Chapter 5

Zack and Kristi came home and Zack went to the bathroom. Kristi sat down on the couch. Then she thought she heard someone crying. And she did. It was Cody in the room that he shared with Zack. She walked into the room and saw Cody crying with his face buried in his pillow.

"What do you want?" he asked when he noticed she was there.

"What's wrong?" she asked him.

"Nothing. Just nothing. My girlfriend dumped me, my twin brother hates me...yeah my life is all good." He felt tears starting to swell up in his eyes.

"Aw, Cody. Zack doesn't hate you. I know that. He told me," she replied comforting him.

"Yeah, when?" he asked, thinking that she just made it up.

"Just before when we were talking. He told me that even though you guys fight all the time, he still loves you. After all, you are his brother," she told him. "And you're a great guy. There are plenty of other girls out there. Just because one didn't work out, doesn't mean that they all won't."

"Really? You think I'm a great guy?" he asked.

"Yes, I do. Your so sweet and funny and any girl would be lucky to have a guy like you."

"Yeah, but how do you know that I might not ever fall in love again?" Cody looked like he as going to cry again.

"Cody, you will. You are only 12 years old! You have plenty of time." She felt so bad for him. She pulled him in for a hug. "Don't worry, Cody, it's going to be ok," she told him as she hugged him.

"Thanks," he said.

Just then Zack walked into room and saw Kristi and Cody hugging.

"What is going on!" he asked, obviously jealous.

"Shannon broke up with Cody," Kristi told him. "And he could use a friend right now." She gave him a look that said you better get your but over here right now and tell your brother that your sorry.

"Hey, Cody...I'm sorry," Zack said as he sat down on the bed next to Cody and Kristi.

"You are?" he asked, sounding shocked.

"Yeah I am. I'm really glad that you're my twin. We have fun together all the time and you're always there for me when I need you, so now I'm here for you," Zack said.

"Ok, well I'm gonna go," Kristi said. "And let you two hang out." She kissed Zack and gave Cody a hug. "Bye."

"Your so lucky Zack," Cody told him. "You have like the perfect life. Your cool and you have a lot of friends and you've got a great girlfriend who really likes you."

"Can you tell that she really likes me?" Zack asked curiously.

"Yeah, you can," Cody told him laughing. "Hey, thanks. For being there when I needed you." he said as he wiped away some of the tears from his eyes. "I just thought I was losing my brother and then I lost my girlfriend."

"Cody, I'm your identical twin! How could you ever lose me?" Zack said. They laughed. "Let's hang out today. Just the two of us."

"Good idea," Cody replied thankfully. Then they got up and went to go cause trouble in the Tipton hotel.

"I can't believe your moving back to NJ!" Kristi said to Shannon. They were saying goodbye to each other.

"I know me either!" Shannon said. "I want to stay here with you and Cody. I really loved him..." she said. There were tears in her eyes. Kristi hugged her.

"It's ok, I know he really loved you, too. My mom said that you can came back here to visit whenever you want." They were both upset, since the two were best friends. Then it came time for Shannon to go. She cried as she left. She didn't want to see Cody before she left, because then she figured it would be harder to say goodbye. Kristi watched the car pull out of the Tipton parking lot and down the street until it was out of sight.

Kristi went upstairs. She was upset that her best friend just moved away. But she was also happy that Zack and Cody were friends again. She figured she would go finish unpacking all her stuff. She wanted Zack and Cody to spend the day together so Cody wouldn't feel left out again. She knew how important hanging out with his brother was to each twin, and she wanted them to be happy. So she started unpacking and got bored of that. Then she went downstairs and into the lobby to see what was going on. Nothing interesting, so she grabbed a magazine and sat down and started to read it. Then she heard Mr. Moesby, the manager of the Tipton, and London, the spoiled daughter of the owner of the hotel, disagreeing on something, as usual. Then she saw Esteban picking his nose. EW! Gross! She thought. I've got to find something more interesting to do than this! She thought again. So then she got up and went into the cabaret room where she spotted Zack and Cody's mom practicing singing for a show she had later tonight. Kristi sat down and listened. Then Ms. Martin came over to her and sat down next to her.

"Hey there you. What's up?" she asked Kristi.

"Nothing much. Zack and Cody got into an argument this morning and then Shannon broke up with Cody since she was moving away. Then Cody was really upset because he felt that Zack didn't like him anymore and he had no one so then I made Zack tell him he was sorry and I let them spend the day together, so Cody wouldn't feel left out," she told her all with one breath.

"Well that was sweet of you. Thanks for taking care of that for me!" Ms. Martin said.

"No problem, but now I have nothing to do," Kristi told her.

"Well, would you like to practice with my band and me?" she asked Kristi.

"Really? Sure! I love to sing!"

Then they got up on stage and the music started to play. Kristi started to sing along with the twins' mother. They were really good together! Zack and Cody walked in looking for their mother. They spotted the two singing on stage. They watched from behind the wall, so that they were hidden and that they didn't know they were there. Then Ms. Martin let Kristi sing a part by herself. She was really good. Zack listened to her voice and thought it was amazing. To Zack, anything that had to do with Kristi was amazing, but her voice really was.

"Wow!" Cody said to Zack. "She's really good! And her and mom sound great together!"

"I know!" Zack replied back. Then an idea came into his mind. "Hey, Cody, isn't that annual talent show thing coming up again this time of year at the Tipton?"

"Yeah, why?" Cody asked in stupidity.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Zack asked him.

"Yeah! Wait...what are you thinking?" Cody asked him, dumbfounded.

"That if Kristi joins our band, then she can be the lead singer and we can win the contest!" Zack had a gleam in his eyes. He thought the idea was pure brilliance. The grand prize was a cruise to the Bahamas for 4 people. Cody agreed with his twin and when Kristi was done singing with their mother, they asked her what she thought of the idea.

"I don't know...I get shy in front of a big crowd of people..." she told them innocently.

"Yeah but you're great!" Zack said.

"Yeah, you really are! You don't need to be shy when people will love your voice!" Cody added in excitedly.

"Well," Kristi thought about it for a moment. "Ok, let's do it!" Zack kissed her and Cody hugged them both. Then they went off to their apartment to start planning.

Hope you enjoyed Chapter 5! Chapter 6 will be out soon! Please review to keep me motivated! Love, Boop