A/N:This is my first fanfic ever, so please let me know what you think! This goes back a little bit in the series, to before the first season ended. Just my little take on things ;) Let me know what you think!
I own none of these characters, the TV show, or the setting. I only own Lenny, my own character
Bailey ran down the stairs to the deck where Cody and Zack were resting, drinking some smoothies. "Hey guys!" she greeted brightly, bouncing up and down.
"What's got you all perky?" Zack asked her, taking a sip of his banana smoothie.
"Well, my best friend Lenny is coming in from Kettle Corn! And she's going to be staying here on the boat with us now that London's graduated!" Bailey announced excitedly.
"Cool," Cody commented, "When's she coming?"
"She should be here in a couple of hours. I'm going to make sure the room's perfect for her when she gets here," Bailey said, waving bye.
Zack was working at the juice bar later when a girl walked up to the bar. Zack didn't really pay attention to her, he was busy trying to find a quarter he had dropped. "Hey, do you know where I can find…" the girl started.
"Could you give me a break here? I'm looking for something!" Zack snapped at her.
"Boy, you're rude," the girl shot back. She got up off of the stool and headed toward Cody. "Hello. I was wondering if I could find Bailey Picket anywhere?" she asked.
"Oh, hello! You must be Lenny, Bailey's best friend that she's been talking about! I'm Cody Martin," Cody introduced himself, extending his hand for a shake.
"So you're Cody!" Lenny replied, shaking his hand. "Bailey's told me a lot about you." She looked Cody up and down. "Yup, I always knew she had good taste in boys. She's bragged to me about your 5.0 average. Up top," Lenny said, holding her hand up for a high five, which Cody returned.
Meanwhile, Zack had found his quarter and saw Cody talking to a pretty girl, so he walked over. "Hey, and who is this lovely young lady?" Zack asked Cody.
"This is Lenny, Bailey's friend," Cody replied to his brother.
"And I'm…" Zack began.
"Rude?" Lenny interrupted.
Zack looked offended. "Yes," Cody assured her. "He's also my twin brother."
"Really?" Lenny asked skeptically, she squinted before finally saying, "Oh, I'm sorry, it's just that Cody looks so much cuter than you."
"I'm the cute one," Cody whispered excitedly to Zack. "Bailey even bragged to her about me."
"Well, what did Bailey say about me, Zack?" Zack asked, flipping his hair.
"She said you were the rude, meaner one who worked at the smoothie bar… remind me not to order from him," Lenny muttered to Cody.
"What else did Bailey say about me?" Cody asked.
"Well… I don't want to embarrass her or anything…" Lenny started. "But she also said that you were smart, quirky, funny, sweet, adorable, cute, and that you smell heavenly…" Lenny sniffed. "Pine? Bailey loves it. Eh, personally I'm more of a fruity, sweet, candy type, but Bay loves the smell of home."
"Lenny!" Bailey exclaimed, running down the stairs to meet her friend. "Bay!" They hugged each other. "I've missed you so much!" they said at the same time before squealing. "Did you get the scholarship?" Bailey asked.
"Yes! But… Well, I have to work on the ship too…" Lenny confessed to Bailey.
"Did you cash out your student card?" Zack asked her hopefully.
Lenny scoffed, "What do I look like? And irresponsible jerk?" She turned to Bailey again, "I have to pay for my meals and stuff by singing every Friday."
"I cannot wait to hear you perform again!" Bailey exclaimed.
"And I can't wait to put on a show!" Lenny replied before Bailey took her to their room.
"You know… There's something about that girl that I don't like…" Zack trailed off.
Cody scoffed, "Obviously, unlike most other girls, she's got good taste with the Codester!"
Lenny was settling into her room and Bailey was helping her. "So… Did you tell Cody you have a crush on him?" Lenny asked mischievously.
Bailey scoffed, "No! No, I do not have a crush on Cody Martin!"
"You're blushing as red as a tomato in the morning sunrise, Bay. You so like him," Lenny accused. "He likes you too… a lot."
Bailey rolled her eyes, "I have no idea what you're talking about. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and… fix my make up…"
"Turning yourself pale as a ghost won't hide your blush!" Lenny hollered to Bailey as she went into the bathroom.
Later, Lenny, Bailey, and Cody were on the stage on the deck, setting up the equipment for Lenny to practice. "Ready?" Cody asked Lenny, his hand poised and ready above the button to turn it all on.
Lenny held her thumbs up. Cody hit the button and took the seat beside Bailey. Lenny opened her mouth and began to sing "My Heart Will Go On" from the Titanic, ironic since they were on a ship. As she finished the last note, Cody and Bailey got up and applauded. "That was awesome!" Bailey told her friend. "You've gotten even better than last time."
Zack came from behind the Juice Bar and commented, "Eh, I've heard better."
Lenny scoffed and rolled her eyes, "It's not like you could do better."
"Hey, don't try to do stand up comedy too, stretch yourself too thin and you'll hurt yourself," Zack retorted.
Lenny took the microphone again and asked Cody, "What song do you think I should do now?"
"How about 'Can You Feel the Love Tonight'?" Cody asked.
"That's my favorite song!" Bailey announced.
"Really?" Cody asked, feigning surprise.
"Alright," Lenny said, muttering, "One for the lovebirds…" before bursting into the song.
The next day in class, Miss Tutweiler introduced Lenny to the class. "Alright everyone, this is our newest student, Nellie Marquez."
"Nellie…" Zack snickered from the back of the classroom.
"Zack! Be nice to her!" Miss Tutweiler yelled as Lenny shot him a nasty look and Bailey gave her an encouraging smile. "But she goes by Lenny."
"Don't worry Miss Tutweiler, I can handle it," Lenny said sweetly.
Miss Tutweiler still looked wary as she showed Lenny to her seat in front of Zack. Zack spent the morning trying to break Lenny's iron tight attention to class through everything from spitballs (which she dodged perfectly each time) to farting noises, but only succeeded in getting himself a detention. Boy, was Lenny going to get it… He had big plans for tonight, big plans! He was going to ask a cute girl that he had been talking to before, but now, all because of Lenny and her undeterred attention and tattletaling, he couldn't go!
After Zack finally got out of detention, Lenny was getting ready for her show. Cody and Bailey were helping her set up the equipment, so he decided to join them. "Hey Zack! Could you run to my room real quick and grab Len's music CD? It's on her desk," Bailey asked him, juggling a microphone stand and wires in her hands as Lenny rushed over to help her.
"No problem," Zack said, running off to their room.
As Zack picked up the CD from Lenny's desk, he decided to disorganize it, just to mess with her. As he picked up a book to put it in a drawer, he saw another CD marked "LENNY'S SINGING". He had just been going to put a whoopee cushion in her seat to embarrass her tomorrow, but this would be much better… He grabbed the CD as well.
Later that night, at the end of Lenny's concert, she was asked for an encore. This was Zack's chance. As she started her rendition of "Gitchee Gitchee Goo", he put in the CD of her singing and found the track. Then he fast forwarded to where she was in the song before replaying the part she was on over and over again, as she stood on stage in confusion.
"She's just been lip synching!" a man from the audience called out in anger, eliciting a chorus of boos from the audience, except for Bailey and Cody.
"No! Wait! I haven't! I…" Lenny defended herself as people stormed out. She looked close to tears. Before Bailey or Cody could stop her, she ran offstage.
Zack, meanwhile, wondered what in the world had gone so wrong…
The next day was Saturday, no school! And Zack's favorite day of the week. He went to go find Bailey and Cody to hang out, and found them by the Juice Bar with a sobbing Lenny. "What happened?" Zack asked, worried.
"Zack, you're good at negotiating-slash-manipulating!" Cody announced to his brother.
"A true gift," Zack replied cockily. "Why?"
Bailey looked up at him pleadingly, "Mr. Moseby said that since Lenny "broke" her contract, which specifically stated that she couldn't lip sync, she would have to be fired. Then, since she got the scholarship, it would also have to be revoked! She's going to be sent back home!"
"What?" Zack screamed.
"I'm sorry, but it's true," Mr. Moseby said, coming up from behind Zack. "Lenny will be leaving at our next stop."
"Wait, Mr. Moseby, she… Lenny wasn't lip synching last night," Zack revealed.
"So I've heard. But from what I've heard from our guests it sounds like she did," Mr. Moseby replied.
"No, what I'm trying to say is…" Zack took a deep breath, "I messed up her concert last night."
Cody and Bailey gasped as Lenny looked up at Zack in horror and anger. Meanwhile Mr. Moseby threw up his hands and announced, "I should've asked you first! But… Why would you be so mean to our newest student Zack? I've always thought you an annoying prankster, but not evil."
"I got detention yesterday for trying to bug her during class and couldn't ask out this girl I liked. I was so angry I guess I overreacted," Zack confessed, hanging his head in shame.
"I suppose this is grounds for dismissal from the program," Mr. Moseby told Zack.
"But Mr. Moseby!" Cody told him, "Zack and I need to stay together!"
"They're twins!" Bailey put in.
"I'm sorry," Mr. Moseby said. "Lenny can stay, and she can keep her job, but it looks like Zack has to go."
"Mr. Moseby…" Lenny said, "What if Zack had detention every day this coming week, could not use the pool or hot tub facilities for the rest of the month, had to write a five page report on proper treatment of fellow students, and had to work double shift at the Smoothie Bar? Don't you think that would be punishment enough?" Mr. Moseby still looked wary so she added, "And you could dock half of his pay for the month and make him tidy up his room."
"Well, I suppose that would be acceptable," Mr. Moseby replied. "Alright Zack, you need to do everything that Lenny just offered for you to do and you won't get kicked off the ship… yet." Mr. Moseby walked away. Cody and Bailey said something about going for a swim, leaving Lenny and Zack at the Juice Bar.
"Thanks," Zack said. "I'd better get to work at the Bar."
"Thanks for admitting to it," Lenny said back.
"Yeah… I'm really sorry for that, honest. I… I guess I got carried away," Zack replied.
"Happens a lot to you, doesn't it?" Lenny asked.
Zack sighed, "Yeah, pretty much. But you don't have to pay me back for admitting to it. You know, my mom's a singer too, back in Boston at the Tipton," He said, sliding a smoothie to her.
Lenny took a sip. "Oh, I know, thanks. This is actually pretty good. But I insist on paying you back for last night," she promised.
Zack scoffed, "I'd like to see you try."
Lenny slid a quarter off of the bar and watched as Zack dived for it. While he was bent over she poured a little of her smoothie on his head. As he got up, she said quickly, "Whoops, sorry, I'm a little clumsy," and she walked off.
"Man, she's good!" Zack exclaimed in amazement once she was gone, his hair sopping wet.
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