A/N: Hidi-ho people. Got back from a University trip earlier this week, so I'm back and ready to filter out a couple of more chapters from my notes that I've been completing when I'm bored at Uni, which is all the time basically. Read and Review peeps.

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The Plan: Phase One

Gordo woke up to the sound of the phone ringing. He quickly rose out of bed, and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hi Gordo. So...what happened with you and Lizzie last night, Huh?" Miranda said. Gordo could almost picture Miranda's huge smile.

"Nothing, Miranda. Absolutlely nothing, thanks to the bad timing of your snores." Gordo said, sacastically. He started to pace around his bedroom, randomly finding clothes to wear.

"Jeez, my bad, again. It seems that you two are destined to eventaully get it on, but the fates obviously don't think it's time quite yet." Miranda said, giggling into the reciever.

"What are you talking about Miranda? I don't feel that way about Lizzie anymore. What happened last night was... just... old feelings emerging, they've gone back into slumber again now. Anyways, it doesn't matter how I feel about it, as we all know Lizzie doesn't feel that way about me." Gordo said, frowning. Why can't I seem to stop feeling this way about Lizzie? even after all she's done to me, I still can't stop loving her, He thought.

"Whatever. So anyways, I just thought that I would call you to see if you wanted to do anything today. Pizza, Movies, and whatnot." Miranda said.

"Sounds good, we'll need to clear it with Lizzie before we make any decisions though." Gordo answered, as he heard some movement coming from his parents bedroom.

"Gota go, my parents are getting out of bed, and if they catch me using the phone at this time, you won't see me out of this house until Christmas." Gordo quickly said, and they said their goodbyes.

Miranda placed the phone back onto the desk, and sat down on Lizzie's bedside chair. She stared at her best friend.

"Lizzie, you have no idea how much that boy loves you. I wish you could both see how blind you are being, and seize the moment." Miranda said, and she gently caressed Lizzie's cheek as she slept.

Miranda sat in that stance for a few minutes, but started to get restless. She looked to her right, onto Lizzie's desk, and saw a invitation. Party at Ethan's tonight. 8pm.

Miranda examined the paper more closely, then frowned. The party was going to ruin all of the three musketeers plans for the day. How could Lizzie arrange to go to a party when she knew that it's my last night in Hillridge? How selfish of her, Miranda thought.

She rose out of the seat, gathered her belongings together, and walked out of the room. She went down the stairs quietly, making sure she didn't wake anyone, and carried her stuff out of the house. She couldn't believe Lizzie would forget about her and Gordo and arrange to meet up with Ethan at a party on her last night. Anger boiled up inside of her, but she shut it away and smiled. Her and Gordo were going to forget about Lizzie today, and let her have her wish of being alone for the day to go to this party. Her strides got larger and quicker, as she reached Gordo's house.

She knocked on the door, and waited. Gordo eventually opened the door, He looked tired. She had successfully shut away her hurt from what Lizzie had done until now, but after seeing Gordo, all of her feelings exploded out.

"Hey, Miranda, what's..." Gordo asked, but was interupted by a huge hug from his best friend. She started to sob into his shoulder.

"Let's get you inside, huh?" Gordo said calmly, and picked up her bags, and brought them inside. They both sat down on the couch, Miranda still quietly crying.

"It'll be Ok Miranda. So are you ready to tell me what's wrong?" Gordo said, letting her lean onto his shoulder, and putting his arm around her to comfort her. Gordo is so great. I can't believe Lizzie hasn't fallen for him completely already, Miranda thought, snuggling up to his soft chest.

"Ok... your not going to like it, Gordo." Miranda murmured weakly.

"Miranda, I'm your best friend. You can tell me anything." Gordo said. And again, Miranda felt closer to him than before.

She slowly picked herself up from off of him, and raised her tear dranched face up to his.

"It's Lizzie. She's arranged to go to Ethan's party instead of hanging out with us today. And the worst part is, It's my last day here and she's completely forgotten. She doesn't care about either of us, Gordo." Miranda uttered between sobs.

"That's... horrible. I can't believe she would decide to go out with this Ethan punk rather than hanging out with me...I mean, us." Gordo said, feeling betrayed. Both best friends were angry at Lizzie for completely differant reasons. Miranda was hurt because she wouldn't get to see her best friend on her last day. Gordo for reasons he didn't quite understand yet.

"Miranda, I think I know what we should do. Firstly, we should leave a message with Lizzie that you found her invitation to the party, and decided to stay with me for your last night. I know it sounds harsh, Miranda, but it's all part of my plan." Gordo continued."All we have to do after that is hang out all day doing whatever, and wait until to the party starts, and go to it without telling her." Gordo finished.

"So if I'm reading your plan correctly, you want her to feel as guilty as possible all day about forgetting about us, then let her back into the group at the party, making her feel so thankful that we have forgiven her." Miranda said, with a mischievous smile and her face.

"That's right. It's a win-win situation. We get to have a fun day, she feels that she's gotten what she wanted, a day with Ethan, she feels guilty all day and ignores Ethan, then we let her back into the musketeers tonight and everything is good again." Gordo finished, knowing it was a foolproof plan.

"Sounds good. I'll get right onto that message." Miranda said, and she picked up the phone and started to dial.

"Lizzie...Breakfast is ready. You have a message on the phone from Miranda." Jo shouted to her daughter from downstairs.

Lizzie woke up in a cold sweat. She quickly looked around and saw no Miranda lying next to her. She must have gona downstairs to eat, She thought. She jumped out of bed, and quickly had a shower, got into some jeans and a red top, and ran down the stairs.

"Hey mom. Where's Miranda?" Lizzie asked, and she sat down at the breakfast table.

"No clue, maybe her message will enlighten you." Jo said, and handed Lizzie the phone.

Lizzie, I found your invitation to Ethans party tonight, and decided to catch up with Gordo today, you know? just me and him for once. Hope you don't mind, I'm gona sleep at his house tonight also. Think of it this way, you get to have the whole day to get yourself ready to go out with Ethan instead of Gordo tonight. Cya tomorrow, Miranda.

Lizzie gave the phone back to her mom, and dropped her head onto the table. She had forgotten to tell Miranda about the party. Oh no. She's mad at me, I could tell. And now she's probably told Gordo and he's going to hate me too, She thought. A lone tear came down her face.

The day went by for Gordo and Miranda without many problems. They went to the mall, hung out the digital bean... until it got to around dinner time. Miranda had had so much fun with Gordo without Lizzie to distract her. For the two, it was their first ever time together without Lizzie, and they both had enjoyed it thoroughly. Since the morning, Miranda had started to feel closer to Gordo than ever before, to the point where she had actually started to question her own feelings for him. He had been so gentle and supportive with the mornings events, and comforted her when she was down.

Currently, they were both stood outside the mall, wondering what to do with themselves for dinner.

"Well, my mom and dad are out on business trips as usual, so it's your call, Sanchez." Gordo said, leaning towards her.

"My mom and dad live in Mexico, so I don't think they will be able to take me out to dinner anytime soon." Miranda answered, and they both laughed awkwardly.

"So I guess it's a trip to the nearest pizza place before heading back to mine to get changed for the party."Gordo started to walk."Comon Miranda! I said the nearest one didn't I?" Gordo grabbed her hand gently, and led her to what looked like the most expensive restaurant in town.

They sat down at a small, but yet cute table next to a balcony.

"Don't you think this is a tad expensive, Gordo? Half the specials on here cost more than 20 dollars." Miranda said, showing Gordo the menu.

"Nah...It's your last night in Hillridge for a while, so I figured that there's no dinner that's too expensive for you, my lady." Gordo said, and he got off of his seat, and bowed to her like a waiter. She laughed, and went a dark shade of red, she had never been treated like this by Gordo.

He sat back down, and she smiled intently at him. She was trying not to... but she could feel herself falling for him. She felt so guilty for doing so, almost like she was betraying Lizzie. What am I thinking? Lizzie doesn't like Gordo like that. She told me, She remembered.

Lizzie had spent most of the day trying to ignore the large amount of guilt building up inside of her, and tottally forgotten about Ethan until an hour before the party. She was searching for her straighteners when she came across a picture album. Lizzie and Gordo, Ages 2-15. She sat down next to where it was laying and started to skim through the pages. She started to sob when she noticed a trio of pictures. One was her and Gordo holding hands on the steps of their elementary school, next to it was the two again, standing outside the doors of Hillridge middle school, then last, was their middle school picture from graduation. Gordo... he'll never speak to me again.. she thought to herself, and she persuaded herself not to cry again tonight, and get ready for the party.

A/N: So... hope you liked that chapter as much as I liked writing it. Yet another couple of things to be thinking about until the next update, and the next phase of Gordo and Miranda's plan is started - What will Miranda's newfound apparant feelings for Gordo add to the mix? Does Gordo feel the same, or is he just being a perfect best friend as normal? Will the big plan work? The only way to find out is to read and review, then wait for the next chapter.

DearLizzie