"What are we going to do?" asked Meagan, panic-stricken.
"Nothing," replied Max. "They said they'll have us out in no time," Meagan and London began hyperventilating.
"My god, calm down," sad Kyra. Sonia leaned against the wall and slid down so she was sitting. Zack pushed Cody over so he landed right next to her. Cody blushed and said;
"You were great today," he said.
"Thanks,' said Sonia. "You made an excellent husband as Bob," he flushed an even deeper shade of red. Zack grinned at Kyra.
"You were great too, Sugar," he leaned towards her.
"Don't even think about it," she said. After ten minutes the whole stuck-in-an-elevator-thing became tiring. It was about nine o'clock and the group hadn't eaten since lunch.
"Ow!" yelped Tapeworm. He and Max had started an aggressive game of bloody knuckles. "We are nearly finished the elevator repairing process, you will be out before you know it," said a voice over the speaker. Sonia sighed, it had said that six times already. "We promise that you are in no risk at-" but the speaker cut out. The lights shut off. Meagan and London began screaming again.
"We're gonna die!" cried London. Here was quite a bit of moving around. The fact that the lights had gone out startled everyone.
"Zack's touching me!" screeched Kyra.
"Zack?" asked Cody.
"What? I just put my arm around her waist, like this-" he went to do it again and a loud smack was heard. "Baby, that hurt!" said Zack. He rubbed his cheek where she had slapped him.
"Do you think we're going to get out?" asked Maddie, she was getting uneasy as well.
"Of course," said Cody reassuringly. "We're gonna be-" he was cut off when the elevator dropped about a foot. Everyone screamed at that.
"We're gonna die!" London cried again. No one argued that time. But then the lights did come on. The doors opened. They were on floor three.
"Thank god," said Kyra breathlessly. They walked over to the room and collapsed onto the couches upon entering. Sonia went over to the counter to get some drinks. She noticed an envelope on the floor in front of the door. On the front was Meagan's name written in decorative, cursive letters.
"Hey, Meagan," said Sonia. She handed her the envelope. The group stared at her curiously. Meagan opened it carefully and once reading a few lines she smiled.
"Who's it from?" asked Sonia. Meagan shrugged.
"It doesn't say," Kyra looked at her enquiringly.
"Well, what does it say?" she asked. Meagan bushed.
"Nothing really," she tucked it into her pocket.
"Please, Meagan," said Kyra. "I know you well enough to recognize that that is very well not nothing, in fact, I do believe it is very much something!" said Kyra. Meagan bit her lip. She knew Kyra would never give in so she handed her the note. Everyone immediately circled her and read it as well.
Dear stranger, I want you to know that I thought you were magnificent in your play today. No one could have presented your part with such beauty and grace. I would love to tell you in person but I am far too bashful. I don't want you to turn away from me, or be fearful of me so my identity shall remain a secret. I will simply remain an admirer of you. If you wish to write me back, please leave a note attached to your door as soon as you are finished reading this. Thank you for your time. Love your mystery devotee.
Sonia laughed.
"What?" asked Meagan, rather stiffly.
"It's just, well, it's very nice," she said.
"Kind of wishy-washy," said Max.
"I think it's beautiful," said Kyra. "Poetic even,"
"I could be a poet," said Zack. Kyra scoffed.
"Yeah, right…" she said sarcastically.
"No, really, listen," Zack thought for a moment. "You are so great, I can't wait, to go on a date, I wouldn't be late-"
"That's enough," said Kyra.
"But Sugar, it's fate," said Zack.
"I wonder who sent it," said London. Meagan shrugged. She had no clue.
"Ooh! Could it be that Jackson guy?" asked Kyra. Meagan shook her head.
"Doubt it, I think I screwed up pretty bad on our first meeting,"
"Well, are you going to write back?" asked Sonia. Meagan thought for a second.
"Oh, you have to," said Maddie. "He could be like the one,"
"All right, but, what do I say?"
"Tell him you want to meet him," said Sonia. Meagan grabbed a pencil and in a very untidy scrawl she wrote him back. She folded it up and taped it to the back of the door.
"Anyone want chips or something?" asked Sonia walking to the kitchen; they nodded.
"So, how about the masquerade ball?" said London. "Is everyone going to go?" Max shrugged.
"Might crash it," she said. Tapeworm nodded.
"Sounds good," he said. "What about you guys?"
"I'm definitely going," said Maddie.
"Yeah, it seems like it's going to be so much fun," said Sonia bringing over a bowl of chips. They talked for a while longer when the phone rang. Kyra answered it.
"Hello?" Yeah, they're here, why? Oh. All right, where? Okay, cool, I'll tell them. Yeah. Bye." she hung up. "It was Mosbey, he wants you guys to meet him downstairs," she said to Zack and Cody.
"What did you do!" asked Cody.
"Nothing! What did he say we did?" asked Zack. Kyra shrugged.
"He said you would know. You might want to get down there fast, he sounded angry." she said. The twins shrugged.
"Okay, see you guys later," they waved and left the room. Max checked her watch.
"I've gotta go, I'll see you guys later," she said. Tapeworm followed.
"Yeah, I have to bike home, bye guys," they left as well. The phone rang again. Kyra picked it up.
"Hello? Oh, hey Zack. Really? Yeah, okay. But you couldn't have. I know. Uh-huh. Sure, bye." she hung up. "The twins can't come back, they're grounded for the rest of the night,"
"Why?" asked Maddie.
"Something about too much detergent in the laundry… Anyways it flooded over so they were in huge trouble, but they didn't do it," said Kyra.
"You really trust Zack's word?" asked Sonia.
"No, but they couldn't have done it, at the time it happened we were all in the elevator,"
"Then why are they in trouble?" asked Meagan.
"Mosbey and Carey don't believe them and they have no proof," said Kyra.
"But we could tell them," said Sonia. Kyra shook her head.
"They think we're all too close to turn on the twins, they'd probably think that we were lying,"
"Too bad, I mean, they actually didn't do it," said Maddie. There was a short pause.
"What's everyone doing tomorrow?" asked Sonia.
"I think I'm going store browsing," said Meagan. "There's a girl on the tenth floor who I was talking to earlier, I'm going with her,"
"I'm working until four," said Maddie.
"And I'm hanging out with Maddie," said Kyra.
"You don't have to, it's kind of boring," said Maddie.
"Please, you work at the candy counter, people go to the candy counter, people like cute boys, cute boys like candy, I like cute boys, it's a very nice cycle," said Kyra. "It'll be fun,"
"What are you doing tomorrow?" asked Meagan to Sonia.
"London and I are shopping, again, but not until three, London's going to teach me how to do this awesome thing with eye shadow," said Sonia.
"It will be great," said London. The girls all talked excitedly until midnight. Then London and Maddie left. Sonia, Meagan and Kyra all went to bed with small smiles on their faces, their stay at the Tipton was getting better every second.
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Thank you JediMasterBob for reviewing again, glad you liked the elevator thing, and thank you Lifan, I had already read your story, and reviewed it too, I loved it! So good. Here's the next chapter. A bit short but 'll be updating soon, I always do. Please R&R, I love getting reviews more than anything!
xoxo Dreamer