Zack's POV

I sat next to Cody, telling him how much I loved him and such.

'Please wake up, buddy, I need you'

Suddenly, a small voice came from the hospital bed. Unmistakably my brother's voice.

'I need you too, Zack'

I looked down at my baby brother. He smiled at me. I smiled back. I put my hand on Cody's cheek. He turned his head to the side and bit me.

'Oww! That hurts, you know?' I said, drawing my hand back.

'I know'

I smiled at him again. But he didn't smile back. Instead, he started to heave and his face twisted into shapes of pain and agony. The machine hooked up to him was going crazy.

'Cody? What is it? What's happening, buddy?' I asked frantically.

'Hurts' Cody managed to inform me through his choked gasps. I ran outside just to see Mom and Maddie walking quickly along the hallway.

'Mom! Maddie!'

'Zack!' Mom started to slow down, thinking that nothing was wrong, but then saw I was breathing heavily and WORRY was practically stamped across my forehead. She sped up again. When she got to me, she held me in her arms. Mom didn't notice when Maddie quietly looked into my twin's room, see what was happening, and rush off to find doctors. I silently thanked her.

'Mom? Cody…he…is, like, I don't know, he is just…I think he might be having a seizure. Mom?'

Mom pushed me away from her and walked into Cody's room. I know she didn't mean any harm, but it still hurt. After all, it was my fault he got shot. Was it? I don't know. And if Maddie doesn't hurry up, I'm never gonna know. Hurry up, Maddie! As if on cue, Maddie dashed over with around a million doctors and nurses following. She stopped in front of me while the medical team ran into Cody's room and swarmed round his bed, and in the process, knocking Mom right out the room. She started to cry and Maddie wrapped her arms round her. I peered fearfully through the window of Cody's hospital room. I jumped every time the defibrillator lifted my little brother right off the bed. And every time that happened, I made a wish. They were all the same.

I wish that Cody won't die… I wish that Cody won't die… I wish that Cody won't die…