Seventeen-year-old Lizzie McGuire and her friends Gordo and Miranda were taking out their books from their lockers at Hillridge High School. They were getting ready for class. Lizzie and Miranda were talking about girl stuff, something that Gordo was always annoyed wih.
"I really hope that Ethan Kraft comes to the dance on Friday," Lizzie said.
"Yeah, and I hope that Kate won't be there to mess things up," said Miranda.
"Me neither. I hope she doesn't ruin everything like she did last time."
"Yeah, but I don't think she'll do anything like that."
"Here's hoping."
Just then, Kate and her clique passed Lizzie and gave her an icy stare. Lizzie gave her an icy stare back.
"Wow," Miranda said. "She still hates you after all these years?"
"Yep," Lizzie says. "Let's just go." She flinged her backpack around her back and left for class with Miranda and Gordo.
The school bell rang, and they all went to Social Studies class. As they went inside the class the three friends sat next to each other. The teacher had an assignment for them. They were going to learn about goods and services, and needs and wants. She handed out a piece of paper with some questions on it. Lizzie had learned about needs, wants, goods and services in elementary school. She was very glad to learn about them again.
Later, Matt McGuire, now in his early teens, talked with his friend Lanny in the halls of Hillridge Junior High.
"So Lanny, I have an idea, we should make a telescope after school. What do you think?"
Lanny smiled and nodded his head.
"Okay, cool! But...we'll have to ask our art teacher for some metal things."
So they went inside the art classroom and walked up to the art teacher's desk.
"Hi," Matt said. "I was wondering if you have any metal to make a telescope?"
The art teacher smiled. "I think my husband has some metal to make one," she said. "I'll have to ask if he has any when I get home."
"Okay, thank you," Matt said. He and Lanny got out of the classroom, smiling.
"We did it, Lanny!" Matt whispered. "We are gonna have the best telescope ever!"
Meanwhile, Lizzie came home and put her backpack away, then went upstairs to look for something to wear for the school dance. Her mother came upstairs to help.
Lizzie took out a blue prom dress. "Mom, do you think this will look good for the prom?"
"Definitely," her mom said. "Try it on.
So Lizzie tried on the blue prom dress, then came bak to her room.
"I think it's the right size. It fits you pretty good."
Lizzie smiled, then changed into her regular clothes.
However, Matt was planning out ideas for the telescope he was going to make. He drew some telescope pictures for it and then showed it to everybody.
"Mom, Dad, what do you think?"
"I think it looks great," said Mr. McGuire. Mrs. McGuire nodded in agreement.
Lizzie rolled her eyes at Matt.
"Mine would be a lot better than yours," Lizzie said. "It would all be pink and sparkly."
Matt said, "But telescopes aren't pink and sparkly. They're just gray."
So then three days later Matt started building his telescope. Lizzie came home and found metal laying across the porch. She shook her head in disbelief.