Disclaimer: I do not own Lizzie McGuire. Or Barbies. Or Carebears. Or Hot Topic. If I owned Barbies or Carebears, I wouldn't be sitting at home writing a Lizzie Fic.

Lizzie hung up with her mom right as Natalie came back.

"Let's go shopping" Natalie said playfully like a Barbie.

"Seriously? Because I just got my paycheck!" Lizzie sprung up. Shopping could get her in a better mood any time.

"Yeah sure, lets go to the mall." Natalie grabbed her purse.

"Awesome." Lizzie and Natalie headed out to the mall and got to Hot Topic. Lizzie got a black bracelet and Natalie got a Carebears hat. They went over to Claire's afterwards.

Lizzie and Natalie were browsing around and then Lizzie accidentally bumped into a gentleman and Lizzie quickly apologized.

"Sorry." and then she took a closer look, "Gordo?!" It was Gordo!

"Hey Lizzie, umm hi Natalie." Gordo forced his eyes to wander away from Lizzies.

Natalie nodded and Lizzie stepped in, thinking of Miranda.

"What are you doing in Claire's?" Lizzie asked

"Miranda asked me to get her something for her mom for her birthday."

Lizzie looked at Natalie and Natalie shrugged.

"Have you been closer to Miranda then I thought?"

"I-I don't know. It depends on how you define close."

"First she tells you about not being able to go to Italy," when she said it, Gordo cringed and looked around as if he didn't want anyone to know, "now you're buying her mom a present?" Lizzie continued.

"Miranda gave me money, she just couldn't get it right now." Gordo explained.

"Gordo, I feel like you've been hiding things from me." Lizzie said, feeling concerned.

"I haven't Lizzie, its just, Miranda is having some problems and I'm helping her."

"But I thought I was her best friend!" Lizzie screeched.

"I'm her best friend too. Why do you care so much that I like to help my best friend?"

"Because I feel, I feel like." Lizzie trailed off and focused her eyes at a pair of sparkly earrings to keep from crying.

"Lizzie. what is wrong with you?"

"Natalie said that," right as Lizzie started to motion to Natalie, she saw that she was gone. "Where's Natalie!?"

"Maybe, Lizzie, you were too preoccupied about pleasing yourself that you forgot about the people around you. Open your eyes Lizzie. Open your eyes and see that people care about you. I care about you. And all you do is push me away." Gordo said, leaving.

Right then a store clerk walked up to Lizzie. "Everything okay miss?"

"No. Actually..not." Lizzie said, leaving the mall. Lizzie called Natalie on her cell phone.

"Nat! Where are you?" Lizzie got up quickly from the bench she was sitting on. "I have been looking all over the mall!"

"Lizzie, I-I went over to the car. I parked it." Natalie sounded like she wanted Lizzie to think that she was finished.

"Parked it where.?" Lizzie asked very mother like.

"At my house.It's just.Lizzie. you were completely freaking out because he was running and getting Miranda a present? I mean.he's her best friend too.just because you and Gordo have been going out, doesn't mean that Gordo has to hate Miranda.like you do."

"Hate Miranda?! HATE MIRANDA?!" Lizzie yelled, making Natalie almost go deaf. "Listen, I know that I may have seemed a little overprotective but can't you understand why? I mean, I am her best friend. I'm not saying that Gordo isn't, I just feel like, she should be closer to me, her girl friend than Gordo, her guy friend. I mean, he is my boyfriend. Maybe, maybe I am a little overprotective. I mean, yeah.Gordo needs friends, other than just his girlfriend, but it seems that the friend that he has, shouldn't be keeping secrets from me. Natalie, please come pick me up. I already told my mom that I was spending the night at your house."

"I planned on it. I just figured that you needed some time alone, so I gave it to you. I'll come pick you up in the front." Natalie said.

"Fine." Lizzie said, pressing the end button on her phone.

Hate Miranda? Is that how I come off? Lizzie asked herself.

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