Maddie ran in the front doors of the Tipton, waving piece of paper and screaming "I did it! I did it!"
"Calm down, Maddie, you're scaring the guests." Mr. Moseby said while quietly trying to usher her away from the center of the lobby. "What exactly did you do?" he asked.
"I got into UCLA!" Maddie exclaimed, throwing her arms around Mr. Moseby and spinning him around.
"Well, that's wonderful news, Maddie. We sure will miss you, when you leave." Moseby replied.
"The thing is I don't know if I'm going to go." Maddie said. "It's a lot of money and I'm not sure I want to be so far away from all my friends and family. To be honest, I'm just thrilled to have been accepted."
Maddie hadn't noticed that a certain set of blonde twins had overheard the first part of her conversation.
"UCLA? That's not around here, is it?" Zack whispered to Cody.
"Duh, no! UCLA stands for the University of California in Los Angeles, which if you know anything about geography, indicates that it is about as far away from here as one can get and still be in the United States." Cody answered.
Zack's heart dropped into his stomach. Without another word, he took off running for the elevator, blinking back tears.
Cody just stared after him. "I guess he's still not over her" he thought to himself. Truth was, Cody himself was saddened at the thought of Maddie leaving, but he knew for Zack it would be much worse. He headed after his brother, wondering how he was going to get him through this.