Zack ran
down the corridor full of excited children. Finally the Summer
holidays had started! He ran to his locker and fumbled over his
combination. As he took out the array of books, jotters and discarded
candy bars and stuffed them into his backpack. He heard a familiar
voice from the end of the corridor,
"No thanks Shane I think I'm
just going to go home with Zack. Have a nice holiday!" It was Cody
shouting a goodbye to some geek from Chemistry Club. Cody pushed
through the crowd of children to get to his locker which was right
next to Zacks.
"Hey Cody," Zack smiled to his brother as he slammed his locker shut,
"Hi." Cody replied as he quickly stuffed a huge pile of books into his bag,
"Do you just want to go back to the Tipton or do you want to do something?" Zack asked his brother,
"Well I was hoping we could go home and go for a swim, unless you want to do something else?" Cody said slamming his locker door shut. Zack and him began walking down the corridor which was now deserted apart from a few people sorting their lockers.
"No, swimming sounds great! Hey it's the Summer holidays we should celebrate!" Zack said with excitement in his voice, Cody wondered what Zack was thinking about. Surely another "great plan" of his that would manage to get them both in trouble and grounded,
"Celebrate? What kind of celebration do you have in mine Zack? You have no money!" Zack smirked,
"No I don't have any money, but I do have a karaoke machine!" Cody groaned. He told Mom that getting Zack the karaoke machine that he wanted for his birthday was a bad idea.
"Hi Mom"
The two boys smiled in unison. Carey smiled back
"Hey boys."
How was the last day then?"
"Awesome!
Hardly any work. Just the way I like it!" Zack grinned,
"It
was school. I wonder if I'll miss it. Although my Chemistry teacher
is running Summer classes. Once a week, 10 for 2 hours! I might go."
Cody dropped his bag on the ground and slumped into the couch. Zack
did the same,
"Cody, it's the SUMMER! You know where you don't do any schoolwork and have FUN!" Zack mocked,
"Leave Cody alone, Zack. At least SOMEONE thinks about their future unlike some…" Carey raised her eyebrows at Zack. Zack laughed as he stood up and walked to his and Cody's room. He closed the door. Cody looked at his Mother. He considered telling her about Zacks plan but decided against that thought,
"Cody, would you please set the table for me? Dinners almost ready" Carey asked her son,
"Sure Mom, what are we having?" Cody asked with a hint of hope in his voice.
"I cooked my special meatballs to celebrate the last day of school." Carey replied,
"Great!" Cody smiled as he started to set the table. Cody finished setting the table and went into his room. He opened the door to see Zack sitting on his bed looking through a pile of CDs.
"What are you doing?" Cody asked,
"Finding my karaoke CDs." Zack replied. Cody groaned he had hoped that Zack was kidding about the Karaoke party. He didn't want to have to sing,
"Oh. Cool." Cody said simply,
"Hey Cody, can I borrow your karaoke CD?" Zack asked, quickly glancing at his brother. Cody sighed,
"Sure," He got up off his bed and walked over to his desk. He opened his drawer and pulled out CD case. He chucked it over to Zack,
"There you go. But Zack I don't know if I am going to go to this "celebration" of yours." Zack looked hurt,
"Why?" Zack asked sadly,
"Because, you know I don't like singing in front of people." Cody said looking at his twin.
"You sing in front of me." Zack said,
"Yeah, but you're my brother. That's different."
"No its not" Zack said in a trembling voice,
"It is to me,"
"Oh please sing Cody, you're really good at singing and I really want you to be there. What's the point in celebrating the summer if I can't celebrate with my best friend?" Zack was now begging Cody he genuinely wanted him to go,
"Fine, I'll think about it. Okay?" Cody sighed. He would probably end up being persuaded by Zack, but he would simply refuse to sing.
"Great! Thanks bro!" Zack grinned,
"We can organise the party together. But only a few friends, we don't want to get in trouble from Mr Moseby." Cody said seriously,
"Yeah good idea, so we'll have it in two days? That's enough time to prepare right?" Zack smiled,
"In two days it's a Sunday. I don't think a party on a Sunday night is a good idea." Cody replied,
"Okay, how about in three days, Monday."
"That's better." Cody smiled.
"We can organise food and maybe get some more CDs."
"Well lets wait a see. I can maybe whisk up some cookies and some others things." Cody said. Suddenly excited about the thought of cooking,
"Great! I love your triple chocolate chip cookies!" Zack said, licking his lips at the thought of the cookies,
"I know." Cody laughed. Remembering the last time he made Zack a plate full and they were gone in an hour.
"BOYS, DINNERS READY!" Carey shouted from the main room of the suite,
"What did she cook?" Zack groaned. Last night Carey made the boys eat a vegetable casserole. Zack did not approve of it,
"Don't worry dude, no vegetable casserole for you tonight. She made her special meatballs!" Cody exclaimed.
"Great!" Zack smiled as he jumped off his bed and ran to the dinner table. Cody followed him, hoping that the party would go alright.