A.N: Hi! I'm sorry it took me so long to upload this chapter. But it's finally here! Once again, thanks, Christy!
Chapter 5: Enjoy your last day here, McGuire
In fact, the pain of Kate's heart turned into bitterness. Gordo's rejection caused her to feel a desire of vengeance against Lizzie, since she felt Lizzie was the reason for that rejection. She preferred to blame Lizzie for her own mistakes, mistakes she knew she made, mistakes she didn't want to remedy.
The first step of Kate's plan to take Lizzie away from Gordo was to get Lizzie expelled from school. But, how could she do it? She would have to incriminate Lizzie in an act of indiscipline, and she would have to have the necessary evidence to prove Lizzie's guilt.
"How would I do it?"
Her twisted mind thought of thousands of possibilities. She stopped when she found one that seemed absolutely perfect.
"A double of Lizzie… The security cameras of school could film her, and that would be the perfect proof!"
Now she had to think about who could help her. Her mind started again to think about possibilities. Finally, she thought about someone. She decided to go to talk with that person. It was 7 p.m. and that person lived a little far from there, so she went to ask her mother to take her.
"Mom, could you take me to the house of one of my friends? I need some help with my homework."
"Kate, I'm very busy right now, I can't," answered her mother, with her eyes staring at the TV.
"Mom, please…"
"I said NO, stop bothering me!"
Kate continued insisting. Her mother finally consented, mainly because she wanted Kate to stop annoying her, and not so much because she wanted to do something nice for her daughter.
Once they arrived, Kate's mom said: "I don't have time to come to pick you up, so take some money for a taxi." and gave her some bills.
"Thanks, mom…" Kate answered. "…for NOTHING"shethought to herself.
Her mother started the car and got away from there, making the wheels screech on the pavement. Kate walked straight to the door of the house and rand the bell. A girl answered the door.
"Kate…"
"Hi. I need your help."
-s-
Later that night, Miranda called Lizzie and Gordo to talk with them. It didn't matter how much homework they had, they always found a moment to talk by phone. She had gotten two calls and she had to talk about that with her friends.
"Guys, good news! Parker McKenzie called me. She's having a party at her house on Friday and she invited us. She told me to tell you. She'll give our invitations tomorrow at school."
"Great!" Lizzie said.
"Wow! A party. I was missing that, the work at school is so hard…." said Gordo.
"But there's something more… and it's not exactly good. She also invited Larry Tudgeman, and he called me, to ask me to go with him to the party. He told me that if I accept his invitation, he would have a very big change, a complete physical and mental makeover … I don't know what to do…."
"Tudgeman…" said Gordo, shaking his head and laughing slightly.
"I think you should give him an opportunity." Lizzie continued. "Larry can be a weird boy, but he's really fantastic… do you remember when Gordo and I disguised him and brought him to your party? You liked him, and not precisely by his physical appearance…"
"I have to think long about it…"
"That 'I have to think about it' sounds like 'I'll go with him…' Gordo said. "Isn't it nice? Miranda has a boyfriend!"
"Gordo, don't be annoying!"
"Uh… I'm sorry."
"Miranda" said Lizzie, "I really think you should give Larry an opportunity, besides…"
As Lizzie was talking with Miranda, Gordo sunk into his thoughts. That party…. would be the perfect chance to talk with Lizzie about his feelings! He would have to invite her and talk with her there. He only had to plan things better…
"Gordo!" Miranda and Lizzie yelled at the same time.
"Oh, what?"
"What's happening, Gordo? I'm saying goodbye and you don't hear me… see you tomorrow. Bye."
"Bye." answered Lizzie and Gordo.
"I have the feeling that party will be great…" Lizzie started to say.
"It will be… I guess…" Gordo thought.
"So do I... " he said. "Lizzie…, I-I-I… eh…"
"What's wrong, Gordo?"
"Eh…, nothing… nothing. I've got to go. Bye."
"Gordo, wait..."
"-beeep-"
Lizzie heard the ringtone. Their call was finished.
"It doesn't matter now, Gordo. We're going to talk tomorrow."
-s-
"So, will you help me?" Kate asked, after explaining her plan to her friend.
"Of course I'll do it. Lizzie made me feel stupid and I'm not going to forgive her for that, never. Count on me," answered the girl.
"Ok. Let's start."
Kate looked in the wardrobe for clothes to dress her friend, trying to imitate the way Lizzie dressed. As the conceited girl she was, Kate knew how to make up the face of a person to disguise or accent face features, and she did just that to make the face of the girl resemble Lizzie's face... Lastly, they tried hairstyles with a blond wig. She would not color her hair because the double could not arrive at the school already transformed. When they finished, the girl turned around, showing the result of their work.
"Well, well, well... Lizzie, when did you get here? I didn't see you get in…" Kate said.
Devilish smiles came to their faces.
Witches' laughs resonated in the room.
-s-
Alter thinking a lot, Lizzie decided to go first, like Matt had suggested. She knew Gordo had a crush on her when they were in their last year of junior high school, but then she was obsessed by Ethan Craft. After Rome, she thought Gordo left to like her as more than a friend because he never talked to her about the kiss they shared in the rooftop of the hotel. But the signs that Miranda and Matt had shown to her indicated the contrary, and she lost her fear.
On the other hand, Gordo decided to plan things with more calm for Friday, for Parker's party. Two days ago he decided to confess his feelings once and for all, but there were always things that kept him from doing it. Now it would be different. It had to be different. The only thing he couldn't take control of was his edginess.
The next day they had classes at Chemistry Lab. They were walking towards the lab, dressing their white lab coats. Larry Tudgeman was very happy. Chemistry was one of his favorite subjects, besides Math and Physics. He reached Lizzie, Gordo and Miranda and said: "Hey guys, are you ready for the exciting world of Chemistry?"
"Eh… Yeah, Larry, sure, I guess…" Lizzie said, confused.
"Tudgeman…" Gordo said.
Miranda sighed.
"So, let's go, crew!" he shouted, walking faster. He looked sidelong Miranda and winked an eye, without Lizzie or Gordo noticing. Miranda's face turned extremely red, so red, that Lizzie exclaimed: "Miranda, what happened?"
Miranda tried to hide her embarrassment.
"Oh, nothing, it's just… do you feel hot?"
The Chemistry teacher made groups for the chemistry experiment. The groups were: Lizzie and Gordo, Miranda and Ethan, Larry and Kate. Kate, realizing who was her partner for the class, complained.
"It can't be… It must be a joke! My partner can't be… Larry Tudgeman!" Kate said, grumbling and making a grin of disgust.
"I'm not happy to be your partner either, Kate…" answered Larry. "And I don't like to be in my favorite class of the day with you. But we have to work together, so change your attitude, at least for this class..."
"Ha! Now you're telling me what to do?"
The teacher heard the discussion and spoke to Kate.
"Sanders, stop making scenes and start to work!"
"O-K…" answered Kate, annoyed.
Lizzie and Gordo were concentrating on their work, and making jokes sometimes. They were measuring some water volumes, and Lizzie made Gordo spill water on his lab coat.
"Oh, Gordo, I'm sorry…"
"No problem, don't worry…"
She took a rag and started to clean Gordo's coat. Kate saw them and was burning with jealousy. She took a pair of protective glasses and equipped herself with them, while Larry was finding some materials for the experiment. She left her table and approached Lizzie and Gordo.
"Sorry, Gordo, I'm so clumsy…"
"No Lizzie, it's right… Accidents happen…"
There was a moment of silence. Lizzie started to talk, shyly:
"Gordo… there's something I want you to know…"
Gordo's blood turned cold.
"What… ha...ppens…?"
"Gordo…, I lik…"
"EVERYONE COME OUT!" the teacher yelled, as a intense smoke started to fillthe entire room. "COME OUT!"
"Why? Ethan asked. "Why right now when the special effects start?"
"Ethan, think at least one time in your life! Some substance must have had a bad reaction, that's the cause for all this smoke, let's get out of here!" Larry said after he and the teacher left the Materials Room of the lab and the smoke started to expand.
"Damn…! Miranda, let's go!" Ethan said.
"Sure, let's go!"
At the same time, Gordo and Lizzie joined them to exit the class. In the middle of the smoke Miranda stumbled over the floor and fell.
"Lizzie, Larry, Gordo, help me!"
The screams of the other students kept everyone from hearing Miranda. Even the teacher could not hear her.
They had just left from lab when Lizzie asked, coughing, "Where's Miranda?"
"She's here…" Larry answered, but he realized she wasn't there. He looked around and she wasn't there. "Miranda? Miranda!"
"Oh my God, she's still in the lab!" Lizzie screamed, as she entered to the lab, running.
"Miranda!" Larry exclaimed, following Lizzie.
"Lizzie, wait!" Gordo shouted, running after them, but he stumbled over a backpack and fell, and he couldn't follow them.
Lizzie and Larry were in the lab, looking for Miranda in the middle of the smoke, and they found her, suffocating. They both took her out of the room.
"Miranda, talk to me, please…!" Lizzie cried, as she slapped lightly her cheek.
"We have to take her to nurse's office Ethan, Gordo, help me!" Larry shouted.
The three guys took Miranda to the nurse's office, but Gordon couldn't walk well. He had hurt his knee when he stumbled on the backpack. When they arrived, the nurse gave first aid, and Miranda regained consciousness.
"Miranda… You're fine! What a fright you gave me!" Lizzie said.
"What… What…. happened?"
"You almost suffocated, Larry and I took you out of the lab… How did you fall? When?"
"I don't know, I don't remember… anything… but thanks, Lizzie…, thanks, Larry…"
Larry looked at her tenderly, feeling relieved.
"Rest, princess, you'll feel better…"
"What happened at the lab?" Gordo asked to himself, while the nurse applied ointment to his knee.
-s-
What happened?
Lizzie smiled at listening to Gordo's jokes. Kate saw them. "I want Gordo's attention for ME" she thought, as she felt like she was burning in a hell of jealousy. She approached them without them noticing and listened to what they were talking about. Lizzie spilled water over Gordo's coat.
"Oh, Gordo, I'm sorry…"
"No problem, don't worry…"
"McGuire, you're always so awkward!" Kate thought, equipping herself with a pair of glasses.
"Sorry, Gordo, I'm so clumsy…"
"No Lizzie, it's all right… Accidents happen…"
There was a moment of silence.
"Gordo… there's something I want you to know…"
Kate felt all her systems going into full alert. She knew what Lizzie was going to do, what Lizzie was going to say. She had to act fast. She held her glasses, took two test-tubes and mixed their content in one of them. She tossed a tiny quantity of another substance and poured the content in a container that was in the floor.
"What… ha..ppens…?"
"Gordo…, I lik…"
"EVERYONE COME OUT!" The teacher yelled, as a intense smoke started to fill the entire room. "COME OUT!"
Kate left immediately, because she knew when she had to leave. She was the one who caused the accident.
-s-
Later that day, the teacher talked to the class.
"What happened at lab seems like someone provoked a bad reaction between two substances. I've determined who is responsible by looking for the missing materials, so that person will be admonished. I'm not going to say the name here because it wouldn't be good to blame that person here in front of all you. So I'll call that person to talk in private.
"Change of topic, I'd like to remark that the actions of Miss McGuire and Mr. Tudgeman, they saved Miss Sanchez from asphyxiating in the lab."
"Very good Lizzie! Very good, Larry!" Gordo said, clapping. All the class did the same.
"Thanks…" Lizzie answered.
"Don't mention it…" Tudgeman said.
"Very good, heroine. Enjoy your last day here at this school." Kate thought. "At least I kept you from saying what you were going to say…"
The bell rang and everyone came out at the en of the school day. Of course, the three inseparable friends come out together. Miranda was feeling a little indisposed yet.
"Lizzie, come with me to my house, I need to talk with you, please…" Miranda begged.
"N-n-now?" Lizzie asked.
"Yes, please…"
Lizzie planned to talk to Gordo at the end of the day. But Miranda insisted, so she agreed to go with her.
"Well Gordo, I guess I'll see you later, Miranda has gone crazy…"
"Hey!" Miranda said.
"Hey, relax, just kidding. Bye Gordo."
"Bye, girls…"
When the two girls were gone, Gordo started to walk and remembered that Lizzie started to talk to him about something at the lab, just before the incident. "What did she want to tell me? Maybe she wanted to tell me that she… no… I'd better not try to figure out things. I'd better go." He continued walking.
Kate was walking down the corridor of the school, and her chemistry teacher stopped her to talk, to reprimand her for her negligence at the lab. The materials assigned to her were the materials that the teacher found next to the container in which the smoke started. She would have to clean the school cafeteria for three days, by orders of the Principal. When the teacher left, Kate came out of school mumbling, madly angry:
"Well, McGuire. I hope you have enjoyed your last day here at this school."
The next day she would execute her plan with the help of that girl...
