Fame and Fortune

O.k. readers, the characters that our four friends will be revealed in this chapter. And some more information on Forbidden Love will be given as well...

Chapter 2: The Long and Winding Journey

The group of four friends were driving for what seemed like hours. They were on the innerstate and all that could be seen for miles were trees, cars, and the occasional building. But they weren't complaining. They were having a load of fun actually. As it was close to midnight, the group pulled into a hotel in New York City.

"Man at the rate your going Cody...we're all going to be there when we're eighty." Zack sighed as he put his clothes away in the drawers.

'Yeah.. sorry for following the speed limit.."

"You were driving twenty miles per hour on the innerstae!" Zack said frustrated.

"O.k. your right as always...I was driving a little slow..." Cody sighed.

"That's it...tomorrow morning, I'm taking over the wheel...we're not even halfway there yet..."

"I know that..." Cody sighed.

And the next morning Zack did take over the wheel. Cody held Bailey in his arms while she slept. Maya and zack were currently talking. zack had been dying to tell Maya that he had loved her for so long. He felt that it was the perfect opportunity. He tried to tell her when they stopped for lunch at a park in Memphis, but the stupid hobo kept on bothering them.

'Hey Maya..." Zack said.

"yeah Zack?" Maya asked.

"I was meaning to tell you something for a long time now.."

All of a sudden the car immediately turned off. Cody and Bailey were woken up when the car had stopped moving in the middle of the innerstate.

"What's going on?" Cody asked.

"Dang it...I knew we were forgetting something in Memphis..." Zack said.

"What is it?" Bailey asked.

"This hill-billy over here forgot to put gas in the car!" Maya yelled as she wacked him across the head.

"Are you telling me that we have to push this crossover to the nearest gas station?" bailey asked.

Two Hours Later...

Aftrer a lot of pushing, and convincing Zack to actually push, the group finally pulled into a gas station in Tulsa. The sun was beginning to set.

'Zack...I don't know if I can forgive you for this..."

"We Cody...we..." Bailey said.

"It wasn't that bad..." Zack said.

"You made us push the car!" Maya said. "With you inside!" She finished.

"Come on guys seriously?" Zack said hopping back into the car with a full tank of gas.

"Just forget about it..." Maya said as they drove to the local inn.

They stayed at the local inn, since it was less cheap. Cody and Bailey shared a room. As Bailey vrawled into bed, she smiled as she saw Cody looking over a map of America. He seriously over-planned the entire thing.

'Hey Cody." Bailey said as she slipped her arms around his skinny neck.

"Hey honey." Cody said as he kissed her on the cheek.

"I can tell that your excited about this trip too." Bailey smiled.

"I know I am..." Cody smiled.

"Did those things seriously happen to you on your first trip to Hollywood?" Bialey asked obviously intrigued.

"yhea...andn now that I think about it... I just can't help but wonder if we're ever going to go through those things..." Cody said as he flicked on the TV. It was clsoe to seven and America's favorite drama was on.

"Cody check it out...they have Forbidden Love on.." Bailey said snuggling close to Cody.

Forbidden love is a drama that the four friends (yes including Zack) were caught up in while they were out at sea. Forbidden love was a 10 year old nighttime Drama on ABC. Even though it was on primetime television, they still conscidered it a soap opera. It had won countless Emmy's throughout the years. Zack and Cody's favorite characters were Brock and Kimble. They were identical twins. But they happened to flee the fictional town of Broadben when their father and mother had died, leaving their two loves Amanda and Sabrina behhind. But neither had seen those two in forever though. They were best friends and they dissapeared when Sabrina's parents plane crashed near Guadalajara. But there were some hints that the writers were throwing around that the twins could be returning to the fictional town. As the final scene of the day ended with Julia the twins aunt on the show actually acknowledging that she was confirming with someone that they had seen them near Hong Kong or something. As the credits rolled the four friends sighed. Zack and Maya had moved into their room for the show when they found out that their room had no Tv.

"Man I have a strong feeling that Brock and Kimble are going to be makking an appearance soon." Zack said.

"I wonder who their going to choose to portray them..." Maya said.

"They better be good though...those two haven't been on the show since 2000." Bailey said. "Whatever happened to those two anyways?"

"Apparently they escaped their kidnapper Omar and ran away from Broadben. They weren't seen again." Zack said. "Me and Cody always thought that they had died when the credits rolled and they finished it off with them running through the busy streets..."

"I can see what you mean there." Bailey said. "Those writters seriously know how to write a cliffhanger."

"Man...wouldn't it be so cool if we were the writers for that show..." Cody said.

"If I was a writer, I would definately bring those twins back so they can show Uncle Mitch some justice." Zack said.

"I don't know about you...but I would bring the girls back..." Cody said.

"I kind of miss them too." Bailey said.

TThe four friends were finally re-energized by the morning, and finally arrived in Hollywood California by eight the next evening. They just crashed in the suite knowing that they would have a full day of adventures tomorrw. But little did they know, they literally were going to start their biggest adventure the next day. An adventrue that could possibly tear their friendship apart, or strengthen it...