A/N: Thanks again for all of the reviews. I posted a short one shot LG fic, if you want to check it out. It's called Cursed. Here's chapter nine of this story though, it's kind of short, shorter than some of my other ones anyways. Well, here it is.....

The Prince You Charmed

Chapter 9: Caught Red-Handed

Gordo sighed, and ran his hand through his messy hair. That had definitely not gone as planned. He sat down in Lizzie's old spot and played with the straw in her smoothie. He bit his lip, a habit he seemed to be picking up from Lizzie, and glanced around to see how many people were still staring at him.

Only four and most of them had looked down when he had looked up. He briefly wondered how many had heard the entire argument. They hadn't been that incredibly loud, he didn't think. As he continued to glance around the figure of Ryan caught the corner of his eye.

Standing up, he walked over to get a closer look and make sure his eyes weren't playing tricks on him. And they weren't.

Sitting right in front of him, in plain sight, was Ryan.

And not just Ryan.

Ryan and another girl.

Ryan and another girl, kissing.

Ryan and Sarah, kissing.

He closed his eyes, and wished for the image to be gone when he opened them. Unfortunately, he didn't have very good karma right now, and the sight stayed blatantly in front of him.

What was he supposed to do now?

He moved out of the way as the two figures separated and made sure they couldn't see him. Gordo watched as Sarah walked out of the Digital Bean, closely followed by Ryan. Shaking his head, he resumed his previous seat. It was only then that he noticed Lizzie had forgotten her purse on top of the table.

Great, that would mean he'd have to deal with this problem much sooner than he thought.

A few minutes later someone sat down beside him and he looked up. It was Miranda.

"What's up, Amigo?" She questioned, noticing that Gordo was clutching Lizzie's purse as if it was his lifeline.

"I got in a fight with Lizzie. Then she left, and I saw Ryan."

Miranda simply raised an eyebrow, signaling for him to continue. "He was with Sarah, kissing her," he summed it up quickly.

"Are you sure?" Miranda asked him. Gordo looked up, exasperated.

"I'm pretty sure, Miranda, yes," he snapped.

She held up her hands. "Okay, I'm sorry. Jeez. What are you going to do?"

Gordo gave Miranda a slight grin, "Well, maybe-,"

"No," Miranda cut him off, "I'm not telling her for you. Nu-uh. I won't do it. You're going to do it. All by yourself."

"Miranda, I can't."

"You have to Gordo. You have to. I didn't see it."

He nodded, knowing she was right. He knew it would only be a matter of minutes before Lizzie came back into the Digital Bean, looking for her long lost purse.

Lizzie stormed out of the Digital Bean annoyed. Annoyed, angry, confused, and a bunch of other emotions that she couldn't identify right now. Not that she really cared to know what they were at that moment. She just couldn't believe the nerve of Gordo, telling her she made a mistake taking Ryan back.

She hadn't made a mistake, had she?

'No, Lizzie. You did the right thing,' she tried to reassure herself but it wasn't working. Slowing down her furious pace, she looked up. She noticed that it was getting pretty dark and she should probably call her mom again, and tell her not to worry, that she'd be home in a few minutes.

Lizzie reached for her purse to get her phone when she stopped, dead in her tracks, She didn't have her purse. She'd forgotten it on the table at the Digital Bean. Sighing, Lizzie turned herself around, she'd have to go back to get it but she couldn't decide if she should finish walking home, and then have her mom give her a ride back, or if she should go back, and call and have her mom pick her up.

It didn't matter a whole lot, either way her mom would hear from her in the same amount of time. Her mind was still confused though and she couldn't decide what to do. After standing on the sidewalk, turning in circles like a lost puppy, for five minutes, she decided to just head back to the Digital Bean. That way, she wouldn't have to get a lecture about being forgetful or irresponsible. Lizzie slowly began walking towards the Digital Bean.

Gordo and Miranda mindlessly stared down at the table. They both wondered if Lizzie would believe anything either of them told her, or if she'd just get even madder. But they couldn't just live with this secret and keep it from her. It would give them both an unwanted sense of guilt that they would have to carry everywhere with them.

Lizzie had to be told, even if it would hurt her.

Gordo planned his words in his head but knew it wouldn't do any good. You could plan words over and over in your head and think you'd be just fine, but then the time would come to say them, and you'd just get all nervous and have no clue what to say anymore. Still, he continued to say them in the same sequence numerous times hoping that maybe they'd come out the way he had planned.

Miranda looked up at Gordo but didn't bother saying anything. It wouldn't help anything and there was nothing she could say to make the situation seem any better. Because no matter how you looked at it, it was bad. She tapped her fingers against the table but quickly stopped after receiving a glare from Gordo. Miranda resorted to sitting quietly and she made sure she made no noise whatsoever.

Hearing the door, she looked up as Lizzie entered the Digital Bean. She made brief eye contact with her before breaking it. This let Lizzie know that they were mad at her and that they thought they had every right to be.

Which they did, technically.

It also told Lizzie that they were only there for one reason, and an important reason at that. Miranda sighed and nudged Gordo, to let him know that Lizzie had arrived.

Lizzie wiped away more tears as she stepped into the Digital Bean and made quick eye contact with Miranda. She inwardly knew that they were mad at her and also knew that they had numerous reasons to be. Lizzie prayed that this night wouldn't end badly, but the same dread of fear that her stomach had held a few days earlier reappeared.

She knew that Gordo and Miranda had something important to talk to her about. Otherwise, they wouldn't still be here, they were to mad at her to stay for any other reason. And Lizzie couldn't blame them one bit.

She took a deep breath and started to walk towards them. As she reached them she tried to smile at them, but it came out as more of a happy frown that looked sad. Whatever that was.

"H-hi," Lizzie started, "I forgot my purse."

Gordo nodded and reluctantly handed it over to her. Lizzie turned to leave, hoping to avoid whatever they wanted to talk about. She felt Gordo grab her arm though, and she turned back to face him. He stood up and let out a breath.

"Lizzie," he started with sadness to his voice, "we need to talk."

Lizzie nodded, Gordo sighed, and Miranda watched.

A/N: Please review. I'm still working on some new plot lines, so these chapters may not be coming out quite as fast, but I do have a lot of parts of upcoming chapters already written, so hopefully they won't take to long.