A/N: From this point on, there will be no particular point of view.

Chapter Two

By the time both girls had made their beds up and put all their stuff up, it was time for lunch. All the counselors were to go meet in the cafeteria for any announcements. Lizzie and Miranda walked together to the cafeteria.

It was crowded and full of people talking to each other. Lizzie and Miranda finally found a place to sit and they made small talk while they waited for lunch. After they were served their lunch (chicken fingers and macaroni and cheese) they waited as the head of the camp stood up on the stage and waited for everyone to quiet down.

"Is this seat taken?" someone whispered behind Lizzie, causing her to jump.

She looked back and gasped, "Gordo!" she got up and gave him a hug.

"When did you get here?" Gordo asked

"About an hour ago. Miranda and I had to make our beds and stuff."

"Oh," Gordo said, "Did Miranda tell you that I'm in the cabin across from you?"

Lizzie glanced at Miranda and looked back at Gordo, "No, but that's great!" she sounded excited.

"Will everyone please take their seats and be quiet?" a microphoned voice from the stage said.

"Sit down," Lizzie whispered, sitting back down and pulling on him to sit down. Gordo sat and they all listened as the head of the camp, Mr. Mike, said everything. He welcomed everybody, went over the rules and went over assignments. Lizzie and Miranda were assigned to cooking and Gordo was assigned to kayaking with Larry. Set-up for everything would start that afternoon and the next day and on Sunday, the first session started. They were handed a list of the children in their cabin, along with their ages, and Lizzie and Miranda got seven and eight year old girls while Gordo got seven and eight year old boys. For every two cabins, there was an older person in charge. This person was usually in their early twenties and would make sure everything was okay.

After the meeting, which lasted two hours, they were told to go to their work areas and clean up and start preparing.

Gordo looked at the two girls, "Well, I guess I'll see you two tonight. I have to go to the lake and make sure everything is safe. Have fun in the kitchen!" Gordo left while Miranda and Lizzie walked into the building next to the cafeteria which contained the "Cooking room" It had ovens in the next room and all the supplies one would need to cook, as well as space for people to work.

After working in the kitchen for a few hours, they were excused. It was getting dark and time for dinner. Neither of them had seen Gordo since lunch, even though they were given a break in the middle of the day.

In fact, Gordo had his own things to worry about that day. He and Larry were cleaning kayaks, when all the sudden, Larry said, "So, you haven't said much."

"Well, what is there to say?"

Larry rolled his eyes, "I hate to say it, but Duh! Last year, you and Lizzie were the ultimate 'it' couple. Is that going to happen again this year?"

Gordo shrugged, "I don't know. We'll see."

"Gordo! Are you dense? That girl was crazy about you last year!"

"So," Gordo said, laughing, "Don't you have your own love life to worry about?"

"What love life?"

Gordo looked at Larry as if he was crazy, "Girls, man! Girls! Don't you like them?"

"Well, yeah," Larry said, "but I don't know if camp is the best place to meet someone."

"Does it matter? It's about having fun with the summer and not worrying about the outcome until it's there."

"So, in other words, don't think about the fact that we won't see each other again for another ten months?"

Gordo shook his head, "Nope, not now, at least. Live in the moment. Do you like anyone here?"

"Well," Larry said pausing, "I don't know her that well, but that girl, Kate, is kind of cute."

"Ech," Gordo said making a face, "Are you sure about that one? Maybe you should get to know her better before jumping to conclusions."

"Okay," Larry said, getting defensive, "Who do you like?"

"Um, Lizzie."

"No, I mean, other than Lizzie."

Gordo shrugged, "I don't know. I haven't thought about it."

"What about Lizzie's cabin mate, Miranda?"

"Nah, that'd be too awkward."

"No, I'm talking about for me."

"Oh, well, I think Lizzie told me that she thinks that its pointless to date someone you might never see again."

"Then we already have something in common," Larry said, "Oh, well, like I said, I'm not here to find the love of my life or my love of the next eight weeks. I'm here to have a great time and make friends."

"That is a good philosophy, Tudge," Gordo said, "and that's the reason I'm here too. But, to be completely honest with you, I had the time of my life last summer and most of the reason I had a great time was because of people like Miranda and especially Lizzie."

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Gordo and Larry walked to the cafeteria and met up with Miranda and Lizzie. Gordo sat next to Lizzie and Larry sat next to Miranda. Last year, Larry wasn't close to Gordo, Lizzie, and Miranda because he was in a cabin on the other side of the lake and although they saw each other everyday, they didn't really talk.

"Hi, Miranda," Larry said, smiling at her, "How are you?"

Miranda smiled back, "I'm good. How are you?"

"Good. It's good to be back," he said.

"Yeah, I agree."

Lizzie and Gordo, who were being pretty silent as they watched Larry and Miranda turned to each other, "So," Lizzie said, "How were the kayaks?"

"Dirty," he said, making a face.

Lizzie laughed, "Yeah, that kitchen is filthy!"

"So," he whispered, pointing at Miranda and Larry, who were engaged in their own conversation, "Think anything will happen with Miranda and Larry this summer?"

"I don't know," Lizzie said, "I haven't given it much thought until now. Who knows?"

Gordo shrugged, "I was just trying to make conversation."

Lizzie smiled, "Since when are you so social?"

"I don't know. I'm just trying to talk to a friend. We are friends, right?"

"Yeah! Of course we are friends!" Lizzie said, "And we are going to have so much fun this summer!"

"As friends," he said, completing the thought.

"Only the best," Lizzie said, awkwardly as she took a sip of water.

On the other side of the table, it looked like Larry and Miranda were having a lively conversation, "And, then, we were in the science lab and the teacher mixed potassium with what she thought was water, but was something else and everything just exploded." Larry said and started laughing

Miranda laughed with him.

After dinner was over, they had a campfire set outdoors for everyone to socialize. Lizzie and Gordo, who hadn't had a direct conversation with each other since the friend thing, mingled with other people, obviously avoiding each other and another awkward conversation.

By the time that was over, it was almost midnight and time to go to bed. As soon as Lizzie and Miranda got into the cabin, Miranda blurted, "So, avoiding anyone lately?"

"What are you talking about?" Lizzie said, defensively.

"Lizzie, I'm not blind. You and Gordo were talking at the beginning of dinner, but after a few minutes, you didn't talk again and you definitely didn't talk to him once during the campfire."

"What are you, my stalker? I'm not avoiding anyone, Miranda. I'm just keeping my options open."

"Why? You know that something is going to happen between you two. Why waste your time waiting? You only have eight weeks!"

"Miranda! Why rush anything that might not be definite when you have other options."

"What other options?"

"Well," Lizzie said, "Who said I had to date anyone this summer at all? I just want to take it day by day and if something happens, great!"

"And if it doesn't?"

"Life goes on."

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A/N: and it will go on and on and on . . .I'll update soon. Please review!