My first Suite Life of Zack and Cody Fanfic. My cousin is obsessed with Cole Sprouse, so I figured I dedicate this to her. And I'll take Dylan! 3

Chapter 1

It was Friday afternoon and the Martin twins were getting themselves into mischief again. Zack was always the instigator, and Cody just went along with it. Zack had always had a crush on Maddie Fitzpatrick, the hotel gift shop clerk, but Cody didn't have a crush on anyone. Until later that afternoon when he met the girl of his dreams.

It was right after school, just when Zack and Cody usually entered the Tipton Hotel being loud and yelling at each other. But today was different. When Zack and Cody entered the hotel, they were still yelling at each other, but as soon as Cody noticed the girl sitting in the lobby, he quickly shut up and began to sweat.

"Zack, who is that girl?" Cody asked him.

"How should I know?" he answered, acting like he didn't care.

"I have to find out her name..." Cody went on.

"Here, I'll help you!" Zack told Cody as he walked over to where the girl was sitting. "Hi, I'm Zack." Cody just stood there in shock.

The girl had curly brown hair and golden eyes. She had a few freckles and she was sort of tall. She was wearing jeans and a cute tank top with little pink gems along the straps. Cody thought she was the most beautiful girl that he ever saw.

"So, I have an identical twin brother and he has a huge crush on you!" Zack told the girl. Cody's jaw dropped as he ran over to Zack.

"What are you doing!" he yelled. His face turned bright red and then he noticed that the girl was right there. "Uh... Hi," he said, "I'm Cody." The girl laughed. Cody loved the way she laughed.

"I'm Shannon," she told him. She put out her hand for Cody to shake it. "I'd love to stay and chat," she told them, "but I need to unpack my stuff. I'm moving in. On the 23rd floor."

"We live on the 23rd floor!" Cody almost jumped out of his skin. Then he remembered the apartment down the hall from there's was empty with no one living in it. He figured that that was the apartment that Shannon was moving into.

"Cool, then I guess I'll be seeing you around a lot," she said as she smiled at him. Then she waved and began to walk to the elevator, but she turned around and looked at Cody. "Um...Do you think you can help me find my room?" she asked him. He was so excited that he almost fainted.

"gulp S...sure!" He was so excited.

They went into the elevator as Zack stood there in shock. He wished Maddie paid that much attention to him. Then he went over to the gift shop, where Maddie worked as the clerk.

"Hey sweet thang!" he said as he looked at Maddie.

"What so you want Zack?" she said before looking up at him.

"Nothing, just to talk to my favorite girl!" He smiled, but Maddie still paid no attention to him.

"So where's Cody?" she asked.

"Oh, I just got him a girlfriend...now I'm all alone..." he said sadly, trying to make Maddie feel sorry for him. It didn't work.

Meanwhile in the elevator, Cody loved being there and talking with Shannon.

"So, how old are you?" she asked him.

"12, but I'll be 12 soon!" he told her in his adorably perky voice.

"Cool, me too!" she seemed excited that they were the same age.

"Do you have any siblings?" he asked. He wanted to find out as much about her as possible.

"Yeah, a sister, Kelli."

"Yeah, I just have Zack, lucky me..." They laughed.

"Do you have a boyfriend?" he asked her so randomly.

"No...why?" She gave him a curious look.

"Oh...well...I...I...I...was...just wondering..." Shannon didn't buy it and he knew it. Then she laughed as Cody's face turned red. He just smiled at her. Then she smiled back.

"I don't have a girlfriend either!" he told her happily. Then the bell rang as they reached the 23rd floor. "Ladies first," he told her as he let her walk out first.

"Oh, Cody, your so funny!" She giggled.

"This way." He walked towards her apartment. She followed him.

"Here we are!" he said.

"Thank you so much, Cody! I'll talk to you later, ok?" She smiled.

"Sure!" He smiled and then as she walked in and closed the door, he left.

When he got back down to the lobby, he ran to find Zack.

"Zack!" he yelled. "ZACK!"

"What do you want, dimwit?" Zack was standing right behind him.

"Thank you so much! I've finally met the girl of my dreams!"

"Yeah, no problem. Now if only I could get my own 'girl of my dreams' to pay attention to me," he mumbled to himself.

"I've got to go plan on how to ask her out!" he told Zack as he ran back to the elevator. Zack was sort of jealous that Cody got a girl and he didn't. He had something up his sleeve.

I hope you liked it! 3 Boop