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The New...Everything

Chapter Twenty-Five

There was some awkward silence for about five minutes. All three of them just sat there. There was one person with a very shocked expression on her face; another person with a mournful and ashamed look on her face; and one last person with a look of, well, nothing actually. He was the one that told the two girls. There was no reason for him to be looking any certain way. He was just kind of standing there in the middle of Lizzie's room waiting for Lizzie to come out of her daze. That would take a while.

"YOU WHAT?!" Lizzie hollered. Oops, spoke to soon. Lizzie couldn't believe it. After all that Miranda had said about Tudgeman, she went on a DATE with him? This was NOT happening. This COULD not be happening, could it? Miranda just shrugged like it was no big deal. "Nuh-unh, girl! You gotta spill!" Lizzie wasn't going to let this go. She wanted to know everything, and she wasn't going to drop the subject until she did know.

"Liz, just drop it. Okay? I really don't want to talk about it right now," Miranda sulked.

Lizzie was about to object to Miranda's request, but she was cut off by Gordo. "You heard her. Don't bug her about it just yet. Okay?"

Lizzie was upset. Why couldn't she know? Wait... "Gordo! How do YOU know about it?!"

"I...uh...um..." he chuckled nervously.

"Okay, I'm confused. First, my best friend and I become friends again. Next, I'm overhearing that Kate's going to blackmail her. Then, I find out that Kate likes my boyfriend. Then, I'm told that my best friend went on a date with Tudgeman. What's next?"

"I love you?" someone whispered.

Lizzie snapped her head towards where the voice had come from, "Who said that?" Neither two spoke up. She blew her bangs.

"Liz, don't be frustrated. If you really must know..."

"Yes! I must!"

"As I was saying..."

"Wait, Kate likes me?" Gordo asked puzzled.

Both girls looked at him, "YES!"

Miranda turned back to Lizzie, "To continue, I went on a date with Tudgeman..."

"Yes, I know that. But, why?" Lizzie interrupted.

"Well, let me finish, and then you'll know." Lizzie nodded in agreement. "I went out with him because Ilikehim." Miranda slurred the last three words together.

"What was that, Miranda?" Lizzie commanded.

"I said, Ilikehim," she slurred them together again.

"I can't hear you!" Lizzie knew what she had said the first time, but she wanted Miranda to say it and not slur it together.

"I LIKE TUDGEMAN!" Miranda yelled.

Lizzie giggled, "Okay, just making sure I heard you right the first couple of times. Miranda huffed. Lizzie realized that Gordo still hadn't answered her questions. She turned to look at him, "Oh, dear sweet Gordo?"

Uh-oh, this couldn't be good. He glaced at her, "Yes, McGuire?"

"You still haven't answered my question..." Gordo froze in place. What was he to say? Would it be right to tell her the truth, or should he lie about the whole thing just to please her?