Date: Thursday, 9/11/69

Following Charles around campus has some benefits. I am becoming more familiar with places, and thus feel more at ease in them. I may walk into the bookstore alone but I’m doing more than just buying a book, I’m watching to see what Charles is up to. My two days of undercover work have revealed that the Commons has a back room where there is a television, a pool table and vending machines.

I haven’t seen a female friend at all. He has a buddy named Tony. They spend time together whenever Charles is on campus.

Many students know Charles. They give him big hugs and tell him how glad they are to see him back. I wonder where he was. He pats them on the shoulder, kids around with them and then he leaves with Tony. He has an old beat up Jeep that he parks near the guard station. Does he think someone will steal it? It is old and rusty and an eyesore as my Pops would say. He has New York license plates and they say, “Black Beauty.” Why? I have no idea.

In my sleuthing, I heard him mention to Tony that they would be seeing “The Third Man” on Friday night.

I planned to go to the library Friday night and begin a long weekend of studying. In light of these new developments however, I plan to go to the movie as well.

I saw a poster in the Commons for the film series on Friday nights. I’ll have to go early because I am sure it will be packed. I mean, free movies. It’d be stupid and a waste not to go. Of course I will be there. I just need to plan for this and at the same time make it look really spontaneous. No one ever said that growing up was easy but this wasn’t ever mentioned to me before—the ways in which to meet and get to know a guy. I’m willing to learn. Practice is a good thing. If this doesn’t work out, well, there are lots of other guys here. It’s just that he’s so good looking.