Charlie heard footsteps approaching and he perked his head up to see Conner running towards them at a high speed.
"Whee-hee-heee!" Conner squealed and jumped on to Trevor, who was standing beside Charlie.
Trevor clicked his tongue annoyedly. "C-Conner!" He grunted out.
"Those monsters were eating my brain and draining my energy!" Conner complained, turning his head back to look at Jia and Josh.
"Hn. Get off of me, you imbecile"
"Hee. No" Conner grinned.
"No?"
"No"
Trevor tried shrugging him off of his back. But when he couldn't, he fell backwards and on top of Conner, making a surprised yelp escape him.
"Hey! Stop it! You are gonna kill him!" Jia ran forward and started to make an effort at pushing Trevor off of Conner.
Charlie turned and eyed Josh. He was quiet confused how a girl like Jia, who was never really concerned for anyone's well being, who was tired of all the silliness happening around her, was now suddenly worried about Trevor hurting Conner.
He was answered with a shrug.
Trevor clicked his tongue and rolled over, slapping away Jia's hands. "Told him". He got up and dusted his pants and shirt, and looked down at Conner who was lying down on the ground flat as if he was run over by a road-roller, grinning like a goofball.
"Does it hurt?" Jia asked Conner as she helped him up.
"A little bit, yes..." He said and Jia glared at Trevor, which he ignored with a roll of his eyes.
"... But duuude... I missed all this! I feel refreshed! Hehee!" Conner yelled happily and grinned at the people around him.
Everyone except Trevor were dumbstruck.
"Are you even real, Kon?!" Josh scoffed out.
"Yeah, heh. Why are we standing around for? Let's leave already!" Conner giggled and hoped up to Trevor as the rest of them followed suite with confused faces.
•••
"Pleaase, pleease, pleeassee!" Conner whined non-stop trying his best at convincing his buddies.
Jia had parted ways with them.
"Do you think that is really necessary?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah! Just think about it Char! Studying at the school library is too boring! Your detention sessions are ending tomorrow, and it has been a little while since we all hung out together!"
Charlie pursed his lips. Conner was right. It's been a while since they all hung out together. But he didn't really think hanging out at his home was a good idea.
It was never a good idea. No.
"Why not hang out somewhere else?" He tried.
"I love your home! It is soo spacious!"
"Uh... I agree with that" Joshua shrugged and Charlie glared at him.
Joshua suddenly remembered what had happened the last time they hung out at Charlie's place and he understood why he was opposing the idea so much.
"Er... I mean... But if Charlie doesn't want us to hang out there, we could always go somewhere else!" He changed his opinion and pursed his lips.
"Come ooon!" Conner whined. He noticed Trevor being unusually quiet. He started shaking Trevor's arm vigorously for his attention.
"Trevor, Trevor! What do you think, whaddayathink?"
"Uh?" Trevor asked as if he was just woken up from a deep sleep.
"What is your opinion on going to Charlie's place this weekend?"
"Uh... What for?" Trevor asked, raising his eyebrows.
"To chill!" Conner said, wiggling his hands around and smiling from ear to ear, trying to share his enthusiasm.
Trevor, eyed Joshua and Charlie. "I don't know" he said flatly and continued gazing ahead at the road in front of him.
"Gah, you are no fun anymore!" Conner pouted and kicked Trevor in the shin, only to earn a whack on the back of his head.
"Chaaarllieee, pleeeeeeaasse!" He continued his whining to the point where he started yelling at the top of his lungs.
When it was too much for them to bear, Charlie decided to finally give in.
"Alright, alright. Fine, whatever"
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Like,.... Reealllly?"
"Kon, stop asking that or I might actually change my mind"
Conner stopped abruptly at Charlie's warning.
He tried shutting off his excitement but he couldn't. Eventually, he squealed and gave Charlie a tight hug.
"Dude, wait for us tomorrow after detention, alright?" Josh told Charlie, who was struggling to get out of Conner's grip.
He gave him a thumbs up.
Soon, they parted ways.