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Gene made my bed for me just like old times. I joked with him and criticized his clothes were and the maid service was slacking, but he was not really in the mood for jokes. Brinker came into our room and asked Gene if he was still going to enlist into the war, then started joking with Gene about his plan to murder me and get rid of me. Gene quickly cut Brinker off and started to tell me about Brinkers idea to enlist in the war. My reaction was enthusiastic but in a negative way. I expressed that I wanted Gene to stay. So then we both began to give Brinker crap about how we would never enlist with him.
When Gene and I were on our way to class I began to tell him how much I loved the ice patches and the winter in general. I then suggested we skip class so i could get a good look at Devon since i had been gone for so long. We went to the gym, then Gene admitted to me that he had not tried out for any sports because of his dreams to enlist into war. I gave him the honest truth, that there is no such thing as war.
After that talk Gene began to train for the olympics, with my help of course. Mr. Ludsbury told us to dedicate our time to the war, but we simply said, "No."