Miranda sat, waiting at a table in the digital bean. Lizzie and Gordo still hadn't shown up yet. What was taking them so long? It was her first day back from Mexico, and this was going to be the time that the three of them were going to reminisce about what happened over the summer. She started tapping her fingers on the table, becoming a little more agitated.

Her irritation stopped though, as she saw Lizzie and Gordo enter. Of course, what really got Miranda happy, was seeing the thing that she had been waiting for years. Lizzie and Gordo were holding hands. About time! It only took Lizzie long enough to realize all of this. The two love birds sat down at the table, hand in hand.

"All right you two. Forget that I even went to Mexico. Explain ALL of that." Said Miranda, pointing to Lizzie and Gordo's entwined hands.

Gordo blushed, while Lizzie simply giggled.

"All right, Miranda, all right." Said Lizzie.

Lizzie explained the entire thing. Her time with that jerk Paolo, how she got to sing on stage with Isabella. How Kate was actually NICE to her this trip. How incredibly wonderful Gordo had been. And, of course-The kiss.

"So.you two kissed?" Asked Miranda.

"Yeah!" Replied Lizzie enthusiastically.

"Yep. That's what happened.Well, actually, she kissed me." Said Gordo, now blushing like mad.

"Oh that is so cute! So, you two haven't even mentioned the kiss to your parents yet?"

"Nope." Replied Gordo.

"The whole trip back home from Rome, was quite nice though!" Said Lizzie giggling and giving Gordo's hand a squeeze.

"Well it's about time!"

Miranda leaned in to the other two, but felt her leg hit something. She looked under the table, and on the lone leg, saw that her knee had just hit a small dart. She held it up and examined it. It was some sort of dart.

"What is this thing?" Asked Miranda a loud.

She dropped the dart onto the floor underneath the table, and suddenly heard a loud crackling noise, and Kate yelling "LIZZIE'S BROTHER!".

She turned around, as did most of the rest of the café's inhabitants, to see Matt fleeing out of the door. They then focused their attention on Kate. Miranda turned around again, and continued talking to Lizzie and Gordo.

"That looked an awful lot like your brother Lizzie." Said Miranda.

"Could have been. Whatever." Replied Lizzie.

Wow. She had changed since she and Gordo got together. Before, Lizzie would have run after Matt to find out exactly what he was doing there. Instead, she simply shrugged it off, and continued staring into Gordo's eyes. It was the cutest thing Miranda had seen in a long time.

Just then Ethan walked up to the table. Miranda immediately blushed.

"Hey Lizzie. Hey Gordo. Hey Mariana!" Said Ethan.

"Hey Ethan." Replied Miranda, nervously.

"So, I guess you and Gordo are, like dating now, huh?"

Lizzie smiled and looked at Gordo.

"Yeah. It's great."

Ethan looked at Gordo.

"Didn't I tell you bro? The slow curve works every time."

"Heh. Yeah, thanks Ethan."

"Well, I'm gonna go back to my fine lady Kate. By guys. My Mariana."

When he walked away, Miranda turned back to the couple.

"Ethan almost remembered my name!" She said, excitedly.

Ok, so Miranda wasn't THAT interested in Ethan. But she couldn't deny that he was incredibly cute. Miranda longed for a loved one. And while she was really, really happy for Gordo and Lizzie, she couldn't help but feel a little jealous of them.

"Well, I better go. I don't wanna be-" Said Miranda, immediately getting interrupted by Lizzie.

"Hey! Now, I do not want you feeling like a third wheel all right?" Said Lizzie, sternly.

"Yeah, we're still the same trio we were before." Said Gordo, "You, me and Lizzie. The three amigos."

Miranda, now feeling really uncomfortable for some reason, looked at the clock, and then got up.

'Uh-I-I have to go anyway. Bye guys." She said, walking out of the Digital Bean.

Sure, Lizzie didn't want her to be a third wheel, but truth is, she sure felt like a third wheel. And as much as the two of them didn't want to admit it, it was different. It was going to be very different. The three amigos couldn't possibly stay the same. She looked over a little past the café, and noticed Tudgemen talking to a bunch of police men, one of the officers, pushing a man into his cop car.

Larry Tudgemen. Now there was a guy that Miranda was surprised she was interested in. Something about him just attracted her. And she would persue it too- If she didn't care so much what people thought about her. As hard as she tried, she couldn't seem to put her self over any stares or odd comments any of her peers made.

She took one final look at Lizzie and Gordo, who were inside the café looking out at her, and she walked away.

END OF CHAPTER 13. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!!! JUST DO IT!!!