Chapter 4: Am I Your Boyfriend or What?

Zack was angry, and after what he had heard he was furious. He knew what to do. Cody walked in startled as he saw Zack awake, he was on his bed scanning through his phone, but still lying down. Zack looked up at his brother in concern.

"Hey Cody…" he said.

"Oh, hey Zack. I didn't know you were awake, Cody muttered as he looked around the room, not making any eye contact with Zack. All he thought about was the conversation with Maddie and him. Oh my gosh. What… what if he heard me, on the phone?

"Something… Wrong bro?" Zack said, as he knew what was going on already.

"Um, no, I'm going to the library. Later" Cody said, and walked out, grabbing his phone. He closed the door, and quickly ran out the suite.

"No, no, Cody won't get Maddie for himself. I'll…I'll give him a chance." Zack said out loud, confused. He rubbed his head, and got up. Zack wanted to know the truth, but he didn't know which one to believe. Cody, trying to get Maddie for himself, or Cody is just being a nice friend. Despite his deep feelings for Maddie, he decided to give Cody a chance. Zack hoped he was just being a nice friend.

Hours passed and it was almost 1:00. While Zack was watching TV, Cody came storming in; he was going to be late to hang out with Maddie. Or is it a date?

"Oh, hey Zack, I'm going to… Hang out with Max." Zack was looked at him, hanging out with Max? Even though they were older now, they still hanged out all the time when they were still younger. Zack was just too confused so he let him slide.

"Um, yeah, I'll, just stay here." He said as he just continued watching his television show. Zack definitely did not want to stay on the couch, but he played along.

Cody ran to his room, and quickly got ready; he sprayed some cologne on his neck, and walked out to the Lobby. There he saw Maddie sitting on one of the couches. He walked up to her, and greeted her.

"Hey Maddie, you look… great," Cody said as he looked down at the beautiful blonde. She stood and hugged him.

"Thank you, you don't look bad yourself too. Look, I know you want to talk about Zack and stuff, but I'm really not in the mood." She said as she stood up before him.

"Hey, who says we were? Come on." They both walked out of the Tipton to Cody's car.
Maddie and Cody sat down eating their pizza, they laughed and talked all day, Cody looked at her in a special way. Almost as if he was falling for her.

Meanwhile, Zack thought everything out, he loved Maddie and he wasn't going to let his brother hang out with her and not him. He quickly got ready and ran down to the lobby.
As he stood there and looked around, he couldn't find them. He tried to remember what Cody said to Maddie on the phone, but he just couldn't get it. You couldn't blame him, as he was on the phone; it was very far apart from his ear. He just didn't want Cody to hear his breathing from the phone line. He looked around once more, but soon he gave up. Oh man, they left, where did they go? Come on Zack, where did they go!? I need to get Maddie back, why the hell did I give Cody a chance? I had the chance to bust him out, but I let it slide. After a couple of minutes he got it; he remembered something about hearing a pizza in the conversation, and there was only one pizza place Cody knows--Pizza Hut. He ran to his car, and quickly drove there, nonchalantly, not caring about how fast he was going. Who cares? Apparently not Maddie. Maybe the police, but lucky for him, he didn't get caught. He was going 50 in a 35-mile zone.

Zack parked behind the store because he saw Cody's car in the front, and they might see his car. Zack secretly peeked through the side window, scanning the people inside. He saw Cody and Maddie, standing by the cashier, probably ordering. The cashier had a big mole on his chin and he had about a thousand pimples. It made Zack shudder and wonder what would happen if the cashier's mole fell off and got on his pizza and then ate it.

"Ew," Zack said under his breath.

"Wow. Pretty fancy place for pizza," Maddie said as she looked around Pizza Hut.

"Yeah, well, not really. You've never been here?" Cody was surprised someone would actually call a place where they sell greasy pizzas "fancy."

"Heh. No, never been here, actually." Maddie stated.

"Well, since this is your first time, I'll pay. What do you want to order?"

"Anything good. Anything, actually." Maddie was looking around to see an empty table. She spotted one table for two near the window. "Cody. Let's go over there." Maddie was pointing to the table.

"Uh. Yeah. Okay. I'll be there." Cody was taking out two 20-dollar bills out of his wallet. He had ordered one large supreme and two sodas.

Zack took a deep breath as he opened the door to Pizza Hut. He was ducking his head so that Maddie wouldn't see him. Maddie was sitting at a table for two, so Zack sat behind a counter with plants, so he would be covered. He could see Maddie through the plants—and Cody. Zack watched the two of them eat and laugh and smile. It was driving him nuts. Cuckoo. Desperate. Angry. Jealous. Frustrated. It made him feel like doing something. No. Zack thought. It's not even right leaving your girlfriend while you're on a date, nevertheless spying on her while your brother is out with her for pizza. Hanging out. It's not a date. Zack convinced himself to think so.

His hands were hurting from pressing on to the counter too hard. He was about to leave when Cody did the last thing Zack would want him to—he held Maddie's hand. Slowly, Cody reached for Maddie's hand and rubbed his thumb against her knuckles. Zack made a little gasp sound and his eyes widened with surprise, especially when Maddie smiled and made no move to take her hand away and leave. Instead, she held his hand back. It was only probably 30 seconds, but it seemed like an hour to Zack as Maddie and Cody locked gazes at each other while they smiled.
Zack was desperate. Ever since he was 13, he had a crush on Maddie, and now Cody's going to get her? No way. Zack wouldn't let him. Even before he knew what he was doing, Zack charged towards Maddie and Cody, his hand in form of a fist.

"Zack! What are you doing here?!" Maddie hurriedly took her hand away from Cody. Zack looked at her, as if to make her feel guilty.

"Y-yeah, Zack. When did you get here?" Cody was nervous as Zack stared at him in total seriousness.

"No, Maddie. What are you doing here? As for you, Cody, I got here only minutes after you got here. Yeah? Now, whose girlfriend are you, Maddie?"

"Yours, I guess? Zack, I can explain."

"Yes. You are my girlfriend." Zack had on a teasing voice. He grabbed Maddie by her hand, and she let out a squeal.

"Zack! You can't just grab her like that! She's out with me!" Cody joined in. The people eating were probably staring now, but it wasn't any of Cody's concern. He could care less. He just want Zack to go away.

"Yeah, I can. And, uh… I think I just did, so shut the hell up."

"Zack, Cody's right. You can't just grab me like that! You don't own me!" Maddie practically shouted at Zack, who was looking at her.

"Well, you're my girlfriend, aren't you? And you weren't hurt that much, were you? So… Let's get out of here!" Zack had the teasing voice again, and a big goofy, fake, annoying, grin.

"No! I'm here with Cody! I'm sorry, but I can't just leave while I'm out with someone! I'm really not that kind of person. When I go out with someone, I don't leave them, okay?!" Maddie was about to cry, but she kept it in. She wanted Zack to get an idea of what he did to her at the movies; he left during the middle of their date, and Zack didn't know how that felt. The grin on Zack's face disappeared.

"Maddie… I'm so sorry. I mean, at the movies—I thought you were checking out that guy… I didn't know… I-It's just… Ohhh! I AM SORRY! I'M SORRY THAT I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! Damn." Zack was close to tears too, but he didn't want all these people see him cry. It was most embarrassing enough for them to watch him deal with his girlfriend issues.

"It would've helped if you told me you were going to ditch me! You don't know how it feels, okay?!"

"I'm sorry… Why don't we just go to the park and talk? I think we're embarrassing ourselves, here…" Zack said softly.

"I don't care! I don't care if all these people stare! WATCH PEOPLE! WATCH!"

"Okay. That's it. Let's go." Zack took Maddie's arm once again, and this time, she shook it off.

"NO! You go! I'm staying here with Cody." Maddie stood next to Cody, who was still watching them.

"But I'm your boyfriend!" Zack protested.

"Uh-uh. I don't think so. It's over!" Maddie practically broke Zack's heart into a millions of tine pieces.

"Maddie, no!" Zack grabbed Maddie's hand, once again, and tried to hug her, but Maddie pushed him away. Maddie slapped Zack on the face and walked away with Cody. She was now crying. Zack stood there, feeling like a jerk.

a/n:PEOPLES. IT'S BOB AGAIN. DUH DUH DURR. I DID THE DATE COS JOE HERE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO PUT I GUESS? LMAO. IDK. REVIEW IF YOU READ IT! OR ELSE . (

Joe: Heyy! I did the beginning, L0L, gosh. How about you. "WHAT DO I WRITE??" . ha, okay review peoples.