The Hardest Thing In This World Is To Live In It

Disclaimer:I do not own the Suite Life of Zack and Cody,it is the property of Disney Channel.

Chapter 1

Cody Martin walked into the Tipton Hotel with his mother holding his head. He had come home with a fever but he was actually faking it. The real reason was he had a class that day that his brother, Zack, wasn't in and that meant he was completely vulnerable to constant bullying. He had talked to Zack about it but all Zack could say was to ignore it, since it wasn't him who was getting bullied and so he couldn't tell Cody how he should deal with it. Cody wasn't usually what people would call a "wimp" but he didn't care. He had a problem and for now, this was his way of dealing with it until he could think of a more effective way. Cody walked into his suite with his mother and walked into his room silently. He didn't really like that "performance" because he thought it added too much drama with the silence, but it was too late now.

"Cody, go ahead and get comfortable so you can rest. You can't miss another day of school and if you're sick again tomorrow I'll take you to the doctor." his mother, Carey calmly spoke to her youngest son. She smiled and closed the door saying she's be downstairs rehearsing. Cody peeled off his shirt, shorts, and shoes and changed into his red pajama pants and gray short sleeve shirt. He got into his bed and covered up and went to sleep since he had nothing better to do. The butterflies in his stomach fluttered from his nervousness, his mother's voice kept playing in his mind. "You can't miss another day of school, and if you're sick tomorrow I'll take you to the doctor."

"So much for faking sick tomorrow", Cody said before he drifted off to sleep.

Dream

Cody walked into the gym, the one class he and Zack didn't have together surprisingly. He looked around and saw the people he was afraid of, the people who made his life nothing but a living torment. Cody was vulnerable only because he had no better way to handle the torment besides to fake sick a lot. But in this dream, Cody didn't want to fake sick and go home. He saw the line of his tormentors break and his eyes widened after seeing who stood behind them. It was no wonder they hadn't thrown words at him yet, his older twin, Zack, stood there smiling at his younger brother. He walked up to Cody and looked at him lovingly (in an older brotherly way of course).

"Zack? What are you doing here? I thought you weren't in this class," Cody said with a look of confusion and happiness on his face.

"I'm not.", Zack replied.

"Then…why are you here then?" Cody asked.

Zack just smiled and hugged his brother, "It's gonna be okay, Cody. Look, you're not gonna have to worry about these bozos anymore.", Zack comforted his brother with these words as he pulled away form the hug and looked at him.

"Why?", Cody asked.

"Because they're too dumb to think of any other new insults to throw at you…and plus I told them if they kept going at it they wouldn't have any mouths or tongues to open or use", Zack replied. Cody just smiled; he never knew his brother would do something like that for him.

"Cody! Cody, wake up, man! We gotta get to school!" Zack's voice rang in Cody's dream.

End of Dream

Cody woke up and sighed in aggravation and fear. It was just a dream. Cody thought to himself. He sniffed and wrinkled his nose, he smelled worst than a cow that was spreading its manure all over the place. He got up and walked out of their room and quickly got in the shower. When he got out and walked back into their room wearing his blue bath robe and he dressed in blue jeans, black Vans, and a dark blue polo shirt. He wasn't going to fake sick today, because today he was going to stand his own ground and face his fears once and for all.

A few hours later after school

The twins walked into the Tipton Hotel, Cody holding his hand over his right eye.

"Cody, it's not that bad! It's just a black eye, it happens." Zack said to his younger brother. Zack and Cody walked tp to the candy counter, where Maddie and their mother, Carey, were.

"Oh my Gosh, Cody, what happened!" Carey interrogated with concern in her voice.

"I faced my fears once and for all…only to have it turn around and face me back" Cody replied, still holding his hand over his eye. "I didn't really confront them though. I just told them to leave me alone and bam! I got a black eye with a side of regret." Cody continued.

"I'm so sorry, Sweetie. Maybe I should have you transferred to Zack's class?" Carey suggested.

"No! Mom, please, anything but that! It's bad enough I look like him so people know we're related but, I mean, come on! They choose the teams alphabetically, he'll be picked before me…and he's a loser! That isn't exactly good for me," Zack retorted to Carey's suggestion. He cared about his brother and hated that people were joking him, but that wasn't a good enough excuse for him to let Cody into his class so he could be picked before himself…the "cooler" twin. "Well, it doesn't matter what you want, Zack, you're brother has a problem and we are solving it. He's transferring to your class and that is that.' Carey's voice carried seriousness in it. Zack glared at his mother, then his brother. "I hate you!" Cody yelled at his older brother and ran to the elevator and pushed the button for the 23rd floor. "Cody, wait!" Zack ran after Cody into the elevator.

"Cody, listen…" was all people could hear Zack say before the elevator doors shut. Seeing this reminded Maddie of the Christmas when the twins got trapped in the elevator with the pregnant woman, Mary.

Christmas-Elevator

"Oh! I don't feel so good!" Mary screamed in pain.

"I think you ate too much", Zack said, pointing to her stomach.

"She's pregnant, doofus!" Cody yelled to his brother.

Zack turned back to the lady "Maybe the baby ate too much."

Cody just rolled his eyes and his eyes grew wider when the elevator stopped.

"Uh oh! I think the elevator's stuck!" Cody exclaimed in fear.

"Uh oh, my water just broke!" Mary exclaimed to the two.

Zack turned to Mary once again, "I'm sure Arwin can fix it." Zack replied.

"She means the baby's coming!" Cody yelled to his brother. He then paced the elevator and told Zack what they needed in order to help deliver the baby.

"Okay, let me check the elevator gift shop!" Zack turned around and then turned back to Cody, "Oh look, there isn't one!" Zack stated sarcastically.

Cody knelt down next to Mary, "It's okay, just keep breathing like this!" Cody demonstrated the breathing.

Zack breathed like that too "How's this?" he asked

"Not you! Her!" Cody yelled to his older twin.

End of flashback

I know I covered too much of that funny part with the Christmas episode that will be airing soon, but I know what happened because I bought the Disney Holiday DVD and this was their episode on it. I wanted to put Arwin's little part I really enjoyed because I laughed so hard seeing it, but I decided to let you guys see it for yourself.