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Zack cries. Not just the dramatic tear that escapes a manly actor when his wife leaves him or something. Like he actually gets tears on his hands that are covering his face. He regrets that whole conversation. How could he have been so stupid as to tell Maya Bailey's birthday? Just then Woody walks by and sees Zack on the ground.

"Zack?"

"Hmm…what?" He looks up. Woody sees his red eyes and the slight tear stains on his checks.

"Are you okay?"

"No man. Maya broke up with me for something stupid. Now I am out here looking pathetic in my tux which I was supposed to go to the concert in." He vents. Woody raises his eyebrows at his fallen friend. Sometimes Zack can be so dramatic even though this situation does suck.

"Hey well if it helps, Mr. Moseby already did his piano thing and now they are doing a karaoke thing. Most of the people suck. Do you want to sit with Bailey and Cody and I? We can make fun of the people?"

"Thanks but I am probably just going to eat ice cream in my room alone. Girls say it helps."

"No."

"No? What do you mean no?"

"I mean that I am not going to let you be pathetic. Come on, your Zack! You're the hotshot that never lets a girl get to him. He's a man's man and not in a gay way. Let's go." Woody persists. Zack sighs, giving in and takes his hand that is reached out to him by Woody.

On the Deck…

Bailey has had a pretty nice time. She managed to get Mr. Moseby play the piano and he didn't faint. London has even complimented her on her dress. She then reminded her that she picked it out. Right now, she isn't having the most pleasant experience. London is standing on the stage, belting out a horrible cover of Rich Girl by Gwen Stephanie. All of the audience agrees with her opinion too. Finally, London finishes. She rushes over by her and sits down.

"So how did I do?" London asks.

"Well… you deserve to be on American idol." That's the only way Bailey could say that she sucked without London knowing it.

"Yay me!" London claps her hands together in glee. Bailey just smiles at her, letting her enjoy the moment. Cody elbows her in her side suddenly. She turns her head to harshly look at him.

"What?" She partially yells. He shrinks back but points up to the entrance of the deck. Bailey turns and her jaw drops. There is Woody and by him a fine-looking looking Zack. Bailey looks him up and down is impressed. The grey tux he is wearing that is trimmed with black fits him well and compliments his shoulders. When she looks at his beautiful blue eyes, her heart skips a beat. She also notices that they are slightly red for some reason. Bailey assumes that Cody was just pointing Woody and Zack out.

London finally pays attention and looks to see where everyone is looking. She is impressed with the way Zack looks. By the way Bailey is looking, she is impressed too. London sees Woody scan the crowd for them and waves them over. She also nudges Bailey out of her trance.

"He'll see you staring." She winks at her friend. Finally Bailey is getting over Cody.

"What?" Bailey snaps back into reality. London rolls her eyes.

"Never mind."

Bailey's keeps her eyes trained on him as he sits down next to London. Woody makes his way around to the other side and sits next to Cody, who is on the left side of her.

"So how are the loser's that try to sing?" Zack says calmly. On the outside, he might be all cool and awesome like he normally is but inside, he can feel his heart breaking as the situation really sinks in. Maya broke up with him. Zack breaths in and out to try to push away the tears that threaten his eyes. There would be no way he was going to cry in front of everyone.

Cody leans out to talk to his brother. "Hey. I was one of those people!"

"I know." Zack says unusually coldly. Cody leans back into his chair, hurt. Bailey looks over at him, wondering what happened to the fun Zack. Zack ignores the look that Bailey gives him. Even though he told Woody about his break up, Zack feels like he needs to tell someone else. Against his better judgment, he decides to tell London.

London was filing her nails, very bored when Zack grabbed her arm. She lets out a yelp before following him to the back of the deck.

"What was that for?" She asks.

"I need to tell you something. Please promise me that you won't tell anyone London." Zack speaks softly to her. London can tell that this is serious and so she nods. Zack turns away from her for a moment to get a grip on the tears. When Zack turns back to her, she can see his eyes have gotten redder.

"Uhh… Maya." His voice quivers. London puts a helpful hand on his shoulder. "Maya… she broke up with me." Zack whispers to her. London looks sadly at him and rubs his arm. Sure, she isn't one to be sensitive but come on, when Zack almost cries it's serious. Hesitating, London decides to give Zack a shoulder to cry on even though from the curious look Bailey is giving them from their seats, Bailey would like to her. London pulls Zack in for a hug. He accepts it and just hugs her.

Bailey is actually enjoying the singer on the stage. She is swaying with the catchy melody when something catches her eye. She sees Zack reach over and grab London by the arm and lead her away. She follows them with her gaze. Her curiosity is peak when Zack turns away from London, in pain. Bailey watches as London pulls Zack into a hug. A pang of emotion hits her that she refuses to think is jealousy. She quickly turns around again when Zack and London start heading back. Bailey really wants to know what they were talking about.

"So what was that about?" Bailey asks as soon as they sat down.

"Nothing." London answers. Zack nods in agreement with London. Bailey decides to let it go for now but at the next break she was going to get an answer out of London.

About two horrible acts later, Mr. Moseby announced that they would take a break and meanwhile there would be dessert served. Bailey giggles as she sees Cody, Zack and Woody look at each other with gleaming eyes and races to the dessert table. Finally alone with London, Bailey investigates.

"So what happened back there?" Bailey asks.

"Why do you want to know?" London simply says. It's not going to be easy.

"Zack is my friend and I am concerned." London just looks at her, unconvinced.

"Is that all you want? Zack as your friend?"

"London!" Bailey glares at her friend even though she is dead on. "I don't know. I am confused okay. Everything in my body says no but something, somewhere says maybe…" Bailey sighs. She shouldn't have feelings for Zack. He is the twin brother of her ex. She looks up and sees London beaming at her.

"Finally! That took you forever to admit." London says. She gives a hand motion for Bailey to come closer. Looking around, London whispers in her ear. "Zack was crying because Maya broke up with him over something stupid."

Bailey can't believe it. She feels really bad because Zack got his heart broken but she can feel some hope claw at her chest. Bailey turns and sees Zack grabbing about three brownies. She decides to talk to him about it. Maybe she can help him not hurt as much.

"Thanks London." Bailey says as she walks towards Zack. "Hey."

"Hi Kansas, have you eaten brownies like these? They are delicious. Do you think that there should be a smoothie that's brownie flavored? That would be awesome." Zack rambles on. He saw London talking to Bailey and knew that she told her. Bailey just looks at him sadly.

"Zack."

Sighing, Zack gives in. "How do you stop the hurting?" He looks down at his brownies. Bailey smiles sadly at him.

"You just have to get something else to fill that void. Or someone else." Bailey says the last part quietly.

"Oh. Does it get better?" He finally looks up again and looks into her eyes. Bailey's heart breaks to see him like this.

"Sometimes it does."

Zack opens his mouth to say something but is interrupted by Mr. Moseby talking into the microphone again.

"Hello. Well now that we are all nice and happy again, how about we have someone come up here and sing?" Mr. Moseby looks around the deck. Everyone is silent. "Anyone?"

By this time, Bailey and Zack have made their way back to their seats along with everyone else. Cody looks at his friends and then looks at Zack.

"Zack!" Cody yells quietly. Bailey, Woody and London look at Zack. Zack rolls his eyes and looks at his brother.

"What!"

"Go up there!" Cody is yelling quietly across everyone to Zack.

"No."

"We both know you can sing. You were in choir and the best too." At that point, everyone looks surprisingly at Zack, who buries his face in his hands.

"I don't want to and everyone knows that now. Thanks a lot." Zack says sarcastically. Sure he was a good singer but in middle school, choir people were teased so he quit.

Bailey chirps in. "Common Zack. Get out your feelings." Zack anxiously looks towards London who just shrugs. She then thinks of something and whispers in Zack's ear.

"You can impress her."

"Who?" Zack whispers back. He decides to play dumb because that always works for him.

"Bailey." When London says this, Zack nearly chokes on his brownie.

"What? I don't like Bailey." London smiles mischievously at him.

"I never said you did but you just did."

Crap.

"What do I do?" Zack reluctantly says. If he is going to look stupid, might as well impress Bailey in the process.

"Sing what you feel. You have all those emotions inside of you. Sing it." Zack is surprised by London's smart advice.

Turning back to the others Zack nods to them. Bailey is excited for this. Even though she hopes he doesn't suck because that would be awkward.

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