A/N: Okay…I suppose I'll update this, because I finally think that I know where this is going!! I want to thank all my reviewers, and especially GilmoreGirlAddict and AM83220. Both of your suggestions were awesome, much better than where I originally planned to go with this.
He hadn't intended to stay with Kurt for so incredibly long. Honest. Just a few weeks max was the plan. Just long enough to experience the life he should have been destined for. The life that he wished he could live forever.
The life that allowed him to not be identified as 'the boys', 'the older Martin twin', or even 'the goof-off twin'. Without Cody, he was simply Zack. Not Zack and Cody. Just Zack. And after all those years, the freedom was music to his ears!
He hadn't intended to cut off all communication with them. That wasn't a part of the plan either. Originally, he thought he'd die without hearing his brother's voice each day. After all, they were rarely apart. And even if he was sick of defining himself through Cody, he wasn't prepared to completely avoid him.
He would only be away for a little while—a vacation from his crummy world. He thought he'd done an excellent job at planning it out. He'd call every single day, be able to stay up all night long, and as soon as it became boring, he'd return. It was a genius, sure-fire plan. But of course, he thought all of his plans were perfect, up until the point where he actually carried them out. They always had flaws, with unexpected twists that resulted in Mom grounding him. Not only him, but Cody as well.
But this plan was different. Mom wouldn't be there, and he doubted Dad would ground him. Besides, it was simple this time. He had nothing to be grounded for. Unless Mom grounded him after returning home…but really, that wouldn't happen. Nothing could happen.
Yet something did happen. Two days of touring and he bumped into what would alter his plans entirely. And eventually his life.
Every detail he'd made didn't matter suddenly. Because she definitely, absolutely, positively, hadn't been a part of the plan.
A/N: I know it's extremely short, but the next one really will be longer!! If you like this idea, of course…