Zack Point of View
BEEP.BEEP.BEEP.BEEP.
Zack rolled over in his bed,banging his fist on the 'off ' switch of his alarm clock,which was sitting on his nightstand.
He groaned lazily,stretching on his bed.
'God,' he thought groggily. '7:00 is just too early for me.'
He looked over at Cody's bed,and sat bolt upright; Cody wasn't in his bed.
Throwing the sheets off of his body,Zack ran over to Cody's bed (and tripping in the process),fear rising in his throat.
"Cody? Cody!" he yelled,pushing himself up from the floor.
He ran to the bedroom door,flung it open,and was sent into shock at the sight before him.
There was Cody at the kitchen table,a mouthful of waffles stuffed in his mouth. (Gasp.)
"Why are you yelling at me?" Cody asked in confusion,his mouth still full of waffles.
Zack gave a small sigh of relief. "Nothing."
Cody just shrugged,piling more waffles into his mouth.
'I imagine he is hungry.He lost quite a bit of blood last night,' Zack thought in worry.
Why wasn't he telling his mom about Cody,again? Oh yeah.Cause he made a flippin promise not to.
He sighed again,but this time not from relief.
'Of course,' he thought miserabley. 'Cody's wearing long sleeves today.'
"Zack," Carrie yelled from the kitchen. "Are you going to be eating breakfast?"
"Nah," he replied. " I guess I'm just gonna shoot some hoops before school starts."
"Hhmm hhhm," he heard Cody say through a mouthful of waffles.
"Sorry.I don't speak waffle," Zack said sarcasticly.
Cody grabbed his cup of milk and chugged it,finally enabling him to talk.
" I said that I'll join you," Cody replied.
"Oh.Ok."
Zack swung his backpack over his shoulder,and started towards the door with Cody behind him.
About 20 minutes after walking,Zack and Cody arrived at the Boston High School.
"Um," Cody said. "We don't have a ball."
Zack smacked himself on the forehead.
"We leave to shoot hoops,and we forget the ball!" he said angrily.
"Oh well," Cody replied,shrugging." Why don't we just sit around until school starts?"
Zack sighed.
"Fine."
They soon found a wall to sit against behind the school.
"You know Cody...About what I said last night." Zack said hesitantly. "I still think we need to tell Mom."
Cody sighed.
"We've had this discussion." Cody replied in a low voice. "l don't want Mom to know.I'm not going to worry her with my problems."
"But Cody-"
"You tell mom about my cuts,and I'll kill myself," Cody threatened.
"Don't even joke like that," Zack warned,eyeing his brother.
"I'm serious,Zack.You tell Mom about my cuts...and I swear I'll kill myself."
"How do I know you're not bluffing?" Zack asked testily.
"I've tried it once.I'm willing to try it again," Cody replied coldly.
Zack stared at him,disbelief filling his mind.
"No.You promied you wouldn't cut anymore." Zack said,a slight quiver in his voice.
Cody looked at his feet.
"Yes,I know that I promised.But that was only if you didn't tell Mom."
"Would you stop talking like this!" Zack screamed,shaking Cody by the shoulders,just as he did the night when he found Cody in the bathroom. "Doesn't it hurt? Don't the cuts hurt!"
"Just a little," Cody replied softly. "But the depression hurts even more."
Zack let go of Cody and laid back against the wall,his eyes closed.
He sighed.
'What am I going to do?' Zack thought to himself. 'I know that Cody's going to do what he says if I tell Mom.Maybe if I were to hide all the razors...'
But Zack was immediately interrupted from his thoughts by a sharp pain in his wrist.
His eyes shot open,and he saw a small line of blood dripping from his wrist.
And then he saw Cody,smiling to himself,holding a small razor in his hand.
"What the hell?" Zack yelled,waving his hand to try to ease the pain.
"See? Makes you forget alot of things.Takes away all of your thoughts." Cody replied softly,still smiling.
Zack reached over and smacked Cody against the face,leaving a red hand print on his cheek.
"Oh," he gasped,wincing at the pain.
"Don't you ever do that to me again!" Zack yelled. "You may like how it 'feels' when you cut yourself,but I sure as hell don't!"
Cody had tears in his eyes.
"You wouldn't understand."
Zack sighed.
"Cody,I care about you.And I don't like how you hurt yourself like that.It...it scares me." Zack said quietly,staring at his red converse.
Cody just stared at him,hating himself for making his own brother afraid of his actions.
This chapter didn't really have much purpose.I guess it's just about Zack telling Cody how he feels about him cutting.
And Carrie's finally in the story.Kind of made her dissapear in the first 3 chapters.
I feel like my chapters are too small...I need to add more detail to my chapters.
Anyways,please review,say what you think,make suggestions,and start giving me ideas for Chapter 5. ;D