We walked out of the movie theatre, confused to the core. We had just seen "The Sixth Sense" and the ending made no sense.

"Why couldn't his wife hear him?" Lizzie whined. "I'm so confused!"

"Maybe she was deaf," suggested Miranda.

"Yeah, but you'd think he'd know if his own wife was deaf," I said matter-of-factly.

"Don't you get it?" Gordo said in his usual frustrated voice, which basically meant, You guys are really dumb'. The three of us looked at each other and shook our heads at him. He sighed. "It meant that he was dead, too. That's why the kid could see him and that's why his wife was crying while she watched their wedding video."

Our jaws hung there for a moment while Gordo waited for one of us to say something.

"Ohhhh!" Lizzie finally exclaimed. "I get it!" Gordo smiled at her, happy that someone understood. Why did he smile at her?

"Well, I got it, too," I jumped in. "I just don't think it was that interesting. I mean, it's just kinda dumb."

"That's just cause you're dumb, Kate," Miranda snickered. I flashed her an annoyed sneer, and played it off like I was joking, but I wasn't.

The four of us walked out of the movie theatre in silence, Miranda to my left, Lizzie to my right and Gordo to her right. We were like the FourMusketeers. The Four Amigos. I don't know! There aren't any famous groups of four. Well, except 98º and they're not even that good.

There was less than a week until the first day of 5th grade, and us Four Amigos--Lizzie, Miranda, Gordo and me, Kate--were going in with a bang. This would be the year we would finally become popular! We kinda planned this without letting Gordo know, and then he said that if we did become popular, he would ditch us for–get this–Larry Tudgeman! I don't see why anyone would choose Larry over popularity, but then again, Gordo is really weird.

Lizzie started to sing "Genie in a Bottle" really loud while I bounced up and down hyperactively. Gordo and Miranda both groaned.

"Please, no more torture! I don't deserve it! I'm a good boy! I do my homework, I brush my teeth, I eat my vegetables! Please, just stop!" Gordo yelled with his hands over his ears as he walked along.

"I know! I definitely agree!" Miranda exclaimed. He smiled at her. That smile again! Why didn't I ever get that smile? "Christina is sooo copying off of Britney! Britney's way cooler!"

Gordo groaned.

"That wasn't what I had in mind," he said flatly.

Gordo was weird. I didn't really get him. I mean, he used big words like "nonconformity" and "socioeconomic" which didn't do anything but confuse us. He acted way too adult-like sometimes, like Principal Laurich or my dad when he got mad. But he was really cool when he wasn't trying to teach us something. He was Jewish, which meant he could never do anything with us on Saturdays. So went out on Sundays, like we did today. His real name was David Gordon but we called him Gordo becauseumm, I'm not really sure why. I think Lizzie made it up. He had floppy dark brown curls and dark blue eyes and he was really short, like, 4'5" or something but I thought he was really cute. I would never tell Lizzie or Miranda that cause they'd think I was weird like him, too. But I just thought he was really nice (when he wasn't being all adult-like) and cool and smart and I didn't understand why he wasn't more popular than Danny Kessler because Danny Kessler is really ugly!

Miranda kept walking along and hummed "Baby One More Time" to herself. I thought she was kinda weird, too. That's why she got along so well with Gordo, probably. She wasn't quite as smart or adult-like but she did do some weird stuff. Like the way she wears her long black hair sometimes is really really odd but kinda cool at the same time. She was Spanishno wait, she spoke Spanish. She spoke Spanish and she was from Mexico. Or I think her mom was, or her grandmother. Anyway, she was part Mexican and she spoke some Spanish sometimes and that confused me, too. Her last name was Sanchez, which, according to her, was a Mexican name. She was pretty tall, like, 4'9" but still a lot shorter than me. She was the craziest of all of us and she'd always come up with crazy dares whenever we played Truth or Dare. She was really brave, unlike me and Lizzie, who were really cowardly. She didn't like me very much, but I didn't mind because I didn't like her much either, because she was sorta mean to me at times. Plus, she has a huge crush on Danny Kessler! Yuck!

Lizzie kept singing and bouncing up and down with me. Elizabeth Brooke McGuire was her full name, but what kind of weirdo would want to say all that? She was 4'6" and had light hazel eyes that sparkled and looked glittery, and really pretty blonde hair. I was so jealous. My dad told me that I'm allowed to dye my hair when I turn 14. I can't wait to be a blonde! Lizzie was my best friend of the three because she was the nicest to me. She was the one who actually wanted to be friends with me when I came to this school in 2nd grade. She helped me out and we instantly were best friends! I can't imagine not being friends with her because she is so cool to me and protects me when Miranda and Gordo want to gang up on me. We think the same and we talk the same and we like the same things. She is my truest friend and I never want to lose her.

And here I was, Kate Sanders. The freakishly tall (5'0"!) soon-to-be-5th-grader who was best friends with Lizzie, Miranda, and Gordo. I had light brown hair and brown eyes. Was I boring or what? To make matters worse, unlike Lizzie and Miranda, who don't even need a training bra yet, I'm already "becoming a woman"! It's really embarrassing. And then there's the fact that my eyes are really squinty. I didn't choose to look like this, but people stare at me anyway. I feel like such a circus freak. I want to be pretty, like Lizzie. Or even Miranda. Gosh, I'd settle for looking as pretty as Parker McKenzie if it means I don't have to be ugly Kate Sanders anymore.

But it was okay. Because this year, things would change. The Four Amigos would become popular. Together. Even if it killed us.

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