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London answered the door. Zack sighed. He was hoping Bailey was here by herself.
"London, do you mind leaving for a bit? I need to talk to Bailey."
"Why do I have to leave? This is my room too you know." London said, whining a little as she crossed her arms.
Zack sighed again. He wasn't in the mood to deal with a whiney London, so he thought of a quick lie.
"Well … you don't have to leave, London, but I think you would want to since Brad Pitt is down at the Sky Deck waiting for you and if you don't leave right now, you're going to miss him."
London's eyes widened, her jaw dropping in surprise, before her whole face lit up and she squealed happily,
"I knew that one day Brad was going to see that he belonged with me and not Angelina!"
Then she grabbed her purse and fled out of the room, running down the hall, until she was out of Zack's sight. He stormed into the room, the door slamming behind him to find Bailey sitting at the end of her bed, staring up at him with curious big brown eyes. He stomped his way over to her, until he was towering over her.
"You! What the hell is a matter with you?"
That got her angry. How dare Zack just come barging into her room and start yelling at her, asking her what her problem was! She stood up, making her and Zack so close that they were nose to nose and could feel each others breath on their face.
"Excuse me? What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you? You're the one storming into my room and yelling at me for no reason!"
Zack's lips twisted into a scowl.
"Don't play innocent with me, Kansas, because you are far from innocent! Cody told me about your sick fantasy and just so you know it will never happen, at least not with these pair of twins! Do me and Cody a favor and go fuck around with another pair of twins' heads, because I don't appreciate you messing with ours! You're making everything weird between us!"
Bailey blinked. She wasn't angry anymore, just curious.
"What do you mean I'm making everything weird between you two?" She asked softly.
Some of Zack's anger faded as he thought about telling her or not.
"I mean I think you're getting to our heads, because … C-Cody kissed me a-and-and I …" He paused, hesitating. "I-I liked it … b-b-but it's not supposed to be that way! Cody's supposed to be the goody two shoes he always was and I'm suppose to be the laidback ladies man I always was! Cody's not supposed to be breaking rules, especially one as big and wrong as incest, and I'm not supposed to even be the slightest attracted to another guy … I'm supposed to be totally straight!"
Zack felt tears come to his eyes and angrily tried to blink them away. He wasn't Cody, he didn't cry, he hated crying, but what hated even worse was showing his emotions. But, it was inevitable, the tears Zack had been trying so hard to hold in, came pouring out, spilling down his cheeks and he found him confiding to the girl who was the cause of this whole mess.
"I'm scared, ok? I've never liked another guy in my life! It's always been girls! I don't even want to like guys like that, that's just not me! … B-but now I just don't know what to think! I'm so confused! Cody kissed me … a-and no matter how much I hate to admit it … I-I liked it, and I kissed him back …Ever since then I've been feeling this new, strange feeling … I don't know what exactly it is, but I know that I shouldn't be feeling this way! Cody's not just another dude … he's … he's …" His voice broke as he repressed a sob. "He's my brother … my twin baby brother and that just makes it worse!" He cried.
"Oh, Zack," Bailey said softly, pulling him into a comforting hug.
She's never seen Zack like this before. He was usually always composed, closed off, not willing to show his emotions around people, so him being like this made her feel a pang in her heart, but she was also a bit happy that he was trusting her enough to open up to her.
She ran comforting fingers through Zack's dark blonde hair.
She almost regretted telling Cody about her secret fantasy and how she wanted to have a threesome with both Martin twins. Almost
She couldn't repress a smile gracing her lips though. She knew she would get what she wanted and that made her happy. Sure, Zack was scared, but he would do it, she just knew it.
After a couple of minutes of silence as Bailey comforted a mixed up Zack, she confessed in a whisper,
"You know, Zack, I've always liked you."
Zack backed out of their embrace and looked at her with wet, startled eyes.
"What?"
Bailey smiled at him fondly, caressing Zack's cheeks as she wiped his tears away.
"Ever since I first met you, I've liked you. I thought you were hot, funny, and nice in your own kind of way. You didn't freak out when you found out I was a girl, you took it calmly and even joked to lighten the mood. You kept your promise and didn't tell anybody that I was a girl not even your own twin who you tell everything to. You stuck up for me when everybody found out and saved me from getting kicked off the ship. You might act like a jerk most of the time, but you're only misunderstood. You're really a great guy, Zackary Martin."
"What? Where's all this coming from? I thought you were madly in love with Cody?" Zack asked, feeling more confused than he already was. What's with people confusing him today? First Cody, now Bailey … He groaned, rubbing at his forehead. He was getting a headache.
"I am." She said fondly, her eyes sparkling with love. "But, the truth is he only has half of my heart, the other half belongs to you."
Zack blinked, gaping at her, truly at a loss for words.
Did she just imply-did Bailey Pickett his brother's girlfriend just imply that she wasn't just in love with Cody, but Zack too? Or did he hear her wrong?
He couldn't help, but to laugh at the absurdity of it all. He looked at her with a bemused expression.
"What are you getting at? Are you saying you do love Cody, but you love me too? That's not possible. You can't love two people at the same time."
Bailey shook her head, disagreeing.
"It is possible Zack. There are people who have more than one lover, it's like a permanent threesome or foursome or so on. As long as everybody in the group loves each other, it's fine, it works out."
Zack considered this, thinking this information over.
"But what makes you think that I love you back and that Cody and I love each other like that?" He asked curiously with a hint of caution.
Bailey shook her head slightly.
"I don't." She stated simply.
Zack's eyebrows furrowed in confusion, he didn't get it, what was Bailey getting at? She started rubbing his chest gently with both of her hands.
"Answer me this, can you honestly tell me there isn't anything between us?"
Zack gulped nervously. He's never seen Bailey like this before, she was always so innocent … but everything that had happened and was still going on proved she was anything but.
"I'll admit I was attracted to you ever since I found out you were a girl, but the problem with that was Cody liked you too, so we fought over you for a bit, before I stepped aside and let Cody have a chance with you."
Bailey looked bothered by this, her hands stopping there movement on his chest.
"Why? Was I not worth it? Was I not worth the fight?"
Zack quickly shook his head.
"No! Of, course that's not the reason! …. It's just … we've fought over so many other girls in our short life and I never gave up the fight, doing anything at all to win the girl, even hurting my own brother in the process … and Cody seemed to like you more than I did, I really think he loved you then to … so I decided that for once I was going to give up the fight with my brother and give him a chance with the girl."
"Oh, Zack … that's so sweet." Bailey cooed endearingly, brushing her lips against his cheek as her hands slipped underneath his shirt to stroke bare skin.
Zack sucked in a breath at the unexpected touch, closing his eyes. Bailey's touch felt good … Her hands were so soft.
"Do you still like me though?" She breathed onto his cheek.
He moaned low in his throat as her soft hands ran against his nipples. He swallowed nervously, feeling extremely hot, but also overwhelmed with everything that's happened in such a short time. Everything was changing too fast, Zack just couldn't grasp it.
"O-of course … I-I never stopped. I've always secretly liked you, but never acted on it or told anyone, because you were Cody's and I didn't want to hurt him like that, by stealing his girl."
Bailey looked up at him with a glint in her dark eyes, her hands leaving his shirt to rest at the waistband of his jeans.
"Why can't we all just be together?"
It was not really a question or even a suggestion; it was more of a request. Zack couldn't believe she had requested that … well he could, but didn't his feelings matter? She knew how he felt about everything that has happened tonight, but she just doesn't seem to care.
"Haven't you been listening to me, Bailey? Or don't my feelings matter to you?" He snapped, pushing her hands off of him.
"Of course, I care about your feelings, Zack." She assured quickly, trying to touch his shoulder comfortingly, only to have him brush it off.
She sighed.
"Look, Zack, I know you're scared … you have every reason to be, but it would be for the best. You said so yourself that you have feelings for me, I love you and Cody both, and you and Cody are closer than most brothers, I always suspected that there was more than brotherly love going on between you two … you're just too afraid to see it. If we're all together than we're all happy … Don't you want to be happy, Zack?"
He glared at her.
"I am happy! I'm happy with how everything is! I don't need you and I definitely don't need my brother in a romantic way! You don't know anything about me and Cody's relationship! You don't know anything! So, just shut the fuck up, you sick whore!"
He then turned away from her and started to the door. He was halfway out the door, when he was grabbed by the arm and twirled around to face an angry, tearful Bailey. The first thing she did was slap him hard across the face for calling her a whore.
"You happy, ha don't make me laugh! You're not happy and you know it! I'm a whore, huh? Well, at least I own up to what I want! You, you just hide from it, to afraid to take a chance! I might be a whore, but at least I'm not pathetic!" She spat.
That struck something inside of Zack, but Bailey didn't give him a chance to say or do anything, before she shoved him out the door.
"I hope you have a great time living your pathetic life full of lies!" She spat, before slamming the door in his face.
The next chapter is going to have what you all have been waiting for, it's also going to be the last. I'm going to have it up as soon as possible!
