Alright people, as of 10:50 p.m. on Saturday, August 05, I have 12 reviews in all for my last chapter of this fic. As you may recall, I noted that I wanted AT LEAST ten reviews before continuing this story. I should have just valued the reviews that I did get, but still I am happy to inform you that I am back with chapter 9 of 'Odd Couples 2: Maddie and Trevor'! And no, it is not an epilogue; it is an actual chapter, and I have decided to continue on with the story. (For now anyways). A big fat THANK YOU to everyone who has supported me and my story. And to anyone who is reading my High School Musical fic, I just posted chapter 3! I hope all my peeps will keep reading and reviewing :). And again, thanks.

DISCLAIMER: Disney gets all the credit for SLOZAC and my story so far. I don't think there has been any characters that I made up myself yet.

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Previously, on 'Odd Couples 2: Maddie and Trevor' :

"Well, thank you so much for everything Zack." Maddie said, This was… really sweet."

Zack leaned in a little and started to pucker his lips. He opened his eyes again to see that Maddie had started hugging him. Five seconds later Maddie pulled away and looked him in the eye for a minute. Zack felt a little bit of shame for ever expecting more from her. He was happy though, to even get a hug from her.

Maddie rummaged through her purse and looked a little baffled. "I think I left my phone somewhere."

"London's sending the limo over." Zack said. "Oh yeah, and she said to tell you that you left your cell phone in her suite."

Right as the limo came to a stop, Maddie looked over at Zack and she said, "You know, I really did have a good time tonight." She smiled, "I had fun, and this was just what I needed. Now I might actually have the courage and confidence to talk to Trevor! Thanks for everything Zack."

As Zack followed in the same path Maddie had taken, he smacked into the revolving door. "Aah!" Zack hissed at himself. "That'll leave a serious mark." he rubbed his head with a wincing look on his face as he headed to the elevator.

As Maddie was walking down the hall, she came across London.

"Hey London!"

"Oh hey Maddie! How was your date?"

A smile grew on Maddie's face and she said, "It was … good"

"Well that's great, I knew it would go well!" she said, starting to walk away.

"Oh yeah, here's your phone." She handed it to Maddie.

She looked at her cellphone and saw on the display screen that she had 5 missed calls. One from a private number, and the rest were from..

"Trevor?" she said out loud.

When she spun to face the opposite direction, she was stunned to be looking at that same gorgeous boy with the brown hair and the blue eyes that she had kissed just nights before. He was breathing a little heavy and was holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand. Maddie couldn't help but smile.

"my grandmother has heart problems and is getting too old to take care of herself," Trevor began, "Then, at the last minute, a little while before our lunch date she was having chest pains.."

"I had to rush her to the doctor that night because I was so worried about her."

"I..I tried to call you when I got to the hospital but you must have not heard your cell. I'm really sorry. Would you want to start again?" Trevor said.

Maddie stepped closer to him and leaned in for a kiss. It was gentler than their first, but just as passionate. After she pulled away from the kiss, she said, "Definitely."

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AND NOW, CHAPPIE 9 OF 'ODD COUPLES 2: MADDIE AND TREVOR'

Call Me Martha

ON THE 23RD FLOOR OF THE TIPTON…

Zack woke up the next morning to see Cody's bed empty. This was normal for him because Cody usually awoke early to get a head start on chores, organizing, or schoolwork. Zack rubbed his eyes, got out of the bed and stretched his arms. Then he opened his bedroom door revealing the rest the Martin's suite.

"Hey Zack! How did you slee—woah!" Cody said after lifting his head from the table to see his brother. He now had a strange look on his face; something in between disgust, bewilderment, and trying to hold back laughter. He didn't say anything more.

"What?" Zack asked, confused. "What is it.. a buger?" He started running his hands all over his face.

Carrie, Zack and Cody's mother, walked into the room from getting dressed. "Oh, good morning sweee—" .. She now had a similar look on her face that Cody had shown minutes before. Carrie's eyes were wide as her neck was taken aback. "Honey, what happened to your head!" Carrie seemed to be more concerned than Cody, who had just broken out into laughter.

"What do you mean?" Zack ran into the bathroom to look in the mirror. Cody counted 'three-two-one' on his fingers just before they heard..

"Aaahhh!" Zack yelled from the bathroom. "My head!" He came walking back out of the bathroom to join his brother and his mom.

"How did that happen?" Asked Carrie, referring to the rather large red bump on Zack's forehead.

"I'm not sure!" Zack said, now sitting down on the couch next to Cody. "Let's see..last night I had dinner with Maddie.."

"Did she figure out that you set her up and hit you in the head with her purse?" Cody asked with a rather wide smile on his face. Zack turned to him and gave him a look.

"No.. I don't remember hitting it on anything the whole night until…" he paused, thinking for a moment with an 'i think i got it' look on his face.

"Until what?" Carrie asked.

"Now I remember. I was walking back into the hotel and I crashed into the revolving door." Zack said.

"Nice move, bozo!" Cody laughed. Both Carrie and Zack stared at him pointedly. "Sorry." he finished.

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12:00 PM : TREVOR'S HOUSE

"Do you think she'll like me?" Maddie asked Trevor nervously as he fiddled with his house keys.

"Of course she'll like you." Trevor said. "If I like you, she'll like you, I'm sure."

Maddie looked at Trevor with an 'aww' face along with a smile.

"..And I really like you." He concluded as he opened his front door at last and held it for Maddie.

"I really like you too, Trevor." Maddie said. She smiled as the two walked hand in hand through the house.

"Grandma!" Trevor called. "Where are you? I have someone here who wants to meet you!"

"Are you sure it's okay that you're yelling like that? I mean you did say the doctor told her to rest." Maddie sounded concerned.

"Well I don't feel like searching around the house for her, and if I don't yell there's no way she'll hear me." Trevor said as he peeked his head into another empty room.

"Besides… today is her soap-opera day. I don't think she's sleeping."

"Grandma?" he called again.

"I'm in my bedroom, honey!" The duo heard a shriek coming from up the staircase.

"Come on." Trevor pulled Maddie along with him as he began up the stairs.

"Um, should I speak any louder than usual when I'm talking to her?" Maddie asked.

"Well no; just don't whisper, mumble, or talk really fast. As long as you're in the same room with her and looking right at her, she'll hear you just fine in your normal voice. .. One time when I had a friend over and he was answering her, he started increasing the volume in his voice and putting emphasis on like every word. My grandma was like, 'I am old, but I am not deaf!'" Trevor said, playfully mocking his grandmother. Maddie giggled. "It's a little scary how much you sound like an elderly woman!" she teased him. "Well hey, I live with the woman. I have to listen to her voice every day! And plus, it's fun to make fun of her." Trevor chuckled and earned a smack on the arm from Maddie for the remark.

"Uh, Grandma.. I'd like you to meet Maddie." Trevor said as the two unlocked their fingers.

The elderly woman turned to Trevor and Maddie. She was short, but still a regular height for a woman her age. Her hair was a dark grey color and it went down about an inch passed her ears. She wore brown framed eye glasses, a dark red nail polish and pink slippers to keep her feet warm. Her smile was very warm. She said, "Oh, well hello!" she let out a little chuckle. "I was just watching my t.v. show."

The woman lowered her glasses and took another look at Maddie. "So, this is Maddie; the pretty young lady that I ruined your date with! I'm terribly sorry about that, Maddie." she said.

Maddie shifted back and forth on her feet like a little girl and smiled at the complement she was given. Then she realized what the woman had said at the end of her sentence. "Oh no, don't worry about that! I'm just happy that you're okay.. Mrs. …" Maddie lingered on the unknown last name of Trevor's Grandmother.

"Oh! Call me Martha, sweety." The woman smiled her very warm, kind smile again. Maddie nodded. "And thank you, for your concern."

"How are you doing now?" Maddie asked her. Trevor was slightly biting his bottom lip, glad that this visit was going as well as it was.

"I'm doing a lot better now, actually. Thank you." she replied. "But I worried more about my little Trevor here. I must have given him quite a scare!" Maddie looked at Trevor as he nodded along with the conversation. "But he showed me that he isn't my little Trevor anymore. He reacted like a wise young man and took me for professional help for the benefit of my health. …You grew up so fast." She said, the last part directed towards Trevor.

"Lets hope she doesn't start crying." Trevor whispered into Maddie's ear. Maddie giggled a little.

"You know Maddie, I remember when he was just a teeny tiny little boy! And he never wanted to wear his diaper; the silly little thing. So.."

"..Uh Grandma.. we're gonna go now. I'm hungry and Maddie has night shift at the hotel tonight! Sorry.." Trevor interrupted, trying to avoid embarassing childhood stories. He was now gripping Maddie's hand again.

"I don't have night shift toni--" Maddie began. "..yes you do!" Trevor lied through his clenched teeth, looking Maddie straight in the eye. "Mr. Moseby reminded you before we left, remember?" He gave her a quick look and she answered, "…Uh, right! Yes, now I remember; silly me." She giggled.

"Oh, well I'm sorry I'm keeping you. It was lovely to meet you darling!" she called to them right before they started out the door and down the hall.

Maddie tried to answer as she tugged on Trevor. "It was.. very nice to meet you..too! Enjoy your soap-operas!" She said to her as she flashed a polite smile and waved.

"Thank you, I will! And come back any time! Goodbye Maddie!" She called out right before going back to her television show.

Maddie and Trevor were now halfway down the stairs. Maddie could tell that Trevor was eager to get out of there. "..Goodbye Martha!"

Maddie giggled as the two flew down the stairs and out the door.

"See, I told you she'd like you. It went very well." Trevor said.

"I agree! ..But um, I couldn't help but notice that you got a little antsy when she was about to tell me a story from when you were a 'teeny tiny little boy'." She smirked.

Trevor laughed nervously as he opened the car door for Maddie. "Trust me, you don't want to hear those stories anyhow."

"I can't believe you made me lie to your grandmother!"

"She'll never know! Besides.. I was excited to try another date with you." Trevor changed subjects attempting to butter Maddie up. He picked up her left hand with his right and rubbed the top of it with his thumb, biting on his bottom lip. Maddie was a sucker for anything having to do with romance so she couldn't help but melt at the sight of him; especially when he tried to butter her up. "Well in that case…" she said slowly as she reached for her seat belt. Trevor smiled and waggled his eyebrows as he put the key into the ignition.

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THE MARTIN'S SUITE; 23RD FLOOR

Zack was now dressed and cleaned up, watching t.v. on the couch with Cody dusting around him.

"Why don't you just dust around the magazines?" Zack asked him.

"Because Zack, then if you pick one up, the spot underneath will be dusty!"

"Well can't you do something to speed up the process? You're blocking the t.v." Zack said, trying to point the remote control around Cody.

"Well if you would just put your stinkin' feet down, I would be able to finish the coffee table and you could go back to watching your World's Craziest Motorcycle Crashes." Cody rolled his eyes. Zack just smirked it off.

"I mean, all you do all day is sit on the couch in the suite, watch t.v., take really long naps on the couch, (which by the way you drool a lot while doing so on the perfectly fresh pillow case that I just washed).." Cody said, pointing a finger at Zack. He continued, "..Make our room a mess, and sit on your butt eating junk food all day!" Cody finished.

"Okay.." Zack said, "If that's how you feel about it, then I'll go down to the lobby and eat junk food!"

Cody rolled his eyes again as he got back to his cleaning and Zack was about to stomp out of the room. He soon thought of something and said, "Are you planning on going down there to flirt with Maddie as well?" he asked.

"Whadda you think?" Zack said in an 'obviously' type of matter.

Cody shook his head, "..Then again maybe you should stay in here."

Zack looked confused. "Why?"

"Do you really think you'll look smooth saying.. 'How ya doin' sweet thang ' .. with a lump the size of Texas on your head?"

Zack stood for a moment and blinked. "Point taken."

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Well, there's chappie 9! I tried to make this one kind of humorous, but sometimes my jokes can be kind of corny so.. idk LOL. thank you so much for reading my story! its not over yet.. keep reviewing! lots of love xoxo