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The once calm atmosphere had turned intense when Evelyn asked the last thing Charlie wanted her to ask. He sat there and gave her no reaction whatsoever. His head hung low as he silence himself to emptiness. Revealing to Evelyn about what had truly happened between him and Noah was what he didn't want to do nor ever think about. He was afraid that if Evelyn took action for it, the chaotic situation would end up even worse than how it already was.

"Why are you quiet? Is it because Noah threatened you?" She started to boombard him with more questions after she realized that her previous question was left unanswered. She was baffled at how he was not reacting to any of her questions at all. Charlie tried to keep his cool as he continued to ignore her interrogation as hard as he could. He also avoided making eye contact with her in the process so that he wouldn't feel more guilty than he already was.

"Charlie, i think it's time for you to be honest with her now so that we can settle out your problems and continue with our waffle batter task. If you're gonna sit there and say nothing, when will this ever ends?" Brian calmly said, lowkey begging Charlie to sort out his problems and his own feelings so that they could start on making their waffle batter. Brian tried his best to get Charlie to explain about the situation that he had went through. Brian's words had left Charlie feeling 10 times even more guilty than he was as he thought about the choices he had to make and also the consequences of it. He thought long and deep as Evelyn sat there, staring him down as she waited for him to say something. Charlie stopped his mind from thinking more as he finally gathered enough courage to take the decision to explain about the whole situation to Evelyn.

"Fine, I'll tell you," Charlie said with his voice sounding rather not willing as he was still in doubt of his own choices.

"There was this one time where i received a punch and also a threat from someone," he continued, starting his story.

-FLASHBACK-

"Was that enough for you?" The person whispered to his ear, feeling proud of his own punch. Charlie fell down face flat on the ground after receiving the strong excruciating punch. He couldn't fight back due to the immense pain he was experiencing from the punch.

"Don't you get it? The way you're so close to Evelyn makes my stomach turn and you pisses me off! I've warned you many times but you never listen. You're really testing my patience, aren't you? Jackass," The person said as he harshly pushed Charlie's forehead with his index finger. Charlie sat there on the hard cold ground, still not fighting back while he swallowed every word the person said to him. He was so frightened at the situation despite still having to hold in the burning pain.

"Because you're so brave on testing my patience, me and my gang would like to give you a little life lesson," he smirked at Charlie's expression. Charlie's face showed nothing but fear as he was scared of what's about to come.

"However, you have to remember that just because I've already given you a lesson, doesn't mean I'm gonna let you go. This is only a small present for you because you really doesn't know how to obey me, don't you?" He continued. He then proceeded to ball up a fist and swung another punch straight onto Charlie's stomach, in an aggressive way so that he could set free all of his bottled up anger. Charlie's body began to weaken as he seriously couldn't fight back even if he wanted to.

"What are you waiting for? Beat him up 'till he wishes he won't meet tomorrow again!" The person proudly called for his friends to join him beat up Charlie. On that evening, Charlie was beaten up dreadfully by a group of people. Charlie was in despair as he had lost hope in everything due to the amount of pain he received continuously.

"The choice is yours to make. Whether you want to live free or die in my hand!" The person said as he then proceeded to spit beside Charlie.

"Ah and one more thing, it's not just me who despise your closeness with Evelyn. But there's another one! You know, I can't believe that this one ugly girl even has a crush on you. Oops, I forgot that you're also just as hideous!" They all laughed in front of Charlie's face before walking off, leaving Charlie on the ground, weak as he had ever been.

-END OF FLASHBACK-

Evelyn gritted her teeth, feeling all sorts of anger as she carefully listened to every word Charlie enunciated. Brian who was eating his chocolate cake, was also feeling dissatisfied as Charlie told them the story. The chocolate cake was destroyed by Brian who was letting his anger out by stabbing the cake with the fork in his hand.

"Tell me his name," Evelyn forced, desperately wanting to get revenge on his side.

"Yeah! Tell us the name dude!" Brian supported Evelyn out as he also wanted to know who it was that had the audacity to beat Charlie up.

"N.. Noah and his gang," Charlie said, stuttering his words out as he got scared from the consequences he thought that would happen to him if he tell them.

"That's it, he crossed the line! Charlie, don't listen to him. It's a big waste of time. If he ever messes with you again, just let me finish him," she said, holding back her rage as she held onto the fork tightly in her hand as if she was about to kill somebody with it.

"That's right!" Brian once again supported Evelyn's words. Charlie let out a small chuckle at both of their attitude. He knew deep in his heart, he felt happy that they both cared a lot about his well being.

"Hang on. But who is the girl that likes you?" Brian brought up the topic, thinking about Noah's words. The question brought silence to the three of them as they all thought of whoever the girl could be.

"I don't have a clue," Charlie simply replied, sounding rather confused himself.