A/N: Chapter 13!! yay!! lol. Thanks so much for all the reviews. There's not to many chapters left of this!1 tear. Probably about 5 plus the epilogue. But there's many more stories to come, but for now I'll just let you read this one.

The Prince You Charmed

Chapter 13: Talking it Out

Lizzie shifted her weight from one foot to the other before cautiously reaching out and ringing Miranda's doorbell. She chewed on her lips as she heard footsteps slowly approaching. Lizzie was growing more nervous by the second and for a instant she had contemplated turning around and leaving. But that wouldn't solve anything, and she knew that. So she stayed standing in her spot, staring at the blank door.

A few quick moments later, Mrs. Sanchez swung the door open, and greeted Lizzie with a pleased smile.

"Lizzie! It's so good to see you again. How have you been, sweetie?"

Lizzie smiled. Miranda's mom had always treated Lizzie as a second daughter, just as Gordo's mother treated her as the daughter she never had. "It's good to see you, too. I'm doing okay, not the best."

Mrs. Sanchez nodded, knowingly. "Have they found anything more out about Gordo?" She questioned, concerned.

Lizzie shook her head. "No, not really."

Mrs. Sanchez stepped out of the doorway and motioned for Lizzie to enter the house. "Well, Miranda's up in her room, if you want to talk to her."

"Thanks," Lizzie stated, as she headed up the stairs. She took her time, not having anything planned to say. A minutes later she softly knocked on Miranda's bedroom door.

"Come in," she heard Miranda call out.

Lizzie opened the door. "Hey," she said simply, not knowing what else to say.

Her greeting was met with a menacing glare. "What do you want?" Miranda snapped, sharply.

"I-I wanted to talk to you."

Miranda shrugged. "The feelings not returned."

"Then you don't have to talk to me, just listen to me, please?" Lizzie begged.

"No way, Lizzie. We have nothing to say to each other. I think it would be better if you just left. Now."

Lizzie shook her head, crossly. "No way, Miranda. I came here to talk to you, and that's exactly what I'm gong to do," Lizzie told her, determined.

Miranda sighed, heavily. Arguing with Lizzie was a waste of time because when Lizzie was determined to accomplish something, she would. "Fine, talk."

Lizzie stayed completely silent. She figured that it would take Miranda longer to give in and she'd have time to think of what to say.

"Or don't talk," Miranda cut into her thoughts.

Lizzie sighed. "Look-Miranda. I'm sorry, okay. I don't know what else to say."

"Your sorry, that's great," Miranda responded, with a careless shrug.

"I was wrong okay. I know that. I screwed up, badly, but I know that too. Dating Ryan was a mistake, ditching my best friends was a mistake, and I'm sorry. You don't know how sorry I am, and I have no clue how to tell you how sorry I am."

"Lizzie, do you remember how much it hurt when Kate ditched us?"

Lizzie nodded, tears forming in her eyes. "Well losing you was a million times worse because you're my best friend in this entire world. And you did it twice. How am I suppose to forgive that."

"I don't know. Miranda, I'll do anything. Please, what can I do to make it up to you? I'd take it all back if I could, I really would."

"Lizzie, it's not even all about you ditching us. It's about the things you said to us. You were horrible Lizzie."

"I know, okay. I was a bad friend," Miranda snorted, softly, "Okay, I was an awful friend. But that's not the point. I didn't mean anything I said to you guys. You should know that. You and Gordo mean everything to me. You're my best friends," Lizzie paused as she tried to choke back a sob, and her voice began to crack, "I'm so sorry Miranda. I just want my best friends back."

Miranda shook her head, dwelling on what Lizzie had said. "Okay, so you're sorry. But you said that a few days ago at the park and when we forgave you, you ditched us again. How am I supposed to know that you won't do it again?"

Lizzie licked her lips and wiped her tears. "I don't know Miranda. I guess you have to trust me. I hate Ryan, okay, I do. I hate him so much. I met him this afternoon and it was the first time I had realized how incredibly, stupid, he was. I completely blew up at him, I yelled, and I screamed, and I slapped. Miranda, I never want to see him again. And the only good thing that came from any of this was talking to Kate. Because she regrets ditching us just as much as I regret ditching you and Gordo."

Miranda smiled slightly. "You slapped him?"

"Three times. I was going for a fourth time, but he was to quick for that."

Miranda smirked, nodding her head. "I'll give you props for that, chica. He definitely deserved it, no doubt."

"Yeah, he did. But I deserve to be slapped too. I've been awful lately. You know, I guess I should tell you, that there was another good thing about all of this. I realized that I'm in love with Gordo. I just wish it wouldn't have taken all of this to realize it."

Miranda's face held and expression of shock. She opened her mouth slightly, then closed it, then it opened again. She made quiet squeaking noises, and finally she erupted into joyous screams. "I knew it! I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!" She exclaimed, excitedly. Miranda jumped up and threw her arms around Lizzie's neck.

Lizzie giggled. "Does that mean I'm forgiven?"

Miranda returned the giggle. "I guess. But you only got one more strike before you're out."

"Okay. Deal," Lizzie squealed, returning Miranda's hug. Miranda pulled away after a few seconds.

"So," she started, "Tell me about human Kate."

Lizzie giggled again, feeling happier now than she had in the past few weeks. After awhile of chatter, they came upon a more serious subject.

"Lizzie, did you really think that we'd just replace you with Sarah?"

Lizzie looked up, ashamed. She shrugged. "I don't know. I was jealous, I'll admit that, but I just had a weird feeling, and I knew I didn't like her. And I mean, look at what happened between her and Ryan," Lizzie pointed out.

"Yeah, well, I don't like her either. She was always questioning us about you. It was weird, like she was up to something. I just haven't figured it out."

Lizzie bit her lip. Suddenly, her eyes lit up as realization dawned on her. "Ryan!" She shouted.

Miranda gave an incredulous look. "What does he have to do with anything?"

"Don't you get it? Ryan was cheating on me with Sarah. Which means, they were "partners in crime". Obviously, Ryan was using Sarah to get information on our friendship."

"Our friendship? Why would he want that kind of information?"

Lizzie fumbled with her hair. "He wanted information that he could use against us. To pull us farther apart, so I wouldn't keep wanting to spend time with you guys."

Miranda nodded, showing that she understood. "I knew I didn't like her for a reason."

Lizzie giggled. "The feeling's mutual."