Arriving at West Point for the beginning of my four year tenure I find the cadets are a lot nicer than I'd thought. One gives me a couple hits while others are equally helpful. I look in the fridge and see food items belonging to various dorm members. Realize tomorrow is Sunday and I'll have to go to church, but I don't have a tie. Ryan is reading a story to the class about the dissolution of a relationship between some guy and a girl named Linda. He told us how it was only three weeks. Then later she comes to me. We talk. I put my arms around her and she kisses me on the cheek. As we're walking into the hallway she asks "What did you say to my dad last night?'. "I didn't call. I'm afraid to after what a nice guy he said I was for leaving the rose stem on your porch." We walk along the tracks of a roller coaster....