Chapter 4

Miranda rushed out of the classroom and ran towards Lizzie who had flown out like the room was on fire. "Lizzie!" She yelled. "Lizzie, hey." She finally caught up with her. "What's the rush? I'm starting to think you were purposely trying to ditch me."

"Oh, hey." Lizzie said faintly while looking at the ground. "I, didn't see you." She didn't look like her usual self. She was acting like she was when her pet hamster Moomoo died in the 3rd grade.

"So." Miranda tried to make conversation as they walked. "What's been up?"

"Noting much." Lizzie answered back.

"I called."

"You did?" She still looked at the ground as she walked.

"Everyday for the last two days. Your mom told me you would call back." They were walking out of the school doors and headed down the sidewalk. Lizzie stayed quiet. "So I heard what happened."

"Yeah?"

Miranda grabbed Lizzie by the arm so that she was looking at her. "I'm… I'm sorry Lizzie." Lizzie finally looked at her in the eyes. She stared for several seconds, thinking. Just then a tear fell from her eye.

"I don't understand Miranda." Her words started to become unclear as more tears fell down. "I mean, I thought it was different. He promised me." Miranda put her arms around her best friend. "He promised he wouldn't break my heart."

As Miranda hugged Lizzie, a bad feeling ran through her body. She didn't know what to say. She figured not saying anything at all was better than saying something.


As Miranda walked Lizzie home, they both talked about everything that had happened. It amazed Miranda how much she didn't know about Lizzie and Gordo's relationship.

Miranda entered the Digital Bean where she told Gordo she would meet him after school. Gordo spotted her at the door and waved for her to come to the bar where he was sitting. "Hey Miranda, what's up?"

"I can't do it." Gordo looked at her.

"Do what?" He asked.

"I can't help you anymore." She answered calmly.

"You seemed so eager to help out before though." Gordo motioned to the waiter to bring Miranda the same thing he was drinking.

"I know, but…" She hesitated.

"It's okay. I know that Lizzie is your best friend too. I didn't expect you to do anything that would make you feel like you're going against your friendship." She looked at him as he continued. "I'm not even sure if I made the right choice." It stayed quiet for a few moments.

"I talked to her today." Miranda broke the silence as the waitress brought her a drink.

"You did? What happened?" He asked.

"Well I learned a lot more than I'd known before." There was a pause. "Gordo?"

"Yeah."

"I'm not sure if you made the right choice either… because, I can tell she really loves you." Gordo had this look of guilt on his face. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"I really love her too."

"The why didn't you just stay with her?" Miranda questioned.

"It's more to it than that." He started. "I mean, I've known Lizzie my entire life. I've liked her more than half of that time. When we finally got together, I couldn't have been any happier. She was, she was so… perfect. It didn't seem real. But after a while I started to realize that she was so perfect as my best friend. Sure I love her a lot, but I'm not in love with her." Gordo put his head down and looked at the bar as he finished.

"I don't understand. Why didn't you tell me that instead of telling me you liked someone else? I mean, the truth sounds a whole lot better than that lie." Gordo lifted his face and looked at Miranda.

"Because, that lie… was the truth."


[A/N]: Nothing special… just a chapter to move the story along.