After the band kicked off the song, they got into it quickly, and it flowed perfectly, sounding even better with the mixture of acoustic guitar and electric guitar. After a long set of rehearsals, they decided to have Cody have a guitar solo, and Zack have a piano solo. As always, Tapeworm sang the first verse, Max sang the second, Tapeworm sang the third, and they all sang the chorus.
After they played it all the way through the first time including everything they had put together for the song, they all loved it, and it had a length of four minutes and thirty-seven seconds. So it had a wonderful beat, good singers, good instrument players, and good length. Who wouldn't love it?
At around 10:15, the whole group walked out of the laundry room, laughing at jokes and carrying on casual conversation. They parted once again, going to take showers. After Zack and Cody both had showers, they decided to spend the day inside, since the other days they had gone outside for a large portion of the day, except for the day before, when all they did was sled and then came back in and had a rehearsal.
When they went to the refrigerator to get something to eat for lunch, they saw that their mom had already made a microwavable pizza, and was just about to start eating. So they both sat down and the family said the blessing, and began eating. Half way through the lunch, Zack had an idea.
"Hey mom, can Cody and I throw a Christmas party?" he asked politely, and then took another bite of the pizza.
Cody immediately shot him a strange look, but then smiled, since he thought it was actually a good idea. He had only given him the strange look in the first place because they hadn't said anything about it to each other before, so it wasn't something he was expecting. Carey thought about it for a while, and then shrugged.
"Sure why not? How many people to you plan on inviting?" she asked.
Zack stared into space, thinking about who to invite. Of course, he and his brother would be there. Then he'd want to invite Tapeworm, Max, Bob, Warren, Maddie, and London. So that would be a total of…6 people to invite.
"Six," he answered after thinking about it.
"When do you want to have it?" she asked.
"Well, I'd want them to spend the night, except for Maddie and London, since that would be weird since they're older, so it couldn't be the 22nd or 24th, so what about tomorrow?" Zack asked.
"That'd be fine if you're not planning anything big," Carey said.
"No, just thinking about a reason to have a party. Maybe we could just eat some cookies and milk, and then watch some movies," Zack said, once again thinking about it.
"Okay, that's fine," Carey said.
After lunch, Zack and Cody discussed it a bit more. They would watch Miracle on 34th Street, the color version, and then they could watch Home Alone, then Polar Express. Then Maddie and London would leave about that time. Then they could watch Home Alone 2, and then the rest of them could do whatever they wanted from then on out.
So Zack went down to the lobby to find Maddie and London while Cody stayed in their suite to call their other friends.
Zack easily found Maddie, since she worked at the candy counter.
"Hey Maddie, want to come over at around 5 or 6 tomorrow to watch some movies?" Zack asked.
"As in a date?" Maddie asked, giving him a strange look, though getting some warm feeling on the inside that she couldn't explain.
"No, a Christmas Party," he answered, though he liked the sound of him and Maddie going on a date.
"Oh, sure, sounds fun."
"Cool," Zack said, leaving to find London.
He soon found London walked toward the elevators from the restaurant that was at the Tipton. Zack quickly intercepted her before she got to the elevator.
"Hey, London, want to come to our Christmas Party?" he asked.
London, who had matured quite a bit over the past years, replied, "Sure, what time would it be?"
"Around 5 or 6," Zack replied.
"Okay, I'll be there!"
Zack then took the elevator up to the 23rd floor, and then walked to their suite. He opened the door and walked in, seeing Cody on the couch.
"Maddie and London are coming. Did the others say yes?" Zack asked as he shut the door behind him.
"Yup, they're all coming," Cody said excitedly.
"Cool," Zack said, sitting on the couch next to his identical twin.
They were now watching a Christmas special on ABC Family. It was It's A Wonderful Life. Zack thought it was a cool movie, but Cody loved it. It was his favorite Christmas movie.
After It's A Wonderful Life, it was around 6:30, and they decided to go to bed early, since they didn't have anything else to do.
The next day they woke up at 10:30, got their showers, ate pop-tarts for breakfast, and left the suite at 12 noon to Hollywood Video to rent all the movies. After that, they went to the grocery store to pick up some more milk, and the Christmas Cookie Dough. They then returned to the hotel, getting there at around 1 o'clock.
Zack and Cody got bored, since they were excited about that night, so decided to go to the game room, where they recently got a ping pong table. They played several games. The first one, Zack beat Cody 21-10. The second one, Cody skunked Zack, 11-1. The third one, Cody won again, 24-22. And the third one, Zack won 21-17. Then, they went into a tie breaker.
"Whoever wins this one wins the entire thing," Zack said grinning, holding his paddle tightly.
Cody nodded, and served the ball. P-I-N-G lasted around 11 hits, and Zack won. So he served first. He said 0-0, which was the score. He then served it. Cody got a quick return to the left corner, and Zack reached back quickly, hitting it up and over the net, and then Cody spiked it. It was now 0-1.
Zack said the score, and quickly served it. Cody grinned, and spiked it immediately on that point, and Zack jumped back, hitting it. It hit the top of the net, but didn't go over. Zack let out a short sigh, and then got the ping pong ball again. He said the score, 0-2, and then served it. Cody once again spiked it, but this time Zack was ready. He hit it back with a large amount of backspin on it, and it hit the table, but hardly bounced, so Cody wasn't able to hit it back. 1-2.
