A/N: Hey everyone sorry the first two chapters were so short. I'll make sure to have the rest be longer. Read and review please!
Carrie casually walked into Zack and Cody's room, where Cody was laying on his bed, staring at the ceiling.
"Hey Cody, what's up?" Carrie asked. Cody lifted up his head and looked at his mom, and then set his head back down.
"Nothing." He said sulkily. Carrie sighed.
"That's not what I think." She replied. Cody perked up.
"Why do you say that?"
"Zack told me what you said." She said.
"Oh great."
"Cody." She drew him into a hug. "You can't compare yourself to your brother. Like I said after the dance contest, you're two different people."
"I know, it's just, He's better at everything!"
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll find something soon." She kissed him on the forehead and walked out.
Cody sighed and lied back down.
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Meanwhile, in the lobby...
Zack was waiting on one of the chairs in the lobby, waiting for Maddie to return from the bathroom. Suddenly, a girl walked in, following a man and a woman, whom Zack assumed was her parents. The girl was very pretty, with long, sleek, brown hair, and a flowery pink halter top with a blue silk skirt on.
"Ooh, new girl." He licked his hand and ran it through his hair. He stood up and walked over to the girl, who was leaning against a sofa while her parents checked in. He cleared his throat, and tapped her lightly on the shoulder.
"Hi." He said. She turned around and smiled.
"Hi yourself." She answered.
"I'm Zack. Zack Martin. What's your name?" He asked. She took a second to decide whether she should tell him. On the one hand, she didn't know him at all, on the other hand, he obviously trusted her.
"I'm Julia. Julia Woods." She said. "But my friends call me Jewel."
"Julia...Pretty name." He answered. Julia giggled.
"Thanks."
"So what are you doing here?" Zack asked.
"I'm here for two months. My parents are doing this business thing and they had to drag me along." Zack grinned.
"Two months? Great! I mean, I- uh..." He stammered. Julia laughed again.
"You're funny."
"And you're beautiful." He said, totally out of it, staring at her. Julia realized where he was staring, and, rather offended, slapped him on the face, scoffed, and turned back to her parents. Zack rubbed his cheek.
"Ow... Well! She's out!" He walked over to the candy counter, where Maddie was standing. "Hey there sweet stuff!" He said. Maddie looked at him,
"Hi Zack. Why did the new girl slap you like that?"
"Crap, you saw?"
"Please, that was like the loudest smack I've ever heard!"
"Dammit. There goes my rep with the ladies."
"Why did she slap you?" Maddie repeated.
"Umm, I...don't know?"
"Yeah right, Zack."
"Fine. I was staring at her." Maddie looked at him expectantly. "Ugh, fine! I was staring where she didn't really like me staring." Maddie laughed.
"What did you expect? It's no wonder she slapped you like that."
"Yeah, yeah."
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Julia and her parents made their way up to the 23rd floor, where their suite was. They passed the Martins' suite just as Cody walked out, ready to confront Zack if he had too. He saw Julia and his mouth dropped.
"H-hi." He said in a quiet voice. She turned around, but frowned when she saw who it was. She nodded,
"Zack." Cody was puzzled.
"Um, I'm not Zack."
"Don't play that game, Zack!"
"N-no, really, My name is Cody Martin, I'm Zack's twin brother." Julia was shocked.
"Ohhh my gosh! I am soooo sorry!"
"That's okay, so what happened between you and Zack?"
"Oh, that, after we introduced ourselves, he-"
"Sorry to interrupt, but what's your name?"
"Oh, yeah, I'm Julia Woods. So anyway, after we introduced ourselves, he started staring at my breas- um, he was staring at...me. So I slapped him." Cody laughed.
"Are you serious!" He continued laughing, "That is so Zack."
"Really?"
"Yeah. So how long are you here for?"
"Two months. My parents are doing this business thing."
"Cool, so, um...see you around?"
"Definitely." She walked on, following her parents.
"Bye..."