Disclaimer: I still do not own Lizzie McGuire or any of the characters. I am still not making any money from this.
"Lizzie hold still while I do this or it won't look good" Miranda said in a frustrated tone as she worked on Lizzie's hair.
"I'm trying but my butt hurts" Lizzie explained.
As Miranda began to apply the hair coloring she asked "Why does your butt hurt?"
Lizzie told her about the prank Matt had pulled on her the previous morning. After she had finished explaining it Miranda said "That little worm is going to hurt you someday if something isn't done about it. So what are you going to do about it?"
"Nothing if I don't want to continue being grounded when school starts."
"Huh" Miranda said with a puzzled look on her face.
"Mom said that if I use the phone, get on the Internet, go anywhere without their express permission I will be grounded for another month. Mom also said that if I fight with or pick on Matt in any way I'd be grounded for at least two more weeks. Apparently Matt found out about that and hes been trying his best to get me to fight with him ever since."
"That sucks." Miranda said sympathetically.
Immediately after that they heard someone running down the stairs. The two girls looked at each other and Lizzie said "I wonder what Gordo is in such a hurry about." Miranda nodded her head in agreement as Lizzie got up and opened the door.
They exited the bathroom in time to see Gordo finish coming down the stairs. His face and ears were so red and flushed that it looked like he had just got a bad sunburn. He stopped when he saw them then looked back upstairs and finally he looked towards the front door.
"Gordo what the matter?" Lizzie asked.
"I .... I... uh your mom was in the upstairs bathroom and I really gotta go." he said as he started for the bathroom.
Lizzie and Miranda exchanged puzzled looks as the door closed behind him. "What's wrong with Gordo? Why is his face all red?" Miranda asked.
"I don't know but did you see how red his ears were? "
"Yeah they looked like they were going to burst into flames."
Just then the girls heard Jo call to Lizzie from the top of the stairs. "Lizzie honey is Gordo still here?"
"Yeah he's still here." Lizzie replied as she turned answer the question. Jo was wearing her bathrobe and was wearing a towel wrapped like turban over her hair. Lizzie could also see that she had something in her hand but she couldn't tell what it was. Lizzie continued saying, "He just went into the bathroom like he was on fire."
"Good," Jo replied visibly sighing in relief. "When he comes out tell him it's ok and if he will wait until I finish getting dressed I'll explain everything to him."
"Ok mom, I'll do that." Lizzie replied then looked at Miranda who looked as confused as she felt.
When Jo got in her room she looked at the object in her hand and asked out loud "Where in the hell did Matt get a surveillance camera?" As she put it down on her dresser she added "It better not be something Sam gave him."
15 minutes later
"I'm sorry about what had happened upstairs but it looks like we're both victims of one of Matt's pranks." Jo apologized to Gordo . She went on to say "After you shut the door and left it started to open by itself and when I look at it closely I found this on it,"holding up a piece of clear packing tape. "This piece of tape kept the door from latching so when anyone was in or next to the tub it would swing open. I also found this on the shelf directly across the hall from the bathroom door." holding out the surveillance camera then she put it down on the coffee table.
Gordo's eyes widened when he saw the camera and he said "Wow that's a state of the art wireless color CCD surveillance camera. Those things aren't cheap."
Toon Lizzie pops up with angry look on her face then her head explodes then immediately reappears wearing battle fatigues and holding an M16. "That's it stink boy is gonna get it when he gets home and I don't care if I get grounded for the rest of my life, he's gonna get it."
"Mom now can I give stink boy what he deserves?" Lizzie asked with a pleading look in her eyes.
Meanwhile Gordo had picked up the camera to take a closer look at it. After a quick examination of the camera he said "Hey this isn't a real camera this is one of those dummies that they put up to fool the crooks. They see the fake and bust it thinking they aren't on camera anymore but why would Matt put a dummy camera there?"
When Jo heard that it all clicked and she knew just what Matt had been trying to accomplish. "He did it so Lizzie would see it, lose her temper and do something that would get her in trouble." Jo chuckled softly to herself then said "That boy is going to regret doing this."
When Lizzie heard her chuckle and say that, she was glad she wasn't the one in trouble. Lizzie looked at Miranda and Gordo with a gleam in her eye and mouthed the words 'Stink boy's gonna get it'.