Lizzie and Miranda were laughing and giggling while walking back to their cabin. They were beginning to forget about the story Gordo had told at the campfire. When they reached the front porch of the small cabin, they noticed long streaks of mud and mud footprints all over the wooden floor.
"Ok, very funny, is this some kind of joke?" The counselor Rachel asked. Lizzie, Miranda, Charlotte and Crystal all shook their heads with their eyes wide. Lizzie started getting really scared, her ears started getting really hot, and slowly she could feel her palms beginning to sweat. Maybe the story had been true and Gordo had told her otherwise just so she would feel better. "Where are Jessie and Jenna at?" Rachel demanded. "I will not tolerate practical jokes. You guys stay here, I'm going to go get someone."
"It's gotta be those two girls," Miranda said walking into the cabin. Miranda noticed Lizzie looking frightened. "Are you ok, Lizzie? Come on it was just a story."
"I don't know about that. Gordo said it was real," Charlotte told them matter-of-factly.
"Gordo-I mean-he told me not to say anything but-" Lizzie started.
"But what?" Crystal asked.
"But-but-" Lizzie saw how scared Charlotte looked. She wanted to say it was all made up, but she couldn't. She couldn't ruin Gordo's story. "But-he said he really liked when you sat next to him!" She lied.
"Omigod, did he really!" Charlotte's face lit up.
"Umm sure," Lizzie said. Oh God, why did I say that, Lizzie thought, why did I say that? Lizzie wished she had kept her big mouth shut. She thought they would probably start going out, and probably get married, and then her whole summer would be ruined. She felt so awful for blurting out that lie. Lizzie sat down on her bed and put her hands in her face. She couldn't bear to look at Charlotte, who was completely effervescent.
"Omigod what's that mud doing out there! It's just like that little afro-kid's story!" Jessie said as she came through the door with Jenna.
"Where have you been?" Crystal asked.
"Um, what's it to ya?" Jenna asked.
"Ooh she talks!" Miranda yelled.
"Did you hear me?" Jessie asked them. "We're gonna be killed and dragged through the mud!"
"Yeah sure, we all know you did it," Miranda said.
"Yeah right, I bet you did it! You're friends with the little afro-kid!" Jessie yelled at her.
"Come on, Miranda, don't pay any attention to them," Lizzie said.
"I bet it was you, little blond girl!" Jessie yelled. Lizzie could feel her blood boiling. She slowly started counting to ten in her head. 1-2-3... She hadn't been this mad since Matt tried to flush her underwear down the toilet and made it overflow, not to mention it turned all her underwear blue. Not only am I away from my parents and I'm going to be killed by some mud guy, Lizzie thought, but I just ruined my summer by telling this Charlotte girl that Gordo likes her, which is completely made up, and now, now this? She continued counting, 4-5-6...but she couldn't take it.
"OKAY FIRST OFF my name is LIZZIE! Liz...zie," she said slowly as if they wouldn't understand. "Got it? Second, yes, I AM friends with the afro-kid, and his name is GORDO! Thirdly, I have nothing to do with the mud outside. You were the ones who came in late, so it's very natural for us to suspect that you were the ones who did it! Fourth, I can't take the fighting! I am not going to spend my entire summer fighting with you guys! If you don't like us, at least you can respect us! Maybe we'll get along! And fifth..." Wow, I'm on roll, she thought. She wanted to tell Charlotte that Gordo did NOT like her, but for some reason she couldn't. She seemed so happy, and she didn't want to take it away from her. "And fifth, there is no fifth. Thank you."
"Well done, McGuire," Rachel said walking through the door. "Maybe you knocked some sense into them. And I see you two made it back," Rachel said nodding to Jessie and Jenna. "Whoever did this better have it cleaned up by noon tomorrow. And that's a direct order from the head counselor! I don't mean to seem like a total PMS mommy, but you girls need to stop! This is only the first day!" So lights out!"
Lizzie quickly got into bed. She felt so proud that she had done that. If felt so good to get everything out that had been bottling up inside of her. Rarely could she do something like that, and it made her feel incredibly proud. Someone had provoked her, and she had done what a normal person does, gotten mad. It seemed so simple, but it made her feel a whole lot better. She forgot all about the mud, and Charlotte, and Gordo as she drifted to sleep.
The next morning Rachel woke them all up at seven o'clock. There was much complaining, but Lizzie tried to block it out. She wasn't going to let anyone ruin her camp experience anymore, not even herself. After breakfast, the kids were first introduced into their activities groups, the groups that they would be spending the majority of the summer with. Rachel got up to announce her group.
"Ok, I'm Rachel as some of you may know, and my group will be: David Gordon, Lizzie McGuire, Charlotte Rizetto, Miranda Sanchez, and Ian Taylor. I see that some of you are from my cabin! Yay!"
"Gordo!!" Lizzie yelled running to him. "Oh yay this is going to be so much fun!" The group quickly got together, and they introduced themselves.
"Oh he's cute," Lizzie whispered to Miranda after Ian had introduced himself. Miranda agreed with a little nod as she stared at him. Ian was tall and blond with blue eyes. Far cuter than Ethan, Lizzie decided.
"Our first activity as a group will be a hike to the top of Black Bear Mountain. We'll meet back here in 20 minutes. Remember to bring boots, water..." As Rachel rattled off her long list of necessary hiking utensils, Lizzie and Miranda stared at Ian. He was just standing there, so cute, looking at Rachel. "...and don't forget a buddy!" Rachel concluded.
"Oh you're my buddy!" Miranda and Lizzie said to each other.
"Oh great what about me?" Gordo asked.
"You can be mine!" Charlotte said enthusiastically. Oh good for you, Lizzie thought sarcastically.
"Ok then, Ian, I guess you're mine!" Rachel told him.
"Alright!" Ian shouted giddily.
They all went back to their cabins to get their hiking gear, not realizing what would be facing them on the mountain....
"Ok, very funny, is this some kind of joke?" The counselor Rachel asked. Lizzie, Miranda, Charlotte and Crystal all shook their heads with their eyes wide. Lizzie started getting really scared, her ears started getting really hot, and slowly she could feel her palms beginning to sweat. Maybe the story had been true and Gordo had told her otherwise just so she would feel better. "Where are Jessie and Jenna at?" Rachel demanded. "I will not tolerate practical jokes. You guys stay here, I'm going to go get someone."
"It's gotta be those two girls," Miranda said walking into the cabin. Miranda noticed Lizzie looking frightened. "Are you ok, Lizzie? Come on it was just a story."
"I don't know about that. Gordo said it was real," Charlotte told them matter-of-factly.
"Gordo-I mean-he told me not to say anything but-" Lizzie started.
"But what?" Crystal asked.
"But-but-" Lizzie saw how scared Charlotte looked. She wanted to say it was all made up, but she couldn't. She couldn't ruin Gordo's story. "But-he said he really liked when you sat next to him!" She lied.
"Omigod, did he really!" Charlotte's face lit up.
"Umm sure," Lizzie said. Oh God, why did I say that, Lizzie thought, why did I say that? Lizzie wished she had kept her big mouth shut. She thought they would probably start going out, and probably get married, and then her whole summer would be ruined. She felt so awful for blurting out that lie. Lizzie sat down on her bed and put her hands in her face. She couldn't bear to look at Charlotte, who was completely effervescent.
"Omigod what's that mud doing out there! It's just like that little afro-kid's story!" Jessie said as she came through the door with Jenna.
"Where have you been?" Crystal asked.
"Um, what's it to ya?" Jenna asked.
"Ooh she talks!" Miranda yelled.
"Did you hear me?" Jessie asked them. "We're gonna be killed and dragged through the mud!"
"Yeah sure, we all know you did it," Miranda said.
"Yeah right, I bet you did it! You're friends with the little afro-kid!" Jessie yelled at her.
"Come on, Miranda, don't pay any attention to them," Lizzie said.
"I bet it was you, little blond girl!" Jessie yelled. Lizzie could feel her blood boiling. She slowly started counting to ten in her head. 1-2-3... She hadn't been this mad since Matt tried to flush her underwear down the toilet and made it overflow, not to mention it turned all her underwear blue. Not only am I away from my parents and I'm going to be killed by some mud guy, Lizzie thought, but I just ruined my summer by telling this Charlotte girl that Gordo likes her, which is completely made up, and now, now this? She continued counting, 4-5-6...but she couldn't take it.
"OKAY FIRST OFF my name is LIZZIE! Liz...zie," she said slowly as if they wouldn't understand. "Got it? Second, yes, I AM friends with the afro-kid, and his name is GORDO! Thirdly, I have nothing to do with the mud outside. You were the ones who came in late, so it's very natural for us to suspect that you were the ones who did it! Fourth, I can't take the fighting! I am not going to spend my entire summer fighting with you guys! If you don't like us, at least you can respect us! Maybe we'll get along! And fifth..." Wow, I'm on roll, she thought. She wanted to tell Charlotte that Gordo did NOT like her, but for some reason she couldn't. She seemed so happy, and she didn't want to take it away from her. "And fifth, there is no fifth. Thank you."
"Well done, McGuire," Rachel said walking through the door. "Maybe you knocked some sense into them. And I see you two made it back," Rachel said nodding to Jessie and Jenna. "Whoever did this better have it cleaned up by noon tomorrow. And that's a direct order from the head counselor! I don't mean to seem like a total PMS mommy, but you girls need to stop! This is only the first day!" So lights out!"
Lizzie quickly got into bed. She felt so proud that she had done that. If felt so good to get everything out that had been bottling up inside of her. Rarely could she do something like that, and it made her feel incredibly proud. Someone had provoked her, and she had done what a normal person does, gotten mad. It seemed so simple, but it made her feel a whole lot better. She forgot all about the mud, and Charlotte, and Gordo as she drifted to sleep.
The next morning Rachel woke them all up at seven o'clock. There was much complaining, but Lizzie tried to block it out. She wasn't going to let anyone ruin her camp experience anymore, not even herself. After breakfast, the kids were first introduced into their activities groups, the groups that they would be spending the majority of the summer with. Rachel got up to announce her group.
"Ok, I'm Rachel as some of you may know, and my group will be: David Gordon, Lizzie McGuire, Charlotte Rizetto, Miranda Sanchez, and Ian Taylor. I see that some of you are from my cabin! Yay!"
"Gordo!!" Lizzie yelled running to him. "Oh yay this is going to be so much fun!" The group quickly got together, and they introduced themselves.
"Oh he's cute," Lizzie whispered to Miranda after Ian had introduced himself. Miranda agreed with a little nod as she stared at him. Ian was tall and blond with blue eyes. Far cuter than Ethan, Lizzie decided.
"Our first activity as a group will be a hike to the top of Black Bear Mountain. We'll meet back here in 20 minutes. Remember to bring boots, water..." As Rachel rattled off her long list of necessary hiking utensils, Lizzie and Miranda stared at Ian. He was just standing there, so cute, looking at Rachel. "...and don't forget a buddy!" Rachel concluded.
"Oh you're my buddy!" Miranda and Lizzie said to each other.
"Oh great what about me?" Gordo asked.
"You can be mine!" Charlotte said enthusiastically. Oh good for you, Lizzie thought sarcastically.
"Ok then, Ian, I guess you're mine!" Rachel told him.
"Alright!" Ian shouted giddily.
They all went back to their cabins to get their hiking gear, not realizing what would be facing them on the mountain....