Christmas morning came and early risers had snuck presents under the tree to be ready for unwrapping later on in the morning. Snow gently fell to the ground outside while the inside warmed up with good insulation and constant circulation of body heat with a touch of heat from the hotel's heaters. By eight, almost everyone was up and ready for Christmas except for one lazy boy. While other hotel guests were going about their own business for their Christmas traditions, the Martin family and their friends were gathering around the only Christmas tree that was set in the lobby.

Cody and Bailey were sitting close together on the couch while Miss Tutweiller and Carey sat in chairs. Maddie sat next to Cody and bailey while Mr. Moseby stood behind Miss Tutweiller. London came by and sat on the arm of the couch near Maddie. Esteban and Arwin had finally arrived with the rest of the gang and all of them were excited to open presents but they were still waiting for one more person, one very lazy person. That person was Zack. Carey looked at her watch and it was ten past eight. She looked over at everyone's tired expressions and then looked over at Cody.

"Cody did you try to wake up Zack before you left?"

"Yeah, mom. I tried really hard but he rolled over in his bed."

"Do you think he'll wake up himself?"

"No. I'll go up back to room and wake him up."

"Would you like a blow horn?"

"I think that would be handy."

Cody stood up and took the blow horn from Carey.

"Thanks mom. I'm going to go wake up Zack. Hopefully this will work."

"Good luck, Cody."

Cody walks past the couch but is stopped by Bailey. She kept her grip on his arm as she stood up from the couch. She stared at him. He stared back at her and knew that she didn't feel right letting him going through the task of waking up Zack by himself. Cody smiled at Bailey and released her grip on his arm. He gave her a reassuring nod and went up to the suite. Bailey slowly reclaimed her spot on the couch. Everyone else was stunned how well Cody and Bailey's communication had developed as a couple. The two young adults understood each other without any words and it shocked their friends. When Bailey relaxed back in her spot, London had to comment first.

"What was that Bailey?"

Bailey turned her head towards London in slight confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"What was that between you and Cody? Did you and Cody use telepathy?"

"Not really, London. Cody and I just have a really deep connection. I guess we can understand each other without even using words."

"Like I said during spring break, you two are a barn yard full of crazy."

"London, we're not crazy, we're in love and we understand each other."

"Whatever. I still think you're crazy being with Cody. I mean, he's Cody for Pete's sake!"

"Whatever you say, London."

"I think it's sweet that you and Cody have such a deep connection."

Bailey smiled at Maddie's sincere tone.

"Thank you, Maddie."

"You're welcome."

London then butted in as she was getting bored.

"Well, enough love talk. When do you think Cody will wake up Zack and come back down with him?"

"I don't know, London."

"Why not?"

"I don't know how hard it is to wake up Zack."

London grunted from Bailey's answer and turned her head away from her friend.

Elsewhere, Cody had just entered the suite and walked right through to his and Zack's bedroom. He sighed and plugged one of his ears to prepare for using the blow horn. He got close to Zack's ears and blew the horn. A massive sound wave swept through Zack's ears. Repercussions of blasting sound wrung through Zack eardrums. He woke up in an instant and screeched from the blast as he jolted up in a sitting position in his bed. He stuck his fingers in his ears to ring out piercing sound from his ears. He angrily turned towards Cody. Zack gritted his teeth as he spoke with Cody.

"What was THAT for?"

"I needed to wake you up. Everyone downstairs is waiting for you so we can start Christmas."

"WHAT! It's Christmas already? How long has everyone been waiting for me?"

"About ten minutes and they'll be waiting for fifteen minutes by the time you get dressed. Come on, Zack, get out of bed and get dressed. We have things to do."

"Alright. Get out of the room so I can get ready."

"Okay but hurry up."

Zack got of bed and pushed Cody out of the bedroom. He then closed the door right behind Cody once he was out of the room completely. After five minutes of changing, Zack came out the room completely dressed. He and Cody rushed out the suite and quickly went down the elevator to the lobby. By the time that Zack and Cody got back to the group, it was eight twenty. Everyone smiled as they noticed that Cody succeeded in waking up Zack. Cody smiled back but Zack had a flat line for a mouth. Cody walked up to his mother and returned the blow horn to her and then reclaimed his rightful spot next to Bailey on the couch. Carey carefully put away the blow horn in her purse as Cody was walking back to the couch. Zack found a place to stand behind Maddie and London. Zack looked up and stared at the tree that had many gifts stuffed underneath it.

"So can we get the gift unwrapping started?"

"Sure, Zack", Mr. Moseby said.

"I'll start passing the first gifts", Esteban offered.

Esteban got a few gifts to hand out to some people and then he went back to get the rest. Once everyone got their first presents, Miss Tutweiller gave everyone the 'okay' to start unwrapping beginning with the younger member of the group. It system went as from youngest to oldest and in this case Bailey was the first person while Mr. Moseby was the very last person to open gifts. This went on for a good thirty minutes or so. After all the gifts were unwrapped and all the necessary and sincere 'thanks yous' were in order, everybody hugged each other for the gifts and said 'Merry Christmas and gathered their things in neat piles. The majority of the gifts were things that everyone needed or wanted and some of them were clothing. Some of the more notable gifts were dvds, books, designer pillows and a cooking set. After that, Carey asked what everyone would be doing for the rest of the day. Agendas were shared and Carey made an appointment for everybody to meet for a Christmas dinner.

All of them agreed on the plan. Afterwards, each one of them gathered their gifts to set aside in their rooms for safe keeping. Once the tedious task of stashing gifts for safe keeping was done, everyone went their separate ways for the rest of the day until dinner later that night. Esteban, Arwin and Carey returned to their usual duties while Mr. Moseby and Miss Tutweiller went out for a stroll in the park. Cody and Bailey did their own thing in the hotel and Zack secretly followed them. Maddie and London just simply talked in the lobby, catching up with each other.