Cody knew that she had done this on purpose; running into a busy intersection.

He knew that she had suffered too much abuse,that she just couldn't stand it any longer.

He saw them lift her onto the stretcher and place her gently in the back of the ambulance.

"I'm going with her," Cody said simply,running up to the ambulance's doors.

"I'm sorry," the female worker replied. "But unless you're family-"

"I'm the closest thing to family she has!" he yelled.

The workers exchanged nervous glances.

"Fine.Hop in."

So he sat ther beside her,holding her hand.

He ran his fingers through his blonde hair.

'Maybe...' he thought. 'Maybe if I had tried harder to comfort her...maybe I could have run after her and stopped her.'

Tears welled up in his eyes,and he immediately turned his head away from the workers in an attempt to hide his sorrow.

'She was the only one who understood me.'

But he gasped as he felt Samantha's fingers weakly curl around his.

"S-sam?" he stuttered.

She coughed,and Cody watched in horror as blood trickled down her chin.

"Sam..."

"Hey! Drive faster! Her condition's worsening!" one of the workers yelled to the driver.

Cody just sit there,staring at her,running his fingers through her red hair.

'Why her!' he screamed to himself. 'She's all I got!'

"Son,what's your name?" he heard one of the doctors ask.

"Huh? Oh,Cody Martin."

"And how old are you?"

"I'm 17 years old.What the hell does this have to do with Sam!" he yelled.

"Just getting some background information." the doctor responded calmly. "Now,did you see Samantha get hit?"

"Yeah,"he replied quietly,looking down at the floor.

"And...?"

"What's there to freakin tell!" he screamed. "She ran into the street,and got hit! There's nothing else to say!"

He buried his head in his hands,letting the tears fall.

"The doctors found scars on her wrists..." the doctor continued.

"So?" Cody responded,glaring at him.

"So...I'm guessing she had a depression problem?"

"Well you'd be depressed too if your parents beat you for no damn reason!" he yelled,standing up,testing the doctor.

"Yes,well..." the doctor stuttered.

'Ha.' he laughed to himself. 'Seems like cutting doesn't appeal to the doctor too much.'

Cody rolled up his sweater sleeves,exposing the many scars on his wrists.

"I do it too.See? Guess we really are perfect for each other!" he yelled,shoving his wrists in front of the doctor's face.

"Is this really-" the doctor began,but was cut short.

"Yeah,I think it is!" he yelled,a pshycotic grin spreading over his face. "Got a razor,doc!"

Cody was finally off the edge.

"We need help over here!" the doctor yelled.

"Hell yeah we do!" Cody screamed.

He felt himself being pushed onto the ground.He started kicking,thrashing his legs and arms.

"No!" he yelled. "Let me go!"

Tears were rolling down his cheeks.

"I don't need your help!" he screamed.

"Calm down before I call security!" the doctory yelled.

Cody felt himself tire from all of his thrashing.

He reluctantly fell limp,panting and letting the tears flow down his face.

"It's just not fair!" he cried. "She doesn't deserve this!"

"Cody?" he heard a voice call.

He lifted his head off of the cold hospital floor.

"Z-zack?" he said thickly through his tears.

He pushed himself off of the floor and ran towards him,stopping before him.

"Cody...what's going on?" Zack asked,eyeing his brother's tear-stricken face and his bloodshot eyes.

"It's Sam...she...she's..."

Cody finally broke down,falling onto his knees and burying his head in his hands once more.

Zack didn't really know what happened to Sam,but his heart burst for Cody as he listened to his brother's uncontrollable sobs.

'Samantha was truly the only one who understood him.' Zack thought to himself,wrapping his arms around Cody and letting him sob into his shoulder. "God,please,don't take her away from him.'

Aw.I feel sorry for Cody in this chapter.Although I do like the part when he tests the doctor.

And we finally learn Zack and Cody's age in this chapter! It only took 12 chapters to figure it out...

Please review.If I need to,then I'll ad more detail in the chapter.

And many thanks to TSL.rox for offering the idea of eposing whether or not Sam ran into the street on purpose.it was her idea. :D