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Chapter 4
LIZZIE'S POV:
Several months passed by, and Miranda's birthday was coming up. I got a phone call that she wanted me to come and spend the day at her house for her birthday. I was fairly excited, thinking that I would finally have the chance to talk to her without Gordo hanging around. I had already made her a bracelet and had several other items like a journal, a drawing pad, and some hair accessories.
My mom took me and dropped me off. Miranda and I spent the whole day having a good time. The first part of it anyways...we played card games, made jewelry, played board games, etc. I must've said something that hinted to her that I was thinking about Gordo, because she asked me about him. There's something about Miranda that makes me just say things to her, and it doesn't have to do with the trustworthy factor. I wouldn't ever trust her again in my life. She got me to confess that I really liked Gordo but just didn't know about it. I had feelings inside of me that were just waiting to explode and I felt that if I didn't tell her, I would've died. She told me that she had no idea that I liked him in that way. I told her that I didn't discover it until recently myself. It was true. I had a crush on Gordo. The awful thing was that, he almost seemed like he hated me now. I had actually never thought about some of the things that she revealed to me that day. She made the point that I never said hello to him but always expected him to be the first to say something. She revealed to me that I hadn't been the kindest person to him. I decided that from that day forward, I would really try to be nicer to Gordo. I told her something that she didn't know herself. I told her that it was almost useless for me to get him to like me, because Gordo liked her as more than a friend. She laughed and brushed it off, and kept denying the fact. Then she said that she only liked him as just a friend, and it would be silly if he liked her. Little did she know how much Gordo obviously liked her...but I gave the subject a rest, and walked away feeling that Miranda was still a good friend even though sometimes she got preoccupied with Gordo.
Miranda and I began to drift apart even faster after that. I wasn't very sure why either. And I almost thought that maybe I should've never mentioned my personal feelings for Gordo. When I realized it, it was too late to take it back.
The next time I spent a full day with her, we fought like cats and dogs the whole time. We debated back and forth on every issue imaginable, while ripping and tearing at each other like uncivilized beasts. I'd say something- she'd disagree with me on so many different things. I started to think that she just disagreed with me for the sake of disagreeing. Meanwhile, inside of me the anger and hatred seemed to be building. But also the hurt from some of the things she began to say. She told me that I wasn't her best friend and that I had never been her best friend, and that I was just like all of her other friends and nothing special. She went on to say that I would just become a figment of her imagination and that I'd become so irrelevant in her life, that she would just forget me. I wasn't sure what to say or what to think. I had never been so badly wounded in my entire life by someone whom I thought was my friend. She took off her friendship bracelet that night, and never put it on again. Me? I left mine on because it was pretty, and reminded me of the good times.
A/N: New chapter. Sorry for the wait on it. I had a nice vacation in Florida and yesterday in Nebraska. Hopefully I'll get a new chapter up soon. I'm hoping to end it next chapter, because I want to get it over with and start on a new story. I have several ideas, but need to get some of my current stories finished with before I start on a new one. I really want to do a Matt/Miranda fic, but can't think of a good story line. If you have any ideas, please let me know! Thanks goes to lvfgd, mypaperheart, and Black Knight 03 for their reviews.