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WARNING: I know I dropped a bomb shell last chapter, well be prepared I'm about to drop a bigger one! I know I'm putting poor Zack through hell but it will all culminate into something in the bigger picture. So please don't hate me for this.
Chapter 3: Cody's Revalation
Zack sat at the desk in his and Cody's room. Two pieces of paper lay on the polished surface in front of him. One was the letter from Maya's parents that had told him of the accident that had happened and about the funeral. The second was another letter, this one from Maya herself that had arrived two days before the one from her parents and the reason why he had completely shut himself down when he had returned from her funeral. Staring at the one from Maya herself, tears swelled in his eyes.
"Zack, could you come out here a minute?" his mother called through the closed door.
"Yeah, Mom, be there in a sec." He hollered back. Wiping the few stray tears that had escaped his eyes he folded both letters back up, placed them back in their respective envelopes, and put them back under his pillow. Walking to the door he opened it and went to see what his mother needed not realizing that the corners of both envelopes were partially sticking out.
"What did you need, Mom?" he asked closing the door to his room behind him.
"I need you to run to the store for me, there's a few things we need." she replied.
"Okay, do you have a list?"
"Yeah, it's right there on the coffee table."
"Got it, be back in a little while." he said, grabbing the list and making sure he had his car keys he threw on his shoes and headed out the door. On the way down in the elevator he looked the list over.
"The usual stuff." he said to himself as the elevator came to stop and the doors slid open.
"Good afternoon, Zack." Mr. Moseby said to him as he passed through the lobby heading for the parking garage tunnel.
"Hey Mr. Moseby." He waved to the dark skinned man standing behind the front desk.
"Where are you off too?" Moseby asked.
"The store for a few things. Mom forgot to go shopping yesterday, and so falls to me since Cody's hasn't come back from London's penthouse yet."
Mr. Moseby rolled his eyes at that statement knowing full well the underlying meaning of it, "No surprise there." He shook his head and went back to what he was doing as Zack continued out of the building.
About an hour after Zack had left, Cody walked into his family's suite, "Hey, Mom." he greeted taking off his shoes and walking passed the couch.
"I was beginning to wonder if you were ever going to come home." Carey said meeting her youngest sons blue eyes with her own green ones and smirking at him.
"Very funny, Mom," he retorted, "I'm gonna grab a shower and get changed." he added going into his and Zack's room. He went over to his dresser and took out a change of clothing. Turning back around toward the door he stopped when he saw something sticking out from under Zack's pillow. Moving over to his brothers bed he lifted the corner of the pillow up and found two letters. The one he recognized as the letter from Maya's parents but he had never seen the other one before. Picking them up, he looked at the address and saw that it was from Maya when she was in Chad, Africa and that it had arrived two days before the one from her parents. His curiosity peaked he flipped the envelope and took the letter out. Unfolding it he began to read. As he got about halfway through it he gasped. Going back to the beginning he re-read it to make sure he had read it right.
Dear Zack,
I know I'm probably the last person you want hear from right now. Especially after what I put you through right before Graduation, but that's one of the reasons why I'm writing this letter.
First I want to apologize for breaking your heart, that was never my intention. Second I want to thank you for all the things you did for me and with me over the course of our relationship. Which brings me to reason number two as to why I'm writing this letter. I'm coming home from Chad next week. Partially because they're forcing me too before I'm to far along and can't fly anymore. Shit, that was supposed to come after this line, oh well I guess I'll just put it hear cause I can't re-start this letter again after going through ten other pieces of paper trying to word it just right. Zack, do you remember how about a month before Graduation we became each others first? Do you also remember how the condom broke? Well needless to say, I'm pregnant. If you can find it in your heart to forgive me, I'd like to give us another shot. I hope pray you'll agree to that. Don't bother writing a reply to this I won't receive it cause I leave here in a week and it takes two for mail to travel from here to the states. I'm going to go home first and then come see you soon after.
Love, Maya
P.S. I love you, with all my heart! I can't wait to see you!
"You son of a bitch!"
Cody's head whipped toward the door at the sound of his brother's yell, "Zack...I...it's not what it looks like." Cody stammered as he saw the angry look on Zack's face.
"Oh...you mean you didn't go snooping around where you didn't belong, and me seeing you standing there holding that letter, that must be a figment of my imagination!" Zack hollered, walking over and yanking the piece of stationary out of Cody's hand.
"Well...no, but Zack let me explain..." Cody tried defending himself.
"Explain? Explain what? How you went snooping around my stuff?!"
"No, for your information, Zack that was sticking out from under your pillow!" Cody said, his voice rising to match volume with that of his brother's.
"And that just automatically gave you the right to read it?!"
"No but when I saw it my curiosity got the better of me!"
"Haven't you ever heard the phrase, Curiosity killed the Cat?!"
"Yeah, Satisfaction gave it a Heart Attack!" Cody yelled back.
"You know what Cody, I hope your happy that you know now cause after this. After you just invaded my privacy and threw the trust I had for you down the drain. I don't know if I'll ever forgive you!" Zack said as he put the two letters in the drawer of his nightstand and slammed it shut.
"What is going on in here?" Carey asked, appearing at their door.
"Oh nothing much, just my twin brother betraying my trust!" Zack spat out.
"Cody," Carey began, "What does he mean by that?"
"What do I mean by that?" Zack started, opening the drawer back up and taking the letter back out, "Cody took it upon himself, when this was sticking out from under my pillow, to pick it up and read it!" he finished flashing the letter up so his mother could see it.
"Oh no." she mouthed to herself, instantly recognizing it as the letter that Zack had shared only with her.
Turning back to his brother, Zack glared at him and said, "Get out of my face!"
Cody stunned by the exchange they just had, nodded once and walked past their mother and out to the living room.
"That was a little harsh!" Carey scolded, looking Zack square in the eye.
"Really, cause I didn't think so," Zack retorted, "The stuff you asked me to get is on the counter. I'll be back later." Taking the keys to his Mustang out of his pocket Zack stormed past his mother, through the suite, past Cody not acknowledging his twin's presence, and out the door slamming it behind him.
"I still say that was harsh." Carey said as she walked into the living room.
"No Mom, it wasn't, I deserved that. I never should have read it. I should have just left it alone." Cody intoned, "I'm gonna go back up to London's Penthouse, if you need me I have my cell."
"What about your shower?"
"I'll just take one up there."
"Okay, but and I know this is gonna be a kind of embarrassing question to answer, but just to ease a mothers mind please do. You and London are using protection, right?"
"You know, I have really bad timing." both Carey and Cody looked toward the source of the new voice in the room and saw Maddie standing just inside the door, "I was just coming to find out what all the yelling was about and saw Zack storm down the hall. Now I wish I had waited a little longer." From the blush on Cody's face Maddie could tell that he was wishing the same at that moment.
"Yeah you do have bad timing, and as for the yelling, let's just say I made a stupid mistake by reading a letter that was Zack's." Cody explained, "and as to answer your question, Mom. Yes we are. Now if you two will excuse me, I'd like to get out of this extremely embarrassing situation with a shred of my dignity left. I'll see you two later." and with that Cody walked out the door with his change of clothes in hand.
"And on that note I think I'll leave too." Maddie said turning around and following the youngest twin out the door closing it behind her leaving Carey in the suite by herself.
Cody stood waiting for the elevator when Maddie came up behind him and tapped his shoulder. Turning around he saw a mix of two looks, questioning and apologetic.
"First of all, I wanted to apologize for walking in on that question. Second, what was so bad about that letter that made Zack start yelling at you?" She asked.
"Okay, apology accepted. But I can't tell you what was in the letter. I've already betrayed his trust enough by reading it myself, blabbing about it would just make matters worse." he answered.
"Fair enough." Maddie nodded understanding his predicament.
"Thanks, Maddie. As I said last night in the lobby when we talked, just give him time, he'll open up to you eventually." Cody smiled at her and she nodded again.
"I just can't help wondering, I love him and I want to make him better, but ever since the parking garage last night he seems to be avoiding me."
"He doesn't like to think about what happened and now I know why." Cody stated, "He has another race tonight so if you want to go I'll take you in my car so you can see it."
"Sounds good to me." Maddie smiled in anticipation.
"Okay, I'll see you later then." Cody smiled back at her and entered the elevator that had just arrived.
"Yep." She said turning around to head back to her suite.
"Oh and Maddie?" he called her.
"Yeah?" she questioned looking back at him over her shoulder.
"Wear something that you know will get his attention."
"Will do." she grinned mischievously and continued back to her suite as the doors of the elevator closed Cody in.
He needs her to fully break out of his funk. Cody thought as the elevator lurched and started upward, She's the only one who can. When it stopped on the twenty-fifth floor he exited and walked up to London's door. Pulling out his key card that she had given him he entered the penthouse and saw London siting on the sofa watching tv. She turned toward the door when she heard him walk in. Smiling she stood up, walked over to him and wrapped him in her arms. Noticing his rigid posture she looked up at his face and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Zack's mad at me." He answered, leaning down and kissing her deeply on the lips.
"Did you get your shower?" she asked when they broke apart.
"No, after Zack blew up at me I figured I'd just take it up here." he replied.
"Okay." she smiled up at him as a mischievous thought entered her mind, "mind if I join you?"
"Didn't you already take one?" he asked in a mock scolding tone.
"Yeah, but not with you." she answered feigning sadness.
"Fine." he relented with a grin, knowing full well why she wanted to take a shower with him.
Zack sat down in the driver seat of his Mustang and slammed the door closing himself in confines of the car. Reaching beyond the steering wheel he stuck the key in the ignition. He then grabbed the two shoulder straps of the racing harness and locked them in place, followed by the waist straps, and finally the strap between his legs. Pressing the clutch to the floor he turned the key and the supped up V-6 engine roared to life. Reaching over he pushed a button on the radio and a LCD touch screen slid out. Hitting a button it brought up a selection menu, scrolling down he finally found the track he was looking that was stored on the SD card he always left in the player. Clicking play it started the track. Gliding his finger up the on screen volume control the car stereo started blasting out Eminem's Fast Lane.
Bobbing his head along with the beat he shifted the car into reverse and pulled out of the parking spot. He drove the car through the garage and out onto the street. Turning left he headed toward the docks. Marcus had sent him a text while he had been asleep that told him when and where his race would be that night so he was planning on getting a feel for the area so he'd be ready.
It took him about 15 minutes to get to the point where they would start. He stopped at the start point and smiled. He knew this area well since he had run it before, but he knew better then to get cocky. He hit the accelerator till he reached the speed limit and drove the course with ease trying to take his mind off the fact that about twenty minutes ago he and his brother had had a fight. Too bad it wasn't working. He knew, now that he had over reacted, but when he had seen Cody standing there with the letter in hand it had made his blood boil.
"I'll apologize to him when I get back." He said to himself as he followed the road as it curved. It took him a total of ten minutes to run the area with the mid afternoon Boston traffic but he knew that he wouldn't have to deal with as much later. Grinning as he came back up to the start point he nodded his head and continued heading back to the Tipton.
As he came up to a stop light his cell phone which he had sat in the cup holder rang and he looked at the caller ID. Seeing London's name pop up, he flipped it open and put it to his ear.
"Yeah?" he said into the phone.
"Zack, it's Cody I wasn't sure if you'd answer if I called so I used London's phone. Could you do me a favor?" Cody voice came back across the line
"Yeah, What 's up?"
"Is it possible that you can take, London to the start point tonight?"
"Yeah, I can but why, normally if she comes to a race she rides with you?"
"I know, but someone else wanted to come and I offered to give them a ride and neither one of my cars have a back seat."
"Who are you bringing?"
"Just a friend."
"Alright, I'll do it.
"Thanks bro, and hey I'm sorry about the whole letter thing. I didn't realize it would cause you to go off like that." Cody apologized.
"It's all good. I'm the one who overreacted and for that, I'm sorry." Zack replied.
"If you ever want to talk about it, I'm here for you, bro." Cody said.
"I know. It's just to hard to talk about but thanks anyway."
"Not a problem. I need to go though, London's calling for me."
"Alright, talk to you later, Cody."
"Yep."
The last thing Zack heard across the line before it went dead quiet was London's voice saying, "You. Me. Shower. NOW!"
"Well, I know what they're doing." Zack snickered to himself and shook his head, "They're like fucking rabbits." Still shaking his head he pulled away from the stop light in the direction of the Tipton.
A/N: Okay, so anybody who has been reading this now probably hates my guts for all hell I'm putting Zack through, but as I said it's all making way for the bigger picture. I hope you'll still stick with me to the end of this.
Countrygirl19: Thanks for the review. I know you don't like that I killed Maya and you probably hate the fact that of what I just did but now everyone including you know the full reason why Zack completely shut himself off from everyone. I hope you'll stay to find out what happens. Thanks again.