A Brother's Touch

London was taking Maddie, Zack, Cody, and Merrial on a road trip to celebrate her 16th birthday. Zack, Cody, and Maddie sat in the back while Merrial sat in the front seat. London loved being alone with her friends, even though she really didn't show it. She was learning to drive faster, but not too fast. London couldn't wait to get to the ski-lodge where they were staying for a few weeks. So she drove a little faster. She didn't really know what happened but there was another car, and it hit them, she guessed, from behind right and it hit Zack…

Carrie arrived at the hospital minutes after she heard the desperate phone call from London, that said:

"Carrie, help! I just wanted to have fun with a responsible adult and my three friends but there was this other car, and it hit Zack, but not the rest of us and," London started.

"It is okay London, I will be there as soon as possible," Carrie had answered.

Now she was here and the white walls surrounded her, and London sat, with the make-up running down her face, in a chair nearby. Maddie sat there also crying, and then there was Cody, who was trying really hard not to cry. Merrial couldn't even remember who Zack was. Carrie started with Cody.

"Cody, honey, it's okay to cry. You were there, you saw it. I would feel the same way…" Carrie started.

"Mom, I don't want to cry. I want Maddie and London to stop crying, so I am showing them how tough I am."

"Cody, I am just telling you, it is okay to cry if you want."

"Thanks mom."

Carrie then went over to the crying Maddie, sitting alone in the corner.

"Maddie, dear, it's okay, he'll be fine," Carrie said.

"No he won't, Zack and I both fought over who would sit in the middle, and I won. If he would've been in the middle, I would've been in his place instead."

"That's okay, Maddie. You don't have to blame yourself, he will be fine, you know Zack, he…" Carrie burst into tears. "He always, finds, a, way!"

"Carrie, he'll. Be. Alright. I'm. Sure. Just, cry." Maddie finally said.

Carrie leaned her head on Maddie's shoulder and they cried together. The doctor came out.

"I have news for you- one- two- three- four- and I think five. Um, Zack is in a coma," he said.

"Will he be alright doctor?" Cody asked.

"If he wakes up," the doctor said over his shoulder as he walked away.

Cody burst into tears. "I don't want him to die!" he screamed.

They all repeated it and went back to their crying.

London stood on top of a chair in the small waiting room, "Guys, it's not your fault! It's mine, I should've never taken you to the ski-lodge, and we should've never been in that car with me behind the wheel. I'm a bad driver!" She yelled as she burst out into tears again.

Carrie patted her on the back and went back to leaning her head on Maddie's shoulder. The doctor came back again.

"Zack is awake. He has some minor head injuries, and some nasty scrapes you don't want to see!" He announced.

"Can I see him, doctor?" Carrie asked.

"Only one person can, and you have to decide."

They all looked towards Carrie, but Carrie looked at London.

"London, I think you should talk to him, you are the one who, well you know, got him where he is. And he might not forgive you if you don't go see him," she said.

"But you're his mother!" London replied.

"And his mother thinks you should see him first," Carrie answered.

London left her purse in the waiting room and walked quietly into Zack's hospital room. Zack laid there, his face pale, on the white bed. London walked over to him; she leaned down and sat on the seat next to the bed.

"Zack," she said, "I'm sorry I did this to you."

"That's okay," he answered. "Who are you?"

"I'm London Tipton, whose dad is the owner of the hotel you live at."

"I live in a hotel, cool!"

"Zack, this isn't funny, why don't you know all this already?" London asked, serious.

"Why do you keep calling me Zack?" he asked.

"That's your name, don't you remember?" she asked as she leaned closer to him.

"Nope, now what else do I need to know?" he answered.

London ran out of the hospital room and straight to Carrie's arms.

"London, what's wrong?" Carrie asked.

"Zack doesn't remember me."

The others gasped. London bent her head down on Carrie's shoulder and began to cry. "Let me give it a try," Carrie said. So she got up and London bent her head on Maddie's shoulder and cried away all her makeup. Carrie went into the room. There lay Zack on his white bed, waiting for someone to join him.

"Honey, it is going to be alright," Carrie said to him.

"Ew, don't call me honey," Zack replied.

"Oh, right, I forgot that you don't like that name. Um, Zack, you are going to be fine," Carrie covered.

"Stop calling me Zack, I want to be Freddy," Zack whined.

"It is your name Zack, therefore people call you by it," Carrie reasoned.

"I don't want to be Zack!"

"Well, whoever you are—do you even remember anything?" Carrie interrupted herself.

"Nope, and I was just about to ask you who you are," Zack answered.

"I'm your mother, you have a twin, and I am the singer at the hotel we live at."

"So we do live in a hotel? Wait, a twin?"

"Yeah, we do, and your younger brother's name is Cody."

"Cody, what kind of name is that? Why can't it be Jimmy?" Zack answered.

"It is your brother's name and I named him like that. Don't you even remember your brother?" Carrie asked.

"No."

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