Chapter Three: Friends?
Lizzie had been having the best summer ever, and Miranda and Gordo weren't even around. In fact, Lizzie was becoming pretty close to Kate, Claire, and Ethan. Lizzie had never dreamed in a million years that she would have popular friends. Being friends with people at Kate's status was not only cool, but now a large portion of the incoming freshman class thought that Lizzie had been popular all along. Now all she had to do was get Ethan to like her and she would be…
"Lizzie, I taped last week's episodes of The Price is Right. Do you wanna spend the night at my house tomorrow so we can watch them," Kate asked Lizzie, snapping Lizzie out of her thoughts. The girls were in the gym for free time, the only time of the day when all of the campers were together.
"Sure," she replied. "I'll bring some popcorn. And maybe if we have time we can rent a Josh Hartnet movie. He looks especially hot in Pearl Harbor."
"Yeah, but you can't forget Black Hawk Down."
"Good morning, ladies," Ethan said, greeting Lizzie and Kate with a smile.
"Hi, Ethan," Kate and Lizzie said in unison.
Kate was still the only thing between Ethan and Lizzie, but Lizzie knew that since Kate was popular, and Lizzie was the new girl to the group, Kate had a better shot at getting him, but Lizzie refused to admit it.
"Can you believe that this is our last week of camp?" Kate asked Ethan, ignoring Lizzie all together. Just think, five more days, and we'll have to part for the summer."
"This camp ends? I thought it lasted forever," Ethan said, puzzled. Ethan wasn't the brightest person, but he had the looks, and, to Lizzie, that's all he needed. As long as Ethan had his hair, he was worth having. Lizzie had tried time and time again to look for a guy who was smart, but she just couldn't resist Ethan and the thought of running her fingers through his shiny, dirty blonde hair.
"Yeah, Ethan. Duh. School starts in three weeks," Kate told him.
"Oh, so you mean this is kinda like summer break where we do nothing for a long time and then suddenly we have to go back to school?"
"Yep, just like summer vacation," Lizzie spoke up, wondering at the same time how he got so lucky to have his looks.
"So, we should be sure to go do something together after this camp lets out," Kate said to Lizzie, Ethan, and Claire, who had just showed up.
"We can go swimming in my pool. It has a slide and a diving board," Claire said.
"Sure, sounds good," Kate said.
"Are you in?" Claire asked, turning to Lizzie.
"Uh, sure, but Miranda and Gordo are both coming back next week, so I plan on spending some time with them too." Claire and Kate were silent and Ethan looked deeply puzzled by what Lizzie said. "What?" Lizzie asked after a couple seconds of silence.
"I thought you weren't friends with those rejects anymore," Kate said.
"Uh, what made you think that?" Lizzie asked, confused.
"Hey, Gordo's gonna be back," Ethan suddenly exclaimed. "I thought he moved to the University of Southern California."
"No," Lizzie said. "He was just there for the summer."
"Oh," Ethan said, slowly.
"You have a choice to make, Lizzie," Claire said, breaking the silence. "It's either us or your reject friends who left you for the summer."
"That's not fair," Lizzie said, shocked at the news. "What's wrong with being friends with all of you?"
"Don't forget the unwritten rules. You can't be friends with popular people and rejects at the same time," Kate said.
"But you broke the rules by being friends with me."
"Yeah, that was a special circumstance," Kate replied.
"I have to go," Lizzie said, leaving the three behind to go wait for her mother outside of the school. Lizzie was confused and upset. Why did everything have to be so complicated, she thought. She would ask Miranda about it when she got back from Mexico next Tuesday.
The rest of the week went by without much of a hitch. Kate and Claire didn't bring up Miranda and Gordo, so Lizzie didn't tell them what she thought.
The next Tuesday, Lizzie sat next to her telephone all day, watching it like a hawk.
"Lizzie, it's eleven pm. Maybe Miranda got home late and decided to call you tomorrow," Lizzie's mother said, yawning.
"No, she'll call. I know she will. Miranda said she would call," Lizzie replied, agitated.
"I'm sure she will honey, but she's probably had a long day today. Go to bed. She'll call you in the morning. I know."
Lizzie fell asleep watching the phone.
The next morning, Lizzie nearly jumped out of her skin when a sudden ringing noise coming from her phone startled her out of her light sleep.
"Hello?"
"Lizzie? Is that you? You sound awful. Did I wake you up or something?" It was Miranda.
"Why didn't you call last night? You promised me you would," Lizzie said, gaining her composure.
"Sorry, but I didn't get home until 11:30 last night, and I was exhausted from the long flight. So, are you gonna ask me how Mexico was?"
"But you promised you would call last night."
"I said I was sorry. Next time I'll remember to call at extremely late hours of the night when I'm exhausted just to make you happy."
"That's what I would have done."
"Sure. So, ask me how Mexico was."
"Oh my gosh, you will not believe who I hung out with all summer. Ethan Craft," Lizzie said, completely ignoring Miranda.
"That's great. I'm really happy for you, but I just spent nearly three months in Mexico. I thought you might be interested. I took like a million pictures, and I have souvenirs for you and Gordo."
"Yeah, Ethan. That's right. The man of my dreams."
"Lizzie, are you feeling okay?"
"I've never been better. Ethan Craft. Ethan."
"Lizzie, I have to go. Maybe we can meet at the Digital Bean tomorrow."
"Oh, I can't. Me, Claire, and Kate are going to see a movie, and then we're going to Claire's to go swimming, and Ethan might be there."
"Wait! Hold on. What on earth is going on? I leave for one summer, and now you're best friends with Kate Sanders? I must have lost my mind."
"Sorry I like to have friends. She's not all bad."
"Is this some sort of sick joke or something?"
"No. You're being really rude. I need to go. I told Kate I would call her, so maybe we can set up a time to hang out later."
"Yeah, maybe," Miranda said, dully. "Have fun."
"I will, bye."
Lizzie hung up the phone, wondering what Miranda's problem was. So she made some new friends. Big deal.
Lizzie's phone rang again.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Lizzie. It's Kate. You still coming to the movies with me and Claire tomorrow?"
"Yeah, of course."
"Good. My mom is gonna pick you up tomorrow at 3 pm. After the movie, we're all gonna go to Claire's house to spend the night."
"Are we still goin swimming?"
"Duh. Ethan is gonna be there."
"He is?!" Lizzie asked, suddenly more interested.
"Yeah, what's the big deal?"
"Oh, I'm just happy to hear that we'll have some, uh, boys there."
"Right. See you tomorrow."
"Okay, bye." Lizzie hung up the phone. She always felt like she had to be on guard when she was talking to Kate or Claire. Both of them could turn on her in a second.
Lizzie, Kate, and Claire had been at Claire's house for an hour, and what Lizzie thought was a small get together had turned into the party of the century. Everybody, it seemed, was there, including Ethan and every other popular kid that Lizzie had ever met. There were popular people who were coming to Hilridge from the other two middle schools, and there were popular sophomores there and even a couple juniors and seniors. Lizzie couldn't believe it. Not only was she at the party that would be the talk of the freshman class in a few weeks, but she fit in at the party that would be the talk of the freshman class in a few weeks.
"Hey, Lizzie. This party is off the hook. Way to go!" a guy she had never met before said as he walked by. She had been getting comments like that from people all night. It was 10:00 and Lizzie had already been thrown in the pool twice and won four out of five chicken fights she had in the pool with people she hardly recognized.
Lizzie was starting to get sleepy, so she went inside to sit down. On her way inside, she spotted Ethan and Kate in the kitchen.
"Hey guys, this party is…" Lizzie didn't have time to finish her sentence.
"Look, Ethan. I like you and you like me. Wouldn't it be great to start high school unavailable? Just think of all the girls who will be interested in you then," Kate said to Ethan. "Girls always go for the unavailable guys."
"I don't know, Kate. If I go out with you then…" Ethan was cut off by Kate who reached up and kissed him.
Lizzie stood there, stunned. Kate, who she was starting to trust just went behind her back and took her man.
It was just then that Kate decided to turn around. "Lizzie," she said, half surprised and half arrogantly.
Ethan jumped in. "Kate, I think I have to go. I'll talk later. Bye," he said.
Kate ignored him and kept staring Lizzie down.
"I thought we were friends. Friends don't go kissing people like Ethan behind their friend's back," Lizzie stammered.
"Look, Liz. I was hoping it wouldn't come down to this, but Ethan doesn't like you. He likes me. You don't stand a change with him. Give up McGuire."
"You haven't changed one bit. You're still the same back-stabbing jerk of a friend that will do anything to get the attention of her school. You'll even use a good guy like Ethan just to become more popular. Well, if you're what people call popular, then popular must mean the scum of the earth." Kate's mouth hung open in complete shock. Lizzie was just as stunned by what she just told Kate. There was no way that just came out of Lizzie's mouth.
"Well," Kate said, regaining her composure. "Why do you like Ethan? Obviously not because he's smart. You're just as bad as I am."
Lizzie didn't know what to say. She turned and fled.
Fifteen minutes later, Lizzie's mom met her at the gate to Claire's house.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Jo asked.
"No. Just take me home," Lizzie said, trying her best to stop the tears that were swelling up in her eyes. The best night of her life had just turned into the worst.
After a few moments, Jo spoke up again. "Gordo called at about 9:00. He's back home and was wandering if you and Miranda wanted to go hang out and talk about your summer vacations. He also said that he called Miranda, and he said that she wanted to tell you and Gordo something."
The next morning, Gordo called again, and arranged for the three to meet at the Digital Bean for lunch.
"Hey, Lizzie, what's up?" Gordo said when Lizzie entered the Digital Bean.
"Nothing. Where's Miranda?"
"She should be here in a few minutes."
"Hey, your mom told me that you were at Claire's house last night."
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Oh, it's just that Miranda said that you and Kate and Claire were now friends. I knew that I must have lost my mind."
"It's possible."
"Oh, sorry."
After what seemed like and eternity of silence, Miranda walked into the Digital Bean. "Hi, Gordo. How was your summer?" she asked, not even glancing at Lizzie.
"Wait. What on earth is going on? I come back and Lizzie is at Claire's house and you guys aren't talking to each other," Gordo said, frustrated. "Am I on the right planet?"
"She didn't ask me how Mexico was, and she rubbed in my face how much time she spent with Ethan this summer," Miranda said.
"Well, nothing is gonna happen between Ethan and me anyways, so I don't see what the big deal is," Lizzie shot back, agitated.
"You certainly thought you had a shot at Ethan yesterday morning, and you're suddenly better friends with your two worst enemies than with me, and you still haven't asked me about Mexico."
"You both left me for the summer. What did you want me to do? Feel sorry for myself and do nothing because you guys weren't here?"
"You said you wanted to do nothing at the beginning of the summer."
"Well, maybe I changed my mind."
"No, you changed. I'm glad I'm going to a boarding school this year to get away from you."
"What?" Gordo asked, even more confused than before. "Okay, Lizzie is friends with popular people, and you're going to a boarding school, Miranda?"
"Yeah, that's right," Miranda said. "On the east coast, so I'll be as far away from you as possible," Miranda added, directing what she said to Lizzie.
"Good riddance," Lizzie replied. "I have to go," she said, grabbing her purse."
"Wait, stop," Gordo said. "Now we are gonna talk about everything that has happened this summer together in a civilized manner, no matter how we feel about each other at this point." Lizzie rolled her eyes and sat back down. "Okay, Miranda, tell us about Mexico and this whole boarding school thing."
"Mexico was beautiful, but it would have been a lot more fun if you guys were there," Miranda said. "And as for boarding school, I don't know. I guess I just want some change in my life, and this boarding school specializes in the arts, so I can play my violin a lot more. I also just like the idea of being more independent."
"Miranda, are you crazy?" Lizzie asked, astonished. "You left me for the summer, and you got such a kick out of that, that you're gonna leave me for the rest of my life?"
"Number one, it's not the rest of our life. I'll still be here for Christmas, spring break, and summer vacation. And secondly, I'm not leaving because of you. I'm leaving because of me. You make it sound like the whole universe revolves around you. Look, I'm not gonna take this. I'm leaving in less than a week. I'm out of here. Have a nice school year." Miranda's eyes welled up with tears as she left.
"Lizzie, don't you think you were at least a little bit harsh?" Gordo asked after Miranda was gone.
"No. There are schools around here that she could play her violin at, but where does she decide to go? The east coast. Thousands of miles away. It's her fault that I'm mad at her."
"Lizzie, Miranda is probably having a hard time right now accepting the fact that she's gonna be so far away from us for so long. It doesn't matter why she left us. She just really needs our support right now."
"So you're willing to just let her go? You've lost your mind. I have other friends who aren't stabbing me in the back. Goodbye." Lizzie stood up and stalked out of the Digital Bean, leaving Gordo alone.
A/N
Let me know what you think! Many changes are in store for Lizzie, Gordo, and Miranda!
Lizzie had been having the best summer ever, and Miranda and Gordo weren't even around. In fact, Lizzie was becoming pretty close to Kate, Claire, and Ethan. Lizzie had never dreamed in a million years that she would have popular friends. Being friends with people at Kate's status was not only cool, but now a large portion of the incoming freshman class thought that Lizzie had been popular all along. Now all she had to do was get Ethan to like her and she would be…
"Lizzie, I taped last week's episodes of The Price is Right. Do you wanna spend the night at my house tomorrow so we can watch them," Kate asked Lizzie, snapping Lizzie out of her thoughts. The girls were in the gym for free time, the only time of the day when all of the campers were together.
"Sure," she replied. "I'll bring some popcorn. And maybe if we have time we can rent a Josh Hartnet movie. He looks especially hot in Pearl Harbor."
"Yeah, but you can't forget Black Hawk Down."
"Good morning, ladies," Ethan said, greeting Lizzie and Kate with a smile.
"Hi, Ethan," Kate and Lizzie said in unison.
Kate was still the only thing between Ethan and Lizzie, but Lizzie knew that since Kate was popular, and Lizzie was the new girl to the group, Kate had a better shot at getting him, but Lizzie refused to admit it.
"Can you believe that this is our last week of camp?" Kate asked Ethan, ignoring Lizzie all together. Just think, five more days, and we'll have to part for the summer."
"This camp ends? I thought it lasted forever," Ethan said, puzzled. Ethan wasn't the brightest person, but he had the looks, and, to Lizzie, that's all he needed. As long as Ethan had his hair, he was worth having. Lizzie had tried time and time again to look for a guy who was smart, but she just couldn't resist Ethan and the thought of running her fingers through his shiny, dirty blonde hair.
"Yeah, Ethan. Duh. School starts in three weeks," Kate told him.
"Oh, so you mean this is kinda like summer break where we do nothing for a long time and then suddenly we have to go back to school?"
"Yep, just like summer vacation," Lizzie spoke up, wondering at the same time how he got so lucky to have his looks.
"So, we should be sure to go do something together after this camp lets out," Kate said to Lizzie, Ethan, and Claire, who had just showed up.
"We can go swimming in my pool. It has a slide and a diving board," Claire said.
"Sure, sounds good," Kate said.
"Are you in?" Claire asked, turning to Lizzie.
"Uh, sure, but Miranda and Gordo are both coming back next week, so I plan on spending some time with them too." Claire and Kate were silent and Ethan looked deeply puzzled by what Lizzie said. "What?" Lizzie asked after a couple seconds of silence.
"I thought you weren't friends with those rejects anymore," Kate said.
"Uh, what made you think that?" Lizzie asked, confused.
"Hey, Gordo's gonna be back," Ethan suddenly exclaimed. "I thought he moved to the University of Southern California."
"No," Lizzie said. "He was just there for the summer."
"Oh," Ethan said, slowly.
"You have a choice to make, Lizzie," Claire said, breaking the silence. "It's either us or your reject friends who left you for the summer."
"That's not fair," Lizzie said, shocked at the news. "What's wrong with being friends with all of you?"
"Don't forget the unwritten rules. You can't be friends with popular people and rejects at the same time," Kate said.
"But you broke the rules by being friends with me."
"Yeah, that was a special circumstance," Kate replied.
"I have to go," Lizzie said, leaving the three behind to go wait for her mother outside of the school. Lizzie was confused and upset. Why did everything have to be so complicated, she thought. She would ask Miranda about it when she got back from Mexico next Tuesday.
The rest of the week went by without much of a hitch. Kate and Claire didn't bring up Miranda and Gordo, so Lizzie didn't tell them what she thought.
The next Tuesday, Lizzie sat next to her telephone all day, watching it like a hawk.
"Lizzie, it's eleven pm. Maybe Miranda got home late and decided to call you tomorrow," Lizzie's mother said, yawning.
"No, she'll call. I know she will. Miranda said she would call," Lizzie replied, agitated.
"I'm sure she will honey, but she's probably had a long day today. Go to bed. She'll call you in the morning. I know."
Lizzie fell asleep watching the phone.
The next morning, Lizzie nearly jumped out of her skin when a sudden ringing noise coming from her phone startled her out of her light sleep.
"Hello?"
"Lizzie? Is that you? You sound awful. Did I wake you up or something?" It was Miranda.
"Why didn't you call last night? You promised me you would," Lizzie said, gaining her composure.
"Sorry, but I didn't get home until 11:30 last night, and I was exhausted from the long flight. So, are you gonna ask me how Mexico was?"
"But you promised you would call last night."
"I said I was sorry. Next time I'll remember to call at extremely late hours of the night when I'm exhausted just to make you happy."
"That's what I would have done."
"Sure. So, ask me how Mexico was."
"Oh my gosh, you will not believe who I hung out with all summer. Ethan Craft," Lizzie said, completely ignoring Miranda.
"That's great. I'm really happy for you, but I just spent nearly three months in Mexico. I thought you might be interested. I took like a million pictures, and I have souvenirs for you and Gordo."
"Yeah, Ethan. That's right. The man of my dreams."
"Lizzie, are you feeling okay?"
"I've never been better. Ethan Craft. Ethan."
"Lizzie, I have to go. Maybe we can meet at the Digital Bean tomorrow."
"Oh, I can't. Me, Claire, and Kate are going to see a movie, and then we're going to Claire's to go swimming, and Ethan might be there."
"Wait! Hold on. What on earth is going on? I leave for one summer, and now you're best friends with Kate Sanders? I must have lost my mind."
"Sorry I like to have friends. She's not all bad."
"Is this some sort of sick joke or something?"
"No. You're being really rude. I need to go. I told Kate I would call her, so maybe we can set up a time to hang out later."
"Yeah, maybe," Miranda said, dully. "Have fun."
"I will, bye."
Lizzie hung up the phone, wondering what Miranda's problem was. So she made some new friends. Big deal.
Lizzie's phone rang again.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Lizzie. It's Kate. You still coming to the movies with me and Claire tomorrow?"
"Yeah, of course."
"Good. My mom is gonna pick you up tomorrow at 3 pm. After the movie, we're all gonna go to Claire's house to spend the night."
"Are we still goin swimming?"
"Duh. Ethan is gonna be there."
"He is?!" Lizzie asked, suddenly more interested.
"Yeah, what's the big deal?"
"Oh, I'm just happy to hear that we'll have some, uh, boys there."
"Right. See you tomorrow."
"Okay, bye." Lizzie hung up the phone. She always felt like she had to be on guard when she was talking to Kate or Claire. Both of them could turn on her in a second.
Lizzie, Kate, and Claire had been at Claire's house for an hour, and what Lizzie thought was a small get together had turned into the party of the century. Everybody, it seemed, was there, including Ethan and every other popular kid that Lizzie had ever met. There were popular people who were coming to Hilridge from the other two middle schools, and there were popular sophomores there and even a couple juniors and seniors. Lizzie couldn't believe it. Not only was she at the party that would be the talk of the freshman class in a few weeks, but she fit in at the party that would be the talk of the freshman class in a few weeks.
"Hey, Lizzie. This party is off the hook. Way to go!" a guy she had never met before said as he walked by. She had been getting comments like that from people all night. It was 10:00 and Lizzie had already been thrown in the pool twice and won four out of five chicken fights she had in the pool with people she hardly recognized.
Lizzie was starting to get sleepy, so she went inside to sit down. On her way inside, she spotted Ethan and Kate in the kitchen.
"Hey guys, this party is…" Lizzie didn't have time to finish her sentence.
"Look, Ethan. I like you and you like me. Wouldn't it be great to start high school unavailable? Just think of all the girls who will be interested in you then," Kate said to Ethan. "Girls always go for the unavailable guys."
"I don't know, Kate. If I go out with you then…" Ethan was cut off by Kate who reached up and kissed him.
Lizzie stood there, stunned. Kate, who she was starting to trust just went behind her back and took her man.
It was just then that Kate decided to turn around. "Lizzie," she said, half surprised and half arrogantly.
Ethan jumped in. "Kate, I think I have to go. I'll talk later. Bye," he said.
Kate ignored him and kept staring Lizzie down.
"I thought we were friends. Friends don't go kissing people like Ethan behind their friend's back," Lizzie stammered.
"Look, Liz. I was hoping it wouldn't come down to this, but Ethan doesn't like you. He likes me. You don't stand a change with him. Give up McGuire."
"You haven't changed one bit. You're still the same back-stabbing jerk of a friend that will do anything to get the attention of her school. You'll even use a good guy like Ethan just to become more popular. Well, if you're what people call popular, then popular must mean the scum of the earth." Kate's mouth hung open in complete shock. Lizzie was just as stunned by what she just told Kate. There was no way that just came out of Lizzie's mouth.
"Well," Kate said, regaining her composure. "Why do you like Ethan? Obviously not because he's smart. You're just as bad as I am."
Lizzie didn't know what to say. She turned and fled.
Fifteen minutes later, Lizzie's mom met her at the gate to Claire's house.
"Do you want to talk about it?" Jo asked.
"No. Just take me home," Lizzie said, trying her best to stop the tears that were swelling up in her eyes. The best night of her life had just turned into the worst.
After a few moments, Jo spoke up again. "Gordo called at about 9:00. He's back home and was wandering if you and Miranda wanted to go hang out and talk about your summer vacations. He also said that he called Miranda, and he said that she wanted to tell you and Gordo something."
The next morning, Gordo called again, and arranged for the three to meet at the Digital Bean for lunch.
"Hey, Lizzie, what's up?" Gordo said when Lizzie entered the Digital Bean.
"Nothing. Where's Miranda?"
"She should be here in a few minutes."
"Hey, your mom told me that you were at Claire's house last night."
"I don't want to talk about it."
"Oh, it's just that Miranda said that you and Kate and Claire were now friends. I knew that I must have lost my mind."
"It's possible."
"Oh, sorry."
After what seemed like and eternity of silence, Miranda walked into the Digital Bean. "Hi, Gordo. How was your summer?" she asked, not even glancing at Lizzie.
"Wait. What on earth is going on? I come back and Lizzie is at Claire's house and you guys aren't talking to each other," Gordo said, frustrated. "Am I on the right planet?"
"She didn't ask me how Mexico was, and she rubbed in my face how much time she spent with Ethan this summer," Miranda said.
"Well, nothing is gonna happen between Ethan and me anyways, so I don't see what the big deal is," Lizzie shot back, agitated.
"You certainly thought you had a shot at Ethan yesterday morning, and you're suddenly better friends with your two worst enemies than with me, and you still haven't asked me about Mexico."
"You both left me for the summer. What did you want me to do? Feel sorry for myself and do nothing because you guys weren't here?"
"You said you wanted to do nothing at the beginning of the summer."
"Well, maybe I changed my mind."
"No, you changed. I'm glad I'm going to a boarding school this year to get away from you."
"What?" Gordo asked, even more confused than before. "Okay, Lizzie is friends with popular people, and you're going to a boarding school, Miranda?"
"Yeah, that's right," Miranda said. "On the east coast, so I'll be as far away from you as possible," Miranda added, directing what she said to Lizzie.
"Good riddance," Lizzie replied. "I have to go," she said, grabbing her purse."
"Wait, stop," Gordo said. "Now we are gonna talk about everything that has happened this summer together in a civilized manner, no matter how we feel about each other at this point." Lizzie rolled her eyes and sat back down. "Okay, Miranda, tell us about Mexico and this whole boarding school thing."
"Mexico was beautiful, but it would have been a lot more fun if you guys were there," Miranda said. "And as for boarding school, I don't know. I guess I just want some change in my life, and this boarding school specializes in the arts, so I can play my violin a lot more. I also just like the idea of being more independent."
"Miranda, are you crazy?" Lizzie asked, astonished. "You left me for the summer, and you got such a kick out of that, that you're gonna leave me for the rest of my life?"
"Number one, it's not the rest of our life. I'll still be here for Christmas, spring break, and summer vacation. And secondly, I'm not leaving because of you. I'm leaving because of me. You make it sound like the whole universe revolves around you. Look, I'm not gonna take this. I'm leaving in less than a week. I'm out of here. Have a nice school year." Miranda's eyes welled up with tears as she left.
"Lizzie, don't you think you were at least a little bit harsh?" Gordo asked after Miranda was gone.
"No. There are schools around here that she could play her violin at, but where does she decide to go? The east coast. Thousands of miles away. It's her fault that I'm mad at her."
"Lizzie, Miranda is probably having a hard time right now accepting the fact that she's gonna be so far away from us for so long. It doesn't matter why she left us. She just really needs our support right now."
"So you're willing to just let her go? You've lost your mind. I have other friends who aren't stabbing me in the back. Goodbye." Lizzie stood up and stalked out of the Digital Bean, leaving Gordo alone.
A/N
Let me know what you think! Many changes are in store for Lizzie, Gordo, and Miranda!