Lizzie sat quietly on the couch with her feet up on the coffee table. She aimlessly flipped through the channels finding nothing interesting.
"Summer TV gloom. The one time when us kids have time to watch television…nothing's on."
DING DONG!
When the doorbell rang Lizzie leaped off the couch with new found energy. She whipped open the door.
"MIRANDA!!!!!!" She squealed, hugging the brunette at her door.
"Oh my god I have SOOO much to tell you!" Lizzie chippered excitedly, pulling Miranda into the house.
Miranda smiled happily and quietly said, "Yeah…I have a lot to tell you too…"
"This is so great! I haven't seen you in like a month! It's too bad you missed graduation! And did you miss something! I totally fell on my a-"
RIIIING!!!!
The ring of the phone abruptly interrupted Lizzie's sentence.
"Hold on Miranda." Lizzie said as she picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Oh hey! Yeah!" Lizzie said excitedly twirling her hair. "Yeah that was cool! My mom said I might….." Lizzie said pausing every few seconds to let the person on the other end of the phone speak.
Miranda felt a little awkward sitting there listening to Lizzie's phone conversation so she walked to the kitchen to get something to eat.
She opened the cupboard and took out a bag of chips. Lizzie's mom walked in just as Miranda was about to walk out.
"Hi Mrs. McGuire." Miranda said politely.
"Hey Miranda, haven't seen you in awhile!" Jo said smiling.
"Yeah, my family went to Mexico city to visit some relatives" Miranda explained.
"Oh well, I'm glad you're back." Jo said, opening a bottle of soda.
Miranda entered the living room to find Lizzie lounging on the couch, still talking on the phone.
"Who are you talking to?" Miranda asked.
"Kate." Lizzie mouthed.
"What? Say that again because for a second it looked like you said Kate." Miranda said surprised.
"Hold on for a second Kate." Lizzie said, covering up the mouth piece of the phone.
"Yeah I did say Kate." Lizzie answered.
"Wait…you mean Kate Sanders?" Miranda asked bewildered.
"Yeah, Kate Sanders." Lizzie answered.
"Wait, you mean Kate Sanders, cheerleader, the one who always insults us?"
"It's okay Miranda…I'll explain in a second kay? A lot has changed since you left!" Lizzie giggled.
"I'll say…" Miranda sighed leaning back on the couch while Lizzie got back on the phone.
******************************AN HOUR LATER********************************
"Okay bye Kate!" Lizzie giggled and hung up the phone.
"Wake up Miranda!" Lizzie said, gently shaking her friend.
"What? Oh sorry. It's just you were on the phone so long…" Miranda said groggily.
"Oh I'm sooo sorry Miranda! I'll have to fill you in on everything that happened since you've been gone!" Lizzie said excitedly.
"Yeah…I have something to tell you too." Miranda sighed.
"Okay but me first! I'm sure mine story is bigger than yours anyways!" Lizzie joked.
"Wouldn't be so sure…" Miranda mumbled.
"What?" Lizzie asked.
"Nothing…" Miranda started. "So what's been happening since I was gone?"
"OH MY GOSH. You'll never believe it. I performed in front of like a thousand people in Rome!"
"What?" Miranda said looking confused.
"Yeah okay so I was impersonating this Italian pop star, Isabella but see Paulo wanted to make it look like she couldn't sing , so he tried to trick me into performing and sounding bad and like so he could get back at her for wanting to go solo and then but see Gordo found Isabella and she explained to me that he was trying to trick me and she sang and then they turned off Paulo's song track and turns out he couldn't sing at all he was just lip synching! So then me and Isabella performed but then she left me and I performed by myself!" Lizzie mumbled excitedly.
"Huh?" Miranda said looking EXTREMELY confused.
Lizzie giggled. "Ha, I guess since you weren't there I have to go a little slower for you."
*********************AN HOUR LATER******************************
"Wow Lizzie, seems like I really missed out." Miranda said slowly.
"Yeah, well don't worry now you know everything so its cool." Lizzie said.
"Well a lot's changed. Kate's your friend again…"Miranda said trailing off.
"Hey don't worry! She could never replace you!" Lizzie replied embracing her best friend.
"Yeah well…looks like time I should be getting home." Miranda said getting up off the couch.
"But WAIT! You didn't tell me about YOUR vacation!" Lizzie protested.
"Hey we have the rest of the summer! And you're not going anywhere anyway! It's hard to be a diva when you're grounded isn't it?" Miranda teased.
"Shut up!" Lizzie laughed throwing a pillow at Miranda's head.
"Hey…I just thought of something…" Miranda said.
"What?" Lizzie asked.
"Where's Gordo?" Miranda asked. "I mean we hardly ever have a get together without him."
"Umm…yeah he's kinda been avoiding me since I kissed him…"
"Since you WHAT?" Miranda yelped sitting back down on the couch.
"Since I….kissed him." Lizzie said turning bright pink.
"Like on the lips?! How did this happen? Where did this happen?" Miranda questioned.
"In Rome…he had done the sweetest thing for me, he totally bailed me out. I mean without him I would have been on the first flight home. I felt so bad for totally almost ruining his trip. And we were on the balcony of the hotel with this awesome view…I guess I kind of got caught up in the moment." Lizzie said closing her eyes, remembering.
"What did he say? What did he do?" Miranda asked curiously.
Lizzie giggled. "He said thank you!"
"Thank you?" Miranda started to giggle too. "Well at least he didn't close the door in your face like Aaron did!" Miranda said giggling.
The two girls fell back on the couch laughing away. Just like it had been before.
"Oh god…I thought this was over!" Matt said walking through the house staring at the two giggling girls.
"Go away Matt!" Lizzie screamed.
"Hey you don't have to scream!" Matt said shaking his head. "I don't want to be around two stupid girls anyways." Matt walked out of the room with a disgusted look on his face.
"So what did you want to tell me Miranda?" Lizzie asked breathing hard from laughing so much.
"Ummm…you know Lizzie I really gotta get going, my mom wants me back by dinner." Miranda said standing up.
"Oh well…okay." Lizzie said disappointed. "Why don't we meet at The Digital Bean tomorrow at 12?" Lizzie asked.
"I thought you were grounded?" Miranda replied.
"Well my parents are going to some gnome convention tomorrow so they'll never know." Lizzie said.
"Okay…meet you there at noon tomorrow." Miranda said opening the door.
"Later!" Lizzie said closing the door behind Miranda.
Miranda stood on the doorstep of the McGuire household and looked down at her stomach.
"Well…I'll tell her about you tomorrow."
"Summer TV gloom. The one time when us kids have time to watch television…nothing's on."
DING DONG!
When the doorbell rang Lizzie leaped off the couch with new found energy. She whipped open the door.
"MIRANDA!!!!!!" She squealed, hugging the brunette at her door.
"Oh my god I have SOOO much to tell you!" Lizzie chippered excitedly, pulling Miranda into the house.
Miranda smiled happily and quietly said, "Yeah…I have a lot to tell you too…"
"This is so great! I haven't seen you in like a month! It's too bad you missed graduation! And did you miss something! I totally fell on my a-"
RIIIING!!!!
The ring of the phone abruptly interrupted Lizzie's sentence.
"Hold on Miranda." Lizzie said as she picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Oh hey! Yeah!" Lizzie said excitedly twirling her hair. "Yeah that was cool! My mom said I might….." Lizzie said pausing every few seconds to let the person on the other end of the phone speak.
Miranda felt a little awkward sitting there listening to Lizzie's phone conversation so she walked to the kitchen to get something to eat.
She opened the cupboard and took out a bag of chips. Lizzie's mom walked in just as Miranda was about to walk out.
"Hi Mrs. McGuire." Miranda said politely.
"Hey Miranda, haven't seen you in awhile!" Jo said smiling.
"Yeah, my family went to Mexico city to visit some relatives" Miranda explained.
"Oh well, I'm glad you're back." Jo said, opening a bottle of soda.
Miranda entered the living room to find Lizzie lounging on the couch, still talking on the phone.
"Who are you talking to?" Miranda asked.
"Kate." Lizzie mouthed.
"What? Say that again because for a second it looked like you said Kate." Miranda said surprised.
"Hold on for a second Kate." Lizzie said, covering up the mouth piece of the phone.
"Yeah I did say Kate." Lizzie answered.
"Wait…you mean Kate Sanders?" Miranda asked bewildered.
"Yeah, Kate Sanders." Lizzie answered.
"Wait, you mean Kate Sanders, cheerleader, the one who always insults us?"
"It's okay Miranda…I'll explain in a second kay? A lot has changed since you left!" Lizzie giggled.
"I'll say…" Miranda sighed leaning back on the couch while Lizzie got back on the phone.
******************************AN HOUR LATER********************************
"Okay bye Kate!" Lizzie giggled and hung up the phone.
"Wake up Miranda!" Lizzie said, gently shaking her friend.
"What? Oh sorry. It's just you were on the phone so long…" Miranda said groggily.
"Oh I'm sooo sorry Miranda! I'll have to fill you in on everything that happened since you've been gone!" Lizzie said excitedly.
"Yeah…I have something to tell you too." Miranda sighed.
"Okay but me first! I'm sure mine story is bigger than yours anyways!" Lizzie joked.
"Wouldn't be so sure…" Miranda mumbled.
"What?" Lizzie asked.
"Nothing…" Miranda started. "So what's been happening since I was gone?"
"OH MY GOSH. You'll never believe it. I performed in front of like a thousand people in Rome!"
"What?" Miranda said looking confused.
"Yeah okay so I was impersonating this Italian pop star, Isabella but see Paulo wanted to make it look like she couldn't sing , so he tried to trick me into performing and sounding bad and like so he could get back at her for wanting to go solo and then but see Gordo found Isabella and she explained to me that he was trying to trick me and she sang and then they turned off Paulo's song track and turns out he couldn't sing at all he was just lip synching! So then me and Isabella performed but then she left me and I performed by myself!" Lizzie mumbled excitedly.
"Huh?" Miranda said looking EXTREMELY confused.
Lizzie giggled. "Ha, I guess since you weren't there I have to go a little slower for you."
*********************AN HOUR LATER******************************
"Wow Lizzie, seems like I really missed out." Miranda said slowly.
"Yeah, well don't worry now you know everything so its cool." Lizzie said.
"Well a lot's changed. Kate's your friend again…"Miranda said trailing off.
"Hey don't worry! She could never replace you!" Lizzie replied embracing her best friend.
"Yeah well…looks like time I should be getting home." Miranda said getting up off the couch.
"But WAIT! You didn't tell me about YOUR vacation!" Lizzie protested.
"Hey we have the rest of the summer! And you're not going anywhere anyway! It's hard to be a diva when you're grounded isn't it?" Miranda teased.
"Shut up!" Lizzie laughed throwing a pillow at Miranda's head.
"Hey…I just thought of something…" Miranda said.
"What?" Lizzie asked.
"Where's Gordo?" Miranda asked. "I mean we hardly ever have a get together without him."
"Umm…yeah he's kinda been avoiding me since I kissed him…"
"Since you WHAT?" Miranda yelped sitting back down on the couch.
"Since I….kissed him." Lizzie said turning bright pink.
"Like on the lips?! How did this happen? Where did this happen?" Miranda questioned.
"In Rome…he had done the sweetest thing for me, he totally bailed me out. I mean without him I would have been on the first flight home. I felt so bad for totally almost ruining his trip. And we were on the balcony of the hotel with this awesome view…I guess I kind of got caught up in the moment." Lizzie said closing her eyes, remembering.
"What did he say? What did he do?" Miranda asked curiously.
Lizzie giggled. "He said thank you!"
"Thank you?" Miranda started to giggle too. "Well at least he didn't close the door in your face like Aaron did!" Miranda said giggling.
The two girls fell back on the couch laughing away. Just like it had been before.
"Oh god…I thought this was over!" Matt said walking through the house staring at the two giggling girls.
"Go away Matt!" Lizzie screamed.
"Hey you don't have to scream!" Matt said shaking his head. "I don't want to be around two stupid girls anyways." Matt walked out of the room with a disgusted look on his face.
"So what did you want to tell me Miranda?" Lizzie asked breathing hard from laughing so much.
"Ummm…you know Lizzie I really gotta get going, my mom wants me back by dinner." Miranda said standing up.
"Oh well…okay." Lizzie said disappointed. "Why don't we meet at The Digital Bean tomorrow at 12?" Lizzie asked.
"I thought you were grounded?" Miranda replied.
"Well my parents are going to some gnome convention tomorrow so they'll never know." Lizzie said.
"Okay…meet you there at noon tomorrow." Miranda said opening the door.
"Later!" Lizzie said closing the door behind Miranda.
Miranda stood on the doorstep of the McGuire household and looked down at her stomach.
"Well…I'll tell her about you tomorrow."