I Own nothing from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
"Zack, Cody, can you guys get ready please, we've got to go to the will reading" Carey had just walked into the twins' room to get her boys to get ready. Cody was still very upset from being back inside the hotel, it just reminded him of London so much, he didn't know if he wanted to stay there, but going to the will reading was not going to help him get off the topic of thinking about London either.
"You alright Cody?" Zack asked after Carey left the room, Zack hated seeing Cody this depressed, Zack was glad to be out of the hospital, even if he couldn't enjoy most of the things he usually did given his injuries.
"Yeah, I'll be alright, Thanks Zack" Cody glumly replied as he got his suit out, Zack could tell Cody wasn't right at that moment, but he had faith that Cody would eventually be alright, he knew it must be hard for Cody to come back into the hotel, there would have been so many memories of London contained within the walls.
Not long after Zack and Cody had dressed themselves in their best suits and gingerly moved out to the lounge room to see that their parents were dressed up to the nines as well, it was to be a formal but sombre occasion, a feeling multiplied by the fact that it was a video will.
"Are all those press people still outside Mom?" Cody asked, not wanting to face them again
"Yes, but Dad will take the car around the back and we'll get you from the back entrance of the hotel, so we can avoid most of them" Carey said, she hated that her little boy was being harassed so much by the media.
"Is Maddie going to be there?" Zack asked, he was eagre to see her, Cody made a sarcastic sound when Zack said this, Zack wanted to ignore it, but he began to feel Cody's resentment of his newfound closeness. Cody was still annoyed at what Maddie had said last night, about how he just wanted to stick his nose into other people's business, he knew Maddie had been drunk, and he was glad she was ok, but the niggling feeling remained.
"Yes, she should be" Carey said, she had been speaking to Mr. Moesby on the phone about the details not long before this conversation
"Boys, I also should tell you, tonight they are brining London's body here to the hotel, there is going to be a viewing in the ballroom tonight and tomorrow, then she will go away for a day to be prepared for her funeral on the following day, I think Maddie would like you to help her if your feeling up to it" Carey continued. Neither of the twins had seen London lying dead in the cinema, and they weren't sure if they wanted to see her now, it would just be something so incredibly hard to face.
Zack, Cody and Carey were successful at avoiding the media gathered at the front of the Tipton hotel, with the announcement that London's body would be arriving at the hotel that evening the media group was gradually growing, Cody for one was very glad they managed to avoid them.
The Tipton family attorney's office was in Boston's downtown office district, it took up an entire floor of a grand glass skyscraper. Upon arrival at the office the Martin family were directed into a conference room where the will DVD would be shown to all who had gathered. Sitting in the room currently was Maddie, complete with medical tape across her forehead and Mr. Moesby, it was assumed by all that the Tipton's would arrive next and after that the proceedings would get underway.
Everyone exchanged the usual greetings, Zack in particular paying attention to Maddie, everyone asked how she was, but Zack was by far the most concerned, it was quite sweet. Cody on the other hand was still suffering the niggling feeling of resentment toward Maddie for what she had said, but he had sense enough not to breach the subject at this particular juncture.
Some subdued small talk dominated the room for the next few minutes until Mr. Tipton and his Ex-Wife arrived, it was the first time anyone save for Mr. Moesby had met London's mother, she seemed a fairly pleasant person, but given the circumstance not much conversation was pursued. Following a very sombre and depressed looking Mr. Tipton, whom Zack and Cody had never seen uncovered by his bodyguards, was his Attorney, a very well dressed middle aged man, he had a few grey hairs and a face that was all business, a typical lawyer Cody thought.
"Good afternoon everyone, my name is Harry Adams the third; I am the Tipton family attorney and executor of the estate of one Miss. London Tipton, who unfortunately has recently become deceased, each of you has been identified as a beneficiary of this will and therefore I have asked you to attend this viewing of the video will" The Attorney began, his voice was serious, he knew this was business, but it was a good manner too, it conveyed sympathy and compassion, but with the professional detachment one wants in their lawyer. It was going to be hard for everyone to see London, everyone expected a great deal of tears through the room, however Cody Martin made a promise to himself, and he didn't quite know why, but he promised himself he would not cry when he saw London on the screen. It was London's final wish that everyone in this room get what she gave them, and in a way Cody thought that crying would tarnish that wish.
"OK, well if everyone is seated then we will begin" The lawyer said, Zack had sat down next to Maddie, across the table from Cody, Zack's connection to Cody said somehow that Cody would get through this better than Maddie, so Zack decided he needed to be closer to her.
The lawyer began the process of putting on the video will, the process being turning on the plasma screen hanging on the conference room wall and pressing play on the DVD player.
Maddie and London's mother instantly broke into tears when the video started, London, in all her decadent glory sat on the screen, they were comforted by Zack and Mr. Tipton respectively, it was so hard for Cody not to break down in that Moment. Looking across the room Cody noticed Carey was tightly squeezing Mr. Moesby's hand, he expected Moesby was going through the same thing as him at this very moment.
London began talking on the screen, Cody was lost in her sweet voice, it was the saddest thing to him in the world that he would never hear it again:
"Hello everyone, if your watching this then I suppose I must be dead, I hope none of you are too sad, I've accepted my diagnosis myself" London began, the room was dead silent except for the odd sob. "Now as you know, I am fabulously rich, Yay me!!!, but now that I'm dead I don't need all my money so I'm giving some to you, Yay You!!!" This passage brought a smile to Zack, Cody and Maddie and Moesby's faces.
"So, lets get to it then, I'm going to start with Maddie, Miss. Madeline Fitzpatrick for legal purposes, Maddie, you are my best friend, even if you are poor, but not for long, Maddie I want you to have the best life you can, and I know you will do far and I want you to have everything you deserve, To you Maddie, I bequeath all my collection of jewellery as well as a sum of money from my trust fund the amount of one hundred million dollars, I want you to go to college though Maddie, you are smart and I don't want you to waste it" Maddie smiled in response and silently promised to London to live the life she wanted, London had seemed almost like she was going to cry all through out that passage.
"Next I want to give something to Carey Martin, the best mother and sweetest lady I've ever known, Carey, I want you to be able to do whatever you want, in thanks for everything you have done for me, from my trust fund I bequeath fifty million dollars to Ms. Carey Martin" Cody hugged his mother who couldn't contain her smile at just being made an instant millionaire fifty times over, she wanted to tell Moesby she quit, but she knew it would be highly inappropriate. Everyone's attention shifted back to the screen
"To the man who has been like a father to me, my sweet protector Mr. Marion Moesby there is nothing I can possibly give you to thank you for what you have done, but I will try and give you something I know you love, as you know when I turned 18 I took ownership of the Boston Tipton Hotel, the place I called home, and it is that I bequeath to you Marion, take good care of her as you have all these years. Also to Marion Moesby I bequeath fifteen million dollars" Moesby was silently overjoyed, the Hotel was now his, the place he had loved for so long, it was a bittersweet moment though since London's death had brought it about.
"Now, to some of the greatest and most resourceful people I have ever met, the twins, Zack and Cody Martin, boys, have seen your schemes and I have always found your ideas have been so good and I admire you for your smarts, Cody with your book smarts and Zack your incredible street smarts and potential for business success, I want both of you to be happy and successful. To both of you I bequeath the other hotel which I own, the New York Tipton hotel, I want both of you to take equal ownership of the hotel and manage it as you see fit, I hope Moesby and my father will give you whatever help you desire. Now separately to Zack, I know you are not someone who will go to college, you are like me, but you have street smarts and I hope you will use them well, to help you on your way I give you fifty million dollars from my trust fund" Zack couldn't contain his smile, like Moesby it was bittersweet, but he was happy, he flashed a smile to his twin, who looked sad at London, but he got a weak smile out of Cody however.
"And to sweet Cody, my producer, you are the smartest person I have every known Cody, you are such an incredible person who deserves the best life, to you, I firstly grant you full ownership of Yay Me!, but more importantly I grant you fifty million dollars to do with what you like, and I also give you five hundred thousand dollars as a college fund to cover all expenses at the college of your choosing which I know you will get into, I love you Cody" Cody could no longer hold back the tears, with her saying she loved him he broke down into tears, and his sweet bother Zack leant across the table and put his hands on his shoulders, it was a touching moment.
"To Zack, Cody, Carey, Maddie and Moesby I want each of you to have ownership of my private jet, to share with each of you for whatever you need it for, and I grant ten million dollars for its usage. And finally, to my parents, I want to thank you for loving me, even if you weren't always there, I know you loved me, I want you to have all my other possessions and trust funds, split in half , half each. That concludes the last will and testament of Miss. London Tipton" The video was finished, everyone in the room was now fabulously rich, usually this would be a happy moment in ones life, but for everyone it was bittersweet, the lawyers informed them all that some paperwork was needed to be done, and after that they were all faced with going to London's viewing, it was going to be very hard indeed.
Well there we go, I decided that everyone deserved to be fabulously wealthy, Yay Them!!!, I felt it particularly important that Zack be given money for his street smart, and I really wanted Moesby to get the hotel, now there isn't much left for this story, but if you guys think it might be a good idea I'll write a sequel set in Zack and Cody's hotel. Let me know what you think! Hope your still enjoying it!.