Travis sat bolt upright. He was sweating. Harder than he'd ever sweat in his life. It was his dream that woke him up. It was about Maddie, which freaked him out. He couldn't have seriously liked Maddie. Yes, she was his first friend at school. And yes, they had become really close. Maybe that was why he was falling in like with her, maybe even, possibly, love. He thought to himself, Nah, that's not possible. He got up and got ready for school. Then he ran to the elevator. After finally landing in the lobby, he ran to the bus stop. The bus was just about to leave. He picked up the speed and almost ran into a few people. When he was finally on the bus he sat next to Darryl. Darryl was the second person Travis met. After meeting Darryl, Travis introduced him to Maddie and they became quick friends. The three of them were almost inseparable during school.

"Hey, man. What's up?" asked Darryl.

"I feel weird. Sorta dirty." replied Travis.

"Whoa. You took a shower this morning didn't you?" Darryl said reacting to Travis's comment.

"Yes, I did. It's just." Travis took a deep breath. "Can you keep a secret?" Darryl nodded his head. "I had a dream about Maddie."

"You had a dream or you had a dream?" Darryl said staring at him incredulously.

"I had a normal dream. But I'm afraid it might intensify into a dream."

"That's rough, man. Has she done anything to provoke these feelings? Or you?"

"Well, there was the day she came to my suite." answered Travis.

"Ah dawg."

"We weren't alone! Zack, Cody, London, and Esteban were there." Travis said defending himself.

"What happened?" asked Darryl.

"I dropped some of my CDs. Our hands met on one of them. Neither of us looked up. As we were getting up, we bumped heads. We both laughed."

"OK. Well, guess that's not so bad."

"That's not all. I sorta put my arm around her without thinkin'." said Travis, turning away from Darryl to look out the window. Darryl ranted on until they got to school. In which he still ranted him until Maddie came their way.

"Hey guys!" said Maddie, giving them both a hug.

"Hey Maddie." said the boys, in a sort of odd way.

"Are you two OK?" asked Maddie.

"Yeah. Why wouldn't we be?" asked Travis, his voice cracking.

"You guys just seem… never mind." said Maddie, motioning them to walk to their lockers.

"So, how was your dinner at Zack and Cody's?" asked Maddie, as she put in her locker combination.

"It was great." Travis lied. He pulled out his math book right before the bell rang.

It was time for fifth period, which was Language Art. Travis wasn't paying attention, though. For some reason he couldn't keep his eyes off Maddie. This feeling he felt was driving him nuts. Why was this happening? He was going through an emotional rollercoaster. He was afraid to talk to Carey, Zack, or Cody. He liked Maddie so much he was going crazy. These two days, were painful to him. He couldn't take anymore.

After school, the trio said there good byes and then, Maddie and Travis took a taxi to the Tipton.

"So Maddie. I was thinkin'. Maybe we could hang out tomorrow. You know listen to music, pizza, maybe a movie."

"But we have to work late tomorrow."

"We can do it afterwards. I mean, how long could it take?" said Travis.

"Alright. That'd be cool." said Maddie, after deep thought about it. The both of them talked and argued about the next day.

"Hey Travis!" called a voice. Travis turned around to find it was Carey. His heart started racing. What did she have to say to him?

"Hi Carey" said Travis, looking down at the floor. He really wanted to leave.

"I've been thinking about what you said yesterday. And I think if you really sure I'm your mother we should take a DNA test." Travis was surprised. He hadn't expected that.

"Really. When?" Travis said. He wouldn't believe it if he hadn't of heard it.

"Tomorrow?"

"I can't. I have to work late." Travis half-lied. He really did have to work late but he didn't want to break off his plans with Maddie.

"OK. How about Sunday?"

"That's cool. Have you told Zack and Cody?" asked Travis.

"No. I don't want to until we're absolutely sure."

"OK. So when do we go?"

"I'll tell you tomorrow."

"OK. Well, I'll see you later." Travis definitely struck lucky. This was certainly an odd day, Travis thought as he got into the elevator.