A/N: Thanks Shellfish for my first review! =) Also, these chapters have no POV.
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-1 Month Earlier; The First Day of Summer
Miranda woke up, slowly at first, the sun streaming through her bedroom window.
Her leopard print curtains had been pulled back, most likely by her mom. She grumbled as she pushed her blanket off of her, some of it falling to the floor. Rubbing her eyes, she looked towards the alarm clock that, in bright red numbers, said 11:14. She was supposed to call Lizzie when she woke up, no matter what time it was. She considered picking up the phone, but her 'icky' reflection in the mirror disrupted the motion. Instead she took a shower then got dressed in ash grey varsity sweatpants and a navy blue baby tee. She knew she'd change if she went anywhere.
She then proceeded downstairs and stood in the empty kitchen. Both of her parents worked and her baby sister stayed with her grandmother, so Miranda had the house to herself until they came home from work. A note was attached to refridgerator along with some money. It said:
Sweetie:
Here's some money in case you need some. If you and Lizzie decide to do anything, make sure Mrs. McGuire can give you a ride and make sure to leave a note!! Also, a nice message on my cell phone would be much appreciated. Make sure to do your chores before leaving, and have a nice day!
--Mom
P.S: There's some frozen pizza in the fridge if you get hungry.
"All right!" she said to herself, opening the fridge to see if it was true. Looking around, she decided to wait on eating breakfast, or lunch in this case, and decided to call Lizzie. She ran back upstairs into her room and grabbed the phone off the hook and pushing 2 on her speed dial. Gordo was number 3, Lizzie was 2, and Speedy's Pizza was number 1.
"This line is busy..." the operator voice said.
Just recently, only weeks before school let out, Lizzie's parents broke down and got Lizzie her own phone line. It hooked her up with the internet, but, unfortunately, did not have call waiting. Miranda decided to see if she was online. While logging on, she turned on the radio and danced around the room, waiting for it to connect.
"You've got mail," it finally said and she sat down on in the spinning chair. Looking at the buddy list, she noticed that both Lizzie and Gordo were on.
xoBlondieZox invites you to chat xoBlondieZox0576
Miranda clicked the 'accept' button, waiting for the chat to load.
xoBlondieZox: hey Miranda!
MovieMakerG: Hey
broKeNbracelet: Hola!
xoBlondieZox: I thought you were gonna call me?
MovieMakerG: How can she call you if you're online?
broKeNbracelet: that's why I got on. I figured you were on cuz the line was busy.
xoBlondieZox: right. I knew that.
MovieMakerG: what time did you wake up?
broKeNbracelet: since about 11-ish? I think it was 11-ish.
xoBlondieZox: so what're you guys doin' today? I'm BORED!!
MovieMakerG: You're bored already? It's the first day of summer! How are you gonna survive the other days if you're already bored on the first day?
xoBlondieZox: I dunno
broKeNbracelet: Gordo DOES have a point...lol
xoBlondieZox: Yeah, I know. That's why we needa find something to do!
broKeNbracelet: You guys wanna come over? my parents aren't home, but they won't care. We've got frozen pizza and some other snacks around the house.
xoBlondieZox: That sounds good.
xoBlondieZox: Our house is snack-food bare. Matt ate it all.
broKeNbracelet: Gordo?
xoBlondieZox: Where is he?
xoBlondieZox: Gordo?
MovieMakerG: Sorry guys. Check this out.
MovieMakerG: Local Movie Contest: Ages 16 and under.
(a/n: That's a link that they have to click, ya know?)
broKeNbracelet: sweet! we should totally do that.
xoBlondieZox: so we can sort the details out @ your place?
broKeNbracelet: sure. Come on over whenever you want. I gotta do some chores first so I don't get in trouble. See ya soon!
xoBlondieZox: Bye Manders!
MovieMakerG: Bye
...broKeNbracelet has logged off...
xoBlondieZox: I'm outie too. I hafta check with my parental units and make sure they give the okay.
MovieMakerG: Later.
...xoBlondieZox has logged off...
Lizzie got up from her computer chair and ran downstairs. Matt and Lanny sat at the counter. Lanny's hands covered his eyes while Matt sifted through printed pages he was reading.
"Hey dweeb, dweeb's friend, what are you guys doing?" Lizzie asked, being civil.
"Nothing," Matt replied. She looked at one of the pages which looked as if this one had been printed from a site on the internet. On it were the details of the contest Gordo had send them the link to.
"What's this?" she asked, holding up the piece of paper.
"Uhh, a piece of paper?" Matt respoded, mocking her.
"I know that, doofus. I meant why do you have it?"
"Lanny brought it over. We're going to enter the contest." Matt then looked at Lanny and then back at Lizzie. He then added, "Duh."
"You can't enter it, me and Miranda and Gordo are going to enter it."
"Are you afraid of a little competition?" Matt asked.
"No, it's just that, well, I don't want my dopey brother to be sad when he loses."
Lanny's ears perked up and his eyes widened as he tapped Matt on the shoulder. Matt watched as Lanny 'spoke' to him. "I don't know about that, Lanny." Lanny glared and Matt sighed, backing down. There was just no messing with Lanny.
"What'd he say?" Lizzie asked, curious to his idea.
"Lanny wants to know if you guys would like to team up with us. Lanny has a great script that he spent all night working on, and since we're not good with the camera stuff like Gordo is, well, it'd be a good idea to collaborate."
Lizzie thought about it for a minute. They didn't have a script yet, so it'd be good to have one and be able to get started. But working with her little brother? It was bad enough seeing him at dinner, and even then they couldn't get along. Working along side him for that long? But, Lanny did have a script. She decided to give it a try.
"All right, I guess. Can I read the script?" Lizzie asked.
Lanny's head perked up and he picked his messenger backpack from the floor next to him. Inside were a couple folders, all different colors. He picked out a red one and handed it to her. The front of the folder said "That's Life: by Lanny Onasis". When she opened it up she found neat pages printed out.
"How many copies do you have of that?" Lizzie questioned. He just smiled and showed her the inside of his bag which was full of folders. "Wow. You come prepared, huh?"
"That's why he used to make such a good Cub Scout," Matt said. "Until he got kicked out."
"Why was he kicked out?"
"They said he talked too much at the meetings."
Lizzie raised an eyebrow but decided not to question it. She sat down at the counter next to her brother and began reading the script. Halfway into it she was breathless.
"This is amazing," she said to him. He just smiled at her, and for a minute she almost understood what he said. "You're welcome."
"Matt, call Miranda and ask if it's all right for you guys to come over later. We were gonna meet there in a bit, wait, ask mom first. And then call Miranda."
"Why don't you do it?" Matt questioned.
"I'm reading," she replied simply.
"Fine, fine."
Matt then asked Mrs. McGuire (she said yes) and pushed 2 on Lizzie's speed dial. (Of course, the pizza place was number one. No questions asked there)
Miranda, who had just finished folding a load of towels from the laundry, heard the phone ring and ran into her room at answer it. Glancing at the caller ID she saw 'McGuire, Lizzie' and smiled.
"Heylo," she said, smiling.
"Hey, Miranda, it's Matt."
Miranda's first instinct kicked in. "What'd you do to Lizzie?"
"Nothing, she's reading. She told me to call."
"Wait, wait. Back up. Reading? Why is Lizzie reading? We're not in school anymore and we don't get our summer reading assignments until...well, I don't know when we get them, but not for a really long time!"
"She's reading a script Lanny wrote. We're entering that movie contest thing and we want to work with you guys."
"And Lizzie agreed to this?"
"Yeah. And I didn't even have to threaten her."
"Okay, so does that mean you and Lanny are coming over too?"
"Yep."
"Oh joy."
"Hey!"
"Kidding. So I'll see you guys soon?"
"Yeah."
"And Matt?"
"Yeah?"
"Leave the pranks at home, okay?"
Matt sighed. "Fine."
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-1 Month Earlier; The First Day of Summer
Miranda woke up, slowly at first, the sun streaming through her bedroom window.
Her leopard print curtains had been pulled back, most likely by her mom. She grumbled as she pushed her blanket off of her, some of it falling to the floor. Rubbing her eyes, she looked towards the alarm clock that, in bright red numbers, said 11:14. She was supposed to call Lizzie when she woke up, no matter what time it was. She considered picking up the phone, but her 'icky' reflection in the mirror disrupted the motion. Instead she took a shower then got dressed in ash grey varsity sweatpants and a navy blue baby tee. She knew she'd change if she went anywhere.
She then proceeded downstairs and stood in the empty kitchen. Both of her parents worked and her baby sister stayed with her grandmother, so Miranda had the house to herself until they came home from work. A note was attached to refridgerator along with some money. It said:
Sweetie:
Here's some money in case you need some. If you and Lizzie decide to do anything, make sure Mrs. McGuire can give you a ride and make sure to leave a note!! Also, a nice message on my cell phone would be much appreciated. Make sure to do your chores before leaving, and have a nice day!
--Mom
P.S: There's some frozen pizza in the fridge if you get hungry.
"All right!" she said to herself, opening the fridge to see if it was true. Looking around, she decided to wait on eating breakfast, or lunch in this case, and decided to call Lizzie. She ran back upstairs into her room and grabbed the phone off the hook and pushing 2 on her speed dial. Gordo was number 3, Lizzie was 2, and Speedy's Pizza was number 1.
"This line is busy..." the operator voice said.
Just recently, only weeks before school let out, Lizzie's parents broke down and got Lizzie her own phone line. It hooked her up with the internet, but, unfortunately, did not have call waiting. Miranda decided to see if she was online. While logging on, she turned on the radio and danced around the room, waiting for it to connect.
"You've got mail," it finally said and she sat down on in the spinning chair. Looking at the buddy list, she noticed that both Lizzie and Gordo were on.
xoBlondieZox invites you to chat xoBlondieZox0576
Miranda clicked the 'accept' button, waiting for the chat to load.
xoBlondieZox: hey Miranda!
MovieMakerG: Hey
broKeNbracelet: Hola!
xoBlondieZox: I thought you were gonna call me?
MovieMakerG: How can she call you if you're online?
broKeNbracelet: that's why I got on. I figured you were on cuz the line was busy.
xoBlondieZox: right. I knew that.
MovieMakerG: what time did you wake up?
broKeNbracelet: since about 11-ish? I think it was 11-ish.
xoBlondieZox: so what're you guys doin' today? I'm BORED!!
MovieMakerG: You're bored already? It's the first day of summer! How are you gonna survive the other days if you're already bored on the first day?
xoBlondieZox: I dunno
broKeNbracelet: Gordo DOES have a point...lol
xoBlondieZox: Yeah, I know. That's why we needa find something to do!
broKeNbracelet: You guys wanna come over? my parents aren't home, but they won't care. We've got frozen pizza and some other snacks around the house.
xoBlondieZox: That sounds good.
xoBlondieZox: Our house is snack-food bare. Matt ate it all.
broKeNbracelet: Gordo?
xoBlondieZox: Where is he?
xoBlondieZox: Gordo?
MovieMakerG: Sorry guys. Check this out.
MovieMakerG: Local Movie Contest: Ages 16 and under.
(a/n: That's a link that they have to click, ya know?)
broKeNbracelet: sweet! we should totally do that.
xoBlondieZox: so we can sort the details out @ your place?
broKeNbracelet: sure. Come on over whenever you want. I gotta do some chores first so I don't get in trouble. See ya soon!
xoBlondieZox: Bye Manders!
MovieMakerG: Bye
...broKeNbracelet has logged off...
xoBlondieZox: I'm outie too. I hafta check with my parental units and make sure they give the okay.
MovieMakerG: Later.
...xoBlondieZox has logged off...
Lizzie got up from her computer chair and ran downstairs. Matt and Lanny sat at the counter. Lanny's hands covered his eyes while Matt sifted through printed pages he was reading.
"Hey dweeb, dweeb's friend, what are you guys doing?" Lizzie asked, being civil.
"Nothing," Matt replied. She looked at one of the pages which looked as if this one had been printed from a site on the internet. On it were the details of the contest Gordo had send them the link to.
"What's this?" she asked, holding up the piece of paper.
"Uhh, a piece of paper?" Matt respoded, mocking her.
"I know that, doofus. I meant why do you have it?"
"Lanny brought it over. We're going to enter the contest." Matt then looked at Lanny and then back at Lizzie. He then added, "Duh."
"You can't enter it, me and Miranda and Gordo are going to enter it."
"Are you afraid of a little competition?" Matt asked.
"No, it's just that, well, I don't want my dopey brother to be sad when he loses."
Lanny's ears perked up and his eyes widened as he tapped Matt on the shoulder. Matt watched as Lanny 'spoke' to him. "I don't know about that, Lanny." Lanny glared and Matt sighed, backing down. There was just no messing with Lanny.
"What'd he say?" Lizzie asked, curious to his idea.
"Lanny wants to know if you guys would like to team up with us. Lanny has a great script that he spent all night working on, and since we're not good with the camera stuff like Gordo is, well, it'd be a good idea to collaborate."
Lizzie thought about it for a minute. They didn't have a script yet, so it'd be good to have one and be able to get started. But working with her little brother? It was bad enough seeing him at dinner, and even then they couldn't get along. Working along side him for that long? But, Lanny did have a script. She decided to give it a try.
"All right, I guess. Can I read the script?" Lizzie asked.
Lanny's head perked up and he picked his messenger backpack from the floor next to him. Inside were a couple folders, all different colors. He picked out a red one and handed it to her. The front of the folder said "That's Life: by Lanny Onasis". When she opened it up she found neat pages printed out.
"How many copies do you have of that?" Lizzie questioned. He just smiled and showed her the inside of his bag which was full of folders. "Wow. You come prepared, huh?"
"That's why he used to make such a good Cub Scout," Matt said. "Until he got kicked out."
"Why was he kicked out?"
"They said he talked too much at the meetings."
Lizzie raised an eyebrow but decided not to question it. She sat down at the counter next to her brother and began reading the script. Halfway into it she was breathless.
"This is amazing," she said to him. He just smiled at her, and for a minute she almost understood what he said. "You're welcome."
"Matt, call Miranda and ask if it's all right for you guys to come over later. We were gonna meet there in a bit, wait, ask mom first. And then call Miranda."
"Why don't you do it?" Matt questioned.
"I'm reading," she replied simply.
"Fine, fine."
Matt then asked Mrs. McGuire (she said yes) and pushed 2 on Lizzie's speed dial. (Of course, the pizza place was number one. No questions asked there)
Miranda, who had just finished folding a load of towels from the laundry, heard the phone ring and ran into her room at answer it. Glancing at the caller ID she saw 'McGuire, Lizzie' and smiled.
"Heylo," she said, smiling.
"Hey, Miranda, it's Matt."
Miranda's first instinct kicked in. "What'd you do to Lizzie?"
"Nothing, she's reading. She told me to call."
"Wait, wait. Back up. Reading? Why is Lizzie reading? We're not in school anymore and we don't get our summer reading assignments until...well, I don't know when we get them, but not for a really long time!"
"She's reading a script Lanny wrote. We're entering that movie contest thing and we want to work with you guys."
"And Lizzie agreed to this?"
"Yeah. And I didn't even have to threaten her."
"Okay, so does that mean you and Lanny are coming over too?"
"Yep."
"Oh joy."
"Hey!"
"Kidding. So I'll see you guys soon?"
"Yeah."
"And Matt?"
"Yeah?"
"Leave the pranks at home, okay?"
Matt sighed. "Fine."
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