"Hey Maddie." Cody said to Maddie as he walked up to her at the candy counter.
"Hey, Cody. Is there something wrong?" Maddie asked him.
"Nah I just didn't have a good day today." Cody said and slumped in a chair near the counter.
"What happened?" Maddie asked.
"Max is moving away and she didn't even say good bye. Then when I called her to say good bye she was all snotty because her friend Kelsey was there. Kelsey can be snotty a lot, and it seems that Max has hung out with her a lot more than Zack and I ever since Kelsey moved here. Now, I don't know if she really meant that or not, and she is not at home right now so I can't call her again."
"Ahh, you poor thing. You know what I suggest? You try to catch her sometime this weekend before she leaves and get her alone so you can give her a proper goodbye."
"Or, talk to her tonight when she comes here for her surprise going-away party." Carey butted in.
Cody jumped in his chair, "Hi, Mom."
"Hey Cody. She will be here in a half an hour you know. Your brother decided to throw her this and she thinks she is going to dinner with her parents."
"Really? Thanks mom. Thanks Maddie. I'll be back!" Cody ran into the elevator to his suite.
Zack walked up, "Hey mom, sweet thing. I got the ballroom all set up!"
"All by yourself?" Carey asked.
"No, silly. Some kids who are staying here came and helped. One of them was this skater dude who I knew his name but I forgot it! I'm so mad now."
"Why didn't you ask him what his name was?"
"Umm, because I... was just going... to do... that... yea..." Zack ran back to the ballroom.
Maddie and Carey followed him into the ballroom and looked around at all Zack and the kids had done.
"I got his autograph." Zack said as he walked up to Maddie and Carey.
"Who's 'his'?" Maddie asked.
"Jacob Smith!" Zack answered.
"Jacob Smith? Isn't he that hot kid from Troy?" Maddie looked off, daydreaming.
"Yea, and he's got a girlfriend." Zack said, sternly.
"Well, if you're so smart, who is she?" Maddie crossed her arms.
"I don't know, but someone like Jacob Smith has to have a girlfriend already. So there." Zack crossed his arms, smiled and walked to the lobby.