Chapter 5 - A New Fan
"AHH!" everybody screamed. However, the person that sounded most like a girl was actually Cody.
"Cody... I understand the screaming part, but the screaming like a GIRL part? No." Cody glared at him and turned his attention back to the screen.
"Oh my God, this is so scary! I've never seen anything like this movie before," Aly said, looking at Zack, who was beside her.
"I've seen scarier things," Zack said, looking up at her.
"You have? Like what?" Aly responded, turning towards him, sitting indian-style.
"Maddie in the morning," he whispered in her ear. Beings Maddie was sitting next to him, she overheard and hit him in the ribs. Aly doubled over with laughter.
"Babe, I love you and all, but... that... was... not... funny!" he said, holding his side. That only made Aly laugh even harder.
Then, the scariest part of all came on. Everyone screamed. Cody and AJ grabbed for each other and Cody ended up in her lap, clinging onto her neck. Alyson jumped into Zack's arms and he held onto her, his eyes fluttering with happiness. Maddie, though, ended up having to hold onto a pillow and a blanket since she had nobody to grab onto. Suddenly, she felt alone.
"Hey, guys? How long until this movie is over? It's creeping me out." Maddie said.
"In like half an hour. But, yeah, I'm getting creeped out, too. I don't really wanna watch this anymore," Cody said.
"Okay, raise your hands if you're REALLY EXTREMELY scared!" AJ yelled. Everyone raised their hands. "Okay, raise your hands if you don't wanna watch this anymore!" Everyone raised their hands again.
"Okay, fine by me!" Zack said, grabbing the remote and changing the channel to MTV. There and Back was on. They watched what was left of it and then the power came back on.
"Hallelujah!" Cody said, throwing his hands up in the air. "It's a miracle! Let us celebrate!" Then he turned on the stereo and they started dancing to My Humps.
Maddie, Alyson, and Amanda started dancing like girls do these days, and Zack and Cody stared at them in awe.
"Dang!" Zack whispered, so only Cody could hear him. "My girl has got SKILLS!"
"What are you trying to say? Are you trying to say that they are se-"
Zack stepped on his foot hard. "Shut up!" he said through gritted teeth. Cody grabbed his foot in pain and looked up at Zack in disgust. Then Zack got an evil, mischevious look on his face. "But yes. That's what I'm trying to say. They look hot and se-"
"YES I KNOW! The 'S' word! Don't say it around them!" Cody exclaimed. The girls just ignored them.
Then Zack popped in his Now 20 cd and put on Lose Control. Everyone started dancing except Cody, who stuck out like a sore thumb.
"Cody, why aren't you dancing?" AJ asked.
"I can't dance. At all," he replied with a sad look as he plopped down on the couch. AJ sat down beside him.
"Cody, have you ever tried?" she asked, looking into his disappointed eyes. He looked back.
"Yeah. I just can't. It's impossible."
"How so?"
"Once I tried out for this dance contest, and so did Zack. He got picked instead of me."
"That doesn't mean that you can't dance, Cody! Maybe it's just not your style of dancing. I'll bet you can slow dance."
"Yeah, right."
"Do you know how?"
"I think so."
"Well, I'm sure you can. You shouldn't put yourself down like that. I'm sure you have other talents."
Cody smiled. "Actually, I do," he said, holding up his finger. Then he quickly moved his hands about in an awkward manner and pulled a bouquet of flowers out of his jacket and gave them to her. AJ's face lit up with joy and a tear almost fell down her face. "For you."
"Aww, Cody!" she said sweetly, and kissed him on the cheek. "You're so sweet! Thank you!"
"Anything for you!"
"Aww! So how did you do that?"
"Sorry, I don't give away my secrets... to ANYONE," he said. AJ nodded understandingly.
After an awkward moment of silence, Zack turned to Alyson and said, "Well, I can dance!"
Alyson smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek, too. He fell back on the bed and then sat up quickly as if nothing had happened. When he came up he just gave Alyson a wide, toothy grin.
Then, Maddie, feeling alone once again, said, "Hey, guys? I know a REALLY fun game we could play!"
"Oh, I love games!" Aly said. AJ nodded in agreement.
"It's called Sardines."
"OOO! I love that game!" Alyson exclaimed.
"Me too!" AJ said. "We played it last year at my 13th birthday!"
"Cool! Well, Zack, Cody, do you know how to play?"
"No," they both said in unison.
"Okay. What happens is that you have to pair up with someone and wait in another room until someone comes to get you. Then, all the lights in the house have to be out, and you and your partner have to look for that person."
"So it's basically hide and seek?" Cody asked.
"No. See, after your group finds that person, YOU have to hide WITH them until EVERYONE finds that person."
"Oh, I get it!" Cody said. Zack nodded his head in agreement.
"But we really need more people... let's call Esteban."
"And Maxx and Tapeworm," Zack said.
"And Mr. Moseby!" Cody said with a grin, trying to help. Everyone stared at him blankly. Then, trying to save his sentence, he said, "...Wishes he could be here!"
"Yeah, nice save," Zack said. Cody rolled his eyes and everyone else laughed.
Then Zack and Alyson went busily to work on their cell phones. Zack talked to Maxx and Tapeworm on three-way, and Alyson went downstairs with Maddie to get Esteban, leaving Zack, Cody, and AJ alone.
"So, can you guys come over?" Zack asked Maxx and Tapeworm.
On the other line, Maxx and Tapeworm said in unison, "Yep!"
"Great! When we're done you guys can come over and sleep at our place. Maxx, you can... uh..."
Then AJ interrupted and whispered to Zack, "Is Maxx a girl?"
"Yeah," he said, covering the receiver.
"She can sleep over with us, then."
"Okay." Then he took his hand away from the receiver. "You're gonna sleep over with Maddie, Alyson, and Amanda."
"Okay great. We'll see you. Bye!" she said excitedly. Then they both hung up. Zack set the cell phone down on the bed gently and flopped down on it.
"So, what's going on?" Cody asked.
"They'll be over here in about 20 minutes. We need to go down to the lobby to wait for them so they can get in with us."
"Okay, let's go, then," AJ said, grabbing the room key and locking the door as they made their way downstairs.
When they got there they met up with Maddie and Alyson down in the lobby and told them what they were doing. They hung out there for about 30 minutes, and Maxx and Tapeworm still hadn't arrived. Zack picked up his cell and phoned Maxx.
"Hello?" Maxx said.
"Hey. Where are you guys?"
"We're stuck in traffic. We'll be there roughly around 7," Maxx said.
"Oh, okay. See ya then!"
"Alright, cool." Then she hung up.
"Where are they?" AJ asked.
"Traffic. They said they'd be here roughly around 7."
Alyson glanced at the clock and grunted. "It's only 7:40! What do you guys do for fun around here? This lobby looks THRILLING," she said sarcastically.
"Well, normally, we run around like idiots and complain and bother everyone..." Zack said.
"No, that's just you," Cody said, looking at Zack.
"Yeah. The one who has FUN," Zack said sarcastically.
Cody just rolled his eyes and looked at the chandelier above his head. "I wonder what would happen if that fell on my head?"
Just then the chandelier fell on his head and he died.
(A/N: HAHA! I GOT YOU! I was kidding!)
"Hopefully it will soon," Zack joked. Cody glared at him and jabbed him in the ribs. Zack let out a small yelp of pain and he jabbed Cody back. He answered with a yelp himself.
"Do you two ENJOY hitting each other?" Maxx said as she and Tapeworm walked in the door.
"There you guys are! Finally!" Cody said, walking up to them right behind Zack.
"Yeah. I hate traffic. It spoils so much fun," Tapeworm said.
"Um, excuse me, but you need to pay to get into the Tipton, boys," Mr. Moseby said.
"I'm a girl," Maxx said, taking off her hat and looking at Moseby.
"Oh... so sorry, Maxx. I'm guessing these two are with you?" Moseby asked Zack and Cody.
"Yep. They're sleeping over," Cody said with a grin.
Then, Mr. Moseby said, with an aggravated expression, "Wonderful." Then he walked over to the reception desk, while Maxx and Tapeworm walked in and started talking to everybody else.
"Whoa! No way! Aly and AJ? Are you crapping me? They're really here! OH MY GOD!" Maxx screamed as she dropped her bags and ran to them. They just smiled.
"Hi! What's your name?" Alyson asked, holding out her hand to Maxx.
"Maxx. I can't believe that it's actually you! I think you guys rock!" she said, shaking Aly's hand and then Amanda's.
"Wow. You two have a lot of fans here! Who'd of ever thunk it?" Zack said.
"It's THOUGHT, Zack. Thought," Cody said, eyeing Zack.
"Whatever," he said with a careless look on his face. Cody rolled his eyes.
"I have your album AND I have it memorized! I even made up my own dance moves!" Maxx said as Alyson and Amanda grinned at her. Never before had they met so many fans at once.
"Wow! That's great!" AJ said, intrigued as was her sister. They listened to her ramblings until Zack interrupted.
"Are you girls done?" They all looked at him in disgust and got up. Maxx continued rambling until they got up to Alyson and Amanda's suite.
End of Chapter 5
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