Chapter 6: Horribly Claire
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Thank you to all of you who are begging, pleading, and/or threatening me to do more chapters. It means so much! lol. Well, hope you enjoy this one, after my wondeful cliffhanger! Go on now, read away!
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Lizzie thought that she was walking on cloud 9 through the day, but sadly for her, that cloud faded into a desolate mist as soon as she saw them hovering by a classroom doorway.
Claire, Brooke, and Parker. Lizzie opened her locker smoothly and with confidence. And without hitting her head on the door. That was a good thing. As she would soon discover, the only good thing. Claire spotted Lizzie and trotted toward her, flipping her hair as she went. Her big brown eyes were narrowed, and her voice was an excited form of snobby.
"So, Lizzie," she purred venimously (Author's note: That would really fit her description. Oh well, READ!) "I heard that you and Gordo are like, dating now. Wow. Isn't that something Parker?" Parker flipped back her shiny hair.
"Oh yeah Claire, really something." Claie continued clicking her heels in step with her other two friends. Lizzie wondered silently.
(AN-- If anything in my life goes wrong, I can pretty much blame it on:
a. Matt b.school or c. Claire and company)
"Oh yeah Lizzie, too bad though that your new boyfriend is cheating on you." Lizzie rolled her eyes. As if she would know. Brooke sighed in a fatal attempt to reserve pity. Parker clicked her tounge in false sympathy.
"Look Claire, Gordo does not cheat on me, and if he did, which he doesn't, how would you know anyway?" Claire smiled frightened Lizzie for a second. She looked pure evil at that moment.
"Only because I have connections in that neighborhood and that anonomyous person says that she sees your cousin always over at Gordo's. Coincidence? I don't think so." Lizzie must have looked like she was about to trample Claire, but luckily, someone rescued her.
"Step off Claire. Don't you have to be in Geometry now? Oh wait, you failed it last year," Kate said, looking extremely protective of Lizzie from behind her new friend. Claire and Kate battled it out with the death stares before Ethan stepped in. Claire immediately began to primp, right there in the hallway for Ethan. Ethan drew an arm around Lizzie and Kate's shoulders and stared at Claire.
"Yo, Claire. Get a move on. And don't bug Kate or Lizzie again." Claire looked appalled and so did Lizzie and Kate. Ethan was...defending them? Parker and Brooke muttered something to Claire before they all moved on. Ethan stared after the trio and shook his head in desperation. Lizzie just smiled.
(AN-- Lizzie and Company: 2, Claire and Posse: 0. Somehow, that just feels so nice!)
Kate stared up at Ethan as the friends walked down the crowded hall.
"Thanks for helping Ethan." Ethan smiled and waved to his football buddies.
"I just was helping out, that's all. Claire is such a...." Kate smiled.
"Yeah, we know Ethan. We know. Hey Lizzie, you alright?" Lizzie kept looking at her binder in her arms. Something about that conversation with Claire just didn't rub off her. The cheating part.
"Kate, you don't think that Gordo would ever, you know, cheat on me do you?" Kate's eyes widened and she looked over her shoulder to where Claire was standing gossiping with Brooke.
"Lizzie, come on. This is Gordo that we are talking about, and you know what? Most of the trash that Claire shoves is just that. Trash. She could gossip until her mouth fell off, but that wouldn't mean that it was true." Ethan nodded in agreement.
"Lizzay, what you and Gordo have man, is like special. He wouldn't do anything to break it." Lizzie actually found herself overwhelmed with something that Ethan of all people had said. These were her friends, and boy was she glad that they were there!
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"Roxy! Phone! It's Lizzie!" yelled up Trevor from the bottom of the huge stairway. Roxy bounded down the stairs, flipping off her CD player. She grabbed the phone from her little brother and rushed up to her room for privacy.
"Hey Lizzie, what's up? You seemed kinda distant at lunch today. Like you were in Never Never Land or something."
"Rox, you would tell me all of your secrets right? I mean, we are that close?" Roxy frowned.
"Of course. But, why do you ask?"
"Umm...well, this is going to sound stupid, but Claire seems to think that you and Gordo are..." Roxy laughed out loud to Lizzie's relief.
"Me and Gordo? That is one piece of funny gossip. Come on Lizzie! You actually don't belive her, do you?" Lizzie's relief passed quickly to embarassment.
"No. Of course not," she lied. Roxy nodded.
"Good. Because you shouldn't." And that, after goodbye, ended that conversation. Roxy placed the phone down and wiped a bead of sweat off of her freckled forehead. She sighed and began to work on homework. She prayed that Claire would move on to a new piece of gossip before Christmas.
"That was a close one."
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Mwahahaha! Another cliff hanger! You'll have to be patient. I will get u the rest asap!
:)
LadeeBear
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Thank you to all of you who are begging, pleading, and/or threatening me to do more chapters. It means so much! lol. Well, hope you enjoy this one, after my wondeful cliffhanger! Go on now, read away!
***********************************************************************
Lizzie thought that she was walking on cloud 9 through the day, but sadly for her, that cloud faded into a desolate mist as soon as she saw them hovering by a classroom doorway.
Claire, Brooke, and Parker. Lizzie opened her locker smoothly and with confidence. And without hitting her head on the door. That was a good thing. As she would soon discover, the only good thing. Claire spotted Lizzie and trotted toward her, flipping her hair as she went. Her big brown eyes were narrowed, and her voice was an excited form of snobby.
"So, Lizzie," she purred venimously (Author's note: That would really fit her description. Oh well, READ!) "I heard that you and Gordo are like, dating now. Wow. Isn't that something Parker?" Parker flipped back her shiny hair.
"Oh yeah Claire, really something." Claie continued clicking her heels in step with her other two friends. Lizzie wondered silently.
(AN-- If anything in my life goes wrong, I can pretty much blame it on:
a. Matt b.school or c. Claire and company)
"Oh yeah Lizzie, too bad though that your new boyfriend is cheating on you." Lizzie rolled her eyes. As if she would know. Brooke sighed in a fatal attempt to reserve pity. Parker clicked her tounge in false sympathy.
"Look Claire, Gordo does not cheat on me, and if he did, which he doesn't, how would you know anyway?" Claire smiled frightened Lizzie for a second. She looked pure evil at that moment.
"Only because I have connections in that neighborhood and that anonomyous person says that she sees your cousin always over at Gordo's. Coincidence? I don't think so." Lizzie must have looked like she was about to trample Claire, but luckily, someone rescued her.
"Step off Claire. Don't you have to be in Geometry now? Oh wait, you failed it last year," Kate said, looking extremely protective of Lizzie from behind her new friend. Claire and Kate battled it out with the death stares before Ethan stepped in. Claire immediately began to primp, right there in the hallway for Ethan. Ethan drew an arm around Lizzie and Kate's shoulders and stared at Claire.
"Yo, Claire. Get a move on. And don't bug Kate or Lizzie again." Claire looked appalled and so did Lizzie and Kate. Ethan was...defending them? Parker and Brooke muttered something to Claire before they all moved on. Ethan stared after the trio and shook his head in desperation. Lizzie just smiled.
(AN-- Lizzie and Company: 2, Claire and Posse: 0. Somehow, that just feels so nice!)
Kate stared up at Ethan as the friends walked down the crowded hall.
"Thanks for helping Ethan." Ethan smiled and waved to his football buddies.
"I just was helping out, that's all. Claire is such a...." Kate smiled.
"Yeah, we know Ethan. We know. Hey Lizzie, you alright?" Lizzie kept looking at her binder in her arms. Something about that conversation with Claire just didn't rub off her. The cheating part.
"Kate, you don't think that Gordo would ever, you know, cheat on me do you?" Kate's eyes widened and she looked over her shoulder to where Claire was standing gossiping with Brooke.
"Lizzie, come on. This is Gordo that we are talking about, and you know what? Most of the trash that Claire shoves is just that. Trash. She could gossip until her mouth fell off, but that wouldn't mean that it was true." Ethan nodded in agreement.
"Lizzay, what you and Gordo have man, is like special. He wouldn't do anything to break it." Lizzie actually found herself overwhelmed with something that Ethan of all people had said. These were her friends, and boy was she glad that they were there!
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"Roxy! Phone! It's Lizzie!" yelled up Trevor from the bottom of the huge stairway. Roxy bounded down the stairs, flipping off her CD player. She grabbed the phone from her little brother and rushed up to her room for privacy.
"Hey Lizzie, what's up? You seemed kinda distant at lunch today. Like you were in Never Never Land or something."
"Rox, you would tell me all of your secrets right? I mean, we are that close?" Roxy frowned.
"Of course. But, why do you ask?"
"Umm...well, this is going to sound stupid, but Claire seems to think that you and Gordo are..." Roxy laughed out loud to Lizzie's relief.
"Me and Gordo? That is one piece of funny gossip. Come on Lizzie! You actually don't belive her, do you?" Lizzie's relief passed quickly to embarassment.
"No. Of course not," she lied. Roxy nodded.
"Good. Because you shouldn't." And that, after goodbye, ended that conversation. Roxy placed the phone down and wiped a bead of sweat off of her freckled forehead. She sighed and began to work on homework. She prayed that Claire would move on to a new piece of gossip before Christmas.
"That was a close one."
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Mwahahaha! Another cliff hanger! You'll have to be patient. I will get u the rest asap!
:)
LadeeBear
