A/N: Hey guys. New story. Four short chapters. Hope you like!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters and am making no profit from this story.
Ch 1: The Hazards of Dating a Twin
"Girls, you ready?" Zack raised his fist to knock on the door of Bailey and London's cabin, jumping back in surprise when it swung open before he could hit it.
London slipped out of the darkened cabin, shutting the door quickly behind her. "Hey Zack!" she said brightly. "I'm ready!"
Zack stared at the suspiciously bright smile on her face. "Uh... kay. Cody will be right here, he just went to get his camera. Where's Bailey?"
London's grin turned wicked. "Still in bed." she said smugly. Zack recoiled in horror as she produced what appeared to be the headless body of a chicken from behind her back. "Relax!" she laughed. "It's just Bailey's stupid alarm clock. Every morning at six am, it's 'Cock-a-doodle-doo! Cock-a-doodle-doo!' But today... today I got my revenge." She held the mangled chicken clock in front of her face. "Well cock-a-doodle-screw-you!" she crowed at it.
"Uh, wow..." Zack whistled under his breath. "Look, we should really get Bailey up. The ship just docked, and it wouldn't be fair to let her miss all the educational opportunities of-... where are we docking again?"
"...Europe?" London guessed helpfully. Then she scowled. "You can get her up. She wouldn't be so tired if she hadn't been up till all hours going on about how she was going to spend all day with her dreamy boyfriend... Geez it's been like two weeks since they went to that stupid Hannah Montana concert together, shouldn't she be getting over him already?"
"This may be hard for people like you and me to believe," Zack began, "But some people's relationships last longer than two weeks. Some even for months. And they take things really slowly and carefully so they don't mess it up with too much too soon." He shrugged off her disbelieving stare. "What? That's just what I've heard."
"Whatever..." London said. "You can go ahead and wake her up. I've got a body to dispose of." She held up the headless chicken.
Zack rolled his eyes as London scurried down the hall, letting himself into her cabin quietly. A small amount of sunlight filtered in around the window shade, but otherwise the room was dim. In the semi-darkness he could make out Bailey's sleeping figure on her bed, cocooned in blankets and breathing peacefully. "Bailey?" he said in a low voice. "Bailey, time to wake up."
When she didn't move, Zack edged closer to her bed. "Bailey?" She stirred in her sleep, smiling slightly, and he leaned down to speak directly in her ear. "Baileyyyy...." He took her shoulder and shook her gently.
Her eyes fluttered open and she smiled up at him sleepily. "Hey, you..." she murmured. Before Zack could say a word, she reached up and tangled her fingers into his hair, pulling his lips to hers.
For a long moment, Zack was too stunned to react, possible courses of action flying around in his brain like butterflies, too fluttery and unstable to grasp any one of them. His eyes were wide open, affording him a view of Bailey at a strange new angle, her eyes shut, head tilted, neck temptingly exposed... After a few seconds, his eyes drifted shut automatically as her mouth moved against his...
"Mm... Cody..." she breathed, and that was what finally caused Zack to snap into action.
He pulled away from her and stumbled back a few steps, pinwheeling his arms in alarm. "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! No!"
Bailey opened her eyes. "Zack?!" she yelped, scrambling back so far that she actually tumbled off the bed. She covered her face with her hands, as if by removing him from sight she could change the past. "Oh..." she peered through her fingers. "Oh no..." Shifting her embarrassed gaze to the doorway, she gasped. "Cody!"
Zack spun around, sure enough, his brother and London were standing in the doorway. London's eyes were round with shock, and Cody... Zack had never seen his twin look so stricken. "Code..." he began, but Cody wheeled around and ran. Zack shifted his gaze between the doorway and Bailey, who was clutching her blankets around her protectively although she was perfectly decently clothed. "Bailey!" he snapped.
"You kissed me!" Bailey said accusingly, pressing her back against the wall defensively, as if he might try to do it again.
"No way! You kissed me!" Zack retorted.
"You kissed back!"
"I didn't mean to!" Zack shouted back, going on the offensive. "You thought I was Cody! How could you?!"
"I was half asleep!" Bailey defended hysterically. "You were in my room! You were in my face!"
"I was trying to wake you!" Zack hollered back.
"Well you sure did that!" Bailey cried. She buried her face in her hands. "Oh, Zack... you're right, this was all my fault. I can't believe I mistook you for Cody! This is a nightmare!" Suddenly she straightened up. "Is this a nightmare? Quick, pinch me!"
Zack reached over and pinched her arm, and Bailey yanked away immediately. "Hey! Don't touch me!"
"But you just said- OW! London!" Zack yelled. London had crossed from the doorway to grab his arm in a hard pinch.
"What?" London shrugged innocently. "You just got to first base with your brother's girlfriend, I figured this might be your dream."
A/N: Evidently I love to torture poor Cody. Please review! Chapter 2 coming soon!
