"Hey Zack! Wait up!"

Thirteen year old Zack Martin turned around to see his twin, Cody running up to him. He shook his head. "Bout time," he said. He started walking again as Cody joined him at his side. "Dude what took you so long?"

"Just wanted to take one last look around, gonna miss this place."

"You're such a dork," Zack replied with a snicker.

"Hey," Cody said. "This is the last time we're gonna see this place."

"Thank God," Zack muttered. Cody ignored him.

"Aren't you going to miss it?"

"Uh…no!" Zack replied. "I was ready to ace this place the day I walked in."

Cody shook his head, but a smile formed across his face. "That's if you're leaving...after what Mr. Forgess told you about your English grade…"

Zack rolled his eyes. "Well it's gone now, so what's the big deal?"

"Zack, the big deal is…" Cody began.

Here it comes, Zack thought to himself. He tuned out Cody's voice as his twin explained his point.

"Ok Zack?" Cody finished.

"Huh, what?" Zack replied lazily.

Cody shrugged. "Speaking of which, how you gonna tell mom about it anyway? She's not going to be happy when she finds out you failed."

Zack put on a devilish smile. "Leave that to me."

Cody rolled his eyes. "Right," he said, carrying on the "r." "This can't be good."

"I've got it all worked out," Zack replied, still sporting his smile. Cody stared at him, with "I already know how this is going to end," written all over his face.

"You'll see," Zack finished as the twins caught the bus back to their home, the Tipton hotel.

Once back in their suite, Carey, the twins' mother greeted the boys before going back to preparing for their graduation party. Although initially Zack was able to get away with not telling her about failing English, his plan eventually backfired, and at the worst possible time. Carey found out during the party she was throwing for the twins and was furious. Zack however wouldn't see her full fury until all the guests, including his father, Kurt had gone home.

"Zack!" Carey said as she shut the door. She glared at her son. "What were you thinking?" He looked up at her. "I'll tell you what you were thinking! You weren't thinking that's what you were thinking!"

"What's the big deal anyway?" Zack asked.

"The big deal is you lied to me! You lied to your father! And on top of that, you made a fool out of all of us!" Carey said.

"Well you know thinking isn't my strong point," Zack replied, with a cheeky smile.

"Oh yeah?" Carey said, her temper flaring now. "Well you're going to have plenty of time to practice! Cause you're gonna be in your room all summer until your grades improve."

"THAT"S NOT FAIR!" Zack snapped back.

"Well you should have thought of that before you decided to fail and then lie about it!" Carey said in a "that's final" tone. Zack however wasn't done yet.

"Summer's MY time!" Zack retorted. "I don't care what you say!"

"My house, my rules," Carey said in a similar tone. "Now go to your room!"

"Technically, we don't live in a house." Zack mumbled under his breath.

"Who does she think she is?" Zack said to Cody as he walked in

"Your mother," Cody replied dully as he took his notebook. Zack rolled his eyes.

"I'm not some little kid anymore!" Zack said as he looked over at Cody. When he saw the notebook he rolled his eyes again. "What are you doing?"

"Getting started on my summer assignment."

"Yeah well I'm going out," Zack replied as he grabbed his hoodie.

"What?!" Cody said shocked. "Zack! Mom said you're grounded."

"I don't care," Zack said. "I'm not going to let school ruin my summer too."

"Zack, please don't."

"What are you going to tattle on me?" Zack said as he climbed out onto the fire escape.

Cody hung his head. He knew what he should but he didn't want to get Zack in anymore trouble. "No…" he mumbled under his breath.

Zack stopped and looked at him. "Huh?"

"I won't tell mom." Cody replied, his head down.

"Good."

This chapter was written by mikromb13. Hopefully, the chapters will alternate between us two authors every other chapter. Enjoy! Please Review!