"Wow, that was amazing!" Cody cried as the lights came back on and the actors left the stage. "And I loved Shakespeare's clever use of metaphor and irony. Although-…" Cody suddenly realised that Zack wasn't listening to him. "Zack?" Cody turned to his twin and saw that he was engaged in a passionate kiss with the person beside him. Cody grinned toothily when they broke the kiss and he saw that Max was its recipient.
"What?" Zack asked, blushing, as they walked up to the toilets.
"Oh, nothing, nothing…" Cody continued to smile as the doors swung open. "But if the play was boring enough for you to want to kiss Max, then-…"
"Hey! Two things!" Zack held up his fingers. "Firstly, it's a play – duh! Secondly," he hit Cody in the arm, "shut up." Cody grumbled to himself as he washed his hands absentmindedly. After a moment he looked back at his hands and realised that he'd washed them at least three times.
On the school bus, Cody sat in between Zack and Max, and said to his brother, "So d'you want to watch that Borat film tonight?"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever – hey, you wanna swap seats?" Zack asked, keeping his eyes fixed on Max's face. Cody smiled at his twin as he stood up to swap. When they sat back down, Cody tried to spark up another conversation, but Max and Zack were already at it again.
That evening, Zack brought Max back to the Tipton and they promptly began to make out all over the couch. Cody was a little annoyed that Max had, in a way, "usurped" Zack from him, but he contented himself to read his weekly horoscope.
This week, don't be afraid to fight for what you want – you might just get it!
"I just wish that Max would leave Zack alone for a while," Cody thought to himself. "Oh well, nothing cheers me up like extra advanced calculus homework…" Cody silently went into his room to work.
A few hours later, Cody woke up, his homework sheets stuck to his face with drool. He heard laughter coming from the next room, so he poked his head around the door. "Zack, Max, what are you-…" he spotted what they were watching on the TV. "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" Cody read the DVD box. "You said you wouldn't watch it without me," Cody said, hurt.
"Yeah, but…you were doing homework," Max said, scoffing chocolates from a box between her and Zack.
"And we know how much you love math!" Zack agreed
"Yeah!" Cody said sarcastically, "because I'd much rather figure out complex mathematical theorems than watch a funny movie with my identical twin brother!" Cody breathed heavily for a few moments before continuing angrily. "Ok…I'm just going to go and eat my chocolates in my room now," Cody was still fuming, so he didn't notice Max's hand freeze halfway through bringing a Mint Treasure to her mouth.
"Er," Max said, pausing to find the right words.
"It was the sparkly elves," Zack said, "I saw them creep in at the dead of night to steal your mints!" Cody's eyes drifted over Max's chocolate-covered fingers and mouth, and then over his twin's spotless face and clothes. Max smiled nervously.
"Right, sure!" Cody yelled suddenly, slamming the door as he stormed into his bedroom. As Cody lay there, listening bitterly to their laughs, he thought to himself, "I know what I want and I'll fight to get it."
(A/N: Yes, I know its really short, but I'll try to update soon!)