Hey I hoped you guys liked the last chapter, and I know I haven't updated in a while before the last chapter, but I guess I just got this kick to go and write more! lol...so...enjoy!

Chapter 13

"Oh gosh, I so don't want to be here," Zack remarked remembering the year before.

"Yeah, me either," Kristi groaned. "This sucks. Why can't summer just last forever? I'm so nervous."

"I already told you not to be," Zack smiled. "Everyone will love you."

Everyone was told to meet in the auditorium, where there was to be a meeting reminding everyone of their assigned schedules and locker numbers.

"What's your number?" Zack asked.

"214. Yours?" Kristi sounded hopeful that Zack would be somewhat near her.

"167. Crap."

"Cody?" Kristi sounded hopeful again.

"227. At least it's somewhat close," he replied.

Kristi just shrugged.

"Okay, we've all got to get to our lockers, but were in the same classes, so I'll meet you in homeroom," Zack told her with a quick peck on the lips. Then he walked off down the hall.

When Kristi turned to face Cody, he was nowhere to be found. "Cody?" she pretty much asked the air. "Great..." she mumbled.

"Hiya!" Kristi heard an unfamiliarly perky voice behind her and turned to be face-to-face with a girl with platinum blonde hair. "I'm Roxy. Are you new?"

"Well-yeah. I moved here this summer-I'm Kristi."

Cody came up and walked beside Kristi and slipped his arm around her shoulders. "Oh! And I see you've already met Cody!" Roxy smiled.

"Hi, Roxy," Cody sort of grumbled.

"Hi there Cody! So are you two a couple?" Roxy grinned suspiciously.

"No!" They both replied together.

"She's dating Zack," Cody informed. "We're just friends." He sounded a tad bit hurt.

"Ooh, okay then. Well this is my boyfriend, Tyson," she continued to grin cheerfully. "Hopefully we'll see you guys later!" And with that she grabbed Tyson's hand and pulled him off as he smiled at Kristi.

"God, does she have more energy than normal or what?" Cody laughed.

"Really! She's like...Miss. Perky or something. Poor Tyson," Kristi joked back. "Now c'mon, let's go!"

"Finally!" Zack smiled as Kristi came into the classroom and took the seat next to him.

"Cody showed me here, then went to his homeroom."

"Kristi!" came the extreme perkiness of Roxy van der Holdenson. Zack gave her an 'oh, no' look.

"Hey...Roxy.." Kristi sighed.

"Is this your homeroom too!" she questioned with the same perkiness. Kristi nodded. "Yay! Wouldn't that be great if we had all the same classes together!" She squealed again. Kristi nodded, even though she thought the opposite.

"Take a seat everyone!" the bald teacher announced. He didn't look very happy to be there either.

"'Kay, well I'll catch you two later!" Roxy perked and strode off to find a seat near Tyson.

"So, how's your first day?" Cody asked as he and Kristi walked to their next class. It turns out that schedules were also changed, due to an above-average amount of new students-basically a way of saying the school officescrewed it up. Zack and Kristi only had homeroom and lunch together, while Cody and Kristi shared all of the same classes, excluding the homeroom with Zack.

Kristi shrugged. "I guess it's alright. Except for the fact that Zack's not in my classes anymore..."

Cody looked hurt. "But now I'm in your classes."

"I know," Kristi smiled. "At least that's another good thing."

Cody's POV

I felt my heart rise. Why was it that whenever I was around Kristi I was starting to feel and act awkward. It wasn't even like that when we first became friends. Now everything's different. I can't be falling for her...or can I? No! I can't! She's dating Zack. She loves him and he loves her. But what if I love her?...

"Cody?" Kristi ran a sweet-smelling hand in front of my face. "Are you okay? You've just staring straight at me for the past 3 minutes. Are you feeling okay? You look kind of pale..." She placed a warm hand on my forehead. "You're not warm."

The same feeling came back to me as she touched me. I felt tingles rise up to my forehead at the exact spot she placed her hand. No, I can't let myself fall for her...Zack would kill me. And it's not fair to either of them...

"Cody? Your really scaring me now. What's wrong?" Kristi asked again. "You can tell me anything, you know that right?"

I just nodded.

The bell rang. Oh yes, I thought. Saved by the bell.

Zack, Cody, and Kristi all walked happily back into the Tipton.

"Thank God the first day is over," Zack laughed.

"Yeah, but it's not as bad as you two make it seem," Kristi added with a small giggle. Cody shrugged. "I just wish we were in the same classes." Kristi smiled at Zack and kissed his lips softly, while taking a seat on his lap in the lobby. Cody looked sick.

"I, um...yeah I'm gonna go," Cody said, and with that took off inside an open elevator.

"What's with him?" Zack asked.

"He's been weird all day. I kept asking him what was wrong but he wouldn't tell me. Maybe he's getting sick or something."

"Yeah, probably," he agreed.