Sorry guys, I can't believe I did it again! What is it with me and strawberries? Lol. I put them in chapter 8 without even thinking!! Anyways, here is chapter 9:

"Is it going to be a boy or a girl?" Matt asked. He was started to get excited. If it was a boy, he could teach him things like pranks to play on Lizzie!

"Well, I'm going to the doctor's tomorrow. We'll find out!" Jo said excitedly.

Lizzie started thinking. Maybe it would be nice to have another sibling around, especially if it was a girl. I could pick out little outfits for her, and dress her up! She'd be so cute in one of those frilly, little white dresses with the pink butterflies...

"Lizzie, I think you'll like it after a while." Jo told her daughter, trying to convince her to like her surprise.

"And you'll get paid for babysitting!" Dad added.

Toon Lizzie: Money? I'll go for that!

"Maybe I will like it!" Lizzie said, now warning up to the idea. Matt nodded.

"But I do have one question." Lizzie said. "Where is this baby going to sleep?"

Sam and Jo looked at each other. This thought had not yet occurred to them. "Well...um..." Sam said, thinking.

"It's not going in my room!" Matt exclaimed.

"Well don't think about mine!" Lizzie told him.

"Well, Lizzie, your room is a little bit bigger than Matt's." Jo told her.

Toon Lizzie: I don't like where this is going!

"I need my space, Mom! My room is where I think and relax! Not a nursery for a baby!" Lizzie told her.

Sam and Jo looked at Matt. "No way!" Matt exclaimed. "I like my room just the way it is, thank you very much!"

"If it goes in our room, we may never be able to get a decent night sleep again!" Jo told Sam.

"Maybe we could add a room onto the house." Lizzie suggested. "While you guys think about it, I'm going to be talking to my friends on the phone." She went back up to her room, now forgetting all about talking to Gordo alone. She dialed Miranda's number.

"Hello?" Lizzie heard Miranda say into the phone.

"This is Lizzie! I have big news!" She squealed.

"So do I!" Miranda squealed back.

"Hold on. Let me get Gordo on, too." Lizzie told her, and dialed in his number.

Toon Lizzie: Three-way calling is so convenient!

"Hi, Lizzie." Gordo said. "We, uh, got caller ID."

"Cool!" Lizzie replied, smiling. "Miranda's on the line, too."

"Oh." Gordo said. Why does something always happen just when I think Lizzie and are alone? He thought, annoyed.

"Guess what?" Miranda asked them. She was so excited that she didn't wait for them to answer. "I'm going on another date with Ethan tomorrow!" She exclaimed.

"Wow! The movies must have gone really well!" Lizzie replied, excited for Miranda.

"It did! We shared a soda, and-!" Miranda started to say to Lizzie.

"Should I just hang up now?" Gordo said, bored of all this talk of Ethan.

"Gordo, can't you just be patient at least once?" Lizzie said, rolling her eyes. "Look, Miranda, we'll talk more about it some other time soon, okay?."

"Okay, okay." Miranda agreed with a sigh.

"So is anyone going to try to guess what my news is?" Lizzie asked them.

"Well, is it good or bad?" Gordo replied, tossing a hackysack from one foot to the other. He kicked it up in the air, spun around, and caught it on the other foot.

"Well... I guess it just depends on how you look at it. I'm more excited now, than when I first heard about it." Lizzie told him.

"I'm stumped Lizzie! Just tell us!" Miranda said with a grin.

"Well, okay." Lizzie took a breath. My mom... is going to have a baby." Lizzie said, not knowing what her friends would say next.

Silence.

Toon Lizzie: Okay, this really is embarrassing! They probably are thinking what I thought at first.

"Wow!" Gordo exclaimed, not knowing what else to say. For some reason, he had just never thought of the McGuire's having another child. "I don't know what to say. I mean, I guess that's cool!" Although Lizzie will probably have to stay home a lot now and help out, so I won't be able to see her that much. He thought to himself.

"I think it will be fun for you!" Miranda said. "You'll get to go baby-shopping, and pick out a ton of cute clothes and stuff!"

"What is it going to be named?" Gordo asked, curious.

"We haven't thought of any names yet. Besides, we don't know if it's a girl or boy until my mom gets back from the doctor tomorrow." Lizzie told them. "My parents are still deciding on where it's going to sleep. If it ends up in my room, I think I'll move out!"

"Yeah, they're really loud. I had to babysit my cousin once, and it was a nightmare!" Gordo replied.

Toon Lizzie: Does that mean he would never want kids when he gets married? Because I want at least a few! Wait... am I saying I want to marry Gordo when I'm older?!

"Hey guys, sorry to interrupt, but my mom just called me from downstairs. I forgot that I was on dish-washing duties today." Miranda told them. "Tell your mom congratulations for me!"

"Okay, talk to you later!" Lizzie said.

"So Lizzie, all ready for tomorrow's English test?" Gordo asked her, not wanting to get on the subject of Lizzie wanting to know what had been bothering him.

"Oh no. I completely forgot about that!" Lizzie said, looking worriedly at the English notes on her desk, that she should have been studying.

"We could study together at the Digital Bean." Gordo suggested, hoping to spend some time with her.

"Well..." She said hesitantly. "I'm kind of creeped out about what happened the last time we studied there."

"Yeah, I know what you mean. We could go to the library. It's quieter in there, anyways." Gordo persisted.

"Okay, I'll meet you there!" Lizzie said, happy that her studying problems were solved.

They hung up. Now if only I can work up the courage to share my feelings with her! He thought nervously, and got ready to go.