===Cody===

The streetlights were the only thing that kept the sidewalk lit. Despite the brisk, Boston nighttime wind, my jacket was unzipped... it seemed to look cooler- more intimidating- that way.

Sure enough, Jax was there, leaning against the brick walls of a local club. He looked up.

"Hey... Cody, right?"

"Right..."

"I thought I remembered you..."

He was next to two other guys.

"Oh. Cody. This is Tray.." Jax said, gesturing towards the guy on his left. He wore a grey hoodie with a green beanie.

"And Rob..." the other guy had a black hoodie, but no beanie.

"Sup?" Tray grumbled.

"Hi..." I muttered back.

Suddenly, there was a bright orange flame coming from Rob's fingertips. I watched him ignite the end of a cigarette.

"Gimme a light..." Tray ordered, pulling a cigarette out of a box. Jax pulled two from the same box. He held it out to me.

"Uh, no thanks... smoking can really cause damage to your lungs. Every year, 1.3 million people are diagnosed with lung cancer... and they usually don't live until 32..."

"Geek..." Tray laughed.

"Hey man. Chill..." Jax said, defending me. "It ain't that bad... I've been stealing cigarettes since I was six... been smokin 'em ever since..." he said, extending his arm and offering the cigarette again to me.

Cody sighed. "I'll pass this once... maybe next time..."

Jax shrugged. "More for me..." he laughed.

Tray and Rob laughed, backing him up.

"Hey Jax... the family across the street is out of town for the week..." Trey said.

Jax laughed. "Their loss... lead the way..."

They started walking down the street.

"Hey Cody... you comin' or what?"

"S-sure..." I stuttered back.

They'd done this before. Many times. Because they were in the house, and out, just as quickly as it had taken them to break in. Necklaces. Canned goods. Anything they could get their thieving, greedy hands on.

"Hey Cody!" Jax's voice called to me from the living room. I gulped.

He came back from behind the TV, holding a cord in his hand.

"Help me with this..." he said.

I nodded, and without hesitation, helped him lift the TV up off the ground and out the window, into the back of Trey's truck.

It was now official. For the first time in my life, I, Cody Martin... had broken the law. I was a thief.

Stealing was soon to be the least of my issues...

===Zack===

The dorm was quaint. Two single beds, stripped to nothing but the dull, stained mattresses. Two matching wooden dressers on opposite sides of the room. A single desk with a single lamp.

I had barely set my suitcase down on one of the beds when someone barged through the only entrance.

He threw his suitcase on the opposite side of the room.

"Hi..." I said, trying to spark a conversation with this stranger. "Are- you my room mate?"

He ignored me.

"I'm Zack, by the way... just graduated from Seven Seas High... moved here from-"

"I don't have time to talk to you!" the kid said, turning to reveal himself.

It may have been years since I was back at the Tipton in Boston... but I'd recognize this kid anywhere.

The curly hair, the bushy brown eyebrows...

"Tapeworm?" I said. He blinked at me. "Tapeworm? Who told you they used to call me tapeworm?" he said, clearly flustered.

"It's me! Zack... Zack Martin..."

"Woah... wait. Zack from middle school Zack?"

"Yeah!"

"Dude! It's been-forever!" he laughed.

"I know, I know! You got into Yale?"

"Basketball scholarship..."

"Me too!"

"Sick!" he laughed, holding his hand in the air... obviously, he expected me to give him a hi five. I hesitated, and then slapped his hand.

"Oh. By the way, people stopped calling me Tapeworm, like, forever ago... I go by Drew now..."

"Drew? That's your name?"

Tapeworm... er, Drew nodded.

"Well... Drew... glad to be your room mate..."

"yeah... Oh! I totally forgot! I'm in a hurry!" he said, panicking.

"What? Why?"

"CAUSE. The cheerleading tryouts are today!" Drew smiled. "You know what that means..."

"Wait- there's cheerleading in college?" I said, smiling. "Could this college get any better?"

So... I know you might not like me for making Cody all bad and everything... but I have a plan for my story line haha you'll just have to stay tuned and see :) Should I change the rating to T because it involves stealing/smoking? :/ I don't really want to. I think it's fine the way it is.

So... love? Hate?

Do you guys even REMEMBER tapeworm? he was from the original suite life of zack and cody... Him and that one girl/tomboy Max were always hanging out...

If you can't remember him, google TAPEWORM SUITE LIFE

You should find out more about him hahaha :)

And some people were thinking that Zack would be the better person and give Cody the scholarship...

which is why I had to be totally unpredictable and NOT let Zack give Cody the scholarship :) mwa hahaha :)

So review? :)