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Chapter 5
LIZZIE'S POV:
If I could find out one entire thing that confused me somewhat, I'd ask why Miranda kept ditching me ever since our friendship began. I'd ask what I ever did to deserve being mistreated. Yet, for the longest time, I ignored the negative signs, and still stuck by her. But when she told me that I wasn't her friend? The tears came, and what I thought was a friendship, was over. The thing that confused me was that she said that it was all my fault. I learned that I'd just have to deal with her comments and move on.
After we stopped being friends, she started to have an eye for Gordo...and I hated to think what things she must've told him about me, because he never even gave me the time of day after that. They were both gone to me forever. Quick as time, they became an item, and all I could think is that if I had treated Gordo right in the beginning, maybe I would've had a chance to be his girl. "Gordo's Girl." That sounds about right. But obviously it wasn't meant to be. That's ok, I've learned to deal with it and accept it. Although, every time I see Miranda and Gordo together, it pains me. I wish I could've been the girl that he talked to in a different way.
As for Gordo's identity crisis? He seemed to start acting more like the person I knew before. He wasn't quite there, but he took a huge leap from what he was acting like before. I think that he started to get that not acting like yourself isn't appealing to some people. It sure wasn't to me, and still isn't now. I hate seeing people change who they are to be something that they're not. It's the most frustrating thing in the world. Who cares if a group of people might like you better? Yes, this is me, Lizzie saying this! I bet you'd never expect those words to be coming out of my mouth. It's just one of the many things that were revealed to me during the time that I had been "friends" with Miranda. One of the things that still confuses me though, is why did Miranda treat me like she did? I've thought about it for a long time, and have yet to find a straight answer. Perhaps she was jealous of me in some way? Or maybe she just didn't know how to be a friend. Then why did she seem to get along great with Gordo? I finally came to the conclusion that I'll never know for sure. But what I did figure out was that, I can't get along with everybody. I know that seems like an obvious statement, but I guess I didn't realize before that I couldn't trust all of my friends. That sounds harsh and cruel, but it's so true.
With whom did I hang out with at school? For a while it was just me, myself, and I. I had to take the time to get over what had happened, and cool off a bit. I know that it sounds like the most unlikely thing to happen, but Kate and I became friends again. She and Claire had some of the same problems that Miranda and I did. Kate had broken her wrist again, but still found able to manage a few things that I had taught her the last time her arm was wounded. I guess Claire had become the leader of the team, and made things really hard for Kate. And one day, I closed my locker to find Kate standing there with an apologetic face. I knew that she was probably just looking for someone, anyone, to be friends with. But I had to give her a chance. She's a good friend, even though I'm a lot more careful then I was with Miranda. A while ago, we had been fighting over Ethan. Now I told her she could have Ethan, since I wasn't interested anymore. After I had cleared my head somewhat, I also saw that even though Ethan had the looks, he didn't have the brains. Not that I wanted an intelligent guy or anything, but I felt that Ethan couldn't have real feelings for me. Yes, this is Lizzie still talking.
I kind of gave up on Gordo. He was too wrapped up in Miranda to ever notice me again. I was still civil to he and Miranda though. When we'd pass by in the halls, I'd wave, smile, or say, "Hey, how are you doing?" They'd just look at me like, "What business does she have talking to us?" I'd still do it the same. It felt nice leaving them speechless all of the time. Actually, after a while they started to break out of their personal world and say hello back. Yeah, I had been really angry with the two of them, but I didn't see any reason to still give them the cold shoulder. Someone had to make the first move to bringing back civility among the three of us...and I'm glad it started with me.
THE END
A/N: Hey! Here's the last chapter. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed this story...I really appreciate it! No matter what your thoughts were, thanks for telling me what you were thinking. So, how was the ending? I wasn't quite sure how to end this thing, and I'm a bit worried that it was a lame ending. Oh well. Please review and have a great day! Oh, now I have to start on a new story since I want to keep busy with my writing since I love it. I have three things that I'm hoping to do eventually, and I'd like to know what you'd like to see first to help me with my decision.
Idea 1: What if Lizzie knew that Ronnie liked someone else and she was the one who dumped him? It might be like a song fic, with JoJo's song "Leave (Get Out)."
Idea 2: A sequel to my story "Moving On." How's Lizzie's life in Colorado doing? Any ideas on this one? How old should she be? Should it be somewhat recently after the previous story? Ideas, please.
Idea 3: A Matt/Miranda fic. I'm in the works of figuring out a good plot. Any ideas?
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