Travis woke up at 10 to go out with his friends. He got ready and walked downstairs a half hour later. That's where his friends were waiting.
"Hey Travis!" Maddie called as he walked out the elevator. Travis noticed that everyone was wearing jeans and a jacket or sweatshirt.
"Hey. So you guys ready to go?" Travis said.
"One question. How are we getting there?" Darryl asked. The others groaned. For one guy he had a lot of questions.
"London, what do you suggest?" Travis said as Aly joined him on the other side of the group.
"Limo?" London said.
"Work for you guys?" Travis asked. They all nodded.
"Alright. Let's go." Aly said.
"Where do you think your going?" Mr. Moseby asked.
"Out." Travis said slowly.
"Oh please, take these with you." Mr. Moseby pleaded. By these, he meant Zack and Cody. Mr. Moseby was carrying them by their collars.
"No. They're too young." Travis said.
"Oh please. I need them out of my hotel for a few hours." Mr. Moseby begged.
"Nothing in the world could make me do this."
"I'll you double your paycheck."
"Man, the connections pretty bad. I gotta hang up."
"Triple?" Mr. Moseby said. He really sounded desperate now.
"The connection's clearing a little." Travis said.
"Quadruple?" Mr. Moseby said.
"Whoa. Connection's back. Come on boys." Travis and the others walked outside and headed toward the valet.
"How'd you get him to quadruple your salary? I only got him to triple it when I tutored London." Maddie said.
"This is Zack and Cody. Mr. Moseby would give anything to get rid of them. No offense." Travis explained.
"None taken, big bro." Zack said.
"Why didn't you go higher?" Darryl asked.
"I didn't want to be the reason for the hotel going bankrupt." They laughed except London who wasn't paying attention. They continued joking around until London's limo came. Zack and Cody got in first and turned on the TV across from them. The others then got in and continued to talk.
"To the shopping district." London said.
"I'm just saying how does Santa get all around the world in one night?" Darryl asked. Somehow they'd gotten onto the subject of Santa Claus.
"He has about six hours to get to all the houses in one time zone. The next time zone is an hour later to the west." Cody said.
"There are twenty-four time zones. Therefore, he has a lot more time than we think. Although, when we think about it we only use 20 of our brains, tops." Travis said, finishing his younger brother's explanation. "He'd still have to go very fast though."
"Yeah but why?" Darryl asked.
"Some say to honor God, some say he likes making toys and giving. Especially to kids. The list could go on." Travis said.
"I guess. But-"
"Oh, come on man. Not another question." Maddie said. They all went silent until the sound of Run It rang. They all looked puzzled. Everyone except Maddie. She'd heard that that ring before. What? Travis said with his eyes as he made eye contact with Maddie. Maddie looked down at his pocket and back at him.
"Oh! Sorry. My phone." Travis said. He pressed the button on his wireless earpiece. He then pulled out his Trēo.
"Hello." Travis said, speaking into his earpiece.
"Have you seen Zack and Cody?" said a worried voice. It was Carey.
"Yes, they're with me."
"Oh good. May I talk to them?"
"Sure. Hold on." Travis said. He took out his earpiece. "Say 'Hi Carey'." Travis then put the phone on speaker.
"Hi Carey!" They all said. Travis took the phone off speaker and gave his earpiece to Cody. Cody cleaned off the earpiece (just the type of thing Cody did) and conversed with his mother. He then passed the earpiece to Zack. Travis was hoping they'd hurry. They were all standing in a circle in the middle of the sidewalk and people were walking around them. Zack passed the earpiece back to Travis.
"When will you be back?" Travis heard in his earpiece.
"Tomorrow." There was silence. "Kidding. At two."
"Alright."
"Bye mom."
"Bye." Travis hung up the phone and put it in his pocket. "Let's go." The girls took the lead in front of the guys.
"Where are we going?" Cody asked. That was a good question. Knowing girls they could be going anywhere. But they continued to follow. At least until they reached a women's store.
"Whoa whoa whoa. I'm not goin' in there." Travis said.
"Oh come on. It's not that bad." Aly said.
"Oh yes it is. You have London, Queen of Shopping, with you. This is gonna be expensive. And it's gonna take a while."
"Well I'm going in." Zack said excitedly.
"Me too." Cody said following his brothers lead. Darryl then started to follow.
"Darryl!" Travis said.
"What? Look I'm with your brothers."
"We might as well." Gavin said. Travis didn't care if Gavin went in, just his brothers and Darryl.
"OK. Fine. But only for an hour." The girls huddled up and discussed this.
"Deal." Maddie said.
"Better get started, because your hour starts now."
"Is your body Visa? 'Cause it's everywhere I wanna be." Zack was flirting with a woman twice his age. If he couldn't be with Maddie, he needed to test his limits.
"Oh you're so cute. But I think you're too young for me." said the woman.
"Zachary!" called a voice. Zack knew it was Travis. He must have been in a lot of trouble. That was the only reason Travis ever called him Zachary and he'd never called him by his full first name.
Travis walked up behind his brother.
"He's old enough though." the woman muttered.
"Zack, you shouldn't have walked off." Travis said.
"Is he your son?" the woman said. Travis then realized she was standing there.
"Worse. My brother." Travis said glaring at Zack.
"I'm Camron." the woman said.
"I'm Travis. Sorry if my brother disturbed you." Travis said.
"No problem." Camron said. Travis and Zack were about to walk away when Camron grabbed Travis's arm. "I was wondering if you'd like to go out with me?"
"I'm sorry. I can't. First off, I think you're too old for me. Second-"
"I'm only twenty-six. How old are you?"
"I just turned seventeen yesterday."
"Haven't you heard of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes?"
"Yeah and I still can't believe that that's panning out." Travis tried to leave again but Camron grabbed his arm again.
"Is something wrong?" said a female voice behind Travis. He knew that voice. Travis turned his head to find just the person he expected. Aly. And with her was Zack. He realized Zack had left to go get her.
"No. Of course not. I was just getting to know my new friend, Camron. Aly, Camron. Camron, Aly my girlfriend."
"Hi." Camron said, holding out her hand.
"Hi." Aly said, shaking Camron's hand. "Travis you're the one who said only for an hour. It's been an hour. Unless, you wanna stay a little longer."
"Peace out. Let's go guys." Travis said. When the three of them walked out, the others were waiting for them.
"Man, I'm hungry." Travis heard Cody say as they walked up.
"What time is it?" Gavin asked.
"About twelve." Maddie said, checking her watch.
"I guess it's time for lunch. Where should we go?" Travis asked.
"I saw a Hard Rock Café as we rode over here. It's a few blocks away."
"OK." they all said. They then started walking until Darryl stopped.
"London, are you coming?" Darryl called.
"In these shoes? I don't think so!" London said.
"London. We'll have Darryl carry you if we have to." Travis said.
"Yeah. Wait, what?" Darryl said.
"Just go with it." Travis whispered.
"OK. Fine." Darryl whispered. "Don't get used to it though."
"Come on London. We're really hungry."
"Fine. But, like you said, Darryl has to carry me."
"Deal." Travis said. London got on Darryl's back and they continued to walk.
"Alright guys. Let's calm down." Maddie said. She walked over to the couch and sat down, out of breath. The nine of them were having a pillow fight and she was worn out. They all had decided (after Aly and AJ's concert) to stay at the Tipton for the night since it was Aly and AJ's last night there. When Travis had finished dropping off his brothers, Aly, AJ, and London, he took Maddie, Darryl, and Gavin home so they could pack some stuff.
"Maddie's right guys." Aly said as she walked over to sit next to Maddie. Travis dropped to his knees and then lied down. They were all tired and sweaty and had to take a break.
"Who's up for a movie?" Zack asked.
"That's cool." Travis said.
"Umm. How about The Mummy?" Cody asked.
"You know I usually don't like educational movies, but this one has action." Zack said. They laughed and told Cody to put it on.
"Yo what's for dinner?" Darryl asked.
"Good question." Travis said.
"I'll cook something." Maddie said.
"I'll help you." Aly said. The two girls headed to the kitchen.
"So what's it like having your girlfriend and crush in the same room about to cook dinner in a section of the suite full of knives?" Darryl whispered.
"Shut up." Travis said as the movie started. They all spent the rest of the night watching movies and playing around.