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So much change in a year, it was now almost 1 year since that horrible day in the summer of 2008, the day that London was ripped away and everyone's lives were changed forever. Everyone seemed to have begun to move on with their lives, London's will moneys had come through and changed the Martin's lives forever, they moved out of their cramped 23rd floor suite at the Tipton hotel for a lavish upstairs suite, Carey was happy that she finally had her own bedroom, Zack and Cody could have had separate room's as well but they decided to remain bunking together, leaving another room as a guest room. Zack and Cody were now 17 and would soon be going into their final year of school, it had been a hectic year, it had changed all their lives forever but for most it seemed some normality was returning, most people had been able to move on from London's death. Cody Martin was an exception however, he didn't feel he had moved on from London's death any more since her funeral almost a year ago, he still woke up thinking about her, unable to escape her gaze in his dreams, it was tormenting him.
Zack and Maddie had started officially going out 2 months after London's death; Maddie thought she was moving on enough to start. The two enjoyed a lavish relationship together with their newfound riches, going to the most exclusive restaurants and far flung locations for a rendezvous, leaving Cody alone in Boston with his thoughts. Because Cody wasn't able to fully get over London he couldn't bring himself to flirt with anyone, no matter how much Zack tried to help, he felt guilty going off to have his fun with Maddie when Cody was stuck alone, but Zack didn't want to give up on the experiences he was having with Maddie. Cody had begun to develop a strong resentment of Zack and Maddie, he resented Zack because he left him alone, and couldn't respect his feelings about London by trying to hook him up all the time, Cody thought he was just selfishly trying to rid himself of his own bad feelings. Cody resented both of them for going off and having fun, he resented that they got over London, and that he couldn't, Cody was so jealous of them, he was trapped in a self imposed torment that he couldn't escape, he loved London too much to want to banish her from his mind completely.
Sadly the happiest moment Cody had had in the past year was on a night in late spring, 2 months ago or so, Zack had thumped into their room and collapsed on the bed, he looked upset.
"What's wrong?" Cody had asked, he was trapped in his own torment but he was able to function as a proper human well enough, but he couldn't live fully.
"Me and Maddie broke up" Zack replied, it had taken all of Cody's strength not to burst into a gigantic smile at that point. To tell the truth it didn't surprise him that much, they had seemed like a perfect couple at the start but it had become quickly apparent that they weren't made for each other, they didn't have all that much to talk about, they had been connected by the bombing, but it turned out that was enough to get them into a relationship, but not enough to keep one up. Cody had noticed they bickered a lot when he was around them, Maddie was into politics and culture, and Zack was not interested in that.
"Why?" Cody asked, feeling he was duty bound by politeness to ask even though he knew the answer.
"We just weren't made for each other apparently, she waited 8 months before she told me that" Zack sounded like he was more than a little angry at the situation of being dumped.
"Why did she stay with you for so long if you weren't made for each other?" Cody asked
"I don't know, maybe she stayed with me for the sex" Zack replied half joking
"OK dude, too much information" Cody chuckled back. It was a good night for Cody, but it made him sick that Zack being so down was what made him happy.
Since Zack's break up him and Cody had connected more again, he didn't leave him alone so much, but Zack wanted women, presumably to take Maddie's place physically if nothing else. Zack's wealth had become common knowledge so he didn't have too much trouble finding empty physical relationships with many women, but Zack liked Cody to come out with him to the underage clubs, like a wing man, and try as Zack might, Cody never did anything with anyone.
Cody wished he could get over London, Zack looked like he was having so much fun with all his various pursuits, but Cody had begun to prefer to stay in and do homework, he had kept his grades up, and Zack's staying at the same level as always. Zack and Cody had been helping Moesby run the Tipton over the last year, learning the tricks of the trade, it had been decided they would take over the New York Tipton, which they owned and got 50% of the profits from, in just over a years time, when Mr. Tipton's new hotel was finished. Zack and Cody had spent some time in New York on holidays surveying the hotel and deciding what they would do to bring it up, it was a relic of the past, old, classy, but reaching the end of its useful life. Zack and Cody were going to breath new life into the hotel they would name the 'Martin Plaza Hotel'. Zack was going to work there on the reconstruction full time whilst Cody went to NYU and studies business at college, working part time at the hotel, and when it was done they would run their hotel together and invest their profits in other things.
Even without the Martin Plaza Cody was set financially for life with London's will, but he couldn't be happy. Cody didn't like talking to anyone about London and how he felt, he spoke occasionally to Zack about it, but not many people could understand him, he wished he could have spoken to Max more, to see if she was still missing Tapeworm but she had moved out of Boston, aside from the occasional impersonal email Max and Cody never really spoke.
Zack loved live, he was living it up when he was young, with all his millions he could live however he wanted with little consequence, he felt like a god. For their seventeenth birthday Zack and Cody had bought each other sports cars, Zack had a bright yellow Porsche 911 convertible, it was a chick magnet that was for sure. Cody had gotten a silver Aston Martin DB9, it was a classy car, but Zack wished he'd use it more than as just a means of getting from A to B. for all Zack's living it up there was something missing, his wing man, he noticed how Cody didn't want to live, Cody never was as much fun as Zack, but this was awful for Zack to see, and a fair portion of his living it up was trying to compensate for his sadness at Cody's not enjoying it with him. Zack had tried to talk to Cody about everything a few times, but he was always cut off, Cody didn't want to talk, didn't want to live, to Zack it looked like Cody was just content to exist.
Well there is the first chapter of my new story, I told you there wouldn't be much of a break! Please read and let me know what you think, I'm open to all suggestions and everything, I hope you can enjoy this story as much as people enjoyed my first one.