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Chapter 3-First Day & New Friends

2 weeks had passed and it was the first day of school for the gang. The rest of the summer they got closer, especially Lizzie and David. Lizzie had also over the 2 weeks developed a crush on David. Jamie and Erica knew by the way they acted around each other. David had also developed a crush on Lizzie but wasn't ready to pursuit after it because he was afraid of rejection. David would only talk to Brian about his feeling for Lizzie and Lizzie would only talk to Jamie and Erica about his feelings for David.

AT SCHOOL:

Brian and David were hanging out at Brian's locker waiting for the girls. 5 minutes later the girls walked towards Brian's locker. Erica immediately went up to Brian and gave him a kiss. David and Lizzie looked at each other in a flirtatious way.

Jamie: "So how do we look for our first day boys?"

David: "You guys look great."

Brian: "Yeah what he said. Is that why you guys were running late today?"

Lizzie: "Yeah, I had a fashion emergency so I called the girls over and it took longer than expected to get ready. We got to look good on your first day."

Ethan: "Hey guys, I want you to meet someone." he said interrupting their conversation.

Lizzie: "Yeah we do too. This is David Gordon he just moved back here." she said pointing to David.

Ethan: "Oh hey nice to meet you man. This is my cousin Charlie, he's new too." he said pointing to a tall blonde boy with spiky hair.

Charlie: "Nice to meet you guys." he said shyly.

Ethan: "This is Lizzie, Jamie, Erica, Brian, and David right? I'm introducing him to everyone I know."

Lizzie: "Cool nice to meet you Charlie. If you need anything I can help you." she said starting to like Charlie.

Charlie: "Thanks Lizzie, I'll let you know when I need you." he said flirtatiously.

David didn't really like this Charlie guy. For some reason he gave off a bad vibe and it looked like Lizzie was falling for him. The rest of the day for the gang went pretty well for the gang. David got some new friends. He met this one girl, her name was Betty, he really liked talking to her for some reason. As he was walking to meet the gang, Betty stopped him to talk about their English class, they had an assignment to pick someone you didn't know very well and write a short essay about them so they picked each other since they had just met. Even though he was talking to Betty he was distracted by Lizzie, she was standing at her locker fixing her hair, he was about to go up to her but saw that Charlie had gone up to talk to her so he just let Betty finish talking even though he wasn't really listening.

Charlie: "So Lizzie, I was wondering if you could show me fun night out in Hillridge, I would ask Ethan but he has a date with Miranda." he asked innocently.

Lizzie: "I don't know Charlie, I mean…." she stopped while getting distracted by watching David and some girl talking, she was totally flirting and he was totally flirting back she thought.

Charlie: "Lizzie I won't bite, I promise. But if you don't feel comfortable around me yet than that's fine." he said looking disappointed.

Lizzie: "No it's fine. It's just I….I……umm never mind. I'll meet you after school here at my locker, I'll see you later." she said quickly closing her locker and walking away.

Lizzie felt jealous after seeing David flirt with some other girl. She really liked him, he was so different than any guy she'd ever met. She thought he liked her back but now she knew he didn't so she would just push the feelings she had for him aside for now. She got to the cafeteria and saw the gang sitting and waiting minus David.

Lizzie: "Hey guys, sorry I'm late." she said sitting down.

Jamie: "You okay Liz, you look mad or something."

Lizzie: "I'm fine." she said trying to smile.

David: "Hey guys, sorry I got a little lost. Lizzie you were supposed to wait for me so we could come together. I looked over and you were gone."

Lizzie: "Well sorry I didn't want to interrupt your flirt session with that girl." she said angrily.

David: "Who! Betty! Are you kidding me? We weren't even flirting, we were talking about our English assignment, she's my partner. And what about you huh? Charlie told me your going to show him around or something, I mean you've known the guy for a couple of hours and you already agree to show him around town!" he said starting to get angry.

Lizzie: "I did the same for you didn't I!"

David: "That's different Lizzie!"

Lizzie: "It's the same! I met you and the next day I showed you around, what's so different about that!"

David: "Nothing alright I'm sorry. You can do whatever you want." he said starting to calm down.

Lizzie: "Good! And sorry for accusing you of flirting with Betty. You can flirt with whoever you want." she said smiling at him.

Brian: "Wow…awkward. Ok so how do you like Hillridge High David?" he said breaking the ice.

David: "I love it."

The rest of the school day was fun. Even though David and Lizzie kind of fought, they patched things up pretty quickly. Lizzie showed Charlie around and was surprisingly having fun with him, she really liked him.

LIZZIE'S HOUSE:

Lizzie was talking to Jamie and Erica on three way about her day with Charlie.

Jamie: "So you really like this guy?" she asked surprised.

Lizzie: "Yeah I do. I mean he's fun to be around and he likes me too. I've never had a guy who truly liked me back. So when he asked me out I said yes." she explained.

Erica: "You got over David pretty quickly Liz, are you sure you want to do this. He seems kind of fishy." she said worried.

Lizzie: "David doesn't like me as more than a friend you guys. Why should I hold onto something that will never happen? And Erica when you get to know him better you'll see that he's a really nice guy."

Jamie: "So when's your date?"

Lizzie: "Saturday, we are going to eat and then watch a movie. I can't wait!" she said excited.

Erica: "We're happy for you Liz." she said a little unsure of how she felt.

Lizzie: "Thanks guys. Hold on a sec my cell is ringing. Oh it's David, I see you guys tomorrow. Goodnight!" she said hanging up.

David: "Hey Liz. What's up?"

Lizzie: "David! Hey, nothing much."

David: "Sorry about lunch today, I didn't mean what I said and you were right besides the part where you said I was flirting with Betty." he said laughing.

Lizzie: "Me too, sorry for accusing you."

David: "Well to make it up to you I was thinking we could rent any movie you want and watch it at my place on Saturday. What do you say?"

Lizzie: "I can't this Saturday, I have a date with Charlie." she said sadly.

David: "Oh….you do. You must really like him. Well I'm happy for you Liz." he lied.

Lizzie: "Thanks. I could do it Sunday." she said feeling bad.

David: "I can't actually, umm I have to meet with Betty for our project. Forget about it."

Lizzie: "David I…" she started.

David: "It's fine Liz, I got go. My dad needs me. Bye!" he said hanging up.

Lizzie: "But wait I…." she started to say but stopped when she heard the dial tone.

In a way Lizzie felt bad for blowing off David. Nothing would get in the way of her date with Charlie.

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