I didn't have anything special to do, so I went down to the can and chewed the rag with him while he was shaving. Everybody was still down at the game, and it was hot as hell in the can and the windows were all steamed up. I sat on the sink next to Stradlater and started turning the cold water tap on and off... its a nervous habit.
Stradlater and Ackley were similar in a way.... they were both slobs in there personal habits. Stradlater was more of a secret slob, with his filled with crap razor. Although he always looked handsome- I'll admit it. Whilst Ackley, like i said before looked horrible. Anyway I was still next to Stradlater with my red hunting hat still on. I got a big bang out of that hat. Stradlater asked me if i could do his composition for English for him, and kept on sucking up to me, asking about my hat saying its "sharp"... I new he didn't mean it.
All of a sudden... for no good reason, except I was in the mood for horsing around. I pounced on him like a goddam panther, and put him in a half nelson... a wrestling move. He soon got out, he's very strong guy. I'm very weak guy. I was mildly interested in his date until he said it was Jane Gallagher. I dam near dropped dead. She lived right next door to me the summer before last. I couldn't stop asking questions... "Where is she"... "in the annex?" I was pretty excited. I used to play checkers with her, she never moved her kings. I used to caddy for he mother, a couple of times but she was gaddam crap though. Stradlater wasn't interested. I didn't want her to now I got kicked out. He banged the hell out of the room.... i sat there for half an hour after he left thinking about Jane.
All of a sudden Acklely barged in and for once in my life i was glad to see him.... took my mind of other things. He stuck around until dinner time.
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