Charles and I used to hang out all the time, together with a few other guys, but he seemed too 1 for us lately. We didn't ask him for an 2 . Instead, we decided to teach him a lesson in the way he treated us. We started giving Charles the cold 3 , and almost everybody was taking no notice of him. He looked so sad, 4 at lunchtime when he sat alone in the cafeteria. At first I was 10 my plan had worked, but Charles' unhappiness made me upset. I hadn't thought about how badly my " 6 " would hurt him. During one lunch period, I watched as Charles 7 glanced at his watch, obviously counting the 8 until he could leave the cafeteira. I suddenly realized I had done wrong. " Hey! Man. I'm terribly sorry." I called out. Charles turned around slowly, clearly wanting to 9 eye contact. "Oh, so you are talking to me now?" he asked. "I'm so sorry, 10 I had thought that you wanted to end our friendship." I said. "What?" he nearly shouted, looking much surprised. "I've left you alone because I thought that was 11 you wanted." "Oh, my God! 12 would I want that?" I shouted, completely puzzled. Clearly, we both had been understanding each other 13 . At first Charles couldn't accept my apology, but eventually, he did 14 me. We 15 started hanging out together again. And our friendship wasn't destroyed at all.