I've returned to school and tried to adjust to the changes from the summer session. I'm still in the same room but without a roomate. Brinker Hadley is across the hall instead of Leper Lepellier.
I had an appointment at Crew House to meet with Cliff Quackenbush the student crew manager. I had applied for the job of assistant crew manager. I don't know why I did. This job is usually saved for the physically disabled students. Quackenbush was angry because I was late. We argued. He called me maimed. In a way, he's right. I feel maimed because of what I did to Finny. Maybe I took the job because of him. The arguement turned into a physical fight. When it stopped, Quackenbush told me I wasn't wanted and to leave. On the way back to the dorm I met Mr. Ludsburg who told me I'd had a phone call. It was Finny who had called to see how things had gone my first day back. He was happy to hear I didn't have a roomate and his place was saved. He even apologized again for even thinking I had done something to make him fall. He wasn't happy about me giving up sports or being assistant crew manager. It's a job I probably lost anyway.
The day still wasn't over. Brinker came in and accused me of fixing things so Finny wouldn't come back so I could have a room to myself. I suggested going for a smoke to the Butt Room to end the conversation. Once we entered the room, he continued it with others who were there. I played along by making up the most unbelievable story I could think of, then left.
We've had an early, heavy snow fall that closed the railroad yards nearby. We volunteered to help shovel snow so the trains could go through. The first train to pass carried troops who looked our age. When we returned to school, Brinker said he was enlisting tomorrow. I decided to enlist also. I would fight against an enemy that was really there not one that I put there myself as I had done with Finny. I felt nothing or no one could stop me from enlisting until I opened the door to my room and saw Finny was back.
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