To my readers/reviewers – First off, I wanted to thank the reviewers of all my stories. I appreciate them. They're a great motivator to keep going (and going and going, lol). Since there appears to be a bit of confusion, I just wanted to clarify that Fairytale Aftermath is done. The storyline however, isn't. It isn't a matter of if there will be another sequel but when. There will be atleast one more sequel but I want to write some other stories first to prevent myself from getting bored with the storyline. I have two stories already in the works, this one and another M/G. When I'm finished writing the M/G, I'm going to look at my story ideas (which include another sequel) and see what I want to do next. I've also decided that to prevent this kinda of confusion again, I'm going to put up a list of what's finished, what I'm working on, and what I'm planning. Ok, I'll shutup now so that we can get on with the story, lol.

Disclaimer - Disney owns Lizzie McGuire. Everything else is mine.

A/N – "Thoughts" , Couplings – This is mainly a Lizzie and Gordo story with some Kate and Ethan and a little Larry and Miranda

Chapter 1 - Winter Break

It was the beginning of winter break, and time for the annual Hill Ridge senior class trip. Every year, during the first weekend of winter break, Hill Ridge High School's senior class would take a class-sponsored trip to Lakeside Lodge at Big Bear Lake.

It was one of the highlights of senior year, a weekend at the lodge with limited supervision and no parents around.

Currently, early Saturday morning, the majority of the senior class was scattered across the front lawn of the High School, waiting for the charter bus to pick them up.

Lizzie was sitting on a bench and Miranda was standing in front of her, talking. Lizzie wasn't really paying attention rather she was looking at a silver band ring on her hand and gently spinning it with her other hand. It had been a present from Gordo on her sixteenth birthday.

"This is gonna be so cool. I can't wait to get up there." Looking over at Lizzie, Miranda knew she wasn't listening. "Liz." Calling her name, Lizzie looked up at her. "You're thinking of him again," she told her matter of factly.

Lizzie shrugged, "I can't help it. I miss him."

Miranda rolled her eyes and sat down next to her. "You see him like everyday."

"Its not the same."

Lizzie and Gordo had dated from the beginning of their freshman year to the end of their sophomore year. That summer, Lizzie broke up with him; saying they needed to know what it was like to date other people and have new experiences. Truth was, she was scared at how serious it was becoming.

She had tried dating other guys during junior year but she kept comparing them to Gordo. None of them could even compete with him. By the end of the year, she realized she had made the biggest mistake of her life. Lizzie wanted him back, but the problem was, he had moved on.

When she had broken up with him, Gordo had taken it hard and pulled away from everybody. Though by the middle of junior year, he had seemingly bounced back when he started dating Dana Rodgers. While Dana was nice and they really seemed to like each other, Lizzie immediately hated her.

Lately, Lizzie had started to notice Gordo pulling away again but everyone just told her that she was just jealous and seeing things. But she knew her oldest friend, there was something wrong.

"Come on Liz. You have to get over him," Miranda said to her.

She just gave her other best friend an irritated glare. Before Lizzie could say anything, Larry and Ethan walked up to them.

"Ladies," Ethan called out as he approached.

"Hey," Larry said.

"Whaz up guys?" Miranda answered. "Where's Mr. Personality?" she asked, not seeing Gordo with them.

During High School, Larry, Ethan, and Gordo had become real friends and the other two eventually became friends with Lizzie and Miranda. Though Larry wanted to be more than friends with Miranda.

"Gordon is over there," Ethan said pointing to a nearby tree.

The girls looked over and saw Gordo sitting underneath it. "Why is he over there?" Lizzie asked.

"You haven't heard?" Larry asked in surprise.

Lizzie looked at him suspiciously, "Heard what?"

"Dana broke up with him last week."

"I knew it!" she almost shouted, standing up. "I knew that bitch would hurt him."

Miranda shook her head. "Larry, why did they break up?"

Larry just shrugged, "He wouldn't say. In fact he hasn't said much lately."

Miranda watched Lizzie's face change from anger to concern. "Maybe she was right."

As the bus pulled up, everyone started gathering their stuff. As Lizzie and Ethan, with their bags, walked towards the bus, Larry hung back with Miranda.

Larry watched her with a smile. As Miranda looked up, she caught him starring at her. It made her uneasy. "What?"

"Senior prom is coming up and I was wondering, if you would do me the honor of being my date?" Larry asked her.

Miranda stopped herself from snapping at him, he was constantly asking her out and it was getting old. "Look Larry. I appreciate the offer but I just don't see you like that. I just want to be friends, ok?"

Larry tried to hide the hurt. "Sure. I had to give it a shot," he said, putting on a fake smile.

Miranda watched Larry walk away, feeling a little low for hurting him like that but she really didn't see him the way he saw her. Putting her bag on her shoulder, she slowly walked towards the bus.

Reaching the end of line that was boarding, she bumped into Gordo. "Hey."

Gordo looked up and blinked, like he was being snapped out of a daydream. "Hey," he answered back in a tired voice.

Miranda studied the boy she considered a brother. "You ok?" she asked softly.

"Yea. Just a little tired and overworked," he said before getting on the bus.

Miranda paused and watched him walk up the steps of the bus. "Something's not right," she thought as she boarded the bus. "This is gonna be one hella of a trip."