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"Yo, Lizzie!" Ethan waved her over to his table.

Lizzie gulped and, slowly, walked over.

"Hi, Ethan, what's up? I'm kind of in a hurry. I'm meeting someone here." Lizzie said.

"Me." Ethan replied.

"What?"

"You're meeting me. I'm the one who sent you that letter. You're looking fine, by the way."

Animated Lizzie:

Only Ethan Craft could pull off a line like that.

"Thanks. Are you saying that you're the one who…" Ethan interrupted her before she could finish.

"Has been admiring you? Yeah."

"Why? When? How? I'd better sit down." Lizzie took a seat across the table from Ethan.

"I just realized the other day. You looked so beautiful. So, I figured I would do something romantic to tell you." Ethan smiled.

"Oh. Really? Well, it's nice to finally know who it is…" Lizzie trailed off, not being able to think of more to say.

Lizzie's POV:

Oh, no! I don't like him like that anymore! What am I going to do? I wish I were sitting here with Gordo instead.

"So, I guess this is our first official date." Ethan smiled at her.

"Umm, Ethan, I think you were right the first time."

"What do you mean?" Ethan asked.

"About us. I mean you were right…we don't really have any…chemistry." Lizzie winced.

She remembered how bad it had hurt when Ethan had said that to her, last year.

Ethan looked confused----an expression he had a lot.

"What? Lizzie, I thought you liked me."

Why was he making this difficult?

She had never broken some ones heart, and she didn't know how to let him down, without ruining their friendship.

"I do. But, more as a friend than a boy…friend." Lizzie's voice caught in her throat with the last word.

"Oh. Okay. Well, I guess that's it then. Okay, Gordo, you can stop now…" Ethan trailed off when he saw Lizzie's confused expression.

"What? What about Gordo? What are you talking about?"

"What are you talking about?" Ethan cocked an eyebrow.

"Okay. Well, I'm gonna go. I'm sorry for all of this." Lizzie said still pondering what Ethan had said.

She got up from her chair and turned around.

Suddenly, she noticed Gordo sitting at a table in a dimly lit corner of the restaurant.

"Gordo?" Lizzie asked, stepping closer and squinting into the dim light.

"Uh…Hi, Lizzie. What's up?" Gordo sputtered.

"Why do you have a headset on?"

"Uh…I…"

Lizzie glanced back at Ethan.

He was pulling a small earpiece out of his right ear.

"You were coaching him? I knew he sounded to smart." Lizzie deduced.

"Lizzie can we talk about this somewhere else?" Gordo asked.

"Fine. Meet me under that apple tree, that's about ten houses down from your house, in an hour. I want some explanations!"

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