know about you but I can't wait for her to come back from Mexico. "

"I missed her very much since she went on the family vacation to Mexico and I'm really happy that the Three Amigos will be reunited on Saturday." Gordo replied and he already knew that they also agreed on doing everything possible to avoid that she would feel as the third wheel because nothing would be able to tear apart this friendship between them. Lizzie couldn't help but think how weird it would be at first to start the new school with Gordo being her boyfriend, because all these years she had been busy chasing after Ethan Craft that she never considered in a million years that Mister Right had been right in front of her all the time: Gordo, the other best friend besides Miranda who had supported in good and bad times.

Her train of thought got interrupted by Gordo as he asked: "Any idea on what you're going to eat tonight at "Alfredo's"? She had to think about that question for quite a while before she answered:

"I haven't thought about that yet and it's not going to be easy deciding, because they have so much delicious meals on the menu card."

He smiled at her as she said that and he knew for sure that this was going to be a great evening, that he wouldn't forget anytime soon and for a short moment he got lost in her wonderful eyes. I will never break your heart and I can't even express in words how much you mean to me. He thought to himself and right now he felt like the happiest person in the whole wide world. He didn't realize that he had spaced out for a few minutes until Lizzie started to wave a hand in front of his face and said: "Hey Earth to Gordo wake up." Very quickly he snapped out of his little trance, feeling so much embarrassed like he never did before and his date couldn't help but chuckle:

"There you are again, for a few minutes you looked exactly like one of those old statues that stands in a museum."

"No I did not, I was just …." He started to say before she cut him off by saying: "Drooling Gordo, you were busy with that one only thing and there's totally no use in denying it."

"I wasn't drooling and don't you dare saying otherwise again or I'll tickle you to death." He said doing his best to keep a straight face but she wasn't intimated by that one bit and replied:

"You can't scare me with that one bit!"

"And I think that you couldn't be more wrong about that Mc Guire." He answered back and before she could he started a surprise tickle attack on her. She tried her best to keep in the laughter but it was no use: She couldn't stop laughing anymore, even if they were not alone on this bus but that didn't matter much to both of them right now.

Lizzie laughed so much that she shed some tears out of pure joy and as she had composed herself again, she waved a white tissue in front of Gordo's face and said still kind of out of breath a little bit:

"Okay you've got, I surrender." The happy couple got out of the bus at the next stop and as Gordo kissed her on her cheek, Lizzie couldn't help but feel like she was on the top of the world right now.

The restaurant wasn't very far away from the bus stop and during their short walk to "Alfredo's" they both looked at the stars for a while before Lizzie said: "Isn't that a beautiful view that you have when you take the time and look at the stars? "

Both of them stopped at one street light for a moment and Gordo answered back: "Yes the stars are beautiful as always but not as beautiful as you Lizzie Mc Guire." She didn't know how to respond to that sweet compliment at first because she was so flattered by that but then she kissed him on his right cheek: "That's so sweet of you to say and it means a lot to me."

She smiled at him brightly and he thought as he got lost in her wonderful looking eyes again: I love the way the she smiles, it always makes me forget about my troubles when I have a bad day. The happy couple stood there for a few more minutes looking at the stars for a bit, enjoying the wonderful view of the evening sky before they continued their way to the Restaurant. They looked forward to enjoy a wonderful evening and it took a few more minutes until they reached "Alfredo's", where Gordo had reserved a table for them because it was a very popular restaurant in Hillridge. Once they had reached their table Gordo pulled out the chair from under it for his date, she shortly thanked him for that nice gesture and then sat down.

They looked through the menu card and they really had a hard time choosing the meal they wanted to eat tonight because the selection was really wide. She took one minute to look at Gordo's outfit again and had to admit to that she pretty impressed by it: I never imagined that I would say this but he looks really cute in the tux tonight. She quickly then focused her attention back to her menu card before he would discover that she was staring at him and tried her best to narrow down her meal choices to two least.

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