I'm Right Here by Rose Haze

Disclaimer: I do not own The Suite Life of Zack and Cody

Author's Note: Hello everybody. I was going to wait until tomorrow to type this up, but I wanted to stay on schedule. Therefore, I am here at my Mom's house and I am freezing, because my evil step-father doesn't want to turn the heat on yet. I am wearing a coat and I am wrapped in a blanket, and I probably look rather silly—I was wearing gloves (INTHE HOUSE! THIS IS SO NOT RIGHT, LOL) but I couldn't type with them on, so my fingers are very cold. And I am doing this all for you:) I hope you feel special, lol. There is another note at the bottom, right above the review responses. I wanted to explain a few things in the chapter, but I didn't want to give the ending away, so I put it at the bottom. Please review!

"Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other—they can just sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other" –Leonardo Di Caprio (Such a wise and insightful guy, lol)

Chapter Eight

Listening

The crowd in the waiting room was beginning to disperse. Mrs. King and Mrs. Sanderson organized a schedule for some of the Martins' friends to follow. It was a list of timeslots so that everyone could bring food to the hospital for them and check their mail so they wouldn't have to worry about it while Cody was in the hospital.

After Carey, Kurt, and Zack went to see Cody, the group of people decided to leave. Mrs. King took the schedule home so she could e-mail it to everyone. Once everybody left, Samantha was left alone in the waiting room.

After a little while Kurt came back and saw her dozing off in one of the chairs.

"Hey, Sam," he said after shaking her awake, "Where did everyone go?"

"Back to their homes," she replied, "Somebody will be back tomorrow with lunch. They made a schedule so you guys won't have to eat at the hospital cafeteria."

"That was nice of them," said Kurt.

"Yeah," she paused, "how's Corey doing?"

"It's Cody," he corrected her, "and it doesn't look to good. He's got a respirator, and he looks really beaten up. He has stitches and two black eyes. And the doctors didn't even get all the blood cleaned off of him. There's a cut on his forehead and it got blood all over his hair...he looks terrible."

Samantha squeezed his hand, "I'm here for you babe."

Kurt rested his cheek against her head, "I know you are."

She leaned against him and kissed his hand. She had been hesitant about coming up to Boston when Kurt told her what happened, but she knew that he cared about his sons, even though they were practically estranged.

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Back in Cody's room, Zack had fallen asleep. He was sitting in the chair and his head was on Cody's pillow. Carey walked in and saw him sleeping.

"Zack?" she asked softly, massaging his shoulders, "wake up, honey."

Zack blinked a few times, than opened his eyes. The first sight that greeted his eyes was Cody's pale, beaten, unconscious face.

He remembered falling asleep next to him, but hadn't planned on that being the first thing for him to see. The shock forced the sleepiness out of him.

"What time is it?" he asked.

"It's ten o'clock," said Carey. She sat down next to Zack in another one of the chairs that Dr. Harrison brought in for them, "Your father and Samantha got a room at the Tipton. He said that you can sleep in one of the beds in their room and they'll bring you back here first thing tomorrow."

"Are you staying here?"

"Yes. One of the nurses gave me some sheets for the other bed so that I can stay with Cody tonight."

Zack glanced at the other bed in the room, than at Cody.

"I'm staying too," he said. He leaned back in his chair.

"I don't know, sweetheart."

He closed his eyes, "I'm not leaving Cody."

Carey nodded. She knew that he wouldn't give in, "I'll go tell your father."

-------------- Cody's P.O.V--------------

It hurts—everything hurts so bad. It is so dark. I'm scared. I don't know what's going on. I don't know what's happening to me or where I am. My head hurts. Oh, God, I'm so scared. People are yelling, but they seem so far away. Am I dying? Maybe I'm already dead. Somebody's touching me. It's so loud. Why are all these people talking? They are saying my name...How do they know my name?… …I can still here them. I'm tired… so…

What's going on? Why does it still hurt so badly? Somebody's talking to me… it's my mom.

Mom? Where are you?

She's saying something about Zack and my Dad, but I can't hear her very well.

Mom?

I don't think she can hear me.

...He's here. It's Zack. He's right here with me—it hurts him too. I don't want him to hurt. I try to tell him that I don't want him to be hurt, but I can't.

"He's waking up!"

That was Zack's voice. Am I waking up? He sounds happy. Somebody is talking to him now. He's not happy anymore—he's sad. I can tell. I don't know how I can tell, but I can. More people are talking. I'm glad that they are. I'm nervous when I don't hear anybody...

Now Zack is by himself. It's just him and me. He's so scared, like I am, but I feel safe knowing that he is here.

I wish it didn't hurt so badly. My whole body feels sore. It sort of feels like it is on fire or something. What is happening to me? I wish I could see Zack. I'm glad he's here with me. I don't know what's going on.

"Hey Cody, it's Zack."

Zack! I hear Zack's voice again and he's talking to me. He says something about cars than tells me everything is going to be okay. I believe him even though I don't think that he believes himself.

He's really sad now. He starts to cry, but he makes himself stop. I want to tell him that it is okay to cry.

"I'm right here buddy,"

I know you're here, Zack. I know that Zack isn't going to leave me. Zack always looks out for me when I really need him—like right now.

Something soft touches my cheek. It makes me feel warm and content inside—I think that it was Zack—no, I know it was.

My head sinks into something.

"I love you."

I love you too.

…..To be Continued…..

Author's Note Part II: I kind of dramatized the whole "coma thing" in this chapter.In case anyone didn't realize this, Cody's point of view began just after he was hit by the car, and it ended as Zack fell asleep for the second time. I read on one of those websites (see Chapter One) that when people are in a coma, they have sleeping patterns just like they would if they weren't in a coma. So, not to confuse anyone (particularly myself while writing this), Cody's sleeping pattern will basically be the same as Zack, and the others in the story. So even though he's in a coma, he's "awake" during the day, ('Awake' as in he is responsive and whatnot) and "asleep" at night.

If it's not too much to ask, could anyone possibly tell me what you thought of the part written in Cody's P.O.V? I wasn't extremely thrilled with the way this one turned out, but some of the others, I think, are a little better. Now onto my wonderful reviewers...

Ladybug1- As always, thank you so much for the e-mail.

COLE DYLAN LOVER- Yeah, it sucks to see people you care about hurting. We'll see about that happy ending...I'm not saying anything. Thanks for the review!

Mrs. Ginny Weasley-Potter- Thanks for reviewing. I can't answer your questions here, because it will give the ending away, lol. But yeah, everything will be pretty much explained by the time the story is finished : )

Pikke Wood- If last chapter was too short, than this one probably is too, lol. Sorry about that. But don't fret. There will be longer chapters coming soon. Thanks for the review!

Cassie- Aw, thank you so much! Everything you said made me smile, lol. I would never write a "happy" fanfic, lol. It's just not my style / I'm glad you are enjoying the drama. Thanks again!

I-Luv-Ashley-Tisdale- You aren't feeling very positive about Cody are you? Maybe you're wrong... maybe not… I'm not telling, mwahahaha! Sorry last chapter made you sad...well I'm glad your sad because I wanted it to make people sad… but…yeah. Thanks so much for the review!

Black Wolf Dreams- I'm glad you liked the chapter. Thanks for the review!

Swimmergirl0001121- I'm continuing! Thank you for reviewing : )

Snowfrog5152- Here's some more for you : ) And, like always, thank you!

BILong- Thank you so much!

Mikkelson&Tolosa4ever- Aw, don't cry, lol. And yes, we shall all blame the stupid driver who hit him. Thanks for the review.

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Britt199- Thanks! That is so nice for you to say. Our stories do have the same concept, but I think they have plenty of differences. And I love your story, so don't belittle it, lol. Thanks again for you review : )

Kal's Gal- I was going to respond to you all vertically so I could be like you, but I was afraid that the lining would get messed up once I posted it, so I stuck to horizontal-ness, lol. Thank you so much for reviewing!

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Marykate- Well, here it is : ) I hope you liked it.

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My hands are numb...So now it is time for Rose to go to sleep underneath a bajillion covers, and hopefully de-frost. I hope you all liked this chapter, please review.