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A/N: I'm going on vacation tomorrow for a week but I promise to check my reviews and write a new chapter as soon as I get back, so don't give up hope! If you read this story please review, good and bad, it only takes a sec. Takes off where the last chapter left off but now it's after school and Miranda and Lizzie are at the mall.

Food Court

"Miranda, what am I going to do? I can't keep it!"

"Have you considered. you know?"

"Miranda I couldn't do that! That's murder! I don't know how you could even ask me that!" Lizzie yelled as she got up from their table.

"Lizzie, you don't even know if you are yet. Let's go to a convenient store and get a couple of pregnancy tests, just to make sure."

"How can you be so calm and cool about this?"

"I've been through it before." Miranda mumbled.

"WHAT? Wha.what do you mean you've been through it before?"

"Lizzie, I didn't want to tell you this but you weren't Ethan's first!"

"I know, Kate Saunders probably was. But what does that have to do with anything?" Lizzie look puzzled

"Lizzie, you don't get what I'm trying to say here. The summer of 8th grade Ethan asked me out. And things went a little too far. I thought I was pregnant but I took the test and it turned out I wasn't."

Lizzie just stood there for a few minutes, wondering what to think about the person that she had trusted so many things with.

"I'm leaving. I can't believe you didn't tell me about this, or warn me about anything. you didn't say anything before you left the party that night knowing that Ethan was going to drive me home later. You could have prevented everything but you didn't! You got me into this mess. I HATE YOU!" Lizzie splashed her soda in Miranda's face. She started walking to the nearest payphone when Miranda grabbed her shoulder from behind and slapped her across the face. By this time the two had drawn major attention from a nearby crowd. They started scraping for what seemed like a lifetime until the mall police came and broke them up.

"What were you two doing? We do not allow that type of conduct here at Yellow Brook Mall. Were going to have to call you parents or someone of age to come pick you up. You two are not allowed together at the mall until you can resolve issues in other ways. We don't want our mall getting a bad reputation. Now call someone to come pick you up, separately!" one of the staff members said.

"Gordo, hey it's Lizzie. Can you come pick me up at Yellow Brook Mall? I'll explain on the way home."

Miranda caught a ride with her friend Stacy and the four of them passed each other on the way home.

"Lizzie, I had to drop something very important to come pick you up so I hope it was worth it. Now what happened?"

"Oh, I'm so sorry that I took too much time out of your busy schedule. Sorry I even asked you to help me out." Lizzie said as she stared out the window with her arms folded and a pouty look on her face.

Gordo stopped the car and pulled over on the side of the rode. He looked at her for a few seconds and just sighed.

"Lizzie, you know that's not true. You've been very edgy today. I love you more than anything, and always have. You know that. I'm sorry if what I said came off as being rude, I didn't mean it like that. Now, please tell me what's wrong with you!"

"Gordo, I'll explain everything, but first can we drop by a convenient store?"

"Sure, but why can't you just tell me now?" Gordo asked and he pulled onto the main rode again

"Because I need your full attention and I'm not getting that now. Here, pull over up here. There's a Target!"

"Want me to go in with you?"

"NO! I mean, it's just to get some lip-gloss, tampons and makeup. You wouldn't wanna be there when I start trying on 5 different shades of peach, or when I want to know if you would should Tampax or Playtex now would you?"

"Umm, then again I guess I'll just sit in the car. Hurry back!"

"I will" Lizzie said. As she turned around she mouthed to herself 'oh my god, I just told gordo I needed tampons! Uggh'

Lizzie went right to the "personal items" section where she was confused on weather to get E.P.T or Smart Choice. She new she had to decide fast so she went with E.P.T. and grabbed a tube of lipstick on the way to the counter. Gordo looked through the plastic bag that had the lipstick in it.

"Peach, huh?" Gordo asked as he held up the tube of black lipstick. Lizzie didn't say anything.

"You wanted to talk about something?"

"Yea, lets go to my house. No one's going to be there."

"Ooo, Lizzie, feeling romantic?"

"No, I just need some peace and time to talk with you."

When they got to Lizzie's house she excused herself to the bathroom while Gordo waited on the couch. It seemed like Lizzie had been in there for a few minutes but Gordo just figured she was doing 'girl stuff'. He finally got up and was about to knock on the door when she opened it.

"So, what do you want to talk about? And why were you and Miranda fighting?"

"Actually, that is what I wanted to talk about." Lizzie turned to Gordo to face him. She held his hands.

"Wow, this seems a lot like a break up speech to me."

"No, its not I promise. Well." Lizzie hesitated trying to figure out how to word it so that she wouldn't give away Miranda's secret. "You see, Miranda knew that Ethan had a reputation for 'one night stands' and she could've prevented this whole mess were into."

BING
The egg timer went off in the bathroom

"Lizzie, what was that?"

"Gordo. that is the sound of the results of our pregnancy test!"

"WHAT? HOW COME YOU DIDN'T TELL ME? OH MY GOD! IM GOING TO BE A FATHER? HOW COULD YOU KEEP THIS FROM ME?" Gordo was talking so fast that Lizzie could hardly understand what he was saying. Lizzie could hardly speak, she took a big gulp and all she could say was.

"Let's go see if you're a dad."