Two Lizzies, Another Path 2: A Lizzie McGuire Fanfiction Story
Chapter 4: Confronting Kate
At the Hotel Cambini...
After Miss Ungermeyer informs Gordo he'll be rooming with Ethan... Miss Ungermeyer calls out, "Robinson!"
Andie is standing next to Lizzie on her left.
They both look somewhat nervous.
Miss Ungermeyer concludes, "seeing as how Margaret Chan was unable to make the trip, you will be rooming with..."
The picture cuts to Animated Lizzie.
She glares.
Animated Lizzie declares, "okay. She is not under any circumstances sharing a room with...!"
She points and swings both her arms out as she does.
The picture cuts over to a certain hotel room.
Kate is still a little teary eyed. But, she smiles brightly like it's nothing.
Kate says, "I'll be taking the bed by the window. You don't mind, do you?"
She's holding up a fancy white pillow.
Andie gulps very nervously.
She's standing by the mirror covered wardrobe.
The picture cuts over to Animated Lizzie.
She points a finger up.
She goes, "umm, Andie...I say this because I care."
She swells up her chest.
Then... She cries out, "say yes! ! !"
Her animated head goes all big like a balloon at the same time.
The picture cuts over to Kate and Andie.
Andie just very nervously says, "no."
She gulps very nervously again.
Kate moderately sighs.
She quickly turns away to face the bed.
She mutters to herself, "I sleep much better with the Swiss eiderdown."
She puts down the pillow.
She picks up a fancy pink one.
Andie murmurs under her breath, "please don't hurt me."
Kate sighs hard.
She can't take it anymore.
She angrily glares.
Kate explodes at her, "what?! You threatened me one and..."
She briefly pauses to count on her fingers.
Then... She goes on, "more than a day ago! Now you're begging me to be easy on you?! Why are you?!"
She walks over to directly face Andie.
Andie is shrinking back.
Andie very nervously starts to say, "because...because..."
She sniffles hard.
Some tears fall from her face.
Then... She continues, "...because I know now you don't kick or punch people. Hard sniffle! Hard sniffle! Lizzie told me, and I believe her."
Kate's glare starts to fade.
She gets teary eyed.
Kate considers, "well...if Lizzie told you that..."
She sounds calmer all a sudden.
She sits down on the edge of her bed.
Andie stands upright.
She sniffles hard.
Andie concludes, "yeah. She did. I..."
Kate asks, "what?"
Andie admits, "I... Hard sniffle. At graduation...I thought you were going to punch her or push her down."
Kate gets wide eyed.
She sniffles hard.
She mutters under her breath, "oh my god."
And... She starts to cry.
Andie just stands there, teary eyed in mixed feelings.
She is nervously silent.
After some long minutes...
Kate mutters, "oh my god Andie. Hard sniffle! You're very wrong."
She starts to stop crying.
Then... She slightly glares.
She says, "I know I've been mean. Okay? But, I...I would never do that."
Andie very faintly smiles in mixed relief.
Andie just says, "thank you. Sniffle. I feel better now."
With a straight face... Kate says, "okay."
Then... She slightly glares again.
She admits, "you really thought I let Claire stay on the cheerleading squad after what she did to Lizzie and you? Hard sniffle. I never let her come back."
Andie very nervously brings up, "Kate. I...I don't mean to ask in a terrible way. But...aren't you still friends with her?"
She kind of points to her as she does.
Kate tensely answers, "no. I'm not."
But, she's not glaring right now.
She goes on, "look! I told Lizzie I was going to put a embarrassing picture of her in the yearbook so she would have a chance to stop me: That was me being nicer. And, it happened with some Ocean's thing."
Andie very faintly laughs.
She starts to leave.
But... Andie slightly turns back to face her.
She mutters, "whatever, Inara Serra."
Kate scoffs.
She comments back, "Firefly? You're seriously comparing me to Firefly?"
Andie remarks, "ohh. Sorry. You're right: Inara is nicer than you."
She gives her a nasty look.
Then... She shuts the hotel room door behind her.
Kate irritatedly calls back, "geek!"
She moderately sighs to herself.
She's holding her pink pillow over her lap as she does.
She very faintly chuckles in mixed relief of her own.
Then... There's a knock on the door.
Kate kind of nervously asks, "yes?"
The door opens.
It's Lizzie.
Lizzie bittersweetly smiles.
She says, "I'm glad I didn't have to come in to get you or Andie out. So...are you going to be okay now?"
Kate slightly glares.
She questions, "how long have you been standing out there, Lizzie McGuire?"
Lizzie nervously looks at her.
She gets teary eyed.
She reveals, "she wouldn't even come in if I didn't stand out there the whole time. Sniffle. You really scared Andie, Kate. I've been really scared for you and her."
She sits down next to Kate.
Kate very faintly smiles.
Kate concludes, "thanks Lizzie. Sniffle. You really are each other's role models."
Lizzie nervously smiles.
She adds, "yeah. We are."
There's a nervous silence.
Kate somberly says, "Lizzie?"
Lizzie asks, "what?"
Kate admits, "Lizzie... Hard sniffle. Your letter was the most touching letter I ever got in years."
She hugs Lizzie tight.
She lets out some more tears.
Lizzie hugs her back.
Lizzie somberly goes, "ohh. You're welcome."
After a bit... Kate starts to pull apart from her.
Lizzie lets her go.
Some tears fall from Lizzie's face.
Kate heavily sighs.
Then... Kate admits, "sorry Lizzie. This is... Hard sniffle. This is all harder to tell you than I thought."
Lizzie asks, "trying to have a fresh start with me? Because you're doing okay now."
She puts a sympathetic hand on hers.
They both very faintly smile.
All of a sudden... Kate asks, "do you know why we really stopped being friends?"
Lizzie admits, "uh...sorry. I thought I did. But, not from the way that sounds now."
Kate heavily sighs.
She admits, "because I... Hard sniffle. Because you've always been so nervous to stand up for yourself, and I became popular. You always had to go to Gordo or someone else to help you up. I thought pushing you away would be better...better to not trip and fall for both of us..."
Lizzie brings up, "...until now?"
They both look very awkward and nervous as soon as the words came out.
Lizzie nervously asks, "Kate...was that too harsh?"
But... Kate very faintly smiles.
She mostly assures, "no. I... I deserved to hear it, Lizzie. I'm so sorry. Hard sniffle. I'm so sorry it took me this long to see it."
Lizzie smiles wide.
She nervously chuckles a little.
She adds, "it's okay now Kate. It's okay."
Kate firmly says, "no. It's not."
Lizzie uncomfortably asks, "why not?"
Kate reveals, "my parents, my family... They always have their "grown up" parties. Hard sniffle! Always wanting me to "have a job". Stick to babysitting and lose cheerleading until "you get a real job like your cousin Amy". Hard sniffle. Hard sniffle. Always so busy with their own jobs, and never really having time to be with me or come help me. Hard sniffle. My god, I hate her. Hard sniffle! I hate them all!"
She throws her pillow against the floor.
Kate screams at the wall.
Then... She breaks down crying.
Lizzie is breaking down crying herself.
She somberly says, "oh my gosh Kate. Hard sniffle! Oh my gosh, I'm sorry."
Kate hugs her tight.
She lets out more tears.
Lizzie is about to hug her back.
But, then... She hears a familiar voice.
From the other side of the door... Miss Ungermeyer calls out, "is everything ok in there, Miss McGuire?"
She props the door open a little to look in.
Lizzie says, "uh...yes."
She puts a comforting arm around Kate.
Lizzie heavily sighs.
But... She somewhat confidently says, "yes. It's okay now. Thank you Miss Ungermeyer."
Miss Ungermeyer firmly smiles.
A little teary eyed... She says, "all right. It's almost time for all of you to be in your assigned rooms. But, if you need a few minutes..."
Lizzie adds, "yeah. We do. Thank you."
Miss Ungermeyer sternly says, "all right. I'll be back when your five minutes is up."
Lizzie just says, "okay."
Miss Ungermeyer closes the door.
Her footsteps are heard fading away.
Lizzie heavily sighs in mixed relief.
Some tears fall from Lizzie's face.
But, she knows things with Kate have just got a lot less complicated.
And, in itself...that was really comforting.