A/N: I recently went to a haunted house for ideas, so I hope you like this chapter.

Moseby had called all the staff to a staff meeting. He had also allowed Zack and Cody to come, since they were going to help.

Moseby began, "I have called this meeting to tell you about an event coming up recently. All of you will have to help. Zack and Cody recently presented me with the idea of having a haunted house. After a discussion, we agreed. It will be on the eighth floor, and decoration will begin tomorrow. The sign-ups for people who want to 'haunt' the house will be in the staff lounge. They will get paid an extra two dollars per person that comes. It will be opened from October 5th to November 5th. Carrie, Arwin, Estabon, you will be the ones to hand out and pin fliers. Maddie, you will be in charge of making the fliers. Are there any questions?" No one raised their hand. "Good. Meeting is dismissed."

Up in the suite that night, Cody and Zack couldn't sleep. All they could think about was starting on the eighth floor the next morning. They sat on Zack's bed, talking about ideas.

"We could put our jack-o-lanterns in the opening of the elevator," suggested Zack.

"Yeah, and we could get fog machines so that some rooms could look spookier," replied Cody.

"And we could fill some rooms with so much fog, you can't hardly see in them, and let people jump out at you there," said Zack.

"And have broken mirrors in every room."

"And black cat statues in some rooms."

"And we could have someone dress up in a grim reaper costume."

"And a scream costume."

"And have a fake guillotine."

"And someone in a fake electric chair pretending to get electrocuted."

"Man, we need to write these down!"

Zack quickly got a pencil and some paper, and began scratching down the ideas in barely legible hand writing.

The next morning, Zack and Cody quickly got out of their beds and got ready. They immediately found Mr. Moseby and gave him the piece of paper with the ideas.

"A fake goolytine? What is a goolytine?" asked Mr. Moseby.

"That's guillotine. I don't know how to spell it," said Zack.

"A grim raper costume?"

"That's reaper. I wrote it down really fast, so it isn't the best handwriting," said Zack.

"Do you have any idea what all this is going to cost?" Mr. Moseby asked.

"The haunted house will pay it all off," replied Cody.

"Fine," said Mr. Moseby, giving in to all the ideas.

The twins cheered, and did their personal high five. Mr. Moseby walked away. Then they both rushed to the staff lounge to sign up for the 'haunters'. They quickly signed, and then went to the lobby again. They got in the elevator and pressed the button for the twenty-third floor. They saw one of the fliers already posted. It had a black background, with very faded red eyes, and pictures of gray ghosts and ghouls in front of a spooky looking house, with a witch flying over the entire scene. They quickly got their jack-o-lanterns, and got back in the elevator, and made their way to the seventh floor.

The elevator door opened, and they walked into the floor. There were already a lot of people there, decorating the room. They set their jack-o-lanterns on either side of the elevator door. Then, Cody walked around to find something to do, while Zack went to find Maddie. He found her, and she was putting up a fake cobweb in a corner.

"I saw your flier, sweet thang. I loved it!" he said flirtatiously.

"Are you just saying that because you like me, or did you actually like it," she asked.

"I'm being completely honest," he said truthfully.

"Then, thank you."

They found themselves alone in room 813 to decorate there an hour later. They were the only ones to volunteer for that room. As they walked in, there was a freezing chill in the room.

"Hmmm, the heater must be off," enquired Maddie, since she didn't believe in ghosts.

Maddie saw a vase that offset the haunted theme. She went over to pick it up to move it, but right when she touched, a voice shouted loudly.

"Leave that alone now!" shouted a deep womanly voice extremely loudly. The door slammed behind them.

Maddie instinctively jumped and clung to Zack, scared. Zack looked over to her, and grinned, despite the freaky situation. Maddie noticed, and quickly let go, regaining her composure. But Zack didn't let it bring him down.

Suddenly, blood began dripping from the ceiling, and a maniacal laugh was heard. Maddie had a very scared look on her face, and Zack put her arm around her shoulders for comfort. He was able to do that without reaching up now, for he and his brother hit a growth spurt and were now around an inch taller than Maddie.

He then looked at the door he dashed to it, and grabbed the handle firmly. He spun it and jerked at it. The door wouldn't open. He jerked it harder and continuously. It still wouldn't open. He backed up, and kicked the door hard. It swung open. He quickly rushed Maddie out, and then followed her. He then quickly closed the door.

"Maybe that place is fine how it is," said Zack.

Maddie didn't reply. She was scared, and Zack had comforted her. He didn't seem to hit on her as much as he used to. He had gotten very sweet. But did she like him? She decided to shake the feeling off. Of course she didn't.

They both went back to decorating. Maddie started to put fake cobwebs all over the furniture everywhere, and Zack put up some paintings with the eye slots removed so someone could do the spooky moving eyes thing within the picture. But he was distracted by how Maddie had acted. He didn't want to think she liked him and then get let down, but he couldn't keep her off his mind.

He then thought back to the prom. He grinned. He couldn't wait until his junior prom. Only one or two more years, and he would get to dance with Maddie again.