"Did you just say what I thought you said?"
"N-no."
"Yes you did. You said you wished there was something you could do better then me. Is that how you feel, bro?"
Cody looked at his shoes. "Yeah." He answered quietly.
All Zack could do was stare at Cody.
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Zack was in the lobby, waiting for his mom to finish her show. After a few minutes, Carrie came out holding a bouquet of flowers.
"MOM! I have to talk to you!" He half asked, half yelled.
"What happened?" Carrie answered fretfully.
"N-nothing bad, mom. It's just, I'm worried about Cody." He said. Carrie led him to one of the sofas in the lobby and sat down.
"Why? What's wrong?" She asked, setting down her flowers on the coffee table.
"He's really upset because he thinks I'm better then him at everything." Zack quietly said. Carrie didn't get it.
"What gave you that impression?" She asked.
"Well, I heard him say, 'I wish there was something I could do better then Zack.'"
"Really?"
"Yeah. And I don't know what to do." After this comment, Carrie sighed and said,
"Ok. How about, I go up there, and talk to him?"
"Yeah, okay, sure."
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