~Chapter 4…Making Things Right~
All 3 friends came home from the dance angry. Both Gordo and Miranda had hurt feelings, and Ethan…well…he couldn't have cared less about Lizzie. Turned out, he was just using her to get back at Kate because he knew how much Kate hated her.
~*Lizzie*~
Lizzie walked home and came through the door 20 minutes before the dance ended.
"Lizzie, honey, why are you home early? You know I would have come to pick you up," said Mrs. McGuire.
"I don't want to talk right now," sighed Lizzie.
"I understand, Lizzie, but whenever you're ready to talk, I'm here for you."
Lizzie walked upstairs to her room. "I can't believe I acted like such a jerk to
Gordo, I have to call and apologize right now." She picked up the phone and dialed Gordo.
"Hello?"
"Hi, um, can I speak to Gordo?"
"It's me," Gordo sighed from the other end of the line.
"Hi Gordo, it's Lizzie. I just wanted to say—"
"What did you want to SAY Lizzie McGuire. You know you hurt my feelings an awful lot. I can't believe one of my "best friends" would ditch me for stupid Ethan Craft."
"NO! That's what I was just going to tell you, Gordo. Ethan is a total jerk. He was USING me to get back at Kate. In case you didn't know, they got into a big fight last week and broke up."
"Well now you know how it feels to be used."
"I'm really sorry Gordo. I know I should have stuck with you, since you are my best friend, and after all, you did ask me first."
"Apology accepted, Lizzie. But now I have some apologizing to do of my own."
"Huh? Why?"
"To Miranda. I confessed that I had chose her second, after you bailed on me. She got all hurt and mad at me, and stormed from the dance. I don't know if she'll ever forgive me."
"Oh, Gordo. I told you she would be mad. Just talk to her, I think you can get her understand."
"Thanks Lizzie. Well I'll talk to you on Monday."
"Ok. Bye." She hung up. Everything was back to normal between her and Gordo.
~*Gordo*~
"Great," he muttered to himself. "One down and one to go. I hope Miranda will understand," he pondered aloud as he punched the buttons on his touch tone phone.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Mr. Sanchez, can I talk to Miranda?"
"She's very upset right now and is in her room."
"Please? It's very important. I may cheer her up."
"Well, okay. I'll call her for you. Hold on. MIRANDA!!!!"
"GO AWAY I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO ANYONE RIGHT NOW!" called Miranda, furious.
"PLEASE, MIRANDA, IT'S YOUR FRIEND GORDO!"
"HE'S NOT MY FRIEND ANYMORE!"
"I'm sorry, Gordo, she's still in an angry state right now. Try back later?"
"Okay," Gordo said with a defeated sigh. "Good night." He hung up the phone. Great. NOW what was he going to do? *Lightbulb appears above his head* LIZZIE! He dialed Lizzie.
"Hello?"
"Hey Lizzie, it's Gordo again. Miranda refuses to speak to me. Do you think you could call her on 3-way, tell her it's you, then hang up and let me talk to her?"
"Are you sure she'll go for that?"
"It's worth a try."
"Well, okay. Hold on a minute, Gord." Lizzie punched in Miranda's number.
"Hello?" Lizzie clicked Gordo back on the line.
"Hi Mrs. Sanchez. It's Lizzie. Can I talk to Miranda?"
"Let me try to get her, she seems a little upset. Maybe you can help."
"Miranda! It's Lizzie!"
From up in her room Miranda sniffed a little, then picked up the reciever. "H—Hello?"
"Hi, Lizzie. It's me. Gordo says you refused his phone call a few minutes ago. All he wants to do is apologize…here you talk to him." Lizzie hung up.
"Hi, Miranda. Listen, I'm really sorry that I used you. I really didn't mean to. I just don't see you the way I see Lizzie, but you are still my best friend."
Miranda sniffed. "Well, I guess I accept your apology. But I'm still a little upset about you not liking me the way you like Lizzie. After all, I've had a crush on you since the 4th grade!"
"Really? I'm flattered. Well Miranda, you're one of the best friends a guy could ever wish for, but I hope you can understand that I just don't see you as my "girlfriend" type, more like a "best friend type".
"I guess I can understand. And I'm sorry too, Gordo, for causing such a racket at the dance. I was just really emotional."
Gordo smiled, but of course Miranda couldn't see it. "It's okay, Miranda. So, I'll see you on Monday?"
"Sure. Best friends again?"
"Definitely! See ya!" And Gordo hung up. He and Miranda were glad that everything was straightened out, with no hard feelings.
~*Miranda*~
Miranda was overjoyed that Gordo had called her. Even though he didn't like her as a girlfriend, she decided that best friend was just as good, if not better. She smiled and dialed her other best friend, Lizzie.
"Hello?"
"Hey Lizzie, it's Miranda."
"Hey, what's up?"
"Well, I guess you know all that happened between me and Gordo."
"Yeah, he told me on the phone. He was really upset that you refused his call."
"Well, we made up already. One more thing…why didn't you tell me about Ethan Craft? You know I would have been so excited for you."
"Well, Miranda, I was ashamed of what I had done, and kinda worried that word would spread to Gordo, so I just avoided both of y'all until we bumped into each other at the dance. Besides, I had a feeling that he would ask you to the dance since I told him I couldn't go."
"I understand. Well, all three of us have sure gone through a rough week."
"And can you believe it? Ethan was just USING me to get back at Kate. I was so mad when I found out."
"Ugh, that's awful."
"Yep, he may be hot, but he's sure a creep."
Miranda giggled. "Hey, wanna sleep over tonight?"
"Sure," smiled Lizzie. "That would be great."
~THE END!~
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