Did: Not mine.
"So, Lizzie's where?" Miranda asked Gordo while munching on some fries at in the mall food court.
"Um, with Kate I think. Honestly I'm not all that sure," Gordo answered, taking some of her soda.
"SO, she ditched us," Miranda stated taking her soda back.
"In a nutshell," he shrugged.
"You know what that means…." she said, finishing off her fries.
"What?"
"No, Lizzie…"
"I got that."
"'No Lizzie' means we can do all the stuff she'd find embarrassing," she smirked
"Jumbo chess, here we come," Gordo grinned.
"No, your other left!" Gordo chuckled into his cell phone. He was currently on the third floor of the mall watching Miranda play chess on the first floor.
"Well, make up your mind!" she sighed exasperated. Not only were the chess pieces her height, they were heavy too.
The game didn't last long, they won quickly (thanks to Gordo), then Miranda proceeded to do a happy dance on the chess board.
"Hey Gordo, come on down!"
"And miss this shot? I don't think so!" Gordo laughed as he captured the entire thing on film.
"You should get different angles," Miranda reminded him.
Perhaps she had a point, or maybe he was just tired of arguing, either way Gordo found himself on the giant chess board dancing alongside Miranda.
"We look like dorks," Gordo reminded her as she twirled and he dipped the black queen.
"Don't ya just love it?" she asked with a grin, pulling out her digital cam.
"Yeah I guess I do," he chuckled, posing with the queen.
The rest of the afternoon was spent pretty much the same way. Gordo or Miranda would inevitably do something outrageous and the other would be there to capture it on film.
But eventually the mall closed and it was time for them to head home.
"Miranda, where've you been?" Jo asked as she stepped into the house. "Lizzie's been home for hours."
"The Mall, she was supposed to meet Gordo and me there, I guess she forgot," she answered quickly.
"Oh, well, the girls are in Lizzie's room," Jo smiled and went off to do whatever it was she did these days.
"…and I was like, 'oh Danny, you're so funny' and then he was all…" Lizzie stopped mid-sentence as Miranda walked into the room.
"Sanchez," came Kate's forced greeting.
"Sup, Kate." She smiled trying…poorly… to be civil.
"Um, Miranda I thought you'd be out today." Lizzie stated bluntly.
"Don't sweat it; I'll be out in a bit." 'Wouldn't want my IQ to drop any more,' she added mentally.
So Miranda grabbed her PJs and a blanket before heading out of the room.
With Lizzie's career taking off and her newfound popularity, she and Miranda scarcely saw each other despite the fact that they shared a room.
Miranda left before Lizzie was even awake, and Lizzie got in after Miranda was asleep.
Though a bit hurt at first, Miranda was fine with this arrangement. This left her more time at her new job helping Mrs. Gordon. At first she'd intended on taking a job at the local McDonalds to keep from imposing on the McGuires, but Mrs. Gordon made her an offer she couldn't refuse.
All she had to do was fill in for Mrs. G's Receptionist who was on maternity leave. No screaming kids, smelly food, or dorky uniform…plus the pay/ company was better.
"So, Miranda, how do you like it there, with the McGuires?" Mrs. G asked as Miranda made coffee.
"Are you trying to shrink my head?" Miranda giggled.
"Maybe, but I was just wondering, I know Lizzie's been out a lot lately," she said, looking concerned.
"Yeah, well, it was a bit weird at first, but between working here, and hanging out with Gordo I'm not there much anyway," she said, pouring two large mugs of coffee.
"And Matt?" Mrs. Gordon smirked.
"I'll kill him!" Miranda exclaimed just as Gordo stepped into the room.
"Speak of the devil… I'll leave you two," Gordo's mother smirked.
Gordo looked from his retreating mom to Miranda's livid expression.
"What'd I do?" he asked.
"You. Told." She stated through gritted teeth.
"Would it be stupid of me to ask what exactly it is I told?"
"Matt." She practically growled.
Gordo's eyes bugged out, "Miranda I can…"
"We said, we'd never mention it again…to anyone."
"But I didn't! I can explain," he said, trying to keep his fiery friend from exploding.
"Speak." She said leaning on the desk and crossing her arms, a sign that she'd retreated for the time being.
"Okay well, remember the book I gave you?" He took her nod as a good sign and kept going, "Well, one of my mom's clients (or "patients")owns a print shop so when it was done he just brought it over here, and she saw the Matt page, and I guess figured out the whole crush thing. That's it." He finished shielding himself with his arms, expecting to get smacked anyway.
Instead he was surprised when Miranda hugged him.
"What was that for?"
"For being Gordo," she said over her shoulder as she finished preparing the coffee.
Gordo merely chuckled in response.
"So what are you doing here?" Miranda asked, sitting behind her desk.
"I was bored, so I figured I could help out here. Granted that was before you tried to confuse me to death," Gordo smirked, just as his mom walked in the room.
"OWW!" he exclaimed rubbing the spot where his mom'd thwacked him. "What was that for?"
"Miranda couldn't reach," she said taking a sip of her coffee.
A/N: I know it's short but I needed to establish a few relationships now so the rest of the fic'll make sense.