Chapter 6 text

Earlier in the day I was walking across the hall to Leper and Brinkers room and heard a voice call my name. It was the headmaster saying that I had a phone call in the office. When I walked in I first saw a number written on a pad of paper and then I began to dial it. As I heard the voice of the person picking up the telephone I knew right away that it had been Finny calling looking for me. We began talking about if anyone had taken his place in our room and I told him that I had not found any other roomates. "Completely over the falls. I wanted to be sure you'd recovered. That's why I called up. I knew that if you'd let them put anybody else in the room in my place, then you really were crazy. But you didn't I knew you wouldn't" (75). After Finny had said this to me I didn't want to tell him that at some point in my mind I did have doubt on keeping Finny in my room, but I could not tell him that, not right this instant. He had thought I was crazy ever since I had gone to see him in the hospital and told him that I could have been the reason for him falling and hurting himself, when it was the truth. I still don't understand why he does not believe me. In my mind I was thinking why I would ever tell my best pal something like that if it was not the truth. We started talking about what sports I was going to do since I was practically becoming a part of Finny after his injury. I said "Crew. Well not exactly crew. Managing crew. Assistant crew manager" (76). Finny called me crazy but I thought it was a decent idea. I did not care about being a big athletic man on the campus or anything. I said to Finny, "I'm too busy for sports" (77). He said to me, "Listen, pal, if I can't play sports, you're going to play them for me" (77). At that moment I realized my purpose from the beginning was to become a part of Phineas.