The days went by, and still Matt had no idea what was happening at the dance. He could come up with no clues at all. Each morning, before there parents would awake, Lizzie and Matt would sneak out of the house. Lizzie would go to Gordo's, while Matt would go scouring for clues. They would both arrive before their parents woke up.

Friday morning rolled around, and the dance was now only a few hours away. The brother and sister had made it back from sneaking out of the house again, and they both got to the house at the same time. They both crept in, and Lizzie tripped on something, causing a lamp to fall over.

"Honey? What was that?"

Lizzie and Matt heard that. Mrs. McGuire was coming downstairs.

"Oh no Matt! If they catch me, I won't get to go to the dance!"

Matt thought for a second. He really shouldn't let her go to the dance anyway, seeing as how something might happen to her. But, then, on the other hand, he had no idea what, was going to happen, if anything. He realized what he had to do.

"Look, go hide over there, and I'll distract mom and dad so you can run up to your room."

Lizzie smiled, and gave Matt another unwanted kiss on the forehead. She ran into the next room, and Matt looked at his parents, who he could tell weren't very happy about the broken lamp. They noticed the open door, and must have put two and two together.

"So, you were sneaking out Matt? Well, I think you've just earned yourself 2 more weeks of grounding."

Matt didn't say anything, he just nodded sadly. He noticed Lizzie quickly scamper upstairs. Matt trudged back up to his room, and laid in bed. Great. Now what was he going to do? Two more weeks? He kind of regretted taking a bullet for his sister like that.

The door to his room opened, and Lizzie slowly walked in.

"Hey Matt."

"Hello sister."

Lizzie sat down next to Matt.

"I just want to thank you for not ratting me out."

"Yeah, whatever."

"It's just that I've been looking forward to this dance for a while now."

"Yeah, I know I know. Because of Gordo."

Lizzie giggled and nodded her head. Matt knew that this dance was important to her, because it was the first dance that she got to be with Gordo, as more than a friend. Matt had always been able to tell that Gordo liked Lizzie, and was always stunned that she couldn't tell, because it was so obvious.

The hour of the dance drew near, and Matt was confined to his room. Gordo eventually came and picked Lizzie up. Matt sat in his room, tossing a super ball against the wall. Being in his room, had kept him unaware of what was going on downstairs, but he was able to hear when a car drove up or something. An hour went by with him just sitting in his room.

He suddenly heard the screeching tires of a car from outside. Matt jolted up, and looked out the window. The family van was flying out of the driveway, and down the street.

"What the?"

That's not like his parents to just leave him there. He ran downstairs and was running toward the door, when he spotted the turned on television. On the screen was a "breaking news" logo on, with a picture of Lizzie's future high school on it. Cop cars where surrounding the perimeter.

"Hostage?"

Matt knew something wasn't right before. He bolted out of the door and to the school. He came upon a crowd of people and many cop cars. He didn't see his parents, but he saw the school. He made his way to the front of the crowd. He looked around franticly, and then-

BLAM!

Matt's face turned pale, as he heard the gunshot from inside the dance.

END OF CHAPTER 3. END OF MATT'S PERSPECTIVE.

A/N: Wondering what's going to happen next? Well, your gonna have to wait. You won't find out until the final chapter. Anyway, next perspective you will see: Ethan Craft. PLEASE REVIEW! IT'S THE COOL THING TO DO!