EMBARESSMENT
By the time she was ready to go, Lizzie had tried on almost every single item of clothing that she owned. She looked in the mirror, finally ready to go. Her Mom called, "Lizzie, you're almost late to meet your friends!" Lizzie, of course, hadn't told her mother who she was meeting at the movies. Her Mom would have given her a talk and then grounded her for at least a week. She started down the stairs, thinking, and bumped into the well where the staircase curved. Matt and Lanny started cracking up. Lizzie didn't even threaten his brother this time, because she was too busy trying to think who Dg123 could be. The movies was packed. It was a Saturday night and kids were milling everywhere. "By the concession stand," Lizzie thought. She started toward the silo in the middle of the front area, with popcorn cartons in towers reaching high up into the air. The only person she spotted from school was Gordo. He was always at the concession stand when at the movies. It was his favorite part. Lizzie waved. He waved back. "He'll be here. Any minute now!" Lizzie thought. Now it he was thirty minutes late. GORDO "She stood me up, didn't she?" Gordo asked himself for the fiftieth time at least. The only person he had seen from Hill Ridge was Lizzie. He decided to walk over ad talk to her. LIZZIE Lizzie saw Gordo approaching. She walked toward him, intending to make light conversation, because now she wasn't really in the mood to talk. "Hey," Gordo sounded depressed. "You've been here for nearly an hour. What are you waiting for, anyway?" Lizzie scanned the room. "I was supposed to meet someone here," she said. "Me, too. Since you went through all the trouble of coming, you want to go see a movie?" "Sure," Lizzie said. She didn't want to call her Mom and explain what had happened. "Well, what did you get a ticket to see?" Gordo asked. "I got a ticket to How to Lose a Guy," Lizzie answered. "Yeah, well I did too. That was what I was going to see. Lizzie felt a lot better now, as she and Gordo walked to the theater that was playing the movie. It was like old times again, minus Miranda. Lizzie was starting to see what Miranda was talking about now.
By the time she was ready to go, Lizzie had tried on almost every single item of clothing that she owned. She looked in the mirror, finally ready to go. Her Mom called, "Lizzie, you're almost late to meet your friends!" Lizzie, of course, hadn't told her mother who she was meeting at the movies. Her Mom would have given her a talk and then grounded her for at least a week. She started down the stairs, thinking, and bumped into the well where the staircase curved. Matt and Lanny started cracking up. Lizzie didn't even threaten his brother this time, because she was too busy trying to think who Dg123 could be. The movies was packed. It was a Saturday night and kids were milling everywhere. "By the concession stand," Lizzie thought. She started toward the silo in the middle of the front area, with popcorn cartons in towers reaching high up into the air. The only person she spotted from school was Gordo. He was always at the concession stand when at the movies. It was his favorite part. Lizzie waved. He waved back. "He'll be here. Any minute now!" Lizzie thought. Now it he was thirty minutes late. GORDO "She stood me up, didn't she?" Gordo asked himself for the fiftieth time at least. The only person he had seen from Hill Ridge was Lizzie. He decided to walk over ad talk to her. LIZZIE Lizzie saw Gordo approaching. She walked toward him, intending to make light conversation, because now she wasn't really in the mood to talk. "Hey," Gordo sounded depressed. "You've been here for nearly an hour. What are you waiting for, anyway?" Lizzie scanned the room. "I was supposed to meet someone here," she said. "Me, too. Since you went through all the trouble of coming, you want to go see a movie?" "Sure," Lizzie said. She didn't want to call her Mom and explain what had happened. "Well, what did you get a ticket to see?" Gordo asked. "I got a ticket to How to Lose a Guy," Lizzie answered. "Yeah, well I did too. That was what I was going to see. Lizzie felt a lot better now, as she and Gordo walked to the theater that was playing the movie. It was like old times again, minus Miranda. Lizzie was starting to see what Miranda was talking about now.