Chapter 2: Miscommunication

As Gizmo walked towards Pen Gu, he sat down and watched the waves go by. Then, he saw Mike Abromowitz walking by and Gizmo laid down in the sand, looking at the sky. Mike saw Gizmo watching the sky and he walked across the sand to see what he's up to. Mike stared at Gizmo and he said, "What are you doing?"

He turned around and saw Mike and said, "Nothing much. Just hanging out, watching the clouds go by. Why do you ask?"

"Nothing, I'm just checking over to realize that you've been by yourself a few times every day and it kinda gets on my nerves a bit everytime I see you. Don't you think you need someone to be with you?" said Mike.

"I only have Cody, Z, Lani and Joe. Just 4 people that I'm happy to be with. I just don't see that as a problem." said Gizmo.

"Did you ever stop to realize that there are more friends are all over in this island? Did you think about that, do ya?" asked Mike, hysterically.

"What the heck are you talking about?" asked Gizmo.

Mike sighs impatiently and said, "You know what I'm talking about."

Gizmo looked confusedly and said, "No, not really. Can you, like, translate all this crap in English, because you're stressing all this over nothing. Then again, you're always stressed out, so."

"What can I do to try to get through to you?" asked Mike.

"Can you, like, tell me what it is?" asked Gizmo.

"How many friends have you made since you moved here?" Mike asks.

"Counting everyone here, I'd say about, um..., just 7. No one important, really." said Gizmo.

"7 friends? That's it? Just 7? I was expecting more." said Mike.

"How much more?" asked Gizmo.

"7 million friends! When will be ready to make some other friends?!" exclaimed Mike.

Gizmo stared at Mike a little nervous and scared a bit and then replied, "W-when I'm ready. I-I just don't feel like it. Just for a few more weeks or months will give me more time."

Mike started to look very furious and said, "Months?! Are you crazy?! That will take forever to make some friends here. You've been living here for 7 weeks and you still haven't made any friends here?! You know what, you are wasting my time. How can you live in this island for 4 weeks and feel comfortable with 7 friends and not so much okay with other penguins here? Why am I even bothering talking to you? Just go away and leave me alone. I'm never getting anywhere near you again. Why don't just go back to California and never come back?"

He then walks away in a huff, while Gizmo felt speechless and then thought to himself, 'I knew this was gonna happen to me. It's completely hopeless. No one likes me.' Then, he sat down, curled himself in a ball and started to cry for merely 2 minutes. It was just a little miscommnunication between Mike and Gizmo. Mike just don't understand that Gizmo was a little shy and somewhat scared for thinking that he was gonna go through that separation between him and Cody.