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Chapter Two: Voting
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The next day at school, Lizzie was a little bit happier than she was the other day. She met up with Gordo to go to the gym and vote for royalty. Lizzie checked the boxes by "Miranda Sanchez" and "David Gordon" on her ballot and put it into the box. Miranda put "Lizzie McGuire" and "David Gordon." When Gordo was done, the girls asked him which one of them he picked.

"Neither," he replied.

"You picked Kate?!" Lizzie said angrily.

"No," he answered.

"Claire?" Miranda asked.

"No, I picked that girl Heather James. She's always been pretty nice, and she's not very popular, really, so I picked her," Gordo told them.

"Well you could have at least picked one of your friends Gordo," Lizzie commented.

"Really," Miranda agreed.

"And if I picked one of you, you would be fighting with each other. So it was for the best," he said, and they separated, all having different first hours to attend.

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In Lizzie's first hour, math, she didn't pay attention, but instead doodled on her pad of paper. She wondered if she had a chance at winning. Then a thought came to her. She knew a girl in student council, Maria, that would be counting up votes, so she could ask her to give her that days results. She was in Lizzie's last hour, so she'd ask her then.

At lunch, Lizzie told Miranda and Gordo her plan.

"That's sorta cheating Lizzie," Gordo said, drinking from a can of Coca~Cola.

"Oh lay off it Gordo, it is not. I'll only get today's results anyway, so there will be like four other days worth of results that I won't have," she said.

"I think it's a great idea Lizzie," Miranda told her.

"I know," Lizzie laughed. She picked up her bag of chips to take one out when Kate walked up behind her.

"Well well well," Kate said, trying to sound superior. "Who do we have here but the three losing nominees. Honestly, I have no idea how you even got nominated by enough people to become nominees. You had to have at least 10 people pick you to become a nominee. But it's obvious that I'm going to win, and Ethan will be my King. Later losers."

"Who does she think she is?" Miranda asked.

"What I want to know is why she always comes over here and talks to us without waiting for a comeback," Gordo said.

"Who knows," Lizzie said. She turned in the direction to see Kate walking up to Ethan and giving him a kiss. "Ew, how can someone even handle to kiss her?"

"I could," Gordo said.

"Gordo!" Lizzie and Miranda both said.

"Hey, I was kidding, I wouldn't really want to, her bad attitude might rub off on me," he said.

The bell rang, ending lunch, and they went to their fifth hours. Lizzie awaited last hour, ignoring the fact that her history teacher was talking about famous Pharaohs of Egypt. When the bell rang, Lizzie hurried to her next, and last, hour of the day. On her way into the class she met up with Maria.

"Maria," Lizzie said.

"Oh hey Lizzie, what's up?" she asked.

Lizzie lowered her voice a little. "I was just wondering if I could get today's King and Queen vote results. But just today's, I won't ask for any other day's, I just want to see how it's going."

"Yeah I guess, but only today's, I don't want to get caught. Come to the student council room with me after class and I'll hook you up," Maria replied.

"Great, thanks Maria, you're the best. We better get into class," she said as the final bell started to ring. They sat in their seats just before the bells stopped which caused evil glares from their science teacher.

The teacher went on about chemicals that they were to use in the following day's lab, and the effects they had on human skin and clothing. This time Lizzie payed attention, not wanting to get hurt or burned from chemicals. As soon as the bell rang, she rushed Maria out of the room to the student council.

"Thanks again Maria," she said, as Maria came out of the room with a slip of paper.

"No problem, just don't tell everyone you have it. See you tomorrow," Maria said and headed to her locker.

Lizzie ran outside to the front of the school to meet Miranda and Gordo. "Guys, I got them," she said.

"Who's winning?" Miranda asked enthusiastically.

"I don't know, I didn't look yet," Lizzie told her. She layed the paper on a picnic table that was near them and they all gathered around it as Gordo read the votes.

"Heather: 15%, Lizzie: 22%, Claire: 20%, Kate: 25%, and Miranda:18%," he said.

"Lizzie! You're in second place!" Miranda said.

"But you're in fourth," Lizzie said sadly.

"Oh well, at least one of us has a chance. And I was lucky enough to even get enough nominations to become a nominee," she replied.

"Okay Gordo, read off the guys percentages now," Lizzie said.

"Okay, Ethan: 37%, Jason: 12%, me: 25%, Danny: 25%, and Tudgeman has 1%," he listed.

"Go Gordo!" Lizzie and Miranda said.

"You're tied for second place," Lizzie added.

"Yeah, I don't know how though, I don't know who'd vote for me," he said.

"Gordo, I think that you're a little more popular than you know," Lizzie said.

"I'm not popular, just well-known. Same with you guys. We're well-known and we're liked, people like Kate and Ethan are popular," he said, matter of factly.

"Whatever you say Gordo, but I've got to go home," Miranda said and left.

"Me too Gordo, are you coming?" Lizzie said.

"Yeah," he said, and walked with her since they lived near each other.

Lizzie sighed and grabbed Gordo's hand, walking hand-in-hand.

"What are you doing?" he asked, feeling slightly nervous and looking from their hands up to Lizzie's face.

"Bringing back memories," she said, a dreamy look in her eyes. "Remember when we were little, and we held hands wherever we went?"

"Yeah, that's when we were little," he said, pulling their hands apart. He in fact did want to hold Lizzie's hand, and hug her, and do more than be friends, but he wasn't ready to admit that to her.

"Fine, you party-pooper," she said childishly and laughed. She smiled and talked about when they were little, and they finally reached Gordo's house.

"Well this is where I get off," Gordo said, walking up the cement path. "Bye Lizzie," he said. "And I think tomorrow I'm going to drive, I can't stand to walk to school anymore."

Lizzie laughed. "Bye Gordo. Pick me up if you drive," she said, and finished the walk to her house. She started talking to herself quietly as she walked. "I wish he felt the same way about me as I do about him. Or maybe he does, I don't know. I wish he'd show as many hints as I do to him, if he does like me like that." She sighed and trudged the rest of the way to her house and went to lay on her bed to think.
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