A/N: this takes place 1 week after the previous chapter. And just to fill you in, Gordo's been spending every waking moment with/talking to/talking about Kelsey.

MIRANDA

"We need to get together sometime," I said to my friends Lizzie and Gordo Friday after school.

"We could have a movie night again," Lizzie suggested. "Go to Blockbuster and rent a bunch of movies and stay up late eating popcorn."

"I have plans with Kelsey tonight," Gordo said. "We're going to see Spiderman at the cheep theater."

"You've already seen that," I said.

He nodded. "Twice. But she hasn't, and it was pretty good."

"How about tomorrow night, then?" Lizzie asked.

"I'm going to visit her church Sunday morning," he replied. "My parents were actually pretty happy at the idea. They said it's good for me to learn about other religions. But I have a feeling that if I convert they'll kill me."

"Next week?"

Gordo shrugged. "I'm not sure. Maybe."

"Are you avoiding us or what?" I asked. "We don't hang out as much anymore."

"No, I'm not avoiding you," he replied. "I have no reason to. But of course we aren't spending as much time together… what, you think I'd get a girlfriend and never go on a date with her? Kelsey deserves to have some of my time, too."

"Some" is the key word, I thought. But she's getting all of it.

It seemed like Gordo never talked to Lizzie and I anymore. I mean, we did hang out sometimes after school, but we never really did anything. I was beginning to miss the old Gordo. It seemed like all he did was hang out with Kelsey and talk to Kelsey. I started to regret encouraging him to ask her out.

"Well, maybe we'll get together then," Lizzie said. By her tone you'd think she was fine with the idea, but I'd talked to her about Gordo and his new girlfriend, and I knew that it really did bother her. She missed Gordo just as much as I did.

"OK, cool. I'll see you guys later." He waved as he walked away.

"Kelsey, Kelsey, Kelsey," I muttered. "I'd kill her if I could."

"Gordo likes her," Lizzie said. "We need to respect that."

"Does he have to worship her? Why doesn't she ever hang out with all three of us? It'd be a lot easier instead of trying to steal our friend."

"I agree that we could all do stuff together, but I also understand how he wouldn't always want to hang out as a foursome. They need to have some time together, too."

"Why don't we see Spiderman with them?"

"Because… we weren't invited?"

I sighed. "You're right. But I wish he'd invite us."

Lizzie smiled. "Let's go to the Digital Bean."

"No thanks," I said. "I have to get home."

"What for?"

I shook my head. I didn't have a lie prepared, even if I did I wouldn't want to lie to Lizzie, and I was too brain-dead to make one up, anyway. "No reason, I just don't feel like going out."

"Why don't you come to my house and we can have our own movie night?" Lizzie's eyes were pleading. "Please? We'll have fun, just us girls."

I sighed. "OK, fine. Let's go to my house and ask my parents and get my stuff. We can call your parents from there and see if it's OK."

She smiled. "Great. We don't need Gordo. If he wants to hang out with his girlfriend, that's fine. We'll use it as an excuse to have some girl time."