London made her way back to the apartment but she wasn't heading to hers. She was heading towards Maddie's to tell her the truth, and possibly try to get her to tell Zack the truth. London was the only one who knew what secret Maddie was holding. She was the only one who knew that if Maddie didn't tell him and he found out it would surely be the end of their relationship.
It wasn't as bad as it could have been, she supposed, but it was pretty terrible that she kept it from him. She made her way down the hall and soon found herself face to face with Maddie's door. Knock. Knock. No answer. "Maddie, it's me open the door." she said and that must have been today's password, because the door soon opened. "What do you want London?" she asked before stepping aside to let London in.
"I think you should know that Zack didn't cheat on you. Maddie, come on, he loves you." London said as she sat on the couch. "Yeah well I saw a stripper coming out of his room." she said. "What am I suppose to think?" she asked as an after thought. London then delved into the long and simple story that was the truth. Maddie was taken aback, she hadn't even thought that Cody was there.
Liam walked in when London was explaining the story and made a few comments of how he wished he was there, or what an idiot Zack was, but they simply ignored him. Maddie was mentally kicking herself for not listening to him when he said he would explain. London told Liam to leave so she could finish discussing something with Maddie, and after much reluctance he finally left and went into the bedroom.
"Maddie, you have to tell him. If there are any more surprises in your relationship I don't even want to think about what is going to happen." London said. Maddie frowned. She didn't want to even think about his reaction when she told him, but she supposed it would be worse if he found out from someone else. "But who would he hear it from?" she thought out loud. London shrugged with a sigh. She knew that Maddie wasn't going to tell him.
"Look, London I'll tell him that I believe him but I'm not telling him that I had a miscarriage when I was dating Owen." she explained and London nodded sadly before leaving to her own apartment.
The next few days went by quickly for Cody. He had been so nervous around London lately, though. He didn't know what he was going to say. He had already bought the ring, but had no idea how to ask her. He didn't even know if he could do it. Sure he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her, but was he too young? Was he ready to have a wife? He wasn't even finished with college yet. Was he ready for a family? No, no, no! Not yet. Not until he graduated an got settled into a good job, then and only then would he want a family.
He carried the ring around on all of his dates with London, because he didn't know when would be the right time. He figured that it hadn't happened yet, because he hadn't asked her. He decided the right time was whenever he asked her. That was when everything would be perfect.
Tonight their date was great. He planned a picnic in the park and paid a sax player for his music while they ate. (A/N-I know it may be a little cheese ball, sorry! If any of you have read my profile you would know that I'm a sap.) He cooked all of the food for tonight. It looked great and he even put candles on the cloth to ensure a special touch. This wasn't planned to be the engagement initiator but he felt that tonight was the night.
He peered into her eyes as she ate the meal and decided now was the time. "London?" he asked, surprisingly not as nervous as he had been. She looked up. It was a sign for him to continue. "I love you and I have something important to ask you." he said before standing up and helping her do the same.
They both stood there under the night sky, with only the moon, stars, candles, and far off street lamp as light. Which with so many illuminators, gave little light, surprisingly. "We've been together for four amazing years, and it has been the best chapter in my short book of life. I want that chapter to be continued until the end. I want you to be there for the rest of my life. I want you to be next to me forever. I love you, London. And I wanted to ask you, if you'd marry me?" he asked with a smile. She smiled too, she was about to answer when her phone rang from her purse. Dang, she thought. She answered her phone, but didn't recognize the number that was displayed.
"Hello?….oh my God!….yeah, I'll be there as soon as I can." she said before hanging up. She looked completely distraught as tears welled up in her eyes. "What happened?" Cody asked. She breathed in deeply and started gathering up her things before answering. "My dad and Mr. Moseby have been in an accident." she said and it cause confusion for Cody. He wondered if she knew her father was in town. Probably not.
Meanwhile for Zack, the last few days have been slow. He and Maddie talked, which was good, but his exams were killing him. He barely got any sleep lately and he had a feeling that Maddie was keeping something from him, but he couldn't be sure. He shrugged off all of the feelings of deception from Maddie, because he loved her and didn't think she would keep something big from him.
He sat at his desk pounding away on his organic chemistry work when his phone rang. "Hey, Cody." he said after noticing the number on the phone. "What? Moseby and Mr. Tipton are in the hospital? Why, what happened?" he asked. "What do you mean you don't know…oh, you aren't there yet. I'll be there in a minute….Yeah I'll tell her. Alright bye." he said before closing the phone and having the same conversation with Maddie as he just had with Cody except the point of view was the complete opposite.
All four entered the hospital at different times, Cody and London were the first there, followed by Maddie, and lastly Zack about ten minutes after her. They all found themselves waiting for answers, because the doctors weren't telling them anything. Cody paced the entire time as London sat quietly on her seat. Maddie and Zack however, were not quiet.
"Shut up, Zack! Stop asking all of those questions, no one knows." Maddie said a little harshly.
"Well excuse me! I get a little antsy if I'm having to wait on answers to questions that need to be answered NOW!" he retorted just as harshly.
"Oh! Yeah well if I'm not mistaking we had to wait on these answer four years ago when you were in there!"
"Yeah after your stupid ex-boyfriend put me there!"
"That was low!"
"Yeah, yeah what ever!" Zack said waving his hand dismissively.
"Will you two shut the hell up!" Cody cut in. "This isn't the time to be yelling at people you love! This is the time to be there for each other! You both love each other so say your sorry before I throw both of you out of here!" he finished.
"Sorry." Zack said and Maddie shrugged and said the same.
The doctor came out a few minutes later and spoke to London first, but the others overheard. "We were unclear on the phone of what type of accident there was. It was plane crash. Your father was leaving for an important meeting and needed Marion Moseby with him. In order to promote new business to the Tipton. The plane just lifted off when one of the engines blew and sent them spiraling down. Luckily, they weren't to far up and we were able to save one." he said.
Save one? One? Everyone held their breathes at that moment, eagerly awaiting what fate had in store. Which man survived? London's biological father, whom she had never had a real relationship with? Or Mr. Moseby, the man who has been like a father all of those years? Either way it was going to hurt…
A/N- Sorry for the shortness...I planned on it being longer, but I had to end it there. LOL.Whoa who is it? Well what do you guys think about it? What do you think about Maddie's secret and what about the disastrous proposal that Cody fretted over? Tell me please! I want to know what you think!
