Maddie jumped off her bed and ran downstairs. Her sister lived in Bridgewater Massachusetts, so her plane should be coming in within 45 minutes or so. (A/N: I just thought up a random town in MA)
Once she got off the elevator, she walked over and opened the candy counter. As usual, Zack and Cody were there waiting for her.
"Finally!" Zack said once he saw Maddie step off the elevator. "We've been standing here for 2 minutes already. And we're not getting any younger!"
Cody just gave his brother a weird look and rolled his eyes. Maddie just walked over and removed the 'closed' sign from the counter.
"Why are you late anyway?" Cody asked.
"Well, my sister Stephanie called this morning. And she's going to be working here with me." Maddie explained.
"That's cool." Cody said.
And of course, being Zack, he asked the obvious question, "What does she look like?" So Maddie gave the obvious answer, "She's my sister. So like me I guess."
Zack liked that answer. "So, she's got it going on as well?"
Maddie just looked toward the door and got really excited. She ran toward a 13 year old girl with dirty blonde hair and brown eyes and gave her a huge hug. "Stephanie, I can't believe you're here!"
Stephanie dropped her bags and hugged Maddie too.
Once Maddie let go, she took Stephanie to the candy counter and showed her where and how everything goes.
When Stephanie turned around, she finally noticed Zack and Cody.
"Hi, I'm Stephanie." Stephanie introduced herself.
"I'm Cody, and this is my brother, Zack." Cody said.
"You're pretty cute." Was all Stephanie said.