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Carey martin stood in front of her mirror applying some dark, conservative make up; she was dressed in a black pants suit and a veiled black hat sat on the couch in the other room. As Carey looked into the mirror tears began welling in her eyes. On the vanity in the bathroom was a picture of Zack and Cody taken before all the terrible events of the past year, they looked so innocent, so happy. Carey just looked at the picture; she had been doing that a lot recently, just looking at pictures of Zack and Cody and crying.
Carey's staring into the pictures was interrupted not long after by a knock at her door, she answered it to find Marion Moesby at the door, dressed in a black suit and black tie.
"Good Morning Carey, how are you doing?" he asked
"Well...you know...I'll get by" Carey replied in a depressed tone, Moesby hugged her warmly trying to cheer her up before he said "The car is downstairs to take us to the church"
"Thank you Marion, I'll go and get Kurt and Max and meet you downstairs" She replied.
"Alright, see you downstairs" Moesby replied before leaving.
Carey went back into her suite to pick up her black bag and veiled hat; she was the traditional model of funeral wear. Carey then proceeded to the next suite along the hall, the one which her ex-husband Kurt was occupying
Carey knocked on the door and Kurt answered dressed like Moesby in a black suit and Black tie, his room was much messier than Carey's and on the coffee table in front of the TV was a half drunk bottle of whisky, obviously alcohol was helping Kurt deal with his pain. Looking into Kurt's face Carey did see some signs that he had been drinking, his eyes were bloodshot and he looked like he had slept little if at all, but he appeared overall presentable, at least as much as could be expected.
"The car is here to take us to the church Kurt" Carey finally spoke
"Ok, Thanks...I'll be down in a minute" Kurt replied, the depression of the day clearly evident in his voice.
Carey then moved further down the hall, her heart breaking as she passed the now vacant room in which Zack had succumbed to his fatal accident, finally though she reached the room which Max had been allocated. Carey knocked on the door which was promptly answered by Max who was also dressed in black.
"Hi Carey" she said sadly "Is it time to go?" Max asked
"Yeah, the car is waiting downstairs" Carey replied
"Thanks...I'll be down in a minute" Max replied
Soon Carey, Kurt, Max and Moesby had assembled in the lobby of the Tipton Hotel, a black stretch limousine waiting for them at the exit. As they exited the hotel Norman the doorman issued a heartfelt "I'm so sorry" to Kurt and Carey, who smiled and nodded at him sadly. They got in the back of the limousine and began the trip to the cathedral which would play host to Zack and Cody's funeral.
It had been arranged that the Martin party would arrive over an hour before the start of the service and that they would be able to view Zack and Cody before the other guests arrived, it was predicted to be a big event in the grand cathedral, with several hundred attendees expected.
The cathedral was a beautiful but imposing building, a huge spire rose above the grand stone building decorated with statues and stained glass windows. Inside the building was a huge open space, beautifully decorated with tapestries and high vaulted ceilings. It was a sunny day and light shone through the windows across onto the alter casting a glow onto two mahogany caskets.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Martin, I am Bishop Roberts, I will be performing the ceremony. Please let me extend my deepest sympathies for such a great loss. But be sure that Zack and Cody are now in gods garden, please be ensured they are happy" The bishops words were comforting, but neither Kurt nor Carey were strongly religious so they were of limited effect.
"Thank you bishop" Kurt said putting his arm around Carey.
"If you would like you can have some time with your children?" the bishop asked, Kurt and Carey nodded weakly.
"Max and I will wait outside then" Moesby said and he then lead Max outside as Kurt and Carey followed the bishop towards the enlightened alter of the grand church.
Carey and Kurt both broke into tears as they saw the open caskets, inside were there two boys, Zack and Cody, dressed in matching grey suits they looked as if they were sleeping. The makeup artists had done a great job on making them look life like again, they looked much better than the last time their bodies had been viewed by their parents. They looked at peace.
Kurt and Carey didn't say much to each other they just held the boys' hands and rubbed their cheeks.
"They look at peace, I hope they are happy" Carey said sadly
"I'm sure they are...you were a good parent to them Carey" Kurt said sadly
"You were a good father too Kurt" Carey replied warmly.
By now they had been with Zack and Cody for over half an hour, realising that soon other guest would begin arriving they each kissed each boy on the cheek and said their final personal goodbyes. They thanked Zack and Cody for all the good times and they cried that they would never see them grow up.
"I'm so sorry I never got to see you graduate college, or spend the rest of my life happy with my boys, but you're gone now and you both will be forever in our hearts and we will miss you every day for the rest of our lives" Carey said before she kissed Zack and Cody on the forehead a final time and they walked outside crying.
Outside Max and Moesby were still the only people to have arrived for the funeral.
"How do they look?" max asked
"Better than before, they look like they are sleeping" Carey sobbed out.
"Can I see them?" Max boldly asked
"Of course" Carey replied and Max walked in the hall.
It was a foreboding walk down toward the glowing light over the caskets, which were yet to be closed for the service.
Max gasped and began to cry as she caught sight of Zack and Cody, she agreed with Carey that they just looked like they were sleeping, it was so sad.
"Cody" She began turning to him "I have wonderful news...I'm having our baby" she said "It's sad that you'll never see your child, but at least a part of you will always live on...I know you would have been a wonderful father" Max cried "And Zack...I never really realised how much I loved you until you were gone...I hoped you would have been around to raise this baby with me, but you're not and I'll miss you for the rest of my life" Max wept out.
That was the last time anyone ever saw Zack and Cody's actual bodies, after Max left the caskets were sealed and the funeral attendees began arriving for the sombre service.
Kurt, Carey, Mr. Moesby and Max would all sit together in the front, directly in front of the bishop's pulpit which sat in front of the still glowing caskets on the altar, it was a magical effect. Kurt and Carey stood by the door of the church hall as hundreds upon hundreds of mourners arrived, each giving them their condolences and making the cross across their chests as they entered and took their seats. Everyone from Zack and Cody's middle and high schools attended, as did many people they had met on their various adventures. Many of London's celebrity friends and the Boston high society Zack and Cody had mingled with over the past year also arrived; Tipton staffs were also in attendance, each of them with happy memories of the boys that had grown up in front of them, sad that their lives had been ended so suddenly. Bob and Barbara arrived together and appeared to have mixed emotions when Max told them she was pregnant with Cody's baby. Perhaps the biggest mark of respect though was Mr. Tipton's attendance without bodyguards, the man returned to the same place in which his daughter had been laid to rest almost exactly a year previous.
Eventually Kurt and Carey took their seats up the front and the service began.
The bishop gave the standard catholic funeral rites and read several biblical passages and music like amazing grace was played before it was time for the eulogies. Carey was determined to speak, she didn't want to just sit there and cry; but that's what she was doing, hearing about death and thinking about Zack and Cody just made her sad, but she was determined to speak.
Carey didn't have much to say really, she got up and she spoke about all the good times she had had with Zack and Cody and announced Max's pregnancy to the world, happy that it would mean a part of Cody would live on forever. Carey lamented that she would never see her boys grow up, but that she was proud of everything that they had achieved and she knew they were happy. In a way, Carey thought, it was good that both of them died, their being separated would have been too much for either of them to bear. Carey ended her eulogy by saying that she would always love her boys and that she would miss them for the rest of her life, but also that they had left a mark on the world that would make her proud for the rest of her life.
Kurt then got up and gave his eulogy, repeating a lot of what Carey said about being proud of Zack and Cody, but being sad that he would never see them grow up. Kurt then went on to lament that he had been a part time dad, that he hadn't spent enough time with his boys and that he would regret that for the rest of his life. Breaking down into tears at the end of his speech Kurt apologies deeply to Zack and Cody for any of his failings a father, but he said he knew he loved them and they loved him.
That was the end of the funeral service, Kurt, Moesby, Bob, Esteban, Arwin and Mr. Tipton served as Pallbearers first for Cody's casket and the for Zacks, carrying them out to two waiting hearses which would take them to the burial.
The burial took place on a beautiful sunny afternoon, high atop a hill overlooking Boston under a great maple tree. Two graves side by side had been dug so that the boys could rest together; not much was said at the burial, there were only very close friends and family in attendance and there was a lot of crying as the caskets were lowered, side by side, into the graves. Roses were thrown down into the graves as they disappeared from view; Carey and Kurt each mouthed "goodbye" and Carey blew a kiss toward her sweet boys. Zack and Cody were now at rest.
8 months had now passed since the funerals of Zack and Cody and Carey had spent much time finding solace under the maple tree at their graves; it was a place special to her. Kurt had spent less time there, he had left Boston to go back to Los Angeles after he realised he really was not coping well with all that had happened there; and without Zack and Cody around Carey and Kurt hadn't spoken in months.
On this particular night it was cold and rainy in Boston, and Carey lay in bed with her new partner, Marion Moesby, together in a Mansion they had bought in Boston; Carey had been unable to go back to the Tipton, it was too painful a place. Moesby remained the owner of the Boston Tipton, but had taken a back step from it to be more involved in the Martin Plaza hotel which Carey had inherited from Zack and Cody.
At Carey's insistence the now very pregnant Max had taken up residence with them at their mansion, her parents had still not come around and spoken to her; though she did get occasional notes from her mother. Max was not due to give birth for another 2 weeks at least, but as is often the case, such things do not always happen to a perfect timetable; and so, at around 10:30pm as Carey and Marion lay in bed they heard a call from across the house, a yell from Max. Running from bed and grabbing a dressing gown and throwing it on Carey was first to arrive
"Max? What is it?" She asked with extreme concern
"I think my water just broke" Max replied shocked before screaming as a contraction began.
"What is it?" Marion asked as he arrived at Max's bedroom
"Call 911 please, she's having the baby, she's having it now" Carey said quickly and Moesby ran to get the phone.
Fifteen minutes later the paramedics arrived and assessed Max, informing them that Max was indeed in labour now, and that it was progressing very rapidly.
"We have to get her to the hospital now, the ER will sort her out" the paramedic said as they got Max onto a stretcher.
Twenty minutes later the ambulance arrived at Boston General Hospital, and they determined that there was no time to get Max up to the maternity ward, the baby was coming, and coming now.
"Get her into ER bay 5" the attending physician yelled as nurses tried to calm her down.
Not another twenty minutes later the Max was in Bay 5 of the ER of Boston General Hospital, the very same one in which Zack had Died 8 months previously and she was about the give birth.
"Push Max, c'mon push" the nurse said as Carey held her hand.
Max screamed a final time before a babies crying was heard, and then she kept screaming
"She's having Twins doctor" Carey said
Five minutes later Max had given birth to two healthy identical twin boys.
"Have you thought of any names?" Carey asked as she looked lovingly at her twin grandsons.
"That's easy...Zack and Cody"
THE END
And that, ladies and gentlemen is the long awaited and long written finale of Friendship Survives 2; and for the moment, the finale of this series. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the story as a whole; please let me know what you thought of this chapter; what you thought of the story as a whole. And if you beg enough I might just write another sequel in the future. Stay tuned for my next story guys and hopefully you'll like it just as much as this one.
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