Hey! sorry i haven't updated in a while! I've just been really busy with school and writing other fanfics too and last time i dont think many people read it :( j/k lol but i hope you guys like this one!

Chapter 12

Zack woke up the next morning with his arms around Kristi. Her head was rested on the same pillow as Zack's. He gently kissed her forehead and just stared at her. Her skin was so smooth and soft, and Zack thought that she looked like an angel laying next to him. He thought about a lot of stuff.

Tomorrow is the first day of school, Zack thought. I can't wait until all of my friends meet Kristi. They are gonna be so jealous! Zack was kind of nervous though, too. He didn't want any of them to try and take Kristi away from them.

Kristi stirred a little bit and woke up. The first thing she was Zack. And she liked it that way. She smiled and brushed his lips with hers.

"Good morning," she said.

"Sleep well?" Zack asked.

"All the better with you," she replied as she kissed him again.

Zack smiled. "I love you."

"I love you too," she said. She snuggled up closer to him. "It's cold in here."

"I know. Hey, tomorrow's the first day of school," he told her semi-excitedly.

"Oh...right..." she said, sounding disappointed.

"What's wrong?"

"Well, it's just that I moved here in the summer, remember?" she reminded him.

"How could I forget?" Kristi smiled a little when Zack said this.

"Well, I don't have any other friends besides you and Cody, so I have to make new ones tomorrow."

"Oh, Kristi! Don't even worry about that! We became friends instantly," Zack said trying to make her feel better.

"Yeah that's because I thought you were cute," sheremarked and they both laughed. "Now let's get up," she suggested.

"Good morning," Carey said when Zack and Kristi walked in the door. "School bells ring tomorrow!"

"We know.." the two grumbled together.

After they ate breakfast and watched a little TV, Kristi had to leave because she need to get ready for school the next day. Zack had to do the same. So Zack took a shower and picked out his outfit for the first day. Then he packed up his backpack and finished up his summer schoolwork, which his mom was mad that he hadn't already finished.

And with that, the day was over and it was night time. Carey made Zack and Cody go to sleep at 10 o'clock, so they would be fully awake for school.

Zack woke up early the next morning. He was up by 5:40 am and he couldn't get back to sleep, nor did he want to. He was to nervous about everything. After all, it was only his second year at this school. He had some close friends, but didn't exactly fit in with the 'popular' crowd. He reminised on the memory from when him and Cody ditched Tapeworm and Max to try and fit it. It lasted for a little, bu that was only because the kids used him because he lived in a hotel!

He decided on getting ready so that he could just hang out and relax a little bit before hand. So he quickly changed and sprayed on his cologne. He wanted to smell nice for Kristi. He brushed his teeth and hair, too. He was happy that Kristi was in all of his classes, too, that way he would always be there to protect her and he would never be lonely. He liked the fact that they could be partners for projects and stuff also.

After he was completly ready, he headed down the hall to Kristi's apartment, when she had obviously thought to do the same thing for Zack. They met up halfway in the hall, and Zack embraced her in his arms.

"I'm nervous," Kristi voiced.

"Don't be. Everyone will want to be your friend. I might get jealous," Zack told her with a tad of zing in the word jealous. She smiled and kissed him deeply. She'd never kissed him like that before. It was different then their usual kiss, and was more loving and passionate. They let go from their embracement and Zack studied her. She looked really pretty. She was dressed nicely in a short (not too short) denim skirt with a light purple scarf belt that had pale green polka dots, and a pale green short sleeved sweat over a light purple tank top. It looked very nice together. Even her flip flops matched, being a pale purple, too.

"You look nice," he told her.

"Thanks. So do you. And you smell good, too," she said as she sniffed the air and wiggled her nose. "I like it."

"Good, I was hoping you would."

"Ok, so now I'm going to go eat breakfast and finish up my make-up," Kristi announced. "Meet me in the lobby at five after eight. That way we can ride the bus together."

After they had eaten their breakfast and spent their last final moments of summer in their suites, they met up in the lobby. Zack and Cody were waiting for Kristi, suspecting that she had still been doing her make up. They were right, too.

"Hey, ready boys?" Kristi questioned them as she pulled them each off the lobby couch.

"Yeah," they groaned, wanting to turn around and run back for the elevator. Kristi was in the middle with her arms linked to Zack on one side and Cody on the next. That's just the kind of person she was; always touchy and clinging. But neither of the twins minded.

The bus pulled up and Zack and Kristi hopped into a seat while Cody slid into the one in front of them. As they made their rounds to pick up the other kids horrified to walk the path to the bus, Zack noticed lots of people staring at him and Kristi. Not just guys that were looking at Kristi, but both genders staring at them, not just one of them. Maybe it was the fact that they were holding hands or the fact that everyone was wondering who this new girl was sitting with last year's new boys (If that makes any sense).

"Yo, Zack," one kid said as he rounded the entrance of the bus. "Who's the chick?"

This made Kristi kind of angry. She hated it when guys referred to girls as 'chicks'. It was one of those steriotypical slangs that mostly all guys used.

"This 'chicks' name is Kristi. And I liked it if you didn't call me that. Thank you," she stated boldy, not giving a damn what he thought. Zack smirked.

"...oh..." was all the kid could reply to her. He didn't really like the fact of being embarrassed in front of his classmates, mostly because he never had any comebacks. He quickly took a seat.

They arrived at the school a few minutes later, all kids trudging off the bus and up the steps of the middle school building. It was going to be a long day.