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Chapter Three: It's Just A Basic Plan

"Did you guys hear?" Kate asked as she approached the group, who were hanging out at Daphne's apartment after school.  "Claire's throwing a party, and everyone except us, is invited."

Gordo frowned. "So?"

"Hello!" Kate exclaimed. "Doesn't anyone else see the problem?"

Lizzie smiled uncomfortably. "Uh.. no?" Malcolm nodded in agreement.

"Lizzie, Lizzie, Lizzie." Kate said impatiently. "We have to be there!"

"Uh, we?" Daphne asked as she reached for a bagel. "I'm not too sure if it's okay for me to attend any more parties. The last one I had was a total disaster."

"You said we weren't invited," Louis said to Kate.

Kate went to where Louis was seated and put her arms around him. "I guess we'll just have to make ourselves invited," Kate said, her eyes twinkling.

"You mean crash the party?" Malcolm asked, his eyes growing in disbelief.

Smugly, Kate replied, "Yeah."

Gordo's face formed a frown. "I dunno, Kate. Don't you remember your birthday party last year? It was wild."

Kate smiled. "I do. And the thing is, there's a chaperon at Claire's party, so she can't just throw us out. And I know Claire, she may be a pain in the rear but she can't stand things to go wrong. Trust me."

"Okay, if you say so." Gordo said, looking at Lizzie. "What do you think?"

"I think," said Tawny as she approached the group. She was late, as usual. "We should go. Unless you guys are chicken."

Kate smiled at Tawny. "You know, I've known you for what, two weeks now, but I have a feeling we'll get along really well."

Tawny smiled back at Kate. "Everybody likes me. I mean, who doesn't?"

Gordo smirked, and Lizzie nudged Gordo.

"Oh yes, everyone does." Louis said in reply.

"Sorry I'm late," Twitty said as he entered Daphne's living room. "Some random guy named Danny Kessler was harassing me outside school."

"Harrasing you?" Louis asked, his eyes curious.

Twitty smiled. "He was asking if I knew where some Miranda girl was."

Gordo, Kate, and Lizzie smiled and looked at each other.

"I miss Miranda," Lizzie said.

"Me too." Gordo said.

"Me three." Kate smiled. "Too bad she hasn't seen my good side."

Twitty was confused. "Huh?"

All the others laughed.

"You see, I am the queen of mean. Or was."

"Oh." Twitty said, making a face. "That's cool."

"Anyways," Kate continued. "There's what, eight of us. I think we can hold a fight against Claire and her dumb-e-roos," she said smiling.

"I don't know," Malcolm said smiling, "that Angel Leihberman is big."

The group laughed.

"Seriously now," Kate said. "We have to go. I'm in, Tawny's in, and Louis is in too."

Louis' had a questioning look in his face, but he just went with it.

"So are you going, Daphne?"

"Well, since I'm with you guys, okay."

"Twitty?"

"Rock on, ba-by!"

"Malcolm?"

"I'm not sure." Kate gave him an evil stare. "I mean, I will, of course."

"And Lizzie and Gordo says?"

The two shared a look. "Of course we will!"

"Cool," Kate said. "We're gonna crush a partayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!"

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