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Disclaimer: …And for a million dollars do I own Suite Life or its characters? No… Final answer!

Emotional Luggage

"What's wrong Esteban?" Cody asked.

Esteban took a thorough look around to make sure Moseby wasn't anywhere in the area then he took a step away from the bush. He was wearing a pair of jeans, a black belt and a plaid shirt.

"Whoa, whose closet exploded on you?" Zack rudely asked.

"See yesterday I took my uniform to get my free once a month dry-cleaning in the Tipton's laundry room. And now it's gone! I'll get fired if Moseby sees me out of uniform; you know how strict he is. He'll definitely see me with all the bell hopping I have to do." His heavy accent now had a panicked tone.

"Great! You came to the right place Esteban, cause for a small fee of five dollars we can solve your little problem," Zack said greedily.

"Really? You little blonde peoples are the best little blonde peoples I know!"

That burst of excitement made Esteban realize that he had drawn to much attention to himself and went back to hiding behind the bush. Right then Brad, Maddie's new "friend", strutted into the Tipton.

"Hey youngsters," he said to them. That really ticked Zack off, no one called him a youngster. "Were you guys just talking to a bush?" he asked them, not caring enough to notice Esteban hiding behind the bush.

"No!" Zack retorted angrily, this guy really annoyed him. Brad just stared at Zack with a 'what a child' look and walked over to Maddie.

"Okay here's the plan. Cody you go look for the missing uniform and I'll stay near the check-in counter and take any bags so Moseby won't go looking for Esteban. Plus that will give me chance to keep an eye on Mr. Personality over there," Zack informed.

"And what shall I do? Moseby is sure to see me here."

"You my friend… will take this," Zack gave him a keycard, "and let yourself into our suite where Moseby won't find you."

"Great idea! That's the last place Moseby would be seen," Cody added. Then each of the three ran off in a different direction.

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Cody began to look in the laundry room. He checked the closet for Esteban's uniform but it was no where to be seen and there were no spares for him to change in to.

"Darn it!" he said to he himself. He had no idea where he should look next. "Okay, okay," he assured, "If I was a missing uniform where would I be?" he asked himself.

"Aha! I know!" he said as he ran off.

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Zack was sitting at the concierge's desk at the Tipton, pretending to read a magazine. He knew he wouldn't get in trouble for the time being considering the concierge was taking her lunch break and she wouldn't be back for another twenty minutes. He saw Brad talking to Maddie. She was smiling. He took her hand and they sat on the couch together. Now Zack could hear them better.

"Maddie, you're so great for helping me with this," Brad said to her.

"It's no big deal Brad," she answered, "What would you like to start with, Math or English?"

"Whatever floats your boat," he answered, slightly shaking his head so his sleek brown hair brushed up against his forehead and moved away from his eyes.

"Math it is! Okay in this problem we have to prove that side AB is not congruent to side BC."

Zack was drawn away from the conversation when her heheard Moseby say, "Right this way Mr. and Mrs. Strauss, our bellhop Esteban will take your bags up."

"Oh shit," he said to himself as he dropped the magazine and ran over to the front desk. "I'll help them with their stuff Mr. Moseby," he offered.

"Where's Esteban?" Moseby asked him.

"Um… Esteban is uh… helping the Jenkins family move to their new room. Did you see how many kids they have? You'd think they were rabbits."

"Very well," Moseby responded giving Zack the 'what are you up to' look.

Zack took a bag in each hand. The bags were so heavy the almost outweighed him, he let out a small grunt as he picked them up. He made his way to the elevator but his eyes were focused on Maddie and Brad. The things I do for Maddie, he thought to himself.

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Cody made his way across the hotel in search the missing uniform. He was just about to pass the kitchen when he heard a strange sound. He opened the door and to his surprise he found… Muriel.

Muriel was sitting on a chair in the kitchen with her house keeping cart next to her. She was munching down on fresh baked cookies.

"Muriel, what are you doing?" Cody asked her.

"Well I began to clean," she paused, "then I got hungry. So here I am. Got a problem with that?" she said stressing the sound of the word 'that' at the end of her sentence.

"No. Wait did you just say you were cleaning? What where you cleaning?" he asked.

"I was downstairs throwing out some green Halloween costumes. It's way past Halloween."

"Can I see those Halloween costumes?" he requested. Muriel handed him a bag of 'costumes'. "That's Esteban's uniform!" Cody exclaimed.

"The Tipton has uniforms?" she wondered out loud. She has been taking so much vacation time she didn't even remember the staff are required to wear uniforms.

"Thanks Muriel" he said as he took the bag and rushed back to his suite to find Esteban.

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Zack finally returned to the lobby after taking bags up to the Strauss's room. He had about 10 minutes left before the concierge would kick him out of her seat. Maddie was still studying with Brad and she seemed even more in love with him then she was when Zack left.

"And that's how you can tell angle 1 is complimentary to angle 2," she finished in a dreamy voice.

"You mean just like the way I'm complimentary to you?" he asked her. She was half flattered, half turned on by the way he made the subject seem so romantic. She stared into his aquatic-blue eyes.

They leaned in to kiss, just when… Moseby interrupted them.

"Maddie, a new supply of chewy-gooey bars came in. I need you to bring them in from the supply room and arrange them on the counter,"

She heard his words but she wasn't quite listening to what he actually wanted. She just continued to stare at Brad with a lovey-dovey look on her face.

"Now... Maddie." He emphasized.

Maddie snapped out of her trance, "Yes sir," she said and ran off to the supply room. Just as she left, Brad's cell phone rang. He immediately picked it up.

"Hi Jay, what's up?" he asked, "really? Debbie told you she wants to go out with me again? Okay tell her tomorrow night's good." He listened as Jay talked, "you mean the candy chick that works at the hotel? No way! I would never go out with that loser. The only reason I came to that Maddie girl is so I could pass Mrs. Greeth's class, she's way tough man. No, there is nothing between me and Maddie, and there never will be. When it comes to my future all I want is Debbie and an A in Mrs. Greeth's class. Listen Jay I gotta go, we'll talk later. Bye"

Zack couldn't believe what he just heard. He had to warn Maddie.

With their second problem solved, there was one person left for Zack and Cody to help… even if she didn't ask for it.

A/N: Well that's chapter 5. My little sister just mixed my clean laundry with my dirty laundry and now I don't know what to wash. So as you can see I'm not in the mood to provide a witty metaphor for reviews, so please just be kind and review. STORY FINALE UP NEXT!