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Charlie is at Sam and Patrick’s house for the final secret santa gift swap. They all sit in circle and swap their gifts and reveal who was who’s secret santa. Charlie gives Patrick his last gift a poem. Patrick reveals that he was Charlie’s secret santa and gives him a suit jacket as his last gift. He gave him this because all great writers wear suits. Charlie also gets everyone else presents even though they did not get anything for him. He gave Sam his favorite record that his Aunt Helen had given him. She hugs him and whispers to him that she loves him. Sam had gotten Charlie a present too. She takes him to her room to show it to him. She got him a typewriter. Charlie types on the typewriter that he loves Sam, too. Sam asks Charlie if he …show more content…

To break of the fight Charlie’s dad makes Charlie drive the rest of the way to Ohio. Charlie is very nervous to drive to Ohio, but he eventually make it there. Charlie tells us about how abusive his grandfather was towards his children and wife. The next day they head back home, and on the way they stop by Aunt Helen’s grave. Aunt Helen was molested as a young girl by a family friend. She was also drank and did drugs a lot growing up. She eventually got herself together and stayed with Charlie’s family a lot. He was very close to her. One year during Charlie’s Christmas Eve birthday party policemen showed up on their doorstep to inform them that Aunt Helen had died in a car accident. Charlie feels guilty for her death because she was driving to go get his birthday gift. A few days later, Charlie visits Aunt Helen’s grave once again, alone. He tells her about his life and leaves a mixtape on her grave. As he leaves he cries hard, and he promises her that from now on he will only cry about important things. On New Year's Eve Charlie goes to a party. He accidentally takes some drugs that make him hallucinate. He also sees Sam with her boyfriend and he becomes very

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