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I was so upset I just left my room, Max and Cody laughing at me. I looked over my shoulder to see them still laughing, that's all I could tell through my blurry eyes from crying. I slammed the suite's door on the way out. I went down to the candy counter to get advice from Maddie. But when I got there, it was closed. How could I forget I was the cause of Maddie's absence? I heard a rumble of thunder when I walked outside the Tipton. I saw Maddie sitting on a bench, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"You and me both, huh?" I said sitting down next to her.

She looked at me and saw my tears too. "Zack, what happened?"

"Let's just say I thought I knew somebody, and then in an instant, they were gone, and I thought they'd never be." I started crying all over again.

Maddie sighed. I could tell she didn't want to help me because she was still mad at me, but I had a feeling she still would.

"Can you trust me?" she asked. I looked up from under my eye lashes.

"I guess."

"Come on," she said taking my hand and dragging me down the street.

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Max closed the refrigerator door, whipped cream and ice cream in her hands.

"How can something that feels so good feel bad?" she asked.

Cody twirled the spoon through his fingers before responding. "Don't feel guilty about what we just did to Zack, he always-"

"Not that…I meant…me getting together with you," she said scooping some chocolate ice cream in a bowl.

"Oh…" was all Cody said. Max turned to face him. She noticed him sitting at the table, slipping a tear. She now felt even worse, and sat down next to him.

"I didn't mean it like that," she said. She passed him the bowl.

"It's just that I've always liked you…and you like Zack and he likes you."

"Really?"

"Yeah. All he would talk about is you," Cody said smiling, "and now I know why."

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Maddie ended up bringing me to a jewelry store.

"What are we doing here?" I asked, eyeing the shop to see London.

"To get your girl back," she said, "hey London!"

"Hey guys…what are you doing here?" London asked.

"We thought since we have some connections here, we could get something for Zack here," Maddie nudged toward me. London laughed.

"Okay, what would you like?"

"But, wait, you don't work here," I asked confused.

"Um, hello? I can afford anything you want in here, since you're my friend," London answered.

"So, what do you want to get her?" Maddie asked.

"How did you know this was about Max?"

London and Maddie looked at each other. "Because we can just tell," London said.

"Okay, so what do you want?" they asked at the same time.

"What do they have?"

"Everything," London and Maddie said together.

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"Pass the whipped cream," Max asked.

Cody grabbed the tin can when he got an idea. He aimed for Max, and sprayed.

"Ugh!" Max scoffed. She grabbed it from him and squirted back.

"Oh, you're asking for it now!" he said grabbing it and aiming for her.

They were a mess when Zack came in through the door. He had a bag in his hands and looked stunned when he saw them covered in whipped cream.

"H-hi," Max choked out the words.

"Um, hey, Max."

"What's that?" Cody asked.

"Oh," Zack said taking out a black velvet box. He went over and stood next to Max. Cody snickered.

"What are you doing?" Cody asked.

"Watch," Zack hissed.

He opened the box and picked up the necklace between his fingers ever so carefully. He reached for Max's hand and clasped it in and closed her hand. He lowered his hand as Max opened hers. She picked up the necklace.

"For me?" she asked.

"Yeah, it's a locket, specially engraved for you and me."

"Wow, I don't know what to say," she sounded a little frustrated.

"What do you mean?"

She dropped it and ran out of the suite.

"Look what you did now, Zack!" Cody spat.

"At least I didn't steal someone's girlfriend away from his own twin!" he yelled and ran out after her after he picked up the locket. She was nowhere in the hallway. He decided to go up to London's suite, where Maddie and London would be waiting for the results.

"So what happened?" they both asked when he came in.

"She hated it."