"Dil! Long time no see!" Rod, Pete's smaller friend, smirked seeing their old victim.

"Get out! You guys aren't invited," Phil yelled after the shock of seeing them.

"We don't need an invite, we go where we like," Tessa bragged.

"Look, it's past your bed time kids, go home," Phil said to the bully's, who were the same age as Dil.

"Ha ha, loser boy," Pete said grabbing Phil by the top of his shirt and pushing him against the wall.

"Hey, get off!" Dil said getting in the way, trying to push Pete back.

Of course, by now several kids surrounded the group in the hall.

"Phil? What's going on?" Phil heard his sister call from the back of the crowd.

Pete laughed, mocking the older teenager. Pete's thought's changed and he let Phil go, only to then grab Dil.

"Must be a nice little reuniting," Pete said slamming Dil sideways into a wall. Some of Phil's less loyal friends cheered at the violence. Tessa and Rod stepped back and let Pete do his thing.

"I thought you'd stopped bullying people," Dil said as Pete held him against the wall.

"Yeah, that was never fun, this is," Pete said, lifting Dil and slamming his back into the wall.

"Stop it!" Phil said, tugging at Pete's sleeve.

"Phil! What's going on!" Lil yelled, trying to find a way through the crowd.

"What's the matter, thought you didn't like this kid anymore? What happened to Angelica?" Pete teased.

Phil's face was going red with anger, "Let go!" Phil could see Pete was holding his shirt in such a way that Dil couldn't breath.

"Like you say!" Pete said dropping the boy on the floor. Immediately Pete and his two friends began kicking Dil. It was like what had happened to Dil years ago all over again. This wasn't what Dil wanted to come back to. But this time a crowd surrounded the situation. Everyone knew, but why did know one help? Probably fear that they would be the next victims, like Phil had been the last few weeks.

But Phil couldn't stand by and watch like the others. Without a sensible thought passing through his young mind Phil through a punch in Pete's direction. Pete fell back and collapsed on the floor beside Dil. Tessa and Rod backed away, they ran through the crowd easily and headed out the house.

The crowd stepped back and Lil, Kimi, Suzie and Angelica could finally get through.

Phil was kneeling on the floor with Dil's head in his hands; blood was trickling from his lip. Beside them Pete lay almost unconscious.

The crowd were moving away, gradually leaving and unsure what to say to Lil as they left.

"Phil, Phil get away from him," Angelica said angrily as she pulled Phil away. Phil said nothing but shoved Angelica aside and went back to Dil's aid.

"What? What's happened?" Chuckie asked as he came in from the living room with Kimi's help. No one answered it looked pretty obvious.

Pete started getting up, "This...this ain't over, you're a loony," he said as he staggered out of the house.

"Dil? Dil you alright?" Phil whispered. Dil's eyes opened and he smiled.

"Nothing I can't handle," Dil said.

"Phil, he's not your problem," Angelica said, showing her jealousy and pulling Phil away again.

"Do you need to go to hospital?" Suzie said trying to help Dil.

"No, I'm fine," Dil laughed rubbing his head.

"Angelica, not everything has to be about you," Phil argued back.

"I need to get mum back here," Lil said grabbing her phone from her pocket.

"It's not that big of a deal," Dil said standing up. He held his stomach as if it hurt. Phil went back to him to help him up.

"What on earth has gone on over here?" Betty said, even though Lil was yet to call her. Behind, Howard, Didi and Stu entered the Deville house.

"Dil! You are back, look at you, no different," Dil's disappointed mother said looking at the state Dil was in. Stu immediately went over to Dil and put his neck under his arm, opposite to the on Phil was under.

"Phil, Lil, what happened!" Betty asked loudly.

"You! You keep away from Dil," Didi pushed Phil away from her son, "You stupid boy, encouraging him to be like this."

"Mum, Dad? How? How'd you know I was…" Dil asked confused.

"Betty and Howard came to see us. We saw the flock of children leave the house so decided to see what was happening," Didi explained.

"Mum, you promised you wouldn't tell them," Lil said defending Dil.

"This isn't the discussion right now, what has happened!" Betty yelled even louder as no one was answering her.

"It was that bully from school, Pete, he turned up," Lil informed when Phil remained silent. Stu helped Dil walk over to their house while Didi followed in shame.

"I think you kids should leave now," Howard said to his children's friends and they all left for their homes.

"So are you hurt?" Betty asked Phil who sat silently on the sofa. He shook his head.

"What's the matter now?" Howard asked his son.

"We're just upset our party was ruined by those thugs," Lil replied for her twin.

"I'm going to sleep, can we talk in the morning?" Phil said leaving the room before breaking into tears.