Wazzup! I was shocked when I saw the amount of hits this story got. It was more than twice my most popular one! As for reviews, already in less than a day I got several reviews! Thanks everyone! You're making it possible for me to finally finish another fic. Also, I know I've been switching tenses a lot but it's because I'm used to writing in present tense, but I know I'm supposed to be writing in past tense, but I don't care, I'm sticking with present tense. Anyways, I'm finished with my AP exams so I could update even faster! Here's chapter 3! Wait! One more thing, change of plans, scratch out the sneak peek because I have different plans with Randy. I might use some of it later on but not in this chapter. You'll see why.

Chapter 3 – The Real Test

Since Zack was the first friend Randy had made that day, he decides to spend the rest of the day with him, with parent permission of course. When Randy returns to the Saint Mark, he approaches his dad.

"Oh, hey son! How was your first day of school?" He asks Randy.

"It was great! I made a new friend right away." Randy answers. "Is it okay if I hang out with him for the rest of the day?" He then asks.

"Well I don't know. Would I have to drop you off?"

"No, he says he lives at the Tipton." Randy tells him.

"Oh, in that case go right on ahead." Giving him permission.

"Thanks!" Randy jumps up and gives him a hug.

"Oh, and try and see if you could eat dinner there. You know me and cooking." The dad then tells him before leaving.

"Of course Dad. It'd be nice to eat a home cooked meal once in a while. Bye Dad!" Randy runs off to the Tipton to meet with Zack.

Meanwhile….

"Mom, guess what? There was this new student today! His name is Randy Davis and he wants to hang out with me over here at the Tipton. Is that okay?" Zack asks Carey.

"Of course! How long?" She responds.

"Probably until night. He's staying at the Saint Mark hotel. He says he's bored there." Zack explains.

"So will he be eating dinner here?" She continues.

"I guess." Zack says.

"Well, have fun honey." She gives him a kiss and lets him go on his way.

Zack quickly makes his way downstairs to meet with Randy. He finds Randy waiting in the lobby talking with Maddie. "Hey Randy!" Randy and Maddie both look up towards Zack at the same time.

"Hey Zack! I was just meeting Maddie." He goes to her. "See you later Maddie!"

"Bye Randy. Have fun with Zack." Maddie resumes her job.

"So Zack, what's there to do here?" Randy asks Zack.

"Well, there's an arcade. That's always fun. If you don't want to do that, we can always do other fun things that I used always do with…" he quickly stops himself.

"With who?" Randy asks.

"No one special, just an old friend. (Whew! Almost said Cody. I gotta be more careful next time.) So, what will it be?" Zack responds.

"I guess the arcade first, but I don't have that much money with me." Randy tells him.

"Where's the rest of your money?" Zack wonders.

"I'm saving in back in a safe place." Randy answers.

"Are you investing it? (Cody always did that with his money.)"

"Investing? I never thought about it. I don't know, it's kind of risky." He responds.

"(Wow, he's not as smart as he was when he was Cody.) Yeah, I guess you should wait until you're older to do that. But it's okay, we don't have to spend all our money on us." They both make their way to the arcade.

Randy plays longer than Zack and he finds this not like him. "(Cody never played games this long. It's almost like he's a different person. If this keeps up, I don't know how long I could keep thinking that he's really Cody.)" Randy then notices that Zack has stopped playing.

"Oh, you're done. Okay I might as well stop too. So what do you want to do next?" He then asks.

"Well, what my friend and I used to always to is play pranks on people, especially the hotel manager, Mr. Moseby." Zack explains.

"Really? Cool! What kind of pranks?" Randy nearly jumps with excitement.

Zack was getting worried. "(He's happy about pulling pranks! What am I going to do?) Uh, let's see.." Zack didn't want to say anything that sounded so bad. "I don't really remember exactly what I did with my friend, but I do remember putting a hidden speaker on one of the bell boys and having it make farting noises." Zack tells him.

"Really? That sounds hilarious! What else?" Randy beams with interest.

Zack is becoming even more reluctant to tell him more. "I think I remember this one girl had a crush on me, so I staged a fight between me and my friend to act get rid of her."

"Ooo, that sounds devious. I wish I could've seen that." Zack was about to burst when Randy suddenly froze.

"Again? What now?"

"You should be thankful. I saved you from ruining everything." Zack's guardian angel reveals herself. Zack was about to say something but she stops him. "I know, Randy's nothing like he was when he was Cody. I saw that you were doing really well in keeping your knowledge of Cody to yourself, so I decided to give you the rest of your test to have Cody returned to you." She explains.

"Really? Thanks! I don't know how much more of this I could take! So what do I have to do?" Zack asks.

"Most of the reason why Randy's like this is part of the test. The real Cody is still in there. Randy's still smart and sweet, but he's not clever and sensitive like Cody. You're true test is to…." Zack's heartbeat was racing. He was growing more intense as she continues to tell him. "bring out Cody." She finishes.

Zack didn't know what she meant. "What do you mean? How do I do that?" He wonders.

"It means that you have to bring out the Cody in Randy. If you restore Cody's personality in Randy, he will become Cody again. This also includes Cody's feeling towards you. You could succeed in making Randy Cody, but if he doesn't have the same feelings that Cody has for you, you will fail. Plus the rules of talking about Cody still apply." This hit Zack. He was unsure of how he was going to pull this off.

"If he doesn't love me like a brother, I fail? Does that mean I have some kind of time limit?" Zack then asks.

"Yes, you will soon find out what that time limit is. One more thing," Zack looks up to her again, "you must never lie to Randy. He must trust you, and frankly, lying's pretty much cheating. I must take my leave and let you begin your test. Good luck Zack, I believe in you." She then disappears and everything turns back to normal.

"So Zack, how about those pranks?" Randy asks.

Zack knows what he has to do, even if it means changing everything about himself. "Nah, I can't, I wouldn't want to get in trouble with my mom and the hotel. We only live here because my mom performs. If I cause too much trouble they might fire my mom." Randy disappointment was showing, but Zack knows that he needs to bring out the Cody in him.

"That's okay, wasn't there anything else we could do?" Randy then asks.

"We could always try to find some girls to go out with." Zack suggests.

"Girls? I'm not much of a player. In fact, I've never had a girlfriend or been on a date, and I don't want to start now." Randy explains.

"(What? Never had a girlfriend? Cody was better than this. But I don't think I should drag him into this yet, I have to earn his trust first.) Okay, I could let you ride my bike while I skateboard around the park." He suggests next.

"Ride a bike?" Zack notices that Randy's unsure of this idea.

"What's wrong?" Zack asks him. "Let me guess, you don't like riding bikes?"

"It's not that, it's that I don't know how to ride a bike." Zack was running out of ideas.

"(He's the freaking opposite of Cody!)" There was only one thing left that he knew Cody loved. "How about homework?" Zack couldn't believe he was suggesting this, but what else was there?

"Homework? Pff! I may be smart, but homework bores me to death!" Zack nearly suffers from a state of shock. He thought it was bad before, but this is a complete disaster.

"(This is the hardest test I'm ever going to have to take in my life.)" Zack wanted to cry because he felt that he had already failed. He had no idea what to do with Randy. It was going to take everything Zack had to pull this off. "(I won't give up, I need Cody back, no matter what!)"


AB-angel: Another chapter! Sorry for the misleading sneak peek, but I felt that that part wouldn't have fit in this chapter. Please review and tell me if there's anything you think is wrong.

Here's a sneak peek at Chapter 4 – A Friend Like No Other

"Randy, you can't be doing this?" Zack tells him.

"Come on Zack, you said that you always pull pranks on the staff at the Tipton." Randy says as he formulates his prank at the Saint Mark.

"I know, but I also know that it's not right. Wouldn't you feel bad or guilty if one of your pranks went too far?" Zack asks him, trying to hit his conscience.

"Well, I guess I could…" Zack thinks that he finally got to him. "tone it down a bit!" Randy finishes as he makes some slight changes. If Zack didn't want Cody back as bad as he wanted, he would've given up a long time ago.