Sorry it took so long to update...well seemed like a long time to me. Dunno bout you guys. Fig was at March for Life killing her feet. Anyways here's Ch. 20:

Chapter 20:

Zack wakes that evening. The sun is just about to set and it brings in a warm, pink glow from the window. His head throbs as he squints at it. He stands dizzy and nauseous. With effort, he is able to walk out into the kitchen where Maddie is fixing them dinner.

"Hey sweet…" He didn't even get to 'thang,' before he threw up all over the clean, kitchen tile. Maddie whirls around.

"Oh yuck." She says and helps Zack walk over to a chair before cleaning up the mess. His head spins as pain takes over in it again. Maddie sighs as she gets him a glass of water. He drinks it.

"Feel any better?" She asks. Zack shakes his dizzy, pain-filled head. Maddie walks over to the couch and gently shakes Cody awake, he'd fallen asleep. He blinks twice to wake himself up.

"What?" He asks sleepily.

"Can you help me get dinner ready?" She asks. He gets up slowly. Zack flashes him a weary smile and Cody returns it.

Zack moves to the couch and lies down upon it. The cool fabric is only slightly warm from Cody's body and it feels great to his warm, feverish body. He rolls over slowly, so that he's facing the back. He traces the delicate designs. He listens to the clanking of dishes coming from the kitchen and Maddie and Cody's hushed voices. His mind wanders back over the previous two months; from the day he went into the hospital to the day he came home, to now. Salty tears fall onto his moving hand as his eyes slowly droop and close, and he drifts to sleep.

"Zack? Zack?" Zack slowly opens his eyes to find Carey sitting on the edge of the couch gently stroking his head.

"Feel better?" She asks him. Zack closes his eyes and moans. She gives him a small reassuring smile and helps him walk to the twins' bedroom and get into bed.

"I love you, Zack. 'Night." She says as she closes the door so that only a small crack of light shines in.

Zack lays in bed miserable. The pain in his head is fierce and his stomach is in hard, twisted knots. He rolls over and buries his face in the pillow, sobbing. Cody sits up in bed.

"Zack?" He whispers. Zack's crying is only slightly muffled by the pillow. He maneuvers his way across the room and sits beside his brother.

"Zack?" He repeats, touching his brother's shoulder. Zack sits up to face his brother.

"What'd I do, Cody?" He asks as tears pour down his cheeks, "What'd I do to deserve this?"

"Nothing…You didn't do anything."

"Yes I did! I must've!" He falls forward slightly, Cody steadies him.

"You didn't do anything…"

"Yes I did…to deserve this…" He sobs, Cody holds his brother and keeps on repeating, "No you didn't…no you didn't…."

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