Disclaimer: I do not own The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. If I did then this wouldn't be a FAN fiction, now would it? I wish I did own it though…cuz then I'd bring Trevor in more.

Chapter 1. Loneliness

Zack Martin is the popular guy, the "King of the Court", everybody knows that. Zack just wanted to know…is that the only thing they think he is? Zack knew himself that he could be a pain in the…rear end sometimes, a walking advocate of chaos, insensitive. What people didn't know, though, was that even though he could be surrounded by people…he was still alone.

Zack would go and do spontaneous things, but that's because he believes that the hardest thing in this world is to live in it. (A/N: I heard that was in a book or something, but I got that from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.) Zack was insensitive because he felt that showing emotion was showing vulnerability, and Zack would rather jump into a pit of venomous snakes than be vulnerable.

Zack walked up to the Tipton Hotel, the place he called "home". He was about to walk in the door until he saw a blonde girl sitting against the wall on the sidewalk, with her knees pulled up to her chest. The girl was rocking back and forth, crying her eyes out. That girl was someone Zack would kill for. Maddie.

"Maddie?" Zack would ask as he knelt down beside her, "Maddie, what's wrong?"

Zack placed a hand on Maddie's shoulder, only to have Maddie jerk away. Zack gently placed his hand on Maddie's shoulder again, speaking calmly to her.

"Maddie, it's me, Zack. What's wrong?"

Maddie looked up, softly whimpering from the crying as her watery eyes looked up at Zack's eyes.

"My whole life is a wreck, Zack. My mom has cancer, my dad walked out because he had a huge fight with my mom, my brother is an annoying pest that just lives to make my life miserable, and to top it all off with a nice, big, red, shiny cherry…Trevor dumped me because of some differences we had. My whole life is a living hell…I just wish I was dead right now."

Zack moved so that he was sitting down next to Maddie before he wrapped his arms around her and gently pulled her close to his body, holding her as he gently rubbed her back.

"Maddie, don't ever say that you wish you were dead. The hardest thing in this world is to live in it, and if you run away from every problem that you face in life then you're not living. You may be walking and breathing, but not living. Life is all about taking chances. Life has obstacles so that we can take chances. You'll never know what might have been if you don't walk over fire every once in a while, Maddie. Now, I know that it hurts, but it'll get better, I promise. I know that it hurts to breathe, and that it hurts just to exist right now, but you're not alone. You have my mom, Cody, Mr. Moseby, Esteban, your mom, your grandma…and me. I'll always be there if you fall, Maddie. My whole life I've felt like I can be surrounded by people and still be alone…and right now you might feel like you're alone…but neither of us will be alone as long as we stick together. I know it's not much…but it's what I believe. I love you, Maddie…I mean it."

So, what do you think? Good? Bad? Let me know, I think I might make more chapters and actually stick to this one unlike my other 2 fan fictions.