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The New...Everything

Chapter Eleven

The three of them, Lizzie, Gordo, and Jen, strolled back to Lizzie's, in hope in that Matt would be willing to hang out with them. No sooner had they arrived at her house, when suddenly they heard someone practically falling down the steps to answer the door.

"Lizzie!" a exasperated brother managed to squeeze out between gasps of breath.

"Hey, squirt. Whatcha doin' today?" She prayed that he wasn't doing anything.

He thought for a moment. He had originally planned to hang out with Lanny, but with the relationship between Lanny and Melina...he didn't want to feel like a third wheel. Plus, the angel in front of him was enough to convince him to hang out with his sister. "Nothin', Liz. Why do you ask?" he smiled "cutely."

Jen giggled, "You wanna hang with us?"

"And who might you be?" he asked as he took a step closer to her.

She blushed, "Um...my name's..." She went blank. She couldn't remember.

Gordo rolled his eyes, "Her name's Jen, Jennifer Gordon."

Lizzie giggled, this was going to be a great afternoon, "So, what do you say, bro?"

He acted like he had to think hard about, and finally he responded with sweet smile, "I think I can squeeze you guys in..."

Jen was ecstatic, but tried to hide it, "That's gre- I mean, I'm sure it'll be fun..." Gordo and Lizzie looked at each other, burst out laughing, linked elbows, and walked off...with Matt and Jen in toe. "So, Matt, what school do you go to?"

"Jackson Middle."

"Really?!"

"Yeah, why?"

"I have friend who goes there."

"What's her name?"

"Melina."

Matt stopped dead his tracks, "What's that you say? You know Melina?"

"Yeah! Isn't great news about her and Lanny?"

"Um...yeah...sure..." Matt was trying hard to cover up his uncomfortableness. "Listen, if you don't mind, I'd rather not talk about them right now. I hope you don't mind..."

"Nah, it's okay. That's all I really had to say on the subject."

"Oh, okay then. What about you? Where do you go to school?" he prodded.

"Well, I don't live her, but I go to school at Salem Elementary."

"Oh..." Matt was strangely disappointed, "So, you're just visiting?"

"Acutally..." she began before she heard someone break out in fits of laughter. They ran towards the noise, and finally saw Lizzie and Gordo together on the ground in the snow. They smiled, and Matt took Jen's hand in his.

"Gordo! Stop! Ahhhhh! Gordo!" Lizzie screamed inbetween giggles. Lizzie and Gordo had fallen on the sidewalk, and Gordo found this as the perfect time to "get to know" Lizzie. He was tickling the heck out of her. She was so cute when she giggled. "GORDO!!!! AHHH!!! Stop, please! OH, C'mon!" she laughed some more. "Okay, okay, okay! Side cramp, side cramp, side cramp!" she hiccuped now too.

He smiled, "You're beautiful." Lizzie blushed, she'd never had someone tell her that before. Gordo couldn't help it any longer. It was just the two of them sitting there in the snow without a care in the world. So, he leaned down and kissed her. Lizzie was flabbergasted, she'd just had her first kiss. But suddenly, the moment was ruined...

"ELIZABETH BROOKE MCGUIRE!!!!!!" a familiar boomed in hysterics.