Once in his room, Zack flung himself onto his bed and buried his head into his pillow and continued to sob. He wasn't so much crying because of the spanking, sure it hurt, and he probably wouldn't be able to sit without being reminded of it for at least the rest of the day, maybe even into tomorrow, but he mostly was upset about not being able to go to the LP concert, and the fact that he had a back-stabbing brother who obviously didn't care about his well-being. Cody only cared about himself, because if he cared about Zack at all, he would have set their mom straight before she began spanking an innocent behind. But unfortunately for Zack, Cody was more the type to avoid a painful punishment at all costs, even if it meant blaming his twin brother.

Cody rose from where he was seated in the living room, telling himself that he really needed to go in the room with Zack and apologize. What if he doesn't forgive me? What if he hates me? Cody put his hand on their bedroom doorknob, and just stood there for a minute, fighting with the two sides of his brain, one telling him to go in there and apologize, and the other telling him to stay out here where it was safe. Carey noticed him stalling and asked, "Is everything okay, sweetie?" Snapped out of his thoughts, Cody looked up to find his mom staring at him. "No.. I mean uh, ye-yes, everything's okay.." he quickly replied, instantly regretting it, since it caused his mother to look at him suspiciously. "You sure, honey? You look kind of nervous." Cody rolled his eyes in a way that he hoped looked like he thought she was completely wrong. "Naahh, I'm not nervous at all.. I was uh.. just going to uh.. check on Zack, that's all." Carey walked over to him, pulling him away from the door while suggesting that he stayed out in the living room for awhile, to give Zack some time to calm down. Cody reluctantly agreed, only because if he insisted on going in the room now, his mom would surely think something was up, and there was no way that he wanted his mom to find out the truth. The truth being that he was a low-down lying, backstabber that blamed his crime on his twin brother. No, there was no way he wanted her to find that out. I feel so ashamed. And now I can't even go in and apologize cause mom's right there.. although, maybe this is a good thing. Who even knows if Zack'll even forgive me. For all I know he could end up hating me forever. I'm so stupid, STUPID! "Honey? Honey! I'm going to go down to the store and pick up some things for dinner. Will you be okay here till I get back?" Cody nodded. "Okay, I should be back in about an hour.. tell Zack he's not to leave the suite, you either, got it? Love you." Again, Cody nodded while mumbling sadly "Love you" as his mom walked out the door.

Now that his mom was gone, there was absolutely nothing stopping him from going into his and Zack's bedroom except the fear that Zack wouldn't forgive him. Cody remained on the couch, slowly swinging his feet back and forth, causing the 'thud thud' of his feet hitting the couch to be the only sound in the suite. Other than that, the room was dead quiet. Maybe Zack fell asleep.. I don't here him at all.. If I go in now, and he's not awake then he can't say I didn't try.. that way, I'd be in the clear. Yeah, I think I'll do that. Cody hopped up off of the couch and made his way towards the door. He took a big breath, and slowly opened the door, trying to make as less noise as possible. He really didn't want to confront his brother just yet, he wasn't ready. When he finally got the door open enough to see inside, he was shocked to discover his brother sitting upright in the bed with obvious dried tears covering his cheeks, and staring straight at him. Crap. Was the thought that instantly crossed Cody's mind.

I'm SO SORRY its so short.. but I have just been really busy lately, with college and all.. I'm sorry. I'll try and update soon..