The sound of screeching tires filled Zack's ears,and moments later the sounds were replaced by multiple honks.Zack hesitantly opened his eyes,and saw Cody in the middle of bunches of cars.He was on his knees,his face hidden in his hands.His shoulders were shaking,Zack saw,as he sprinted towards his brother.

"Cody?" Zack whispered,kneeling beside Cody. "Cody,are you all right?"

Cody sniffled and wiped away the tears on his sweater sleeve.

"What do you think?" he hissed as he glared over towards Zack.Zack coiled back and pushed himself off of the ground,extending his hand in an attempt to help Cody off of the ground as well.He smiled,took Zack's hand and was instantly pulled up.

HONK!

Cody bent his head and placed his hands over his ears.Zack just flipped up his middle finger and steered Cody out onto the sidewalk,his free hand lightly squeezing Cody's elbow.

Together they walked back into the hospital and took a seat in the waiting room.

"Mom? Hi.We need you to come pick us up." Zack said into the reciever of his cell phone. "Yeah.Uh...Sam didn't make it.Yeah,Cody's a little upset.Ok.Bye."

He flipped his cell phone shut and stuffed it back into his pocket.He cautiously looked over at Cody;he was twisting his hands in his lap.

"We'll ask if we can organize Sam's funeral..."Zack whispered,eyeing his brother.Zack knew that Cody was struggling to keep his cool.

Cody let a shuddering breath escape his lips as he took a small,sharp object out of his sweater pocket.

"What...is that?" Zack whispered,eyeing the metallic item now in his brother's hand.

"A staple." Cody replied calmly.He turned towards Zack and stared at him. "Please...just let me do it."

Zack was cofused at first,but his head soon filled with comprehension.Zack glared at his brother and slapped him across the face.

"Oh," Cody gasped,as he put his hand up to his cheek and winced. "What was that for?!"

"You know exactly what that was for!" Zack yelled,standing up from his chair. "Don't you dare break your promise!"

"How can you think of that dumb promise in a situation like this?!" Cody yelled back,pushing himself up from his chair as well.

"Easy! You promised me you'd stop cutting!"

"I don't care what you say anymore Zack! I need to do it.You don't underst-"

"Boys?" a voice said behind them.Zack and Cody spun around to see their mother standing in the hospital double doors.

"Oh," Carrie said sympathetically as she ran up to Cody and took him in a tight embrace. "I'm so sorry about Samantha."

Cody felt his lungs being crushed as he said. "Thanks.But,um..."

"What is it?" Carrie said,hugging him all the more tighter.

"I...can't breath."

"Oh." she giggled,letting him go and running her fingers through his hair.

"Don't you ever comb your hair,Cody? It looks like a mop."

"Mom." he hissed,gently swatting her hand away. " Can we just...go?"

"Sure,honey."

Zack looked over at his brother with hesitation as they walked to the hospital parking lot.

'He promised me he wouldn't cut anymore.' Zack thought timidly.He saw Cody bend his head as he leaned into the open car door. 'I know he'll keep his promise...won't he?'

Sucky chapter.I hated it.But I just didn't want to leave you guys with such a cliffhanger in the last chapter.

I'll try and write the next chapter as soon as I can.But I don't know what to put in it,so that's gonna make a bit of a delay.

Thank you to everyone who's sticked to my story.Special thanks to Sprouse-Fan.He's stuck by me and sent some really encouraging reviews.Along with alot of other people! So please review,because I want to know if you liked the chapter or not.Thanks!