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better to take my place," Charlie explained, "Roy was basically my only friend and I didn't want to lose him. I figured that since he was so likable he could have any friends he wanted. I, on the other hand, was rather desperate for him to continue liking me because if he didn't I would be all alone. Some of the other boys at school said I was like Roy's sidekick, and when I really thought about it, it was true. Like I said, I'm not always the most sociable man in the world, and I was usually rather submissive when around Roy, giving in to what he wanted to do.
    "As time went on though, I knew that I didn't have to worry about Roy finding a better friend. We'd become too close by that time. And I knew that he needed me as much as I needed him. I had the brains to plan out his crazy schemes. If it weren't me, he probably would have been caught by one of our teachers and gotten kicked out of school.
    "My teachers always said I should stop hanging around with "that St. James boy" because my grades would suffer at times, but I refused. Despite all that, I still graduated at the top of my class. Roy used to call me Professor, jokingly, of course, and I called him Jester.
    "But he didn't do all he did for laughs. Sometimes he'd create these wonderful plans like he was Robin Hood or something," Charlie laughed, "Like once, he found out that this very rude, conceited boy had stolen Patty Larson's scarf. No one felt bad for Patty because she wasn't very popular and was a bit of a geek, to be quite honest, but Roy thought it was terrible. He spent his whole lunch hour learning how to knit. And I mean that honestly- he really did it.
    "I ran down to the library to get the books because that was always my job, I was a regular at the library, while he searched for yarn. He could only find mismatched colors and such in the art room, but he did it anyway. He worked long hours into the night for a week until it was done. It ended up being a rather silly looking scarf, but Roy wrapped it all up nice and left it on her desk before class. He didn't want to say that he'd been the one to do it, so instead he attached this little note that read simply:
    ' - Since your other one was stolen by a pompous pig.
    Sincerely,
    Jester and Professor'
    Charlie chuckled, "Patty loved it. She really did. She wore it everyday that winter, and into the spring as well. At some point, I think she finally did find out who her anonymous gift givers were, but she never made a big deal of it; she knew Roy had never wanted her to know in the first place or else he would have used our real names. I never told Roy because he thought he'd been so secretive by using the names Jester and Professor, but Patty did thank me for it once.
    "' I'm not going to say what I'm thanking you for, Charlie Wilkie, because I think you already know,' she said 'but I just wanted you to know that I love it.'"
    Sara smiled, "How sweet. My father never told me about that."
    "I suspected not. He never liked for people to know," Charlie replied. He leaned back in his chair "I've probably bored you to tears by now, haven't I?"
    "Oh, no, no, no," Sara assured, "Of course not. I'm really very interested actually."
    Across from her and a little ways down Nora sat, buttering her roll. She was barely looking at the bread though. She'd become completely entranced by one of the sailors that sat just down the table. He was definitely the most handsome man on board with thick, blond curls and striking hazel eyes. When he laughed, revealing a beautiful white smile and a dimple on his left cheek, Nora positively melted.
    She was so occupied staring at him, she lost track of what she was doing and the butter knife she'd been using slipped out of her hand, hitting her knee and then toppling to the floor. For a moment she didn't even notice it, but when she did she found that the boy beside her had already leaned over to retrieve it for her.
    "You should be more careful next time," he advised as he handed it