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Better Or Worse?



Miranda walked into school the following week, next to Lizzie. Lizzie was looking happier than she had in weeks. Miranda smiled on the inside to think that they were friends again.

"Hey, Lizzie?" Miranda asked. Lizzie kept on walking. Her eyes focused on the floor. "Lizzie! Lizzie!" Miranda repeated. Lizzie stepped back to her friend and gave her a weak smile.

"Yeah?" she asked. Lizzie was pale with the teeniest bit of pink in her checks. She was wearing a long sleeved shirt, even though it was pretty warm out.

"You OK?" Miranda asked, looking at her friend up and down. She was looking a little less Lizzie-like.

"Yeah, I'm still kind of shocked at what happened this weekend..." Lizzie said. Miranda looked at her, puzzled.

"You mean us being friends again?" she asked curiously. Lizzie's eyes got a little wider, and the pinkness in her face became red and blotchy.

"Um...yeah. That's what I meant," Lizzie said. She looked down the hall, her eyes prickling with the tears forming.

"Yeah, I'm so happy too. I didn't know what I'd do with out you-" Miranda said, getting cut off by Tony Ramirez, one of Will's fellow football players.

"Hey, Lizzie," Tony said, towering a foot over the girls.

"Um, hey, Tony," Lizzie said, raising her right eyebrow in her suspicion. He smiled a weak smile at her.

"Hi. I was thinking, because you and Will broke up, I was wondering if you wanted to go to homecoming with me this weekend," he asked.

"Um, sorry Tony. Me and Will did not break up. And I'm pretty sure that me and him are going together. But, thank you for the offer-"

"I am sorry. I must have been seeing things...are you sure you two are still together?" he asked.

Lizzie began to walk to her class, the bell one minute away. Miranda and Tony walked by her side. "Yeah, I'm positive. I'm sure he would have said something," Lizzie said, turning the first corner to her homeroom.

Tony nodded. "That's not what I hopped for. I guess I must have been seeing things," he said, forcing a smile.

"Wait, why would you think me and Will had broken up? Did he say something to you?" she asked, more interested than before. He looked at her, worried of how he was going to tell her.

"It's not a big deal. I mean, you said it yourself. You guys are still together. Lets drop it," he tried to finish quickly.

Lizzie approached the door to her classroom. She turned to face Tony. "No, tell me. Please-- --" Lizzie stopped dead in her tracks.

Tony looked at the pain in Lizzie's eyes, and hoped she hadn't seen what he had. "Lizzie, are you OK?" he asked her.

Lizzie stepped back, her body shaking. She saw her two friends staring at her, and she saw Will in the background. And he was kissing Lana Hill's neck.

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Gordo sat in his assigned seat in his homeroom class. Across the room, Julia sat, a sour expression on her face. He focused back onto the board, and read the schedule order for the day. He had English first, with Lizzie. He had somehow witnessed a revelation between Miranda and Lizzie this morning. They were finally talking, being civil. He had no idea what Miranda was thinking, how she could sit back and let Lizzie stomp all over her life again. Gordo looked around the classroom. There were hardly any people, and he had a few minutes to pass.

He stepped out of the classroom, and turned the corner, to see Lizzie and Miranda conversing with Tony, a sophomore football player. He lurked behind the corner, eavesdropping on their conversation. He heard Tony say something about Lizzie and Will breaking up. Just as he was about to listen to what Lizzie had to say, a group of cheerleaders past him by, chattering frantically, blocking out all other sound. Gordo walked around the group and walked near an empty classroom. He stood somewhat behind a group of people who were making out, in private. Gordo was about to focus on something else, he heard Lizzie from across the hallway.

"Wait, why would you think me and Will had broken up? Did he say something to you?" Gordo lifted his head in her direction, and followed Tony's quick glance over his shoulder. Kissing a girls neck in front of him, was none other than Will Harter. And judging by the look on Lizzie's face, she had seen too. The color was draining, and she took a step back. Gordo eased his way around the two, fighting the urge to pummel Will to the ground. Gordo heard Lizzie loudly say Will's name questioningly. He looked up from the girl, stunned, as a deer in headlights. He had been caught. And now all Gordo had to do was sit back and watch the paper view. Lizzie stood, shaking, as Tony disappeared down the hallway, looking back over his shoulder like a wounded dog would. Gordo stepped out of view once again, in time to hear Miranda screaming at Will. The girl had slipped back into her classroom, and the bell had sounded seconds ago. Will stared back and forth between Lizzie and Miranda. Gordo stared at Miranda, worried at what she might do. Without a seconds noticed, Gordo heard Lizzie's petrified scream, and saw Miranda lung into the air; in Will's direction



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