Chapter 3

Disclaimer: I do not own any Suite Life on Deck characters, I just own Travis, Daniel, Lily, Jack or Linkin Park

I wasn't going to put this chapter out for another couple of days but I got a review today that concerned me a bit. I will explain everything in my authors note below so please read it. Thanks

Hey guys! So this chapter is mostly about Lily and Zack and them getting to know each other more. I swear this story isn't going to be all about them it's about everyone on the S.S. Tipton but they are one of the main "plots" I guess you could say in this story. So don't worry everyone will be back...actually by the end of this chapter. And just in case any of you are concerned about Zack and Cody not getting into trouble or playing pranks in this story, don't worry its coming. I want to get everyone familiar with the new characters and such first then the Zack and Cody pranks can begin :] I loved writing this chapter so I'm excited to see what you guys think.

Zack's point of view

I woke up at about 7:30am the next morning. I don't know why, we didn't have classes so there was no reason to get up early. Travis was still asleep so I got up, showered and got dressed as quietly as I could. I didn't think anyone else would be up at this hour so I was just going to stay put in my room and wait for Travis. Of course then I got hungry, so I decided to go eat breakfast. I walk down the hallway and to the cafeteria and got some cereal. (AN: I don't know exactly where they eat on the ship so I'm just going to say they have a cafeteria)

Once I was done eating I went to hang around the smoothie bar. As I was heading there I noticed it was oddly quiet, it was kind of weird. When I got there I saw a couple of cruise guests walking around but no one I knew. I sat at the smoothie bar for a few minutes just looking around when I saw Lily; she was standing by the edge of the ship looking out to the water. I was about to go up and talk to her when I noticed she was talking on the phone. I turned back to see Mr. Moseby.

"Good morning Zack, you're up early today". He said with a strange expression.

"Hey Mr. Moseby, yeah I'm not sure why either I just couldn't sleep". I told him.

"Well how are you getting along with our new student?"

"Oh Lily's great, she's funny and really nice too".

"That's wonderful but I was referring to your roommate Travis". He said with a little bit of an amused smile.

"Oh...yeah....right Travis, he's a really cool guy and roommate". I said a little embarrassed. I could feel the blood rushing to my face making it hot.

"Glad to hear it, well I must get back to work". He said as he turned and walked away.

"Zack?" I heard a voice say from behind me. I turned around to see Lily standing there looking at me. I smiled at her.

"Hey Lily, what are you doing up so early?" I asked her curiously.

"I should ask you the same question" She laughed."I had to call my dad; he's in Japan right now so you know the time difference".

"Cool, to tell you the truth I have no idea why I'm up right now" I said as she laughed.

"I see, couldn't sleep?" She asked sitting down in the stool next to me

"Yeah I guess so, hey now was you sleepover with London and Bailey last night?"

"It was a lot of fun, there both really nice". She was a bit of a pause in the conversation.

"Okay!" She said suddenly turning to face me. I jump slightly because she caught me off guard. "Tell me more about yourself"

"Ok" I laughed, wow I'll never have to worry about awkward pauses when she's around. "What do you want to know?"

"Anything you want to tell me". She replied

"Well, I live in Boston with Cody and my mom Carey. My parents are divorced and my dad is a musician". I said.

"What does your mom do?" She asked, her eyes swimming with curiosity.

"She's a Hotel lounge singer at the Tipton. That's where we live, that's also how we know Mr. Moseby so well".

"Is that why he gets a little nervous when you two are around?" She teased.

"You noticed that did you?" I said laughing along with her.

"So what's it like living in a hotel?"

"Sometimes it can be hard but it's mostly fun" I told her and then a question came into my head. "Hey are you hungry? Did you eat anything yet?"

"Yeah I was actually up an hour ago so I ate then, thanks" She smiled.

"If you don't mind would you tell me about your parent?" I asked. I was kind of nervous of how she would react, last time we mentioned her dad she got kind of sad.

At first she looked a little hesitant but started talking anyways. "Like I told you yesterday my parents are divorced too. They separated when I was 7. When they were settling everything for the divorce the subject of who would take me was always up in the air. My dad and I were always really close so being a lawyer he fought really hard to get custody of me. Usually in most cases the child goes with the mother but none of us really wanted that".

"You don't like your mother?" I asked.

"No, I like her but her and I were never really on the same page. I think her idea of a daughter was a little princess who loved anything pink and fluffy. I know she loves me but I'm just not what she was looking for in a daughter." She said looking down at the table.

"So if she didn't want you then why did your dad have to fight so hard?" I blurted out without thinking. Right after the words left my mouth I felt terrible. "Lily, I'm sorry that was...."

"No Zack it's fine, it was just a question". She smiled and continued." My mom never said she didn't want me but she didn't have a problem with my dad taking me. The problem was mostly everyone who was in on the divorce like the judge, counselors and people like that. They thought I should be with my mother since my dad moves around a lot. Once my dad got custody of me he got worried about school with him moving and being away a lot. Everyone said to put me in a private or boarding school but I was only 7 so dad didn't want me to be away from him all the time. So he put me in public school but when he was gone he always had a friend of the family looking after me."

"Do you see your mother a lot?"

"Mostly just on special occasion but there are times when she is too busy with work".

"Tell me more about you and your dad? You guys are close"

"Yes my dad and I are extremely close. When I was little I would get worried that when he left he wouldn't come back. So every time he left after that and to this day he always tells me that we're a tag team, if I was ever in a fight I couldn't win he would be there to help. Which was his way of saying that if I ever needed him he would be there". She said laughing slightly.

"He sounds like a really cool guy" I said.

"Yeah I'm lucky to have him". She smiled. Just then Mrs. Tutweiller walked by us

"Hello Zack and who is this beautiful young lady?" She asked looking at Lily.

"Hi, I'm Lillian Parker but call me Lily" She said smiling.

"Oh yes your one of our new students well I will see you both in class later this week" She said walking away.

"Why doesn't she know you from signing in to get all your stuff?" I asked.

"Mr. Moseby got all my stuff for me when he found out my dad was Mr. Tipton's lawyer". She said laughing

"Hey do you want to walk around for a little while? Everyone should be up in an hour or so". She said looking at her watch.

"Sure, I've been sitting to long I need to stretch my legs." I said standing up.

We decided to walk around a little bit on the lower deck. We kept talking about movies, TV shows and bands we liked and disliked. We figured out we liked a lot of the same thing, but there were some things we disagreed on.

"I can't believe you like Linkin Park!" I teased her.

"Yes I do! I can't believe you think they suck!" She said with mock anger on her face.

"I'm sorry Lily but I only like bands with TALENT!" I yelled running away from her. As I started to run I heard a gasp and then I saw her running after me.

"Zack Martin you will regret ever saying that!" She yelled from behind me.

"Only if you can catch me!" I said making a sharp turn and ran down the set of stairs laughing.

I was half way down the stairs when I looked back to see how far away Lily was from me, she wasn't too far behind. As I was looking back at her I saw her catch the toe of her shoe on the edge of one of the stairs and start to fall. It wasn't a very wide stair case and thank goodness no one else was on the stairs. I ran up a few stairs and grabbed her by the waist then slammed my back up against the wall to steady us from falling. She had a look of shock on her face, I'm sure my face had the same expression.

"Zack? Lily?" We both turned our heads to see that at the bottom of the stair case was Cody, Bailey, Woody and Travis.

"Oh...hey guys!" I said not realizing that I still had my arms around Lily's waist.

"What are you guys doing?" Cody asked. As he said this I finally let go of Lily and we both walked down that stairs to were our friends were. We were going to get it from them, I knew that looked bad. As we walked I watched Lily carefully because I was scared of her falling again

Early that same morning in Cody's point of view

It was about 9am when Woody and I got up. Once we were dressed we left to go get some breakfast. While walking to the cafeteria we caught up with Travis. When we got to the cafeteria we sat with Bailey and London.

"Hey Travis? Where's Zack?" I asked, just realizing now that by brother wasn't with us. I know that sad but hey give me a break we stayed up late last night.

"I'm not sure, when I woke up this morning he was gone already" Travis said.

"Wait! Lily isn't here either." I said noticing that just now as well.

"She was with you girls last night; do you know where she is?" Woody asked Bailey and London.

"Yeah she told us she had to get up early to go to Japan." London said

"No London, she said she had to get up early to call Japan because that's where her dad is right now." Bailey said corrected London's mistake.

"Well there somewhere on the ship, let's go find them." Travis said

"You guys go ahead and I will meet you later, I have to go count my diamonds." London said with a tone that told us that it might take awhile, which it might knowing London.

We walked around for awhile checking Zack's room and Lily's later. They weren't there. We were just about to give up but we still hadn't checked one hallway on the lower deck.

"Hey do you think Zack and Lily are dating? Like keeping it a secret from us?" Bailey suddenly asked

"Yeah they did seem to get along really well and they're both nowhere to be found" Travis added.

"Listen guys I know Zack better than anyone and I know that if he had a girlfriend he would tell...."

I stopped my sentence when we turned the corner to find Zack and Lily. Zack had his arms wrapped around Lily's waist, her hands were on his chest and Zack had his back to the wall. We were all standing there totally shocked at the bottom of the stair case looking up at them.

Finally I broke the silence."Zack? Lily?"

"Oh....hey guys!" Zack stammered, not moving for his current position with Lily.

"What are you guys doing?" I asked. Once I said this Zack and Lily finally broke apart.

They started walking down the stairs towards us. One thing caught my eye, Zack was watching Lily very carefully as she walked down the stairs. I've never seen him act that way with a girl before, so.....protective. These two had some explaining to do

AN: I recently got a review from a person telling me that I was ripping off a story called "Suit Life on Deck 2: Back on Board Auditions" by the-potter-punks. I had no idea that this story was even out there. If the author ever reads this I can assure you that I never meant to rip you off and my character and idea's for chapters are different. So I'm sorry if anyone else thinks I'm ripping that story off but personally the only things I find similar is the title (which I just thought up out of nowhere) and the cast going back on the S.S Tipton (which I think is really obvious story plot which will be used again I'm sure) Sorry I felt I had to put this out because the person who told me this had a strong opinion about it and I don't want to be blamed for this again.

Wow this was my longest chapter yet! I personally love this chapter because you get to know Lily a lot better and her back story. Also because you get to see a little bit of romance and a misunderstanding at the end. So let me know what you think of this chapter! Please review! It means the world to me when you review!!