Chapter 2

Lizzie sighed shortly to herself: Why is mom always able to read me like an open book and should I really talk about the whole Gordo thing with her? It took a while for her to weigh in on the pro's and con's about talking with Mom about her boy trouble but then she finally said: " It's about Gordo, something happened between us that has made things between us kind of awkward." Of course Jo Mc Guire hoped that she was wrong with the worst case scenario: Lizzie and Gordo, best friends for such a long time period had gotten into some kind of fight during the trip to Europe but she quickly put that thought to rest and asked: "What exactly did happen in Rome honey?"

Lizzie took one short breath before she spoke again and of course she wanted to choose her words carefully before she finally replied: "On the last night in Rome, I and Gordo snuck out from the little party the rest of the class had in the hotel. We talked a lot about all the things that happened during our stay in Europe and I kissed him as we stood there on this rooftop and looked into the night sky of Rome together." Surely Lizzie's mom had now a big smile on her face as her daughter had ended the sentence, because her motherly instinct had told her a long time ago that this little crush from Lizzie on her best friend Gordo was still there deep down in Lizzie's heart even if she had spent so much time at Middle School chasing after Ethan Craft. Lizzie of course was kind of glad that she had gotten this finally off her chest, because the whole thing had surely become some kind of big burden to her since the whole thing had happened but she also wasn't entirely sure if her mom was the right person to talk to about it.

But with Miranda still staying in Mexico City, she kind of was the only person right now that was able to understand the dilemma she was going through. Of course she couldn't but think what Gordo was thinking about the kiss on their last night in Rome: Was it also still on his mind or did her forget it already because he thought that Lizzie would never feel the same for him?

Flashback

A Murder Mystery Party takes place at the Mc Guire house; Lizzie is very close to finding the killer of Lord Mc Guffin and is almost ready to reveal the murderer to the rest as Kate turns up behind her:

"Oh Lizzie you're so good in seeking out mysteries but so blind when it comes to things happening in front of her own nose." Surely Lizzie didn't quite know where Kate Saunders was getting to neither why the arrogant Cheerleader even bothered to talk to her that much because that surely wasn't like Kate and so something was definitely wrong here.

"What are you talking about?" Lizzie replied in a very confused tone, instead of answering her right away Kate Saunders instead led Lizzie into away from the hall into an empty room, motioned her to sit down and then said: "Don't you know why Gordo is acting that way?" Surely Kate didn't want to help Lizzie, because she is and would stay a looser to her forever and would never ever belong to the popular girls like she did. But there was also one thing that she surely couldn't stand to watch anymore like two people keep dancing around the bush like Gordo and Looser Lizzie were doing it for quite some time now.

"Gordo wants to beat me in this murder mystery thing."

"Why Gordo does want to beat you? "

"He probably wants people to notice him?"

Kate now was getting a little bit annoyed and really had to ask herself how much more obvious she would have to get and when Lizzie was finally getting what she wanted to say.

"That's partly it, he just doesn't want anybody to notice him, and he wants YOU to notice him!"

"That's just crazy Kate." Lizzie replied shortly and she clearly was shocked by this statement from a Kate Saunders, that was acting so nice all over sudden that she didn't really know how quite respond to this whole thing at first but maybe she shouldn't ignore the one thing just yet: What if she was actually right?

"Everybody at school knows that Gordo had a crush on you since like forever and he thinks that you finally notice him after he wins the whole thing."

End Flashback

Trying her best to keep her tone as neutral as possible Jo Mc Guire finally replied: "Okay and I guess you are kind of unsure about your feelings toward him, but the important thing in this case is what your heart is telling you. Did you like the kiss?" Lizzie was kind of amazed by this assumption from her mother but she guessed that all mothers somehow had the special gift of interpreting the signs they were getting from their daughters when it came to helping solve emotional problems and then said: "Of course I liked the kiss but I don't know if it meant that much to me, because the truth is that I think that I have chased after Ethan Craft for that long that Gordo has probably forgotten about his crush and just wants to be friends with me. But on the other hand I also had to ask myself over and over again: What if Kate was actually right about Gordo still having a crush on me all this time?

I'm just so scared that our friendship, which has been so special to me since the beginning gets ruined because he doesn't feel the same way about me than I do and I could never forgive myself if I screw things up with Gordo." Lizzie's mom quickly understood which really complicated dilemma her daughter was facing right now, she surely didn't want to change places with her and she also knew all too well from experience that love could be a very delicate matter.

"You clearly have to talk with him about it, because the way I see it he definitely needs to know how you feel about him and that is the only way to know if he maybe still has a crush on you." Of course Jo Mc Guire was aware that her daughter was technically grounded for the rest of the summer but in this special case she was willing to make an exception.

Lizzie was a little confused by that statement from her mother, because her parents had grounded her for the rest of the summer because of the stunt that she had pulled off in Rome so she asked carefully: "You mean that I should go and talk to him now?"

Of course Jo Mc Guire had expected that response from Lizzie and with a little smile on her face she finally replied: "Yes go talk to him right now, but don't think about going somewhere else after that young lady because you're still grounded."

Lizzie shortly hugged her mom and said:" Thanks a lot for the advice Mom and I promise I won't be back too late from the Gordon's house."

As she watched her daughter leave the kitchen in quite a hurry she called after her: "You're welcome honey and good luck."

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