A/N: I confess I'm a fanfic (and review) addict. I can't stay away from these stories, so you might as well take advantage of this and continue reading.

WARNING: foul language in this chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Suite Life or its characters but I am the proud owner of the non-existent Chewy-Gooey Bars. Try one at a candy counter near you!

Anger and Remorse

Maddie's head hurt but she had no choice other than to return to her job at The Tipton. The second she entered the hotel, Moseby faced up to her.

"Maddie, where have you been?" Moseby fiercely asked her, "You're over an hour late for your shift."

"I get held up at school okay?" she retorted without realizing she was speaking to her employer. She toned her voice down, "Listen Mr. Moseby, I'm sorry I'm late. I'll work till closing, I promise."

"Maddie that's not the only thing I have to talk to you about."

Maddie stopped in her tracks.

"I'm afraid you'll have to check out tonight."

"Mr. Moseby, please! I told you, you can take the rest of my money out of my pay. I really need a place to stay for a few days longer."

"Maddie, you are employed by a hotel. You know how many rules I broke by letting you stay here for the past three days. I'm really sorry but you cannot stay in your room any longer. After your shift tonight you must check out."

"You know, you really disappointed me Mr. Moseby," she said to him.

"I know. And you really disappointed me, Maddie," he said to her in the same tone with an 'I-know-the-truth' look on his face. He knew it shouldn't matter to him if Maddie lied about school or not, but it did. For the past two and half years that she's been working at the Tipton, he got to know her and got to like her and well he kind of felt like she was his daughter, her and London both. And for the first time he felt let down by her.

The look of disappointment in his eyes weakened her. "I'll be right down, I'm just going to go change," she said with a hint of shame in her tone.

Once she came down to begin her shift, Maddie bumped into Zack.

"Hey Maddie, where were you today?" he asked.

"I just got held up at school! What's with everyone questioning me?"

"Okay I'm sorry, but just out of curiosity… What held you up?"

"I got detention, okay! Are you happy now! Now can you please leave me alone!"

Zack just walked away but moments later London came up to the candy counter to talk to Maddie.

"Maddie is something wrong?" London asked her.

"London, Fuck off! I'd really appreciated it if everyone would just fuck off and leave me alone!"

"Okay, I'll leave but just know that if you ever need to talk or anything…"

"…I can come to you. That's what you we're going say right? Well no thanks. I wouldn't want to take you away from all of your precious friends."

London didn't have much more to say to her. She tried, right? Maddie worked at the counter for the night. No one she knew dared to approach her. Once her shift ended, Maddie emptied her stuff from the hotel room and returned to the front desk. Moseby wasn't there. Maddie didn't want to wait for him; she just left the cardkey on the table and walked away. But instead of heading towards the door she walked into the elevator. Minutes later she found herself on the 23rd floor in front of Zack and Cody's suite. She knocked on the door. Carey went to open it.

"Carey I'm so sorry for disturbing at such a late hour, it must be past ten already, but I was wondering if maybe I could stay here for a few days? You know I wouldn't ask unless it was really, really important."

"It's alright sweetie, you can stay as long as you need. Come right on in,"

"Thank you so much Carey!"

"The boys are asleep but there is still some pasta left over from dinner, you're welcome to have some."

Maddie put down her things, sat down at the table and began to eat the pasta. Although it was one of the only meals she had had in the past few days, Maddie only picked at the food. She didn't have much of an appetite. Carey accompanied her at the table. After several minutes she broke the silence

"So, you have a spat with your parents again?" she asked.

"Something like that. Things just haven't been going too well lately," Maddie responded as she put down the rest of the food.

"If you're ready to turn in you can have the pull-out couch to yourself. I'll just set up the inflate-a-bed over there."

"I can't thank you enough," she said minutes before falling asleep.

The next morning Cody awoke before anyone else in the suite. He walked in the living room and couldn't quite believe what he saw. He ran back to his room.

"Zack! Zack! Wake up!" he exclaimed "Maddie is asleep on the couch in our living room."

Zack slept off what had happened between him and Maddie the previous day and wasn't upset anymore only a bit bothered.

"Cody, I'm not falling for that one again," he said as he effortlessly threw his pillow at Cody.

"No Zack, I'm serious. Come see for yourself,"

"Fine, fine, fine but if this is a trick you can expect your towel to mysteriously disappear while you're taking a shower today, and that's a promise," Zack said and got up with a yawn.

He and Cody made their way into the living room. Zack's eyes widened as he saw Maddie. He threw his hands up in the air and called out, "It's a gift from an angel!"

Maddie let out a small grunt in her sleep and she tossed over and over for several seconds before she woke up.

"Oh my gosh, you two scared me half to death," her eyes narrowed, "how long have you been standing there?"

"Not long enough," Zack responded as he began to walk towards the kitchen for some food.

Maddie felt the warmth of the air from the second she woke up. The room was so bright and colorful.

"What are you doing here?" asked Cody.

"Maddie's going to be staying with us for the next few days," answered Carey who awoke with Zack's cry to the heavens.

That morning Maddie almost felt normal…

A/N: Well this is a bit of a lighter chapter minus the cursing. I'm moving from NY to NJ today and I have so much last minute packing, but writing is much more fun. Unfortunately I now am experiencing a light case of writer's block so I'll end things right here. As I said before, I love reviews… so please don't hesitate to type a few kind (or not so kind, although I like kind better) words. :-)