Chapter 1

Dear journal

I went back to visit my high school for the first time in fifteen years today. I went back there with my friends Gene, Leper, Chet, and Bobby Zane. The high school is called Devon and the high school is in New Hampshire. I wanted all of my friends to jump off a tree and land in the river. We did that a lot back when we were in high school. I wanted them to do it again because I wanted to remember what it felt like. We all climbed up the tree. When they got up to the tree, I jumped into the river first, and once I came up from the river, I remembered how exciting it was back then, and I was proud of myself for jumping from the tree and into the river. I wanted all of my other friends to jump from the tree and into the river, but Gene was the only one that jumped. I thought that Gene was ashamed that he had to jump into the river. I wrestled Gene after he got out of the river, but then we stopped because he wanted to be on time for dinner. On the way back to our room, I was teasing Gene about him wanting to be on time for dinner.