Disclaimer: I don't own Lizzie McGuire, as usual, no matter how much I wish for it! LoL

Chapter 10

Gordo's POV

"Hi, Mr. McGuire, this is Gordo. Can I please speak to Lizzie?"

"Sure, Gordo, just a second."

I played with the cord while I waited for Lizzie to come to the phone.

"Hello?" It made me falter just to hear her musical voice.

"Hi, Lizzie," I managed to choke out. "It's me."

"Hey, Gordo! What's up?"

"Um, I just wanted to ask you, well, I was just wondering, it's totally optional."

"Yes?"

Will, you go out with me sometime, not as just friends? I asked in my head.

"Gordo?" she prompted me. "What is it?"

"It's just…do you think we should get together and practice our song again? Like, later?" I asked, deflated. I could have kicked myself!

"Oh! Um, well, I think we're ok. Wait, I have to go, we're picking up Matt. Talk to you later!"

"Bye," I answered halfheartedly, and hung up.

"Nice, Gordon, real nice," I muttered sarcastically to myself.

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Lizzie's POV

I surveyed myself in the mirror. Red dress, perfect. Makeup, pretty decent. Hair, as good as it was going to get. My gaze dropped down to my belly. So far, nobody would even know. It still amazed me that I was carrying a little person inside of me.

"Lizzie! We're going to be late!" Matt shouted up the stairs.

"Coming!"

I hurried downstairs and slipped on my shoes.

"It takes you ten hours just to get ready for a dinner?" he grumbled.

"Hmm, some things never change, do they?" I teased. Matt had gotten home from college yesterday, and we were headed for the rehearsal dinner.

"Sorry you guys weren't invited," I apologized to my parents, who were seeing us off. "Kate just wanted it strictly people in the wedding party and her and Ethan's families."

"It's ok, we completely understand," my mom assured me. "Your father and I will manage." When I turned back around I saw her winking at my father.

Matt and I were barely out the door when we both burst out laughing.

"Ewww!" I exclaimed.

"Ugh, now I have this horrible horrible vision!" Matt said disgustedly.

"Hey, where do you think you came from then?" I pointed out, unlocking the door to my car.

"Still, very disgusting," he told me. I laughed. It was fun to have my brother around again. We stayed up until 1 last night catching up on things.

We found the restaurant without difficulty, but had a hard time finding a parking spot.

"Matt, help me look!" I told him exasperatedly. He was fiddling with his tie. "It looks fine!"

After circling the parking lot for 10 minutes, we found a spot and went into the restaurant.

It was called Ricardo's and was one of the hottest, fanciest, and most expensive restaurants in LA. When we walked in, we followed the signs saying "Craft-Sanders Party" to a section near the back, divided from the rest of the customers by a bar.

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Gordo's POV

God, she was beautiful, I thought when Lizzie walked into the room. Her beauty surpassed all the other girls'. My thoughts were interrupted when somebody plopped down next to me.

"Hey, Larry," I said. "Uh, why do you have lipstick on your neck?"

"What?" he exclaimed, quickly wiping it off. "Oh! Um, uh, well, you see, it's, ah, a funny story!"

"Did you just hook up with someone?"

"Um, sure! I mean, yes! Kind of," he stammered. "Just, this girl, I met, just now…"

"Ok," I replied, not quite believing him.

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Lizzie's POV

"So, are you going to tell him tonight?" Miranda whispered to me.

"Shhh!" I quieted her. "People can hear, you know!"

We had just finished our meal, and waiters were serving desserts.

I tapped my glass and cleared my throat.

"Um, my name is Lizzie, I'm one of the maid-of-honors. Instead of a toast tomorrow, at the reception, I'd like to make a toast to Kate and Ethan now. I've known each of them separately, and I've known them together, and I think that I like them better together! I remember having a grade-school crush on Ethan, and when I think back, I can't imagine why, because I can't picture him with anyone other than Kate!" I paused when everyone laughed softly. "Kate and Ethan will be forever pressed in my mind as the perfect couple, and I'm glad that one of us will finally be living out the perfect fairy tale." I raised my glass. "So, to Kate and Ethan, I know that you two will live happily ever after."

Everyone clapped as I sat down. "Wow, that was amazing!" Miranda told me.

"Thank you, Lizzie, that was so touching!" Kate called over to me from the next table.

Moments later, after some people had given toasts (including Gordo), our tables were cleared.

"Ok, now, let's quickly run through the procedure tomorrow, so there won't be too much confusion," Kate said, calling for attention.

"So, the ushers/groomsmen will stand-by to escort guests to a spot. And then you'll join the bridesmaids," she continued. "So, Rebecca will walk down the aisle first," Kate said, smiling at her cousin's daughter, the flower girl. "Then Benjamin will walk down with the rings," she said to Rebecca's younger brother.

"Then the bridesmaids and groomsmen walk down, in couples, and finally, the ceremony begins. When it's over, we have the receiving line, and everyone will go down to the reception. Is everything clear?"

We all murmured our agreement. I was tired, and so I got Matt and left home early. Miranda and I still had to wake up early and prepare for tomorrow.

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So sorry for not updating! I'm sooooooo stressed already b/c of school, gosh darn it! Why Why WHY do they have to pile on the homework? I am soooo behind on my history reading! Aaaargh! Oopsies, sorry to be taking this out on ya'll, who are so nice to read my story!

By the way, sorry for the abrupt ending to this chapter! I just couldn't think of another way to end it! Cuz I just want to get to the wedding part, which I think I'll jump into right away next chapter. So what do you guys think? Please review! Thanks so much!