Alone

Summary: Kurt and Carey have remarried. But, two months after the marriage, Kurt starts to abuse his older son. Not Cody, not Carey -- Zack. And only Maddie will listen to him. Zack x Maddie

Disclaimer: Same as it always has been. Same as it always will be. For now and forever, I do not own the Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Sometimes, dreams don't come true.


-- Jacques' POV --

The gunshot scared the hell out of Maddie, that I could tell. She jumped in her seat and grabbed my hand tightly. It scared the crap out of me, too. But I didn't let it be seen. "Stay right here," I ordered, and she nodded fearfully. I slowly stood up, opening the door and seeing two men in pure black, each holding two guns. I gulped -- they must be here because of Kurt. Kurt wanted Maddie dead. And, knowing him, he'd do anything in his powers to get what he wanted.

The whole Maddie and me dating thing, it was just supposed to be a plan for Kurt. But I actually liked this girl. 'You've said that before, Jacques. Soon it'll just go away.' That was probably right. It would go away soon. But for now, it was there. And I wasn't going to let her die.

I shut the door and turned to Maddie. "Let's go!" I said quickly, looking at the window. "Through there." I ran to the window, quickly pulling it open. "Slide through." She did as she was told, and I followed. It took a lot more time for me to get through than her. I was, being a man, bigger.

I took a deep breath while outside. It was all over. Except... There were two guys standing at my car. "Crap..." I muttered, motioning for Maddie to follow me. We crept through the bushes, not expecting the whole building to be covered on each corner, inside and out.

"Going somewhere?" a man in black asked me, his voice muffled through the mask. I said nothing, looking at the gun he had pointed at me. Maddie stayed behind me, almost invisible to the man.

"Yeah," I replied. "Away." I punched the man in the face, and as I did, he cocked the gun and shot. It was a wild shot, and it scraped by the side of my stomach, tearing away the shirt and some of the flesh. My leg came up and kicked him in the stomach, while my hands grabbed him by the neck and threw him to the ground. While he was down, I said quietly to Maddie, "Run!" She did as I told, and for that I was grateful. I threw another punch at him when he got up, making him fall back down. Then I ran.

I followed Maddie into a dark alley. "Are you okay?" she asked me with pure concern, looking at my side and gently touching it, not caring about the blood that got on her fingers. I winced.

"Yeah, I'm fine," I replied, though it was actually kind of a lie. Maddie sighed, gently touching my face with her other hand. "Seriously."

"Thanks," was all she said before pressing her lips against mine. At first it kinda surprised me, but soon enough I had returned the passionate kiss. Maddie was pushed against the brick wall of the alley, my hands on the wall around her, her hands around my neck. My tongue licked her bottom lip, begging for entrance. After a few times, she gave in, opening her mouth wide enough for our tongues to engage in a heated battle. But, after what seemed like only seconds (though, in reality, was probably around thirty minutes), she broke apart, panting. I was breathing heavily, too, but I was willing to keep going.

"We need to get you a bandage for your stomach," Maddie told me, and I could tell that she was blushing like crazy. I smiled and nodded. "There's a drug store nearby that sells bandages." I followed her to the store, where I bought the bandages and then outside, she applied them. "There you go."

"I never knew you were a nurse," I said, looking down at her.

"I'm not," she replied. "It's not that hard to apply bandages."

I laughed. "And that's your opinion. My opinion is that it takes forever to apply a bandage." She laughed too, and when she finally stopped, I pressed my lips on her's. After a few seconds, she pulled away. I wrapped my arm around her waist and while we started walking back to my car (the people dressed in the black suits were gone), I asked, "So, am I taking you back to your place again tonight?"

"Um, yeah," Maddie replied. "Mom and Dad are gone though, and they took my brother with them. I wasn't told to go to London's, though, so... yeah."

"Alright, then. Your house it is." I opened the door for her, then shut it, walking to the driver's side and getting in, starting the car and then going on the short drive to Maddie's house. On the drive, it started to rain like crazy. The rain was pouring down so fast and the roads were getting really wet. Thus, Maddie invited me into her house. We watched a movie at first, but then her power went out. The house was dark, but not so dark that we couldn't see. My lips crashed into her's, and she returned the kiss, making it deeper. I pressed her gently down on the couch, to where I was on top of her, my knees on both of her sides, not pushing against her but barely touching her. The couch was really wide.

My hands slipped up her shirt, then I tried to pull it off. She pulled away and whispered, "I can't."

I kissed her again, then asked, "Why not?" I kissed her again, and this time, she didn't say anything.


A/N: Wow. I wasn't even expecting that, and I'm writing the story. Don't worry, it'll eventually turn into a Zack / Maddie fic.