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Author's Notes: Please check chap 3 for disclaimer. By the way, I had no idea what Lizzie's astrological sign is so I just wrote Virgo, ok? Some parts of the Virgo reading I made is not owned by me. It is borrowed from Teen People Magazine (issue: Winter 2003).

Chapter 5 --

I was flipping through the pages of Teen People that I just bought last week. There was a horoscope special in it. I was scanning the page for my astrological sign and finally saw it.

Virgo:

A kind of gal who doesn't like wearing anything too revealing and who always wants to look fresh and clean, you Virgos can't live without a daily planner. Reading is a pastime for you and your secret wish is to be a hero. You answer everything with common sense and you have the aura around you that makes guys crazy (at this, Lizzie raised an eyebrow). You will meet someone unexpected (obviously, not part of your planner) to help you out this month. Make sure to thank the helper enough to avoid bad luck on the second week of December.

Okay. That was weird. So I had to thank the helper to avoid bad luck on December, huh? I bet the helper is INL. I guess I hadn't thanked her enough. I made a mental note to tell Matt how thankful I am for INL.

I hid the magazine underneath my bed and as soon as I turned off my lamp, I fell asleep instantly.

The next day...

I waited at the bus stop, relieved that breakfast was *finally* over. Mom kept looking at me suspiciously, now that my zit is gone. I kept telling her that it just went away. Dad didn't looked like he believed anything I said. As I entered the bus, Miranda and Gordo waved frantically at me.

"Hey, Gordo. Hey, Miranda," I said to my two bestfriends as I batted my eyelashes at them.

"Lizzie!" Miranda gasped. "Your zit! I-I-It's gone! Where is it?"

This is what I call private victory. Yipee!

I told them happily the events last night and I gave them a brief explanation of how INL got the pus thing off me.

Lunch time...

I was eating Mexican food (that doesn't even taste like Mexican at all) when I saw INL out of the corner of my eye. She was hiding behind a tree. Once I made sure no one was looking, I mouthed "Thankyou" at her then she winked and dissapeared. Strange.

Then I saw Kate Sanders approaching. What was she gonna say now? My zit is gone. Haha.

"Ooooh, Lizzie, where's your zit?" said Kate.

"Like it's any of your business," Miranda said hotly.

Kate rolled her eyes at Miranda. "I wasn't asking *you*."

There was a way how Kate said 'YOU.' She said it like it was the name of a bug.

"Well then, if you're asking me where's my zit then, I think it had transferred on your nose," I said through gritted teeth.

Oh no! What I said was stupid! Why had I said that? That was just, like, the most impossible thing in the world! I'm dead meat. Then, I saw a huge zit growing on Kate's nose! Right before my very own eyes! I guessed that this was INL's work! She doesn't like Kate much so she did this!

"Cheerleaders don't get zits!" Gordo tried to catch his breath. It was very hilarious.

Miranda was laughing so hard that she almost bumped me. So what? We needed a celebration! I didn't care if we looked like we were retarded or anything, this was just funny. Kate had tears in her eyes, running to the nearest bathroom. Haha! Clare and the other cheerleaders glared at the three of us.

I came home early, as I used the first bus. I skipped happily toward the kitchen to find some food. As I opened the refrigerator, I grabbed a strawberry yogurt and ate it silently.

"What Inny did a while ago was cool!"

I promptly jumped. Then I sighed. Why was I always surprised?

"What do you mean, Matt?" I said.

"Oh, you know what I mean," he said with eyes full of mischief in it.

"You mean the zit on Kate?"

"Of course! Didn't you see me and Inny?"

"I just saw INL but not you. And I never saw her when she transferred the my original zit on Kate."

Then I heard a pop and screamed. INL appeared right beside Matt. I sighed again.

"Don't scare me like that!" I exclaimed.

"Oops, sorry," INL smiled apologetically. "Anyway, of course you didn't see me! I don't want to lose my powers, do I?"

I grinned at her. "By the way, thanks INL for taking the puss thing off me."

"Sure, no problem. I'm glad I can help. And Lizzie --"

"Yeah?"

"Stop calling me INL. Call me Inny."

And with a snap, she vanished. At least I didn't get surprised or anything.

"Boo!"

"AAARRGGHH!"

So I spent the rest of my time chasing Matt.

Lizzie's room...

Someone knocked on my door.

"Mom, Dad, or a retard?" I called.

"Hey, Lizzie," I saw Mom enter. "Who's the retard?"

"Oh! Umm, it's nothing. Anyway, what brings you here?" I tried to change the subject.

"I'm just here to bring your laundry," she said as she dropped the laundry basket with my clean clothes on the floor.

Then she smiled at me. There was something in her eyes. It's oddly familiar...

"Well, I guess I better be going," she said, ready to leave the room.

"Mom, wait!"

"Yeah?"

"I think I have a little confession to make."

There. I said it. My mouth has a mind of its own.

"Oh really?" Mom said. She sat down on my bed.

I nodded. "Mom, you know that magician set I gave to Matt? It wasn't a gift. It's sort of like a trade. Matt has this friend of him that can take off zits. So she took off my zit."

I said it! I can't believe I said it. But I didn't give information about Inny, obviously.

"Matt made you buy a 15 dollar magician set to get that zit off? What if he never had a friend who can take off zits? You know that you can never return any purchased item from the magic store!" Mom roared.

I looked down at my hands as if it's the most fascinating thing in the world.

"I'm going to ground Matt."

Did I heard her right?

"B-but, h-how about me?" I stammered.

"Why should I ground you?"

******

At dinner, Lizzie, Jo and Matt were the only ones eating. Sam was comming home late since he attended a seminar.

Before Matt can stand up, Jo stopped him.

"Matt--you're grounded," Jo said calmly.

"What are you talking about?" Matt asked, alarmed.

"You know what I'm talking about. I contacted the owner of the magic store a while ago and I told him that you're the one who's going to polish and clean everything in there. Starting tomorrow," Jo said sternly.

Matt made a sad face. But when he turned around to go to his room, his face was far from sad. "Woohoo!" Being grounded wasn't so bad after all!

Author's Notes: That's it. It's done. I know it's, well, kinda corny but I am very shocked that people review this LM fic. In fact, it's my very first, and I got nice comments from other LM fans!

I'm really depressed because the ones who used to read the first chapter didn't even read the 2nd 3rd and 4th! ARGH!

BTW, I would like to give a toast to one of the very amazing person of all! INL! She reviewed all of my chapters and was even included to my fic! Rock on, Inny! ;)