Reminder: I do not own any characters from Lizzie McGurie.
The next two weeks went by fairly quickly. Ellie continously picked fights with Ethan, and she was always hanging out with Lizzie, Miranda, and Gordo. Ethan was able to keep from all his friends that he was related to Ellie, although she was the common talk of the lunch table.
Even though Ethan did not want his friends to know that Ellie was his twin, he still could not help but wonder why Ellie hated him so much. He was detremined to change it though.
Lizzie, Miranda and Gordo sat in Lizzie's living room. It was Saturday afternoon and they were quite bored.
"So, wanna go to the mall?" Miranda asked.
"Nah, already gone there twice this week." Lizzie said. "How about bowling?"
"Too smokey in that place." Gordo said.
"I have an idea." Matt said coming into the room. "If you would not mind taking me with you."
"What is it?" Lizzie asked. She hoped he had a good idea.
"Ice skating." Matt told them.
"Thats a great idea Matt." Miranda said. "We haven't been to the ice rink in so long."
"It does sound pretty fun." Gordo said.
"Okay then, lets go." Lizzie said as they stood up.
"Can Andrea come too?" Matt asked.
"Who's Andrea?" Lizzie asked.
"My girlfriend." Matt told her.
"Sure, tell her we can pick her up in like twenty minutes." Lizzie said.
"Great." Matt hugged his sister. "Andrea LOVES ice skating." He then ran to call his girlfriend.
Ellie got all her stuff together and then walked out of her room. She went downstairs and saw Ethan sitting on the couch with his friends, Mark and Andrew.
"Hey Elle." Ethan said following her into the kitchen hoping his friends would not follow. "Heading to the rink so early?"
"I'm supposed to be there in ten minutes Ethan." Ellie told him.
"Oh...Can I come watch you?" He asked her. "I've never seen you skate before, except on TV."
"Fine." Ellie said.
"I'll come with mom and dad in a couple minutes." Ethan said. He then hugged her. "Good luck."
Ellie was a little shocked that he did this. "Thanks Ethan. I'll see you there."
Ellie then got her car keys and left the house.
"Hey Ethan, where are you going?" Mark asked him as he came back into the TV room.
"To the ice rink." Ethan said.
"Why?" Andrew asked. "I thought you hated skating."
"I do, but...My cousin is skating there, you know like figure skating." Ethan said.
"What she that girl you were just talking to?" Mark asked.
"Yeah." Ethan said. Ellie was not wearing her normal heavy make-up which made her look a lot different. "Why?"
"Damn she is fine." Mark said. "I think we should come just so you can introduce me to her."
"You really want to come?" Ethan asked.
"Yeah!" Mark said. "I mean, girls in really short skirts, whats not to love?"
"Okay, but my parents are leaving in like fifteen minutes." Ethan said. He hoped that Ellie would not mind that his friends came along.
Lizzie drove Matt and Andrea to the Ice Palace skating rink, while Grodo drove Miranda in his car. They all met at the front entrance and went inside. It looked a little crazy inside and they thought there might be a hockey game going on.
"Excuse me." Lizzie said to the people at the front desk. "Is there open skate today?"
A lady who looked to be in her mid thirties looked at them. "No, I'm sorry. Although we have two rinks, we have some figure skating competions going on today. But you are welcome to stay and watch, it is free." She told them.
"Okay, thank you." Lizzie said and then turned back to her friends.
"So, you want to watch the figure skating?" Lizzie asked everyone.
"Yes please." Andrea piped up. Andrea was a short, skinny blonde girl with blue eyes. She was very quiet and could not exactly understand why Matt liked her so much.
"Its fine with me." Miranda said.
"I think I'll stay for a little bit." Grodo said. "But if it gets boring, I'm leaving."
"Okay." Matt said. "Lets go then."
They all went and sat in the blechers to watch the girls skate. According to the program, the two winners of the competition would go on to the Olympic qualifiers that November. Lizzie knew that skating was a big thing among the girls in town.
"Oh my gosh!" Andrea squealed as she read the green piece of paper.
"What?" Matt asked.
"Maire Craft is going to be preforming." Andrea told him. "She is my favorite skater of all time."
"Really?" Matt asked. "Thats cool."
"Do you take ice skating lessons Andrea?" Lizzie asked her. She noticed that about six girls came out onto the ice to warm up.
"No." Andrea said. "I ride horses though."
"Cool." Lizzie smiled.
Mr. and Mrs. Craft, Ethan, Mark and Andrew all walked in to the Ice Palace to watch Ellie skate about fifteen minutes later. Ethan wished that Mark and Andrew would loose interest and then leave. The boys went and sat apart from Ethan's parents. It was not long before Ethan noticed Lizzie and went over to her.
"Hey Lizzie. What are you doing here?" He asked.
"Just watching some skating." Lizzie said. "I never knew you liked skating."
"Oh, I do..." Ethan said. He did not know a good cover up for it. "Can we join you guys?"
"Sure." Lizzie said as all three boys sat down.
They waited for the skating to start. They watched all six of the skaters skate and get their scores. Apparently, the girls had already done their short program the night before, and they were now doing their long program. And to much of Andrea's delight, Maire Craft was in first place from the short program. Lizzie could not help but notice how Ethan also looked happy to find out that Maire was in first place.
Six more skaters came on the ice for their final warm-up about ten minutes later.
"Thats her!" Andrea told Matt pointing to a girl in a blue dress. "Thats Maire. I heard she just transfered here from Dallas, Texas. She moved here because she switched coaches."
"You seem to know a lot about this girl." Gordo said as she talked about Maire.
"Yeah I do, I know her birthday, and how long she has been skating, and I thought I heard somewhere that she had a twin brother. But I don't know." Andrea told everyone.
Lizzie thought a minute. Maire used to train in Texas, and she had a twin brother. "Ethan, will you come with me to get something to drink?" She asked him.
"Sure." Ethan said.
The two of them went down to the bleachers and then went to the snack bar.
"Ethan, is that Ellie skating out there?" Lizzie asked.
Ethan gave her a confused look. "Yeah, how did you know?"
"She told me you were twins, and I knew she had just moved from Texas, and she was always busy doing something." Lizzie said. "I just pieced it all together."
"Yeah, it is Ellie." Ethan told her. He sat down on a bench close by.
"I didn't l know she was a figure skater." Lizzie said sitting down next to him.
"Well she is really modest about it, she doesn't go around telling people she is a champion figure skater." He trailed off for a moment. "Ellie has been ice skating since she was like five." Ethan told her. "Then like nine years old, she was at a class and my aunt was visiting and saw what a good skater she was and said she would give Ellie lessons. My aunt used to figure skate."
"Then why did she have to go to Texas?" Lizzie asked.
"My aunt lives there with my uncle and two cousins. She didn't want to just moved her family." Ethan told her. "So Ellie moved there, and learned to love it. And she got so good at skating, but I never saw her anymore, except for on the TV during competitions or for a short time around the holidays. So she moved back here, so we would not be complete strangers."
"She's been on TV?" Lizzie asked.
"Yeah, but just for skating." Ethan said. "Like the Junior Olympics, Worlds Championships, US Nationals. All the major ones. She is so good at it and always seemed so happy when I talked to her on the phone, or when we saw each other. Now I can't even say two words to her without have her bite my head off...I just wish I knew why she hated me so much."
"Ethan, I heard Mark ask you when was your cousin going to skate." Lizzie said.
"So whats your point?" He asked.
"I don't think she hates you." Lizzie sighed, wondering if Ethan could understand what she was about to tell him. "But, she probably doesn't like that you tell people she is your cousin. I mean, yeah she does dress a little freaky and won't fit in with your friends, but she probably doesn't like that you ignore the fact that you two are twins."
Ethan thought another minute. "Its strange...I mean, in all the pictures I saw of her, she wore bright colors, and barely any make-up...But your probably right." Ethan said and then sighed. "Lets go watch her skate. I guess I'll talk to her later about it." They both stood up. "And Lizzie..."
"Yeah?" She asked.
"Thanks for listening to me." Ethan smiled.
Lizzie loved his smile. "Your welcome. I'll listen to you anytime."
They went back up into the bleachers and rejoiced their group to watch "Maire" skate.
~How does Ellie do on her routine? Does Lizzie's advice really help Ethan? Review and I will post the next chapter.~
The next two weeks went by fairly quickly. Ellie continously picked fights with Ethan, and she was always hanging out with Lizzie, Miranda, and Gordo. Ethan was able to keep from all his friends that he was related to Ellie, although she was the common talk of the lunch table.
Even though Ethan did not want his friends to know that Ellie was his twin, he still could not help but wonder why Ellie hated him so much. He was detremined to change it though.
Lizzie, Miranda and Gordo sat in Lizzie's living room. It was Saturday afternoon and they were quite bored.
"So, wanna go to the mall?" Miranda asked.
"Nah, already gone there twice this week." Lizzie said. "How about bowling?"
"Too smokey in that place." Gordo said.
"I have an idea." Matt said coming into the room. "If you would not mind taking me with you."
"What is it?" Lizzie asked. She hoped he had a good idea.
"Ice skating." Matt told them.
"Thats a great idea Matt." Miranda said. "We haven't been to the ice rink in so long."
"It does sound pretty fun." Gordo said.
"Okay then, lets go." Lizzie said as they stood up.
"Can Andrea come too?" Matt asked.
"Who's Andrea?" Lizzie asked.
"My girlfriend." Matt told her.
"Sure, tell her we can pick her up in like twenty minutes." Lizzie said.
"Great." Matt hugged his sister. "Andrea LOVES ice skating." He then ran to call his girlfriend.
Ellie got all her stuff together and then walked out of her room. She went downstairs and saw Ethan sitting on the couch with his friends, Mark and Andrew.
"Hey Elle." Ethan said following her into the kitchen hoping his friends would not follow. "Heading to the rink so early?"
"I'm supposed to be there in ten minutes Ethan." Ellie told him.
"Oh...Can I come watch you?" He asked her. "I've never seen you skate before, except on TV."
"Fine." Ellie said.
"I'll come with mom and dad in a couple minutes." Ethan said. He then hugged her. "Good luck."
Ellie was a little shocked that he did this. "Thanks Ethan. I'll see you there."
Ellie then got her car keys and left the house.
"Hey Ethan, where are you going?" Mark asked him as he came back into the TV room.
"To the ice rink." Ethan said.
"Why?" Andrew asked. "I thought you hated skating."
"I do, but...My cousin is skating there, you know like figure skating." Ethan said.
"What she that girl you were just talking to?" Mark asked.
"Yeah." Ethan said. Ellie was not wearing her normal heavy make-up which made her look a lot different. "Why?"
"Damn she is fine." Mark said. "I think we should come just so you can introduce me to her."
"You really want to come?" Ethan asked.
"Yeah!" Mark said. "I mean, girls in really short skirts, whats not to love?"
"Okay, but my parents are leaving in like fifteen minutes." Ethan said. He hoped that Ellie would not mind that his friends came along.
Lizzie drove Matt and Andrea to the Ice Palace skating rink, while Grodo drove Miranda in his car. They all met at the front entrance and went inside. It looked a little crazy inside and they thought there might be a hockey game going on.
"Excuse me." Lizzie said to the people at the front desk. "Is there open skate today?"
A lady who looked to be in her mid thirties looked at them. "No, I'm sorry. Although we have two rinks, we have some figure skating competions going on today. But you are welcome to stay and watch, it is free." She told them.
"Okay, thank you." Lizzie said and then turned back to her friends.
"So, you want to watch the figure skating?" Lizzie asked everyone.
"Yes please." Andrea piped up. Andrea was a short, skinny blonde girl with blue eyes. She was very quiet and could not exactly understand why Matt liked her so much.
"Its fine with me." Miranda said.
"I think I'll stay for a little bit." Grodo said. "But if it gets boring, I'm leaving."
"Okay." Matt said. "Lets go then."
They all went and sat in the blechers to watch the girls skate. According to the program, the two winners of the competition would go on to the Olympic qualifiers that November. Lizzie knew that skating was a big thing among the girls in town.
"Oh my gosh!" Andrea squealed as she read the green piece of paper.
"What?" Matt asked.
"Maire Craft is going to be preforming." Andrea told him. "She is my favorite skater of all time."
"Really?" Matt asked. "Thats cool."
"Do you take ice skating lessons Andrea?" Lizzie asked her. She noticed that about six girls came out onto the ice to warm up.
"No." Andrea said. "I ride horses though."
"Cool." Lizzie smiled.
Mr. and Mrs. Craft, Ethan, Mark and Andrew all walked in to the Ice Palace to watch Ellie skate about fifteen minutes later. Ethan wished that Mark and Andrew would loose interest and then leave. The boys went and sat apart from Ethan's parents. It was not long before Ethan noticed Lizzie and went over to her.
"Hey Lizzie. What are you doing here?" He asked.
"Just watching some skating." Lizzie said. "I never knew you liked skating."
"Oh, I do..." Ethan said. He did not know a good cover up for it. "Can we join you guys?"
"Sure." Lizzie said as all three boys sat down.
They waited for the skating to start. They watched all six of the skaters skate and get their scores. Apparently, the girls had already done their short program the night before, and they were now doing their long program. And to much of Andrea's delight, Maire Craft was in first place from the short program. Lizzie could not help but notice how Ethan also looked happy to find out that Maire was in first place.
Six more skaters came on the ice for their final warm-up about ten minutes later.
"Thats her!" Andrea told Matt pointing to a girl in a blue dress. "Thats Maire. I heard she just transfered here from Dallas, Texas. She moved here because she switched coaches."
"You seem to know a lot about this girl." Gordo said as she talked about Maire.
"Yeah I do, I know her birthday, and how long she has been skating, and I thought I heard somewhere that she had a twin brother. But I don't know." Andrea told everyone.
Lizzie thought a minute. Maire used to train in Texas, and she had a twin brother. "Ethan, will you come with me to get something to drink?" She asked him.
"Sure." Ethan said.
The two of them went down to the bleachers and then went to the snack bar.
"Ethan, is that Ellie skating out there?" Lizzie asked.
Ethan gave her a confused look. "Yeah, how did you know?"
"She told me you were twins, and I knew she had just moved from Texas, and she was always busy doing something." Lizzie said. "I just pieced it all together."
"Yeah, it is Ellie." Ethan told her. He sat down on a bench close by.
"I didn't l know she was a figure skater." Lizzie said sitting down next to him.
"Well she is really modest about it, she doesn't go around telling people she is a champion figure skater." He trailed off for a moment. "Ellie has been ice skating since she was like five." Ethan told her. "Then like nine years old, she was at a class and my aunt was visiting and saw what a good skater she was and said she would give Ellie lessons. My aunt used to figure skate."
"Then why did she have to go to Texas?" Lizzie asked.
"My aunt lives there with my uncle and two cousins. She didn't want to just moved her family." Ethan told her. "So Ellie moved there, and learned to love it. And she got so good at skating, but I never saw her anymore, except for on the TV during competitions or for a short time around the holidays. So she moved back here, so we would not be complete strangers."
"She's been on TV?" Lizzie asked.
"Yeah, but just for skating." Ethan said. "Like the Junior Olympics, Worlds Championships, US Nationals. All the major ones. She is so good at it and always seemed so happy when I talked to her on the phone, or when we saw each other. Now I can't even say two words to her without have her bite my head off...I just wish I knew why she hated me so much."
"Ethan, I heard Mark ask you when was your cousin going to skate." Lizzie said.
"So whats your point?" He asked.
"I don't think she hates you." Lizzie sighed, wondering if Ethan could understand what she was about to tell him. "But, she probably doesn't like that you tell people she is your cousin. I mean, yeah she does dress a little freaky and won't fit in with your friends, but she probably doesn't like that you ignore the fact that you two are twins."
Ethan thought another minute. "Its strange...I mean, in all the pictures I saw of her, she wore bright colors, and barely any make-up...But your probably right." Ethan said and then sighed. "Lets go watch her skate. I guess I'll talk to her later about it." They both stood up. "And Lizzie..."
"Yeah?" She asked.
"Thanks for listening to me." Ethan smiled.
Lizzie loved his smile. "Your welcome. I'll listen to you anytime."
They went back up into the bleachers and rejoiced their group to watch "Maire" skate.
~How does Ellie do on her routine? Does Lizzie's advice really help Ethan? Review and I will post the next chapter.~