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College Years

Chapter 1

Arriving

"Zack! Come on! You're going to miss the plane!"

"Alright, I'm coming!"

Zack came out of his bedroom and said, "Geez, Mom, you'd think you were trying to get rid of us! Aren't you the least bit sad that were leaving for college?"

"Of course I'm sad, boys," She put her left arm around Zack, and her right arm around Cody and continued, "I'm terribly sad that you will be leaving the Tipton Hotel and going off to college. You're my little boys." She got a look from her sons and said, "Little men." Carey started sobbing uncontrollably. Cody said, "Aw, Mom, don't cry! Berkley isn't that far!"

"Yeah, Mom! It's in New Jersey, which isn't that far from Boston by plane. We'll come on at Thanksgiving and Christmas and all those holidays they give college students nowadays."

Carey nodded, gulped, and said, "Well let's get you to the airport."

They left the Suite on the 23rd floor. At the doorway, Zack and Cody turned around and looked at the room. They turned back around, closing the door behind them, and set off to the elevator with Carey and Estabon, who had come to help carry luggage. The lobby was unusually empty as they made way for the front doors. Mr. Moseby came from the ballroom and said, "Are you leaving?"

"Yes, Mr. Moseby. Zack and Cody are leaving today for Berkley…that's in New Jersey…which is so far away."

Cody said, "Not the crying again!"

Carey stopped quickly and went out to put the last bags in the car with Estabon. Zack and Cody looked at Mr. Moseby and he said, "Well, boys, you're finally leaving my hotel."

Zack said, "Not for good! We'll be back at Thanksgiving."

"Which gives me time to Twin-Proof the hotel!"

Cody said, "Oh, come on Mr. Moseby. Once we turned 16 we stopped being terrible."

"Yes, but then you went to worse! My hotel will be disastrous-free for about 3 months! Finally! Some peace and quiet!"

Mr. Moseby clapped his hands, waved and went off to the Front Desk. Estabon came in through the revolving doors took a deep breath through his nose. He said in his Mexican accent, "Well, little blonde people. You're going off to college. I will miss you like I miss my father. Goodbye." The two men each gave their old friend a hug and went out to the car.

The flight attendant said over the loudspeaker, "Final boarding call for Paramus, New Jersey."

Zack and Cody got up from their seats and walked over to the door leading to the plane and walked along the gate. Cody tapped Zack on the shoulder and said, "You nervous?"

"About?"

"About going to college! We're going to be off on our own for once! We'll be completely relying on ourselves to get through."

"I for one am excited to be going to college. Let's be happy we got in the same place!"

Cody nodded in agreement and said, "Everyone kept saying, "Well, boys…" at the hotel when they were saying goodbye. Except for Esteban. He always called us little blonde people. Did you notice?"

"Yeah, I noticed, but I'm choosing not to think about it."

Cody fell silent, thinking about how his mom was crying when they left, and how Mr. Moseby didn't seem to care, and how the rest of the staff cheered as they left the hotel.

The plane ride was smooth, and soon the plane landed at the Paramus Airport. Zack and Cody left the plane and headed to the Baggage Claim area. Zack pulled out his cell phone and dialed his mom's cell number. She picked up on the second ring and Zack greeted her with a cheerful, "Hi, Mom!"

"Is everything alright?"

"Well, apart from Cody falling from the plane at 30,000 feet and dying on impact, yeah!"

Carey was silent for a minute, so Zack immediately said, "I'm kidding, Mom. Cody's right here. Were both perfectly fine."

Carey exhaled in relief saying, "Don't you ever scare me like that ever again!"

Zack laughed and gave the phone to Cody, who talked to Carey about every little detail of the flight. Zack rolled his eyes and left his brother at the Baggage Claim to go find a place to rent a car.

They zoomed down the highway in a black mustang. Cody asked Zack, "How did you get this car for so little? We have it for 3 weeks and for practically nothing! This kind of car is expensive to rent for weeks at a time. How did you do it?" Zack smiled and said, "I have my ways…" Cody said back, "It was a girl working the rent-counter, wasn't it." Zack answered, "Yes, and she was very happy to give us this nice Mustang for 3 weeks for the price of a day. I love being good-looking!" It was true. When Zack and Cody had turned 15, they gradually started getting better and better looking. Girls in high school hung all over the more adventurous Zack, while a few flirted with the shyer Cody. Both had their fair share of girlfriends, though. Cody suddenly asked, "Hey, Zack? Do you remember Maddie?"

"Maddie? Our old baby-sitter I was in love with? Of course I remember her! Why?"

"I was just wondering what happened to her."

"She went away to some college here in beautiful New Jersey."

"Do you know where?"

"No! And why are you suddenly interested in Maddie? You're not falling for her, are you? She's mine, so back off!"

"I was just curious!"

They kept driving in silence, both remembering back when Maddie left. Zack had been heartbroken. He was only 15 at the time, but he knew he was in love with Maddie. Zack was the last person on Maddie's list to say goodbye to. On the day she was leaving, she went to his suite to say goodbye.

Flashback to the day Maddie left for College

Maddie knocked on the suite on the 23rd floor. A solemn voice said, "Come in." Maddie opened the door and yelled, "Zack? Are you here?" Zack came walking out of the bedroom he shared with Cody and said, "Maddie? I thought you were leaving?"

"I wanted to say goodbye to you first."

"Really?"

"Really."

Maddie walked over to Zack and gave him a hug and said, "I'm going to miss you, Zack."

Zack willingly returned the hug and said, "I'll miss you, too, Maddie." Maddie could feel the wet, warmness of tears on her yellow shirt.

Maddie broke the hug and looked into Zack's sad eyes as he said, "I still love you, Maddie." She smiled, knowing he meant it. She leaned in and gave Zack a kiss on the lips. She pulled away quickly and turned around, embarrassed at what she had done. Zack was still surprised that his dream girl had just kissed him. Without turning around, Maddie said, "Goodbye, Zack." Zack snapped back in reality and said, "Bye, Maddie." She walked out of the suite and left the hotel immediately.

End of Flashback

Cody's goodbye with Maddie was much quicker and nicer. They said goodbye and then hugged before Maddie went to find Zack. They pulled into the Dorm Parking Lot at Berkley and stared up at the huge building in front of them. They got out of the car and headed to find out where they would be staying.

They walked down the hallway and looked for their room. Mr. Moseby had financed their college tuition, and got them one of the nicest rooms. He had said he wanted to do whatever he could to help further their education, but everyone knew it was to make sure they were out of his hair and his hotel. Zack opened a door and looked in the room.

A girl with blonde hair was sitting with her back to them in front of a laptop. Zack cleared his throat and the girl turned around. She said, "May I help you?" Zack stared at her for a minute thinking, She looks so familiar… When he didn't answer, Cody said, "We're trying to find this dorm room." He showed her the paper with their room assignment on it and she said, "That's next door." Cody thanked her and started to their door. Zack kept staring at her and said, "Have me met? You look familiar."

"So do you. My name's Maddie."

"Maddie?"

"Yeah?"

"Did you used to work at the Tipton Hotel in Boston?"

"That's a little straight forward, but yeah, why?"

"Maddie! It's me! Zack!"

Maddie widened her eyes and said, "Zack?"

He nodded his head and then grabbed Maddie in a big hug, which to his surprise she returned. Cody came up behind Zack and said, "Uh, Zack?" Zack immediately pulled back and said, "What, Cody!" Cody replied, "Why are you hugging our next-dorm neighbor? Hey! That was funny!"

"No, not really! And, Cody…this isn't just our neighbor. This is Maddie!"

"Maddie?"

"Yeah!"

"Tipton Maddie?"

"Yeah!"

"Girl you were in love with Maddie!"

"Yeah!"

"Girl you're still obsessed—"

Zack put his hand over Cody's mouth and said, "Yes!"

Cody looked at the blushing blonde behind Zack and said, "Maddie?" She smiled and gave Cody a hug and said, "Hi, Cody." Cody looked from Maddie to Zack and back to Maddie and then back to Zack. He saw the pleading look in Zack's eyes and said, "It's nice to see you, Maddie. Well, uh…I'm just going to leave now and uh…go unpack! We're right next door, Zack! Bye!" Cody hurried off down the hall and disappeared into a doorway. Maddie said to him, "Come in! We have so much to catch up on!"

A/N-

Note #1- Hey, I know it's a on the short side. This was fun to write. I am obsessed with Harry Potter, but I ventured away from the Wizarding World and came to look at some of my favorite TV shows. I came up with this story idea in a dream. It was kind of weird, actually. That's a different story for a later date.

Note #2- There was a lot of controversy on where the twins would go to college. It had to be a place that Maddie, Zack, and Cody would want to attend. I actually did research on colleges and found Berkley. Whether I spelled it write or not is beyond me, but I tried.

Note #3- I tried to work in some of the boy's way of speaking into this, but they have matured, so I tried to only work a little bit in there.

Note #4- HAHAHA! What will become of Zack and Maddie entering Maddie's room? What a doozey of a cliffhanger, if I do say so myself!

Note #5- I LOVE to hear from my readers! I absolutely adore reading what people think of my story, so please review!

Hope to hear from ya soon,

Love,

Dangerous Combonation