May 8, 1992

Charlie got in a fight today, his first real fight. He helped Patrick when he was getting beat up five on one by Brad and four others from the football team. Brad had called Patrick a "faggot" to look cool in front of his team and to try and hide everything that had happened. Brads father caught him with Patrick and beat Brad so bad that he was out of school for a week, which is why the whole fight took place. Brad didn't want anyone in the school to think he was gay, even though it was true. Charlie took down two of the guys on the team and threatened everyone else until they knew to stop. He finally made his friends back, Sam, Patrick, and Mary Elizabeth. He stopped smoking so much pot and started hanging out with Patrick and Sam a lot again. Charlie was very lonely and depressed up until this point. He longed for company, from anyone. He has nobody to talk to or hang out with, he was alone everywhere he went. Having his friends back flipped his life back to "normal" again, as normal as things get for him anyway.