A/N: Hey guys! Thanks for the reviews! Awesome as usual! I'm glad you guys didn't think my last chapter was lame. I really thought it would be. I completely had no ideas. So here is my new chapter and I hope you guys enjoy it, and please remember to read and review.

Chapter 14

The next day at school Cody wasn't his usual self. He wasn't the first to answer questions that the teacher asked about the assignments. He didn't take notes properly. Heck he didn't even bother to take notes. He didn't even really pay attention in class. He even shocked his teachers by not even finishing class assignments. The biggest shock of all he slept during science class. Teachers actually began to think he was Zack.

Barbara who was in Cody's science class noticed he wasn't acting like himself. He was usually the first to show up in science class. Well today he was the last person to walk in, shocking everyone. Another thing she noticed as he was walking in to the class he was dragging his feet. Which she knew that he hated it when people drug their feet.

She watched as he made his way to his seat. He placed his books down on his desk and sat down. He didn't even notice seem to notice her. He got settled in his seat an opened his book to the page that their assignment was on. She knew something was bothering him but she couldn't imagine what it could be. Cody always seemed to make the worst of situations better. This time he didn't even try to look on the brighter side of what was bothering him.

Cody opened his notebook as if he were about to start his class assignment. Barbara continued to look at him out the corner of her eye. Cody sighed and placed his pen down on his desk and slowly laid his head down on his notebook and closed his eyes and went to sleep. Barbara saw him lay his head down and immediately looked up at him.

'What was bothering him?' She wondered as she continued to watch him sleep.

The teacher looked up from his desk and saw Barbara watching Cody. He noticed the concerned look on her face and sighed. He then cleared his throat trying to grab her attention. It didn't help at all, she continued to stare at Cody.

"Ms. Brownstein?" He called.

Barbara quickly broke her gaze from Cody and looked at the teacher. She saw that he was staring at her oddly.

"Yes sir?" She nervously asked as she began to feel her cheeks heat up with embarrassment as she saw everyone staring at her.

'Yes sir, why is Cody sleeping in class? That's Zack's job.' She thought to herself. "Uh.. no sir." She replied going back to her work. 'Oh baby, please be okay.' She thought to herself as she glanced at him a moment and gave him a sympathetic smile.

Carey was called up to the police department to discuss Zack's sentence with Gregory Brown, the district attorney, Officer O'Brien, and Jacob Lawrence, Zack's lawyer. She was a little nervous to hear the news. Because just yesterday they told her that he was sentenced seven years in jail. She wondered what it could be now.

Carey drove up to the police department and walked in. She made her way up to the front desk. The same lady that was there yesterday was there today. The lady immediately recognized Carey and smiled at her.

"How may I help you today, Ms. Martin?" She asked kindly.

"I'm here to discuss my son's sentence with the DA, Officer O'Brien, and Jacob Lawrence." Carey replied.

"Oh yes." She said, "Hang on a moment and I'll let him know you're here."

Carey nodded. The lady picked up the phone and buzzed Officer O'Brien's office and waited patiently for him to pick up.

"Yes?" He asked picking up the phone and placing it on speaker.

"Ms. Martin is here to speak with you." She said glancing at Carey and giving her a small smile.

"Thank-you." He said. "You can escort her to my office."

"Yes sir." She said hanging up the phone.

The lady stood up and motioned for Carey to follow her. She stopped at Officer O'Brien's office and opened his door. Carey smiled and walked in. There was one man in the room she never had seen before she figured that he was the district attorney.

"You may shut my door and take a seat, Ms. Martin." Officer O'Brien said.

Carey nodded and shut the door. She took the seat closest to the door. She was really nervous about the whole thing. She had a bad feeling that this discussion wasn't going to go smooth.

"Ms. Martin, I'd like you to meet Gregory Brown, he's the district attorney." Jacob said.

Carey smiled at him. Gregory stuck his hand out for her to shake. Carey nervously shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you Ms. Martin." Gregory said taking his hand away and smiled at her taking his seat again.

"Okay well, we all know why this meeting was called." Jacob began as he glanced at everyone in the room. "We're here to discuss my client, Zachary Martin's sentence. We all know that he is sentenced seven years." He said as he worked his way back through the room making sure he looked everyone in the eye. "I was wondering Mr. Brown if we could maybe alter that." He said staring at the district attorney.

"No sir." Gregory stated shaking his head as he looked at Jacob. "He has been charged with possession of a deadly weapon, robbery, and riding in a stolen car."

"Look at this." Jacob said pulling a file out of his brief case and handing Gregory the packet. "It's my client's file."

Gregory sat up in his seat and suspiciously took the packet from Jacob. Gregory sat back and looked over the packet.

"As you see Mr. Brown, my client has a clean record. These charges would be his first offences." He said. "I was thinking maybe since this was his first offence we could cut the sentence a little bit."

Gregory sighed as he flipped through the packet, "Since this is his first offence we can cut the sentence to five years." He said looking up at Jacob.

"What about if my client turns the guys he was with over to the Massachusetts State Police Department? I mean these guys didn't tell my client what they were planning to do until it was too late. Do you think you could alter the sentence some more?" Jacob asked.

"Tell you what Mr. Lawrence, If you can get your client to turn these guys over to us and you can get some witnesses from the scene of the crime that say your client didn't harm anybody during the robbery I will cut his sentence to six months and a year of community service." Gregory said handing the packet back to Jacob.

"Thank-you sir." Jacob said placing the packet back into his brief case.

"Do you think your client will turn them over?" Gregory asked.

"Yes sir." Jacob said looking back over to Gregory.

Gregory and Officer O'Brien nodded and looked at Jacob and Carey. Carey's eyes brighten. She was glad they were going to go easy on Zack. She couldn't wait for Zack to get the good news.

A/N: Okay I know that whole sentence cut probably wouldn't happen like that. I just didn't want Zack to have to be in jail for so long. It would make the story long and boring.

Back at the school Cody was still sleeping. He hadn't done a thing in the class. The only thing that he did do was let out a small snore that only the people closest to him could here like Barbara. She smiled a little as she heard him snore. She glanced up at the clock and noticed that the lunch bell would be ringing any moment. She closed her book and waited patiently for the bell to ring.

The lunch bell rang and startled Cody out of his sleep. He quickly sat up and wiped his eyes. He looked up at the clock and saw it was time for lunch. He gathered his things and left the room not even waiting on Barbara. He didn't even notice her or speak to her.

It hurt Barbara's feelings that Cody didn't speak to her or even acknowledge her. She didn't think she made him mad. So what could it be?

She walked out of the classroom and stopped in the doorway as she saw Cody at his locker putting books up. Cody was moving so slowly she thought someone pressed the slow button on the remote. Something was definitely bothering him. She took a deep breath and walked over to him.

"Cody, are you mad at me?" She asked leaning her shoulder on the locker next to Cody. Cody looked over to her and shook his head.

"Why would I be mad at you?" He asked closing his locker turning to face her.

"I don't know." She said shrugging her shoulders. "I mean you haven't spoken to me or even looked at me today. So I started to worry I made you mad." She said.

"No of course not." He said, "And I'm sorry I haven't spoke to you today. I just have a lot on my mind." He said pulling her into a hug.

Barbara smiled and laid her head against his chest, closed her eyes and hugged him back. Cody held her close for a while and laid his head down on top of her head and closed his eyes as he hugged her.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Barbara asked still hanging on tight to him.

"Not really." He said. "It's just things about Zack."

"Oh come on." She said pulling away and holding on to his arms as she looked up into his eyes. "I want to help you." She said. "I hate seeing you like this."

"I don't know." Cody replied looking down into her concerned brown eyes.

"Please." She pleaded. "For me." She said flashing him puppy dog eyes.

"Okay." Cody sighed giving in. "For you." He said with a smile.

"Good." She said taking his hand and walked with him to the cafeteria.

After the meeting Carey asked Officer O'Brien if she could visit Zack for a little bit. He gave her the okay. She walked to the backroom and took a booth and waited patiently for Zack to walk through the doors on the other side.

A couple moments later the door opened and she watched as her son walked inside. Carey softly smiled at him as he looked at her. She knew he was miserable. She could tell by his eyes. They were sad and tired. Just seeing her baby so sad and tired made her just want to hug him tight and tell him everything was going to be okay forgetting all the wrong he ever did.

Zack slowly walked up to the chair and pulled it out. He slowly sat down and picked up the phone and placed it up to his ear. Carey again softly smiled at him.

"Hey sweetie." She said not taking her eyes off of him. "How are you?"

"Miserable mom." He cried. "I want to get out of here."

Carey nodded, "I know honey." She said sympathetically. "We all want you to get out Zack. The suite isn't the same without you. Cody and I have no one to clean up after anymore." She said with a smile trying to lighten his mood.

Zack raised a small smile. He didn't quite believe his mom about everybody wanting him to get out. He knew Cody and Max could careless if he got out or not. It made him even more depressed thinking that, but he knew it was true.

"Did you hear the news about your sentence?" She asked with a smile.

"Yeah, they told me." He said. "They cut my sentence to six months and a year of community service, but I'd rather stay here." He said looking down at the desk in front of him where his elbows were propped.

"Oh Zack, you don't mean that." Carey said giving him a 'you know better than that' look.

"Yes mom, I do." Zack sternly said looking back up at his mom. "What's the point in getting out early if things are still going to be the same as they are right now?" He asked.

"What do you mean?" She asked. "How do want things to be?"

"Well, I don't want to get out of jail and Cody and Max still be mad at me and not talking to me. I just wish they would forgive me, and I'm really upset by what I told Cody yesterday." He said shaking his head. "I just really want things to be they were before all this chaos."

"You now what I think?" Carey asked.

"What?" Zack quietly replied.

"I think you and Cody both owe each other an apology." She said. "I agree he should not have been rude to you yesterday, he could have been nicer. I think you owe him an apology for what you did to him Friday night and for what you said to him yesterday."

Zack nodded. He agreed with his mom. He knew that he and Cody were both in the wrong. He wanted to apologize to Cody, but he ran him off.

"I really do want to apologize to him, but I kind of told him I don't want to see him up here anymore. I doubt he would come back up even if I wanted him too." Zack said.

"Well, you should write him a note and when I come back up here you can give the note to Officer O'Brien to give to me." Carey suggested.

Zack nodded, "Okay." He said. "I've written Max a letter and I would like you to make sure she gets it. I got Officer O'Brien to drop it off at the front desk for you to pick up before you leave." He said as he saw his mom nod. "Do that for me?" He asked.

"Of course honey." She said flashing him another sad smile. Zack smiled back at her.

"Thanks mom." He said.

"Anytime sweetie." She said.

Officer O'Brien walked over to Zack and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and looked up at him. He told Zack his time was up. Zack nodded and looked back over to his mom.

"My time is up mom." He said. "I guess I'll see you later."

"Of course." She replied.

Zack flashed her a soft smile, "Love you mom." He said.

"Love you sweetie." She said.

Zack nodded and hung up the phone. Officer O'Brien pulled Zack up and began to walk him to the door. He looked back and saw his mom still sitting there watching him walk off. He nodded to her and softly smiled.

She smiled back and she felt the tears begin to burn her eyes as he let the room and the door shut behind him. She got up and walked out the door to the front desk and picked up the letter that he wrote to Max, and left the building heading back to the Tipton.

During lunch Barbara and Cody sat outside on one of the benches and talked about what was bothering him. She nodded at everything he told her and seemed to understand everything that he was telling her.

"He expects me to be nice to him after he threatened my life." He said looking at Barbara. "What kind of crap is that?" He asked.

Max was walking behind them when she over heard their conversation. She kind of stopped and began eavesdropping on them. She was still mad at Zack, but when she heard people talking about him she didn't like it. It still bugged her hear them talk about him. It got to be too much that she spoke before she thought.

"He just wants forgiveness!" Max yelled.

Barbara and Cody turned around and saw Max standing behind them. Her arms folded across her chest, one foot out to the side, and glaring at them harshly. Her tone was even angry. They didn't understand why she was defending him after he hurt her as well.

"Max?" Cody began, "Why do you even care?"

Max's face lightened just a little bit and she shrugged her shoulders, "I don't." She nervously responded, "I just think that's what he wants."

"Forgive him for what he did so he can turn around and do it again?" He asked, "No. That's not going to happen. I'm standing my ground I'm not giving in to him this time."

Max shook her head, "You don't know if he would do that again. This whole experience may have changed him for the better."

"I doubt it." Cody said.

"Why do you always cut Zack down?" Max asked, "Is it because he's not like you? He's not smart, he doesn't make the best decisions and he's not every parent's dream. Is that why you cut him down?" Max asked getting upset. Cody didn't respond he just kind of blankly stared at her. "That's what I thought." She said. "I thought you were a better person. I guess I was wrong. Maybe Zack is the better twin." She said and walked off.

Cody and Barbara exchanged confused looks. They had no idea why Max suddenly cared about Zack. Did she still have feelings for him? Does she still love him? They shrugged and turned back around to their lunch.

The rest of the day Cody thought about what Max said. She was right about him. He realized the only reason he always cut Zack down was because he wasn't like him. Maybe Zack was the better twin. Maybe he was the one who belonged in jail and Zack belonged where he was at this moment. The words that Max said that continued to echo in his head was "He wants forgiveness."