Part Three:
Miranda started hanging out with Brenda more and more, and Lizzie less and less.
She missed her best friend...but Lizzie doesn't notice I'm gone anyway, she told
herself. Besides, time with Brenda was heaven to Miranda.
Brenda felt the same way. Usually, she and Miranda ate alone, talking about their
favortie TV show, "Degrassi: the Next Generation", or the music they both liked.
Miranda was listening to Led Zeppelin and Queen, and Brenda had been turned on
to Boxcar Racer and Less then Jake.
Sometimes, their alone time was broken. Sometimes Tudgeman or Parker when come over
to ask Brenda for homework. Tudgeman, needing help with homework? Miranda thought.
Then she realized: Tudgeman likes Brenda. And she coudn't help feeling jealous.
Brenda's birthday was a month away, but they still hadn't decided what to do
yet. Miranda had been listening to an classic rock station, to impress Brenda, when
she heard that the Eagles were coming to their town, and the radio station was giving away
free tickets!
One morning, Miranda heard it: "Okay, everyone, what you've all been waiting for:
we're giving away two front row tickets to the Eagle's concert. They're coming to
town on October 22. The tenth caller with the answer to this question wins: what was
the Eagles most popular song ever?"
"'Hotel California'!" Miranda exclaimed. She grabbed the phone. Please, please, please...
"Hello?" the DJ said. "Who is this?"
"Miranda Sancez. Am I caller 10?"
"You sure are!" Miranda kept her cool. "Do you have an answer?"
"Is it "Hotel California"?"
"Well, Ms. Sancez, it looks like you're going to see that and many other songs at
the concert." Miranda didn't keep her cool this time.
It was a Saturday. She and her mom went to claim the tickets, then Miranda spent the whole
weekend dying of excitment. Even though she spent the night at Brenda's that night,
she managed to keep the secret.
A week later, she and Brenda were talking about Brenda's birthday plans. "I wish we could
go to the Eagles concert, but all the tickets sold out last weekend..."
"Um, Brenda?" Miranda reached into her backpack and pulled out the two tickets. Brenda was
stunned.
"You...How did you...Where?"
"I won them on the radio last week."
"FRONT ROW TICKETS?" Brenda screamed. She hugged her friend. "Oh, Mira, you're totally
the best!"
Miranda felt good for making Brenda so happy. She loved to see the glow in her
chocolate eyes, and the flush in her thin cheeks. She's so pretty, Miranda thought.
"So, you like it?"
"LIKE it? I LOVE it? Oh, Mira." Brenda had to stop herself from saying, I love YOU Mira.
She didn't want to freak her out.
Lizzie had heard about the concert, and that Brenda and Miranda were going together. She
couldn't help feeling jealous, even though she didn't know who the hell the Eagles were.
She liked that Miranda was happy again, but...she hasn't spoken to me in over a week! Lizzie
thought sadly.
Gordo tried to take Lizzie off the subject, but he was upset, too. After all, he was just as
much to blame for Miranda turning away from them, and felt just as bad. But he thought to himself,
sadly: Friends grow apart. Lizzie and I are a couple now, and Miranda has new friends.
But he still wished there was something he could do.
He was partners with Brenda in science, since neither Miranda or Lizzie were in that
class with him this year. He decided to ask her about it. "So..." he said as they did an
experiment one day. "You and Miranda have been spending a lot of time together lately."
Brenda felt her whole body turn cold. Did he suspect something? "Yeah, so?"
"Well, Lizzie and I...we used to be her best friends."
Brenda felt a pang of guilt. "I'm not trying to steal her away or anything..."
"That's not what I'm trying to say," Gordo assured her quickly. "Maybe...the four of us, you
know, me, you, Miranda, and Lizzie, could get together and do something sometime?"
Brenda thought it was a good idea. She knew that Miranda missed her friends, just like Brenda missed
her friends back at her old school. So they agreed to get together after school and go to the
Digital Bean.
Brenda had never been there before. She was in awe of the computers and stuff. "There wasn't a
place like this at our old town," she explained when they sat down at a table. "The coolest thing
to do was get self-serve ice cream at the gas station. Like, the town is itty-bitty." She pinched
her fingers together to emphasis.
"Oh, ice cream's cool," Lizzie said, clearly uncomfortable. "How many flavors did they have?"
Miranda wanted to shoot her. Dumb question, Maguire, she thought.
But Brenda took it good. "Well, let's see...there was vanilla, chocolate, and vanilla-chocolate swirl.
That's about it."
"Yeah, thank God for caffeine-filled beverages in dozens of flavors," Gordo said, handing Brenda a
menu.
Brenda scanned the list. "Holy freakin' shit! Look at all these flavors."
"What, you've never heard of mocha-cafe-swirl?" Miranda teased. "Geez, girl, you were quite sheltered."
Brenda frowned at the menu. "By the looks of this, it was better that way." She made a face and decided
to order a fat free hot chocolate.
Gordo and Miranda both seemed at ease with the new girl, but Lizzie was still uncomfortable. I guess we
just weren't meant to be friends, Lizzie thought sadly as she watched her best friend chat with the girl.
No, ex-best friend, Lizzie thought sadly.
When she got home, she cried again.
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Miranda started hanging out with Brenda more and more, and Lizzie less and less.
She missed her best friend...but Lizzie doesn't notice I'm gone anyway, she told
herself. Besides, time with Brenda was heaven to Miranda.
Brenda felt the same way. Usually, she and Miranda ate alone, talking about their
favortie TV show, "Degrassi: the Next Generation", or the music they both liked.
Miranda was listening to Led Zeppelin and Queen, and Brenda had been turned on
to Boxcar Racer and Less then Jake.
Sometimes, their alone time was broken. Sometimes Tudgeman or Parker when come over
to ask Brenda for homework. Tudgeman, needing help with homework? Miranda thought.
Then she realized: Tudgeman likes Brenda. And she coudn't help feeling jealous.
Brenda's birthday was a month away, but they still hadn't decided what to do
yet. Miranda had been listening to an classic rock station, to impress Brenda, when
she heard that the Eagles were coming to their town, and the radio station was giving away
free tickets!
One morning, Miranda heard it: "Okay, everyone, what you've all been waiting for:
we're giving away two front row tickets to the Eagle's concert. They're coming to
town on October 22. The tenth caller with the answer to this question wins: what was
the Eagles most popular song ever?"
"'Hotel California'!" Miranda exclaimed. She grabbed the phone. Please, please, please...
"Hello?" the DJ said. "Who is this?"
"Miranda Sancez. Am I caller 10?"
"You sure are!" Miranda kept her cool. "Do you have an answer?"
"Is it "Hotel California"?"
"Well, Ms. Sancez, it looks like you're going to see that and many other songs at
the concert." Miranda didn't keep her cool this time.
It was a Saturday. She and her mom went to claim the tickets, then Miranda spent the whole
weekend dying of excitment. Even though she spent the night at Brenda's that night,
she managed to keep the secret.
A week later, she and Brenda were talking about Brenda's birthday plans. "I wish we could
go to the Eagles concert, but all the tickets sold out last weekend..."
"Um, Brenda?" Miranda reached into her backpack and pulled out the two tickets. Brenda was
stunned.
"You...How did you...Where?"
"I won them on the radio last week."
"FRONT ROW TICKETS?" Brenda screamed. She hugged her friend. "Oh, Mira, you're totally
the best!"
Miranda felt good for making Brenda so happy. She loved to see the glow in her
chocolate eyes, and the flush in her thin cheeks. She's so pretty, Miranda thought.
"So, you like it?"
"LIKE it? I LOVE it? Oh, Mira." Brenda had to stop herself from saying, I love YOU Mira.
She didn't want to freak her out.
Lizzie had heard about the concert, and that Brenda and Miranda were going together. She
couldn't help feeling jealous, even though she didn't know who the hell the Eagles were.
She liked that Miranda was happy again, but...she hasn't spoken to me in over a week! Lizzie
thought sadly.
Gordo tried to take Lizzie off the subject, but he was upset, too. After all, he was just as
much to blame for Miranda turning away from them, and felt just as bad. But he thought to himself,
sadly: Friends grow apart. Lizzie and I are a couple now, and Miranda has new friends.
But he still wished there was something he could do.
He was partners with Brenda in science, since neither Miranda or Lizzie were in that
class with him this year. He decided to ask her about it. "So..." he said as they did an
experiment one day. "You and Miranda have been spending a lot of time together lately."
Brenda felt her whole body turn cold. Did he suspect something? "Yeah, so?"
"Well, Lizzie and I...we used to be her best friends."
Brenda felt a pang of guilt. "I'm not trying to steal her away or anything..."
"That's not what I'm trying to say," Gordo assured her quickly. "Maybe...the four of us, you
know, me, you, Miranda, and Lizzie, could get together and do something sometime?"
Brenda thought it was a good idea. She knew that Miranda missed her friends, just like Brenda missed
her friends back at her old school. So they agreed to get together after school and go to the
Digital Bean.
Brenda had never been there before. She was in awe of the computers and stuff. "There wasn't a
place like this at our old town," she explained when they sat down at a table. "The coolest thing
to do was get self-serve ice cream at the gas station. Like, the town is itty-bitty." She pinched
her fingers together to emphasis.
"Oh, ice cream's cool," Lizzie said, clearly uncomfortable. "How many flavors did they have?"
Miranda wanted to shoot her. Dumb question, Maguire, she thought.
But Brenda took it good. "Well, let's see...there was vanilla, chocolate, and vanilla-chocolate swirl.
That's about it."
"Yeah, thank God for caffeine-filled beverages in dozens of flavors," Gordo said, handing Brenda a
menu.
Brenda scanned the list. "Holy freakin' shit! Look at all these flavors."
"What, you've never heard of mocha-cafe-swirl?" Miranda teased. "Geez, girl, you were quite sheltered."
Brenda frowned at the menu. "By the looks of this, it was better that way." She made a face and decided
to order a fat free hot chocolate.
Gordo and Miranda both seemed at ease with the new girl, but Lizzie was still uncomfortable. I guess we
just weren't meant to be friends, Lizzie thought sadly as she watched her best friend chat with the girl.
No, ex-best friend, Lizzie thought sadly.
When she got home, she cried again.
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