Disclaimer-I own nothing of Lizzie McGuire.

Rating-G

Title-The Great Hillridge Cookie Caper

We were up in our secret criminal hide out uhhhhh well truthfully I guess it was more like we were up in our tree house hide out when we heard the loud voice coming from below.

" MICHAEL GORDON ARE YOU UP THERE!?!"

Uh oh I thought as I inched closer to the open window and took a quick peek out.Uh no it's her! She came home early! Man it's a good thing we pulled the tree house ladder up after we made our get away from the robbery.

"It's the Fuzz!"I said as I turned from the window and looked over at my partner in crime.You know for somewhat of a cool dude who helped me pull off this big heist he sure did start to look worried over the fact that we might get busted.

"MICHAEL GORDON YOU ANSWER ME RIGHT THIS SECOND YOUNG MAN!"came another shout from below"ARE YOU UP THERE!?!?"

"UH NO! THERE'S NO ONE UP HERE!"I yelled down.But than I groaned to myself when I stopped and thought what a stupid move that was.

"MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER GORDON YOU COME TO THAT WINDOW RIGHT THIS SECOND YOUNG MAN!"came another shout from below.

"Oh no the triple name mommy yell."my partner groaned out next to me"We're in some big trouble now."

I could only nod my head at that obvious statement.The fact wasn't IF we're in trouble the fact is how much trouble are we in.

I turned to look back at my partner who was still on the floor looking worried."How much time in the Big House will we get for cookie theft?"I asked him.

"Oh with the amount of cookies we hauled off,we're looking at something like five years if we're lucky."my partner replied from the floor.

FIVE YEARS!?!,I thought to myself as I started counting on my fingers.

"That'll make me eleven when I get out!"I shouted at my partner who only smiled and nodded his head at me"I'll be an old man than!"

"I'M STILL WAITING YOUNG MAN!"came the shout from below.

Well I guess it's time to face the music I thought as I stood up and looked down at her through the window.Oh boy does she look mad.

"Uhhh hi mom." was all I could think to say as I looked down at the Fuzz and waved at her.

"Don't you hi mom me young man!"she said as she crossed her arms and glared up at me"Where are my cookies?"

"Cookies?"I said trying to play dumb.Hey it's worked for my partner in crime before when mom was mad at him!

"Yes my cookies young man!"Mom said in a loud voice"That tray of cookies you spent all day watching me make. The same cookies you watched me put in the refrigerator to cool off before I went grocery shopping!"

"Oh those cookies!"

"Yeah those cookies!"said mom with her frown only getting bigger"The cookies that I'm suppose to take to the PTA meeting tonight! The cookies that are no longer in the refrigerator cooling off!"

"She looks mad."I said as I turned to look down at my partner who was still hiding on the floor"I think your right we're in some big trouble."

"Does she have her arms crossed?"my partner asked.

"Uh huh"I said as I looked down at the Copper below"She's even tapping her foot too."

"Oh boy"my partner said starting to look more nervous"Does she have that Mom Stare Of Death look that she's famous for on her face?"

"Oh yeah big time"I said looking back down at the mad woman standing on the ground below us.

"Oh boy are we going to get it now."my partner said nervously,but than looked up with a big smile on his face"But you know if we get back to destroying the evidence she'll have nothing to pin the crime on us with."

What a great idea I thought as I turned away from the window.Man I knew I kept him around for some reason! With a laugh I jumped back down on the ground next to him and we started shoveling chocolate chip cookies in our mouths as fast as we could.

"DAVID GORDON ARE YOU UP THERE WITH HIM TOO!!"came the shout from the Fuzz below.

"UHMMNNOINGH!!!!"came the mumbled yell from my partner as he tried to yell and shovel more cookies into his mouth.

"THE BOTH OF YOU GET DOWN HERE THIS SECOND!!"

Quickly we swallowed the last of the cookies and hide the pan under an old blanket that we used on those cold winter days while in the tree house.Than we threw the ladder down to the ground and both stood at the hole in the floor looking at one another.

"You first."I said to my partner and gestured toward the ladder.

"Oh no that's quite alright you can go ahead of me."my partner replied frowning after looking down and seeing how mad mommy looked.

"Uh uh"I said shaking my head"I ain't going first."

With a sigh my partner started climbing down the ladder and was soon on the ground.I watched and laughed at how as soon as his feet hit the ground he quickly moved over and stood at attention in front of the Fuzz that we call Mom.Now maybe if she starts in on him she'll forget about me up here.That way maybe I could sneak back into the house later after dark and get my money out of my Kermit the Frog piggy bank.Than maybe I could make it into town and than buy a bus ticket so I could make a fast get away.I should probably get a ticket to Timbuktu or LA,whichever one was the farthest away.Maybe if I.....

"MICHAEL GORDON! I SAID GET DOWN HERE THIS SECOND YOUNG MAN!"

Oh well there went that idea I thought as I grabbed the ladder and quickly slid down it and went over to stand at attention next to my partner.

"Now I'm only going to ask this one more time"said Mom as she walked over to face me and dad with her arms still folded"Where are my cookies?"

"What cookies are you talking about dear?"asked dad as he looked down at me with a puzzled look on his face and than back up at mommy"We haven't seen any cookies,have we son?"

"Nope not a one dad."I replied.

"Uh huh"said the Fuzz as she squatted down level to me and looked at my face.She than ran her finger down the corner of my mouth,stood up and showed the finger to my partner"Well than David how about you telling me than what is this brown stuff that seems to be covering the corners of both of your mouths?"

"Uhh... well you see Miranda.....uhhhh"Dad stammered out trying to come up with a good cover story to explain away this new evidence found by the Fuzz.He looked down at me but I could only shrug my shoulders.Than dad came up with something brilliant "If I'm not mistaken we have the right to remain silent!"

"Oh no you don't!" said Mom "This is Judge Miranda Gordon court here and so I hear by rule that there is no right to remain silent to be found here for you two crooks!"

"Than forget it cooper! Because we ain't squealing on one another!" Dad said and looked down at me where I nodded my head in agreement.

"Well in that case."the Fuzz said as she crossed her arms and started glaring at us again"Since the two of you can't come up with an plausible defense on why this chocolate is on my finger I here by sentence you both to solitaire confinement in your rooms.And while your up there I want both of you to think real hard about what you've done.And I also want you both to think about how I'm going to have to hurry up and cook up a whole new batch of cookies before the PTA meeting tonight!"

With our heads down in shame we started walking back toward the house on our way to our rooms.But as we entered the room out of view of the Fuzz uhhhh mom,dad elbowed me.As I looked up at him he smiled at me and stuck his hand into his pocket and pulled out a huge cookie.When we got to the door of my bedroom he broke the cookie in half and handed part of it to me.With a smile still on his face he took his half and went down the hall toward his bedroom.As I walked into my room munching on my half of the cookie I could only think of one thing and that was.

My partner in crime is a pretty cool dude and a pretty cool dad.

The End