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Chapter 10: Chuckie's Return

A coupe of weeks had passed and Chuckie was about to return to High School. It was Sunday night and he lay on his bed reading a magazine when he heard Kimi laugh loudly.

"What is going on?" He asked himself as he got off his bed, went out of his room and straight into Kimi's.

"What up Chuck?" Phil asked.

"Chuckie! What have I told you about bursting into my room?" Kimi shouted.

"Phil! What the hell are you doing here? It's 10pm!" Chuckie asked.

"I'm spending some quality time with Kimi. She is my girlfriend you know!" Phil responded.

"Don't remind me. I don't think I'm ever gonna get use to you going out with my sister."

"Hey I ain't that bad Chuck!"

"Yes you are! Would you like me to make you a bed downstairs as you seem to spend more time here than at your house?" Chuckie asked sarcastically.

"Yeah sure thing...except could you make it here? I don't wanna be apart from Kimi." Phil smiled smugly, knowing that he would start to piss Chuckie off.

"No way." Chuckie simply replied as he walked back into his own room.

To be quite frank, Chuckie was a little sick of seeing Phil around nearly all the time. To be precise, everywhere she went, he followed. Chuckie was kind of glad that at least in High School he wouldn't have to put up with Phil...just an apologetic blonde who would eventually start to get on his nerves. Oh well, at least he could have power over her for once, she was already gonna resume taking him to High School and back which was a welcome start, especially for Chas as that means he can have a much needed rest in the mornings before opening the Java Lava.

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The start of another week of High School actually brought relief to Chuckie. He would never have thought that he would be glad to get back to school...mostly at any rate. One thing he found particularly annoying was that everyone kept looking at him and whispering. It might have something to do with that fact that Angelica was effectively his servant and was following him around.

"You know, you don't have to follow me around and open all the doors and stuff. I can do that myself." Chuckie commented.

"I know." Angelica simply replied.

"Don't you have to go to your locker?" Chuckie asked.

"Well...yes but I can deal with that when everyone is on the move to 1st period." Angelica told him.

"Well, I'm gotta put some books and stuff in my locker now so you can go to yours. If you like, I'll wait for you." Chuckie sighed as he unlocked his locker.

"Really? Thanks." Angelica said as she ran off to her own locker.

Chuckie watched her go and then shook his head and sighed as he put a few books in his locker. In a way, this reminded him of the summer which had gone. The fact that she was nice, not that she practically worshipped him! Thinking of Angelica worshipping him sent a cold shiver down his spine...the thought of her being obsessed with him just seemed too unrealistic, but was she obsessed with him already? She hung around him as much as she could which he did make him just a little uncomfortable, yet in a way, glad she was there. Possibly her physical presence, raw power and, for the time being at least, undivided loyalty made him feel a little safer when he walked around High School.

'Still, these thoughts are for another time as I have to be in homeroom in a few minutes.' Chuckie thought as Angelica joined him once again.

"Thanks for waiting." She said.

Chuckie just shrugged his shoulders. He didn't really feel like making any kind of conversation at the moment.

The pair walked to the homeroom door. Angelica went in and, as usual, everyone looked at her for a second or so before continuing with whatever they were doing. Mr Nicholls, on the other hand continued to look at Angelica, he was puzzled as to why she was just standing in the doorway holding the door open.

"Any reason you haven't taken your seat yet, Miss Pickles?" He asked.

"Well, yes." Angelica replied as Chuckie walked in.

"Ah! Mr. Finster! Good to see you back. How are you?" Mr. Nicholls asked.

"I'm feeling fine. I've recovered quite well and I'm back...and I never thought I would be glad to be back." Chuckie commented.

Mr. Nicholls laughed lightly. "Yes, one would think that being off school is wonderful. That is until being at home or something like that is boring and you start to miss school." He stated. "Anyway, take a seat."

Chuckie walked over to the empty desk, followed by Angelica. They sat on the chairs and proceeded to be bored, as usual.

'Yep, back to High School. Boring old High School...man I'm glad to be back.' Chuckie thought to himself as he folded his arms across his chest and looked up at the same boring ceiling.

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During lunch, Chuckie had decided to take a stroll around the school. It was something did didn't really do but as he'd been away he decided to see if, by any miracle, anything had changed. He sighed contently as he rounded a corner. He immediately stopped then 3 older and rather unsavoury (as in evil) guys approached him.

"You the kid who had the cracked ribs?" The tallest one asked.

'Okay, this seems bad.' Chuckie thought. "Maybe. Who wants to know?" He asked in a cool, calm voice.

"We do. You see, times are hard for us. All of our parents are cruel and don't help us much so we have to take matters into our own hands. We don't have enough cash for a decent meal so we resort to threatening people such as you. We know that that blonde girl who seems to hang around you like you own her beat the crap out of you and we're gonna do the same unless you please us by lightening your pockets." The second said. He seemed to be the more "diplomatic" of the 3.

"Yeah...uh, give us your...erm...money or we'll beat you up." The third said as he pounded a fist into his other hand. This guy was quite burley, not to mention big. He was obviously the muscles and not the brains of the group.

Chuckie took a step back. The smart thing to do would to be to give them his cash, but then he would have 3 bullies after him everyday. That was something he didn't want.

"Well, you see guys, I'm out of cash. I spent it all today so I'll be off." Chuckie said as he turned and walked away. He didn't get very far before a hand grabbed his shoulder.

"Not so fast. Give us what you got and we might consider letting you go." The second told him.

Chuckie was scared. He didn't want to lose his things and he didn't want to wind up in hospital again on his first day back. He didn't know what to do...

"Hey you pieces of dog shit! Leave my buddy alone!" A voice called.

Chuckie turned to see a pissed off Angelica standing about 30 metres away from his current position. For the first time in quite a long time Chuckie was glad to see her.

"Well, well. If it isn't the blonde whore who beat the crap out of this red headed freak."

"You wanna watch your lip or YOU will end up in hospital with more than cracked ribs!" Angelica shouted angrily as she walked closer.

"Shut it bitch or you'll suffer even more than he will!"

"Bring it on lard ball! I'm always up for a good fight." Angelica narrowed her eyes and raised her fists. She was ready to fight.

To Be Continued...

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Heh, I bet you all just love me for leaving it in this situation. Not to worry, in a few weeks (maybe a month) I will hopefully have Chapter 11 up.

A warning in advance: Quite possibly after or during Chapter 11 I'll be pressing the fast forward button quite a lot as the main focus of the story will be on Angelica and her patient waiting for Chuckie's forgiveness so there won't be much Tommy & Lil and Phil & Kimi action. Sorry to you T/L & P/K fans!