Lamb of God
It's the summer after their sophomore year in college and Lizzie and Kate join a cult after their lives and their friend's lives fall to pieces.
A/N: I do not own Lizzie McGuire and friends. I'm just expanding on what Disney has already provided.
Preface: Lizzie and everybody are all sophomores at the same college and they are a week away from heading off to their various summer destinations. Matt and friends are seniors in high school and graduate in a few weeks.
Chapter One: The Front Lawn
"Can you believe that in a week, we'll be allowed to officially call ourselves juniors?" Lizzie asked her friends.
"Yeah. We'll be over the hump. Graduation is closer than we think," Gordo agreed.
"I still can't believe we're all in college," Ronny added.
"And at the same place," Kate responded.
"Just think. In two years we might all live in separate countries," Miranda said.
"Or we could all end up back in Hildredge," Ethan added. The group groaned.
"I want to move to the east coast somewhere," Parker said.
"Yeah. We should all go live in Miami. It would be a crazy good time. We could party nonstop for the rest of our lives," Claire said.
The group had met at their usual hangout under a huge oak tree in the lawn at West Coast University in front of Gant Hall, where Lizzie,
Miranda, Kate, and Claire lived on the first floor, and Ethan and Ronny lived on the second floor. Gordo stayed in George Hall, the men's honors dorm, about a quarter mile away, and Parker lived in Thomas Hall, across from Gant Hall. The University was ten miles North of Los Angeles and an hour South of Hildredge.
The past two years had been one big party for the group. They had gone to football games, had bonfires on the beach, laughed, cried, and studied together but life wasn't perfect.
"Hey, where's Tudge?" Parker suddenly asked. "It's like he never hangs out with us anymore. In fact he hasn't really hung out with us since last year"
"Ever since his clothes got darker and his music got heavier, I haven't seen him much," Gordo, his roommate, replied. "In fact, he doesn't
even smile anymore. I think he just goes to bars and gets drunk every night. He sleeps all day and gets so drunk at night that he can't even find his way back. He's getting kicked out of the honors dorm next year"
"He is?" Kate asked, surprised. "But he was the science geek. He was supposed to be the next Einstein. What ever happened to that"
Gordo sighed. "I don't know. I just don't know," he repeated sadly.
"Hey, I have to go," Miranda said, standing up suddenly.
"Where are you going?" Lizzie asked her.
"I- I just have to go. That's all." Miranda turned around and ran into Gant Hall before anybody could object.
"Where did she go?" Ethan asked.
"I think to our room," Lizzie said. "She's been doing it more and more. She'll just suddenly take off. It seems like some mornings she just
wakes up and can't drag herself out of bed, and sometimes she can't go to sleep no matter how hard she tries. I think she is taking
sleeping pills too. I wish I knew what was going on with her. She's been doing it more and more too"
"Is it possible that she's upset about Tudge? They did date for a year in high school," Kate asked.
"I don't think so. They stayed friends afterwards, and they didn't even hang out much when they were dating," Gordo replied. The group
became silent for a few minutes lingering in thoughts of how life had changed.
"So, do you know if you got the summer internship in Hollywood yet?" Parker asked Gordo, breaking the silence.
"Nope. I should find out some time this week"
"I really hope you get it. Then I would know somebody there," Parker said. Parker had recently been accepted to be an intern over the
summer at a nearby acting agency.
"Thanks," Gordo replied. The friends were silent again. "What are you doing for the summer, Lizzie?" Gordo asked.
"I'm Hildredge bound. I just really don't want to go home. Matt and Malina are getting married in July, and my mom couldn't be more upset. She hates the thought of Matt getting married right out of high school. I mean Malina won't even be eighteen until the end of June.
So needless to say, her parents aren't thrilled either, but my mom is taking it the worst"
"So we're all invited to the wedding, right?" Kate asked.
"Of course. That is unless they elope first, which wouldn't surprise me. They've been getting a lot of hell from everybody"
"How are you taking it?" Gordo asked her.
"Oh, I'm just caught in the middle. Matt has been coming to me lately for advise and my mom is coming to me to encourage me to tell
Matt what a huge mistake he's making"
"What do you think?" Ronny asked.
"Well, even if Matt and Malina getting married straight out of high school isn't in the best interest of my brother, he's not gonna change his mind, so I'm just trying to support Matt's decision. He's the only sibling I have, and I don't want to lose him"
"I've gotta go," Ethan said, glancing at his watch. "I've got a hot date with the barbells"
"I've gotta go too. I've got work in an hour," Claire said, looking at her watch.
After the two were out of earshot, Kate said, "I'm worried about Claire. I think she's not a waitress like she's been saying"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Parker asked.
"I was talking to this guy in my business management class and he asked me if I was friends with Claire Miller. I told him yeah, and he
said that he saw her at a strip club on stage." Everybody gasped.
"No way," Lizzie said.
"It would explain the mysterious late shifts that she's been working and the nights she never came back to the dorm and the tons of dollar
bills she always comes back with"
"I would have never thought," Lizzie said, still amazed.
"Yeah. I've got to go. I'm meeting up with some other people in the library to work on our project for business management," Kate said, standing up.
"I've got to leave too," Parker said. "I've got a hot date tonight with this kid named Jason Ryan. He's a total babe"
"So how tall is this one?" Lizzie joked.
"Hey, you've had more experience with Gordo than I have. We only dated for a month. You dated the kid for two years"
"Fine. You win," Lizzie said, smiling as Parker skipped off. Lizzie and Gordo decided to try out a relationship after Rome. They broke up
on friendly terms two years later when they realized that they liked being friends a lot more. Gordo was more of a brother than a
boyfriend.
"Well, it's just you and me, I guess," Ronny said, looking at Lizzie.
"Yup. I'm getting hungry. I think I could go for some supper right now. Wanna come?"
"Sure," Ronny replied. "I could always go for some yummy cafeteria food," he added sarcastically.
A/N: Problems have been presented. Everybody might be close right now, but I wrote this chapter to express how they were actually hanging on by a few threads. I know that this isn't a very good chapter, but they get better, I promise.