Title: Not How You Expected

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Chapter 4

NO POV:

"My grandma comes here today. I need you to come over later," said Lizzie. She was over at Kate's house early in the morning.

"Yeah," started Kate. She was confused as to why Lizzie needed her.

"I thought I remembered telling you," said Lizzie. "Never mind. Anyway, I came up with this idea."

"As always," said Kate.

"I know," agreed Lizzie. "I am a genius after all!"

"I was having my mini-party today," reminded Kate. "You're still coming, right?"

"I wouldn't miss it," said Lizzie excitedly. "You just have to remember that we're picking up Nana today so I might be a little late."

Kate shrugged her shoulders. "Just as long as you don't miss it. It's not a party without you."

"Anyway," said Lizzie, "I have a plan for when my parents leave. Oh my gosh!" Lizzie suddenly looked at her watch. "My parents are gonna kill me if they wake up and I'm not home. New policy: I can't go anywhere in the morning without telling them ahead of time. It's like they don't trust me."

Kate only raised her eyebrows.

Lizzie sat down on a chair and straightened herself. "Ok," she said, "time for the real reason I'm here...to get my tongue pierced!"

"Ready?" asked Kate.

"Ready," echoed Lizzie.

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Lizzie quietly opened her front door, hoping that her parents were still sleeping. She crept in gently, but had no such luck.

"Lizzie!" yelled Mrs. McGuire. "Get over here now!"

Lizzie walked right into the kitchen, where an angry set of parents stood right near the table.

"Sorry," she apologized.

"Yeah, you're sorry," said Mr. McGuire. "Sorry that we caught you."

"I forgot," lied Lizzie. "I got up to take a morning jog – it is important to stay fit – and lost track of everything."

"Why don't I believe that?" asked Mr. McGuire. "Maybe cuz you never get up early on a Saturday to jog. Do I look stupid?"

"Do you want me to answer that?" mumbled Lizzie.

"I heard that!" exclaimed Mrs. McGuire. "Learn how to respect your father."

"Now go get Matt up," ordered Mr. McGuire.

Trekking up the stairs, Lizzie thanked her lucky stars that her mom and dad had failed to notice, or at least comment, on her pierced tongue.

"Matt!" yelled Lizzie pounding on his door. "Get the hell out of bed!"

"That's no way to talk to your brother!" yelled Mrs. McGuire up the stairs.

"Shut up," mumbled Lizzie in an inaudible voice, not wanting to get in any more trouble then she already was.

She went into her room, closing the door behind her. "Why do they yell at me all the time?" thought Lizzie. "I'm sick of it. I give up!"

"Well," said Lizzie aloud, "it's not that I don't deserve it at times."

Walking over to her closet, she opened it and pulled out a scrapbook which she carried with her over to bed. Opening the scrapbook, she smiled at the first pictures she saw. The very first picture in there was of her and her mom. Mrs. McGuire was in the hospital on a bed, in a white nightgown. In her arms, she held a tiny child with a red face. "My very first picture," thought Lizzie. "I was so cute."

Scrolling through pictures of birthday parties and family get-togethers, she stopped at one picture in particular and stared at it for a moment. It was a picture of her, Miranda, and Gordo just hanging out having a good time. Miranda had a big smile on her face which Lizzie noticed was rarely seen anymore. Gordo, of course, had on his classic lop-sided grin which could crack a smile out of almost everybody, and it did just that to Lizzie who was looking at the photo. She looked at herself in the picture, and she looked like she was in the middle of laughing when someone took the shot.

Lizzie walked over to her mirror to look at her present self. "I'm pretty, I'm slender, I'm sexy," she thought, "but why aren't I as happy as before?" She frowned and went back to look at the scrapbook, turning to a picture of her and Gordo.

She remembered Rome and all that had changed for the both of them. She remembered the kiss, but still wondered why she did it. "It was for a thank you," she thought, "but also because I thought he was cute." Lizzie sighed. "Why do I only like guys if they're cute?" She had gone through many guys through high school, namely Ryan, Jake, Justin, Garret, Sam, Ethan, Ronnie, Rob, and Harry, only to name a few. But for some reason she kept looking back at Gordo.

"If I could only find the right words to say," she said aloud, "then maybe we could hook up or hang out sometime." She didn't know what she felt at Rome, but she knew that she wanted some kind of relationship with Gordo. All of the other guys she had been with before were different. They were...ordinary. Gordo was out from the ordinary, and that made him appealing to Lizzie. He seemed like a person who might want to have a longer relationship than the others. Lizzie got hurt a couple of times, but mainly she was the one getting rid of the guys. "They were just too boring," she thought.

The only obstacle in her way from getting what she wanted was that Gordo wasn't the most popular guy in school and she didn't want her reputation to get wounded. But maybe the only way to get happiness was to be in love with a guy who was out of the ordinary...and that guy was Gordo.

"Lizzie," said Mrs. McGuire knocking on the door. "It's time to go."

"Why don't you just interrupt my thoughts, why don't you?" thought Lizzie.

She jumped out of bed, combed her hair, and came out of her room.

"Nuh-uh, no you don't," said Mrs. McGuire. "I don't want Nana to get the picture that you're some cheap tramp! Change into some more decent clothes."

"Why are you all of a sudden caring about what I'm wearing? This is what I had on earlier," commented Lizzie.

"Don't question me," said Mrs. McGuire. "Just change. I said we're picking up Nana."

Lizzie sighed and walked back into her room, quickly throwing on a pair of sweat pants and a jacket. "Ok with this?" she asked in a snobby tone of voice. She decided she'd change back into her nice clothes later, but humor mom now.

"Looks great, sweetie," commented Mrs. McGuire. "Much better than that trashy junk you had on. It looked like we didn't have enough money to buy you a decent outfit!" Mrs. McGuire laughed and shook her head as if to say, "She's so childish. What was she thinking?"

Lizzie remained silent and went to the car, before she had enough time to put in her two cents.

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"Oh, look at you!" squealed Nana, looking at her two grandchildren. She approached Matt first and gave him a big bear hug.

"Aw," she said, "you're such a sweetie. Here's a little something." In his hand she left twenty-five dollars and a baseball cap.

"Thanks!" said Matt.

Then Nana gave Lizzie a big hug. "I remember when you were in diapers," she said.

Lizzie rolled her eyes and smiled. "Why do adults always say that?" she thought.

"And here's a little something for you," she whispered. She gave Lizzie twenty-five dollars too, and a bottle of perfumed body lotion.

"Thanks," said Lizzie.

"Oh my, how you two have grown!" exclaimed Nana. She then looked at Mrs. McGuire. "Jo, your two babies! What happened?"

"They gained attitude problems," replied Mrs. McGuire.

"I don't believe it. These fine young people?" she asked. "They grow up to fast. I was just telling Lizzie that I remember when she was in diapers. What about that Gordon boy? What ever came of him? They practically were in diapers together." Nana laughed at the memory, but Lizzie became red. "He was such a fine young man; I wonder what ever happened to him."

"Oh look at the time," said Lizzie quickly changing the subject, "mom and dad are going to miss their flight! We better get moving."

"Bye, sweeties," said Mrs. McGuire kissing both of her kids on the forehead.

"Ew! Mom, that's gross!" exclaimed Matt.

"I remember when you were still young enough for our kisses," said Mrs. McGuire sadly.

"Mom," said Matt rolling his eyes, "don't get mushy on me."

"Bye, kids," said Mr. McGuire. He hugged both of his kids, but didn't show as much emotion as his wife. "Take good care of the kids. Matt and Lizzie, don't give Nana a lot of trouble."

Then the two McGuire parents boarded on the plane after a quick wave and some more sounds of good byes, especially on Mrs. McGuire's part.

"It's just you and me, kids," said Nana right after Mr. and Mrs. McGuire left.

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Right after they arrived at home, Lizzie was already trying to figure out how she could pull off her plan to get her grandma out of the house.

"Nana," she said, "I have a friendly get together at a friends' house tonight. Is it ok if I go?"

"Sure, honey," she replied. "I understand what it was like to be your age and need other kids your age. Go right ahead. In fact! I feel like your age. I might just go out and play bingo tonight or...or..." She started laughing. "Heck! Maybe I'll go shopping tonight or something too."

"Ok, well, thanks," said Lizzie. "I'll be leaving now."

"Have a great time," said Nana smiling.

Lizzie gulped and felt a little bit of guilt creep into her, but she quickly brushed it off.

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"She'll be easy to get her out of the house," said Lizzie to Kate. Kate was munching on a piece of cake, while Lizzie was talking.

"Really?" asked Kate, mouth filled with food.

"She's a person that kills to have fun," said Lizzie. "All we need to tell her is about Vegas night at the Bingo place, wherever that is, and she'll want to go. I've even called up an old friend of hers in town who will be there. We'll have no problem, I guarantee. Then we can get this party started!"

"Did you hear that?" asked Kate looking at her boyfriend. He looked at her confusedly. "Lizzie's having a party, and it's gonna be jammin! We're all invited."

A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while. In actuality this chapter has been written a while. I've just been so crammed with homework and to top it off got sick on Monday and am still sick today. Anyway. Here is a new chapter. Next chapter coming soon, hopefully. Keep reviewing and thanks for your reviews so far.