Tell It Like It Is
Chapter 4
"Lizzy Morgan is that you?"
Lizzy spun around on the squeaky tile floor and faced the voice that had chased her as she hustled down the white hallway. It came from behind a desk where a little brown haired girl sat staring at Lizzy as if she'd recently seen a ghost. Perhaps it was Lizzy that was the ghost. She couldn't tell anymore because in this white, uncontaminated hallway she certainly felt like she was dead.
"Georgie?"
Lizzy walked closer to the glass desk where the girl sat amongst a clutter of pictures of famous rock stars, phones, computers, and other technological stuff that even if Lizzy knew the name of she had absolutely no clue how to operate. The girl smiled and her entire face lit up with the action. She didn't seem surprised to see Lizzy, as if she'd been expecting it for months, but she did, however, look relieved.
She stood and quickly came around the desk, pulling off her headset and leaving a ringing phone to buzz away, and Lizzy noted how much this girl had grown since she'd last seen her. She'd been 16 at the time and wore jeans as if they were the key to civilization. Now she wore a cute little dress that was probably the product of a thousand dollars and some top designer. She wore fashionable wedges that Lizzy distinctly remembered drooling over in last month's issue of Glamour. She had a light powdered line of eye shadow dusted across her top eyelid but outside of that it seemed as though she wore absolutely no makeup. Everything about looking into the face of this girl reminded her that she wasn't 16 anymore but that Georgiana Darcy was now 23.
Except her smile. Lizzy thanked god that she still wore the genuine smile that drove the boys back home nuts.
"What are you doing here?" Georgie asked as she wrapped Lizzy into a comfortable hug that would have melted even the stiffest of hearts.
Lizzy relaxed in Georgie's arms and then stepped back to examine her more fully. Lizzy'd always known Georgie to be pretty but it was undeniable that she was now only able to be described as gorgeous.
"My boyfriend had a meeting about some sort of record-thingy," Lizzy replied absentmindedly and whirled her hand around by her ear dismissively. "He wanted me to drop him off or something."
Georgie's face reached a new level of delight as she went from sparkling with happiness to glowing with it. "Are you implying that your boyfriend is Christian the new vocalist my brother just signed?"
Lizzy tried not to wince and achieved a smile instead. "Yes I guess. I wasn't aware anything was signed yet though."
Georgie practically squeaked in excitement. "Oh my god! There is a god!"
"What?" Lizzy replied staring at the beautifully insane girl before her.
Georgie squeaked again. "This is too perfect. I mean I knew you'd show up eventually to save me from the evil sea witch but under these circumstances- Oh it's just so perfect!"
Lizzy took another step back from the girl as she squeaked again. She could easily assume who "the evil sea witch" was but how did the bizarre twist of fate about her boyfriend mean anything to the life of Georgie Darcy.
"Jo, are you okay?" she asked hesitantly and Georgie finally managed to regain her composure as she stepped back up to Lizzy excitedly.
"I'm sorry... I'm getting ahead of myself," she sighed pressing her hand to her chest to help cool her racing heart. "Will's engaged."
"I knew that. To Melanie Slaide."
Georgie smiled evilly. "Have you ever met Melanie Slaide?" she asked.
Lizzy nodded once.
"And what did you think of her?"
Lizzy hesitated for a second then remembered that this was Jo. This was Georgiana Darcy who she chaperoned on her first date and taught how to body surf. "She's a complete cow."
Georgie smiled again and shook in excitement. "I knew you'd show up eventually. There's no way fate would let my brother make the biggest mistake of my life."
Lizzy stopped and smiled. "You mean his life?"
Georgie dismissed the comment with a twirl of her hand just like Lizzy had done. "Will's miserable. He just won't admit it yet."
Lizzy shrugged. That was the worst type of miserable. The kind where it ends up biting you in the ass a couple of years down the road.
"But you're here now and with your boyfriend as Will's new little project he'll have to put up with having you around." Georgie was rambling as if Lizzy wasn't even around as she wondered around the hall and back to her desk to scribble a "Back in five minutes" note for her boss and led Lizzy out of the building.
She led Lizzy a couple of yards down the street and right into the little café that was frequented by her favorite person in the world.
"So do you have a plan yet?"
Lizzy joined in on the excited squeal for a moment. "No. But I have a book."
"A book?" Georgie's eyes got a mischievous glint as she smirked at Lizzy. "Would that book happen to be sponsored by my favorite editor at Sparkle Publishing?"
Lizzy smiled back. "I must say that it is."
"Oh god it's just so perfect." Georgie rolled her head back on her shoulders as if it were, perhaps, some sort of orgasmic experience. "We could torture her to no end."
Lizzy shrugged and smirked. "We could."
"I'm thinking that some sort of double date should be arranged. You bring Will back to the good old days and-"
"Um I don't think so," Lizzy interjected as a waitress came up to her and she quickly ordered a tropical smoothie after a short mental protest about the fact that it was nine dollars. "I don't think Will and I being in the same room is such a good idea."
Georgie rolled her eyes and looked slightly put out. "Oh come on Lizzy. You two were practically meant to be together."
Lizzy winced skeptically. "I used to think that for about an entire year after things ended. Like if I just waited it out that eventually we'd end up together but… Will's made his choices. I've made mine." Lizzy shrugged. "I'm so incredibly happy with my life right now."
Georgie leaned toward her from across the table and with a face of complete seriousness asked, "So do you think you'll marry Christian then?"
Lizzy looked at her as if she'd just been asked if she'd announced her engagement to a shark. "Oh god no."
"But-"
"I will never end up anywhere with Christian. But the thing with Will… I just got hurt so bad Georgie. I don't think I could ever willingly step back into that whole thing."
"So I have to put up with the sea witch all by myself?" Georgie whined looking sadly pathetic. Almost like a dead fish.
Lizzy grinned once again. "No." She then leaned forward to mirror Georgie's own pose. "Torturing Melanie Slaide is one thing I can definitely do."
Oh LIzzy Corey would be so proud of you if she could see you now.
The next chapter is... weelllllll its got some Will... and some Melanie... and possibly a little Georgie. Oh and maybe I forgot to mention that Lizzy's in it too.
Can you spell drama? (Obviously I can)
So what will you do to make me post it faster? (This is what I call blackmail)