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A/N: Guess what? I really think you will like this chapter. You finally get to see what is happens to Cody when people ignore him! Yay!

The next day, Cody was starting to realize people were ignoring him. When he asked his mom when he could go back to school she turned around before Cody was even finished. Zack was no different. Cody decided to go see Maddie.

At the candy counter, Maddie was acting like Cody wasn't there! Cody frantically jumped up and down, doing odd hand gestures. Nothing worked. He could have been dressed up like a power ranger and she wouldn't have noticed him. Or would she? Cody was drastic for attention. He ran up to the suite to find all of his old halloween costumes.

After ten minutes of looking he finally found what he was looking for. The Power Ranger costume that he had worn in second grade. It was a very tight squeeze but Cody finallymanaged to getinto it. It was kind of hard to walk, and he almost fell a couple time, but he made it back down to the candy counter.

When Maddie looked up she saw a red Power Ranger standing at the counter. She could tell it was Cody right away. The costume was so small that the mask only covered half of his face and the arms and legs were really short. Maddie knew that she had to keep ignoring Cody, but she couldn't help feeling bad for him. So many people were ignoring him that he had to put on a Power Ranger costume to get noticed. Little did he know that the costume still wouldn't work.

Cody began jumping up and down again, but Maddie just kept reading her book. It was useless. No one was noticing him even in his Power Ranger costume. Cody ran up to his room before he started crying.

"Hey Zack! Come here!" yelled Maddie from the candy counter when Zack walked by. "How's Cody doing?"

""Not so good. He's in his room crying right now. It's terrible. I've never seen him this sad before. I had to get out of there," said Zack when he approached the counter.

"I just feel so bad. Do you know what he did today? He came here wearing a Power Ranger costume."

"Yeah. He's still wearing it."

"Oh. So how are you taking this?"

"I don't know," sighed Zack. "It's just so hard for me as his brother to ignore him like this. You should have seen him in his room. He was huddled in the corner by his bed bawling his eyes out. It's so depressing."

"I know. I'm having a hard time too. We all are, but I can't imagine what it must be like for you and your mom. It must be really hard."

"Well, what do I do? Usually when Cody cries I comfort him and say everything's okay, but I'm not sure everything is okay. I mean, Cody got shot and now he isn't talking, and mom just got the hospital bill today and she isn't sure how she's going to pay for it," Zack couldn't go on. He was crying too hard now. Maddie just took him in her arms and told him everything was okay.

"Cody's going to get better someday, and I'm sure everyone at the Tipton would be glad to help your mom with the bills. I know I will."

"Thanks Maddie, but I think we can figure something out. Mom is singing overtime and Mr. Moesby is giving a little raise. I'm saving up my money, too."

"Well if you ever need any help, you know who you can talk to."

"Okay. Thanks again Maddie." Zack dried up his tears and went back to the suite. When he arrived he found that Cody had stopped crying and was now watching T.V. Zack walked over to the T.V. and looked at what Cody was watching. It was a special on endangered marine animals. He sat down next to Cody. Cody didn't even look over. His eyes were still glued to the T.V. Just then, Carey walked through the door.

"Hey boys. I'm home. What do you want for supper?"

Cody got up and went to his room, slamming the door.

Carey shuddered. "He's not taking it too well is he? And why was he wearing a Power Ranger costume?"

"Nope. I guess because he wanted some attention. For once."

"Zack, I know this is hard, but it's for the best. Cody's already starting to crack. I bet he'll be talking in no time."

"I sure hope so. I can't take much more of this. He cried a lot today and I didn't know how to comfort him."

Carey sighed. "I wouldn't either. I think it's better that we don't try to comfort him. I think that's what Kathy would have wanted."

Carey made some grilled cheese, and Zack and herate it. Cody was still in his room and wouldn't come out. Zack tried to open the door to find that it was locked. "Come on Cody. Open up. You need to eat something. Mom made grilled cheese."

Then a piece of paper came through the crack under the door. On it was written "I hate grilled cheese."

Zack looked at his mom, and gave her the note that Cody had written. "What do I do? Am I supposed to answer back or do I ignore it?" Zack whispered.

"You have to ignore it. I guess Cody won't be eating tonight. Just leave him alone."

"Well where am I supposed to sleep tonight? Cody kinda locked me out."

"You'll have to sleep on the floor then."

That night, as Zack was making himself a bed on the floor he thought about the very long night he was about to have sleeping on the floor.

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