Summertime Changes
What happens when Miranda comes back to town after her visit to Mexico to find her two best friends, dating each other?
Written by Starcraze
A/N- This is my first Lizzie McGuire fic, so please be kind. You can give me flames if you really want. Also please be warned, this fic focuses on Miranda and her issues more than the L/G romance. L/G are important characters, but their relationship isn't really explored. Oh, and Ethan might be a bit out of character.
Disclaimer: I don't own them, but you already knew that.
Chapter 1
Miranda Sanchez was back. Not happy, but back. After spending the past five months in Mexico with her sick grandmother and missing the end of middle school, she had been so excited.coming back and starting high school with her two best friends, Lizzie McGuire and David "Gordo" Gordon. Coming back to what she knew. She had missed them so much when she was gone. And now here she was, sitting in the Digital Bean. Alone and probably destined to be that way forever. Things sure had changed while she was gone.
Miranda took a sip from her ice tea and stared down at the new ping sparkly plastic ring on her finger. "Is it me, or did everyone grow up while I was gone?" she mumbled to herself. She looked around the room, filled with people she had known practically all of her life. Couples, holding hands, kissing, laughing. Apparently "dating" was the new in thing to do. And there in the corner was the worst one of all, Lizzie and Gordo.holding hands and being all cute. Being a couple.
Funny, she remembered the day she came home vividly. As her car pulled up to the house, Lizzie and Gordo were there waiting for her. Miranda ran to them jumping up and down the whole way. As the three best friends hugged, they chattered excitedly about nothing really. Lizzie and Gordo asked about her grandmother, who was now doing fine.
After they had calmed down a bit, over lunch, Miranda had started to notice a few changes. Lizzie and Gordo kept exchanging looks and casually finding ways to touch one another. Gordo especially seemed distant from Miranda and there was some sort of closeness between the other two Miranda couldn't quite put her finger on.
Miranda put down her peanut butter and banana sandwich, and old favorite of hers and Gordos. "Guys-spill.what's up with you two?" She looked pointedly at her friends.
Lizzie smiled and started to stammer as only she could do. "Up? There's nothing up." Miranda knew that look in Lizzie's eyes. Something was up. Finally Gordo opened his mouth. "Lizzie, we should tell her. We owe it to Miranda to be honest and truthful with her." He gave Lizzie's hand a reassuring squeeze.
"Okay", Lizzie began. "Here goes. Me and Gordo are sort of dating", she spit out.
Miranda's eyes flew open with shock as she knocked over her chair. "Sort of dating? What does sort of dating mean anyway? How long.when.WHY?" Miranda knew she was getting loud, but just what was going on here.
"It just happened Miranda. Really. Around the time of graduation, but I think it had been building for awhile. It's just that we finally realized the intensity of our emotions when you were gone", Gordo stated.
Miranda picked up her chair and sat back down staring at her sandwich, trying to absorb the whole situation. "So you're saying I was in your way before, of you two getting together. Good to know", she quipped.
Lizzie grabbed Miranda's arm. "No, you have to believe me. It's not like that. You were, still are my best friend. I could never hurt you on purpose.
"Ditto", Gordo added.
"And you didn't tell me?", Miranda asked.
Lizzie looked at Gordo. "We just thought it would be better to wait until you came back. You had enough to deal with with your grandmother."
Miranda looked down at the table and asked the question she was scared to ask. "So what happens now? I mean with us. We can't still all be best friends."
Gordo looked at Miranda and then Lizzie. "We can, but it will just be different. I guess we'll just have to see what happens when school starts next week. But I got to go, I promised my dad I'd watch this documentary on Aboriginal mating rituals with him this afternoon."
Gordo stood to leave as did Lizzie. "Yea, I um.promised my mom I'd clean my room or I can't hang out tonight". She hugged Miranda again. "I'm glad you're home. Call you later and we'll talk".
And then Miranda remembered, they were gone. Gordo and Lizzie together. And she was alone. She had gone up to her room and cried, which was something she rarely ever did and prided herself on not doing. But after the emotional roller coaster she'd been riding for the past several months with her grandmother's illness, it was something she'd been doing more and more as of late.
She knew Lizzie and Gordo weren't trying to hurt her, but that's the way it felt. They had always been best friends, the three of them. They shared everything-gossip, advice, cupcakes. Miranda had other school friends, but she didn't really hang out with them. Lizzie, Gordo and her were the Three Musketeers and she didn't want that to change. Miranda grabbed a tissue to dry her eyes.
And here it was, a week later and she was still miserable. She had barely seen her "best friends" and she had no classes with either of them at their new school. Oh, but wait, Kate Saunders was in every one of her classes. Just her luck.
Miranda glances at Lizzie and Gordo again. Now they were staring dreamily at each other over a piece of apple pie they were sharing. She was happy for them, sort of, and she wasn't totally surprised that they were dating. Gordo had always been Lizzie's friend before hers, always took Lizzie's side in fights, always complimenting her and boosting her morale when she got down on herself. Miranda had noticed some things in the past year or two-how upset Lizzie got when Gordo had starting seeing Brooke, how upset Lizzie was when Gordo tried going to high school early. She had seen Gordo get jealous when Lizzie dated Ronnie. But Miranda really hadn't thought anything would come of it, not yet anyway.
Plus, the first day of school had been horrific. Everybody knew about Lizzie and Gordo of course and kept giving Miranda these sympathetic looks all day long. Lizzie and Gordo were nowhere to be seen and she had to put up with Kate and her cheerleading buddies all day. When they had to pair up in gym class, for the first time in Miranda's life she had no one to turn to. Mr. Parsons, the PE teacher had taken pity on her and been her partner for volleyball drills.
So here, she was, at the Digital Bean by herself. She had never felt quite this pathetic before.
"Um, Excuse me?"
Miranda looked up to see Evan Brands, one of the football jocks staring down on her. "Yes?"
"Umm", Evan said slowly. "I was wondering, since you're alone and all."
Miranda smiled. Maybe her day was about to get better.
"Can I take this extra chair over to my table? My girlfriend need a place to sit", Evan finished triumphantly.
Miranda's face fell. "Take the stupid chair", she muttered as she grabbed her book bag and stormed out the door. She needed air and she could feel months of emotions welling up inside of her. The last thing she needed was to start crying in front of everyone. Tears wet her eyes threatening to fall down her cheeks. Great. Now besides being known as a friendless loser she would also be known in high school as a crybaby friendless loser. This was not her day.
What happens when Miranda comes back to town after her visit to Mexico to find her two best friends, dating each other?
Written by Starcraze
A/N- This is my first Lizzie McGuire fic, so please be kind. You can give me flames if you really want. Also please be warned, this fic focuses on Miranda and her issues more than the L/G romance. L/G are important characters, but their relationship isn't really explored. Oh, and Ethan might be a bit out of character.
Disclaimer: I don't own them, but you already knew that.
Chapter 1
Miranda Sanchez was back. Not happy, but back. After spending the past five months in Mexico with her sick grandmother and missing the end of middle school, she had been so excited.coming back and starting high school with her two best friends, Lizzie McGuire and David "Gordo" Gordon. Coming back to what she knew. She had missed them so much when she was gone. And now here she was, sitting in the Digital Bean. Alone and probably destined to be that way forever. Things sure had changed while she was gone.
Miranda took a sip from her ice tea and stared down at the new ping sparkly plastic ring on her finger. "Is it me, or did everyone grow up while I was gone?" she mumbled to herself. She looked around the room, filled with people she had known practically all of her life. Couples, holding hands, kissing, laughing. Apparently "dating" was the new in thing to do. And there in the corner was the worst one of all, Lizzie and Gordo.holding hands and being all cute. Being a couple.
Funny, she remembered the day she came home vividly. As her car pulled up to the house, Lizzie and Gordo were there waiting for her. Miranda ran to them jumping up and down the whole way. As the three best friends hugged, they chattered excitedly about nothing really. Lizzie and Gordo asked about her grandmother, who was now doing fine.
After they had calmed down a bit, over lunch, Miranda had started to notice a few changes. Lizzie and Gordo kept exchanging looks and casually finding ways to touch one another. Gordo especially seemed distant from Miranda and there was some sort of closeness between the other two Miranda couldn't quite put her finger on.
Miranda put down her peanut butter and banana sandwich, and old favorite of hers and Gordos. "Guys-spill.what's up with you two?" She looked pointedly at her friends.
Lizzie smiled and started to stammer as only she could do. "Up? There's nothing up." Miranda knew that look in Lizzie's eyes. Something was up. Finally Gordo opened his mouth. "Lizzie, we should tell her. We owe it to Miranda to be honest and truthful with her." He gave Lizzie's hand a reassuring squeeze.
"Okay", Lizzie began. "Here goes. Me and Gordo are sort of dating", she spit out.
Miranda's eyes flew open with shock as she knocked over her chair. "Sort of dating? What does sort of dating mean anyway? How long.when.WHY?" Miranda knew she was getting loud, but just what was going on here.
"It just happened Miranda. Really. Around the time of graduation, but I think it had been building for awhile. It's just that we finally realized the intensity of our emotions when you were gone", Gordo stated.
Miranda picked up her chair and sat back down staring at her sandwich, trying to absorb the whole situation. "So you're saying I was in your way before, of you two getting together. Good to know", she quipped.
Lizzie grabbed Miranda's arm. "No, you have to believe me. It's not like that. You were, still are my best friend. I could never hurt you on purpose.
"Ditto", Gordo added.
"And you didn't tell me?", Miranda asked.
Lizzie looked at Gordo. "We just thought it would be better to wait until you came back. You had enough to deal with with your grandmother."
Miranda looked down at the table and asked the question she was scared to ask. "So what happens now? I mean with us. We can't still all be best friends."
Gordo looked at Miranda and then Lizzie. "We can, but it will just be different. I guess we'll just have to see what happens when school starts next week. But I got to go, I promised my dad I'd watch this documentary on Aboriginal mating rituals with him this afternoon."
Gordo stood to leave as did Lizzie. "Yea, I um.promised my mom I'd clean my room or I can't hang out tonight". She hugged Miranda again. "I'm glad you're home. Call you later and we'll talk".
And then Miranda remembered, they were gone. Gordo and Lizzie together. And she was alone. She had gone up to her room and cried, which was something she rarely ever did and prided herself on not doing. But after the emotional roller coaster she'd been riding for the past several months with her grandmother's illness, it was something she'd been doing more and more as of late.
She knew Lizzie and Gordo weren't trying to hurt her, but that's the way it felt. They had always been best friends, the three of them. They shared everything-gossip, advice, cupcakes. Miranda had other school friends, but she didn't really hang out with them. Lizzie, Gordo and her were the Three Musketeers and she didn't want that to change. Miranda grabbed a tissue to dry her eyes.
And here it was, a week later and she was still miserable. She had barely seen her "best friends" and she had no classes with either of them at their new school. Oh, but wait, Kate Saunders was in every one of her classes. Just her luck.
Miranda glances at Lizzie and Gordo again. Now they were staring dreamily at each other over a piece of apple pie they were sharing. She was happy for them, sort of, and she wasn't totally surprised that they were dating. Gordo had always been Lizzie's friend before hers, always took Lizzie's side in fights, always complimenting her and boosting her morale when she got down on herself. Miranda had noticed some things in the past year or two-how upset Lizzie got when Gordo had starting seeing Brooke, how upset Lizzie was when Gordo tried going to high school early. She had seen Gordo get jealous when Lizzie dated Ronnie. But Miranda really hadn't thought anything would come of it, not yet anyway.
Plus, the first day of school had been horrific. Everybody knew about Lizzie and Gordo of course and kept giving Miranda these sympathetic looks all day long. Lizzie and Gordo were nowhere to be seen and she had to put up with Kate and her cheerleading buddies all day. When they had to pair up in gym class, for the first time in Miranda's life she had no one to turn to. Mr. Parsons, the PE teacher had taken pity on her and been her partner for volleyball drills.
So here, she was, at the Digital Bean by herself. She had never felt quite this pathetic before.
"Um, Excuse me?"
Miranda looked up to see Evan Brands, one of the football jocks staring down on her. "Yes?"
"Umm", Evan said slowly. "I was wondering, since you're alone and all."
Miranda smiled. Maybe her day was about to get better.
"Can I take this extra chair over to my table? My girlfriend need a place to sit", Evan finished triumphantly.
Miranda's face fell. "Take the stupid chair", she muttered as she grabbed her book bag and stormed out the door. She needed air and she could feel months of emotions welling up inside of her. The last thing she needed was to start crying in front of everyone. Tears wet her eyes threatening to fall down her cheeks. Great. Now besides being known as a friendless loser she would also be known in high school as a crybaby friendless loser. This was not her day.