OMG! I cannot cannot cannot believe I have not written in so long! It's been a little bit over TWO YEARS since I last updated. So PLEASE excuse me if this chapter sounds kind of weird. I just came back to and then it took me a long time to re-read all the chapters of DigiChat to re-familiarize myself with it, and then it took me like two days to figure out how to get my lost password! I know, I'm kinda slow…..
And do we still have to do those disclaimer things? I'm not sure….
"Oh my God," Lizzie ran out of the bathroom, looking for a familiar face among the costumes. She didn't see Miranda or Britt, and Gordo was also nowhere in sight.
"They're gone," Lizzie heard a voice behind her, and she turned around to face Kate.
"How," Lizzie shrieked. "Why didn't you come and tell me earlier!"
"Well first of all, Liz-zie," Kate began, placing her right hand on her hip. "It just happened like, 15 minutes ago. And I only found out, like, 5 minutes ago, when Lana Harver came over and told me. And second of all, as soon as I did find out, I came to tell you, but you were too occupied with trying to shove Hilary into the toilet."
"God, I'm sorry Kate! I didn't mean to yell," Lizzie yelled. "See, I'm doing it again, but when I get all frantic and nervous, I just can't help it! Oh. My. Gosh. What did they leave in?"
"Oh, yeah….," Kate said, surprisingly sympathetic. "I guess this means you don't have a ride."
"Kate! You're here with Kevin, right!" Lizzie shrieked in a pleading sort of way. "So, you can get him to maybe give me a ride in his car? Please? Please!"
Kate blushed. "Well, Kevin had a bit too much of the 'special' punch, so he's in the guy's bathroom right now, and some guy told me he's kind of passed out in there." She looked thoughtful for a moment, and then grinned. "Well, really, that bastard shouldn't have passed out and left me all by my lonesome, right? I guess I could maaaybe take his car, since he keeps his keys in my purse since he loses them all the time."
"Oh, Kate!" Lizzie hugged her. "You are such a lifesaver! I didn't know you could drive!"
"Well," Kate hesitated. "Not legally, since I haven't taken driver's ed yet. But, I mean, my dad lets me drive all the time. How hard can it be to do it on my own?"
After several wrong turns in the hospital parking lot, and bad directions from a spaced-out looking guy who said he was a doctor, they found the building they needed to be in. They raced through the hallways, Lizzie a genie, Kate a disco diva, took several elevators to the wrong floor, and then finally found the labor and delivery area. They raced down the corridor to the labor and delivery waiting room, and saw Miranda, who was crying.
"What took y'all so long!" Miranda said, trying to scold them, but grinning the whole time.
"Well by the time I found out and went to tell Lizzie, I found her kicking Hilary's little booty in the bathroom!" Kate exclaimed.
"Oh my God, what!" Miranda shrieked. "Details!"
"Later!" Lizzie said impatiently. "Has Brit had the baby yet!"
"Yes! It took y'all such a long time to get here!" Miranda said happily. "Yes! She had the baby!"
"Where is it? Where is she?" Kate said, surprisingly excited. She wasn't a member of their group, and hadn't been for years, but apparently it's easy to slip back into old ways with old friends.
"Is the baby a boy or a girl?" Lizzie. "And wait, you're not supposed to have baby that fast! I know It took us like, almost two hours to get here, but I thought labor lasted forever!"
"Okay, I'll answer the questions in order." Miranda grinned. "If by 'it' you mean the baby, 'it's' with Britt. Britt is in a room through that doorway and down the hall. We'll go see her in just a sec. And as for whether it's a boy or a girl, you'll have to wait and see!"
"Miranda!" Lizzie and Kate shrieked at the same time.
"No interruptions!" Miranda answered. "Okay, and as for the quick labor thing, I don't know, really. Remember when we were getting dressed for the party Britt said she had been having really bad Braxton Hicks contractions since the last night? I guess maybe they were real contractions?..."
"Oh, well okay." Lizzie said, sounding slightly confused but still elated. "But go take us to Britt right now!"
"Okay!" Miranda saluted them. "Follow me."
Okay, so this chapter may be kind of short, but it's been exactly….. two years, one month, and ten days since I last updated this story! (I'm writing this 5/18/05, but I don't know if I'll post it today…. So, um, review if you wanna! And I'm gonna be updating my other stories, starting with 'Fast Times at Hillridge High' because I realize that I have like 18 reviews for only two chapters!
