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A/N: Hope you enjoyed the last chapter. Thanks to anyone who reviewed. Now, on with the show!

Chapter 3: New Faces in Old Places

"What's the deal with Gordo?" Lizzie asked.

"I have no idea," Miranda answered.

"We should go after him," Lizzie suggested.

"He said he wanted to be alone, remember?"

"Yeah, but, he needs us. If I were him, even if I said I didn't want company, I would want company. The bottom line is our friend is upset, and we need to be there for him."

Miranda sighed. "I hope this works out...."

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Meanwhile, Gordo had a million thoughts racing through his brain. 'If they knew, would they be upset? Would they ever talk to me again? Should I even go through with it?'

His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of tapping feet behind him.

"Gordo, wait up!" came a female voice. He turned around to see Lizzie and Miranda running up to catch him.

"I told you I wanted to be alone."

"I know," Lizzie began. "But we can't leave our best friend upset."

"Who said I'm upset?"

"Oh, come on, Gordo!" Miranda retorted. "You just left the house, said you needed to take a walk, and wanted to be alone. It's pretty obvious that you're upset."

"Well, I'm not. Just needed some air."

"Come on, Gordo, let's go to the Digital Bean. We can get one of those vanilla milk shakes that you like," Lizzie said with a 'Come on, let's go' tone.

"Trying to bribe me, McGuire?" Gordo said with a half-smile.

"Does it show?"

"Very much. But I can't resist a vanilla milk shake," he said smiling fully now.

So the three friends walked past countless suburbian houses until they reached the Digital Bean.

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Once inside, they ordered their drinks and sat down. Suddenly, a 6'2" boy, about their age (15) with brown hair, and an average size body burst in the door of the hangout. He was wearing a pair of brown cargo pants with a black shirt. He spotted Lizzie, Miranda and Gordo and made his way over to them.

"Hey, ladies!" The guy said. "You are looking fine today!"

"Who the hell are you?" Lizzie asked.

"I'm your dream guy. I would love to have both of you at once. Man, I love that kind of thing."

"Ew! That's disgusting!" Miranda screamed.

"Hey, it wouldn't be so bad. I have the largest..."

"Just cut it right there, dirtbag!" Gordo shouted in defense. People were starting to look at them.

"Who are you, little man?"

"None of your business. Now just get out of here if you don't want any trouble."

"It's not trouble I'm after," he said putting his hand on Lizzie's shoulder.

"Get off me, you creep!" Lizzie cried.

"I don't let go of girls. I take them with me."

"Let go of her!" Gordo screamed. He rushed at the stranger and swung his arm to punch him. The boy caught it, however, and twisted Gordo's arm. He screamed in pain.

"You're as weak as these girls are." He threw Gordo to the ground. "Now, as for you two," he said, grabbing Miranda by the arm, as well as Lizzie's. "You're coming with me."

Almost out of nowhere, a hand appeared on the boy's chest, shoving him backwards. The hand belonged to another boy, about 6 feet tall. He was thin to average size, had brown hair and brown eyes, and was 15, also. He was wearing dark blue jeans that were faded in the front and a long sleeve blue shirt with white stripes on the sleeves. Everyone just stared at him, even Miranda, Lizzie, and the fallen Gordo.

"Back off," he said.

"This has nothing to do with you! Now go away before I beat the living hell out of you!" He reached for Lizzie and Miranda again, but was cut off by the boy.

"I said, 'back off.'"

"And I said to stay out of this!"

"Don't make me hurt you."

"Oh, I would love to see you try!" he said, throwing a punch. Now it was his turn to get blocked by the other person's hand.

"What? Like this?" the boy said punching him in the stomach. The other boy winced in pain. (A/N: From here, to avoid confusion, Boy 1 is the attacker and Boy 2 is the defender.) Boy 2 threw another punch at Boy 1, hitting him square in the face and knocking him over.

"Oh, that is the biggest mistake you've ever made!" Boy 1 said. He got up and tried another punch but missed. He was beginning to get angry. He thrashed his arms in a desparate attempt to hit Boy 2, but failed every time, either because he missed or his pinch was blocked.

"Damn!" was all Boy 1 could say. 'Hold on,' he thought. 'If I can get him to turn his back to me...' That's when the idea came to him. He went for another punch, which Boy 2 dodged again. Only this time, he didn't see Boy 1's other fist coming. He was hit in the head and went down.

"Haha!" Boy 1 said triumphantly. "You're just as weak as..."

That's when he suddenly fell to the floor. Standing behind him was Gordo with a napkin holder.

"As what? Me?"

"Nice move, Gordo," Boy 2 said, panting. He got up and walked over to where Gordo was standing. "Thanks."

"No problem."

"Hey, boys!" They turned to see the attacker back on his feet. "I'm still here!"

"Gordo!" Boy 2 whispered. "Throw that napkin holder at him on 3."

"Come and get me, tough guys!" Boy 1 said with a challenging tone.

"1..." He reached for a chair. "2..." He pulled it closer. "3!" he shouted! Gordo threw the metal like it was on fire. It hit Boy 1 square in the face. That's when Boy 2 picked up the chair and bashed Boy 1 in the face, knocking him out. When the police arrived, they went to arrest Hordo and Boy 2, but the onlookers said that the first boy attempted to drag away the girls and the other boys fought in an act of protection, so the police only took the first boy away.

"So, anything I should know about you before you meet my friends?" Gordo asked the boy with a 'there's no need to even answer this question' tone.

"Well, I love to learn, I'm honest and fun-loving, and I'm a big man on Mulberry Street." He said the end of his sentence with a smile.

Gordo's eyes widened and he shook his hand violently. "I can tell we'll get along just fine." He smiled and led the boy to Lizzie and Miranda's table.

A/N: So, what do you think? Please review. I have so many ideas! Oh, yeah. :in TV announcer voice: Who is this new boy? Are Gordo's problems resolved yet? Are Lizzie and Miranda okay? Find out in the next chapter of this story!