Zack stormed into the suite in which his family lived. As he walked in he slammed the door behind him out of pure rage. He couldn't believe what just happened, and what the result of it was. He yelled out allowing his malefic voice to echo throughout the room, but it did no good he was still angry. Soon after his very angry mother dragging his twin brother behind him. It was obvious the boy was crying, not because his mother was angry, but the disarray his body was in. The boy's once blond hair was stained with blue ink, and his clothes had an array of different paints and dirt. His mother looked angry beyond belief, and Zack knew that she was angry, because she has never kicked down a door.
However, when she entered the room, and realized Zack wasn't in the front room she figured he was in his bedroom. Approaching the bedroom she lifted her leg, and kicked down the door breaking it off its hinges. Zack jumped as the door flew inward, and he got up quickly. Zack was wearing black converse, black skinny jean, a white t-shirt, and a blue-checkered dress shirt, and a black belt.
"Zachary Martin!" His mother yelled at the top of her lungs releasing the boy who then ran into the bathroom, "Look at what you did to Cody! What were you thinking?"
"It was a little prank mom! I never knew what would happen!" Zack said yelling back as he heard the shower turning on. He sighed and sat down on his bed, and his mother approached him.
"Tell me what happened from the beginning to the end," His mother demanded.
"Okay, so I was tired of Cody always doing better then me in school. So I decided to play a little joke, and make a little paint and ink bomb in his locker. So I made it, and planted it. I watched as he opened it, and it was a bigger explosion than I thought it would be. It blew up some lockers, and Ink got everywhere, but I didn't mean to make Cody get suspended," Zack explained calmly.
"You and I are going to see the principle right now!" She said taking Zack's arm, and dragging him out of the suite. They took the elevator down to the Lobby, and she dragged him across the lobby. Maddie who was working at the candy stand watched with confusion a she dragged him across the lobby. They got into their car, and she began to drive to the school.
"On the last day of school! Damn it Zack!" His mother said as they pulled into the school lot. She dragged him out of the car, and in through the front doors of the school and right into the principle's office. The secretary tried to stop them, but Zack's mother was on a mission, and she opened the door loudly, and the principle was on the phone, but seeing her he put down the phone.
"Carey and Zack what a surprise. How may I help you?" He asked.
"Zack has something to say to you," She said as she shoved Zack forward harshly.
"Principle Hartley, Cody wasn't the one who blew up those lockers. It was I," Zack said ready to take the punishment, but his principle just smiled and leaned back in his chair, and this reaction shocked him as well as his mother.
"I see, well this will be the perfect. Carey, I might have a solution for all your problems. There is this camp that starts tomorrow for kids much like Zack. All expense paid, but Cody has to go too. This camp will teach Zack here how to act civil," Principle Hartley said smiling.
"He'll do it," Carey said without hesitation despite Zack's protest, and with that Carey then signed some papers, and left with Zack. They returned to the suite, and Carey told Cody who was in the bathroom crying about the news. He stopped crying, and ran out of the bathroom laughing.
Cody ran into his room, and began to start packing. He didn't know what to pack, and he knew that they didn't need blankets and bed gear. He was wondering if he should bring some books, or some math and science work, or try to do some experiments. At that moment Zack came into the room, and collapsed on his bed sighing. He gazed over at Cody packing, and wondered why he was so happy about spending his whole summer in some camp all about friendship, and caring. Well, that was Cody then. However, Cody didn't know something about him. Zack wasn't normal, and the reason why he was mean. He was keeping a very big secret from everyone. He was confused about his sexuality, and he didn't want to accept the fact that he might be gay.
Cody noticed that Zack was deep in thought, and he stopped packing and walked over and sat on the ground beside his bed. Zack snapped out of the dreamy state he was in and noticed that Cody was sitting near him. Something about Cody always made Zack notice, and he sat up quickly looking over at Cody.
"What?" Zack asked Cody.
"You seem to be thinking about something. I am not mad at you for what you did, but you should be excited about camp!" Cody said getting up and fist pumping the air, but Zack simply threw a shirt at Cody's face. Cody chuckled and threw it on the ground.
"Why should I be happy about some camp set in place to teach me how to be nice, caring, and all that gay stuff?" Zack said rolling over, and Cody sighed at his ignorance. He thought it was best that Zack would get this experience. Cody knew that Zack was having some confusion about what he was. Cody, who was a master in psychology, could tell and this would probably help him come out of his shell.
Soon it was dark, and Carey thought they should go out for dinner. Cody waited down in the lobby sitting on one of the couches reading a book when London came up to him with Maddie following behind her quickly.
"Cody! Tell Maddie William Shakespeare is a prince!" London said shaking her sequent purse.
"No, William Shakespeare was a writer. You're thinking of Prince William," Cody said getting up seeing Carey and Zack stepping out of the elevator, "I'll see you two after Camp." He left them behind, and he was getting rather annoyed with London' constant unintelligence. He met up with his family, and they exited the Tipton hotel and got into their car. They were going to a Japanese restaurant, and this was a treat, because typically they couldn't afford this, but since they would be away for the whole summer away, she has the money to spend.
Pulling into the restaurant Zack seemed nervous about something, but Cody didn't want to question it. The front door was black with one of those Chinese dragons around it. It looked like a place that London would eat on a whim. They walked in as the Host quickly showed them to their seat, and gave the menus. Looking at them Carey nearly had a heart attack because of the prices.
"You boys better have fun at this camp, because I will not come a get you. I wont have any money left over after this place," Carey said chuckling.
"Don't worry Mom I am sure Zack and I will have a wonderful time at camp. Right Zack?" Cody said with a smile turning to Zack
"I'll try to have fun, but the place seems like a fucking waste of time," Zack said getting a swift slap from his mother.
"Zack! What did I say about the language," Carey said as Zack apologized. After looking at the menus for a while the waiter came and took their orders. It wasn't long before the food came Dinner seemed sad because they were leaving the next day, and Zack didn't speak at all and Cody was getting worried about him, but he decided it was a good idea to just wait until they got to camp tomorrow. They each finished their meals, and Carey paid the bill, and they left.
They entered the suite, and it was a little past Ten PM, and Carey collapsed in bed, and instantly fell asleep. Zack went into his room, and began to pack, but he wasn't packing in his normal slovenly way, but in a rushed panicky way. Cody walked into the room, and saw that clothes were flying around, and Cody was almost hit by a shirt when he walked it. Zack was hyperventilating and muttering to himself as he was shoving clothes into his bag.
"Zack are you okay? You seem panicky," Cody said approaching him slowly, and he placed a hand on Zack's shoulder, but when he did Zack turned around and punched him in the face. Cody fell to the ground with a bang.
"Don't touch me faggot! Go to sleep now!" Zack said turning off the light, and got in bed. The room was silent until the soft sobs from Cody erupting as he curled into a ball on the floor. Hearing Cody's cries Zack closed his eyes realizing what he has done.
