A/N: Missing moment from The Lizzie McGuire Movie. Takes place right after Kate tells Lizzie that Gordo have taken the blame for Lizzie and have gotten himself kicked off the trip.
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"I-I don´t believe it. W-Why would he do that?!" Lizzie asked out of pure confusion at Gordo´s actions.
Kate sat by the dressing table, carefully monitoring Lizzie´s every expression. As Lizzie didn't came to any conclusions by herself, Kate asked with amazement "You're seriously asking that question?"
Lizzie felt her mouth open in pure bewilderment at Kate's words. She felt thousands of voices screamed to her, each with a different opinion as what to do next. For once, she had no response to give. Lizzie merely looked down and sighed in defeat. She felt like she´d reached the bottom. The bottom of a very long and very, very steep hole.
"But…" Lizzie felt her lips move, forming words.
"But…" she started again. It seemed impossible to form a single sentence. To voice her confusion about Gordo´s actions, to voice her sadness that Gordo had been kicked off the trip for her sake. What did all that mean? What were the consequences?
Sensing Lizzie´s utter confusion, Kate spoke up again. "Look, you know Gordo has a crush on you, right?
Taken by surprise at Kate´s knowledge, Lizzie spoke. "W-What do you mean?"
"Oh, come on McGuire. I know you´re not that stupid."
Sighing, Lizzie decided it would be okay to tell Kate the truth. They were old friends after all.
And Kate had been nice to her on this trip, in her own weird way.
Looking Kate in the eye, Lizzie said. "Yeah, I know he used to have a crush on me"
It seemed Kate was dying to interrupt with some lame remark, so Lizzie hurried on. "But I´m sure he´d put that behind him a long time ago. He doesn't seem to feel that way anymore." Lizzie finished.
Shaking her head, Kate replied, "Apparently you are that stupid, McGuire! Can´t you see that he´d just been better at hiding it? Well not for me anyway, but obviously from you."
Lizzie stood there, nailed to the spot. She swallowed hard as she forced her legs towards her bed to sit down.
Eventually Kate spoke up again, but now in a softer voice. "Look Lizzie. This isn't a bad thing you know. Gordo likes you."
Lizzie answered in a very small voice. "Yeah, and I think I like him too. But he´s my best friend." Lizzie looked up at Kate and added with a small smile "It feels a bit weird, liking your best friend like this."
Lizzie sat for a few seconds in her own thoughts, then spoke up "So what do I do now? A-And why have Gordo not told me anything?"
Kate smiled at Lizzie again. Somehow along the way she´d missed these confidential talks with Lizzie. Shaking her head, Kate snapped out of those thoughts.
"Well for one thing, one year ago, would you had told Gordo right away, if you had developed feelings for him?" Kate answered Lizzie´s last question with a question.
Blushing at the thought, Lizzie answered. "No. I wouldn't. That would have been too weird and awkward."
"Well…" Kate said "I´ll bet that that was exactly how Gordo felt at the time."
Lizzie smiled, and then said. "You didn't answer my first question."
"Well…" Kate said "Even though I am smart I can´t tell you exactly what to do. But you could try to speed things up a little." Kate said mischievously.
Lizzie looked at her with a scared glance. She was just trying to wrap her head around linking her best friend as more than a friend. Lizzie wasn't sure she was ready to start `speeding things up´ just yet.
