Although Miranda was panicking, Gordo knew what he had to do. In health class, he was taught how to do CPR. He pressed his lips against Lizzie's, blowing warm air into her lungs. Gordo pressed his ear against her heart, listening for a steady beat. Ethan ran over to see what the problem was. Gordo blew into her mouth again. As he lifted his lips from her mouth, Lizzie gagged and water spurted out of her mouth. She was alive! Gordo stood up and backed away to give Lizzie some room. She became conscious again. Just as Miranda, thought that there was nothing that could keep these two apart, disaster broke out.
Lizzie, instead of thanking Gordo, thought Ethan was responsible for saving her life. "Ethan, you saved my life," she said softly, still out of breath.
"But.." Miranda tried interrupting Lizzie.
Lizzie got up, looking into Ethan's bright blue eyes. She leaned in and kissed him. Gordo and Miranda's eyes were wide in shock. "Thanks Ethan. That's the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me." Ethan didn't have to time to answer her before she kissed him again.
A sad-stricken Gordo started walking away until Miranda caught up with him. "Gordo, what happened?" Miranda wondered.
"Ethan just took credit for something I did." Gordo said angrily.
"Well go tell her, Gordo. You can't deny your true feelings for her." Miranda persuaded him.
"Yeah, maybe you're right." Gordo turned around to approach Lizzie. Lizzie and Ethan were walking to the water slide, holding each other's hands. "Forget it now, Miranda. If she wants the dumb jock then she can have him. I'm just totally going to forget any feelings I have for her." Gordo stormed off, heading back to the hotel.
"Poor Gordo," Miranda said to herself. "His heart is crushed." All the hopes and dreams Miranda had for getting the duo back together were almost gone. She wanted to comfort Gordo, but she knew there was nothing she could say.

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Miranda joined Kate, Larry, and Claire at a table in the restaurant they were dining at. In her hands, she held a tasty burger with fries and a cola. She sat next down next to Claire.
"You guys, Lizzie and Ethan are completely inseparable." She peered over at the two who were eating and engaging in deep conversation. "I'm out of plans. Do you guys have any ideas?" Miranda was almost positive Kate or Claire would have something.
"Well, we could tie her to a tree and rub her with cheese and let the birds peck her." Kate giggled.
"We want to get her away from Ethan, not turn her into a diner for birds." Miranda told her.
"We could get Gordo, Lizzie, Ethan, and the rest of us to go through the haunted house, and then we could each ditch them one by one until Gordo and Lizzie were left. Then, they would have to work together to get out of the house." Claire suggested.
"That's a great idea." Miranda commented.
Claire smiled with pride.
"Claire, that's the only good thing you've ever thought of. How did you come up with something like that so fast?"
"Claire, that's the only good idea I think I've heard you come up with." Larry laughed.
"Shut up, Tudgeman. No one asked for your opinion." Claire said in an icy tone.
"Guys, come on. We will put our plan into action tomorrow. Larry, tonight, can you try and talk to Gordo? He is so upset." Miranda pleaded.
"Sure. Lizzie is one dame. Trust me. I can handle this one."
Claire, Kate, and Miranda rolled their eyes.

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Kate, Claire, and Miranda walked to their hotel where they would be staying for the night. Kate pulled out her key card and slipped it through the slot so the door would become unlocked. As the trio entered the room, they saw Lizzie lying on the bed. At first glance, she looked like she was asleep. After getting closer to her, it was obvious that she was stricken with love.
"What's wrong with you?" Kate asked.
"Ethan Craft is what's wrong with me. He is so gorgeous and nice and intellig... well, he's gorgeous and nice." Lizzie said, looking toward the ceiling awe-stricken.
"Let me at her!" Kate yelled. Claire and Miranda held her arms back before she could pounce on Lizzie.
"Ethan told me that someday, he hopes we get married." Lizzie said in that odd, happy tone she was in.
"Ok. Now let me at her!" Claire said barging at Lizzie.
"You guys." Miranda motioned them to stop. "We are very happy for you, Lizzie. So, how are you and Gordo doing?" Miranda asked, already knowing the answer to the question.
"Gordo who?" Lizzie questioned again in that odd, happy tone.
"She has Ethan on her mind and she can't get her off. What are we going to do now, Miranda?" Claire wondered.
"We have to hope that Larry can get the 411 from Gordo." Miranda sighed.

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Larry trudged back to the hotel room in his poncho as it began to rain. The air was crisp, but wet as the rain began coming down. He knocked on the hotel room door and was greeted by Ethan. Across the face of Ethan, was the biggest smile he had ever seen.
"Hey Tudge. What's up?" Ethan said in his normal dumbfounded tone.
"Nothing much, Ethan." Larry sighed. He made his sigh obvious so Ethan would notice and ask the question:
"What's wrong Tudge?"
"Well I've got this problem."
"What is it?"
"Well, you see, I've got this friend named, ummmm, Wordo." He said, hoping he was not too obvious. "And Wordo has a crush on his ex-girlfriend who is also one of his best friends. Frizzie, his ex, likes, ummm, Zethan. So now there is this huge entanglement." Larry explained.
"I get it, Tudge."
Larry knew he had gone too far with Zethan. He had blown his cover.

"You're this so-called Wordo, aren't you Tudge?"
Why did he even bother? "It's been nice talking to you, Ethan, but I'm going to hit the hay. I'll catch you in the morning."

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Miranda lied in bed. It was getting late, but she couldn't sleep. She turned to look at the clock. 2:14 it read. She tried to sleep, but she had too much on her mind. She looked to her left and saw a sleeping Kate, snoring. Miranda giggled silently. Lizzie and Claire were also asleep. Today's fiasco pushed Gordo and Lizzie even farther apart. After all of these events, was it even possible to mend the fences and get the dynamic duo back together? Miranda wasn't sure of this but she was sure of one thing. She would try her hardest. She was already this far. Plus, she had a fuming Claire and Kate on her side, which would better her, chances even more. She had to get rest so she could put "Plan: Haunted House" into full motion. She dozed off into a deep sleep.