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Chapter Eleven

The demon would not leave. He stayed, and he kept throwing attacks. They hit me every time. And yet, I never died or stayed down. I just got back up and wiped off some of the blood. I didn't run, I didn't hide. I stood in the same place, waiting for the attacks. I could not speak. I could not move. As the demon threw its last attack, Cody woke up.

It was 5 in the morning when Cody had been awakened by his nightmare. He couldn't go back to sleep. He stayed awake, lying in his bed, replaying the dream in his mind. Cody looked at the clock again. Now, it was six in the morning. An hour had passed, and the dream was not out of his mind. Cody got out of his bed and walked to Zack's. He planted a kiss on his brother's lips. He knew he would never be able to get back to sleep. So he went and decided he would make breakfast.

Kerri wasn't sleeping on the couch. Kerri was nowhere to be seen. There was no note on the table. Cody wondered where she could have gone.

"Oh well. Even without mom, I can still make breakfast for Zack and I. If she returns, them she may join us. If she doesn't, that's her problem." Cody thought. He wondered what he would make this morning. He decided on pancakes, eggs, and bacon. He got out the ingredients.

I stayed inside. The wind was getting closer and closer to me as I tried to stay hidden. This had been my fault. I was the one who had disturbed him, and now I was paying the price.

"Where are you?" He asked. I felt scared, and yet, I also felt brave. He stood up and went outside. "Where are you?" He asked again.

"In front of you." I said. He stared at me.

"So, you finally decide to show your disgusting face." It said. "That was the right thing, and yet, a mistake to make." I embraced himself for the attack. A wind burst was thrown at me. It made me fall to the ground. I got up. Another attack was thrown at me. Zack woke up just as it touched him.

Zack could smell something cooking. He looked at his brother's bed. Empty. He got up and opened the door. He saw Cody at the stove.

"Morning." Zack said, still sleepy. Cody turned around.

"Morning, Zack. How was your dream?"

"Awful." Zack sat at the table and told his dream. Cody sat down with him, but got back up again in a minute.

"I have to check the food." He explained when he returned to his seat. "Wow, it sounds like you had a worse dream than I did."

"What was your dream?" Zack asked. Cody told it as he cooked.

When breakfast was read, Kerri was still nowhere to be found. Cody was starting to get worried. Where could she be? Wouldn't she have told them if she was going somewhere? The questions ran through his head. Just as he was serving the food, the phone rang. Cody ran to answer it.

"Hello? Oh, hi mom. Where are you? Your boyfriend's house? Why didn't you tell us you had a boyfriend! Well, I made breakfast. How far is the house? Not far, you say. Why don't you two come over and eat with us." Cody hung up without saying goodbye.

"Mom has a boyfriend?" Zack asked.

"Yea. She said she kept it secret because she didn't want us ruining her love life. Like we would do that! We don't ruin love lives." Zack started laughing. "How is that funny?" Cody asked.

"Just the way you said that… it was hilarious!" Zack fell off his chair and rolled around on the floor. Cody didn't know what to do, so he stayed quiet.

When Zack had calmed himself down, Cody wasn't paying attention to him. Kerri and her boyfriend hadn't arrived yet. Cody set the table and waited. Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Cody answered it.

"Hi Cody!" Kerri said happily when she saw her son.

"Hi, mom." Cody said with no feeling. Her smile faded.

"Cody…" She began,

"No. It's alright. You didn't have to tell us. We would have found out anyway." Cody said. He let them in. They sat at the table.

"Cody, this looks wonderful!" Kerri exclaimed when she saw the food.

"Indeed, it does." The mysterious man said.

"Thank you." Cody said. "Now, mom, could you please tell us who this fine gentleman is?" She giggled, and pretty soon the table was full of laughter.

"This, Cody, is my boyfriend." She said.

"My name is Michel Amaire." Michel said.

"I see. So, mom fell for a French guy, did she?" Cody asked.

"I thought Michel was a common name here!" Zack exclaimed. The table was brought into laughter yet again.

When they had finished, everyone was full and happy. Cody cleared the table and washed the dishes. Kerri and Michel said they were going back to Michel's house. Zack saw them out, then lay on the couch when the door closed.

"Say, Zack…" Cody began, but couldn't finish.

"Yea? What is it, Cody?"

"Well, I was just wondering…" Cody broke into tears. Zack quickly got up and tried to comfort him.

"What is it? What's wrong?" Zack knew something very bad must have happened. Cody pointed to the newspaper. Zack went over and read the front page, then gasped. "Oh my god… oh my god… why did this happen?" Zack asked. Cody was now making puddles on the floor. "Does mom know?" Cody shook his head.

"She didn't read today's newspaper." He was crying rivers. Zack hugged him tight. "Why?" Cody kept asking.

When he was done crying, Zack thought about what he should do. Should he try to comfort Cody some more, or call Kerri and tell her the news? He thought about it for a while, then decided to use the phone.

"Hello?" Michel had answered.

"Michel, I really need to talk to mom right now." Zack said urgently.

"Very well. Please wait a moment." There was a pause before another voice was on the other line.

"Zack? What do you want?" She sounded a little irritated.

"Mom, I've got bad news. Dad…. He…. He…"

"What? What happened?"

"He… died. It says it was a car accident."

"How do you know?"

"I thought adults were supposed to read the newspaper." Zack said in a grown-up voice, which made Cody laugh. Zack smiled. "Front page news."

"Oh. Well, I guess we need to attend the funeral."

"You don't have to. We will."

"Really? I mean, are you ok with this?" She sounded excited to not be going,

"Other way around. We are supposed to ask you that. But yea, you don't have to go, I know you want to stay with your boyfriend, so we'll go instead. We were planning to go anyway." Zack hung up after saying goodbye, then went back to his twin.

"So, mom's not coming to the funeral?" Cody asked weakly.

"No. I don't think she wants to. So, we are not going to force her."

"Ok." Cody was about to say something more when the phone rang. They decided not to answer it. The message had given the time and place for their father's funeral.

"We have until tomorrow. What should we do?" Zack asked.

"Like I know. Let's do something dad would like." That gave Cody an idea. "Why don't we make a band?"

"What?"

"You know, me and you. We could make a band. You could be guitarist and vocalist, while I could be the drummer."

"No. We'll switch instruments for some songs." Cody agreed.

TBC

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