Author's Note: Okay, first of all, this should be obvious, but I don't own any of the characters in this chapter, nor do I own the Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Zack, Maddie, and Cody are from the Suite Life of Zack and Cody on the Disney Channel, and I borrowed the character of Krickett Dyers from a friend of mine. This is rated T for language and "adult situations."
Summary: It's always been assumed that, if any of the two were going to turn to crime, it would be Zack, but one must never make assumptions.
Hope you enjoy it!
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"I've got a date!"
Zack Martin did not bother to look up from the television; he didn't need to. He just laughed, and played along with his brother's joke by replying, "With whom? Esteban?"
"Haha, your lack of wit always ceases to astound me, but no. I'm serious. I've really got a date."
This time, Zack pried his eyes away from the TV to fully look at Cody, who seemed to be rather excited about this piece of information, despite that he seemed to be a little disappointed by Zack's doubt. "I'm sorry, man, but I can't see you asking out anybody."
Cody's grin faded a little, and he hesitated a bit before saying, "Well, er, no. She sort of asked me out."
This time it was Zack's turn to grin. "Well, what does she look like?"
"It's not the appearance that matters, but what is on the inside, and-,"
"She's ugly, isn't she?" Zack interrupted.
"You know what? You're extremely idiotic." With that, Cody stormed out of the room in what, according to Zack's opinion, was a very feminine way.
Shrugging his shoulders, he leaned back on the couch, crossed his arms above his head and rested the back of his neck against them. "Yup," he muttered to himself, "she must be ugly."
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It wasn't very long until Zack got bored of sitting there laughing at his brother's stupidity, so he got up and went downstairs, his whole mission being to annoy Maddie.
However, as soon as he arrived at the lobby, Maddie was already talking to somebody. Cody. So Zack decided to hide out in the background and eavesdrop, just in time to hear Cody finish his sentence, "…So yeah, and I didn't even have to say, 'Hey, sweet thang!' to get her attention."
Zack scowled. What an ass. What was really scary about it was that although Cody was rolling his eyes, and his tone obviously mocking, it was all-in-all a sickeningly good impression of Zack.
What was even worse was that Maddie had actually found that funny. She snickered a little, and then asked, "Well, how old is she?"
"Fifteen."
Zack's eyebrows went up and his eyes widened considerably. Fifteen? What the hell?
Maddie was obviously as shocked as Zack was; only she did a better job of hiding it. Her eyebrows went up slightly, and she coughed a little, but other than that, she showed no signs that she really cared. "Fifteen, eh? I might know her. What's her name?"
"Krickett Dyers."
This time, Maddie did not do such a brilliant job in masking her shock. She somehow contorted her face to form a mixture of frustration, amusement, and puzzlement all at once. "Krickett? Krickett Dyers? You've got to be kidding me. What would she be doing with a kid like you?"
"Well, she told me, uhm… She told me that nerds were her type."
"Based on what I know about her, I wasn't aware she had a type."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Was he dense? And here to think that some people thought Cody was the smarter out of the twins.
"It means that she's a slut-faced ho," Zack clarified to him, in one of the most direct ways possible.
Only after both Maddie and Cody stared at him in disbelief did he realize that he completely revealed that he'd been eavesdropping on the whole conversation. Aw well, too late now. Cody would get over it eventually.
It took him a minute to regain himself, but then he said, trying and failing to sound confident, "She is not. Tell him, Maddie. Tell him that's not what you meant."
But Maddie looked as if she'd rather not take sides, and said, in a pathetic attempt to change the topic, "Anything interesting happen today, Zack?"
She was ignored.
Cody would have shouted at that point, but he was in the lobby in broad daylight, so he just said quietly, both his teeth and fists clenched, "You're just jealous because you don't even have a girlfriend."
Zack wasn't so concerned that he was in public. He yelled, "I'm saving myself for Maddie!" He looked and sounded serious, but he did take the time to grin and wink at Maddie, who, in turn, rolled her eyes and sarcastically said, "Thanks, Zack."
"No problem, babe."
Cody, however, was still angry. He shouted, "I'm leaving!" Then before any of them could get another word in, he stormed out of the hotel.
Zack turned to Maddie, grinning. "Wow, he sure told me off."
But Maddie wasn't grinning. "I'm seriously worried about Cody. Krickett Dyers is bad news. I don't want him to get in trouble."
Zack just shrugged and said unconvincingly, "He'll be fine."
When Maddie didn't say anything else, Zack shrugged again and went up the elevator to the 23rd floor.
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Cody was rushing down the street near tears, and the sight in front of him didn't exactly help his mood. Across the street, he saw his girlfriend… With two other guys. Running across the road (thank God there were no cars coming) he yelled, panicking, "What are you doing with them?"
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Author's Note: M'kay, that's it! I hope you liked it!
I'll be doing more chapters later, since leaving it as it is now would be the worst ending ever. I should have the second chapter up in a week or so.
Review, please?