A/N: Again thanks for the reviews. I hope you are enjoying the story. I know the last chapter was pretty long and drawn out. I do apologize for it being so lengthy. The chapter before that was pretty long as well. I'm going to try and not make them as long. I don't want to bore you to death so I'm going to try and make this chapter a little less long. So here it is and please read and review. I haven't been getting many reviews lately and I'm beginning to think I either bored you guys to death or it just got to be too much.
Chapter 12
The cops drove Zack to the police department. The sirens echoing through the dark empty streets of Boston. Zack looked out the window and watched as the houses flew by him in a blur as the cops sped him off to the police department. All he was thinking about was Max.
He couldn't believe himself. He couldn't believe what he had done. He let a gang destroy what he and Max had. How could he hurt Max? Especially after he said he would never do anything to hurt her. As he continued to think about Max all he saw was her crying. He leaned his head against the window and tears began to build up blurring his vision. He closed his eyes and let the warm tears fall freely down his face.
He didn't know what was happening to him. He didn't know who he was becoming. One thing he did know is that whatever he was becoming he didn't like it, and hearing Max's words that seemed to echo hit him hard and made him realize that he was wrong.
The police pulled up into the precinct and turned off their sirens, just leaving the lights flashing. He pulled up into his parking place and turned the lights off. Zack felt the car stop moving and pulled his head off the window and opened his eyes. The cop turned off the car and he and his partner got out the car and walked over to Zack's door. They opened the door and reached in and grabbed one of his arms.
"Let's go." The cop said pulling him out of the car.
The cop and his partner took an arm and walked him inside. They escorted him to a back room and opened the door. They walked him inside and shut the door. The lead cop pulled out his cuff keys and unlocked his cuffs. Zack's hands dropped to his side. He picked up his hands and gently began to rub his wrist where the cuffs cut into him a little bit.
"Take a seat." The cop said pointing to the chair sitting in front of them.
Zack didn't hesitate. He dropped his arms and started walking to the chair. He pulled it back and slowly sat down. One cop stayed by the door and the other cop walked around the table and stood in front of Zack. Zack slowly looked up from the table to the cop.
"What's your name kid?" He asked looking back at Zack.
"Zack Martin." He quietly answered.
"Zack Martin, huh?" He asked sitting on the table in front of Zack and folded his arms across his chest while he looked at him.
"Yes sir." Zack quietly responded. The cop nodded and continued to stare Zack directly in the eyes.
"So how old are you Zack?" He asked becoming really curious. "fourteen? fifteen?"
"Fifteen." Zack responded.
"Wow!" The cop said shaking his head. "You're only fifteen years old and you already committed a crime that could lead to you being tried as an adult." He said looking at Zack still shaking his head. "That's sad."
Zack shook his head. He agreed with the cop. He shamefully looked away from the cop and down at the table. He was also angry and hurt with himself for his stupidity. The stupidity that caused him to lose the love of his life. The cop waited patiently to see if Zack would respond. When he never responded the cop continued speaking.
"You know kid; your parent or guardian better have a damn good lawyer." The cop stated boldly. With that said Zack slowly lifted his head from the table and looked up at the cop. "Because you're going to need it."
Zack still didn't respond. He just continued to look up at the cop. The cop pushed himself up off the table. He then leaned down on the tale and bent over so he was eye level with Zack.
"Why'd you do it kid?" He asked staring Zack straight in the eyes.
"These new guys I was hanging out with invited me to hang out with them tonight. I had no idea what they had planned. They never told me. They didn't tell me until they gave me the gun." Zack quietly responded staring back at the cop.
"But when you found out what they were planning to do, you still went along with it anyway?" The cop asked.
"Yes sir." Zack quietly responded.
"Why?" The cop asked.
"The guys were cool. I started hanging out with them a couple days ago. They invited me go with them tonight and tonight was the night they made me a part of their group. So I did what they did to be cool and fit in with them." Zack explained.
"You call threatening several people with a deadly weapon, robbing a store, and riding in a stolen car cool?" The cop asked.
Zack was hesitant to respond. He was too ashamed to tell the cop the truth about how he felt. The cop became impatient with him and slammed his hands down on the table startling Zack.
"Well do you?!" He yelled staring harshly at Zack.
"At the time." Zack shamefully admitted looking down at the table.
"At the time?" The cop asked, "Now that you were caught you don't think it's cool, correct?" He asked.
"Yes sir." He shamefully responded.
"Say you weren't caught tonight, would you still continue doing this sort of stuff with those people?" The cop asked becoming curious on how Zack would respond.
"No sir." He admitted.
"And why is that?" The cop asked. "You said you thought it was cool."
"When you lose someone close to you, someone you love and care about and would do anything for because you were being stupid, you realize that it was never worth it in the first place." Zack said looking up at the cop.
The cop pulled away a little surprised by Zack's response. He had never heard anything like that before. Zack looked over across the table to the cop who still looked sort of surprised by what he just said. The cop looked at Zack and saw just how honest his statement was.
The cop was speechless. He pulled back his coat and detached his cell phone from its holder. He placed the phone on the table and slid it over to Zack. Zack looked from the phone to the cop with a curious expression.
"Call your parents." The cop said. "Let them know where you are going to be tonight and let them know that you are going to need a lawyer."
Zack nodded and picked up the phone. He flipped it open and slowly began to dial the number. He finished dialing and pressed the call button and placed it up to his ear. The phone rang three times before it was picked up. Zack swallowed hard and became nervous when the phone was picked up.
"Hello." Carey answered.
"Mom." Zack said.
"Oh honey where are you?" Carey asked. "I've been waiting for you to get home." She said.
"Cody didn't tell you what happened?" Zack asked.
"No, I'm waiting for him to get home too." Carey replied. "What happened?" She asked.
Zack took a deep breath, "I was arrested." He admitted.
"What on earth?!" Carey asked shocked.
"I got involved with some guys." He said, "We robbed a store and they all got away except me. The officer told me to call you and let you know that I'm going to be here tonight and that I need a lawyer."
"Zachary Martin!" Carey yelled. "I'm surprised that you would do something like that. I thought you were a better person than that. When we get you out of there you are grounded indefinitely." She yelled.
"Yes ma'am." He said and hung up the phone and handed it back to the cop. The cop took his phone back and placed it back in its holder on his belt. He then pulled out his handcuffs again and walked over to Zack and picked him up and placed the handcuffs back on him.
"Let's go." The cop said escorting him to the door.
The other cop opened the door and they walked out. They picked him up an orange jumpsuit and escorted him to the showers. They uncuffed him and opened the door for him.
"Get cleaned up, and put this on." The cop said handing Zack the orange jumpsuit. "We'll be right here waiting." He said opening the door for him.
Zack took the jumpsuit and walked into the showers. After his shower they walked him to get his mug shots. After that they recuffed him and escorted him to his cell. They took the cuffs off of him and opened the cell doors. They lightly pushed him in and shut the gate behind him.
Cody, Renee, and Brooke walked out of the auditorium and saw Max still standing outside the doors. Max heard the door shut and looked up and saw Cody, Brooke and Renee standing there looking at her. She quickly pushed herself off the wall and wiped her tears.
"Are you all okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, we're fine." Cody replied, "But how are you?"
"I'll be alright." She said. "That was the hardest thing I ever had to do." She said her voice becoming shaky as she started to cry again. "I can't believe that happened. I had no idea he was really like that."
Cody, Renee, and Brooke walked over to her and wrapped their arms around her and hugged her tight as she began to cry again.
"He's usually not like that." Cody said, "I don't know what got into him."
Barbara was sitting outside in her parent's car waiting for Cody to walk out. She saw four people standing outside talking and noticed that one of them was holding a trophy. She opened the car door and started running over towards them.
"Cody?" She called as she continued to run towards them.
Cody turned around and saw Barbara running towards him. Before he knew it she crashed into him and wrapped her arms around him and held him close.
"Oh my God!" She said, "You're okay." She said tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Yeah, I'm fine." He said hugging her back.
"I was so worried." She said so fast her words were running together. "I thought that crazy guy was going to hurt you." She said not letting go of him.
"No, I'm fine." He said. "I told you I was going to be alright." He said lying his head down on top of hers.
"We're just going to walk over here." Brooke said, "We're going to leave you two alone for a bit." She said as she, Max, and Renee walked over to the other side of the building.
"What if something did happen to you?" Barbara asked, "How would I go on not having you as my science partner?"
"What do you mean?" He asked, "The teacher would pair you up with another person."
"I couldn't be paired with anyone else." She said pulling away from him; "You are the only person I want as my partner." She said becoming slightly shy. "Look Cody, there is something I should tell you."
"Okay." He said. "Let's sit down." He said walking them over to the sidewalk. They sat down next to each other. "What's up?" He asked.
"I don't know about you, but I have had a crush on you since middle school. All I ever think about is you. That's how it's been for as long as I can remember. I don't know if you've noticed but for the past couple of days everytime you look at me or even talk to me I start blushing. I can't help it. I don't think I've fallen so hard for anyone in my entire life." She said becoming slightly embarrassed not looking directly at him. "And that kiss tonight." She began before Cody cut her off by kissing her.
"I love you too." He said pulling away from her not taking his eyes off of hers. "I've been doing a lot of thinking about you lately and I want you to be my girlfriend." He said with a smile.
"Really?" She asked smiling back.
"Yeah." He said.
"Oh my God!" She said, "I accept."
"You want to seal it with a kiss?" He asked.
Barbara nodded not taking her eyes away from him. Cody smiled at her adoringly and ran the back of both hands across her cheeks and placed them up underneath her ears and leaned down towards her and locked lips with her sealing their new found relationship. They slowly pulled away and opened their eyes and looked at each other dreamily.
"Wow." She said.
"What?" He asked looking at her awe struck face.
"That was the kiss that everyone talks about." She said. "When you know you found the person you're meant to be with." She said, "Who knew it would be you." She said with a smile. "I always thought that my crush on you was as close as I would get to you. Who knew that you were that special person all along." She said. Cody smiled a little bit and leaned back in towards her and locked lips with her again.