Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Lizzie McGuire characters.

Chapter 8

NO POV:

It was a warm sunny Saturday afternoon, and Miranda was over at Lizzie's house helping her pick a dress to wear to her evening date. Lizzie pulled out piles and piles of clothes from all over the place. Fairly soon, her bed was layered with clothing.

"This is so exciting, Miranda!" exclaimed Lizzie twirling around. "I just can't wait!"

Miranda gave a slight smile. She just hoped that Lizzie was that enthusiastic when she found out whom her date was.

"My mystery man!" exclaimed Lizzie. "Doesn't that sound so...sexy?" Miranda shrugged her shoulders. Lizzie held up two dresses that she singled out from the rest. "This pretty blue one or this pretty black one?"

"That's a tricky decision, but I think you should wear the blue one. It's more cheerful," said Miranda trying to sound cheerful herself. Lizzie smiled and changed into the blue dress. It was light blue in color, and came just above the knees. The skirt was the frilly kind, the one that when spun around, would poof up. It was sleeveless, and came with a white shawl with blue beads woven into it. Lizzie draped it over her shoulders and admired herself in the mirror.

"Something's missing," she said. "I think I had a matching necklace and earrings somewhere around here, but I'm not sure."

Miranda watched as Lizzie rummaged through her jewelry boxes. Lizzie screamed out a sudden sigh of relief, and held up the rediscovered jewelry. The earrings were little hoops, with little blue flowers on them. The necklace was a silver chain, and had blue beads strung here and there. At the bottom was a beautiful flower with white pearls on either side of it. Lizzie also held up a bracelet made with matching white and blue beads. She squealed as she put them on, and then looked in the mirror with a look of satisfaction. "Perfect," she sighed.

"Lizzie," said Miranda, "you look awesome! G- your date's gonna be blown away!" Miranda started turning red as she realized that she had almost blown the whole set up by almost mentioning Gordo.

"Well, all I have to do is wait for tonight," said Lizzie.

"Tonight! Holy cow, look at the time, Lizzie! It's five already, and you don't want to be late. I'd better go now so I'm not a distraction," said Miranda. She hurriedly left the room. She had to get ready herself to go check up on them to make sure it went well. But she wondered whether or not going herself was a good idea. She thought that maybe she should just wait to see what they said later on, but she decided that she just had to be there to make sure it wasn't a total flop.

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Lizzie approached the Garden's Café at 6:15 pm, rushing to be there no later. Meanwhile, Gordo was inside sitting at a table waiting for Lizzie. He rolled his eyes. "Just like Lizzie," he thought. He was kind of glad that she was late though. He began to get really nervous, and started having second thoughts about the whole thing.

Lizzie stepped into the café very confused...she had never thought to ask Miranda where her mystery man would be located. She slowly passed by a few tables glancing back to see if anyone might recognize her. Then, as she passed the third table, she thought she saw Gordo. She gulped at the sudden realization.

FLASHBACK

"Is he cute?" asked Lizzie excitedly.

Miranda grinned. "Very cute," she said slyly.

"Wow! I'm excited! Wait a second...with whom is this date with?" asked Lizzie.

"A mystery man!" exclaimed Miranda.

"Oh, c'mon, Miranda. Give me some more detail?" asked Lizzie.

"Well, ok. He's a really close friend of mine. That's all I'll say," said Miranda.

END OF FLASHBACK

"This is just some sick joke, right?" asked Lizzie to herself. There was no getting around the fact though. The pieces fit together now...Gordo was her date. She glanced around the room nervously wondering what to do. She approached the front desk to ask a question. "Sir, would you mind telling me if there is a reservation listed for six pm?"

"Yes, ma'am. Normally we don't take reservations, but the person requested it. It says 'Miranda' and the table is...well, it's right over there. Here, let me show you," said the man.

"No!" exclaimed Lizzie. "I mean no, it's ok. I know where it is now. Thanks." She swallowed hard and started making her way to the table. She could feel her face turning red. She contemplated running away. But she thought that there must be some confusion, so she had to work it out with Gordo.

Gordo turned his head and saw Lizzie coming towards him. His mouth dropped open at the site of her. She was so beautiful. Truth was though, that he had seen her the moment she walked in. He could feel her presence, but couldn't get up his nerve to have her come over to him.

"L-Lizzie," he stuttered.

"Hey, Gordo," said Lizzie. She approached him, and flung her purse down on the chair. She didn't have a smile on, but looked rather confused and a bit ticked off. "What's going on here? There must be some mistake."

"What do you mean?" asked Gordo.

"Obviously you aren't very surprised!" yelled Lizzie. "What's going on here? You came here for a date, right?"

Gordo nodded.

"Well, so did I!" exclaimed Lizzie. "I'm coming here to this table. Miranda made reservations here, didn't she?"

"Yes," said Gordo.

"Why do I get the feeling that you aren't very surprised to see me?" asked Lizzie.

"Oh," said Gordo, "I'm surprised to see you! I mean, you look – uh, you look very nice."

"Gordo, something's wrong here. Don't you feel it? Don't you get it? Before I say what I want to say, tell me one thing: did you know that I was your date?" asked Lizzie.

Gordo played around with his hands for a moment and then answered, "Yes. I-I did."

"Is this funny? Why didn't I know that you were my date?" asked Lizzie. Gordo looked away from her. And then she asked again, "Why, Gordo?"

"I don't know," said Gordo.

"Ok, did you want to go on a date with me?" asked Lizzie in a calmer voice.

"Well, yes. Because..." started Gordo. But he couldn't find the right words to finish.

"Gordo. We've been best friends for as long as I can remember. We've done a lot of things together. But one thing I cannot see in you is a deeper more personal relationship. You could never be my boyfriend, Gordo! It would never work out. Don't you see it? Don't you see the problem? If we had a more personal relationship, it would destroy everything we've ever had! I don't even know why I'm explaining this. I thought you cared more about our friendship then this. I'm disappointed," said Lizzie. And with that, she gave Gordo a disgusted look and ran off. Behind her at the table, she left a heart broken Gordo. He sank down into his chair and rested his head in the table. Everything he had ever dreamed of was merely a dream...

A/N: Before you get all angry on me, let me just remind you that I love happy endings! I am little miss sappy ending. Everyone is happy, loving, and smiling. I really feel like crying for Gordo though. Ok people! I have some ideas for the rest of the story, but as usual ideas are always welcomed with open arms. Please do this for me. I may use your idea and I may not, but you will have my undying gratitude no matter what happens.

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