Carey walked into the boys' room, closing the door behind her. Zack was lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling.

"I'm not apologizing, he called me a hypocrite. Whatever that is, I'm sure it's not good." Zack turned towards the wall, putting his back to his mom.

"It means, Zackary Martin, that you do the same thing you accuse someone else of doing. You get mad at Cody for hanging around with a girl when you do it to him all the time." Carey stood over the bed, staring down at him.

Zack turned and faced his mom, "I don't forget about him when we have something planned!"

"Yes, the frogs. I heard, and you should be glad he forgot or you would be grounded for two weeks with no video games, and you'd be spending the whole weekend cleaning Mr. Moseby's car." Carey said, shaking her finger at him. "Honestly Zack, can't you be nice to your brother for once? Think about how he feels? He's in there crying because he thinks you hate him! Why are you so angry about this anyway?" She sat down on the bed next to him and put her hand on his shoulder.

"I don't know mom! I just am. It seems like every time we are supposed to spend time together he is hanging out with Heather. Wait, he's crying and thinks I hate him?" Zack stopped, allowing himself to feel what his brother was feeling. He couldn't stand the thought of Cody crying. Not like this anyway, now if he was crying because Zack had scared him again, well, that was kind of funny and it wasn't real crying anyway. Now he was really crying?

"Yes, Zack, you made him cry. He thinks you hate him, you said you did. I think you owe him an apology, and maybe you could be a little nicer about Heather." Carey said.

She stood up, seeing that she had made an impact, finally, on Zack. "Now, I've got to go down to the lounge for a little while, Mr. Moseby wants me to meet a few special guests with him. You," she glared at him, "are to be nice to Cody while I'm gone, and don't forget to apologize. I may be a couple of hours, so order a pizza if you get hungry and stay in the room, OK?"

Zack heard his mom tell Cody goodbye. He really hadn't meant to say he hated Cody, he was just mad. Well, he thought, I guess I should make sure he's ok.

Cody was lying on the couch when Zack came back into the room. He didn't look up, scared of what he would see in his brother's face. If his mom had noticed things about him, maybe Zack had too. He felt Zack standing over him. Anger started to seep back in and he finally glared up at Zack.

"What?" he said, angrily.

"Bro, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it when I said I hated you." Zack knelt beside the couch. "I was just mad when you didn't show up after school like we planned."

"It's ok," Cody answered, "I'm sorry I forgot. I just needed to talk and Heather listens to me."

"You can't talk to me? I'm your bro!" Zack stated, getting a little upset again.

"No, not about what I needed to talk about. You wouldn't understand." Cody blinked and felt the tears coming back; he tried hard not to cry and squeezed his eyes shut. He didn't want Zack to see him crying.

"Cody, bro, you can talk to me about anything. You know that right? Please don't cry. I'm sorry." He leaned closer to his twin's face. He couldn't stand that Cody thought he couldn't talk to him.

Cody felt something drop onto his face and opened his eyes. Zack was crying! Zack never cried! Why was he crying now? He felt like his chest was being squeezed and before he could stop himself he raised his head and kissed Zack.

As soon as he had done it, Cody panicked. Oh no no no, he thought, now he's going to hate me for sure. He tried to shrink into the couch and clenched his eyes shut.

"Zack, I'm sorry, I don't know why I did that. Please don't hate me, I'm sorry," he whispered. "Please don't…" He words were cut off as something pressed against his lips. Cody's eyes flew open in wonder, Zack was kissing him!

"It's ok bro," Zack whispered, pulling back from Cody. "I kind of liked it. You're a pretty good kisser."

Cody smiled, "I've wanted to do that for weeks, but I thought you'd hate me."

"Hate you for what? Knowing how sexy I am?" Zack laughed. He realized now why he was so angry with Cody for blowing him off. He was jealous. "Won't Heather be upset that you like guys though?"

"No, she already knows. I thought she was the only one until mom told me she knew," said Cody. He put his arms around Zack and pulled him down, kissing him again.

"Whoa bro, let me catch my breath," Zack said. "We've got plenty of time for that now that I know how you feel."

"Really," said Cody, shocked. "I thought you liked girls?"

"I do, but I love you Cody. Maybe I like both. I don't know, and I don't care. Besides, I'm a guy; you think I'm going to pass up a chance like this?" Zack shook his head.

He lay down on the couch beside Cody and stroked his hair. He did love him, he knew that. He loved the way Cody was always getting scared, the way he looked whenever Zack tried to talk him into another scheme, the way he always knew the answers at school. If he could give Cody this one thing, well, then maybe they would both have some fun and it would be worth it just to have his twin look at him the way he was now.

Cody couldn't believe it. Zack was ok with him being gay, and even kissed him. He felt like he never wanted this to end. He put his arms around Zack and kissed his neck. He nuzzled Zack's ear, and then moved back up to his lips, kissing as he went. This was the stuff of his dreams.

"This is sure going to make bath time interesting, huh?" Cody asked, giggling.

"Are you asking me to take a bath with you bro?" Zack asked, faking a shocked look, "You sure move quick!"

"Well," said Cody blushing, "You don't have to, I was just..."

Zack stood up, bringing Cody with him. He gently kissed Cody again, and then pulled him towards the bathroom.