Lizzie stared at her reflection in the bathroom mirror. She studied her hair, her outfit, and her face as she made a mental checklist. Everything had to be perfect for high school. There was no half-way decent stuff that could have been pulled off in Hillridge Junior High School. No, this was the big time.
She smiled into the mirror as a loud forceful knock on the door awoken her from the daydreaming. It was Matt's voice that echoed through the bathroom.
"Hurry up Lizzie!" he yelled. Lizzie shrugged. As long as the bathroom door was still locked, there was nothing that even Matt could do about it. She still stared at her reflection and her thoughts drifted to Miranda. The girl had barely been home due to being in Mexico for over a month and then on a cross-country bonding trip with her parents. That atually sounded like something that Gordo's parents would do, rather than Miranda's cool parents.
Gordo. Lizzie had taken Matt's advice (that was a first) and tried to be as cool with Gordo as possible. And, for the most part, it had worked. The two didn't do much together, due to Lizzie's grounding. Yes, even in spite of Lizzie's dilemma at hand, grounding did come. Jo replied with a smile:
"At least you'll have time on your hands to think about this and maybe it will be a blessing in disguise." Lizzie scoffed at that, but actually counted herself lucky for not being able to spend the hours that she would have normally spent with Gordo.
Finally, Lizzie went downstairs, smoothing out her mini-skirt and Abercrombie top. It was time to face the music of high school.
Lizzie walked downstairs and her dad was seated at the table, while Jo placed the phone down. Lizzie pulled out a bagel from the basket in the center of the counter top.
"Who was that?" she asked. Jo replied casually.
"Nothing important. You better head off before you miss the bus and Miranda," she observed, glancing at the clock. Jo planted a kiss on Lizzie's cheek. "Have a great day sweetie." Lizzie smiled and didn't realize how true that would be.
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Lizzie approached the bus stop with confidence and she scanned the small crowd for a dark head. Sure enough, she found her best girl friend waiting patiently for the bus. Lizzie screeched, forgetting for the moment that she wanted to be a part of the "high school cool". None of that mattered now.
"Miranda!" The Latina girl turned briskly around with a broad smile. Miranda ran over to hug her best bud.
"Lizzie! I missed you guys so much! Oh my gosh, you just have to tell me all about Rome!" Lizzie nodded with a grin as the bus rolled to a stop where they stood.
(AN-- That should only take...[glances at watch] the next year.)
"So, I am dying to know how your summer was before I spill about mine," Lizzie remarked. Miranda steadied her backpack on her lap and smoothed out her chocolate colored hair.
"Well, Mexico was pretty fun. It is kinda cool to be able to go back once in a while to visit my grandmother." (Author's note: Isn't that why she left? I forgot.) "And it was cool to see all my cousins again."
"Oh my gosh. I forgot. Guess who's cousin is coming to move by us?" Lizzie asked, hazel eyes lit wide. Miranda smiled and nearly jumped out of her seat.
"Roxy?" Lizzie nodded.
"Man Lizzie, that is so cool! So, I am dying over here. How was the whole Rome expierience?" Lizzie smiled secretly.
"Let's see...shared a room with Kate..." Miranda burst in.
"Kate?! Boy, that must have been torture!" Lizzie shook her head.
"Actually, she was kind of...nice. But anyways, I met this guy there...Paolo." Miranda's eyes widened.
"Ooh. Was he cute?" Lizzie held up her hand to continue.
"I was mistaken for an Italian pop star named Isabella who could be my twin. it was so freaky. Then, I found out that Paolo wanted to embarrass me at the IVMA's but Gordo covered for me. Almost got kicked off the trip...for me." Miranda looked at her bangle bracelets and tried to hide her grin from Lizzie's view.
"What?" Miranda looked up and cooed.
"Well, isn't it so obvious why Gordo would do anything for you?" Lizzie sighed.
"That wasn't the end of it. You know, I sang at the IVMA's, kissed Gordo, and got grounded for lying and sneaking out." Miranda looked at her best friend with an incerdulous facial expression.
"You what?" Lizzie flicked a strand of blonde hair away from her face.
"I got grounded?" Miranda nodded.
"Uh-huh. Now back the train up girl. what came before that?"
"I sang at the IVMA's?"
"Before that."
"I kissed Gordo?"
"Yeah, that's it. So, why did you do it?"
Lizzie shrugged. "It was kind of this thing. Like, he helped me out and I returned the favor?"
"By kissing him? Sure. That's how I return my favors." Miranda remarked sarcastically. Lizzie's smile dropped.
"Well, I guess that I do like him, you know?"
"Yeah, I know."
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"Wow Miranda. Junior high sure is a lot smaller than high school," Lizzie remarked, waltzing through the double doors and into a crowded hallway packed with juniors, sophomores, seniors, and fresh from middle school freshmen.
"It'll sure be hard to find anyone we know in this place," Miranda said over the crowd. Suddenly, they both spotted a curly dark head drifting ahead of them. Lizzie's heart skipped a beat.
(AN-- Wait! [feels heart] Since when does my heart skip when I see Gordo?)
"Gordo!" Lizzie shouted over the noise level. He turned around and flashed the pair a wide smile, aimed directly at Lizzie. Lizzie smiled back and Miranda nearly died from laughing. Gordo balanced a new spiral notebook under his arm as he made his way over to his friends.
Lizzie couldn't restrain herself, and she gave Gordo a big hug. They both stood there embraced in hugs until they noticed another blonde head over the crowd, linked to a brown haired boy. Kate and Ethan. Lizzie pulled Gordo and Miranda out of Kate's path and broke the hug. If Kate saw her and Gordo, it was all over.
"So, McGuire, still chained to your room?" Gordo asked with a friendly smile. Lizzie couldn't help but notice how sweet his smile was and how blue his eyes looked when they sparkled. She actually felt her cheeks redden just looking at him. Then, she began to feel faint, and soon, there was a dark pass over her eyes.
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So, what happened to Lizzie? Well, read the next chapter and find out!
xoxoxo
LadeeBear
She smiled into the mirror as a loud forceful knock on the door awoken her from the daydreaming. It was Matt's voice that echoed through the bathroom.
"Hurry up Lizzie!" he yelled. Lizzie shrugged. As long as the bathroom door was still locked, there was nothing that even Matt could do about it. She still stared at her reflection and her thoughts drifted to Miranda. The girl had barely been home due to being in Mexico for over a month and then on a cross-country bonding trip with her parents. That atually sounded like something that Gordo's parents would do, rather than Miranda's cool parents.
Gordo. Lizzie had taken Matt's advice (that was a first) and tried to be as cool with Gordo as possible. And, for the most part, it had worked. The two didn't do much together, due to Lizzie's grounding. Yes, even in spite of Lizzie's dilemma at hand, grounding did come. Jo replied with a smile:
"At least you'll have time on your hands to think about this and maybe it will be a blessing in disguise." Lizzie scoffed at that, but actually counted herself lucky for not being able to spend the hours that she would have normally spent with Gordo.
Finally, Lizzie went downstairs, smoothing out her mini-skirt and Abercrombie top. It was time to face the music of high school.
Lizzie walked downstairs and her dad was seated at the table, while Jo placed the phone down. Lizzie pulled out a bagel from the basket in the center of the counter top.
"Who was that?" she asked. Jo replied casually.
"Nothing important. You better head off before you miss the bus and Miranda," she observed, glancing at the clock. Jo planted a kiss on Lizzie's cheek. "Have a great day sweetie." Lizzie smiled and didn't realize how true that would be.
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Lizzie approached the bus stop with confidence and she scanned the small crowd for a dark head. Sure enough, she found her best girl friend waiting patiently for the bus. Lizzie screeched, forgetting for the moment that she wanted to be a part of the "high school cool". None of that mattered now.
"Miranda!" The Latina girl turned briskly around with a broad smile. Miranda ran over to hug her best bud.
"Lizzie! I missed you guys so much! Oh my gosh, you just have to tell me all about Rome!" Lizzie nodded with a grin as the bus rolled to a stop where they stood.
(AN-- That should only take...[glances at watch] the next year.)
"So, I am dying to know how your summer was before I spill about mine," Lizzie remarked. Miranda steadied her backpack on her lap and smoothed out her chocolate colored hair.
"Well, Mexico was pretty fun. It is kinda cool to be able to go back once in a while to visit my grandmother." (Author's note: Isn't that why she left? I forgot.) "And it was cool to see all my cousins again."
"Oh my gosh. I forgot. Guess who's cousin is coming to move by us?" Lizzie asked, hazel eyes lit wide. Miranda smiled and nearly jumped out of her seat.
"Roxy?" Lizzie nodded.
"Man Lizzie, that is so cool! So, I am dying over here. How was the whole Rome expierience?" Lizzie smiled secretly.
"Let's see...shared a room with Kate..." Miranda burst in.
"Kate?! Boy, that must have been torture!" Lizzie shook her head.
"Actually, she was kind of...nice. But anyways, I met this guy there...Paolo." Miranda's eyes widened.
"Ooh. Was he cute?" Lizzie held up her hand to continue.
"I was mistaken for an Italian pop star named Isabella who could be my twin. it was so freaky. Then, I found out that Paolo wanted to embarrass me at the IVMA's but Gordo covered for me. Almost got kicked off the trip...for me." Miranda looked at her bangle bracelets and tried to hide her grin from Lizzie's view.
"What?" Miranda looked up and cooed.
"Well, isn't it so obvious why Gordo would do anything for you?" Lizzie sighed.
"That wasn't the end of it. You know, I sang at the IVMA's, kissed Gordo, and got grounded for lying and sneaking out." Miranda looked at her best friend with an incerdulous facial expression.
"You what?" Lizzie flicked a strand of blonde hair away from her face.
"I got grounded?" Miranda nodded.
"Uh-huh. Now back the train up girl. what came before that?"
"I sang at the IVMA's?"
"Before that."
"I kissed Gordo?"
"Yeah, that's it. So, why did you do it?"
Lizzie shrugged. "It was kind of this thing. Like, he helped me out and I returned the favor?"
"By kissing him? Sure. That's how I return my favors." Miranda remarked sarcastically. Lizzie's smile dropped.
"Well, I guess that I do like him, you know?"
"Yeah, I know."
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"Wow Miranda. Junior high sure is a lot smaller than high school," Lizzie remarked, waltzing through the double doors and into a crowded hallway packed with juniors, sophomores, seniors, and fresh from middle school freshmen.
"It'll sure be hard to find anyone we know in this place," Miranda said over the crowd. Suddenly, they both spotted a curly dark head drifting ahead of them. Lizzie's heart skipped a beat.
(AN-- Wait! [feels heart] Since when does my heart skip when I see Gordo?)
"Gordo!" Lizzie shouted over the noise level. He turned around and flashed the pair a wide smile, aimed directly at Lizzie. Lizzie smiled back and Miranda nearly died from laughing. Gordo balanced a new spiral notebook under his arm as he made his way over to his friends.
Lizzie couldn't restrain herself, and she gave Gordo a big hug. They both stood there embraced in hugs until they noticed another blonde head over the crowd, linked to a brown haired boy. Kate and Ethan. Lizzie pulled Gordo and Miranda out of Kate's path and broke the hug. If Kate saw her and Gordo, it was all over.
"So, McGuire, still chained to your room?" Gordo asked with a friendly smile. Lizzie couldn't help but notice how sweet his smile was and how blue his eyes looked when they sparkled. She actually felt her cheeks redden just looking at him. Then, she began to feel faint, and soon, there was a dark pass over her eyes.
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So, what happened to Lizzie? Well, read the next chapter and find out!
xoxoxo
LadeeBear
