Stupid work, gives me way to many hours for a crappy pay. Anyways, I tried to update as soon as I could. Thanks for the great reviews guys, you've all been really helpful.

I don't own Suite life, Empty Trash,

Bailey Pickett waited on the Sky Deck for the younger blonde twin, as random strangers passed by. Even some older couples the age of her parents and grandparents gave her kind smile. She figured it was because they could tell she was waiting for her date just how they used to be when they were her age. She knew she should be excited for this, she had been waiting for this moment since she had met Cody. Well maybe not met, because at first she kind of liked Zack because he was hot and she was secretly sharing a room with him. But once she knew Cody better, she knew they would be great together. So why did she feel like something was missing? Was it because she the time she had been spending with Zack, or was it because Cody had drifted since he had been working on this investigation for Kirby? She didn't blame Kirby, it wasn't his fault. He didn't mean to draw Cody away from the girlfriend he didn't have. Perhaps she was thinking too much into this, being the cliché overdramatic teenage girl when it came to romance. She wasn't just going to forget about Cody because he was helping out Kirby, but then again she didn't want their relationship to be Cody always forgetting about her because of doing this sort of thing, if they ever start a relationship.

But what if Zack had asked her out first? Would this be night turn out different? Would she be waiting for the other blonde twin? Is she waiting for the wrong twin right now? She couldn't deny the gush of excitement when he turns on his charm, or when he flashed that smile at her. She couldn't deny how his little comments and compliments towards took everything she had to not blush. She definitely couldn't deny the rush of heat and adrenaline when their hands accidently brush while reaching for something while tutoring, or while he hands her a smoothie. What an odd feeling it was to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. In this particular instance the rock and hard place are twins. Though, that was all water under the bridge. She couldn't possibly know because Zack had done nothing, Cody had acted first. She doesn't even know how Zack feels about her; he always hits on girls on the ship and never showed any interest in her. Maybe is he had shown a bit more interest things would be different. Again, all water under the bridge. She was going out with Cody and that was that. All these ifs, buts, and maybes would keep her wondering forever. Perhaps she would wait to see how things played out tonight before she made any major decisions.

Her brain began to ache when Cody finally walked up, so she pushed her internal war aside and gave him a warm smile, one which he returned.

"Hey Bailey"

"Hey Cody, so you ready for this thing?" She asked him.

"Yeah, I'm not sure how much talent this cruise has, but it's worth a shot."

They walked together to the main area on the Sky Deck where everything happens. They took the two empty seats next to Woody and Addison. After sitting and conversing for a few minutes, the talent show began. Bailey thought there were some bizarre talents people had. There were a few passengers who did things like singing and dancing. One guy reminded Bailey of William Hung. Then there was a guy who had this huge afro and spun on his head for entire song. Woody complained the entire time about how they refused to let him sign up, saying farting classic rock isn't a suitable talent. London performed her shopping talent (like she did during the beauty contest). There was even a guy who seemed to be made of rubber. Bailey was astounded at how this guy seemed to defy human possibilities as he bent his arms and legs in ways that didn't seem possible. Cody slowly pulled out his cell phone without Bailey noticing and typed the words, Initiate Plan and sent them to a 13 year old boy sitting by the smoothie bar. Cody had paid him 10 dollars to help him out.

"You're texting now?" Bailey asked him, for she had seen him type something into his phone.

"No, just checking to see if I had any messages, I wasn't sending any," He tried his best to keep a straight face as he wasn't the best liar.

The boy Cody had paid received the message and sent a message to her phone. Cody had paid him to make it look like a believable text, so they boy just said Hey Steve. Bailey's phone went off and Taylor Swift filled the empty audience. She quickly silenced it and looked around. She was glad that there was not an act on at that moment. That did not stop the buzz of stares that everyone shot at her.

"Sorry, I thought I silenced it," She called out to the crowd.

All the investigation clues ran back into Cody's head. He had proven London's words. Bailey did have a Taylor Swift ringtone and it was the same one given in the clues. It had to be her.

"I'm going to the bathroom," Cody got up quickly and walked away.

"But you're going to miss over half of the," She called out, but he didn't hear her. "Acts."

'Now, to find Kirby,' he thought to himself.

Zack Martin had managed to sneak backstage of the cruise's talent show. He was trying to figure out the best way to get on stage without being seen when someone one grabbed the back of his shirt. He looked up to find a woman staring at him.

"Hi Mrs. Tutweiller," He said innocently.

"What are you doing Zack?" She asked him simply.

"Well, it's kinda a long story," Zack replied casually.

"Care to explain?"

"I just need to get on stage now."

"You're not on the line up, besides it's almost over. Do you have a talent you wish to share?" She asked him.

"Well," Zack said, looking down. She followed his eyes to the object in his hands.

"Oh, I see. Well you still didn't sign up."

"But this is important Mrs. Tutweiller," he started, before leaning forward and whispering something in her ear.

"Cody has been gone over 20 minutes. Great, he ran away," Bailey said. "I feel so stupid."

"It's on Bales, it's his lose. Things will be ok, I know it," Addison said, putting her hand on Baileys back.

"Maybe he just had to go really bad. That problem happens to me when I eat too much Mexican," Woody interjected.

"Not now honey," Addison said to Woody, before turning back to Bailey."You ok?"

"I'll live, I think I'm just going to go back to my room," she said before getting up. She started walking away, she didn't notice who had just taken the stage.

Zack walked up on stage and sat on the stool in front of the microphone. He could feel the heat rising, as he knew he was getting nervous, but he just pushed by that. This was something he had to do and nothing was going to stop it. He looked at the guitar in his hands and looked back up to the crowd.

"I dedicate this song to," he spoke into the mic. "Bailey Pickett."

The farm girl froze in her tracks. She heard her name over the mic and it certainly hadn't been Cody's. She heard the guitar start playing and something clicked in her head.

She was about to knock on his door when she heard music faintly playing on the other side. There were no words, or at least there weren't from the part she heard, but only guitar.

'Wow, that guitar sounds so beautiful. I've never heard that song before. I wonder who it's by?' she thought to herself, before coming to her senses and knocking.

The music stopped a couple seconds after the knock reverberated through Zack's room. She saw the door open and Zack standing there.

"Hey Kansas, come on in," Zack said, moving out of the doorway so she could enter.

"What was that song that was playing before I knocked?" she asked him.

"I don't know, I just was testing out some new sounds. Why, did you like it?" Zack replied.

"Yeah, it was amazing. How come I didn't hear any lyrics?" she questioned him further.

"Maybe the artist hasn't found the perfect words to get his message across yet."

That something that had clicked in her head was the fact that the song she heard outside Zack's door the first night of tutoring was the song she heard now. She finally turned around to see Zack staring at her while strumming the guitar. Then she heard his voice.

I could live a thousand years,
if I could be alone with you, you.
and every second of my life,
I would never play the fool,
never turn my back to you.
I was the one who saw you first,
a grain in the sands of the universe,
I never knew what was ahead me.
now I'm out of the eyes of the wintertime,
and here in the sun

ill stay inside your shades of love,
makes one day forever.
and when July has come and gone,
this day will last forever.

when I see the way you look,
the way you look my way, through the rain,
and the water crashing down
washes both of us away
away

I was the one who saw you first,
a grain in the sands of the universe,
I never knew what was ahead of me.
now I'm out of the eyes of the wintertime
and here in the sun..

I'll stay inside your shades of love,
makes one day forever.
and when July has come and gone,
this day will last forever.

I'm here inside your shades of love
makes one day forever.
shes all I see in front of me,
shes all I need.

I could live a thousand years,
if I could be alone with you.
and here in the sun
I'll stay inside your shades of love
makes one day forever.
and when July has come and gone,
this day will last forever.
I'm here inside your shades of love
makes one day forever
one day forever
one day forever
one day forever

The crowd erupted into applause when the song came to a close. Zack got up and made to walk off stage, but Bailey ran up and stopped him in the middle of the stage. Tears were slowly falling down her face, though she tried to resist.

"Did you write that?" She asked him through the waterworks.

"Just for you, but why are you crying?" He wondered as he sat his guitar down. I'm not that bad of a singer, am I?

"That's the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me,"

"Well, you're the best thing that has ever happened to me," he replied with a smile that made her insides melt. She wasn't going to wait for Zack to make the first move, she didn't even think of the fact that almost the entire cruise ship was watching them at that moment. Bailey put her hands on his shoulders and kissed him. As Zack kissed back, Bailey felt like she could fly, though didn't want to jump off the ship to test it. The crowd began applauding again, Zack didn't care though. He was kissing his dream girl in front of a crowd of people. He wasn't going to let anything ruin the moment, until he was pulled backwards. Zack looked up into the eyes of a large security guard.

"Kirby, do you mind? I'm a bit busy if you can't tell," Zack said to him, motioning towards Bailey.

"Actually Zack, it seems I have to take your girlfriend into custody," Kirby told him.

"What, why?" Bailey asked.

"Seems you're one of the students who were breaking the curfew that I caught on camera," Kirby explained.

"Prove it," Zack said to him, trying to defend her. They probably also suspected him along with her.

"Well, my top investigator Cody has come up with several facts and they all point to her. The main one being the ringtone on her cell phone. Now, who was with you when you were sneaking out that night?"Kirby asked.

"That would be me," Zack spoke up.

"Zack? You told me you were playing Call of Duty in your room that night," Cody said to his twin. "What were you and Bailey doing sneaking out past curfew?"

"She was helping me with school," Zack replied, hesitantly.

"What? Bailey was tutoring you? Why didn't you ask me, I'm your brother," Cody asked, astounded that his own brother would copy off him, but wouldn't ask him for help.

"Actually Cody, I asked Bailey to tutor Zack, I thought she could reach him better then you," Mrs. Tutweiller chimed in.

"I'm getting confused," Kirby added.

"As am I," Mr. Moseby said from out of nowhere, they hadn't noticed him walk up. "Now, I want to hear exactly what happened, Bailey?"

"Well, Mrs. Tutweiller asked me to tutor Zack because she thought if Cody could help, then he would have done it already. So I started helping him study and one night we lost track of time, so Zack walked me back to my room, but we ran into Mr. Moseby and Kirby, so Zack turned off the hallway and we ran for it," She explained. They had completely forgotten the crowd that was now intently watching them.

"Why didn't you just explain that in the hallway?" Mr. Moseby asked.

"Probably because I was there. Mr. Moseby, you know I don't mind getting in trouble, heck I love getting in trouble. But Bailey didn't deserve to get in trouble and if we would have tried telling you then night, she would have gotten in trouble for being with me," Zack came to the rescue again.

"Well, I am sorry but I will have to give you guys detention for sneaking out past curfew that night, and who knows how many other times," Mr. Moseby said.

"Come on, Mr. Moseby, Zack has been improving in school and how many times has he gotten in trouble for past few weeks since he has been with Bailey?" Mrs. Tutweiller asked the manager.

"You have a point, but they broke the rules. I have to give them detention."

Addison and Woody were watching everything from the crowd, and Addison decided it was time to help out her friends.

"Let them off!" She called. "Let them off!"

Woody joined in and soon the entire audience was chanting that Zack and Bailey should be let off.

"Well, I guess I can let them off the hook this one time. Kirby, Cody, excellent work with your investigation. Bailey, I expect you to continue keeping Zack out of trouble. I have to go take care of important management duties," Mr. Moseby said.

"Will do Mr. Moseby," Bailey said as he walked away.

"He probably is going to change his pocket hankie," Zack said to them.

"Well, I have another case to work on, apparently someone has been taking doughnuts from the kitchen," Kirby said.

"You'll never catch me alive copper," Woody yelled, jumping up and running off.

"We got a runner," Kirby said into the non-existent radio on his shoulder before chasing after Woody.

"I can't believe you kept all this from your brother," Cody said in a disappointed tone. "And I can't believe you lied to me," he added to Bailey. He didn't wait for a response, he just walked away.

"He's pretty upset by all this, isn't he?" Bailey asked Zack as they walked off stage.

"He'll be fine. Just give him a couple days," Zack replied.

"Oh my god! Oh my god! That was the cutest thing I've ever seen. That was like out of a movie. So are you guys like together now? Because that would be so awesome and you guys would be super cute together," Addison said running up. She had spoken quickly like she would have when she was high on sugar.

"Thanks," Zack said, assuming it was a compliment towards his romantic act. "So Addison brings up a good point, are we dating now?" Zack asked.

"I wouldn't have it any other way," Bailey said with a grin. "Addison, you're officially the first to know that I'm dating Zack Martin."

"I'll be right back, I left my guitar on stage," Zack said, before walking off to retrieve the stringed instrument.

Zack walked up on stage and grabbed the microphone again.

"I would just like everyone to know that Bailey agreed to be my girlfriend," he announced to the crowd.

Claps and wolf whistles were returned to the new couple as Zack grabbed his guitar and walked back over to where Bailey and Addison were standing.

"So I was thinking I could walk you back to your room?" Zack said to Bailey when he walked up.

"Ok," She replied simply through a huge smile.

"Call me with the details," Addison said.

So they walked to Bailey's room together. Guitar in one hand, Bailey's hand in the other, Zack couldn't suppress the happiness he felt.

'Life is good,' he thought.

So Zack and Bailey are finally together. Let's see what fate has in store for them. I'll try to update soon, but I'm going out of town next week and I start school the week after that, so i will pretty bust, but will try to update.

The song Zack wrote and played, and is the name of the chapter, is Shades of Love by Empty Trash. Now I know Zack didn't write this, but I'm no good at writing songs, so he did write that in the story. I wasn't originally going to use that song, but I came across it one night on youtube and I thought it fit them. Tell me what you think of the song choice. Until next time, keep up the good reviews.