By the time Cody and Bailey found a table to sit down at, there were plenty of other guests filing in the room in groups of three or four people. Some couples came in as well. While people filed in the room, Mr. Moseby and Miss Tutweiller walked in the ballroom arm in arm. They walked over to the table where Cody and Bailey were sitting and sat down across the young couple's way. Miss Tutweiller was the first to start a conversation.

"Hello, Cody and Bailey. How are you two doing this evening?"

"Bailey and I are fine."

"That's nice to hear."

"How are you and Mr. Moseby, Miss Tutweiller?"

"We're good. Thank you for asking, Bailey."

"Do you two have any plans for Christmas Break?"

"Miss Tutweiller and I don't have any grand plans per se but we do plan to spend as much time as possible with each other. What about you and Bailey? Do you have plans?"

"We don't have anything special planned really."

"Ah. I understand. You two just want to relax?"

"Exactly. I mean, unless we suddenly have a change of heart and want some excitement but I'm pretty sure that we just want to take things easy."

As Cody and Bailey held a conversation together with Mr. Moseby and Miss Tutweiller, Maddie came walking up to the their table and her presence known by gently tapping one of Mr. Moseby's shoulders and cleared her throat. After her simple actions, Maddie got her desired attention from her friends.

"Hi, guys. I don't mean to bother you four but could I join your table?"

"Of course, Maddie. You can sit by Cody and myself."

"Bailey's right. There are two more chairs here at the table. You're welcome to join us."

"Thanks guys."

Maddie gladly and graciously took her spot next to Bailey and Cody. She was situated between Bailey and Mr. Moseby. Maddie was about to ease her way into the group with a very relateable topic to start off a conversation but she cut off by an abrupt and unsophisticated sound of someone's rear end making contact with the last empty chair at the table. The group was perturbed and bemused of the sudden plopping sound that rung in their ears with an unwelcome tone from the vibrations of the sound. Before anyone could turn their heads to see who had just arrived at their table and invited themselves, only to hear the unmistakable voice. The voice that has disturbed each and every one of the members at the table on some level at one point or another. This particular voice did not sink too well with Mr. Moseby and Cody, especially with Cody. It was none other than Zack. He looked at the group with a crooked smile, unaware that he had disrupted his friends' peaceful time of conversing with each other. Zack had taken up the chair in between Miss Tutweiller and Cody. Everyone gave him an odd look except for Cody. As for Cody, he had a very perturbed expression carved into the features of his face which could clearly be marked by his scowl and his furrowed eyebrows. As if out of sheer luck, Bailey happened to glance sideways towards Cody's view and new how frustrated he was with his brother. Out of instinct to calm her boyfriend down and to spare everyone else of discomfort, Bailey carefully and strategically placed her right hand under the table softly on Cody's clenched left fist that was on his left thigh and held it in her hand. She used her thumb to methodically, rub it in a constant and slow motion until Cody's fist seize to keep it shape and flattened out to a straight hand. Sensing that she reached her goal, Bailey patted Cody's formerly strained hand and place her hand back in the rightful position on her lap. All the while that Bailey was holding Cody's hand underneath the table, Cody's tight features loosened gradually on his face and he began to take in easy breathes. Unfortunately, Zack was unaware of his brother's tension as he was busy playing with his fork. Carefree of Cody's troubles, Zack opened his mouth while he balanced a spoon on his nose.

"So what have you guys been talking about?"

Everyone gave each other confused expressions to one another as they didn't know what to say to Zack. Time was ticking away as Zack was losing control of balancing the spoon on his nose. Maddie thought of a true yet comprehensible answer for Zack to keep interest. She spoke up with a quick breathe of fresh air.

"We were just talking about what our plans were for Christmas break."

"Cool. What are they?"

"Well, what I heard and what I gathered is that we all seem to have a set mind of just relaxing."

"Oh, really? I haven't really decided whether or not I want to relax or have some fun."

"Zack?"

"Yeah, Mr. Moseby?"

"I have to ask."

"Why I picked this table? It's because I like you guys."

Zack joyously answered with much energy and slung a lazy arm over Cody's should and brought him in for a half hug. Zack grinned at his younger twin. He gave Cody a playful noogie, released him and then turned his attention back at Mr. Moseby. While Zack paid attention to Mr. Msoeby, Cody was busy fixing his hair. Zack had his eyes locked on Mr. Moseby.

"What do you want Zack?"

"I want to know when we can eat."

"Then why are you staring at me?"

"Because I'm bored."

"I'm sure we'll be served food soon."

"I hope so because I'm starving."

"Zack, what's wrong with you? You seem a little off tonight."

"Ah, don't worry, Cody. I'm fine. I just need something in my stomach."

"Okay, if you say so, Zack."

"I say so, Cody."

The moment Zack responded back to Cody, Esteban gladly announced that dinner would be served. Soon after waiters came in with plates of food and served guests by placing dishes upon the already set dishes once each guest had enough sense to move the napkins off the plates. Everything was grand. Each table had the same amount of food and the same dishes. The way that the distribution of the food was taken care of was that each dish of a different food item would be placed in front of separate guest. Each guest would take their share and pass around the food. Once all the food was passed around, everyone would place the empty dishes in the center of the table piled up and then the waiters would take the piled up empty dishes. After the procedure of passing around food was done, everyone simply enjoyed their dinner.

During the dinner, Cody and Bailey took some time away from eating the delicious food to spot Arwin, Carey and London at another table together with three strangers. Cody and Bailey looked at each other and then stifled giggles as they knew what the other saw that they found amusing. Both Cody and Bailey saw London struggling with Carey and she was trying to help London use the right silverware. It's not that London didn't know how to use silverware or which ones to use for the dinner, it's just that she felt under pressure with such a big crowd and got all discombobulated. Cody and Bailey didn't snicker at London for struggling at using the proper silverware, they giggled because the action between Carey and London tickled them on the inside as they had well regards for the two and that they just thought it sort of admirable how the two acted with each other, like close-knit mother and daughter. It at all Carey was London's first mother-figure while Miss Tutweiller was a close second mother-figure. The young couple stopped their giggling completely and resumed eating their dinner with the exception of stealing glances at each other every once and a while during the course of the dinner.