*Disclaimer* I don't own The Suite Life on Deck or any of the characters, much as I'd LOVE to, and the only thing I own is the plot.
A kindasorta fluffy story about Zack and Bailey, life and death and everything between, where they are actually put in a life-and-death situation... sorta, anyway.
Pure, honest Zailey from this point in, but maybe I'll be nice and pair off some of the other characters.
Anyway! Enough babbling, enjoy the story!
Love and hugs,
-Amy x

Six days.
He had just six days.
Sure, it should've been seven, but he'd put off doing anything the first day. He had his reasons... the deadly virus that was potentially coursing through his veins being a big one, but there were smaller reasons, too.
Like the fact that it was Her, always with a capital H, and he was Him, and the other Him was Her Boyfriend.
Not that Her Boyfriend was here, or anywhere near here... He was too much of a wimp to dare enter the now-sealed-off room where Zack had found himself trapped with Her.
Six days.
He, Zackary Dylan Martin, had just six days to make Her, Bailey Debby Pickett, fall in love with him. Piece of cake, he was sure. Not that He liked Her that way...
In all honesty?
He blamed London.

Marcus sat at the smoothie counter, eyes narrowed at Zack as he waited for him to answer. Zack, however, seemed less interested in their game than Marcus, and was more preoccupied watching the bikini-clad girls lounging on the deckchairs.
"Zack!" Marcus broke Zack's concentration "Truth or dare?"
Zack's eyes rolled at the distraction, then sighed,
"Dare."
Marcus smirked, eyes glittering, and glanced around the deck for inspiration. He clocked a couple sitting a distance away, heads together as they studied the same textbook, and got an idea. A dare so brilliant, that even legendary dare-master Zackary Martin wouldn't be able to complete.
"I dare you to..." Marcus paused, trying to add tension "Make Bailey fall in love with you"
Zack's eyes narrowed, his mind being pulled in several directions. On the one hand, Bailey was his brother's girlfriend, and that would be cruel. On the other hand, it WAS a good dare, and Zack never shied away from good dares.
And that's when London got involved.
Strutting up to the smoothie counter, dressed head-to-toe in red sequins, she was a formidable presence for such a short, skinny girl.
"...And you've only got a week to do it" Marcus concluded his dare smugly.
"What's who only got a week to do?" London interrupted before Zack could speak.
Marcus turned to London, looking coyly at her, and answered
"I've dared Zack to make Bailey fall in love with him in a week"
London looked surprised, then exploded in a fit of laughter
"You're not serious, are you? Look at how she's dressed, the girl obviously has NO sense" London smirked, sneering at Bailey's sensible jeans, tee, and white converse whilst stroking her own dazzling outfit.
"Besides, I thought she and Cody were still all loved up in smart-person world?"
Marcus' smile grew wider.
"They are, that's why Zack's not going to be able to do it"
"Ooh!" London squealed "I'll make it more interesting! Do it, and I'll give you $1000"
Zack looked stunned.
"Why would you do that?"
London rolled her eyes
"Because I'm sick of Bailey always going on about Cody." She imitated Bailey's accent, badly, "Oh, Cody's so cute, and so smart! He could be a 5-star chef, or a doctor, or a scientist, or anything else. We're going to live together, and get married, and have three children, blah blah blah"
London's previously sour expression suddenly brightened and she smiled at Zack again
"So, $1000 for getting rid of THAT? Go ahead"
With that, she pulled out her chequebook, wrote a cheque for $1000, handed it to Marcus, and flounced off.

So it really was all London's fault.
The reason he'd gone through with the dare, that is.
Being stuck in a quarantined cabin because Miss Tutweiller hadn't explained that the flask in the supply closet he'd been playing catch with contained Cryptococcus gattii, a potentially deadly virus, and so shouldn't be smashed...
That was his fault.
Bailey being stuck in there with him though... Well, she shouldn't have got involved and come to see what he was doing, distracting him and causing the flask to slip through his fingers and smash on the ground.
So it was Her fault too.
And now...
Now he had six days, locked in a room with Her, to make the Her in question fall in love with Him. Like he said, piece of cake.

So, how will things go in the quarantine? And moreover, how does Zack plan to do the impossible in just six days?
Sugar, spice, and everything nice for readers and reviewers!
Much love, guys!