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Lizzie sat next to Gordo, winking at him occasionally. Yes, Lizzie and Gordo were together. It was much of a shock when Kate found out, considering, when Lizzie kissed Gordo and he asked her out later, Kate was jealous that Lizzie had a boyfriend. It seemed that everything that had to happen to the most popular girl in school, Kate, would happen to Lizzie first. Lizzie had a boyfriend now; she also had many more friends than just Gordo and Miranda. Miranda and Lizzie weren't as close as Lizzie wanted them to be anymore. Miranda was more rebellious, while Lizzie was more goody-two shoes. Miranda still liked Lizzie and vice versa, but secrets were shared more between Lizzie and Gordo now instead of Miranda and Lizzie. Somehow, when Miranda got back from Mexico, she had changed, and not necessarily for the better. She had seemed to not care about Lizzie anymore, at least from Lizzie's point of view. When Lizzie had told Miranda all about it, the fame, the glory, performing in front of everyone, Miranda seemed like she didn't understand. Lizzie's mom, Jo, said that Miranda was probably jealous, considering she was supposed to be the singer; her voice had been discovered in Jr. High.

Well, Miranda sat at the same table for lunch with Gordo, Lizzie, and three other friends, Beth, Natalie and Ethan. Ethan had become Miranda's boyfriend, but Miranda constantly told Lizzie about how Ethan wasn't the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree, and Lizzie just didn't understand. Why did Miranda even go out with Ethan if she didn't like him? After the whole Italy trip though, Lizzie didn't want to bother to ask Miranda about her relationship with Ethan. Ethan was sitting next to Miranda and Beth, and Lizzie was sitting next to Gordo and Natalie. Miranda took her black and blue highlighted hair out of her ponytail and put her arm in Ethan's.

Ethan looked at Miranda, looking surprised as Miranda snuggly cuddled him.

"Umm, hi Miranda," Ethan said to her.

Miranda laughed deliberately eyeing Lizzie and smiled, "oh Ethan, you're just so cute" she said, a little too loud for comfort.

Right as she said it, Kate walked by after she threw away her lunch tray. "Look it's the Miranda 'The Man' Sanchez and her boyfriend." She said using finger quotations around boyfriend. Right then Miranda took Ethan's head and planted a long French kiss on his lips. Kate just sat in awe, as Claire and Mallory, the Kate worshipers looked at them in disgust. After Miranda was done, Ethan's lips stayed in the kissing position and his eyes closed as Miranda turned to Kate.

"Hey Kate, good to see you," she smiled. Kate scoffed at them and motioned for Claire and Mallory to come with her.

"Nice." Beth said. Beth's name was Elizabeth, but so was Lizzie's so Beth had to go by Beth. If she went by Lizzie, or even Lizzy, things would get too confusing. Lizzie McGuire was the only Lizzie in Hill Ridge High. Lizzie had gotten much more popular than when she was in Jr. High School, which sometimes went to her head and Gordo's. So many guys had asked Lizzie out that Gordo felt really good, since he knew that Lizzie loved him and he wasn't threatened. However, at times, Lizzie was tempted.

To Lizzie, Gordo could be bossy sometimes. As soon as Kate and Ethan broke up, because Kate had gotten an illegal boob job and Ethan wasn't into that, he asked to meet Lizzie at the food court and kissed her and told her that he was crazy about her on the spot. Now, Lizzie explained to Ethan about Gordo, but she was still flattered. The food court incident is only between Lizzie and Ethan and nobody else knows. Occasionally Lizzie would look at Ethan and think, Miranda doesn't deserve him, she doesn't even like him, he should be with me, and then realize oh yea, Gordo.

Gordo. Before, Gordo sounded exciting, heart throbbing, mind stretching, heart racing, attractive and extremely wise and intelligent. Now, to Lizzie, Gordo just sounded like, Gordo. Nice guy, but boring at times. Lizzie tried to keep herself from thinking, fought her thinking about if Gordo and Lizzie should break up. She didn't even want to begin thinking about it. She knew that wasn't possible.

After Mr. and Mrs. McGuire found out that Lizzie and Gordo were together, they practically took it like they were married again. When Lizzie and Gordo would have a fight and Lizzie told Mrs. McGuire for advice, she would just tell her, to say sorry to him, which didn't make Lizzie feel good. Sometimes Lizzie felt that Gordo was in the wrong, but before Lizzie could straighten herself out, Mrs. McGuire and Mrs. Gordon would have already talked and decided that Lizzie and Gordo were made up. Lizzie felt like Mrs. McGuire and Mrs. Gordon were playing Barbies with Lizzie and Gordo, not taking their feelings into any consideration. Being boyfriend and girlfriend with someone wasn't as fun and exciting as it used to be. Gordo and Lizzie forever carved into the old Oak tree kind of got old. Gordo and Lizzie got old, and so did their relationship. They had known each other for too long and there was no guessing or asking each other's favorite color. But somehow, Lizzie felt bad or forbidden to even think these thoughts. That, she didn't like.

Sometimes, Lizzie would decide, today, I am breaking up with Gordo. We just weren't meant to be. But when she got to him after telling him they had to talk, she would look into his eyes and think, I can't do this to him, not here, not now, it's just not right, and say never mind, or come up with something else. Now, that night, she would think to herself, why oh why would I want to break up with him?! He's so sweet!!!!! Lizzie just felt confused every day. She didn't know what she wanted. Ever.

Well, back to lunch.

Natalie shook her head at Miranda playfully. "Ethan is one thing that Kate doesn't have."

"And I'm glad. She was so bossy when we were going out. When we went to Italy she" but when Ethan saw the look on Miranda's face when he mentioned Italy, he stopped.

Whenever anyone mentioned Italy or anything about that trip, Miranda made a face like she wasn't welcome. That trip was a big part of Lizzie's life and Lizzie felt that Miranda was being selfish not letting them talk about it. This was part of the reason why Lizzie and Miranda weren't as close as they used to be.

"I can't understand what Kate has against us." Lizzie said to the table, breaking the silence. "We never did anything to her." Natalie bit her lip.

"6th grade did it. You notice, she's always doing something about her boobs?" Gordo said, flinching on the word boobs.

"Yea, getting a bra, then stuffing her bra, now that boob job. Gosh." Lizzie replied.

"Her boobs don't even look natural anymore." Miranda rolled her eyes.

"That's because they're not." Beth said, digging into her spaghetti with her fork. Miranda nodded.

The whole group scoffed at the same time and then laughed at the corniness of the scoffing almost sounding choreographed.

"Well, I'm done. What about you?" asked Lizzie pushing her plate away from herself.

"Me too" Gordo replied and they walked away.

"Let's go." Natalie said to Miranda, Beth, and Ethan, and they followed.

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"I know Gordo, but she just seems like," Lizzie's voice faded and she bit her lip and looked around her room. She was on the phone with Gordo, which is something Lizzie and Gordo did almost every night.

"Like what Liz?" Gordo asked, stopping tossing his hackey sack up and down.

"Like she wants to prove something to me.us" She said, unsure of herself.

"I guess so, but why would she want to?"

"That's my point. I don't know." Lizzie said, falling back on her bed. "I want to be her friend Gordo. I really do, but she makes it so hard."

"Do you think it's because of you and Isabella?"

"Isabella? Isabella and I haven't sung together since last summer. I probably won't ever see her again. Miranda could have come to Italy with us. She chose not to. That's not my problem."

"That's the thing, she," Gordo stopped.

"What?" Lizzie asked quickly.

"There's something you don't know." Gordo said quietly.

"What!?" Lizzie said.

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