*I do not own Suite Life on Deck/of Zack and Cody/ Hannah Montana or any of the characters!
"Mom, where's the bag of potatoes?" Cody flung open doors in the kitchen.
"I think they're in the pantry in the dining room," she walked into the other room, finding the potatoes, "here you are."
"Thanks," he tore the bag open and began peeling the potatoes.
"Need help with anything?" Zack walked into the kitchen with Alex in his arms.
"You could...peel these for me while I make the cornbread?" Cody handed the peeler to him and took Alex, "I'll find something for him to do."
Alex reached over and grabbed an egg, holding it to Cody, "Egg?"
"Yes, that's an egg," he took it away and handed Alex a spoon, "you can help me mix."
Alex nodded, smacking the spoon into the bowl before him. Cody tossed everything into the bowl and helped his brother mix it. Alex, inevitably, took the spoon and shoved it into his mouth, smearing the mixture around his face.
"Lex..." Cody frowned and took him off the counter, setting him on the floor, "Mom your son is a mess!"
Carey sighed and walked into the kitchen, "Zack?"
"No, Alex," Zack stuck his tongue out.
Cody laughed, "Well it's only right to assume."
"Blah blah blah," Zack handed over a bowl of peeled potatoes, "all done."
"Thank you," he shared a quick kiss with him before placing the cornbread into the oven, "Now if you could just wash them, cut them up, and boil them...I'd love you forever!"
"You already love me forever," Zack smiled and kissed his neck, wrapping his arms around him from behind.
"Potatoes, Zack," Cody smiled.
"Yes sir."
Cody opened the other oven to baste the turkey he was cooking, smiling at how it was nearly done. Zack finished the potatoes and turned around to find his brother leaning against the counter, smiling at him.
"Hm?" Zack walked over, placing his hands on Cody's hips, kissing him softly.
"Nothing," he wrapped his arms around Zack's neck, kissing him again.
"None of that in the kitchen," Kurt wagged his finger.
"Sorry dad," Cody smiled and kissed Zack again, pushing away to head into the living room, "Well, we've got about an hour for the turkey and while that's cooking I'll finish up the green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, and turnips...Oh! And the corn bread..."
"Let's open presents!" Zack scooped up Alex and sung into the living room, sitting on the floor with him. He grabbed a present and handed it to Alex. The package, along with a load of others, said: To Alex -From Santa. The young boy couldn't read yet, though.
He looked at the square box wrapped in red paper that had snowmen all over. He finally began ripping his little nails into the colorful paper and peeling it off. He gasped at the box that was taped up, showing pictures of babies and children with cardboard building bricks in their hands and around them. He tried to open the box but quickly lost interest when his mother began videotaping them.
"Smile Alex!" she walked around with the camera, causing her son to grin and wave.
"Here's another one, Alex," Zack handed him package after package, helping him open some of the harder ones. Once all of Alex's gifts were out of the way, he was happy playing in the center of the room with the many toys and stuffed animals he had received.
A few presents remained, some for Kurt and Carey, others for Zack and Cody. Cody grabbed a flat box that was wrapped in pink paper and had a purple bow on top of it. He handed it to Carey who smiled and opened it, seeing the sweater her son had picked for her.
"Thank you sweetie," she hugged him and passed a gift along to Kurt.
Cody and Zack found it hard to shop for their father. Zack kept insisting on paintball guns, but they had finally agreed to just get him a gift card for Dick's Sporting Goods, and a grill set for the BBQ they had in the backyard. Carey was happy for the grill set, seeing that now she wouldn't have to keep buying plastic spatulas after Kurt thought he could use them on the hot grill. No matter how many times he did it and melted the spatulas, he kept it up until there wasn't one left in the house.
Cody finally got his gift out for Zack, handing it to him gently with a smile on his face, "I thought I'd get you something that you might find useful..."
Zack smiled and opened his package, seeing a brand new Netbook computer, "Whoa, seriously?" Zack smiled and looked up to Cody who nodded, "thank you!" he smiled and hugged him tightly, kissing him on the forehead, "I didn't get you nearly anything close to something this good..." he frowned, afraid Cody would be upset by not having such a big and useful gift.
"Well, that doesn't matter..I already have one, and your laptop is kind of breaking so I figured that I would get this for you and you could use it for college because we'll be working on a lot of papers together," he helped Zack open the package, showing him the black, white, and blue designs that were on the top of it.
"Thank you so much, babes," he kissed him softly.
Cody looked under the tree, seeing a very large box at the back. He wondered what Zack could have gotten him. He took the package trying to figure out what in the world his brother was thinking, getting him something so big- what could be so big and not be useful? Well, he sure as hell hoped one of their friends wasn't in the box- too light for Woody, (even Bailey). Maybe London? He laughed to himself, getting some looks from his family. He shook his head and removed the wrapping paper, showing off a brown box. He took a knife from Zack and cut the tape, opening the flaps of the box to reveal another box.
"Oh not this game..." Cody pouted, removing the second box. Soon enough, there were boxes all over the living room and Alex was having more fun crawling around in them than he was with his new toys.
The younger twin finally got to what he thought was the smallest box, it must have been the smallest box- it wasn't any bigger than an orange! He bit his lip as he opened it and saw another small box, inside. It wasn't wrapped, but it held a small red bow on top of it. Cody looked up to Zack after admiring the black velvet of the box.
"What is it, Cody?" his mother asked, eagerly.
"..." Cody took the small box and lifted the lid, a bright diamond shining under the lights in the room, "Zack..."
"I'm sorry, I know it's not a computer or anything but I just-" Cody silenced him with his lips, resting his forehead against his brothers.
"I love it...It's so beautiful..."
"Not as beautiful as you..." Zack whispered, smiling, "you really like it?"
"Yes, Zack...Now be a gentleman and put it on my finger," he held out his left hand and watched as Zack slid the ring on. It fit perfectly and looked amazing on his hand. Cody just happened to look at the box the ring came in, seeing a sticker on the bottom. He gaped at the price, his eyes nearly bugging from his face, "you paid that much?"
"How much? Is it more than my ring?" Carey grabbed the box and looked at the price, "Kurt! He spent more on a ring for his boyfri- brother, than you did on me!" she smacked his arm and frowned.
"How was I supposta know?" Kurt shrugged.
Zack smiled, "I got a good deal, Codes...No biggy...Besides, you're totally worth it.." he hugged him tightly.
Cody nodded and admired the ring on his finger, "It's so shiny.." he smiled, his lips meeting Zack's again.
"Alright boys, that's enough," Carey was still pouting, "go check on your food, Cody."
"Oops!" he hopped up and ran into the kitchen, sighing out of relief when he saw that his cornbread wasn't burnt, and the potatoes weren't boiling over.
…
Christmas was gone, along with New Years. Mid January had flown up and the boys were packed and ready to head out to college. Zack would drive there and rest while Cody unpacked their bags. The twins said goodbye to their family and drove out of Boston and onto the Mass Pike, a straight line to Amherst. It was about three hours in the car, stopping every few rest stops to grab a coffee, some snacks, and use the restroom. When they finally took exit 4, they sighed seeing signs pointing them to their college. Zack parked their car, seeing many other students carrying their things to the student dorms.
"Do you have our room number?" Zack was nervous; he didn't quite understand why- he'd been away from home before...Left his family and traveled with his brother. He'd gone around the world, two or three times! But this was very new to him...He had heard stories about mean teachers, drunk students, wild parties, and only being able to eat Ramen noodles and PB&J sandwiches the entire time you're at college. Of course, he would later find out this wasn't true- but for now he was worried.
"Room...418 on the first floor.." Cody grabbed some of their bags, dragging them to the building.
Zack hesitated, considering turning around and just going home- but he couldn't..he had to do this; if only for Cody... He sucked it up and walked behind his brother to the building. They found their room quickly, getting a few looks from people who noticed they were twins. Zack slid into the room, helping Cody put the bags down. He looked around the room, seeing two twin beds, separated by a night stand that was under two windows. There was a closet to the right of the room by the second bed, and beside the closet was a bathroom. Zack shrugged and began moving the nightstand that was between their beds. He shoved it out of the way while Cody left to get more bags from the car. He slid the beds together and placed the nightstand to the left of the now single bed, knowing that if he put it on the other side it might be in the way of Cody getting to and from the closet. He took out his king size sheets and began dressing the bed before Cody came back, dropping the bags on the floor.
"This place smells..." his first comment, finally.
Zack laughed, "You brought air fresheners, right?" he walked over and wrapped his arms around Cody's waist.
"Yes.." he smiled, kissing Zack softly.
"So are you two..brothers? Or are you .. like lovers or what?" a girl stood in the doorway, smiling at the twins.
The boys blushed and pushed apart, "W-well, what do you … think?" Zack cleared his throat. He was embarrassed, not having realized that the door was wide open while he stood there kissing his brother.
"Well, I'd assumed brothers...twins, when you two showed up...But now I'm questioning that," she laughed, "My name's Kassie, with a K."
"I'm Cody, and this is my bro..uh..boyfriend? Zack..."
"How taboo..." she winked, "I've met many twins, read many stories...but I've never met twins that are like that..." she giggled.
"You're not...grossed out?" Zack raised an eyebrow and turned around to help Cody unpack- considering he wasn't too tired even after the drive.
"Nope. It's hot," she made them blush again, "well, I have to get going and unpack my things! See you later!" she fluttered off.
Zack ran over and shut the door, locking it, "That was really embarrassing.."
Cody nodded and tossed extra pillows on the bed, including about three body pillows. He held onto them when Zack was out or working, imagining that his brother was there with him- only big and fluffy. Zack flopped down and yawned, finally feeling tired.
"Get some sleep," Cody hung up their clothing.
Zack nodded and stared at his brothers ass as he pranced around, "Damn..." he mumbled when he bent over, picking something up.
"Did you say something?" Cody spun around and saw his brother grinning at him, "What...?"
"Come make love with me...let's break these beds in," Zack sat up and opened his arms.
"Oh? Aren't you afraid people will hear us?" he walked over, allowing Zack to embrace him. He straddled Zack's hips, grinding against him.
Zack groaned quietly and rolled his hips back, feeling the heat between their groins. He wanted out of his jeans, they were keeping him from feeling his brother- preventing him from slamming inside of him. Cody moaned quietly as he felt Zack rubbing his hips before working up his sides and removing his sweater to kiss at his chest. He was too impatient to have much foreplay with Cody, he just wanted to get to the point.
Cody found himself being thrown onto the beds, squeaking as Zack dominated him quickly. He began pulling their clothing off, admiring his boyfriends body. It was always so slender and beautiful, perfect in so many ways...the only imperfections he held were the bruises that were on his hips. Every time Zack would give him a blow job, he would get mildly distracted and bite at his hips, licking and kissing them all over. The younger boy also held bruises on the sides of his hips where Zack would grab him harshly, holding him as he thrust inside of him.
"Zacky..." Cody spread his legs and smiled, "fuck me now..." Zack grinned, not bothering to prepare his brother at all. He thrust inside, causing the younger boy to gasp in pain. "Z-Za-" tears sprung to his eyes as Zack thrust back and forth. "Stop..." he whimpered, "please...stop..." he began to panic at the pain that was coursing through his backside.
"Mm.." Zack stopped, "what?" he blinked his eyes open, seeing the tears in his brothers matching eyes, "Oh my gosh, wh-what's wrong?"
"It hurts!" he shoved Zack off and sat up, seeing a few spots of blood between his legs, "you know better! You know I'm always very tight!" he wiped tears away, not wanting to continue.
"I'm sorry, Codes...really," Zack frowned, "I didn't mean it, I just-"
"Never mind...I'm not in the mood anymore..." he got up and winced at the pain.
"Codes.." Zack felt ashamed by not having prepared his brother.
He grabbed his clothes and dressed, "I just wish you'd work around my needs sometimes..."
"I try to..." Zack furrowed his brow, "I didn't mean it..."
Cody sighed and turned around, "I know...I'm sorry, I overreacted...I just...I guess my mind went elsewhere when I felt the pain..." he looked to the floor, leaning against the wall.
"Elsewhere?"
"Oliver..."
"..."
"I know, I'm sorry...I just remember him hurting me when we were last on the ship...Physically, I mean.."
"Oh..I love you," Zack hugged gently, "I didn't mean it...Really."
"I know, I know..." Cody nuzzled into his neck, "I just...the pain..."
Zack rubbed his back and kissed the top of his head, "Sorry..." he whispered.
…
Two years later:
Zack and Cody were taking time off from school to visit their family back in Boston. They had made many new friends out in Amherst, visited some of the areas, including the Berkshires. Once home, Zack and Cody were quickly greeted by their younger brother, Alex. He was now three and a half and very talkative. They had a new little brother, their parents failing at having a girl. His name was Tristan. His blonde hair matched that of his siblings and he was quite adorable. He was already over a year old and his birthday fell around the same time as Zack, Cody, and Alex.
"Hey kids," Zack lifted Alex up while Cody picked up Tristan.
"Where's mom and dad?" Cody asked.
Alex looked down the hall, "Mommy!" he shouted loudly.
"Coming!" she slid from the room that belonged to Alex and Tristan, "You're home!" Carey flew over, hugging her boys, "Did you have a good semester?"
"Yeah...We've got one more semester and we're done...they said that we're going at a very fast pace," Zack smiled, "I think I just want to get it over with..."
"Code..." Tristan looked up at Cody who smiled. He admired Tristan's hair and ran his fingers through it, "what's up kiddo?" he pointed to the television and smiled, "do you want to watch the TV?"
"No.." he slid down from Cody's arms, obviously meaning 'yes' as he ran over and pressed the button on it. "This!" he held up a videotape and smiled.
Cody took the tape, reading it aloud, "Christmas, 1996..." he smiled and put the tape in. It showed him and Zack in their grandparents living room, opening presents.
"Smile, Cody!" he heard Carey's voice as the camera shook, moving in to get a better shot of her (at the time) youngest son.
"Me?" Tristan pointed at the television, then to himself.
"Nope, that's me. And that's Zack over there."
Tristan frowned, "No..." he walked away, not caring to pay attention to it any longer.
"Hey!" Kurt came upstairs, "I was just repainting your bathroom."
"Awesome," Zack flopped on the couch, "ugh, I'm exhausted..."
"Alright, well, relax for a while. Your mother and I are taking the boys out to do some shopping for Christmas."
"See ya," Zack waved.
"Bye mom, bye dad," Cody hugged them and then hugged his younger brothers who both smiled at him.
The group left, leaving Zack and Cody alone. Cody smiled at his brother and dove for him on the couch. Zack smiled, running his fingers through Cody's blonde locks.
"Hey there beautiful," Zack kissed his neck softly.
"Mm...Hi," Cody moaned quietly, allowing Zack to rub his hands all over his body.
Zack pushed Cody's shirt up, showing off his stomach. He removed the article of clothing so he could better access the pink buds on his chest. He ran his tongue across one of the buds, gently sucking on it before moving to the other. Cody groaned and ground his hips down on Zack's.
"I want you..." Cody whined.
"I know you do, baby..."
Zack got up and walked down the hall, his lips working against his brothers as they found their way to their bedroom. He gently pushed Zack onto the bed and impatiently removed his pants and shirt. By this point, Zack had opened a bottle of lube and handed it to Cody. He took the lube and wet his fingers, inserting one into himself, followed by a second, then a third. He gasped and moaned as he thrust his fingers inside of himself. Zack watched, still amazed at the way his brother could finger himself and get off. Zack's quickly hardening cock twitched as it leaked a bit of pre-come onto his stomach. Cody gasped and removed his fingers, whimpering as he did so. Zack moaned as Cody coated his cock with lube, rubbing his hand over it. He positioned Zack against his entrance, slowly lowering himself downward. The head of Zack's cock slid inside of Cody, causing the both of them to moan. Zack tried his damnedest not to thrust upwards into Cody, and began shaking as he held his hips steady. Cody finally slammed down on top of him, covering Zack fully in the heat of his body. He hung his head as he slowly began riding, his hair brushing against Zack's chest.
"Fuck, Cody..." Zack held his hips, taking some control over his brothers movements.
Cody let out girlish moans as Zack bucked his hips, "Ah! There!" he screamed as Zack hit that one spot that he loved.
"Ride faster..." Zack watched as Cody sped up, following his request.
"Nng..Zacky..." he placed his hands on Zack's shoulders, bouncing harder.
"Oh fuck, I'm coming..." Zack ran his hands on Cody's body, feeling every inch of him.
"More!" he gasped as Zack instinctively grasped his cock, pumping it in his fist. Cody screamed loudly as he came, coating Zack's hand and fingers with the sticky substance.
Zack groaned at the way Cody's body tightened around him, the heat becoming unbearable as he gave a final upward thrust, coming inside of him.
"Oh..." Cody collapsed, sighing as he came down from his high.
"Mm..." Zack kissed his neck gently as they relaxed together, "Who needs drugs when you can have lots of sex?" he laughed.
"I love you..." Cody smiled.
"I love you too baby..."
…
"Zack..." Cody walked into the living room, looking at his brother who was lounging on the couch.
They had fallen asleep after making love, and awoke to the time being past 9 at night. Cody had become concerned, and with great reason. His mother wouldn't dare to think about keeping two children out that late, especially ones so young. Something wasn't right.
Zack looked up to Cody who had fear in his eyes. He looked down at the house phone in his hand and back up to his brother, "What's wrong?"
"...Moseby is on the phone..."
"What? Why?" Zack looked to his brother who was on the verge of tears.
"In moms cellphone, her encase of emergency number was Moseby, and well...I guess they got in a car accident on the way home."
"What?" Zack flew from the couch, nearly tripping over himself, "where are they?"
"Moseby? Where are- O-okay..." Cody hung up and grabbed the keys from the coffee table, "let's go."
Zack and Cody were silent the entire ride to the hospital. They were going to meet up with Moseby who would be there for them, no matter what. The twins were concerned about their parents, yes- but their main concern were their younger brothers. Moseby met the twins outside of the emergency entrance and walked inside with them to find someone to help them.
"Cody and Zachary Martin?" a police officer walked over to the trio with his partner by his side. He removed his hat and held it in his hands as he looked at them. Cody felt his heart sink as he expected the inevitable.
"No..." he shook his head and turned from the officers, leaning on Zack to cry.
"I'm sorry..." the officer said before leaving with as much politeness as he could.
"No..no, they're wrong..." Cody choked on his words, looking to Moseby for reassurance.
The older male had been through a lot with the twins, and he knew their lives hadn't been easy...but this, this just topped it all off. He wondered what the twins would do with this situation; would they have to leave school? Would they sell the house? Would they need a place to go?
Zack stroked his hair, wondering why their lives were crumbling before them. Things seemed to happen so quickly, so close together. Was it enough that Zack and Cody almost lost their lives? Twice? Enough that Cody's heart had been broken and he'd turned to his own brother for comfort; sexually at that.
"Cody..." Zack kissed him gently, "they're not wrong..." tears ran down his own face.
"Come on.." Moseby took the boys and walked them down the long white hallway of the hospital, winding up at a room. The door to the room had balloons and flowers decorating the front.
Zack opened the door and walked in. there was a single bed with the sides up on it. He sighed, seeing his two brothers sitting on the bed, fresh tears staining their cheeks. He rushed over with Cody and hugged the boys, crying softly. The youngest brothers finally fell asleep on top of Cody's chest, holding each other as they slept with him. Moseby walked into the room and sat in a chair, looking at Zack who was slumped on the floor, head in his hands.
"What are you going to do?"
He wiped his eyes and looked up, "I'm going to have to sell the house to the bank...I can't pay for it on my salary; even if Cody got a job...What would we do with Alex and Tristan? Plus not to mention that I'll have to quit college..."
Moseby thought for a second. Since the twins had grown up, they'd become more responsible- going to college, working, helping their parents...They weren't the little monsters he had once known, they were now young adults. "You go ahead, and sell the house. I'll talk with Mr. Tipton..we'd love to have you two back in the hotel."
"What?" Zack looked at him.
"I wont have you quitting school- you and Cody will come with Tristan and Alex to live at the hotel and you will work there. Attend school part time, along with Cody. And if it's inconvenient I'll arrange for someone to watch them for you."
"Thank you..." he whispered, looking to the floor.
"You're welcome Zack. Plus, it will give you a chance to see Maddie and London."
"They're still there? I haven't heard from them in years..." he frowned, wiping more tears away, "but could you help me?"
"With what, Zack?"
"I don't want anyone taking my brothers away from me...I need legal guardianship over them, so does Cody.."
"Alright."
…
"The rooms empty?" Cody looked around, holding a sleeping Tristan over his shoulder.
"We're having all of your furniture from your house moved in so it's more comfortable and doesn't just look like all of the other rooms here."
"Thank you...again.." Zack nodded to Moseby and noticed that Alex was silently crying as they walked into the new environment.
The room was much like the old one they had, one bedroom, a kitchen in the corner, two bathrooms and two closets. Zack lifted his brother up and smiled at him.
"Hey...what's wrong?"
"Mommy..." he cried and rubbed at his eyes. It had only been two days, so everyone was still under the affects of their parents' death.
"I know, sweetheart..." he hugged him tightly and rubbed his back.
Cody took in a shaky breath, sitting on the carpeted floor with Tristan in his arms. He looked to Zack who was still trying to calm their brother down.
"Cody?" a girl with blonde hair stuck her head into the room.
"Mi- uh, Hannah?" Cody looked at her.
"H-hey, what's going on?" she stepped inside.
"Just well...a lot of shit..." Cody said, excusing his language.
"What happened?"
"Our parents got in a car accident...and well...here we are..." he shrugged and stood up, laying Tristan on the floor, using his jacket as a pillow.
"You're okay, right? I mean...well obviously not, but-"
"Hannah?" a semi-tall boy walked in and stopped dead in his tracks, "C-Cody..."
"Oliver!" he rushed over, hugging the boy, "how are you?"
"Better..." he half smiled, "I went through a lot of psychiatric stuff...Got a lot of help."
"That's good..."
"But I should be asking you how you are..." he looked at the tears that had stained his face.
"I've been … better," he turned to Zack who was frowning, still not fond of the raven that stood before him.
"Are they yours?" he looked at Alex and Tristan.
"Now they are..They're our brothers."
"Well! This has been … well I gotta go before Lola has a fit!" Miley skidded from the room to find Lily, feeling that the entire situation was beyond her.
Cody stood awkwardly, wishing he had something for everyone to sit on, "Sorry...the furniture isn't in it."
"It's alright...M-maybe we could, have some coffee sometime?"
"Sure..guess I'll see you later?"
"Guess so," he smiled, leaving with a quick wave to Zack.
Alex sniffled and looked to Zack who smiled at him, "Want to go bother aunt Maddie and get some candy?"
"Yea.." Alex smiled.
"Are you coming or did you wanna stay here with Tristan?"
"I'll come...he'll stay asleep," he lifted the small boy from the floor and walked to the elevator with Zack.
"Alexander, this is Maddie," Cody introduced the two.
"Hi Alex," she waved and smiled at him. He quickly hid behind Zack, hugging his legs, "want a lollipop?" she held out a large colorful piece of candy on a wooden stick.
He poked his head out and smiled, carefully taken the sweet. Zack smiled and lifted him up, "He's a bit shy at first, but I think that about did it for him."
Cody rubbed Tristan's back as he woke up, whining.
"And who's this one?" she smiled.
"His name's Tristan.."
"Tristan and Alexander," she smiled, "lovely names...Hi Tristan, would you like a lollipop like your brother?"
"No..." he whined and hid in Cody's shoulder.
"Do you mean yes?" Cody asked him.
"No..." he looked to Maddie and reached for the sweets in her hand.
"They're so cute..." she smiled, "plus they look just like you," she paused, "I'm sorry about your parents..."
"It's fine...I guess that's life," Cody tried to smile.
"But so much has- well...what matters is that your brothers are alright."
"Zack!" London ran into the lobby, dressed in bright pink with tiny black heels on, looking to Cody. She turned to Zack, "Cody!"
The twins sighed and shook their heads, "Hi London."
"Did you know Hannah Montana's here again?" she looked at the two children they were holding and raised an eyebrow, "who are they?"
"Our younger brothers," Zack smiled.
"Awh!" she smiled and noticed the lollipops smeared over their mouths, "ew.." she scrunched up her nose and puttered off to find Moseby. Maddie turned back to her work and began helping customers.
"Zack.." Cody nudged his arm, "we need to talk about things...again..."
"I know..." he cupped the side of Cody's face with his hand and looked into his similar eyes, "everything is going to work out...okay?"
"But what if it doesn't?"
"It will..." he leaned in, kissing him softly before pulling away and smiling at him, "I promise."
Cody nodded and looked at Tristan who had thrown his candy to the floor, bored with the object. He bent down to pick it up and tossed it into the trash, knowing that if he washed it off to give it to his brother again, he would later be on a sugar high; if he wasn't already.
"Zack! Cody! Your things are here. Mr. Tipton arranged for everything to be brought up and arranged how you want it," Moseby walked over, pressing the button on the elevator.
"I guess they can set it up like how the room should be.." Cody watched some men bring in their furniture and carry it to their room.
The room got set up quickly, and they soon could put the boys down for a nap on the couch so they could talk.
"Mom and Dad already bought cemetery plots...So there's about $3,000 we don't have to worry about."
"What's written in her will?" Zack questioned, watching his brother heat up some water for tea.
"She wants us to handle everything. Understandable. But Grandma and Grandpa are coming out.."
"Wait...what was in Dad's will?"
Cody looked up from stirring his tea, "I don't know...I think his lawyer had it..He never gave me a copy or anything."
"Then we need to call him, what's his name? Shitmaker?"
"Shinmanter!" Cody shook his head, "it just feels weird...knowing we'll never see them again..."
"I know..." Zack looked at the cup of tea his brother placed in front of him, "but we still have memories.."
"Yeah...But Alex and Tristan wont..."
"We'll make memories.." a tear rolled down Zack's face as he kept looking into his tea, "they deserve all the love we can give them...because we're now their parents."
"Our grandparents are going to want them..."
"I know...But we won't let that happen. Did mom say anything about them in her will?"
"She didn't update it...But I know dad updated his, that's why the lawyer has it...I'll call him now so we don't waist time..." he walked over to the phone and lifted it off the receiver, dialing the number he had long ago memorized, "hello, Mr. Shinmanter? Hi, this is Cody Martin, … Carey and Kurt Martins son. Yes. Thank you. I understand that you have my father's will? Uh-huh... yes that's why I called. Tonight? Oh you're busy tomorrow? Okay. That works for us...we're just sitting around anyway. The Tipton. Yeah that one. Suite 1218. Thank you, see you soon," he hung up the phone after his brief and quick conversation, "He's going to Florida tomorrow for a few days for a case down there. But he's free tonight and is going to bring over dads will so we can know what he wants...If only so we can tell our grandparents."
"Sounds good..." Zack wiped his tears and looked to Cody, more threatening to fall.
"Zack..." he rushed over, wrapping his arms around him and placing his lips to his forehead.
Zack was always the strong one...Cody was the emotional one. This was a time for both of them to be emotional- and right now, it was Zack's turn to lean on his brother. He cried into his shoulder, shaking as he sobbed. It seemed like life was getting to the point that it was too much to handle. But they had each other, and they needed to be strong for their younger siblings. Zack finally calmed down to the point that he could pull away from Cody and wipe at his eyes. They were red and his cheeks were flushed; crying wasn't normal for him.
"What should we do for dinner?" Cody smiled and kissed his cheek, tasting the freshly fallen tears.
"Tacos.." he half smiled, wiping at his eyes again, "and lots of ice cream."
"Lot of ice cream indeed," Cody kissed him passionately, trying to draw some of the pain away from him. It worked, for the most part, but he still felt the dull ache in the back of his throat as he threatened to let out a sob and start the tears all over again.
"Then do we need to go shopping?"
Cody looked to the couch, seeing that Alex and Tristan were still fast asleep, "I'll go, if you'd like to stay here with them...I don't want to wake them up again."
"Sure..." Zack watched Cody grab his jacket and keys.
"I'll be back shortly," he kissed him again and walked to the door, glancing back at his brother who smiled at him, "I love you."
"I love you too...Hurry up, I want ice cream."
"Okay, okay!" he smiled and slid out the door.
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"So your father had requested that you handle all funeral services, as did your mother. He also said that he wants to ensure that you two get Alex and Tristan. There wasn't much other than that...he didn't care so much about the house other than wanting you to do as you wish... Oh but there was one final thing," Mr. Shinmanter turned a page.
Cody tried to quiet down Tristan as he wiggled around, wanting to go find things to get into.
"He had a bank account, and it was said that all money should go to you two, and if you were unavailable, then the money was to go to Tristan and Alex. He also had a $2,000,000 life insurance policy."
Cody dropped the cup of tea that was in his right hand, spilling it on the floor, "Two...two...I'm sorry, did I hear...what?" he shook his head, "there must be a mistake..."
"No mistakes, the papers are here," he handed them over while Zack grabbed a towel to clean the tea.
"Zack..." he whispered, reading over the paper.
"We could keep the house..." Zack looked to Cody.
"Or we...could just stay here..."
"I'll let you two discuss all of this," the man looked at his watch, "I have to catch a flight by nine."
"Thank you for your time..." Cody held tightly to the copies of the papers the lawyer had given him.
"Two million..." Zack wiped tears from his eyes, "he never told us..."
"I don't think he ever told mom..."
"We can pay for college...pay for Tristan and Alex to go to college..."
Cody nodded and flung his arms around Zack, burying his face in his chest.
"I told you things would be alright..." Zack smiled, whispering in his ear.
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That moved fast. Sorry. I'm so bored with this story... lol... and what possessed me to kill them? Idk... I just did.