Yeah. Here's my new TSL story...my other one is still in-progress, I'm just running out of ideas for where it's headed. But with this one, I've got plenty ! I hope you like it !

Chapter 1

"Hey Maddie," Zack said, flashing her an adorable smile as he came home from school on a Friday afternoon. Maddie just rolled her eyes. "It's spring break! Finally! Now I can spend all my beloved time with you!" Maddie sighed heavily. "Can I have a pack of gum?"

Maddie handed him the gum and gave him his change. Zack opened his mouth again to say something, but his mother Carey cut him off.

"Oh good, Zack, I'm glad I found you- wait, where's Cody?" she asked.

"I'm not sure, exactly. I do know that he had to stay at school late for some student council meeting," he replied and rolled his eyes.

"Okay, well when he gets home, can both of you come see me upstairs? I need to talk to you two," Carey said.

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to do it!" Zack cried.

"Do what?" she asked, dryly.

Zack realized she had no clue about the fact that he broke towel holder in the bathroom. "Uhh...nevermind," he said and walked quickly to the elevator.

"You know I'll find out sooner or later!" Carey yelled after him. Then she strode off to the cabaret room to practice her number with the new band.

The door opened and Cody walked in.

"Hi, Cody, good I'm glad you're back," Carey said. "Zack get in here!" Zack came out of his room and plopped down on the couch next to Cody. "Okay," Carey started. "So first of all, Zack I know you broke the towel holder, but Arwin agreed to fix it. Luckily." Zack made a face, then she continued. "So anyway, my old friend from high school is coming to visit for a while, so she'll be staying here."

"Okay," Zack and Cody chorused.

"I want both of you to be on your best behavior and show her what good kids you both are," she told them.

"Yepp," Zack sighed.

"Okay, Mom," Cody replied.

"Good. She'll be here tomorrow morning, pretty early, too, so get to bed early tonight. Arwin told me he'd babysit for you while I'm at my show." Carey got up to go make dinner while she made the twins clean there room.

"I'm not cleaning your side of the room again, Zack," Cody told him.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. This weekends gonna be boring," he said. "I mean, think about it. Mom's old friend from high school is coming over, so they're gonna be all happy talking about the 'good ol' days' and what are we gonna do when we have to be good?"

"I don't know, maybe there stories will be fun to listen to!" Cody replied.

"We really aren't related," Zack said gloomily.

"Okay, guys! Get up!" Carey shouted as she pushed open the door to their bedroom. "Rise and shine, sleepyheads."

Cody groaned as he sat up and Zack just rolled over and pulled the pillow over his head.

"Cody, please wake your brother up," his mom said, shutting the door behind her.

Cody crawled out of bed and jumped over onto Zack's. He jumped up and down screaming, "GET UP, GET UP!"

"AHHHHH!" Zack screamed as he shot up from the mattress. Cody started laughing hysterically, until Zack tripped him then pushed his face into the covers, sitting atop his back yelling, "LOSER!"

"Boys!" Carey yelled, coming into the room. "BOYS!" she yelled again when neither of the two made any acknowledgment of her. They both stopped immediately. "Stop fighting and get ready, she'll be here soon!"

Cody jumped in the shower, while Zack quickly threw on some clothes and ran his fingers through his hair, his way of using a brush.

Ding-dong--

The doorbell rang and Carey sprang for the door to answer it.

"Carey!"

"Vicky!" Carey cried and enveloped her old friend in a hug. "Oh my, you look great!" she said, stepping back and taking a look at her long-time pal.

"You, too! And to think that you had twins!" Vicky responded. "Where are they, by the way?"

"Well, here's Zack," Carey said, gesturing toward him. "But Cody's still in the shower." Vicky ran up to Zack and gave him a quick squeeze.

"You look so much like your mother!" she said, warmly.

"Thanks, I guess!" Zack smiled.

"Carey, I'm so sorry I didn't tell you sooner, but my two kids were supposed to be with their father this weekend, but he cancelled since he's on a month long business trip to China! China!" she laughed.

"Oh, no problem at all, they can hang out with Zack and Cody. Where are they?"

"Right here," Vicky said as a girl about the twins' age came walking in, followed by a boy slightly older. "This is Alyssa. She's 13," she told them, as Alyssa waved. "And here is my son, Billy. He's 15."

Zack studied the girl carefully. She was, to him, absolutely gorgeous! Her hair was light brown with chunky blonde hightlights, with a little bit of side bangs on the left of her face, slightly covering her eye. She wasn't extremely skinny, but she wasn't considered heavy either - she was just perfect. Either way, Zack thought she was perfect anyhow.

"Why don't you kids sit down and get to know each other while I go help your mom grab some stuff out of the car and show her around the hotel?" Carey suggested. They all nodded and Alyssa and Billy sat down on the couch next to each other, then Zack came up and sat next to Alyssa. "We'll be back in a little while. Have fun and be good!" Then they left, laughing.

"So...Hi, I'm Zack," Zack said, flashing Alyssa a smile.

"Hi," Billy and Alyssa responded at the same time. Zack actually became aware that Billy was there now.

"So, where are you from?" Zack asked, making casual conversation.

"California," Alyssa responded with a sigh. She was feeling a little homesick already.

"We had a long flight," Billy informed him.

Zack nodded. "So..." Silence; awkward silence.

The bathroom door opened and Cody came out with a towel around his waist and his long hair wet and sticking to the sides of his face. Everyone turned to look at him. He froze and stared blankly at all of them with wide eyes.

"Uh...hello," he said, nonchalantly. "Don't mind me..." he said quickly then sped off to his room, closing the door swiftly behind him.

Alyssa smiled with a little laughter. "Was that your brother?" she asked.

Zack shook his head. "No, we just happen to look alike."

"Whoa," Billy said randomly. "You've got the new XBOX 360?"

"Yeah, wanna play it?" Zack asked. Billy's smile grew and he nodded. The boys began playing Grand Theft Auto and Alyssa sat there, bored out of her mind, wondering where the other boy had went. She got up quietly, without the slightest peep, going completely unnoticed by the boys. Zack didn't even notice as he was trying to impress her with his mad skills.

She gently knocked on the door she saw Cody run into. The door opened almost instantly.

"Uhh...hi," she said, surprised the door opened that fast.

"Sorry, I was just about to come out," Cody responded, "but you can come in if you want." He moved out of the way so Alyssa could enter. She did and he gently closed the door behind her. "I'm Cody," he said, putting out his hand for her to shake it. She smiled and did so.

"Alyssa," she said smoothly.

Cody felt the same way Zack had about her. He thought she was absolutely beautiful. The way her straightened hair partially covered her left eye made him weak in the knees. It was just then that he had finally gotten a good look at her. She wasn't tall, in fact she was rather short. But then again, so was he; yet, she was shorter than him.

"So...where are you from?" he asked, shyly.

"Well, I live with my mom...you see, my parents are divorced, butmy brother and Igo with my dad every once in a while since we live far away from him...we live in Los Angeles with my mom and my dad lives in West Virgina, so then we only get to see him on holidays and over summer break..and...oh, sorry I'm babbling," she said and blushed.

"No, it's okay," he replied. "I like to hear you babble," he said dreamily. Alyssa blushed again, this time smiling. Finally coming back to earth, Cody spoke again. "My parents are divorced, too. Except my dad is in a rock band and travels the country on a huge tour bus!"

"That's so cool!" Alyssa replied. "I wish my dad had a cool job like that. Mine's just this big-shot president for a company that sells toothepaste." They both giggled nervously.

Wow is she pretty or what? Cody thought.

Oh my God; he's so cute! Alyssa thought as well.

It started to get late and Carey and Vicky had arrived back a short time later. The kids listened to them tell stories about when they were younger and fun times that their mothers remembered together. The whole time, Cody and Alyssa both kept sneaking glances at each other. Zack kept sneaking glances at Alyssa and kept wondering why she was always staring at Cody. Billy noticed it all: Zack and Cody both liked Alyssa, Alyssa liked Cody, and Billy liked Zack better than Cody (as a friend). Things were getting pretty interesting around there.