A/N at the bottom

Suite Life on Deck 2
Back On Board
Episode 12: Merry Christmas (I don't want to fight tonight!)

The week leading into Christmas seemed to fly by. Woody and Alison parents had brought them home for holidays. While everyone else stayed onboard with their own plans for Christmas.

Zack and Cody were waiting in the reception area with Tabitha, Molly and Kyle. The older Martin twin was pacing expectantly, while keeping an eye on his brother who had seemed overly nervous and jumpy since they had met outside their cabins.

Cody and Kyle kept whispering to each other and had exchanged worried looks that when he noticed left Zack confused, although the girls didn't seem suspicious or surprised by their behaviour.

Eventually the wait was over as Carey and Kurt appeared pilling the boys into a big family hug. Once they checked in and had been escorted to their cabin by the teens, Zack happily introduced Tabitha to his parents as the girl he was seeing. They were still taking things slow and she wouldn't allow Him to call her his girlfriend yet.

Cody introduced them to Kyle and Molly as his room-mate and his twin sister carefully forgetting to mention that Kyle was also his boyfriend and Molly his ex. He was planning on telling them before they went home but was still worried about how they would react and was looking for the right time, preferably when Zack wasn't there as his reaction was just as worrying.

An hour later and the young couple were back in their own cabin snuggled up on Kyle's bed. Cody was resting his head against his boyfriend's chest. Kyle lazily played with a lock of the blonde's hair. "Your parents seem cool." he said adjusting his arm into a more comfortable position.

"You think?" Cody replied turning over onto his stomach. He positioned himself directly atop his boyfriend's body and rested his chin on this crossed arms as the la across the younger teen's chest.

Kyle shifted awkwardly. He cautiously looked to the door as he tried unsuccessfully to throw Cody off. He quickly found himself pinned down and desperately said, "Cody what abou..."

Kyle was cut off by Cody who swept in and captured his boyfriend's lips with his own and hungrily grinder into him. "I made sure to lock it." The blonde pointed out as he released his boyfriend from his grip.

"Oh good, Kyle replied as he relaxed under Cody's weight.

"Also I don't really want to talk about them." he revealed snatching another quick kiss. "If I think about them I'll think about what they'll say when, you know."

Kyle knew his boyfriend was worried about coming out and pulled the boy into a tight embrace, softly kissing his forehead. "I know Cody, I know."

The boys continued to play together on the bed before Kurt knocked on the door. "Hello Mr Martin, how can I help you?" Kyle asked as he answered the door giving Cody time to straighten his clothes.

"Well Carey and I booked a table for 4 at that Italian place on G deck for us and the boys but Zack is working so we were wondering if you'd like to join us instead." Kurt asked as he watched the boys curiously who seemed to be slightly out of breath.

The boys agreed to go eager for Cody's father to leave. Once he had the blonde turned to the other, took a deep breath and declared, "I'm telling them tonight."

Kyle was shocked as he nodded and replied, "Ok."

The restaurant was fairly empty apart from an older couple eating a few tables away. Kyle followed his boyfriend and peered around nervously as they joined Cody's parents.

He had tried to dress as best he could, if Cody was telling his parents he needed to create the best impression possible. Cody had said it wasn't necessary but he still felt the need to try.

There was plenty of chatter about the past five months. They had just ordered dessert when Cody excused himself leaving Kyle with his parents.

"So Kyle, tell us about yourself?" Kurt asked dropping his beer back on the table.

Kyle swallowed nervously, "Eh, what would you like to know." he replied with his own question.

"Well what do you do for fun?" Kurt said with a smile. "Must be hard with all the pretty girls on board."

The young teen started to choke on his drink. "Actually," he started after recovering but was interrupted by Cody who placed his hand on Kyle's shoulder. Kyle turned his head and reached up to grip Cody's hand.

"Actually, Kyle is gay!" Cody said feeling the teen give his hand a gentle squeeze.

There was a second of silence before Kurt let out a laugh, "Oh, sorry Kyle."

"That's not all." Cody began, as he pulled Kyle to his feet, keeping a tight hold of his boyfriend's hand. "I am too or at least I'm bisexual and Kyle is my boyfriend."

Cody braced himself, he didn't know what to expect. He certainly didn't expect his mother to immediately jump to her feet and pull him into a tight hug. "Oh honey, I'm so happy for you," she said quietly.

"What, really?" the blonde teen asked completely confused. "You don't mind?" His eyes flicked between his parents, scanning their faces for disappointed or something to say they weren't happy.

Kurt just smiled as he replied, "Son we work in the entertainment industry, of course we don't mind. We just want you to be happy."

Cody dropped into his chair and shakily poured himself a large glass of water. He was still trying to find some hint that they were lying but there wasn't. The next hour was filled with dessert and story swapping. They discussed how they got together, their first proper date and their attempts at it and rather embarrassingly for the boys, they asked if they were having sex and using protection. Even thought the boys told them the truth that they hadn't had sex yet. Both Kurt and Carey had a look that said they didn't believe them.

They were about leaving when Carey brought up Zack. "Cody," she started with an awkward smile. "What's Zack saying about you and Kyle?"

Cody avoided his mother's eyes as he answered, "I've not told him yet. I'm not entirely sure how to."

"I'm sure 'Zack, I'm gay' would work." Kurt chuckled, stopping when he noticed the admonishing look from Carey.

Carey shook her head. "What are you worried about honey?"

"Me and Zack shared a room for 16 years. We had baths together when we were kids and have seen each other in various states of undress, even naked." Cody started speaking a little too fast, leading Kyle to squeeze his hand to calm him down. "What if he freaks and thinks I was checking him out all those times."

We understand son, but I don't think your giving your brother much credit. He'd probably be more freaked that you didn't think you could trust him." Kurt said with a reassuring smile. "Don't wait too long to tell him, I'm sure he'd support you no matter who your with."

While Carey added, "And I'm sure he'd rather from you, than someone else."

"I guess." Cody replied looking down at the table.

The next morning Kyle woke up in his boyfriends arms. Cody was behind him spooning the teen. He smiled broadly as he crawled out of the bed and examined their cabin. They had finally pushed their bed together when they got back last night and had spent a few hour snuggling before drifting off to sleep.

Kyle started to do some quick tidying up before his shower when he noticed Cody sitting up with a stretch and a yawn. "Morning Codes," He chuckled as his boyfriend tried to fix his hair.

"Morning K." Cody replied through another yawn and swinging his legs out of bed. He stood up unsteadily and reached for Kyle to kiss him gently on the lips.

"Ewww, morning breath." The younger boy exclaimed pulling away.

""Cody just shook his head. "D'you mind if I shower first? I've got some stuff to do while you at work and I should really start early."

The dark haired teen nodded as he collected a stray sock from under his desk. A quick ten minutes later and Cody was kissing him on the cheek and was out the door saying, "I might come meet you after work," before disappearing. Kyle just nodded knowing that Cody would be there since they had met after work every time since they got together. Apart from the few times they had said they couldn't.

On F deck Zack and Tabitha were strolling through the shopping mall. The music being pumped in was starting to get on the teens nerves but they were determined to finish their Christmas shopping before they left. What Zack wasn't telling his sort of girlfriend was that he would be returning that evening in a panic looking for something for her.

They had already bought a pair of Batman Converse all-stars for Kyle and a Red Sox Jersey for Cody from both of them, an art set for Molly from Tabitha and some jewellery for Bailey.

It was closing in on lunch time and Zack was getting hungry. He wasn't paying attention and stopped suddenly when he realised that Tabitha was no longer walking with him. He looked back and saw her standing outside one of the more expensive shops in the mall. He sidled up to her and aw what she was looking at. A beautiful, vibrant red dress, which stretched to just below the knee.

"Do you like it?" Zack enquired.

Tabitha blushed as she turned to him. "Well yeah, it's gorgeous."

Zack tried to contain his smile as he joked, "You never know, Santa might be kind this year."

The young girl gave her sort of boyfriend a haughty look. "Not unless he won the lottery. It cost about two thousand dollars."

"Suppose so." Zack replied sadly as he started thinking of ways to get the money before the shop closed that evening. "Come on let's get this stuff back to your cabin so we can get some lunch." Tabitha nodded and turned away not noticing Zack give the dress one last look before they left.

When Kyle finished his shift at 3 Cody hadn't shown up so decided to hang around for a bit in hope the blonde teen would show up and accompany him back to their cabin. After about fifteen minutes he looked around disappointed. They hadn't made definite plans but it was still strange. They normally warned the other if they weren't going to be there.

Kyle stood up ready to leave when Kurt showed up, looking for him. "Kyle, would you join me please?" He said indicating for Kyle to sit back down. Who did not wanting to appear rude to his boyfriends father.

Kurt pulled the seat opposite out and sat down, fixing Kyle with a questioning stare. This unnerved the teenager, causing him to shift in his chair. "So how can I help you Mr Martin?" He asked trying to break the tension.

"My son is questioning his sexuality." Kurt said as a statement of fact. Which Kyle nodded to in reply, as the musician continued. "You are my son's boyfriend, your twin sister is Cody's ex girlfriend more statements followed with the teen nodding to each one. "Your sister knows about you both and she doesn't find it awkward, also I believe your parents will be at home in New York for Christmas."

Kyle stopped nodding and look at him confused, "What?" he asked unsure where this was going.

A crack in the stony face of Kurt appeared and he quickly burst into a laugh. "Sorry Kyle, I just wanted to have some fun with you." Kyle raised a smile and gave a short uncomfortable chuckle. "Anyway, Carey and I were wondering if you and your sister would like to join us for Christmas dinner." Kurt finally asked resting back in his seat.

The dark haired teen was silent as took in the question. He opened his mouth to question why but the older man seemed to read his mind and answered. "We're inviting our family, for us that's our boys. For Zack its Tabitha and for Cody that's you Kyle."

Kyle smiled. "Eh, I, I don't know what to say Mr Martin."

"My name is Kurt, Kyle." Kurt said shaking his head. "Anyway we didn't think it was fair to invite you and not your sister but because of her and Cody's past we wanted to check first."

"Of course, no I'm sure she'd love to join us. There's no problem" Kyle said relaxing into his chair still contemplating being considered Cody's family. Kyle said relaxing into his chair still contemplating being considered Cody's family. "You really scared me Mr Ma, Kurt." He corrected himself.

A smirk sneaked across Kurt's face. "Father in-law's prerogative, you are dating my son after all." He joked

They exchanged a smile and both rose to their feet. "Well I guess I better go find your sister."

"Yeah and I better find Cody, he normally meets me after work." Kyle replied as they shook hands and left in opposite directions.

Molly had just finished a post work stroll around A deck when she bumped into Kurt. After which she rushed off to her brother's cabin to ask Kyle her own question about Christmas plans.

Kyle was just letting himself into his cabin when Molly rounded the corner and shouted to him, "Hey K?"

He turned with a start. "Oh, hi M. What's up?" he asked inviting her in with his hand.

"Oh Nothing, I just talked to Mr Martin about Christmas and it got me thinking." Molly replied as she followed her brother into the cabin.

The dark haired boy nodded and let out a muffled grunt as he pulled off his work shirt. He dropped the garish lime green shirt on the bed and grabbed a clean t-shirt from the closet before turning to his sister with an expectant look, "And?"

"And?" she asked confused before working out what he meant. "Oh right, and I was wondering if maybe I could sleep in here? Like we do on Christmas eve at home."

Kyle bared his teeth and grimaced in thought as he replied, "I don't know. I'd have to ask Cody."

"Ask Cody what?" the blonde teen asked as he dropped his jacket on the desk by the door.

The siblings turned in fright towards Cody, forgetting that neither of them had shut the door allowing Cody to come in without them realising Kyle looked between the two with a confused look before saying, "Molly wants to sleep here tonight, it's something we did at home."

Cody giggled as he tapped the door shut with his foot. "That's so weird. I was going to suggest that." He smiled.

Once they had made the arrangements all three of them left for the student's canteen where they were meeting everyone.

"It was the night before Christmas and all through the Tipton not a creature was stirring, not even a Moseby." Kyle started in a deep voice.

He was cut off by his sister's voice, which was sounding quite irritable. "Kyle if you don't shut up, I'm gonna jump on that bed and smother you with a pillow.

"Wow M, Merry Christmas to you to." Kyle replied sarcastically.

A third voice then broke in as Cody interjected, "Will both of you settle down, I'm trying to sleep."

"Sorry Cody." The Twins chorused, finally settling down, with Kyle cuddling in Cody and Molly relaxing in her sleeping bag at the foot of the bed.

Zack's alarm rung out, the disgruntled teen grabbed the grey clock and flung it violently across the room. He lay in his bed trying to get back to sleep when he remembered why he had set the alarm so early. He jumped from the bed which when he landed sent sharp pains up his bad leg. He braced himself against the wall and kicked himself for forgetting that he couldn't jump around as much anymore. While soon he would be able to walk without the cane, the pain and stiffness were always going to be there. A reminder of how stupid he could be.

At half eight he was return g to his Cabin where he found Cody exiting his own cabin fully dressed and pulling on a dark hoodie. "Merry Christmas Cody." He greeted as he neared wondering why his brother was up so early.

"Zack?" Cody asked surprised. "What are you doing up?"

The twins exchanged curious looks before Zack finally answered. "I was leaving Tab's present in her cabin as a surprise, you?"

Cody smiled as he heard what his brother had been up to, he had suspected something worse. "I set up a little surprise for Kyle and Molly as well." He replied.

In the cabin the other set of twins were still sleeping but were quick to wake up when a ringing from Cody's laptop started. Molly was the first to reach the laptop and rubbed her eyes urging them to focus as she saw a postit note with 'Answer it' in Cody's neat handwriting.

She had just finished reading it when Kyle's hand rushed past and hit answer button. "It was annoying me." He stated bluntly noticing the look on his twins face.

Molly shook her head as they turned to look at the loading screen. Two dark faces could be made out but it was the voices that excited the two, before the picture cleared and the smiling faces of their parents peered at them from the monitor.

They both let out squeals of excitement and asked how, as both had been expecting a normal phone call that afternoon. Kyle couldn't stop smiling as his parents described how Cody had contacted them, arranged a time, help them set up a webcam. The young boy had to turn away as he rubbed some tears from his eyes.

Tabitha was taking a shower. Never quite getting out of the early morning rising she had developed as a street kid she was often up, washed a dressed before almost the entire ship. The morning though she was taking her time and was spending some time shampooing her hair when she heard a movement in her cabin.

The girl froze instantly, another reminder of old times was a good sense of hearing and the immediate reaction of her fight or flight instinct. She slowed her breathing and strained to hear something over the sound of the shower. A feat she was finding quite hard to achieve and so finished washing and stepped cautiously back into her cabin.

Everything looked the same. She thought she may have imagined the sound when she noticed the box on her desk. It was wrapped in a white and gold paper with a familiar red ribbon tied around it. A card on the top, with his familiar untidy scrawl showed it was from Zack.

'I know we're meant to be exchanging presents with everyone this evening with my family but I thought maybe you could wear to dinner instead.

Merry Christmas,
All my love, Zack

The call to Molly and Kyle's Parents ended just after 15 minutes. The time difference meant that their parents had to stay up late for this but the twins didn't mind. They had been left with a promise of more phone calls like this and a visit from them soon. Not long after that when Cody returned he found himself almost taken off his feet as Kyle leaped at him giving the blonde one the most passionate kisses they had ever shared.

When they did break apart for air, Cody let out a knowing chuckle and with a cocky grin asked, "Does that mean you liked it?"

Kyle could only beam as he replied, "You are simply amazing Cody Martin, I love you."

A strange silence descended on the pair as they both realised what Kyle had said. After a moment of worried looks a small smile flickered at the side of his Cody's mouth. They continued to stare into each other's eyes as the blonde mouth back 'I love you too'.

Tabitha knocked on the door and waited. She flattened the dress, removing any creases. From the other side of the door she could hear some soft thuds. She knocked again, louder this time. She was disappointed when rather than answering Zack instead just shouted "Yeah, Come in its open."

She pushed at the door cautiously and walked in slowly. Luckily for her a foam bullet just missed her face as it rushed into the wall behind her.

"TAB! I'm sorry, I thought you were Cody." Zack explained as he got up from the bed throwing his nerf gun aside.

The young girl let out an exasperated sigh. "Honestly you two are like children sometimes."

Zack just smiled innocently as he watched Tabitha walk towards him. "You wore it." He said breathlessly as the full sight of his sort of girlfriend in the dress as she nodded with a smile.

"How did you afford this?" Tabitha asked concerned.

"London." Zack replied giving one of his usual 'I'm up to no good' smirks. "She owed me a favour."

She nodded again, looking down and becoming very conscious of her body in the dress. "Is it alright?"

"Alright? Tabitha Meredith May, you look fantastic."

Cody and Kyle were some the last to arrive at Cody's parents luxury cabin. They cautiously shared one final kiss hoping no one would walk by before knocking. Carey answered the door and gave them both a hug before inviting them in.

It seemed that Kurt and Carey had invited more than originally planned. Already there was Mr Moseby, Nia, Bailey and Molly. "We're just waiting on Zack and Tabitha, so if you guys want a drink just let me know." Kurt said offering them both glasses of champagne.

They were all soon joined by Zack and Tabitha who arrived hand in hand Molly still wearing the dress.

The group was just finishing their meal and about to start on presents when Kurt stood up and stood in front of them all and asked for silence. "First I'd like to thank all of you for joining us today, family and friends." His eyes seemed to rest on Cody, Zack, Kyle and Tabitha as he said family, "And second Carey and I have announcement."

The whole room exchanged curios looks as Carey stood up and joined Kurt. "Kurt and I have been spending a lot of time together recently and have decided to give our marriage another go."

Both Zack and Cody's faces lit up at the news, Cody was already getting to his feet to pull them into a hug when Carey had announcement that Kurt didn't know about. "Before you get up honey I have my own announcement." She said earning a confused look from her partner. "I'm pregnant.

"Your gonna be a big brother!" Kyle said pulling his boyfriend into an embrace once they were back in the privacy of their cabin.

Cody just smiled pulling away from Kyle and replying, "Yeah, I am."

"Codes, what's wrong. Why aren't you excited?" Kyle asked stepping back to observe his boyfriend.

The blonde teen frowned as he flopped down onto their bed. "Cause we just spent the last four hour talking about it." He replied exhausted. We've barely been alone all day, there things I'd much rather be doing." Cody as he lay back and gestured suggestively to his boyfriend to join him.

Kyle smirked as he started to unbutton his shirt and moved closer. "I know what you want."

"Oh yeah, and what would that be Cody whispered doing the last few buttons of Kyle's shirt.

Kyle let out a small moan as Cody's finger grazed his skin. "Yeah, you want me to try on the hoodie you got me for Christmas." He moaned as he pushed Cody back on the bed.

The blonde grunted in annoyance and grabbed his pillow swinging it at Kyle. "Your such a tease." He grumbled.

Christmas may have been over but the boat was already gearing up for New Year. It was still a few days away when an older, well dressed couple appeared in reception asking about two of the semester at sea pupils

"The twins, of course." Moseby answered their question reaching for the computer and typing. "There in student accommodation deck C. Although I think they're both working on the sky deck today, would you like someone to show the way?" He asked with a smile.

"The man returned the smile and replied, "No, thank you. I'm sure we can find our way." Before turning to his wife. "This way then dear."

The couple spent a few minutes exploring the Sky deck, asking around with no luck. Tabitha eyed the pair suspiciously as they approached her.

The woman had a familiar round face and dark hair that she had pulled into a ponytail, that made the reason she was familiar hard to pl ace. Her eyes seemed to be calm and analysing the entire room while staring directly at you. She seemed like someone who it would be hard to get something past.

While the woman seemed warm if intimidating, her partner was all intimidation. He had a tall wide frame. His hair was greying at the temples. He looked expectantly when he asked questions and his cool grey eyes lack a lot of warmth.

When they approached Tabitha, she backed off instinctively. She did not like the vide coming off the man. Once they were gone she pulled her phone from her pocket in a panic and found Molly's number.

"Hi tab, what is it?" Molly answered.

Tabitha was already rushing to take the long way around to the student cabins to avoid the couple as she replied. "I don't care what you're doing but you have to get to Kyle and Cody's cabin now. Tell them to get there room back to normal, Now I'll explain later." She continued to rush down the corridor trying Kyle's phone but he wasn't answering.

A smiling Kyle exited their bathroom wiping his wet hands across the front of his boxer. Have you seen my phone I thought it was in there but I must have left it at the bar again.

"Oh I see you decided to get dressed then." Cody laughed looking up from his book as his boyfriend joined him on the bed.

Kyle fluffed up the pillows. "Well its cold in here," he pouted. Cody smirked and leaned in for a kiss.

"You're such a baby!" the blonde said playfully, teasing before glancing at the boxers and exclaiming "Ew, Kyle those are the ones you wore yesterday!"

It was Kyle's turn to smirk as he pounced on Cody pinning him to the bed. "What it's not like we're gonna be leaving the room today." he said wiggling his eyebrows.

"Get off me." Cody squealed as he struggled against the younger teen, "they're all sweaty and dirty, this isn't funny." he continued still struggling with his laughing boyfriend.

The younger boy leaned in close to his boyfriend ear and nipped at it whispering seductively, "I thought you liked dirty boys."

The blonde teen finally escaped from his boyfriend's hold and jumped to stand at the side of the bed glaring at Kyle with an angry look.

Cody was breathing heavily as he watched Kyle crawl across the bed and kneel in front of him so they were at the same height. The younger I the two reached out for his boyfriend's hand. "Sorry babe, I'm just playing."

"Yeah well" Cody started but was cut off by Kyle pushing himself against him and pulling him into another playful kiss.

Kyle deepened it expertly and pulled Cody into it as their tongues began to massage each other.

Both boys' hands started to wander and Kyle's quickly started to claw at Cody's t-shirt and started to raise it upwards and the broke their kid as he pulled it over Cody's head.

The pale blue material caught on Cody's nose and Kyle re-initiated the kiss with more passion as Cody melted into it trapped and blinded by his own clothes.

Once releasing Cody, Kyle flopped back in the bed and eyes ye blonde hungrily. He licked his lips and bit down on then, as he rubbed his hand across his chest and invited Cody to join him with his eyes indicating towards the growing tent in his boxers.

Cody clumsily fumbled with his belt and jeans, his eyes seemed to burn as they fixated on the boy on the beds crotch. Once he was finally able to get his jeans off he kicked them across the room and was pulled onto the bed by the hem of his boxers.

He quickly found himself beneath Kyle their boxers had disappeared, joining Cody's jeans in a pile. They both moaned loudly as they thrust at each other for friction.

The younger boy felt Cody's sharp teeth bite at his neck and let out a deep misnamed slammed his hand against the wall.

Breathlessly he asked, "Cody do you have any...?" before another deep moan escaped his lips.

"Top drawer, at the back." Cody replied knowing exactly what he meant.

Kyle reached for the drawer and pulled a foil wrapped condom out. He sat up and adjusted himself so he was now straddling Cody.

He ripped at the wrapping and grabbed hold his boyfriend slippery erection. Kyle carefully started to roll the condom down over the rock hard dick and lubricate it enjoying the way Cody squirmed at his touch.

He then moved up, still holding onto Cody and started to direct the older teens cock to his waiting entrance.

There was a soft knock at the door that neither boy heard. Although both boys were very aware when the door was opened. There was a loud gasp and angry shouting as the boys dived under the covers.

A few seconds later an embarrassed Molly and Tabitha suddenly appeared out of breath behind the couple. Molly looked shocked as she was able to see the discarded clothes and metal wrapper on the floor and looked terrified as the couple turned on her.

She seemed lost for what to say as she stood in front of them. Molly looked around lost, opening and shutting her mouth looking for the right words. She finally caught sight of her brother and his boyfriend's terrified faces, apparently shell shocked and after what seemed like hours she non-chalantly said, "So mom, dad. I see you've met my ex-boyfriend."

Next time on The Suite Life on Deck 2 Back on Board

Everything changes

This is it the point I've been trying to build to for since Kyle came out. Almost everything is coming good for this story i have loads of ideas for the rest of this story that weren't there before. It was writing this chapter that the characters especially Kyle and Tabitha started to write them-selves and I didn't have to do much. It took a while but these character shave really guided this story so much without me realising it and I'm greatful for people who helped create them. I hope you all enjoyed this episode and will see you back in a month. Where as I said above, everything changes

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Later days, Jay