February 13th (Part 1):

Maya and Bailey where standing outside Maya's cabin holding a box full of a few hundred duct tape roses and a poster. Maya was struggling to lock her door but it seemed a little difficult when she was helping Bailey lift the 40 pound box, Well until Zack stepped in. He snuck up on the two and suddenly took the box from them both, they turned around to face him. "Well how is one of the most beautiful girls on this entire ship-" He paused for a second. "Let me correct my self, entire world doing?" He directed at Maya with his award winning smile, and in this case his award was Maya.

"Oh." She smiled flirtatiously, "So there are more girls who you think are just as beautiful as me?"

"Well no...But Bailey is standing right behind you." He leaned to his left to view Bailey who was awkwardly smiling at the pair of lovers flirting a foot in front of her. "Hi Bailey." He smiled subtly at the farm girl as she nodded in reply and started walking down the hallway towards the classroom. Zack and Maya followed. "So..." Zack started. "I was wondering if you needed any help with your fancy girly rose thing?"

Maya raised a eyebrow "You mean volunteering?" Zack would never volunteer for anything. Anything. Well unless it involved football, soda, or...girls. Maya must of been getting good, it only took her a few seconds to figure out what Zack was up to now.

"Not dancing, I'm talking about helping out with your fundraiser. I mean if Cody can do it-"

"Actually." She let out a small chuckle. "Cody wrapped his entire arm in duct tape and massacred all the roses he actually did make." Zack started laughing with her. "But," She cut in. "I highly doubt you could do any better." She shrugged as the three entered the already busy classroom.

"Maya, Maya, Maya." He sat down the box on Miss. Tutwieler's desk before he continued. "You have got to know by now I do everything better than Cody." He put a reassuring hand on her shoulder and Maya just rolled her eyes.

Cody who sat right in front of Miss. Tutwieler's desk was buried into his physics book, but didn't hesitate to remind Zack he was right there. "I heard that!"

Now it was Zack's turn to roll his eyes. "Seriously, I want to help."

"Ok..." Maya said in a sly voice. "Come to the Sky Deck at 4 today and I'll see what you can do." Zack smiled at her knowing he had won her over, he went to his usually seat in the back of the room when Miss. Tutwieler shushed everyone, and Maya and Bailey started their presentation.

"Ok so I'm guessing most of you know what day it is tomorrow." Bailey spoke as the class nodded in agreement, Even Zack who must of become more aware of the calender after forgetting practically everyone's birthday...Even his own mother's.

"So in honor of Valentine's Day Bailey and I organized this fundraiser to raise money for the school." Maya smiled as she grabbed some flowers out of the box to hold as a visual.

"Yup, So we've made duct tape roses for everyone to buy today for their special someone's." Cody hung onto every word, he could of swore she was looking at him when she said 'special someone.'

"Yea and here's the cool thing." She said referencing the poster that Bailey held. "They all stand for different things. Yellow for friendship, pink for commitment, purple for love at first sight, white for secret admirer, and red for love." She passed around each rose for everyone to get look.

Bailey was examining the roses in wonder. "Even if you don't into this lovey-dovey stuff these things are still amazing" She looked up and flashed a hopeful smile at the already bored classroom.

Maya seemed to notice her trouble and helped out. "Only 50 cents!" She yelled out, as the class seemed to take increasing interest. Maya returned to Bailey's side in satisfaction.

"I mean I know that I would love to get one of these forever lasting magnificent pieces of astounding-" Bailey's on running adjectives were cut off by the bell ringing, and Miss. Tutwieler starting her daily lesson.

The two teenage girls frowned as they returned to their seats, Bailey shrugged. "Guess Valentine's Day isn't that big anymore..." She whispered to Maya

"Or everyone on this boat is just bitter, old, and single!" Maya said in a quick voice, those people from up north could sure talk fast...

"Yea...Single." Bailey exhaled opening up her book to the chapter review and working in silence for the rest of the period.

Bailey and Maya sat up straight in their folding chairs behind the table which contained a few hundred duct tape roses and their colored tags, each matching the rose they belonged to. Not many people had come by since they setup the table a few minutes ago and like always Zack was late. Maya who stopped giving up hope of him showing up on time a few months ago was ahead of the game though. She just told him to be there 30 minutes before she was originally planning on meeting him so in her mind he was never late. Zack came storming onto the Sky Deck, that was unusual... He never really ran unless someone was chasing him but judging by the fact that he was standing in front of the table with his hands on his knees motionless. "Sorry I'm... I'm late." Maya smiled knowing he genuinely wanted to help.

"Zack, You're blocking our poster." Bailey said emotionlessly. Maya looked over to Bailey, but once she determined that telling her to knock off her negative attitude she has been having lately would be pointless she just got up and walked over to Zack.

She playfully kneeled down to meet his eye level for he was still in a state of recovery from running all the way from his cabin. "So you wanna know what you can do?"

Zack stood up straight after noticing Maya was teasing sort of. "What?"

"You can run the booth while Bailey and I take our break." She smiled.

"Wait. Wait. Wait a minute. I can't run this! I screw up everything, hasn't Mr. Moseby brainwashed that into you yet?" He panicked a little.

"But we've been here since school got out and we are so tired." Bailey was looking a little confused from the table, but she just listened on. "Besides it will only be for 10 minutes and like no one has bought anything!" She pouted.

He just couldn't resist that face, he want to give her whatever she wanted. "Ok fine. Just for 10 minutes though." Maya squealed and gave Zack a quick peck on the check before grabbing Bailey from the table and dragging her behind the staircase.

"Ok what was that about? We haven't been here for two hours and like he said himself. Zack screws up everything!" Bailey exclaimed, he face was red with a mix of fury and confusion towards the brunette.

"It's happy hour for smoothies right now." She said simply as she watched Zack sit at the table from behind the staircase."

"Way to state the obvious."

"I know but girls swarm the sky deck at this time hoping to find some guy here since it's so packed." She explained.

"And?" Bailey was still lost in this twisted plan.

"And what better way to show a guy you care then with a duct tape rose?"

"Ok, but I still don't see how Zack comes into this." She said trying to get a good view of the table since Maya had the best spot.

"I just thought it would be funny to watch how he would handle a few dozen girls buying a dozen roses at the same time." She giggled as she saw a few girls come up to the table.

"He can't handle it he is Zack!" She screamed at Maya as Zack juggled money in his hands while he handed out tags for the girls to address.

Maya turned back to Bailey. "Well that's what he gets for only wanting to volunteer with me so we can make out!" A mix of a smile and an 'O' shape formed at her mouth, wow Maya was almost as good of a schemer as Zack. The two girls' eyes went back to Zack who was now almost virtually unseeable through the girls who surrounded the table, they watched on in amusement. It wasn't till the two gossiping girls saw another blonde headed boy enter the deck in horror. Their carefree expressions were erased from their faces as they saw the twin run towards the mob of teenage girls in effort to rescue Zack from the mobbing teenage girls.

"ZACK!" Cody yelled as he dragged Zack out from the chaos and to a nearby lounger to recover. Maya and Bailey looked on, those girls really did a number on him.

"Should we go over there?" Bailey softly whispered.

"I guess." Maya frowned a bit realizing what she got herself and Bailey into. The two stepped out from behind the staircase and started walking towards Zack and Cody.

Zack was almost completely passed out, Cody was kneeled beside him when he saw two pairs of feet that belonged to Maya and Bailey. He looked up to meet their remorseful eyes. "So...How's Zack?" Maya spoke rubbing her arm with her hand nervously.

"He was attacked by some desperate crazed teenage girls, how do you think he is doing?" He stood up to meet then two girls. "Why did you leave him here alone? Seriously you know Zack screws up everything!"

"And that's the third person to say that in the last 10 minutes..." Bailey mumbled only to be fired a glare at by Cody. "Sorry." She whispered and faded back into the background.

"Ok, I know you're not going to want to hear this but..." Was she seriously going to tell her boyfriend's brother, who would then tell it to her boyfriend, that she purposely almost put Zack into a coma just for laughs? Bailey couldn't let that happen, as much as anyone would like to deny it Zack and Maya were perfect for each other. What if he broke up with her over this? Sure chances were one to a hundred, but on a boat like this one usually won out. What would a lie do... besides Bailey had nothing to lose.

Bailey interrupted Maya in mid sentence. "I thought it would be funny." Bailey came back into the spotlight as Maya stare at her with eyes full of surprise as Bailey continued to look down at the wooden deck floor. "I thought it would be funny to set it up so all these girls would come here and swarm the stand while Zack was running it." She slowly lifted her eyes to meet Cody's and all she saw was anger.

"Why would you ever do something so insensitively stupid for no reason what so ever!" His screams echoed through the deck making every head turn, even the girls at the stand.

Bailey smirked. "Lets just say we're even." She walked off the deck, and as expected she had nothing to lose. Maya walked her walk off in confusion until she realized the un-payable favor he friend had just done her. She looked back to Cody, he was still watching Bailey walk out. Anger and frustration savagely ripped at his face, but underneath that she saw passion. One of the deepest and most longing forms of love. Maya walked towards Cody with a smirk identical to Bailey's on her face. Bailey finally exited the deck and Cody turned back to Maya with a little jump seeing how close she was now.

"So what color rose are you going to buy for her?" She smiled brightly through his shield. He was baffled at her question so badly he didn't know how to respond to a question he already knew the answer to.

i don't really like this chapter that much :P Well I do just not the tackle part, I like what happened after the tackle though. It just seems like it every story I write a character has to get mobbed. Hehe :) Anyways have a very Happy Un-Valentine's Day! AKA I don't own Suite Life, but my stories are Suite ;) Yea lame...

~LarkynxxPickettgirls