Chapter 2:

Maddie followed London's eyes over to a guy standing and looking completely lost in the corner. She turned to London.

"Why him?"

It really didn't seem like the guy to choose to flirt with. He was short, with long dirty blonde hair that ended around his neck area. A side bang of his hair fell lazily over his right eye, and he was wearing a t-shirt over a long-sleeved shirt. His pants were low and sort of baggy, but his appearance wasn't what was bugging Maddie. It was his age level.

The kid looked like he was eleven—even younger than Zack and Cody! Why would London want to challenge her to flirt with this kid?

"Why? Are you worried?" taunted London.

"No!" said a flustered Maddie. If Zack Martin had a crush on her, how hard would this kid be to impress? "I can do it!"

"Ok," said London, smiling. "Let's get started…"

xxx

Cody muttered softly and opened his eyes. Oh God, his head really hurt.

"AAAAAAH!" he screamed, as he saw two huge brown eyes right in front of his. He bolted up straight in his bed.

Zack moved casually back, where he had been staring intently at Cody's face.

"What was that for?" Cody gasped breathlessly, after he managed to recover from the shock.

"I wanted to see if you were awake," said Zack calmly, getting off of Cody's bed.

"My eyes were closed!" said Cody indignantly.

"As I said, I was just checking," said Zack impatiently. "Come on, we're going."

"Where are we going?" coughed Cody. "We're staying home because I'm sick."

"Are you sure you can't go? I'm going to a movie." Zack jumped on Cody's bed, giving Cody an even worse headache.

"You're supposed to be taking care of me," said Cody. "Some job you'd get as a babysitter."

"Which is why I'm not babysitting," said Zack matter-of-factly.

Someone knocked on the suite door and Esteban came in. "I just came in to check on you little blonde peoples. I heard the Cody people was sick."

"Yeah, he is," Zack said, crossing his arms. Then he had an idea. "Hey Esteban, are you doing anything today?"

"Well, I must finish dusting the chandelier and delivering food to all the rooms and-- " he was cut off by Zack.

"Great!" Zack said. "You can take care of Cody!"

"Me?" Esteban asked. "I don't know anything about taking care of sick peoples. I have enough problems with taking care of ok peoples!"

"Don't worry," Zack said, assuring him with a wide smile. "Just do whatever Cody wants you to do, and you'll be ok. Ok? Here's my cell phone number, and so call me if anything goes wrong." He ran out of the room, leaving Esteban standing there.

"Oh no," said Esteban worriedly looking around. Then a thought occurred. "Cody? Where are you? Cody? Are you hungry? Hey! Where's my chicken?"

xxx

"Hi," said Maddie, popping out from behind the boy. "My name's Maddie. What's yours?"

The boy looked at her in surprise. He raised an eyebrow. "Uh, Ty."

"Oh, like bowtie!" Maddie laughed happily, trying not to show how stupid she felt talking to this guy. "So, do you want some candy?" Maddie was trying not to treat the guy like a little kid, but she couldn't help it, feeling so much more mature, seeing that she was almost three heads taller than him.

Ty arched an eyebrow, and looked at Maddie like she was stupid. So much for not looking stupid. "No, as in short for Tyler. Not bowtie. And no, I do not want any candy." He moved away from her. So much for flirting with him.

He had just managed to put a foot of distance from between them when London appeared seemingly out of nowhere.

"Hi. I'm London. London uh… Tipton! My daddy owns this hotel. I'm rich. I have a lot of money."

Ty looked horrified. "That's… nice."

"I was just going to give Bowtie here some candy," Maddie said, grabbing onto one of the kid's arms.

"Well I, was just going to give uh… the kid 1,000 dollars," said London, grabbing onto Ty's other arm, and pulling him viciously back like they were two dogs fighting over a chew toy. "And, the candy belongs to the hotel that belongs to my daddy that belongs to ME!"

"Since when do you own your daddy?" Maddie wanted to know.

London paused, dropping Ty's arm and looking up. Maddie grabbed Ty and ran into the elevator.

"I've owned my daddy since I was born," said London, looking over at where Maddie should be. "Hey! Maddie! Poor kid! Where are you?"

Mr. Moseby looked over from the counter. "Excuse me! London, where is that boy? Don't you know he's here because he's going to star in a movie? He's a new child actor. London!"

It was too late. London was gone, already in the elevator. She was going to get Maddie and prove her point.

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Oh, some of these characters may be familiar in real life. (CoughTYCough). These characters are not related to any real people. If you find somebody similar, that is just a coincidence.