Sunday, 27th of May

Cody opened the emergency door to the Tipton and looked down the hall cautiously. When he decided that it was safe, he grabbed Gwen's hand and they rushed into the hall way, hoping that they wouldn't get caught.

"Cody, are you sure about this?" Gwen whispered.

They stopped at the corner and Cody looked down the hall to see if the entrance to the stairs were free. "I'm sure"

They ran for the stairs and bolted up to the second floor. They again stoped at the door way to the second floor and Cody looked down the hall. He saw Maddie's younger brother Liam playing with a football close to where he wanted to put Gwen

"I think it's safer if you went on the fourth floor." Cody said as he grabbed Gwen's hand again and they rushed up more stairs

"The fourth floor? Why the fourth floor? I'll be all by myself!" Gwen protested as they reached the third floor

"That's the point. No one will hear you, no one will see you. And no one will come to the fourth floor. Why didn't I think of that before?"

They reached the fourth floor and again, Cody looked down the hall. "It's clear."

"Yay" Gwen said sarcastically

"Gwen, I know you don't want to be by yourself, but I can't risk you getting caught. You'll be kicked out and Moseby will kill me." Cody said as they walked in to the hall. "And on the bright side, you have a choice out of 28 rooms"

"They're all identical"

"Just pick a room!" Cody protested

Gwen walked to the 4th room "This one, as four is my lucky number…apparently."

Cody smiled and opened the door with the master key. They walked in and Cody turned on the lights. It was a lot smaller than the Martin's suite but the perfect size for Gwen. The kitchen and bedroom were in the same space but on opposite sides of the room and the bathroom was to the left of the suite.

"Not bad. I can make do here." Gwen said as she put her bags down on her new bed.

Cody closed the door and walked up to Gwen. "I've never really been in the lower floor suites before. It's not bad. Maybe when things get worse Mom, Zack and I will move down here."

"Wait, what did you say?" Gwen said as she turned to face Cody

"That my Mom, brother and I will move down here when things get…oh."

"Things are going to get worse?"

Cody looked at her with a 'sorry I didn't tell you sooner' face

Gwen sat down on her bed and put her head in her hands and started crying. Cody sat down next to her and put his arm around her shoulder.

"Logan and I found some documents about what was going to happen in the next couple of months, and it's not good."

"But, the moon thing happened a week ago. How can they predict what is going to happen in the coming months?" Gwen sobbed.

"They need to act fast. With the tides and earthquakes showing no signs of stopping they need to make a plan on where people can go that's safe" Cody explained

"But, I heard some kid in Study Hall talk about how delivery of food is continuing in Illinois."

"Yeah, Illinios is one of the safe places. All along the East and West Coast, they are the unsafe places. With tides along both coasts and then the added instability from earthquakes on the West Coast, it's pretty dangerous." Cody said

"Where does that leave Boston?" Gwen asked as she looked at Cody

"Boston was declared unsafe, so they are shutting it down. Along with New York and Washington DC." Cody said softly.

Gwen closed her eyes and tried not to cry harder at the news Cody just gave her. "I'm never going to see my parents again."

Cody hugged Gwen as she cried on his chest. "There is a number you can call that opened yesterday. 1800-FWPK-BOST, it's a number you call to see if they have found someone who is missing."

"But my parents were in Buffalo."

"There aren't any dangers from here to Upper New York State. They will come" Cody said hopefully.

"If they were going to come, they would have been here by now. " Gwen said quietly as she held on to Cody tighter.

Tuesday, 29th of May

Zack walked around the Cheever's High school grounds, hoping to find Max showing off her new dance moves or to randomly run up to him and throw a basketball at his stomach and challenge him to a two on two. But Zack knew those days were long gone. He walked into the courtyard and found Max with her new found church friends praying in a circle. Zack rolled his eyes and walked towards his so called girlfriend.

Max smiled as she saw Zack approaching and excused herself from her church friends. "Hey! I've missed you!" She said as she kissed Zack on the cheek.

"Yeah, I've missed you too. The real you." Zack said as he tried to kiss Max on the lips.

Max dodged Zack's kiss and smiled "Zack, please, not in front of my friends!"

"What? These people aren't your friends! I'm your boyfriend and best friend, along with Bob and Barbra!" Zack said as he tried to kiss her again. This time Max pushed his face away.

"I told you not in front of my friends!"

"As if you care what they think! Just two weeks ago we had sex!" Zack said annoyed as Max looked at her church friends nervously

"Yes and that was a mistake" Max said calmly "I should of waited"

"Snap out of this Max! This isn't you!" Zack pleaded as he grabbed Max's shoulders

"Yes it is!" She yelled back "And if you don't like it, then too bad. It's the way I've been dealing with this whole Moon thing and it's the way I'm going to keep dealing with it" Max loosened out of Zack's grip and stormed to her friends.

Zack stood there in anger as he watched his girlfriend sit back down and hold hands with her new church friends. He watched as the one person he needed deserted him and herself and put her faith into overdrive. "You want to be faithful, I'll give you faithful" Zack walked over to Max's group and cleared his throat.

Max looked at him angrily, and Zack smiled mischievously back.

"Max, sweetie, I just want to say that the other week was amazing. I'm so glad that we waited to have sex. It really was a magical night. Can we do it again sometime?"

Max looked at Zack with pure hatred in her eyes, while the rest of the group looked at Max with mouths wide open.

Max got up and looked straight in to Zack's bluey/grey eyes. "I'm going to kick your ass so hard you'll be feeling it until the day you die, which will be extremely soon Zachary" She said in a harsh whisper.

Zack smiled with triumph "There's my girl!"

Max slapped him across the face as hard as she could. Zack fell onto the ground from the force of the hit. The church group looked astonished as they got up and backed away.

"Fuck." Zack whispered as he felt the left side of his face. "It's been a week since you last slapped me across the face!"

"Oh yeah" Max said as she stood over Zack "And to make up for next week" Max kicked Zack twice as hard as the force she used on Zack's face

Zack cried in pain as he clenched on to his stomach.

"Next time, don't tell my whole group of friends that I'm no longer pure! Oh wait; there won't be a next time. I'm done with you. For good." Max walked towards the building and left Zack clenching to his stomach.

Zack rolled onto his back and looked at the Moon. It was a quarter Moon, but it still looked just as big and just as frightening. "I fucking hate you, Moon. You've ruined everything." Zack whispered angrily. He got up and hunched over, still clenching to his stomach. Zack wrenched in pain as he walked towards the entrance to the hall to get to class, but he ended up going towards the exit of the school.

Within half an hour the pain had subsided in his stomach and a bruise had formed on his cheek and he somehow managed to walk to the Tipton.

Zack walked through the back entrance and snuck up the stairs and went to the second floor to where Maddie and her family were living.

Maddie's Mom came out of one of the suites and froze at the sight of Zack. "You're one of those twins that Maddie used to babysit for! Aren't you supposed to be at school?"

"I'd rather not talk about it" Zack said politely "Is Maddie around?"

"She is in suite 225" Maddie's Mom inspected Zack before heading down the stairs into the lobby.

Zack, now feeling self-conscious, headed towards Maddie's suite. He reached her suite and knocked on the door. He heard some rummaging and then footsteps heading towards the door. Maddie opened it and Zack smiled slightly

"Hi"

"What happened to your face?" Maddie asked surprised as she let Zack in.

"Well, I kind of, in a way, took your advice on talking to Max about the whole church and faith and the sudden loving of God" Zack explained as he sat down on her bed

"And how did it go?" Maddie asked

Zack looked at her bluntly and pointed to his cheek. "That's not all either." He stood up and lifted his shirt and showed Maddie the clearly visible outline of Max's foot on his stomach.

"So not so well then"

Zack nodded. "But I also said some things I shouldn't have. But I don't want to go into that."

Maddie sighed and sat down next to Zack. "Well, think of it as a good thing. You have one less person to worry about."

"But I want to worry about her! Not only was she my girlfriend she was also my best friend. Now she is neither." Zack said as he fiddled with the linin on Maddie's bed.

"Zack, I've told you this before and I'm going to tell you it again. Times are tough and they are going to be for a very long time. We will all soon loose friends, either from departure or death. It may not seem it now but from a month from here, things are going to be worse. Lack of food, supplies. People are going to die. And people also know that you live in a hotel that has food and supplies. People will soon ask you if you can spare them a suite in the hotel and in times like these, you need to decide whether or not you give someone you barely know or someone who you though you knew a room in the hotel and share our food or supplies, or keep them for family." Maddie said softly. "Zack, things are going to get worse."

Zack looked at the floor "Maddie, two weeks ago, Max and I had sex for the first time. Her dad came in and caught us and there was a fight and I ran out like a scared idiot. Last Friday after school I finally got her and I pushed us in to a supply closet and we talked and I told her how much I was sorry and she forgave me. Now, she has completely changed, turned into someone she usually hates and because I was pissed off with her, I told her new church pray circle group thing, that we had sex. So she slapped me and kicked me in the stomach and said we were through."

Maddie looked at Zack stunned. "Yeah that's completely opposite to what I told you to do"

"I don't know. Maybe it was for the best" Zack sighed.

Maddie shrugged. "Don't know. We'll find out soon enough."

Thursday, 31st of May

Logan and Cody walked through the dark halls during lunch. Cody sacrificed a can of carrots and they shared it instead of eating stale bread for the fourth time that week.

"So, how is Gwen settling in?" Logan asked as they finished off the carrots

"She's settling in fine. We've nearly been caught twice by Moseby but other than that, no one knows she is at the Tipton." Cody said. They walked into the senior's hallway and glanced into the first classroom.

"I can't believe we can't even do a proper senior year." Logan said as they walked away from the door

"Yeah, we pretty much did the SAT's for nothing." Cody scoffed.

"Well, maybe not. If we can get to a safe town, we can go to college." Logan said hopefully.

"Yeah, one with reliable power." Cody said as he pointed to the lights. "How long was the electricity on for today?"

"About three hours" Logan said dismally. "It gets so hot in our house. This summer is going to kill me without air conditioning."

"Tipton generator is still going, but Arwin says we can't rely on it for much longer, it will soon cut out." Cody sighed "We've been lucky to last this long"

There was an awkward pause before Logan spoke. "Dad called the hospital but it was flat out and the staff on duty said that they hadn't seen Mom." Logan paused before continuing "So Dad called that 1800 number for missing people in Boston. It turns out that it's a body viewing. They've turned Fenway Park into a huge morgue."

Cody scrunched up his nose at the thought of Fenway Park being turned into a morgue. "So, what's your Dad going to do?"

Logan shrugged "I suppose he is going to go an check out the hospital, but apparently according to one of Dad's co-workers, security are armed at the entrance, so that may be difficult. And if that is unsuccessful, Dad will book a ticket to see the body viewing at Fenway."

Cody nodded and patted Logan on the back. "Don't worry. She will come back. They are probably keeping staff back to work 24/7 shifts to help with the back lodge in all the injured. When that clears she will probably come home."

"But she still could have ringed us to tell us that she was okay when the phones were working." Logan sighed. "I don't know Cody. I just have a feeling she is gone."

"You and Gwen really need to talk about your parent situation. I have absolutely no idea what to say." Cody said apologetically.

"Yeah, maybe."

Cody and Logan walked to their next class even though it didn't start for ten minutes. Cody watched Logan as he slumped down on the floor and lent against the wall and just stared into space. He looked scared and tired. They all did. But Cody couldn't stop feeling guilty at all the advantages he had. Tomorrow was two weeks since the Moon was hit and Cody knew that what they had right now, at that moment would be considered paradise in the next coming months.

A/N: This is how the chapters will be from now on, 3 or 4 day chapters either over one or two weeks, just so I can get the story moving along. Tomorrow is my first day back at school and my senior year, but I'll keep updating as best as I can. I do slack off, I am guilty as charged, but I am going to finish this story. It still has a while to go, but it will be finished, with or without reviews :)

But reviews would be nice! :)