I know it's slow progress and for that I'm sorry but school work has to come first unfortunately! But here's the latest chapter and I think I know where I eventually want this to end up now, which is good cause I was a bit iffy before! Hope you like it. Please let me know and thanks for being patient.

I own nothing to do with Lizzie Maguire. Not at all. Not a sausage!

"I can't do this!"

Miranda and Gordo stood outside Lizzie's house.

Miranda grabbed Gordo's arm and tried to drag him forward towards the front door.

"C'mon Gordo. You have to do this."

"I can't. I can't lie to Lizzie."

Miranda scowled at Gordo.

"What do you mean you can't lie to Lizzie? You've lied to her before about having a girlfriend!"

"Yeah I did and do you remember how that turned out?"

"This won't be the same"

"No. It'll be worse! Lizzie's my best friend and after the last time we promised, we all promised that there'd be no more secrets. Miranda we all promised!"

"I know we did and it's nice in theory but we need to keep this quiet. For a while anyway."

"Why?"

"Gordo please! You know why."

"No I don't." Gordo replied stubbornly

"Gordo, it'll just be too hard."

"It's only going to get harder Miranda. It would be better if we just dealt with it now. That way although it might be weird for a while it would only get easier rather than harder."

"Gordo..."

Miranda stared deeply into Gordo's eyes, silently pleading with him. Gordo stared back, stone faced obviously unhappy with the situation."

"We've been having this conversation the whole way here. Please Gordo, please just do it, for me. I can't face telling Lizzie just yet. So please, please go with me on this."

With that Miranda turned around and rang the Maguire's doorbell.

She could feel Gordo take a step towards her until he was so close that she could lean her back into his chest. She felt his breath on the back of her neck and her knees quivered a little as he whispered in her ear.

"I'll try...for you."

Mrs Maguire pulled the door open and smiled at the two teens standing on her porch.

"Hey guys. C'mon in, Lizzie will be really happy to see you. Lizzie! Gordo and Miranda are here!"

Gordo and Miranda gave each other a quick look of nervousness as Mrs Maguire turned to call Lizzie. There she was Lizzie Maguire, bounding down the stairs, beaming from ear to ear.

"Hey you guys. I thought maybe you had fallen of the edge world or something!"

Gordo tried to mutter out something but could only fumble over his words so Miranda quickly cut in.

"Sorry about not coming over sooner or calling, I got so caught up with my family stuff but as soon as I got free I came over. Well first I went and got Gordo. I had to drag him away from his film stuff. I don't think he even knew what day it was."

All three laughed. It was a nervous laugh, but at least it was a laugh.

Lizzie avoided looking directly at Gordo. She wanted to run over and take him by his hands and tell him exactly how she felt but she held back. She was too nervous.

Gordo didn't notice this because he too was avoiding eye contact, focusing mainly on his shoes.

Miranda looked back and forth from Lizzie to Gordo and could feel her heart pounding in her chest. She needed to do something, she needed to get a conversation going or something, she needed to...Lizzie broke Miranda's concentration by taking hold of Miranda's arm. It seemed like Lizzie needed to do something as well and had acted first.

"Miranda, I need to talk to you."

Miranda gave a quick anxious glance at Gordo who was still trying to act as if he wasn't noticing anything that was going on.

Lizzie risked her first glance at Gordo since he had arrived at the house and didn't know what to make of the fact that he wasn't looking at her.

"Gordo you don't mind if I take Miranda away for a while do you?"

"No! Why would I mind?" Gordo blurted out a bit too forcefully, which took Lizzie more by surprise than the fact that he wasn't looking at her.

Miranda glared at Gordo and turned to Lizzie

"C'mon Lizzie, Gordo will be okay I think he's been staring at his television too long!"

"Hey Gordo you can go see what my weasel brother is up to or get something to eat if you want."

"Food sounds good."

"Coolie. C'mon Miranda let's go."

Lizzie dragged a worried Miranda upstairs to her bedroom and left a very relieved Gordo downstairs

Gordo sighed and went into the kitchen, happy that he wouldn't have to face Lizzie for another while longer and that meant he wouldn't have to lie to Lizzie for another while longer either.

He didn't like it. He didn't like it one bit and if past experience had taught him anything, it was that this wouldn't end well...

Not well at all.

Gordo poured himself a drink and took a cookie from the jar before slumping into a nearby chair, closing his eyes and sighing.

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