Again, I own nothing Sourced from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
The ride from New England Medical Centre to Boston Medical Centre seemed like the longest ride Maddie had ever taken in her life, the whole way she just stayed silent and preyed for Zack's well being.
"Please god, let him live" Maddie repeated in her head over and over.
Upon arrival at the hospital the three quickly got out of the car and ran toward the building, desperate to get there as soon as possible.
Maddie's broken ribs prevented her from running as quick as Moesby and Esteban, but she none the less was moving quickly in her desperation to get to Zack and Cody's room, soon the three were at the ICU and were quickly admitted where they ran over to Cody's bed.
Cody was in his bed struggling with Kurt, trying to get out of bed. Next to Cody's bed was the empty bay where Zack's had been, there was an amount of tubes, wires and machine connections which lay unconnected, ripped out and left in the doctors hast to move Zack to surgery.
"Dad, I want to see Zack, I have to down there" Cody was saying, as he attempted to get out of the bed too see Zack.
"Cody, you know your not strong enough, and you can't walk on that leg, please just calm down" Kurt was saying. Cody had tears streaming down his face and his eyes were bloodshot.
"PLEASE DAD! I NEED TO SEE ZACK" Cody yelled, his tears freely streaming, neither Kurt nor Cody had noticed Maddie, Moesby or Esteban yet. Kurt also broke into tears and just held Cody tightly
"I know you're scared, we all are, but we just need to be strong, and you just need to accept you can't see him right now, but he is getting the best possible care" Kurt comforted his son with his words.
It was then that Cody noticed the other three standing a few meters away
"Maddie" he exclaimed, a weak smile coming across his face
"Hi Cody, how are you doing, I'm so upset about Zack, but I'm sure its nothing compared to what you feel, but I just know he's going to be OK" Maddie said, hoping her words would bring some comfort to Cody's tormented soul.
"Where is Carey?" asked, Moesby's primary goal of coming to the hospital was to comfort Carey, and so he found it unusual that she was not with Kurt and Cody
"Mom went down to the surgery, she's watching, I should be there, Zack needs me" Cody said
"I should go see Carey, see how she's doing" Moesby said and he left the room alone, he assumed it would be the same place where they had seen Zack's initial surgery for that fleeting moment the night before. Moesby knew Carey must be dying inside, he felt he owed it to her to be some comfort; she had spent the last night comforting him about London, even despite her own son's dilemmas.
"How are you holding up Cody, do you want to talk about it?" Maddie asked
"I think I should, but I could only talk to you Maddie, you were there, you understand, Sorry Dad, sorry Esteban, could you give us some time please?" Replied Cody
Kurt and Esteban left the two alone to have their talk.
"Ok, Cody, before you say anything I have something really hard to tell you" Maddie began, a lump beginning in her throat, Cody didn't know what to say so he kept silent as Maddie continued "before London died, she wanted me to tell you something…Cody, London wanted me to tell you that she loved you" Maddie said, tears now streaming down her face.
"Really? I didn't think she would ever have loved me" Cody replied, the enormity of what he was being told weighing on his soul.
"I've liked London for so long Maddie, I never thought she could actually feel the same way about me, but I finally got the courage to make my move and she died, It's not fair Maddie, why did she have to die" Cody was deeply angered and upset by everything.
"It's just not right, she was the best friend I'll ever have Cody, I don't know how I'm going to be able to get on through life without her" Maddie replied, now breaking into all out crying.
"Cody, I have a confession to make, I um…I like Zack, I know I never let on that I would ever like him in that way, but he's grown on me in the past few months" Maddie continued through her tears
"Zack is my best friend Maddie, and he saved my life, and now because of that he's dying, it should be me on that operating table, not him" Cody cried out
"don't ever say that Cody, I love you like a brother, and it shouldn't be either of you down there, the people who did this to us are evil, but Zack will be alright, you just have to believe, be strong with me" Maddie said
"Our twin-connection is getting less and less as time goes on Maddie, I can feel him slipping away from me, I'm loosing hope" Cody sobbed out
"Cody, please, together, if we hope, we will ensure Zack's survival, there is no greater bond that the bond we all now share because of last night, we need to all be strong for each other, and if we all stay strong, we will all be together" Maddie tried to comfort Cody
"But London is already dead, we couldn't save her" Cody retorted
"Cody, I'm going to regret not being able to save London for the rest of my life, even though there was really nothing I could have done, she died in my arms and I'll never forget that, I don't want to loose Zack, and I don't want to loose you" Maddie continued
Maddie then climbed onto the bed with Cody and embraced him in a big hug
"I can stay as long as you need Cody, until Zack gets back, and we see him again, he'll be up soon" Maddie sensed that even her horrible sense of loss, and the feelings she felt for Zack paled in comparison with what Cody must be feeling, so she wanted to comfort him.
Meanwhile Moesby arrived at the operating room viewing area where he found Carey sitting alone, silently preying for Zacks recovery, tears streaming from her bloodshot eyes. In the room below Zack was lying on the table surgeons feverishly working on his midsection sucking blood out and trying to repair the injuries. Moesby walked over to Carey and without speaking put his arms around her, even without words his presence was comforting; he made Carey feel warm, when the world made her feel cold. Together Moesby and Carey settled down to watch, and wait, and hope.
Well there we go, Chapter 18, an early update today, possibly another chapter to come later tonight we shall see! i've got a few places i'm going to take the story so i'm going to try and take it on a path to reach those points, i hope you all still like it, please keep reading, keep telling me what i'm doing right, and what i'm doing wrong and keep reviewing! i love reading them. Also you can PM me just to talk if you don't want to review! i don't mind, so yeah, keep it up, loveing writing this still so it will go on and on and on.