"Gordo should be here any minute," Lizzie told Kate as she painted the nail on her pinky finger with Kate's favorite Spanish Rose nail polish. It was a deep sparkly pink and Lizzie loved it. Kate spritzed some Britney Spears Curious perfume around the room and breathed in deeply.
"Mmmmm." Lizzie laughed to herself. Kate was such a freak for expensive stuff, but she also idolized Britney Spears, and the minute Curious had come out, Kate had thrown out all of her Chanel No. 5 and bought what was apparently a lifetime supply of Curious.
"Okay," Kate replied, flipping on her tv. "We can watch for him." She set the television to channel 92, which was connected to the driveway security camera. Lizzie loved how Gordo didn't mind hanging out with them like one of the girls. Tonight, he was basically watching as Lizzie and Kate painted their nails and gossiped about Ethan's party. Several minutes later, Kate's 36 inch plasma tv screen showed his truck pull into the mansion's large circular driveway. Kate pressed a button on her wall and the familiar faint static of an intercom became audible.
"Lonny! Can you let Gordo in?" she asked. Lonny was in the kitchen preparing a tray of appetizers for them, but as soon as Kate called him on the intercom, he hurried to the front door to greet Gordo. "God, I'm so glad I have, like, servants," Kate told Lizzie, casually taking off her sweaty cheerleading shirt and throwing it on the floor. She took a Hillridge High Seniors shirt out of her dresser and put it on. "Otherwise I'd have to walk all the way downstairs just to open the door." Lizzie nodded. Gordo pushed open Kate's door and waved.
"Hey," he said. He wrinkled his nose. "What's that smell?" Kate smiled proudly.
"Only the greatest smell in the whole world. Britney Spears Curious." She held up the bottle and spritzed some in the air right in front of Gordo's face. He ducked out of the way just in time.
"So, what are we watching tonight? Mean Girls? Center Stage? Clueless?" Lizzie shook her head.
"Actually, we don't even really have a movie."
"We have more important things to discuss," Kate told him. "Like Ethan's party on Friday."
"Ahh, I knew it." Gordo eyed Kate's closet. "You want me to be the judge while you try on every outfit you own and tell you which one you should wear to the party."
"Exactly," Lizzie said cheerily. "But, I want to talk about Miranda first." Kate rolled her eyes.
"Lizzie, you have to get past that. Just forget about her." Lizzie frowned.
"I just don't know if I can. She's my best friend. And I feel like we've been so mean to her. What exactly has she done to us that was so bad?" Gordo didn't say anything. He didn't really want to get involved in all of Lizzie's Miranda drama again. But Kate couldn't care less.
"It's not like she did one big thing. It's all of the little things. All of the times that she constantly insults you and bullies you and puts you down. First there was that whole cheerleading thing at the beginning of the year. She's the one always bitching about how the pep rallies 'cater to the popular people' and 'don't give anyone else a chance to participate,' so you give her a chance and she goes apeshit on you. She bosses you around all the time. Then she calls you a prude just because you were upset that she's been fucking Carlos and lying to you about it. And she's not your best friend. God, Lizzie. This isn't 6th grade anymore. You and Miranda have grown apart. Honestly, you shouldn't feel sorry for her. She's the one who starts everything. What have you ever done to her?" Lizzie nodded slowly. Everything Kate had said was true. But she just didn't feel right excluding Miranda like this.
"I think I should give her one more chance," Lizzie decided. "I'm going to invite her to Ethan's party." Kate snorted.
"Whatever. Just don't let her think that Ethan invited her. It's no secret that she's obsessed with him, and he's NOT interested in her. It would be wrong to lead her on." Kate stood up and walked over to her closet, flinging open the French doors. "Okay. Time to model for Gordo!" Lizzie joined Kate in the closet where they tried on endless outfits for the next two hours. Finally, with Gordo's suggestion, Kate decided on a black Betsey Johnson minidress and Lizzie a turquoise sequined camisole with a delicate white skirt.
"So, now that you know what you're wearing, I better get home," Gordo told them. "My Eco project is due tomorrow and I need to put the finishing touches on it." Lizzie pouted sympathetically.
"Okay. See you tomorrow," She said. She gave him a quick kiss and he walked out to his truck.
"I'm so glad that I'm not in Eco," Kate said. Kate had taken it in summer school and was taking exactly one real class this year- English Literature. "Do you want to watch a movie?" Kate asked. Lizzie grinned. She loved Kate's collection of DVDs.
"How about Cruel Intentions?" Lizzie suggested. It was Kate's favorite. Kate liked to imagine herself as Kathryn Merteuil. She had dressed up like Kathryn for Halloween their freshman year and made Claire and Ethan go as Annette and Sebastian.
"Perfecto!" Kate said, pressing some buttons on her remote control. Her 200 disc DVD player rotated to disc number 1- Cruel Intentions, and they sat on Kate's bed eating escargot and French bread and watching Cruel Intentions until they fell asleep.