Hey everyone. I've just wanted to say that I have added a few words here and there in the story because I was bored and I think that some of the chapters are a little short. I'm sorry about the extremely short first chapter but I couldn't think of anything else to write for the first chapter so if you want to you can think of it as in introduction to the actual story like those annoying little 3-6 pages at the beginning of a book that my father keeps persuading me to read. The prologue is it? Anyway If you see extra words here and there its because I was bored and could think of nothing else to do with my life. By the way I'm posting this on August 29, 2009 just in case you were wondering when this Authors note was posted. OK i'll shut up now and you can read the story.
Bed ridden in Suite 2330
Chapter 1
On an early summer morning the alarm blared into 13-year-old Zackary Martin's ear, telling him it was time to get up, but no surprise that he didn't hear it because he was a heavy sleeper. His identical twin Cody heard it and went over and turned the alarm off. Then he sat down on his brother's bed and shook him gently.
"Zack it's time to get up." Cody said.
All Cody got for a response was a groan. Cody shook his brother more roughly. Zack opened his eyes a smidge and looked at his brother, then he moaned. Cody was worried.
"Zack are you ok?" Cody asked. "Are you not feeling well dude?"
Zack groaned again and opened his eyes all the way. He just stared at his brother.
"I'm going to go and tell mom something. Get ready for the day, I'll be right back." Zack got out of bed and shuffled toward the bedroom door. Zack found his mom in the small kitchen fixing breakfast. Or at least trying to fix breakfast. She wasn't that great of a cook. Zack went over to her.
"Morning, Mom." Zack said.
"Morning, Zack." said Carrie.
She looked at her son. Then she noticed that he looked a little pale. She felt his forehead. It was hot.
"Zack, Honey, are you feeling alright?" Carrie asked her son.
"I don't know." Zack moaned. Carrie looked at her son with concern.
"Sit down on the couch, Sweetie, I'm going to go and get the thermometer so I can take your temperature."
Zack went over and sat down on the couch while his mother went into the bathroom for the thermometer. Carrie came back a few moments later with the digital thermometer in her hand. She put it in Zack's mouth and ordered him to keep it under his tongue. A few minutes later the thermometer beeped and Carrie took it from Zack's mouth. Carrie's eyes widened as she read the reading on the thermometer.