A/N: Okay here it is my new story. As you can tell I finally picked one title. I thought the title was catchy and kind fit the story. Well figuratively speaking the title fits. Thanks for all of the other title ideas they were good. I want to thank you for helping me out. The title I chose came from one of my managers at work

Anyway here is chapter 1. Just to let you know chapter 1 is mostly just going to be an introduction to the story. You get to meet the two main characters Brooke and Renee Martin and learn a little bit about them. Please remember to read and review. I want to know what you think of my new story

Water On A Burning Bridge

Chapter 1

The year is 2035 and the summer season was coming to an end and Boston Massachusetts was cooling off for the fall. It was cool afternoon in late September it had to be in the middle 60's. The sun was beginning to go down earlier now only because fall was beginning. The wind was blowing slightly out of the north making it just a little bit cooler than the actual temperature.

School had just let out for the afternoon and fifteen years old Brooke and Renee Martin walked out the doors of their high school. The same school their fathers' had gone to quite a few years ago. The same school that the incident between Zack and Cody had happened 28 years ago that had left them not speaking and hating each other.

Brooke and Renee Martin are Zack and Cody's lovely daughters. They try and hang out with each other as much as possible before Zack and Cody get home from work. Just because they aren't speaking they will not let the girls see each other. The only time Brooke and Renee get to see each other is at school. If they want to see each other they have to sneak off and lie to their parents.

The girls are growing tired of it. They try their hardest to get Zack and Cody to talk to each other. When they do finally get them together it always leads to an argument and a door is slammed in someone's face or something breakable is thrown and shatters to pieces just like the family itself.

Brooke Martin is Cody's daughter. She is every parent's dream. She is smart, the top of her class, and she has been an honor student since elementary school. She got her intelligence from both her parents Cody and Barbara. She is also one of the sweetest people you could ever meet. She is kind hearted and honest which she inherits from her father. Most of Brooke's personality comes from Cody she looks nothing like him. The only feature she got from Cody was his smile. Other than that she looks exactly like her mother Barbara Brownstein. She has the soft long black hair that falls down to the middle of her back. She has the same big brown eyes as her mother. She has the rich brown skin tone that her mother has. She even has the exact same dimples in her smile as her mom.

Renee Martin is Zack's daughter she is also younger than her cousin Brooke only by a couple of months though. Unlike Brooke she is not every parents dream. Renee is every guy's dream. She is popular, stylish, and athletic. As far as intelligence goes she is just like her father not a quick learner. After a couple explanations that have been broken down she can finally understand. She also looks exactly like her father and acts like him. She has his soft blond hair that falls just a couple of inches below her shoulder, and the same mischievous smile as Zack. She is conceited just like Zack, and just as playful as he was at the age of 15. She loves to pull pranks on people like Zack. Everything about Renee was exactly like her father. You knew she was Zack Martin's daughter the moment you met her. She does have a few of her mother's traits. She has the dark brown eyes just like her mother Max. She also is great dancer just like her mother.

Just by looking at the girls you would never think they were of the same blood. They were just so opposite of each other. They had no resemblance at all except that they both had brown eyes. Even that really didn't matter. They were so different that people at school who didn't know they were cousins just thought they were best friends who just so happen to have the same last name.

Brooke and Renee turned down the street where Brooke lived. She lived in the upper class neighborhood of Boston. It was quiet and peaceful not many kids lived out there. It was mostly retired couples. There were a few younger couples that lived there and the younger couples that lived out there were highly respected by the elderly. That was only because they had made it into the upper class before the age of 50.

Cody was doing pretty well for his age. He was 43 and made it to the top of a major corporation in Boston in only a few years. He was the most respected man in the neighborhood. Zack on the other hand wasn't in the upper class. He wasn't at the bottom of the chain either. He was in the middle. He was a homebuilder that actually built the house that he and his family lived in.

Brooke and Renee walked up the huge driveway of her house that had a three-car garage. Cody just recently added on the third garage because he went ahead and bought Brooke a car for her sixteenth birthday that would be in a couple of months. He bought her a brand new metallic blue Saturn Sky, which she got to drive a few times with Cody.

They then walked up the five steps to front door. Brooke placed her hand on the doorknob when Renee placed her hand on top of Brooke's and pushed it down off the doorknob. Brooke looked at Renee curiously.

"Brooke, are you sure aunt Barbara won't mind me being over?" Renee asked her voice slightly uneasy as she thought about what Cody would do if he just so happened to be home.

"Positive." Brooke said placing her hand back on the knob and began to turn it. "Mom won't care as long as dad's not here." She said pushing the door open. "Now come on." Brooke said walking into the breezeway of her house.

"How do you know he isn't home?" Renee asked paranoid about walking into the house and seeing Cody standing there and staring her down.

"Because I know." Brooke said grabbing her cousin's arm and pulling her into the house. "Dad doesn't get home until 6:30." She said shutting the door behind Renee. "Now come on I smell cookies, mom probably baked some." She said as she began to walk down the hall to the kitchen. Renee followed close behind checking all around her to make sure Cody didn't pop out of anywhere.

"Brooke is that you?" Barbara asked as she heard Brooke's heels clicking against the wood floor.

"Yeah mom." She said as she walked into the kitchen and sat down at the bar.

"How was school today?" She asked her back turned to Brooke as she opened the oven and began to pull the cookies out.

Brooke looked behind her and saw Renee standing at the entrance of the kitchen tensed up looking around nervously. Brooke smiled and shook her head. She then motioned for Renee to come sit by her. Renee took a deep breath and began to slowly walk over to the bar and sat next to Brooke. Barbara turned around and looked up and noticed Renee in front of her. She eyed Renee suspiciously and placed the cookie sheet on the cabinet.

"Renee." She said as she turned back around and opened up the cabinet and pulled out two saucers and two small cups. "Do your parents know you're here?" She asked cautiously placing the cups and saucers down in front of them.

"No, ma'am." Renee replied guiltily looking down at the plate that was placed down in front of her.

Barbara eyed her uneasily as she turned back around to the refrigerator and pulled out a gallon of milk and poured them a glass. She placed the lid back on the milk and took the spatula and picked up two cookies for each of them and placed them on the saucers that sat in front of the girls. Barbara walked over to the entrance of the kitchen and looked over at Brooke.

"Brooke, can I speak to you a moment?" She asked standing at the kitchen entrance.

"Sure." Brooke replied and got up from the bar and walked over to her mom. They stepped out of the kitchen entrance and walked down the hall a little bit.

"Brooke, you know better than to bring her here." Barbara said looking down at Brooke with arms folded. "What if your dad happened to be home? I would be in so much trouble. She needs to go home. I'm sure if Zack knew about this he would go through the roof." Barbara said as she politely scolded her daughter. "Get her home quick." She said and walked back off to the kitchen.

"But mom." Brooke called back to her.

"I mean it Brooke." She called back walking into the kitchen.

Brooke sighed and leaned against the wall and folded her arms. Renee looked around at the corner of the kitchen entrance and saw Brooke leaning against the wall. She slowly walked over to her cautiously. She knew exactly what was said.

"I'll just go ahead and go." Renee said as she stood in front of Brooke. There was a moment of silence until Renee broke it; "I'll see you tomorrow." She said as she began to walk off.

"No, wait on me. I'm going to walk with you." Brooke said as she walked up to her.

"I think it would be best if you stay. I don't want you to get into trouble because of me." She said and walked out the front door and shut the door behind her.

Brooke slowly walked back into the kitchen and sat back down at the bar. She pushed the plate of cookies away. Barbara turned around and looked at Brooke.

"I'm sorry Brooke, I'm just trying to keep the peace. I don't want Zack coming over here and start another argument, and I don't want to have to be yelled at by your dad." She said.

"This is getting sickening." Brooke said, "Renee and I should not be punished because dad and uncle Zack want to act like kids."

"I know I tired of it too." Barbara said walking out from behind the counter and sat next to Brooke. "I just hope one day this whole spat will be over and all will return to how it was so many years ago." She said looking off blankly as she began to reminisce. "Those were the good times." She said turning her attention back to her daughter and reached out to hug her.

Brooke gave in and hugged her mom back. Brooke and Barbara pulled away as they heard the front door shut. They looked at each other it was to early for Cody to be home. They got up and walked over to the breezeway and were met half way by Cody. He walked up to them and threw his arms around them and hugged them.

"Aren't you home just a tad early?" Brooke asked as she hugged him back.

"Yeah, luckily I didn't have that much to do today." He said as he pulled away from them and walked up the stairs to the bedroom.

"See." Barbara said as she wrapped her arms around Brooke's shoulders and they walked back to the kitchen. "What if he had come home just a couple minutes earlier. We would be in trouble." She said as she continued to prepare for dinner.

Brooke nodded and helped her mother finish preparing dinner. Cody walked down stairs and into the kitchen and smelt dinner cooking. He walked behind the counter and wrapped his arms around Barbara's waist and kissed her gently on the lips.

"Smells good." He said as he took a cookie and walked around the counter, "Can't wait till it's done." He said as he kissed Brooke on the cheek and walked out of the kitchen into the den.

Barbara stopped cutting the onions for a moment and looked up at Brooke with a smile. Brooke looked up at her mom and smiled back.

"What?" She asked still smiling.

"I love it when he's in a good mood." Barbara replied as she started cutting the onions again. Brooke smiled and continued to put the cut onions into a small bowl.