Finding Him. [DISCONTINUED] [Riverdale/suite life crossover]

Prologue

"I didn't mean to."

There were so many meanings to those words. What didn't Zack mean to do? There were a lot of things he didn't mean to do... like failing most of school, or focusing more on five girls than the one that really mattered. This one was different. Not what he did a wrong to, no, he did this person wrong all the time. This time... this time he wished he could just shrivel up in bed. He wished every part of him would slowly cripple and fade, like an autumn leaf. God, he messed up. He wants to cry. He wants to rip something out of him, a heart, he doesn't need it, anyways. Its only letting him feel more pain... here he sits on a bench early in the morning, 6:07, to be exact. But time is just a number, immeasurable to the sickness he feels, the guilt. He never felt any emotion poking around. He couldn't get anything out, he had tried. Zack was unsure of what he could do, what he should do, what he should... or shouldn't have done. He tossed and turned all night, everything finally catching up to him and so he woke up early and left what used to be his whole family and friends' beach house. Well now there's everyone except... Cody. They had taken the summer off the SS Tipton at a beach house that their parents had rented for the summer, and they would go back on the boat when school started again. But after what happened to Cody, Zack wasn't expecting to see him around anytime soon, probably not even when school came back. Zack starts thinking about what he did. It was the night that they moved into the beach house, and everyone went to their house to eat. Cody was going to show Woody and some other people some weird techy thing he had just gotten. Zack did a stupid thing and made out with Bailey. Yeah, he knew that she was off limits because of Cody, so he never really thought of her in that way. But for some reason that night, things changed. Zack didn't really intend on making out with Baily or anything, but it happened... and she liked it. So, they kept going. At one point Zack had so much fun that he asked Bailey if she wanted a drink, saying it would be fun to try. Which Bailey immediately declined. But... somehow Zack had talked her into it, and being the rebellious 17-year-old that he was, he found some random alcoholic beverage and drank enough of it to get drunk. And on top of that, so did Bailey. Things escalated really quick and before you know it, they were on the bed. After actually having sex, they both went and did something even worse. They lied on the ground with a laptop in front of them. Zack remembered taking a picture of Cody naked to piss him off as a joke, but apparently, he never deleted it. He thought it would be funny and he suggested to send the picture to a bunch of colleges. Bailey thought that it would probably be a really bad idea, but Zack continued anyways. So, after Zack sent it to some colleges as a prank, Cody walked in and saw them both sitting together giggling.

"Uhm... what are you guys doing?" Cody asked, concerned. Zack got really quiet, but Bailey spoke up. She put her hand next to her mouth, so her words went directly towards Cody as she whispered,

"You never told me Zack was good at having sex!" and then Bailey giggled and rolled over.

"what," Cody said, seriously. Zack looked up and saw tears forming at the corners of his eyes, yet altogether he looked furious.

"Cody, don't get mad, man, it's not like you had a chance with her." Zack tried reasoning.

"But you had- with Bailey? And you didn't even think-" Cody couldn't get much out of his mouth, he couldn't even process what was going on.

"Oh-" Bailey chimed in "Zack sent a picture of you naked.. to, what's that stupid place you want to go to.. Yale??" She finishes through giggles.

"Oh you did not-" Cody says as much as he can get out, and tears start streaming down his face.

"Cody, chill, it was just a prank-" Zack starts, but is cut off

"You- you think that's just a prank? Do you think that that won't ruin my entire life? Zack what the hell is wrong with you?! And are you guys drunk? You smell terrible! And I can't believe you had- and- with Bailey! MY BAILEY!" Cody slaps Zack in the face and storms off. Everything starts rushing through Zack's head about what happened a couple days ago. It was all too much, it all caught up to him. He silently sobbed, sitting alone on the bench on a Saturday morning.

"I didn't mean to... I didn't mean to....."

"Oh my God!" Zack says as he flies up from his bed and almost falls out of it. He looks around... no bench... no park. It was only a dream. He releases the biggest sigh of relief ever. In the corner, he could see something moving. He reaches over and turns his nightstand light on to see Cody packing a bag, a fairly large one.

"Uhm... Cody? What are you doing?" he asks. Cody looks over at Zack with anger in his eyes.

"I'm leaving."

"What? Where are you going?"

"Somewhere called Riverdale. Don't try finding me, don't ever talk to me again, I hate you, you ruined my life for what you did a few days ago. I wish you were never my brother, I wish you never existed!" he takes a beanie from his bag, it had a crown shape at the bottom of it, and puts it on. He takes one last look at Zack, and he takes his bad which was bigger than him and leeaves. Zack sits farther up in his bed.

'So, everything I just dreamed, it all happened!?' Zack thought to himself. He sits there for a while, unsure of what to do. He eventually gets out of bed, puts some clothes on, and heads out to the park. It's 6:00 on a Saturday morning.