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Transformation
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Assembly Hall
"No one is accusing you of anything" Brinker responded Finny shouts "Im starting to remember certain things now,about the both of us doing a double jump together,I saw Leper there before I said to jump or anything like that" Brinker is really not gonna give this up till he finds out what really happened. I could see Finny upset. Leper debating on whether or not to say anything,"Where does it get me?" Brinker just pleading.. Finny shouts "Forget it doesnt matter!Nevermind." He starts to cry. -
Summer
I never thought I would go to boarding school with a bunch of other young boys my age. Will I even have friends? I never thought I'd have my summer spent listening to people and demanding me to eat,sleep, all at a certin time.Everyone had thought Devon was such a beautiful and amazing school, although many people saying that did not even attend Devon School.All because of this war this is how I must spend my summer and without being 17 nothing I can do about everything that is around me, -
Early Morning,Summer
It had already been a couple days at Devon to get used to everything and everyone around me. I met Phineas, who was this taunting, handsome,athletic daredevil who everyone seemed to love. I liked him, he always wanted to have fun. Finny and I had already skipped going to dinner most of the week because he wanted to go on a little adventure everyday.
"We had to do it naturally.." he said to Mr.Prud'homme who was just a substitute for the summer, "because we are all getting ready for the war" -
Super Session of the Summer Society
FInny and I were just sitting on the branch of the tree in Devon Woods. I didnt even know that we were sitting so close to eachother. Why did people praise him so much?
¨Are you still afraid to jump out of the tree?' said Finny
¨..It would be my pleaurse to jump out of the tree"
"Weĺl form a Super Suicide Society of the Summer Session!' he said
¨What is that?" I thought to myself, 'Why do we need to have a session for anything, especailly a Super Suicide Session?΅ -
¨He was perfect¨
Finny was always so athletic and smart, and there I was very un-athletic and struggling to stay with my grades. I guess I could say I was pretty jealous of how perfect he was. It never made sense because I only meant him this year, but I would be with him for the rest of this summer. -
A Walk On The Boardwalk
Boardwalk lightd had the lights against the deepening blue sky and beer gardens gleamed with quiet purity in the clear twilight. As me and Finny walked along the Boardwalk, Finny was wearing a nice light blue polo shirt, were I was just wearing a regular polo. I noticed that everyone was watching and looking at him. He was always the center of attention and everyone always seemed to look at him.
¨Everyone seems to be staring at you" he said all of sudden I looked at him to see if he was joking. -
Out of the Tree
We skipped dinner again, just to sit and have adventure again. I dont see why everyone was always prasing Finny. We were just talking about our grades. Me as always, struggling in my classes even if I studied my ass off.
"You have a C in your class!?"he said laughing afterwards
I was getting alittle dissapoointed in myself and he was making me mad and dissappointed by laughing at me.I looked around him with extreme intrest, and he tumbled sideways, broke through, and hit the bank.I jump after. -
The Next Day
What did I do yesterday? Did I really push Finny out of the tree? Did anyone see? I was just so angry at him for saying all these things about perfect grades and body. "He had never been jealous of me for a second. Now I knew that there never was and never could have been any rivalry between us.I was not of the quality as he." -
The Next Day
"... I heard rumors that came out of the infirmary" Could these rumors be true? "..It was that one of his legs, which had be "shattered". I didnt really know what that meant". I was his roommate what had happened to him was caused by me. Does anyone know? Finny must really be too sick, or noble to tell anyone. It was dinner time and I was wearing his clothes but I looked in the mirror, I had become no character out of my daydreams. I was Phineas,Phineas to the life. -
Next days
Standing there in FInny's triumphant shirt, that I would never stumble through the confusions of my own character again. This transformation stayed with me throughout the whole evening, and even after I undressed from his clothes and went to bed.
"Finny's better!" Dr.Stanpole said to me on the chapel steps
I felt like Finny is going to hate me forever and tell everyone what had really happened. Will he ever forgive me? Although I was insanely jealous of him I still want to be his friend. -
Everything is done?
"As a friend you ought to help him face that sports are finished, the sooner he accepts it the better off he is." Dr.Stanpole said
I cant believe I did this. All his sports and being able to walk right now is just gone. I lost all hope of controling myself. I burst out crying into my hands, I cried for Finny and for myself and for this doctor of kindness, which was not expected. I feel terrible I was just becomig more and more jealous as he conutined to talk and I couldnt handle it anymore. -
Fields Beyond
Time went by, Leper was still in war, Finny was still in cruches, I still had not gotten "caught" for doing anything to Finny that day in the tree. I wanted to see Phineas and only him. I got back one day and found him in the middle of the snow having a bll fight in a place called Fields Beyond.I just didnt want Finny to be on the ground, fighting causes him to have alot of movement. We all ended the fight the only way possible which was to all turn on Phineas, I just want him to be okay, -
Questions, Questions
Next days, hanging out with him was simple because he was being taken care of from me. I took my free time everything just to take care of what I had done. Brinker, Phineas, Leper all were joined in the Assembly room. "What really happened to Finny? How really did he fall" said Brinker. I dont know what is going on, do they know? Finny will never forgive me I need him to stay my friend. Finny asking me curiously if I saw the tree shake..I simply answered with I dont recall it shaking.. -
Whats going on?
Its hard to believe I saw Finny crying couple nights ago,he was so upset and who knew someone that everyone "praised" so much actually could be so upset and sad. Now hes laying on the floor, not able to move his leg and everyone just thought he needed to stretch his legs. We took him to the doctors and he layed in bed wondering where this pain had come from. -
A Regular Day
I left my room, on my way to meet up with Finny. Whats going on with him? Will he be okay? I reached the Common Room and beyond that was the gym, walking alone all these spots where me and Finny have hung out. I finally got there and Dr.Stanpole sat next me which was very unusal because I had not seen Finny yet. "How is he sir?" I said. He reposonded saying "This is something I think boys of your generation are going to see alot of..and I will have to tell you about it now,Your friend is dead." -
Finny's Death
What just happened? My heart, my life..he gone? Forever just gone because of what I had done. Because of my insane jealously, I could not believe this. There was bone marrow that escaped, then going into his blood and went directly to his heart where it could not be stopped.Phineas had died from the marrow in his bone flowing into his heart and killed him. I could not escape the feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case. -
Enlisting
"Ive always thought about enlisting and now I am going to." Brinker saying to his dad. His dad would never want his hild to go into war. I mean who would? Your child you raised getting killed by this terrible, stupid war. While he was dealing with this, I still never talked about Phineas, it was too soon. -
Last Day
The headmaster handed me my diploma, my schooling was over now. I couldnt help but be glad about leaving Devon, and in a few week be far from Devon School. Phineas had absorbed it and taken it with him and I was rid of it forever.I never talked about him and neither did anyone else. Finny created something I continued to live with and I just had to accept everything going on around me. -
Back then..
Thinking about the last things I thought of when I was last here..Only Phineas never afraid and never hated anyone. For everyone in Devon School that long summer Phineas cost themselves these Maginot Lines against the enemy, this enemy who never attacked that way, if he ever attacked at all, if he was the actual indeed the enemy. It still hard to believe I lost my best friend that summer. Everything that went down. I wish I wasnt ever jealous of him. I wish I never had thoughts about hating him. -
Thinking about it now
I had always felt that the Devon School came into existence the day I entered, then blinked out like a candle the day I left. Looking back now, naturally I felt older being here but I had walked up and down those stairs everyday for class that summer.I had more money and success now then when I walked up and down these stairs. I would know more about that when I had seen the second place I had come to see. I could of ,should of done A LOT of things different that summer, but I cant. Its done.
