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A/N: Hope you like it!

Lizzie got to school a few minutes before the bell rang and slung open her locker. "I cannot believe that I am so late!"

Kate came rushing up behind her, just as Lizzie slammed her locker door shut and stepped backward, causing the two of them to collide. Books and papers flew every which way and both of them ended up on the floor.

"Ouch." Lizzie moaned from flat on her back.

"I broke a nail!" Kate wailed from her sitting position.

Lizzie sat up and viewed the mess around them. "Oh no!"

"I know. I just had them done on Saturday." Kate sniffled a little.

Lizzie wrinkled her face up and then realized that Kate was talking about her nails. "I meant this, Kate." Lizzie said with a sigh as she gestured at the books and papers littering the floor.

Kate looked around and gasped as the first bell rang. "We had better move it. One more tardy and I will be in detention!"

Lizzie gasped at the sound of the bell and started grabbing up books and papers. Shoving some into Kate's arms and some into her own. "Let's go. We have Mr. Dig's class first."

Kate didn't say a word. She just jumped to her feet and followed Lizzie to class.

"It's almost like when we were friends and we walked to class together." Lizzie mused silently.

They got through the door and into their seats just as the warning bell rang. "We made it." Lizzie breathed at Kate.

Kate just nodded for half a second and then opened her book.

Lizzie sat through homeroom and then the rest of her classes in an almost daze from the conversation that she had had with her mother the previous day. She was finally able to talk to her friends when lunch rolled around. She had missed them at her locker this morning, where they normally met before classes, because of how late she had been.

Miranda grabbed her arm when she stepped into the cafeteria. "Where have you been all morning? I tried to get your attention this morning when you walked into class, but you totally like looked around me."

"Sorry. I was probably just thinking about something." Lizzie mumbled.

Miranda arched a knowing eyebrow and Lizzie glared at her. "Don't even say it."

"Say what?" Gordo questioned as he came up with his tray.

Lizzie's eyes widened and she shook her head at Miranda.

"Where do you guys want to sit?" Miranda asked, effectively ignoring Gordos question.

"Outside on the quad I guess." Gordo replied.

Lizzie went through the lunch line quickly and joined them outside.

"So how come you weren't at your locker this morning, Lizzie?" Gordo questioned her as she sat down at their table.

"I totally missed the bus and my mom had to drive me to school at the last minute. She still had curlers in her hair and a mascara wand in her hand when I hollered out that I had missed the bus. I barely got here in time to make it to class and then, when I was stepping away from my locker, Kate and I bumped into each other and papers flew everywhere. We were both almost late to Mr. Dig's class."

"I noticed." Gordo mumbled.

"Thanks a lot." Lizzie said.

Gordo shrugged.

Miranda smiled. "Gordo was wondering where you were this morning. He started to call your house, but I told him that you were probably just running late or something."

"I was."

"How come?" Miranda asked.

Lizzie's face turned a rosy hue as she remembered the morning's events. She had set her alarm for half an hour earlier than she normally got up so that she could have extra time to get ready. Instead of using that half an hour for getting ready purposes she had looked at a photo album of her and Gordo. She had been digging through her closet trying to pick the right outfit to wear, and had come across it collecting dust in the back of her closet beside an old pair, of to small, tennis shoes. By the time she had noticed the time, she only had a half hour to pick out an outfit, do her make-up and hair, etc… as well as try to eat some breakfast. All which led up to the missing the bus thing.

She looked up at her friends who were watching her, only to hear Kate's shrill voice cut through the air. "I CAN'T FIND IT, CLAIRE!"

Lizzie whipped her head around and watched as Kate scrambled through her pink backpack.

Claire was fluttering around getting in Kate's way. "Where is it?"

"I don't know! Maybe I left it in my locker this morning!" Kate screeched as she quickly left the quad with Claire running after her.

Lizzie turned back to her friends and shrugged. "I am going to put some books in my locker before the bell rings. In my hurry this morning I just grabbed them all."

Gordo and Miranda nodded and went back to their lunches.

Lizzie sighed and went to the tray return, sliding her tray in with all the others.

Arriving at her locker, she pulled out the books that she didn't need and stuffed them inside. With a quick glance she picked out her history notebook, since that was her next class, and flipped it open to make sure that she had the homework. In bold pink scrawled letters, there across the page, was Gordo's name!

Lizzie's breath came in gasps and she quickly scanned the history notes that were written on the same page. This was so not her handwriting. She did not dot her I's with little hearts. And she didn't use a pink glitter pen either. Flipping quickly to the front of the notebook, she found the name Kate Saunders scrolled across the inside.

Lizzie flipped it shut and closed her eyes. "Is this a joke?"

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