Cody has viewed himself as an outcast and this chapter will explain why he's different from everyone else.
Chapter 12: Outcast
Could life be any worse for Cody Maverick? Other than having no friends, how he is made it so difficult to make any friends at some point, because it just seems as though nobody wants him around, except for his mom.
Not sure, but Cody really is a loner.
Cody is still standing on the ocean, looking for some peace and also some alone time on his own. He looks in the river and sees his reflection for a short time, but got really frustrated and puts his flippers on the water, causing it to splash it at him, then he stopped and looked at his reflection again, thinking that he really si different from everyone else.
It just shows how different Cody really is and how he tries to strive to just let everyone be himself.
Cody sighs heavily and lowers his head and closed his eyes to sort of get away from everything, when a flipper touches his shoulder.
He looked up and sees his mother behind him. She asked, "Cody, what are you doing here?"
"Just thinking."
"Oh, about what?"
"Nothing."
"Is something bothering you?"
Cody groaned frustratedly and asked, "Why am I so different?"
"Well, it just means that maybe you're not the same as everyone else, but it doesn't mean it's that bad."
"It's bad to me."
"Don't say that."
"But, everyone says that I'm not like--"
"It's just that--"
"Everyone says that--"
"Never mind what everyone else says. It's only because--"
Cody felt a little angry and exclaimed, "Look at me!"
Edna sighed and gave him a smile and said, "I know, Cody. I understand how hard it is when you're not like everyone else when you're only trying to be yourself."
"I just don't have any friends."
"But there's a good part of being different."
"How?"
"You can do sorts of things that no one else does and be really good at it."
"Like what?"
"Well, you can do whatever you want or something like that."
Cody sighs and doubts that maybe him being different would be a burden to everyone in Shiverpool and could cause most problems towards most of them. She told him, "I can assure you that you're not an outcast."
"Then, why doesn't anyone like me?"
"Well...some kids are just mean. They just love to say things that makes you feel bad and they think that makes them cool."
"Why can't they just stop?"
"It's hard for them. It's something they'll have to do on their own."
"I don't know, mom. It's kinda hard for me to make new friends."
"I can assure you that maybe you'll find a friend that will pretty much understand you in every single way and you won't feel so alone anymore."
"You sure?"
"I'm sure. It will take some time, though."
"Well, how long?"
"Pretty soon."
"Okay."
Then, she told him, "Close your eyes."
Soon, Cody closed his eyes and he puts his hand on his stomach and then, she told him, "Forget what you see. What do you feel?"
Then, he said, "My heart."
"What does your heart tell you?"
Then, he started thinking about it for a while and he opened his eyes and looked at her and he told her, "Just be myself."
"There you go. No matter what you do, you can still be yourself. Don't worry about what everyone else thinks of you and who should you be or who you are. All that matters is what you think of yourself."
Cody didn't quite get it at first, but then he thought about it for a while and it started to make a bit of sense to him and realizes that it might be something his father would say.
He looked at him and said, "I think I understand now."
She smiled at him and said, "That's my little Cody."
Cody giggled a little and she gave him a hug. She told him, "Whatever you do, I know you will make me proud."
"You think so?"
"I know so."
"Thanks, mom."
She kissed him on the forehead and walked back to the igloo. That conversation made Cody feel a little bit better and it feels as though he wasn't so alone anymore. He looks at his Big Z necklace and still has these words stuck on his head and some good can come from this. We can only hope for a little while.
Heartwarming, isn't it? Hope you guys like it! Stay tuned for the next chapter!