Hello and thank you for choosing to read my fanfic. This if my first Suite Life fanfic and I hope that you'll like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own The Suite Life or its characters, but damn it's fun to fantasize.
Chapter 1: Off Deck
As the passengers boarded off the S.S. Tipton, Zack Martin is stomping on his suitcase so it would close, "I don't get it, why won't it close? It's the same stuff I put in last time." He complained while his twin brother, Cody Martin, was sitting on the bed with his suitcase and ready to go.
"That's because I packed it for you neatly, you're supposed to fold all your clothes and not throw them all at once." Cody told his brother as he continued to struggle with his suitcase, "You got your way, and I got mine." Zack responded as he sat on top of the suitcase. "I'm really going to miss it here, it's too bad Mr. Tipton cancelled the school program, now we have to go to boring old regular high school."
"Ehh, it's no big deal." Cody said with an unsympathetic tone in his voice. "I know you're going to miss Bailey, I can't believe you guys broke up." Zack said as he used his weight to apply more pressure on his suitcase. "What can I say? Long distant relationships never work out, look what happened with me and Barbra." Cody said with the same uncaring tone while Zack was finally able to close his suitcase. "Finally! Let's go Champ." As grabbed the suitcase and headed out the door until the suitcase opened and dropped all of Zack's clothes on the ground, "Aww man! Can't I catch a break?"
It took Cody ten minutes to carefully pack his brother's stuff in his suitcase until they were finally able to leave Zack's room. Cody was trying his best to avoid Bailey, he didn't think he could handle seeing her again. "Hey Cody, look there's Bailey" Zack said as he pulled his brother toward Bailey's direction. "No Zack," Cody was able to pull free from Zack's grip," Mom's been waiting for us, I don't like to make her worry."
"Come on Cody, you might never see her again." Zack said as he pulled Cody once again and succeeded to reach Bailey. "Hey Bailey, look who I brought." Bailey looked at Cody and smiled. "Hi Zack, Hi Cody." "Hi Bailey," Cody nervously responded, "So…heading back to kettlecorn I see." Bailey just kept smiling while looking at her shoes, "Yeah." She responded. "Well our mom is waiting for us, you got my email and I got yours so we'll talk later bye!" Cody grabbed his brother and ran out. "Wait! Cody!" Bailey yelled out, but it was too late, she wasn't able to tell Cody that she didn't have his email.
Carey Martin, proud mother of Zack and Cody, has been waiting outside the S.S. Tipton for a good two hour. "What's taking them so long?" she thought to herself as she looked at her watch for the 500th time, until she finally saw her twin boys running out of the ship.
"Cody! Zack!" The mother yells as she ran up to them and gave them a big hug. "oh missed you boys so much." "We missed you to mom but-"
"You're killing us!" Zack finished Cody's sentence as their mother finally let them go. "I'm sorry, I'm just so happy to have you back, come on I got a special lunch back at the suite."
"Wait wait wait," Zack interrupted, "You made lunch?"
"No, I ordered in." Carey said as they got in her car, "I figured you two deserved something special."
During the car ride, Carey asked the twins questions about their time on the S.S. Tipton. Zack answered with livid details while Cody only responded with one line answers while staring the window. Zack had noticed an unusual change in his brother's behavior recently, Cody grew cold, distant, and bitter.
He has been meaning to talk to his brother about his sudden change but he's been waiting for the perfect moment. "Cody, are you okay? You usually like talking about school." Carey asked while looking at Cody through the rearview mirror. "Huh? Oh I'm fine it's just…long day." Cody responded while keeping his eyes on the window, staring at the outside of the car.
As the Martin Family entered the Tipton Hotel, they saw their friend, London Tipton, running out of the hotel in tears while Mr. Moseby tried to run after her but stopped to catch his breath, "What's wrong with London?" Carey asked her boss. "I…I'm afraid…give me a second." He said as he sat down at the lobby, "So why did London ran out like that?" Zack asked Moseby, "Mr. Tipton had a heart attack…and…he didn't make it."
"Oh my god." Carey placed her hand on the heart. "We're having the funeral here and it would mean so much if you guys were here." Moseby asked the Martin family. "We'll be there to support London, right?" Carey asked Zack and Cody. "Yeah, I mean London's our friend, she'd do the same for us…I think." Zack told his mom and Moseby. "Cody?" Carey looked at her other son who was staring at the floor the whole time. Cody looked up to his mom and said, "I'll be there." And resumed looking at the floor.
"Are you sure you're ok Cody?" his mom asked. "Long day mom…long day." He responded with the same uncaring tone in his voice. "Ok then, the funeral will be held tomorrow in the ballroom, as well as the hearing of his will."
After the Martins entered their one bedroom suite, the twin sat down while Carey served them and herself some hot lasagna. The conversation was the same as the one in the car, Carey asking question, Zack telling his stories, while Cody sat there barely saying a word. "I'm done." Cody stood up went for his room. "Cody, honey you only had two bites is something wrong?" Carey asked.
"Long day mom…and I wasn't that hungry anyways." Cody entered his room fell onto his old bed, not even bothering to unpack. "What's wrong with your brother? Did something happen?" Zack wanted to tell his mom about Cody's change but realized that she could make thing worse, "No, he just really liked that school, he'll be fine once summer vacation's over."
Zack managed to eat five plates of lasagna, including Cody's share, afterwards he ate four pieces of strawberry cake and drank seven cups of coke. He noticed that his mom bought Coca Cola instead of the usual Shasta Cola, which both Zack and Cody considered it 'syrupy piss water.'
After a couple of hours of watching TV he headed to his room. As he entered, he saw that Cody was laying on his bed while staring at the ceiling, "Hey Cody, mom bought Coca Cola instead of that nasty stuff she usually buys." He was hoping for a response but nothing. "What was the deal with you and Bailey? Why did you run from her?"
Cody remained silent for a couple seconds, "I just didn't want to see her." Zack realized that this wasn't the time to talk about him. "Well, I just want to let you know that I'm here for you anytime you want to talk." Cody responded by scoffing. "I'm serious Cody, I know I usually joke around and make fun of you sometimes-"
"Sometimes?" Cody interrupted. "Okay I make fun of you all the time, but I'm your brother and I love you," Zack still hoping for a reaction from his brother but to no avail, "And I want you be able to talk to me if you're going through something, I promise I'll take it serious."
"I'm fine." Cody coldly responded to his brother. "Okay." Zack looked at the time, it was almost 11pm. "You know I actually missed sleeping in the same room as you." Zack told Cody as he turned off the lights, but Cody remained silent, "Good night Codster." Cody just muttered something before the room became completely silent.
Cody tried his best to sleep, but he couldn't with all the things clouding his mind. He wished the last couple of months never happened. He wished he never got together with Bailey. He wished he never met her. He wished that everything was the way it was before going to Seven Seas High, before his entire life changed in an instant.
_____________________________________________________________________________________You're probably wondering what happened with Cody and why I killed off Mr. Tipton. Well all will be revealed in due time so please review especially considering that this is my first fanfic in…I guess three years, so please tell me how I'm doing so far. Any constructive criticism is welcomed.