I do not own Lizzie McGuire. I would be happy if I did though! That would be SO cool! Especially Gordo- he's adorable!!! I think everyone will be surprised to see who was watching Lizzie and Troy...

Chapter 7

Someone's Watching Over Me

After leaving the McGuires' basement and seeing Lizzie and Troy, he slowly walked up to his room. I cannot believe I had to see that, he thought to himself. What am I going to do now? Then he jumped at the knock on his door.

"Matt, honey," Jo said, "Hurry up it's time for dinner."

"Great," Matt said to himself. Like I really wanna go to eat after what I just saw... I'm likely to throw up.

Matt went downstairs to join the rest of his family. Usually he was very cool and collected around them, but tonight he felt sort of uneasy and uncomfortable.

"So kids, how was school today?" Sam asked both Lizzie and Matt.

"Fine," Lizzie said flatly. She still could not get the thought of both Gordo and Troy off of her mind. She had no idea what to do.

Animated Lizzie: "Please don't ask me what's wrong..."

"So Matt, how was your day?" Jo asked sweetly.

"Umm, it was okay," he responded quietly.

"Is there something wrong with you guys?" Jo questioned them.

"No!" both Lizzie and Matt exclaimed synchronized.

"O-kay," Jo said unsure.

The rest of dinner was eaten in an awkward silence.

After dinner Lizzie was walking to her room and was stopped in the hallway by Matt.

"Lizzie, I need to talk to you," he whispered.

"What is it Matt?" Lizzie asked, annoyed.

"Umm, I was in the basement listening to all your band's ideas and all that, and umm..."

"You were spying on us!?" Lizzied screeched.

"I wasn't spying... I was eavesdropping," he replied sarcastically.

"Matt!!!" Lizzie yelled.

"Listen, anyway, lets just say, well, I was there the whole time..." he started.

"So?" Lizzie asked confused. Then it dawned on her. "The whole time!?" she asked frantically.

"Yeah, I, uh, saw it all," he answered, embarrassed.

Lizzie's face turned bright red. She wasn't even sure what to say.

Animated Lizzie: "I cannot believe my rat little brother saw me with Troy. Now he probably thinks that there's something going on between us. Great. Guess I'll never be able to tell Gordo now."

"Matt, it wasn't what it looked like. I don't feel that way about Troy. I mean he's great, but-"

"Yeah, I saw you pull away from him. What was that all about?" Matt curiously asked.

"Well, it's complicated, but I don't like Troy like that. Please don't tell anyone Matt," Lizzie pleaded. She didn't want everyone to know, especially Gordo, because it didn't mean anything.

"I won't, but only because I don't really want to think about it again. Do you know how weird it is to see your sister kissing someone?" he responded.

"Matt!"

"Seriously, I won't say a word; only on one condition though," he retorted.

Animated Lizzie: "I should have known that Matt wouldn't keep a secret for me without blackmailing me first."

"What's that?" Lizzie asked.

"Just tell me why you pulled away. It's obvious you like the guy. I haven't seen you drool over anyone like that since Ethan Craft," he insisted.

Animated Lizzie: "I can't tell him about Gordo. He'd tell him right away. Then again, Matt likes Gordo. Maybe he would help me."

"If I tell you, it's a secret. No one else can know. Got it?" she warned.

"Got it," Matt answered sincerely.

"Because I like someone else," she said.

"Who?" Matt wondered. "I won't tell."

"Well, it's um, you see I like..." she tried.

"You like who?" Matt interrupted.

"Gordo," Lizzie whispered.

A look of shocked appeared on Matt's face. "You do?" he asked. "That's good because Gordo is so cool... maybe ya'll will get married and then I'll have a cool new brother..."

"Matt!" Lizzie barged into his thoughts. "It doesn't matter though because I know that he doesn't feel the same way."

"How do you know?" Matt asked.

"Because we're just friends. That's all he'll ever see me as. If he liked me then he would tell me."

"That may not be true," Matt riposted. "You like him, but you don't have the guts to tell him that. He may feel the same way. Have you ever seen the way he looks at you? I find it disgusting, but he definitely has a thing for you."

"Well I don't wanna look stupid, so I'm not going to tell him until I know he feels the same; do not repeat this to anyone!" Lizzie spat.

"I told you I won't. But I think I might be able to help you," Matt said.

"You're going to help me?" Lizzie asked. "Matt, are you feeling okay?"

"I feel great. I'll help, but only because I like Gordo and want him to be my future brother."

"O-kay..." Lizzie answered.

Animated Lizzie: "I cannot believe I am going to let Matt help me. I guess this is what rock bottom looks like."

"What's the plan?" Lizzie questioned.

"I'll found out how he feels about you.. I'll just ask. Next time he comes over I'll pull him aside."

"Don't you dare!" Lizzie shouted.

"Kids! What's going on!?" Jo asked with Sam alongside her.

"Nothing!" They both responded while putting their arms around eachother as if they were best friends.

"They are acting so weird tonight," Sam said, concerned. Then both parents slipped into their room shaking off the strange behavior of their children.

Lizzie and Matt realized that their arms were still around eachother and parted.

"Matt, you cannot just ask him," Lizzie begged.

"Listen Lizzie," Matt said. "I know how guys think. Don't worry, I'll ease into it, and I won't directly ask him; I'll get him to admit it."

"Are you sure about this?" Lizzie worried.

"Not a problem. He won't know a thing, and, you will know how he really feels."

Animated Lizzie: "I cannot believe Matt agreed to help me. And I'm not even paying him!"

"Okay. Thanks Matt. If this goes well then I owe you one." Lizzie promised.

"I will take you up on that," Matt said matter-of-factly."

Then both Lizzie and Matt retired to their rooms to get ready for bed.

The next day at school Lizzie wanted to tell Miranda everything, about Troy, Gordo, all of it. But even though Miranda was her best friend, Lizzie knew she had the tendency to let things slip out of her mouth, so she kept it bottled up.

"Are we having practice tonight?" Miranda asked at lunch.

"We were going to, but Troy has wakeboarding and Scott is sick," Lizzie informed her.

"I guess that's a no," Miranda implied. "Tomorrow we need to work on our song."

"Coolie! I just hope I can help with the lyrics, I always seem to tense up with things like this," Lizzie said.

"It'll be okay. Once we start, the words will just flow from you," Miranda assured her.

"Just then, Gordo came and sat down next to Lizzie.

"Hey guys!" he said cheerfully.

"You're in a better mood today," Lizzie replied.

"Well I just found out that there is a student film competition coming up soon, and I have a great idea for a documentary," he said happily.

"So what's this great idea?" Miranda asked.

"I can make a documentary or your band. 'Noise Candy- Unplugged.'"

"That's awesome!" Lizzie said excitedly. "This is going to be so much fun!" She turned to see Miranda who looked just as thrilled.

"We're gonna be famous!" Miranda joked.

"Maybe someday. If I win, that is," Gordo retorted.

"Hey do ya'll wanna come over tonight and watch movies?" Lizzie asked. Friday night was always their movie night.

"Sure!" they both responded.

"But I will have to leave early tonight because I have to get up tomorrow morning to go to my Aunt's," Miranda whined.

"Well then, just stay as long as you can," Lizzie said.

Then the bell rang to inform everyone that lunch was over. The trio got up to throw their trash away and walk back to class.

Miranda took a sharp left into her classroom as she said bye to her friends. Lizzie and Gordo were in the same class, so they walked down the hall together. As they were walking, Lizzie felt something on the back of her shoe and lost her balance. Gordo saw this and at just the right time ran behind her and caught her fall.

"Are you okay?" Gordo asked her while still holding her in his arms.

Animated Lizzie: Everytime he touches me I just get chills. I'm glad he caught my fall."

"Yeah, thanks for catching me," Lizzie said as she looked up into his eyes.

Animated Lizzie: "He has such gorgeous blue eyes!"

"Anytime," Gordo assured her.

Gordo Thoughts: I always want to be there to catch you. I just wish I could tell you that.

Then Lizzie looked up at him with curiousity. "What?" she asked, concerned.

Gordo Thoughts: You are so perfect... even when you're about to fall down.

"Oh nothing!" Gordo caught himself. Then he realized that he was still holding Lizzie and helped her back to her feet. "I was just trying to decide what movie we should watch first tonight."

Just then they both turned around and realized what had tripped Lizzie. Standing in front of them was Claire and Kate. Lizzie and Kate actually grew closer in Rome, but since they got back, they hadn't spoken. Claire was always still really mean to Lizzie and her friends but Kate didn't ever say or do anything; she was just there with Claire, which was better than the put-downs that she used to spout off. Lizzie knew that her and Kate would never be friends and that Kate probably hated her just as much as last year, but she didn't care. She knew that deep down inside Kate has a heart, she just doesn't want anyone to know it for the fear of jeopardizing her popularity.

"Have a nice trip?" Claire asked sarcastically. "Atleast your boyfriend was here to catch you."

Both Lizzie and Gordo turned bright red. They didn't know how to respond to that.

"Claire, get lost. No one wants you here," Gordo said with an honest tone in his voice, as he grabbed Lizzie's arm and dragged her away.

Noticing the glum look on her face, Gordo stopped in the middle of the hall and turned to face her.

"What are you doing Gordo?" Lizzie asked.

"Lizzie, don't pay attention to them. They're never going to change. Just ignore them; all they want is to know that they bother you," Gordo said as he put his hand on her shoulder.

"I know, it just gets old. But that's okay. Thanks for having my back... literally," Lizzie laughed.

"I like it when you laugh," Gordo responded.

Lizzie grabbed his hand from her shoulder and squeezed it softly just for a second and then let go. She could feel herself blushing. "Now, what movie did you want to watch first?" Lizzie asked, feeling better, and continuing their earlier conversation as they walked to class.

So, what did ya think? Please R&R!!! Were you surprised that Matt was the one watching?

Carrie