Miranda, Gordo and I sat at a round table at the corner of the Digital Bean, drinking milkshakes. This was one of my favourite places to hang out with my two best friends and it would probably be the last time we would ever get to do this together. It was the day before I was moving to New York with Matt and my dad and I felt ad miserable as ever. I didn't want to go, but I had no choice and leaving my best friends was the worst part.

We just sat there in silence, not knowing what to say. Come on! Say something! I said to myself. This is your last day spent together; you might as well make it a memorable one! I stared up at them, and they too were looking unhappy.

"Come on guys, it's not like you'll never see me again!" I said, trying my best to cheer them up.

"Yes it is." Gordo said as he stopped drinking and looked up. "I bet you'll love it in New York and you'll find two new best friends and you'll forget about us." He said dully.

"Gordo! You know that's not gonna happen!" I said feeling a little annoyed with him. How could he say that about me? "You guys can still see me in the summer and my dad might fly me down on the weekends. It might not be that bad." I added.

"Just promise me that you won't like it better there than you do here. And that you'll write, send us emails and call us everyday." Miranda said.

"I promise!" I said firmly.

"I'll miss you more than anything and I'll be thinking about you everyday." Miranda added. I looked at her and was on the verge of tears but tried to pull myself back together. I was going to miss them more than ever. I looked over at Gordo and he was slouching and staring down at the table. I felt sorry for him as it must be really hard having someone you love move away, but I wanted to make this day a happy one. Not one where they looked like someone had just died.

"Hey guys, do you wanna stay over tonight since its Friday? I've finished packing and it'll probably the last time you ever get to sleepover. It'll be fun; we can watch movies, stay up late, and do anything." I said. Miranda nodded her head eagerly and sipped her last drop of milkshake. I looked over at Gordo and he didn't seem to hear me.

"I don't think I will-" He started.

"Come on Gordo! I'm not gonna take no as an answer!" I demanded, but in a jokingly way.

He smiled at me and said, "Count me in."

"Great!" I said happily. "So we'll meet back at my place and five?"

"Sounds good." Miranda replied as she got up. We all walked out of the crowded Digital Bean, said our goodbyes and walked separate ways. I had already walked a few metres when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned around in fright but it was only Gordo.

"Hey Gordo. You scared me! Shouldn't you be getting home to pack your stuff for tonight?" I asked curiously.

"Yeah but...I just wanted to talk to you about something." He said. I felt like I had been stabbed in the back and thought to myself, Great! Here we go again! Gordo is gonna ramble on about him liking me and all that! I can't take it anymore, what am I supposed to say?

I stared at him and began to talk. "Look Gordo, before you say anything, I need to tell you something." I looked at him and waited for a nod of approval. "Okay, well I know you've been really upset and miserable about me leaving and I am too and so is Miranda. But I wanna spend this last day with us all together and I want us all to be happy. I mean, no offence Gordo, but you having that sad look on your face all the time isn't doing me any favors. Please, just be how happy you were before! Don't you remember the old days? How your face always had a smile on it and you were always happy and cheerful. You were always laughing and cracking jokes. Gordo, I miss the whole you! The happy you! Can't you just forget the fact that I'm leaving and be your old self again? Please?" I begged him.

He hesitated and managed to make a smile on his face. "Sure." He finally answered. "Lizzie, I'm so sorry I've been acting this way, really I am! I just find it so hard...to take it in that you're really leaving. I feel so awful and a feels like a part of me is missing when I'm not with you."

"Oh Gordo! Please don't make me cry. Look, its okay. I mean, look on the bright side. It's not like I'm going forever or that I'm dead. I'll always keep in contact with you and Miranda. Always!" I promised. "So what was it you wanted to tell me before?" I asked.

"Oh...um...it was nothing. Really." He answered.

"Oh ok. Well I better get going. I've gotta do a few things before you guys come over. I'll see you later ok?"

I watched him as he nodded and walked into the sunset.

I arrived home and told my mom straight away that Miranda and Gordo were staying over, no questions asked. I wasn't going to care what she said; they were staying no matter what. And there was nothing she could no about it.

Surprisingly, she agreed with it and told me she was going to cook a huge dinner for all of us to enjoy because Ben was here too. I groaned and looked over at the couch where Isabella and Ben where sitting together. Great! That pig has to be here to spoil everything, I said to myself. He was one of the last people I wanted in our house.

I was going to walk upstairs when I heard Isabella say, "Ben, just wait here okay, I just need to go to the bathroom." He nodded and she walked away.

I reached the top of the stairs when I felt someone following me. I turned around and saw Ben, right in my face.

"What do you want?" I said rudely. The last this I wanted was to talk to him. All that time I thought he really loved me when he was only using me and only went out with me because his friends made a bet with him. The thought of it made me furious.

"Nothing...it's just...good luck." He said nervously.

"For what?"

"For going to New York, starting a new school and moving into a new house." Ben answered.

"Why would you care anyway? For what I know you never cared about me and all that time I thought you did! I was really in love with you but you were using me that whole time! But now, I don't really care if I don't ever speak to you or see you ever again!" I snapped. I turned to walked away but he held my shoulder.

"Don't touch me!" I said as I slapped his hand.

"Wait Lizzie! You don't understand, that's what I wanted to talk to you about." Ben said quickly. I stopped and looked at him.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I know you won't believe me, but have to tell you this. I didn't use you and I didn't go out with you because my friends dared me too, I know that's what you've been thinking this whole time. Isabella made that whole thing up so you would get over me and hate me. She told me that you were interested in Gordo or something and that you didn't wanna go out with me anymore. She said that you told her to tell me that things were over between us."

I glared at him and couldn't believe what I was hearing. It was definitely something that Isabella would do to me. I thought about it for a while and said to myself, maybe I should believe him. He's never really done anything to hurt me, except dump me but he thought that I liked Gordo. I was so confused and didn't know what to think.

I heard Isabella calling for Ben and saw I look of fear on his face. "Um...l-look I have to go now. But if it's okay with you, I'd really like to talk to you sometime in private. I'll see you around." He quickly said and rushed back downstairs to Isabella. I just stood there for a moment not knowing what had just happened and then quickly realised I was supposed to get ready for Miranda and Gordo to come over. I was going to tell them everything and ask for their opinion.

"He's lying." Gordo said straight away after I told him.

"But I feel like a kinda believe him. He seemed so serious and, well, it does sounds like something Isabella would do. After all, she is my sister." I said as I curled up in my sleeping bag. All three of us were sleeping in the living room with sleeping bags and watching some movie. It was eleven at night and the rest of my family was already asleep.

"Yeah, Ben didn't seem that bad. He just doesn't seem like a type of guy who would do that to you Liz. He liked you a lot." Miranda agreed and I nodded along with her.

"Hello?" Gordo said, as though we were stupid. "Don't you guys realise? He's trying to cover himself up! He's blaming it on Isabella cos he doesn't want you to go to New York thinking he's a complete jerk. When he is!" He added.

"Gordo! Don't say that, you don't even know him! Okay, I did think he was a bit a jerk when he first dumped me, but then I forgot about him. And now...he seems alright." I said.

"And you're just saying that about Lizzie's ex because you like her and you're jealous." Miranda said as she elbowed Gordo in the ribs. I looked over at him and he had gone bright red. Poor Gordo, this must be so hard for him. I thought. He's tried his best all night to be his old self again and here we are talking about my ex boyfriend when I know his madly in love with me. Some friend I am.

"I reckon Ben still likes you Lizzie. I saw him staring at you the whole time during dinner. And for some reason, he just looks so uncomfortable when he's with Isabella. I wouldn't blame him." Miranda chuckled.

"Look, I just wanna say something. If Ben still liked Lizzie, wouldn't he have broken up with Isabella by now? I mean, who would stay with someone for that long, if you didn't like them?" Gordo asked.

"Isabella probably threatened to kill him if he broke up with her. She can be so manipulative." I said. "Anyway, let's stop talking about this; I'm getting sick of it. Let's figure out when you guys can come and see me when I'm in New York."

It was one in the morning and we finally decided to go to sleep. Gordo and Miranda went out like a light, but I tossed and turned and just couldn't fall asleep. I kept thinking about going to New York and thought about the pros and cons of going there. I wondered what my school would be like. I wished so much that I would be able to fit in and that I wouldn't be teased, because that was what normally happened. I also hoped that I wouldn't meet another Kate Sanders, which was one of my worst nightmares. I remembered I was so happy the day I found out Kate was going to a different high school from me and that I would never listen to her torments ever again. I just hoped all that wouldn't come back to me.

I fell asleep for about half and hour and woke up again after having a dream of loving my school and completely forgetting about Miranda and Gordo. But I knew that would never happen. I sighed and stared up at the clock, counting down the minutes and hours before leaving for New York.