Three days had passed since the ball. Maddie knocked on room 101's door. Sonia came to answer it.
"Hey," said Sonia stepping aside to invite her in. Maddie looked around.
"Where's Kyra?" asked Maddie.
"On a 'walk' with Zack," replied Sonia.
"You're betting they're doing more than walking then, huh?" said Maddie smirking. "Where's Meagan?"
"Out with Jackson," responded Sonia.
"Yeah, London's out too," said Maddie.
"James?" asked Sonia. Maddie nodded.
"Yeah, I'm just heading out to see Cody," said Sonia.
"Oh, so you and he have really hit it off then?" asked Maddie grinning.
"Yeah, we have," said Sonia. "How's Tanner?"
"Amazing!" said Maddie breathlessly. "And he lives in Boston! How cool is that? He was staying at the Tipton for a hockey tournament. He says he didn't have to but he's glad he did,"
"Aw, that's sweet," said Sonia.
"Yeah, I've actually got to go meet him now, were going out for a bit,"
"I've got to go meet Cody as well," said Sonia. They headed down the stairs and parted when Maddie saw Tanner.
"Hey," Cody said when he walked over to Sonia. "I'm not late, am I?"
"No, I'm early," said Sonia. Cody and Sonia had become quite comfortable with each other over the short period of time. They talked on their way to the Messina Restaurant. It was a nice restaurant, not extremely fancy, but it beat McDonald's anyways. They were seated at a table and given little sheet menus.
"Hey, look," said Cody pointing. "It's Kyra and my brother," Sonia looked over to where he was pointing.
"Don't they look cozy," said Sonia. They walked over and joined their table, fortunately all tables at the Messina seated four.
"Hey," said Cody as he sat down. "What have you two been up to?" Kyra smirked and gave a sideways glance to Zack.
"Uh, nothing much," he said and winked at Cody.
"I bet," said Cody. A casually dressed waiter came by.
"Can I get your orders?" he asked.
"Yeah, sure, I'll have the spaghetti with parmesan and a coke please," said Zack.
"Make it two," said Cody.
"I'll have a slice of plain pizza with a lemonade" said Kyra.
"Make it two," said Sonia. The waiter nodded and walked off. The group talked and ate while watching the beautiful snowy scene through the window. Once they finished they returned to the Tipton and sat in the lobby. Mr. Moseby walked over to them.
"It really is amazing," he said. "For the entire time you ladies have been here, Zack and Cody haven't broken, burned, dismembered, mutilated, ruined, shattered or killed any guests or property at the hotel. If only you were staying longer," he smiled and walked off. No one said anything. No one had even spoken about them leaving. They knew it was all too good to last, but enjoying every last minute was their only intention. They stayed in silence until Carey came and got the boys, they hadn't yet done their chores. Kyra and Sonia went to their room.
"If only we were staying longer," said Sonia, finally cracking the prolonged silence.
"Yeah," said Kyra sadly. "If only,"
Estaban carried Sonia's bags and placed them next to Kyra and Megan's.
"Is that all?" he asked.
"Yeah, and thanks," said Sonia.
"Oh, thank goodness, another bag and I would die," he walked off. Meagan sighed. She was sitting in the lobby with Kyra, Sonia, Maddie, London, Zack, Cody, and Jackson. It was the dreaded leaving day. The day for goodbyes and hugs. Their taxi to the airport would be arriving in a half-hour. No one had said anything to each other since coming down to the lobby.
"Well, I guess this is goodbye," said Sonia. Maddie let out a short sob;
"Oh! I'll miss you guys!" she cried. She gave Sonia, Meagan and Kyra each a hug. Tears streamed down her face. Meagan began crying too.
"Maddie!" she said. "Stop crying, you're making me cry," Maddie sniffed.
"Sorry," she said. She said back on the couch. London came up then.
"Bye ladies," she said giving them each a hug. She bit her lip to keep from crying, then she reached behind her and grabbed three gift bags. "Here," she said. "Don't forget me"
"We won't," said Sonia reassuringly. Kyra walked over and sat next to Zack.
"You're awesome, you know that?" she whispered. "I have never met someone who could make me smile like you do," she continued. "Thanks for everything,"
"What if we don't ever see each other again?' he asked.
"We will, and I'll never stop thinking of you," said Kyra. She was breaking down. He put his arm around her and wrapped her up in a hug.
"I'll miss you," he said. She kissed him.
"You rock," she said and they hugged again.
"You too," said Zack, he then added smiling; "Sugar," Kyra laughed but she had tears rolling down her cheeks. Sonia walked over to Cody.
"We'll visit each other, won't we?" she asked.
"Every year," he promised.
"We'll write to each other, won't we?" she asked.
"Every month," he promised.
"We'll call each other, won't we?" she asked.
"Every week," he promised.
"We'll think of each other, won't we?" she asked.
"Every second," he promised. Sonia cried into his shoulder and he hugged her. It was amazing too, Sonia wasn't one to cry over nothing. "Same for you?" he asked.
"Of course,' she promised. He kissed her and held her tighter. Meagan stepped towards Jackson.
"Meagan," he said. "You've been so great," Meagan couldn't hide her smile.
"You too," she said. "You changed me, I'm not scared anymore,"
"Scared of what?" asked Jackson.
"Scared of anything," she said. "Because I know you will always be there to catch me," Jackson kissed her. They hugged and he began singing 'I Wish', she cried, not holding back at all. Kyra looked outside.
"There's our taxi," she said. Meagan, Kyra and Sonia all gave the others one more hug and headed towards the door. They picked up their bags and left. Outside they could hear the group shouting goodbye. They tossed their bags in the trunk and then climbed into the back. They smiled to each other. No one need to say anything, for they all knew what the other was thinking; 'That was the best winter vacation ever'.
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And so ends my story. Yeah, the end's pretty sappy, sorry about that. I loved writing this so much, reviews were great and I had a lot of fun. I would love it if you let me know what you thought overall on my story. Maybe rate it on a scale of 1-10. Let me know where things could be improved or where I went right. I'm in the process of writing a sequel, so look out for that. It will probably be posted very soon. It will be a very different story from this one, a mystery type thing. I am also beginning to work on a little story request, if you have a character or an idea for me, go to my profile. I have all the information you need there. Thank you, I love you all so much.
-xoxo Dreamer.