"Miranda, Gordo what am I going to do? I'm the only one who doesn't have a date for the party coming up!" Lizzie screamed to her 2 best friends over the phone.

"Not true," said Miranda "Gordo doesn't have a date either." She giggled.

"Oh thanks Miranda. Rub it in why don't you?" He rolled his eyes.

"That's what I'm here for. So Lizzie just ask somebody to go with you. And if you can't find anyone don't worry you still have 10 days until the party. Maybe someone will ask you."

"Okay Miranda. Snap back into reality. This is me we're talking about. Clumsy, tongue-tied Lizzie McGuire." Gordo laughed.

"She's got a point." He said to them.

"Not helping Gordo!" Said Miranda and Lizzie at the same time. Gordo sighed. It was hard being best friends with two girls. But he liked it just the same.

"Sorry." He mumbled.

"Miranda you're so lucky going with Ryan! I mean I know you guys had that little fight thing a while back but you guys are so cute together. AND I STILL DON'T HAVE A DATE." Lizzie whined.

"Thanks and you'll find one!" Said Miranda trying to reassure her best friend.

"Lizzie listen. I'm sure you'll find a date for the party. Any guy would be lucky to be your date. And if you ask someone and they turn you down they're nuts 'cause you're a great girl Lizzie and you deserve the best. Now I gotta go guys. I'll see you tomorrow."

CLICK

Miranda and Lizzie were silent.

"Wow. I never knew Gordo could be so."

"Sensitive." Finished Miranda. "I have to go too. I'm outtie Lizzie see ya latah." Said Miranda before hanging up.

Lizzie hardly noticed. She couldn't get her mind off what Gordo said to her. It was the sweetest thing any guy had ever said to her. And it came from Gordo. Her best friend Gordo. The Gordo she's known all her life. Did he mean what he said? Or was he just trying to make her feel better? Either way she had to thank him because he had made her feel a lot better about not having a date for the party.

*THE NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL*

Lizzie was at her locker taking out her books. Miranda hadn't arrived yet. She was looking down the hall when she saw Gordo alone at his locker. She decided to go and thank him.

"Hey Gordo!" Said Lizzie happily as she walked up to Gordo putting books in his locker.

"Hey Lizzie. What's up?" He replied looking over at her.

"Gordo I just wanted to thank you for what you said on the phone last night. It was really sweet and it made me feel a lot better." She smiled at him.

"Hey what are friends for?" He smiled back.

"Well thanks again it meant a lot." She said and before she could even think about what she was doing she leaned forward and kissed Gordo's cheek. She pulled back and saw he was surprised. Hey, she was surprised she did it herself.

"What was that for?" He looked at her. She noticed he was blushing.

"To say thanks. Can't a girl give her best friend a thank you kiss?"

"Well yea it's just, we've never really done that before that's all."

"Well maybe we should start then." She looked at her feet and back up at him. He gave her a warm smile.

"Sure." He simply replied. They looked at each other for a moment then Lizzie broke the silence.

"Oh look here comes Miranda." She said pointing down the hallway. Gordo followed the direction of her finger with his gaze and saw Miranda heading towards them. She waved.

"Hey guys!" She said, as she got closer to them.

"Hey Miranda." Said Lizzie.

"Hey." Said Gordo. Miranda looked from Lizzie to Gordo. From Gordo to Lizzie. Something was up and she could sense it.

"Okay what's going on here?" She asked putting her hands on her hips.

"Nothing Miranda. I was just thanking Gordo for what he said last night." Said Lizzie looking over at Gordo who was shutting his locker.

"Oh. Well my mom said yes to movie night tonight."

"Great! So my house at 7!" Said Lizzie.

"Yep I'll be there." Said Miranda.

"Me too. Wouldn't miss it." Said Gordo.

"Ah the silent one has decided to speak up. Nice to have you back Gordo." Teased Miranda.

"Back? I never left!" He joked. They giggled as the bell rang.

"Well I'll see you guys at lunch." Said Miranda. Miranda didn't have the next period with Gordo and Lizzie who had English together. She was in vocal classes.

Lizzie and Gordo headed to their English class laughing and talking as they usually did. They sat down together like they usually did. Lizzie always sat in front of Gordo. She turned her body around in the chair to face him and they began talking again. They were talking away when they realized the class was silent.

"Are you two finished?" Asked Mr. Digg the substitute. Lizzie blushed furiously.

"Um yea. Sorry Mr. Digg." She smiled at Gordo and turned herself around in her chair.

"Quite alright. Now your English teacher will be out for 3 weeks and I am going to be your substitute." The whole class burst out in cheers. Everyone loved Mr. Digg. "Thank you, thank you. Nice to know I am liked. Now I have decided to do a unit on poetry for the next 3 weeks."

"Awwwww." Everyone moaned.

"Okay, okay. Settle down. It won't be that bad trust me. Would you rather be doing book reports?"

"He's got a point." Said Lizzie.

"Thank you Miss. McGuire. Now for my first question. What is one of the most common topics for poetry?" Gordo's hand immediately shot up like always. "Mr. Gordon enlighten us."

"Love. The most common topic besides nature for poetry is love." Lizzie turned around and looked at Gordo. Gordo reads poetry? She shook it off.

"Correct Mr. Gordon. Now that brings me to your first assignment. Before you go awwww hear me out. All I would like you to do for tomorrow is pick a partner and find a poem about love with that partner then present it tomorrow to the class in a creative way, the more creative the better. Then explain why you picked it. I'll give you time now to pick your partners and discuss how you are going to present. You have 10 minutes. Go."

Lizzie turned around and looked at Gordo.

"Partners?" She asked him. He nodded.

"Course." He answered. Then Larry Tudgeman walked up to Gordo's desk.

"Hey Gordon wanna be partners?" Gordo gave Lizzie a look that said 'huh?'

"Sorry Larry. I'm going with Lizzie."

"I should have known. You guys are attached at the hip. It's almost like you're dating." Said Larry before he walked off. Lizzie looked at Gordo.

"What did he mean by that?"

"Who knows? It's Larry."

"True." Lizzie giggled. "So how are we gonna do this poem? More importantly which poem are we doing?"

"Good question. We'll meet at the Digital Bean after school and do some research. That cool with you?"

"Yep. Then you can come straight to my house and stay for dinner since we're having movie night." Lizzie suggested.

"Sure. That would be great."

*THAT AFTERNOON AT THE DIGITAL BEAN*

Lizzie and Gordo met at the Digital Bean and began searching for the perfect poem. They came across a girl's website and found some of her poems on it and she had written a really good one called 'Please'. They decided to use it. They then discussed how they were going to present the poem and decided they would act it out as Gordo wrote half for Lizzie and Lizzie wrote the other half for Gordo. They were going to read it as if they were reading for the first time to each other. That night Gordo stayed for dinner and then Miranda came for movie night. They watched their movie then Miranda left and Gordo stayed so him and Lizzie could practice presenting their poem. When he finally went home Lizzie sat in her room reading the poem. They had chosen the perfect one.

****A/N: Hey everyone! This is my first L/G fic! Hope you liked it more to come soon! PLEASE REVIEW THANKS! ~alex