Chapter 33

No matter how much he had tried to get it out of his mind, in his head the moment where his former girlfriend kissed another guy right in front of him was still bugging him very much and of course that was something that he had wanted to avoid at all costs. Does that mean that I still have feelings for her? I really hope not! Because I promised myself to move on, after she had betrayed me a couple of years ago but now it's kind of looking like that this easier said than done at the end. As he thought for one moment about the reason, why his mind was playing this evil game with him by bringing up one of the worst days in his life again he thought: Maybe this whole thing comes back to haunt me now, because one part of my mind wants to tell me how much I'm afraid to get my feelings hurt again.

He finally decided that it was better to not think about the whole thing that much, as he already kind of could feel his head start to hurt a little bit and started to rub his forehead. Maybe watching some TV will put my mind finally to rest a little for now, as I don't want to toss and turn in my bed all night and won't be able to get myself out of the bed the next morning as a result. He thought while he got up from his chair at the little grey desk in room and then made himself comfortable on the bed on the other side of the room. Since his favorite show had been over by now, he switched through the channels a little and tried his best to find something interesting to watch at this late hour. There was one thing that he had no doubt about at this point:

Sure, he had felt some special connection between him and Miranda right from the beginning but he knew that it was for the best to take things slow, instead of rushing into another relationship. Of course, it wasn't like he wanted to feel miserable about his broken heart over the next few years, but to him it still kind of felt like yesterday when his ex-girlfriend had thrown away their long-lasting relationship just like that and because of that this wasn't something that he could forget that easily.

The next day

As always, her little brother Matt was taking his time in the bathroom, as he loved to anger his big sister and even if Lizzie was kind of used to this thing it was still something that was getting so much on her nerves. "Matt! Get out of there now or I'm going to be late to school because of you!" While Lizzie continued to hammer on the door, trying to get the attention of her little brother but it seemed like he had chosen to ignore her. Meanwhile in the bathroom Matt was standing in front of the mirror, the headphones of his Walkman on his ears and used a toothbrush as a microphone, as he was pretending to sing along with the current song that was playing.

Five Minutes later Lizzie was starting to get nervous as she looked at the watch on her right arm and as her brother left her no choice she screamed: "Mom! Matt is blocking the bath too long and I'm going to be late for school!" Her daughter's scream for help didn't go by Jo unnoticed and she couldn't help to roll her eyes, sigh loudly as she said to her husband:

"Here we go again and it's a shame that we don't have the room to give her an own bathroom." Sam felt the pain of her wife and of course he hated the fact, that Matt always had so much non sense in his head instead of doing something useful.

"Matthew Mc Guire open this door right now; I'm counting to 3. 1…2…"

Shortly before Jo Mc Guire had reached the last number in the row, Matt finally decided that it was for the best to open the door now and a now happy Lizzie, kissed her mom on the right cheek and said: "Thanks Mom and you're the best."

To her it felt like her brother was opening the door a little bit too slow, so she decided to help him with it a little bit and she couldn't help to shove him a little bit out of the way, as she really needed to hurry with getting ready for the day and said: "Get out of my way, you little dweeb!" Then she disappeared into the bathroom without saying another word, as it's kind of felt a little bit like time was moving faster as usual.

Meanwhile in the house of the Gordon's, Gordo was already ready to go as guys didn't take that much time in the bathroom to get ready for the day. Of course, both parents had told each other, that their kids had started dating in the first week where it had started and his mom couldn't stop talking about how glad she was about the fact that those two had finally found each other for quite some time. Of course, also Gordo had to admit to himself, that he was still kind of floating around on Cloud Nine because of the fact that it sometimes felt like a dream that he might wake up from at any moment.

At the same time in the house, where Ryan lived with his family, he had a lot of trouble getting up today, as he didn't sleep a lot last night because of the nightmare concerning his ex-girlfriend had caused him to toss and turn the large part of the night. His feelings concerning Miranda were still in conflict: Did he want to stay just friends with her or let be more at some point in the future?

AN: Will Ryan be able to talk about his emotional rollercoaster that he's on right now?

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