Chapter One: It's a hard life.

I've become part of the past.

I'm becoming the part that don't last.

I'm losing you and it's effortless.

Mattie Fitzpatrick laid in her bed. Thinking. Life had been so hard for her these past few months. She never seemed to be happy. Nobody liked her and she was stuck working at the candy counter for just enough money to get by. She had no money for an apartment, so she had to stay in a suite at the Tipton, where she works. She picked up a picture of everyone she used to love. She looked at it and cried. It was a picture of her family. Maddie also had a picture of the guy she liked, but it pained her even more to look at it. Suddenly, she heard knocking at her door. She got out of her bed and answered. It was London Tipton.

"Maddie! I was wondering..could you break in my new shoes?!" London said. London was a rich snob. She made people do everything for her, and got whatever she wanted. Since Maddie had been around, London had been putting everything on her.

"London! Do I have to?! Can't you get someone else to do it?!"

"Moseby, Arwin, and Esteban's feet are too big. Zack and Cody are gone. Carey is out singing. You are the only one left to do it!"

"Well, London, I'm not going to," Maddie said as she shut the door and walked back to her bed. London began banging on Maddie's door again. She flung the door open, "WHAT LONDON?!" Maddie yelled.

"I'll pay you 500 dollars!" London exclaimed. Mattie could use that money, and London really would pay her.

"Fine," Maddie said, and strapped on the pink heels with diamonds on them. Her feet were too big, also, but it was worth it for the money.

"Feel better now London?!" Maddie asked.

"Yes, I do! YAY ME!" London yelled and strutted off.