Travis was new to the Tipton hotel. He was a sixteen year-old, tall, and handsome orphan. He had spiked blonde hair and his brown eyes glinted in a certain light. He was a person of musical talents. He was starting as a candy counter guy in the hotel. He'd also be living there for quite some time.

Travis ran into the hotel at great speed. He was stopped by Mr. Moseby, his manager.

"I'm sorry I'm late, sir. School ran kinda long." said Travis gasping for air.

"Don't you go to the same school as Maddie?"

"Yes. Well, I got detention."

"For what?"

"Let's just say this black eye hiding behind my hair isn't from playing basketball."

"Look, if you want to keep this job, you need to be here on time and stop getting in trouble. Now get to work."

"Yes, sir." replied Travis, then he walked over to the counter by Maddie.

"Hey Travis. How's your eye?" asked Maddie, moving his hair to look at it.

"It's cool. How's your sister and her husband?"

"Alright. I'm just happy I-"

"Hey there, sweet thang." said a boy with blonde hair, about the age of thirteen. Next to him was an exact replica of himself.

"Hey Maddie." said the boy next to the first one.

"Isn't she to old for you?" asked Travis.

"Who are you to tell me what to do?"

"First off, my name is Travis. Please to make your acquaintance. Second, I'm your elder. Third, I work here. Now what do you want?" Travis replied.

"A Hershey's bar and Maddie." said the boy.

"You can have the candy but not Maddie. Now which one? Nuts or no nuts?" asked Travis, not talking about the candy.

"No nuts. By the way, I'm Zack. And this is my brother, Cody." said Zack as Travis passed him the chocolate bar.

"Well, it's nice to meet you Zack and Cody. And I hope to see you again, soon."

"Don't worry you will." The two boys then ran off to wreck havoc.

"You shouldn't have said that. Those two live in the hotel. You'll be seeing them all the time now." said Travis's employer's daughter, London Tipton.

"Big deal. They can't be that bad." Suddenly, there was a large crash.

"Zack! Cody!" called a female voice. The boys ran and hid behind the candy counter by Maddie and Travis's feet. Travis looked down to find them in feedle position.

"What was that?" asked London, totally oblivious to what was going on.

"Mr. Moseby have you seen my children?" said the woman that yelled, walking toward the front counter.

"That way." said Mr. Moseby pointing toward Maddie, London, and Travis.

"Maddie, London, have you seen Zack and Cody?"

"Umm, no Carey. We haven't seen them anywhere." said Maddie.

"Hmm. Mr. Moseby said they were over here. Ah well. I'll catch them tonight. At home. You look familiar. You're the new guy, right?" said Carey.

"You're… You're… You're Carey Martin." Travis stuttered.

"You know who I am?" asked Carey.

"Yeah. You're only the greatest singer in the universe. You inspired me to get involved in music."

"Really. Great to know that. What's your name?"

"Uh, Travis."

"So, what instruments do you play?" asked Carey.

"I play the drums, guitar, piano, I sing, and I play a little alto sax."

"Nice variety." said Carey.

"Carey, we need to finish practicing." said a man on the other side of the lobby.

"OK! I'll be right there! So, tell me if you see Zack and Cody. See you guys, later."

"Bye Carey." said London.

Carey turned and waved and then walked around the corner from which she came.

"That was a close one. Thanks guys." said Cody.

"So you play the guitar?" asked Zack.

"Yup. A hobby of mine."

"Ultra cool. Do you think you can teach me some chords?" inquired Zack excitedly.

"Sure. But it'll be a lot of hard work. I'm staying in suite 2398. You guys can come and hang out if you'd like to." offered Travis.

"I'm down." said Maddie.

"Sweet." said Cody.

"I'm down if my sweet thang's down." said Zack.

"How many times do I have to say some of this candy is older than you" asked Maddie, quite disturbed.

"As many times as you want Sweet Thang, but I will always answer that none of it is as sweet as me." replied Zack. Maddie shuddered.

"What about you London?"

"OK. I'll just need Esteban to come along. Esteban!"

"Yes Miss Tipton." said Esteban the bell hop, with his thick accent.

"I need you to come with me to Travis's suite at-"

"7, 7:30ish." said Travis, finishing London's sentence.

"You heard him. Be at my suite at 6:45." said London.

Travis walked to his suite. His mind was only on the moment he met Carey Martin.

"She recognized me" was all he could think. He walked into his suite. He fell onto the couch and relaxed for a few seconds. He watched TV as he lay there thinking. In a few minutes, London, Zack, Cody, and Maddie would be there. He then got up and went to his closet to change his clothes. He took off his uniform and changed into a tore-up pair of jeans and a tight-fit black shirt. He walked to the door for there was a knock. He opened it to find his guests.

"Welcome to my humble abode." said Travis bowing. They all walked in and sat on the couch. Everyone except Esteban.

"London? Why did you bring Esteban?" asked Travis.

"To get me things. Like I'm really going to get up and get it myself." answered London.

"Ahh. You know that explains so much." Travis said to Maddie, as she nodded her head. "So what do you guys want to do?"

"Play video games!" said the twins simultaneously.

"Video games it is. Maddie?"

"I'm into music." replied Maddie.

"Playing or listening?"

"More like singing and listening."

"Sweet. London?"

"Nothing." said London.

"OK. So that's video games for the twins, music for Maddie, and nothing for London. Got it?" said Travis. He ran to his room and grabbed his boom box and a couple CDs from his collection. When he returned, Zack and Cody already had the video games hooked up and London was having Esteban do her nails. Maddie walked over to him and helped him with his CDs.

"Thanks. I really need to get rid of some of these CDs."

"Why? Most of these are classics. The Beatles, U2, The Rolling Stones. Awesome collection." said Maddie, as Travis went back to his room to grab more CDs.

"Thanks." said Travis, trying to move across the room without dropping any. It was too late though. He'd dropped two of his CDs.

"I'll get it." Maddie and Travis said simultaneously. Their hands met on the Led Zeppelin CD. They were too embarrassed to look up at each other. As they got up, their heads bumped. They both giggled.

"Sorry. Umm. We should probably finish setting up the boom box."

"Yeah." said Maddie a little nervously. Too bad Zack saw the whole thing. As Travis walked back to his room, Zack followed.

"Hey. Stop hittin' up on my woman, punk." said Zack.

"Chill out, Zack. Yes, I know its you." said Travis responding to Zack's expression. "Besides, I don't think she's diggin' you as much as you think. Maybe as a friend, but not as a boyfriend."

"Stop trying to trick me. My sweet thang loves me." Zack reacted.

"Whatever dude. Anyway, do you still want to learn some chords after you play video games?" asked Travis.

"Sure." said Zack after thinking about it.

"OK. Well, let's go back to the living room." said Travis grabbing his guitar.

Travis and Zack walked back into the living room.

"What was that about, Travis?" asked Maddie.

"Hmm, a mano-to-boyo talk." answered Travis putting his arm around Maddie's shoulder. Maddie and Travis spent their time singing and playing music along with the CDs. Zack and Cody played video games most of the night until they were bored and had Travis teach them power chords. London spent her night listening to the music and having Esteban do things for her. After a few hours, Maddie and London left Travis's suite. Zack and Cody had decided to stay the night to get away from their mom. The next morning, they all got up and Travis walked the twins back to their suite.