I do not own Lizzie McGuire (Hilary however, is MINE I tell you not yours mine, I mean...)

Chapter 5: The new day

Someone calling his name impatiently over and over, "Gordo!, Gordo!, Gordo!" woke Gordo up. Gordo! Gordo! Gordo!" Kate repeated.

"What?! What?! What?!" Gordo responded clearly irritated. It was a well- known fact that he was not a morning person. He opened his eyes to see Ethan and Kate standing before him.

"Dude get ready," Ethan stated.

"Get ready for what?" Gordo inquired.

"We're going to spend the day together!" Ethan continued.

"Who are we?" Gordo asked already getting confused.

Kate decided to respond to this question, "Oh, you, Lizzie's family, Ethan and I."

Gordo responded with the first thing that popped into his head, "What about Lizzie and Miranda?"

"Going to the beach," Kate answered. "Something about you and a kiss," she continued with a twinkle in her eye. She then smiled and finished, "They said you would know. So, we figured you could come with us and tell us all about it!"

Gordo grinned to himself and thought, I guess the kiss is not a secret then. I can tell I'm not going to be able to get out of this either. Looks like another fun day.

"Ok, Ok!! Give me a few minutes and I'll be ready," He finally replied.

"Meet us in the lobby when you are ready" Ethan stated.

With that they left and Gordo was alone. He muttered "Why me?" while he crawled out of bed and shuffled towards the bathroom. After showering, getting dressed, and the best he could readying himself for the day ahead, David Gordon made his way down to the hotel lobby. His second family, The McGuire's, along with Kate and Ethan were waiting for him in the lobby.

Gordo, Ethan, and Lizzie's dad, Sam McGuire stood outside some clothing shop in Rome that none of them could pronounce the name of. The girls, Kate and Jo, were inside looking at things that neither of them could possibly afford. Sam decided that now would be a great time to have a talk with Gordo.

"Gordo, listen there is something I've been meaning to talking to you about," he began.

Oh boy, here we go again......Gordo thought to himself as he braced himself for yet another onslaught.

He took a deep breath, then responded, "Um ok, what's up?"