Chapter 2

I don't own these characters, but it would be nice if I did.

Anyways, I do promise to keep them true to themselves.

Bailey and Maya just looked at each other in surprise. Moseby had just said it was 2006 – they had gone back in time five years. Bailey quickly turned to Mr. Moseby.

"Excuse us for a moment, please."

Bailey pulled Maya off to the side. Maya still had a look of shock on her face.

"We're in 2006! What happened?"

Bailey shook her head. "I don't know. Changing the wires and boosting the power must have done something screwy with the clock."

Maya stopped to think. "The clock! Where is it now?"

Bailey looked down and it was in her hand. "Right here." She looked at it again and frowned. "Okay, this is weird."

Maya looked at her. "What's weird?"

"It says 47:50 and its counting backwards."

"What does that mean?"

Bailey sighed. "Unless I miss my guess, it means we're stuck here for forty-eight hours."

"Forty-eight hours? What are we supposed to do for that long? I don't know about you, but I don't have any money on me! Where are we going to stay?"

Bailey paused. "Let me think. There has to be something we can do."

"I'm not sleeping outside! And we can't use my credit card considering it hadn't been issued in 2006!"

Bailey nodded. "I know...I'm thinking."

Maya paused. "Wait a minute! You've met some of these people before. Maybe they can help us?"

Bailey sighed. "Yeah, I've met them, but it will be at least two more years before I do. Nobody here has any idea of who we are." She paused. "Including..."

Maya was freaking out. "Including who?"

"Cody and Zack...They live here. But at this moment in 2006, they were only thirteen years old. Maya, they won't have any idea who we are..."

Maya hung her head. "Then what do we do?"

Bailey paused and began to look around for inspiration. And that's when she saw it. Specifically, that's when she saw her – London. London was walking in holding Ivana in her arms.

Bailey smiled. "I think I have an idea. I need you to play along with me though."

Maya nodded, and Bailey lead them over towards London who was standing by a table with a vase on it.

"London! So, good to see you again!"

London turned and stared at the two girls. "Do I know you?"

Bailey smiled. "Of course you do, Silly. I'm..." Bailey paused. "I'm Betty, and this is Mary. We sit in the next row over from you in English class..."

London just looked. She didn't remember meeting them, but it had been a couple months since she had been in class. So, it was possible they were telling the truth.

London smiled. "Of course...English class. And you're..."

"Betty and Mary..."

"Of course. So, what brings you two to the Tipton?"

Bailey grinned. "We need a huge favor for you if we could..."

London frowned. "I don't do favors..."

Maya began to panic and turned to Bailey. But, Bailey hadn't lived with London for almost three years and not learned a few things.

"What if we did your English homework for the rest of the semester?"

London paused to think. "Well...I was probably just going to pay Cody to do it..."

Bailey couldn't help but smile at that. Of course London probably turned to Cody even then to do her homework.

"What do you want in return?"

"That's the easy part. Our apartment has to be fumigated this weekend. We had a sudden infestation of..."

Maya spoke up. "Rats!"

And at the same time, Bailey spoke. "Roaches!"

Maya and Bailey looked at each other as London looked at them confused.

"Ummm...We mean rat roaches..."

London nodded. "Ohhhh! I've heard of them! Their nasty!"

Bailey looked at her in confusion for a second and then shook her head. "Anyways, we were hoping we could crash in your penthouse for a few days."

London shrugged. "That's fine. I'm heading off to Paris to go shopping!"

Bailey smiled. "Thank you, London!" And she reached to hug London.

"Uh uh. No wrinkling the rich girl!"

London turned. "Esteban!"

Esteban rushed over. "Yes, Miss London?"

"Yes...ummm..."

Maya sighed. "Betty and Mary."

"Betty and Mary will be staying in my penthouse this weekend. Will you get them a key and take them up there in a little bit?"

"Of course, Miss London."

London smiled. "Good." And with that, London walked away.

"Excuse me, ladies. I shall get you some keys. I will be right back."

Once Esteban was gone, Maya turned to Bailey. "Okay, that was brilliant."

Bailey smiled. "Well, its nice to see London hasn't changed a bit."

"Well, instead of sleeping in the park, we now have the penthouse suite."

Bailey paused. "Yeah, but while we're here. We have to lay low. We can't do anything to interrupt anything that happens here."

"Huh?"

"You remember Back to the Future? We can't risk screwing anything up and risk changing the future."

Maya nodded. "Oh yeah..."

"We can observe, but that's it. Above all, we should avoid running into the present versions of Cody and Zack."

"Agreed."

Bailey looked around again, and she noticed Maddie standing at the candy counter. Bailey smiled and wanted to go greet her before she remembered Maddie would have no idea who she was. But, turns out, she didn't have a choice. Next thing either Bailey or Maya new, someone had hooked their arms and were marching them over to the candy counter.

"Maddie!"

Maddie sighed. "Yes, London?"

"This is...ummm..."

Bailey sighed. "I'm Betty and this is Mary..."

London smiled. "Anyways, they're going to be staying in my suite this weekend. So, they will be taking care of Ivana so you don't have to."

"London, you never asked me to take care of her in the first place..."

London shrugged. "I was going to pay you $100 to do it."

Maddie sighed. "Well, I could use the money, but I can't." She smiled. "I actually have a date this weekend!"

London just looked at her. "Well, if you want a second date, you might want to think about doing something about your clothes and hair. They're hideous!"

Maddie just gave London a look that Bailey had recognized on her own face at times. Bailey almost busted out laughing realizing London treated Maddie the same way she treated her.

But before Bailey could think any more about it, a taller woman with spiky blond hair approached them. Bailey thought she looked familiar, but for the life of her, she could not place who she was."

The woman spoke to Maddie. "Maddie, is there anyway you can babysit for me this weekend? I have to run out of town for an emergency..."

Maddie shook her head. "Sorry, I have a date this weekend."

The woman sighed and turned to London. Bailey thought she could almost see her cringe. "London, could you by any chance..."

London shook her head too. "Nope. I'm off to Paris as soon as my limo gets here." She paused and smiled. "But my two friends, Betty and Mary, from school might be able to!"

Bailey and Maya quickly looked at London before realizing the woman was looking at them.

"Is there any way you two are free? I know I don't know you two, but if you're friends with London, I'm sure you're okay. Besides, there are two of you..."

Maya spoke. "Well..."

"Excuse us..." Bailey pulled Maya aside. "If we're babysitting, it will prevent us from potentially screwing anything up. This will work out perfectly!"

Maya paused to consider that and nodded. They both turned to the woman. "We'd love to."

The woman sighed and smiled. "Thank you both so much. I'm Carey Martin by the way. My two sons, Zack and Cody should be home from school soon."

Bailey and Maya just turned to look at each other again. It looks like they would not be able to avoid seeing the present versions of their boyfriends after all.

To be Continued...