On Monday people were still talking about Charlie and his outburst. But today he just laughed with them. He avoided Manfred as much as possible.

At break Charlie walked up to Tancred and Emma. "How was your date?" he asked them.

"Great!" Tancred said, smiling down at Emma. "So what about you and Liv?" he asked innocently but with mischief glittering in his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"You're joking right? You don't think we haven't noticed do you?" said Tancred.

"Yea seriously Charlie! I think Olivia is the only one who hasn't noticed!" added Emma.

"NOTICED WHAT!?" cried Charlie.

"THAT YOU LIKE HER!" They both said at the same time.

Charlie gaped at them then just walked away to join Fidelio and Lysander. They said the same thing that Emma and Tancred did and Charlie wondered what was going on. He walked away from them to join Billy, Gabriel, and Olivia. Gabriel and Billy were then called away by Fidelio and Charlie realized that this was a trap for him and Olivia.

"Hey Liv."

She was about to say hi but then someone called Charlie's name. They turned and saw Manfred. He turned to Olivia with a scared look and she returned it. then he sighed and said, "Wish me luck," and went toward Manfred.

"Well?" he asked Manfred.

"Oh, I just thought I'd warn you to watch your back. There's a little experiment going on so I just thought I'd tell you." He gave a funny smile and a chill ran up Charlie's spine. "Now run along to your little girlfriend."

"Yes sir jackass!" he said sarcastically. Manfred just kept walking. He turned around to find Olivia but she was surrounded by a bunch of drama students. She saw Charlie and sent them away so they could talk.

"What did he want?" she asked him when they were alone.

"He said," Charlie stopped for a second, "that I should watch my back and that there was an experiment going on," his voice dropped to a whisper. " They want me gonna that's for sure."

Olivia looked at his distressed face and it worried her. He was always upbeat and happy but not right now. Before she could say anything the hunting horn sounded and they had to go to their classes. That's day they made sure that their friends knew about the experiment.

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The week went by quickly and Charlie didn't get detention again. On Thursday there was a buzz of excitement. At breakfast Charlie went down and found Fidelio.

"Have you heard Charlie?!"

"The Bloors are throwing a dance!"