A/N: At long last, a new chapter! In case you haven't read the author's note in the new chapter of "14 Hours", I've been on vacation for the past two weeks. And before that, I had some busy times during the last few weeks of school (my dance recital, the school play, the symphonic band performance... I do a lot). Still, I really should have updated sooner. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this new chapter of "Emotions Uncovered"!!! -Julia

Chapter 3: Miranda's Anxiety

Miranda's POV

In case you don't already know this about me, I can be a bit of a worrywart at times. Yes, I admit it. I am no longer the laid-back, fun-loving flower- child that I once was. Middle school tends to change people, and it definitely changed me.

So now, there I was, this uptight 15-year-old, trying to figure out how I turned into this insane perfectionist, when it suddenly hit me that Lizzie STILL hadn't arrived at my house to watch "Green Valley". This was going to be the big episode where everyone finds out who Carla's baby's real father is. Lizzie had promised weeks ago that when that episode came on, she'd come over to my place and watch it. But now it was 3:55, only 5 minutes until the show started, and there was still no sign of my BFF.

What does that do to an insanely uptight 15-year-old girl? Well, it wasn't pretty, that's for sure. When I started to totally freak out, it was so not my finest moment.

Just when it looked like my brain was about to explode from anxiety... the doorbell rang. "Ugh," I sighed, collapsing onto the couch. "Mom, can you get the doorbell please?" I shouted.

"Miranda, it's us!" came Lizzie's voice through the door.

"OH!" I exclaimed, jumping to my feet and thrusting the door open.

That's when I noticed the weirdest thing. GORDO WAS WITH LIZZIE. Huh? Not only does Gordo completely detest "Green Valley", but he hates ALL soap operas, and he hates them with a passion. So it did not make any sense at all that he was standing there, on my doorstep, beside Lizzie, and NOT looking like he was about to run away at top speed. He actually looked like he was gonna... come in!!!

The only question was, WHY???

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Lizzie's POV

I hoped that Miranda wouldn't be too mad about my bringing Gordo with me to her house. I felt like it would be weird to just leave him and go to Miranda's on my own when she was our friend, not just mine. And the weird thing is, even though he absolutely loathed "Green Valley", he happily agreed to tag along. In fact, he seemed almost... eager. Now that was so not Gordo. But I shook off my confusion when we got to Miranda's. Now was the time to enjoy our show - not to get all weird about totally stupid, non-important stuff.

"Hey Miranda!" I said cheerily, walking into her living room. I knew that "Green Valley" was about to start, so I made a beeline for the couch.

"Lizzie, where have you been?" said Miranda angrily. "'Green Valley' is gonna start in like, three seconds!"

"Sorry, I just bumped into Gordo on the way over here that's all," I replied. "It's OK if Gordo watches with us, right?"

"Um, yeah, sure. Totally." She turned to Gordo. "But I thought that you hated 'Green Valley.'"

"Well, I've decided to give it a chance," Gordo replied. "Hey, how will I ever really know if it's actually bad unless I actually watch it once in awhile?"

Miranda looked puzzled. "Riiiight. Whatever. Lizzie, turn on that TV, STAT!"

"Way ahead of ya," I said, the remote already in my hand. I turned on the TV and put channel 7 faster than you can say...

"Gordo?!" Miranda exclaimed. "What the heck are you doing?!"

A/N: A bit of a cliffhanger! I know this chapter was super-short, but I'll update again tonight or tomorrow. I promise! -Julia