A/N: Here it is! The sequel to my story, Shattered Pieces of the Tipton! I hope you like it! This pretty much picks up where the other one left off. If you haven't read the first story I suggest you read it. Now, without further ado, Picking up the Pieces! Thoughts will be in Italics

Summary: Maddie and Cody are back at the Tipton from Rehab. They are trying to deal with people who hate them from a distance, a father who is fighting the fact that he abused his own son, and a romance between two people that could probably never work out. Sequel to 'Shattered Pieces of the Tipton'.

Disclaimer: If I owned anything then I would be a million bucks richer and would live in some fancy mansion in L.A. and would know all the stars and… lemme just say it. I own nothing. Wow, what a surprise.

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Picking Up The Pieces

Chapter Two

Zack woke up early the next day and he raced over and woke his brother up. "Cody! Cody, wake up!" Zack cried. Cody groaned and opened his eyes.

"Why? What's going on?" Cody asked groggily.

"It's your first day back and I intend to make it the best welcome home day ever!" Zack said delightedly as he rushed into the bathroom and brushed his teeth. He came back out and got dressed. "C'mon, Cody! Shake a leg!" Cody slowly stood and shuffled into the bathroom. Ten minutes later Cody emerged. "Took you long enough!" Zack groaned. Then, he dragged his twin out of the suite and down to the game room.

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Maddie walked into the hotel bright and early. "Maddie, nice to see your smiling face again so early in the morning." Mr. Moseby smiled to her. She smiled back.

"Thanks, Mr. Moseby. It nice to be back." With that, she walked over to the candy counter and put her purse away and opened a magazine.

"Maddie!" a familiar voice called. Maddie looked up with a smile. She saw another one of the Tipton employees walking towards her.

"Hi, Esteban!" Maddie chirped.

"Oh, I have missed you so much!" Esteban said as he sat down a suitcase that he was carrying.

"I missed you, too."

"Sorry I wasn't here. I had to go visit my grandmamma in my home country and was gone for longer than I had planned. I am just so glad that you are back now!" He said as he hugged her.

"I'm glad we're both back, me and Cody. I missed everyone here and just am happy to say that I can forget what happened." Maddie sighed as she set some packs of chewing gum on the counter for display. Esteban smiled at her.

"Yes, well I should get these suitcases up to the room they belong in before Mr. Moseby yells at me. Bye, Maddie!" He said as he picked up the bags and headed towards the elevator.

"Oh, Maddie!" London said in a singsong voice while approaching the candy counter.

"Yes, London?" Maddie replied in a mock singsong voice.

"Wanna go to the mall today? Wanna go to the movies? Wanna do anything fun with me today?" London asked hopefully.

"I can't. I'm working." Maddie sighed. London giggled.

"Let me take care of that." She said. She walked up to the candy counter and rang the bell in order to get Mr. Moseby's attention. He looked over and London set the 'closed' sign on the counter and waved at Mr. Moseby. He waved back and turned away. Maddie sighed again and put the sign down.

"London, I have to work, okay?" she told her friend.

"After all I went through to get Moseby to let you go?" London pouted. Maddie rolled her eyes and went back to her magazine. "Fine, I'll go do something fun with my new best friend Zack."

"When did Zack become your best friend?" Maddie asked.

"When you and Cody left. Good-bye, Maddie." London replied in mock anger. Maddie rolled her eyes again and started reading her magazine.

Shortly after London left, a couple girls walked by the candy counter. Maddie stopped reading in case they wanted to buy something. When they were a few feet away they stopped and looked at the candy counter. "Let's go somewhere else to get candy." One girl whispered.

"Why?" the second one asked. They started walking again and, just as they passed Maddie, the first one spoke again.

"That's the drug head. She just got back from rehab."

"What a loser! I can't believe they let people like her work here." The second one replied. The two girls walked away. Maddie gasped. Everyone knew and they were all talking about her. Everyone hated her, whether she knew who they were or not.

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London knocked on the door to Zack and Cody's suite. Carey answered. "Hi, Mrs. Martin. Is Zack or Cody here?" London asked politely.

"No, they're not. They're in the game room." Carey told her. London thanked her and headed back downstairs. She walked into the lobby and saw Maddie, sitting on one of the chairs. She looked like she had been crying.

"Maddie?" London asked softly. Maddie looked up at her.

"What do you want, London?" Maddie whispered.

"What's wrong, Maddie?"

"Nothing. Just leave me alone." Maddie replied. London sat down in the chair next to her.

"No, I'm staying here until you tell me what's wrong and I don't care how long it takes. I left you last time and look what happened. I am not going anywhere." London said. Maddie smiled at her.

"People that I don't even know hate me." Maddie whispered.

"What are you talking about, Maddie?"

"These two girls walked by saying that I was a drug head and that they didn't even want to buy anything from the candy counter because I was working there."

"That's just wrong! I can't believe that anyone could be that mean!" London exclaimed as she shot out of her chair. Maddie stood up and grabbed London's hand.

"It's okay, London. I know you care and that's all that matters. People are stupid. Thanks, London." Maddie smiled. She walked back over to the candy counter and popped a piece of gum in her mouth.

"If you're sure that you're okay…" London said. Maddie nodded and London walked to the game room.

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"I just blew your head off, dude!" Cody shouted as he pressed a button on the control stick for the game that he and Zack were playing.

"So? I've got one more life!" Zack retorted. They each pressed some more buttons and then with a zap noise, Cody jumped in the air triumphantly.

"How many lives do you have now?" He asked his brother. Zack rolled his eyes.

"You weren't that good."

"Don't be a sore loser!" Cody joked.

"Zack! Cody!" London called the blonde twins. They turned and greeted her. "Do either of you wanna hang out with me today?" London asked.

"Sorry, today I'm hanging with my brother." Cody replied as he placed an arm around Zack's shoulder. London frowned slightly.

"Actually, why don't you go with London? You two get caught up. I'll go see Maddie." Zack said. Cody smiled and London grabbed his and dragged him away. Zack headed to the lobby to find Maddie. Maybe she would play some games with him. Just maybe…

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