Thankies for all the reviews! I finally got around to updating hehe! Here's Ch. 5:

Chapter 5:

The next day Rebecca came into visit Zack. She was worried about him.

She approached the bed and sat down. Zack was asleep so she stroked his head and talked, more to herself than him.

"It's all my fault…I should have said something! I should've never…" Rebecca didn't get to finish her sentence. Cody had just walked in and seeing his brother asleep scared him.

"Zack!" Rebecca heard him say. She glanced up in time to see Cody walk out of the room in a hurry, in tears. She got up and hurried after him. Rebecca found him sitting on the bench in the hall, she sat down next to him.

"Cody," she asked him, "what's wrong?" Cody looked up at her tearfully.

"He's gone," he whispers.

"Zzack?" she stutters, "He's asleep Cody."

"No he's not." He mutters quietly, but loud enough that Rebecca hears.

"Yes he is!" she says gently, "do I have to prove it to you?" Cody shakes his head.

"Cody…it's ok, Zack's fine" She reaches over to hug him. Cody pushes her away.

"No it's not!" He gets up and tears down the hall, bumping into Raine. Cody throws his arms around her, sobbing. Raine gives him a concerned look.

"What's wrong, Cody?" She asks him. Cody simply shakes his head and buries his face in her shoulder. Raine turns to Rebecca with a confused and concerned look. Rebecca, still sitting on the bench, shrugs sadly.

A little while later Raine goes in to visit Zack. He's awake by now. He sees the worried expression on her face and questions it.

"What's wrong?" He asks her, worried. Raine, who is looking down at her hands, shakes her head.

"Raine, you can tell me." He says reassuringly. Raine looks up at him, tears in her eyes. Zack's expression changes from worried to even more worried.

Raine sighs, "It's Cody…"

"What about him? Is he ok?"

Raine shrugs sadly, "In a physical sense, yeah. In a mental sense, I'm not sure."

Zack looks at her, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

"Rebecca says she came into see you earlier, while you were asleep. Cody came in, saw you, and ran out. He was crying…" She sighs, debating whether or not to say the last part and decides Zack should know this. "she-she thinks he thought you were, dead." Zack looks at her, shocked.

"Why would he think that?"

"I-We're not sure."

"Where is he now?"

"With your mom and Rebecca."

"I wanna see him."

"Yeah me too."

"No, I mean alone."

"Yeah I know. Just give him a little while to calm down."

"Was he that bad?"

Raine nods sadly, "Yeah. He was really shook up!"

"I feel bad…"

"Zack, it's not your fault!"

"Yes it is! Everybody's blaming themselves…Rebecca, now Cody! It is Raine! It is!"

Raine grabs his hand and holds it tight. She looks into his eyes firmly and seriously. "It's not!"

After Zack calms down, Raine gets up to see if Cody's ok. She tells Zack she'll be back in a few.

Carey, Cody, and Rebecca are sitting in the lobby. Cody's in the middle, sobbing. Carey has her arm around him and Rebecca is sitting on his other side, perplexed. Raine walks over and stands by Rebecca. She taps her shoulder and gives her a look that asks

"Can I sit there?" Rebecca nods and stands up, giving Raine her seat. Raine looks from Rebecca to Carey and asks them,

"Do you mind if I talk to Cody, alone?" Rebecca leaves immediately, but Carey hesitates. Finally, though, she leaves as well. Cody wraps his arms around Raine and sobs. She hugs him back and is silent. All that is heard are people entering and leaving, occasional ambulances whizzing by, the receptionist's keyboard clicking, and Cody sobbing.

After what feels like hours, Cody looks up at Raine, tears streaming down his face. She looks into his eyes, searching. All she finds is fear, pure fear. Cody cries and cries. The two attract stares and inquiries. Several people ask if he's ok, Raine tells them he's fine and they leave. She decides they should take a walk. Cody grips her hand tight as they roam the halls. When they pass Zack's room, Cody stops and stares at the door. His grip on Raine's hand tightens.

"You wanna go in?" she asks him gently. Cody nods his response. Raine opens the door and walks in. Cody follows. They sit down and Zack puts down the magazine he was looking at. Zack studies his brother's red and tearstreaked face. Tears fall from Cody's eyes, but he doesn't bother to wipe them away.

"Cody.." Zack says, taking his brother's hand. Cody grips it tight. Zack glances at Raine, who nods sadly. Zack looks at her and then nods to the door. Raine gets the message and leaves. Cody stares at the wall. Zack studies his face, concerned.

"Cody?" Zack asks him, a worried tone edging his voice, "What's wrong?" Cody turns to his brother, tears pouring down his face. Zack hugs his brother.

"Cody…what's wrong? C'mon tell me!" Cody doesn't answer.

"Please tell me!" Zack rubs his brother's back, "C'mon! We've never kept secrets like this! Don't start now!"

After that…Cody didn't talk. At all. Not at school, he got quite a few detentions for that; at home, which troubled his mother; nor to Zack, Raine, Maddie, or anyone else. His grades went down and he stopped doing things. Carey began to seriously worry when he stopped eating. She wasn't the only one, Raine and Rebecca worried about him too. The only really active thing he did was cry, and he did that at night when nightmares woke him up and no one was there to comfort him.

Eventually he changed physically too, dark circles formed under his eyes from lack of sleep and he was super thin. Carey took him to psychologist after psychologist but of course, he blocked them all out. All seemed hopeless. How can you help someone who's given up the will to live?