Chapter 4

I didn't have anything special to do that night so I chewed the rag with him a while as he was shaving. I hate vanity, and stradlater is so vain, he spends most his time perfecting himself in the mirror, although he is a secret slob, you should have seen the state of his crumby razor, full of old hair and rusty as hell. He always looked good afterwards though, I'll admit. I think I'm developing a nervous habit, because I couldn't stop turning the tap on and off. I still had my hunting cap on, with the peak to the back, I got a real bang out of that. After Stradlater asking me to do an English composition for him, and again I didn't answer his straight away. I walked into the middle of the bathroom and started to do a tap dance, just hoarsing araound, you know.

Turns out Stradlater was going to see a movie, god I hate movies like poison When I asked him who he was going with he wasn't even sure of the name. Jean Gallagher he replied.
Boy, I nearly dropped dead when he said that. 'Jane Gallagher' I said, damn right I knew who that was, I used to play chckers with her all the time. I really miss Jane, it's been a while since I have spoken to her, I though I should go down and say hello but couldn't bring myself to it. This dat with Jane and Stradlater, is made me so nervous I nearly went crazy. Even though she had only signed out until nine thirty pm, I knew what Stradlater was like. In the end, I agreed to let Stradlater to borrow my Hound's Tooth, and I said I would do his composition for him, and he went off for his date with Jane.