Epilogue

Even though the highlight of that amazing night was when Maddie and London read their vows to each other, the funniest one was when Mark wanted to take a picture of the whole group, and it proved to almost be a mission impossible, because everyone wanted to stay in front, or right next to London and Maddie, who would stay at the centre of the photo, or o because he could not program the camera's timer in order to have time to pose for the photo. Finally, he managed to put the whole group in position, as well as program the timer, and he snapped the photo. He promised that everyone would get a copy of the photo, already framed.

A couple of weeks went by, after that night. London wanted to go on a sort of honeymoon with Maddie, but Maddie told her that they should wait a couple of weeks, to go somewhere. Not only because Maddie had to come up with an excuse for her parents, but also because none of them really knew where they would like to go. At school, during recess, they tried to decide where to go, and what kind of excuse they would give Maddie's parents. Zack, Cody, Mark, Barbara and Max also helped them, but it seemed none of them really had a good idea as to where the girls should spend a little vacation together. Finally, London remembered that she was supposed to go to Paris at the end of that month to go shopping. So, they decided to take advantage of that, and go to Paris for a whole week. They would be staying at the Paris's Tipton, which had been the latest Tipton hotel to be built in Europe. As for the excuse, they came up with the idea of telling Maddie's parents that Maddie and London, as well as a couple more students from school had to do a school assignment about the city of Paris, and she had asked London to fly her and the other to Paris, so they could do the assignment, rather just looking for information on encyclopaedias, books and the Internet. It was hard to convince Maddie's mom to let her go, but with a little persuasion from Maddie's dad, she ended up agreeing to let the blonde girl fly to Paris.

A couple of days later, the girls were off to Paris, for a romantic week. Mark and the twins also went with them, and they had a very important job. While Maddie and London had fun together, they would have to take pictures of the city, just in case they would need any kind of proofs that they did that assignment.

When they were already over the Atlantic, a little problem issued. London was one of the most famous celebrities in the world, and she was bounded to have a whole squadron of paparazzi after her, trying to get a photo or a story. That would not happen in Boston because her dad had paid a fortune to every tabloid in the country to not harass her while she was in Boston, but being out of Boston, and out of the country, that was another story. If they found out that she was dating Maddie that would get them both in big trouble… after they told their parents the truth, the paparazzi finding it out would not be an issue, but before that, that would ruin their secret. Everyone put their heads together, and tried to come up with a solution. In the end, it was Zack's suggestion which seemed the best… they would disguise themselves.

"Are you sure there really isn't another away?" –London whined a little, because she was not entirely sure that that was such a good idea.

"Don't worry, you're working with a master of the disguise. I can become whoever I want to, and I can also do the same thing with anyone I know." –Mark said with an evil smile on his face.

"I hate when you smile like that." –Cody said. –"You remind of me Zack, when he has one of his crazy ideas."

"All I'm going to need is a little make up, and a few other things."

As promised, when they got to the hotel, the first thing they did was to come up with a disguise for Maddie and London. Since none of them wanted to dye their hairs, Mark opted for a pair of wigs. Maddie would pass as a brunette, and to make sure that no one would recognize her, they used make-up to make her skin even lighter. As for London, Mark chose a less conservative look for her. He decided to give her a light blue wig with a bowl cut, and opted for a wardrobe that reminded the Asian brunette of the clothes that some of the girls she used to see in the streets of Shibuya district, every time she visited Tokyo to go shopping.

Deep inside her, Maddie did not like one bit of the idea of having to be disguised in order to spend some time with London; but she knew that it was the only way, at least until they told their parents about their relationship. In order to cheer her up, Cody, Zack and Mark also decided to play along, and disguise themselves too, even though they did not need. Cody and Zack decided to try a different look, and were both quite pleased with the result. Cody adopted a bad boy look, while Zack adopted a more conservative look. As for Mark himself, he decided to dye his hair red auburn, a colour which London said that combined with the colour of his eyes.

When Mark finished his work, all of them looked unrecognizable. They were all wearing wigs and make up and clothes, that no one who knew them in person, would dare to say that they were who they said they were. Looking themselves in the mirror, they knew that they were going to have a blast… all of them.

A little later, already on the second level of the Eiffel Tower, the five friends were gazing into the beautiful city of Paris, which went on as far as their eyes could see, when Mark decided that then it was the time for them to take a photo for his collection of celebrity photos.

"But no one will recognize us." –Zack said. –"In fact, I wouldn't recognize myself, if I looked myself in the mirror right now."

"You told us that you loved your new bad boy look." –Cody said.

"Well, yeah, I like it, but I didn't say that I liked it enough to get a picture taken, especially on top of this tower." –Zack said.

"Stop saying nonsense, and get ready, while I get the camera ready, and one of you go and get those two, so we can all be on the picture." –Mark told the twins, as he took the camera out of his backpack.

The air was quite chilly up there, and the wind was blowing with a little strength. Still, that did not prevent the girls from enjoying each other's company and the magnificent view of Paris.

"You know, if anyone would tell me that I would end up declaring my love to you, and that you would take me for a romantic week in Paris, I would have said that that person was either insane or just plain old crazy." –Maddie said, as she tightened the scarf she was wearing around her neck.

"I agree with you… but you know what? My mom once said that life is full of surprises. One minute you're somewhere, the other you don't know where you will be." –London smiled at Maddie.

"Your mom sure gives out a couple of nifty advices." –Maddie said.

"Well, it's the only thing she does well… even though she doesn't follow her own advices." –London giggled. She then noticed that Maddie was smiling, while looking at her. –"What is it?"

"I know that you don't agree with me on this, but right now… when I look at you, wearing that blue wig, and those beautiful clothes… you really look like Brenda Song on "A 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd"… I just can't help it." –Maddie giggled, as her fingers ran through London's wig, and then caressed her face, tenderly.

London just smiled at her, as she took a little mirror she had inside her purse, and started to look at herself. She really did not want to admit it, but she really looked like the actress right then, and in fact, she liked to see herself looking like that. She decided that in the near future, she would dye her hair baby blue, because after all, it was a very pretty colour.

"You're right; I really look like her, ad you know what, Maddie? I was wrong; I would really like to dye my hair baby blue." –London said, as she put the mirror back in her purse, while Maddie smiled at her.

The girls were getting ready to kiss again, when the twins appeared, calling them.

"Come on, lovebirds, Mark wants to take a photo of the five us…" –Zack said.

"Lead the way, guys." –London said, as she gave her hand to Maddie.

The wind started to blow harder than before, but not even that stopped Mark or any of the others from posing for the photo. Maddie and London embraced each other, while Cody and Zack kneeled next to each other. Mark decided to stay next to Maddie. He pushed the timer and ran to where he was supposed to stay in the photo. When the timer reached zero, their image and that specific moment in time, was forever captured.

"You know, it's as if we were looking at five different people." –Mark said, as he showed the picture of them, with the sight of Paris on their back, on the camera's screen to the others.

"Like evil versions of ourselves." –Zack said.

"No, not evil… just really different from our true selves." –Maddie replied.

"Like from another dimension?" –Cody asked.

"Yeah, like that." –Maddie said.

"You guys have been all reading too many comic books." –London suggested, while she let out a little giggle.

"Come on, everyone. We still have to get to the top of the tower, and we won't get there if we just stand around here." –Mark said. –"Besides, I still want to have lunch at my favourite Parisian restaurant, Gusteau's."

Needless to say that this trip to Paris was just the beginning of something that would change the life of these five friends. But what happened after this? Did Maddie and London stay together?

To find out the answer to this question and other questions, you'll have to read the sequel to this story, "Love Conquers All", which will start to be posted in 2011.

The End (for now, of course)

Well, this is the end of this story, but as I said, there is a sequel planned for 2011. You only have to wait for it now. To those who read my story, I thank you for wasting a little bit of your time to read it and to tell me what you thought of it. From all of the stories that I've written until this day this was certainly one of the most demanding, because I had to watch every episode of "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" series, and also memorize every character's habits and distinctive personalities in order to incorporate them in the story, not to mention, creating an original character of my own which served a purpose, but also to show that I can also create a character which is funny ad serious at the same time to counter balance all the characters.

P.S. I never actually dedicated this story to anyone, so, after pondering about it for a couple of hours, I decided that I am dedicating this story to Brenda Song and Ashley Tisdale, two of my favourite actresses who portray Maddie and London in the series. I you girls ever read this story, remember that without you to inspire me, I would have never written this heart-warming story.