Chapter 5: In Denial

It's been so long since I have updated this story and I apologise a lot! I've suddenly started to get more reviews for it, not sure why! You always get reviews for the stories you're stuck on, and none for the ones you have great ideas for! If that made sense! Anyway keep r&ring you've all been great so far and I hope for just as nice reviews in the future! ;) Enjoy!!!!

And if this chapter is a little confusing I've put italics where Lizzie is 'remembering' basically the stuff that happened before her wish…..

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Giggling Lizzie apologised and took off to leave after winking Ethan goodbye and scanning the room for Gordo, she spotted his hair and expecting to see his face full of rage and jealous, Lizzie was heartbroken to see him still in exactly the same position as before and still looking directly into Kate's eyes as he used to with Lizzie.

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Storming off down the street Lizzie began to think to herself. It still didn't make any sense; surely all of this was impossible! She had wished Kate wasn't popular hundreds of times before, but this had never happened! It was probably all a dream and she would wake up tomorrow and have her life back to normal, yes that must be it. Too busy in her own world Lizzie walked straight past her house and had to backtrack for five minutes before she angrily pushed open her front door.

"Hey honey, are you okay?" her mum called from the kitchen. Lizzie chose not to reply and ran up the stairs where she burst into her room and screamed. Matt was sat on her bed surrounded by a group of friends acting out her diary. Great, her whole life had changed but Lizzie was still stuck with the same brattish little brother! She chased them out of her room and slammed the door so hard the window rattled. Sinking onto her bed she picked up a framed photo from the side table.

It was of her, Miranda, Gordo and 'Katie'. They all had there arms wrapped around each other giggling at the camera except for Gordo who's eyes were transfixed on Katie. Lizzie began to cry as she remembered her own version of this photo, where his eyes were on her.

Maybe she had been too hard on Gordo. They had had a few trial dates when they got back from Rome, to see how "they" would work. But things got awkward and even though she wanted so badly to be with him Lizzie started to worry that it would ruin everything they already had. Breaking up with Gordo was one of the hardest things she had to do, while they had only been dating a couple of weeks, the bond between them was painful to split.

Miranda didn't help matters returning from Rome, as soon as she heard about their dates she accused them of betraying her and trying to push her out of the group, attempting to turn the three amigos into two. She spoke to neither of them until the beginning of school where she apologised and helped them both get their relationship back to normal.

Nothing returned exactly as it was however, Lizzie was still on a high from Rome and had the press and a reporter everywhere she went, the pressure was building up and she struggled to balance her new career with school work and friends. Lizzie grew big headed and soon felt she didn't need her friends since she had a no.1 single and her face plastered everywhere you looked. She let the fame get to her and Miranda and Gordo were soon fed up. With Lizzie not around, they spent all of their time together. Seeing new lights in each other they began to date, though everyone knew deep down Gordo still loved Lizzie and there was nothing he could do about it.

Before it had even begun Lizzie's singing days were over and she became a 'one hit wonder' with enough teen pop stars around at the moment, Lizzie went unnoticed and uncared for after the 'Isabella and Palo' story was out of the papers and off the television. She was soon left with no career and no friends.

After apologies, grovellings and many free smoothies, Lizzie managed to reform the three amigos to speaking terms. Miranda and Gordo continued to date and still found it hard to be as close to Lizzie as they used to be after the way she had treated them. A day didn't go by without an argument between the three in some shape or form, whether it was over one of them being late or nudging one another in the corridor, it often turned into a full blown row. The most recent one being just before Lizzie made her wish, Gordo had tried to comfort her and she had snapped at him. She could admit it now, she treated him like dirt, led him on in Rome and throughout the dates, when all along she knew she was going to end it, to protect him.

But now here she was, stuck as the person Gordo and Miranda hated the most and she felt empty and lost. Blinking back tears she heard someone knock at her door and Ethan walked in. Seeing her upset he sat down next to her and held her close. He kissed her on her forehead just like Gordo had done before he left and she started to sob, not just a sniffle but a proper "I've just watched Pay It Forward" weep. Slightly startled Ethan placed her down on her bed and pulled a blanket over her. Carefully he made an attempt to leave.

"Don't go," Lizzie cried, "Please, just stay with me." Ethan hesitated then clambered back onto her bed and lay beside her; she placed her tear stained face on his shirt and wrapped her leg around his. He hugged her tight and quickly fell asleep. Lizzie, however, didn't. Her head moving to Ethan's steady breathing, she closed her eyes and imagined, imagined that it was Gordo she was lying with. Though she wanted to deny it, she couldn't any longer. She loved him, not as a friend, but as a lover. It made her laugh to say it, "I love David Gordon".