the things they carried-4

in this part of the the book now that im reading in from page 24-32. in the first few pages to about page 26 jimmy cross talks about how he hates Martha but he loves he and he tries to forget about her. Then he says how he was going to get up the rest of his men and do their march all throughout the day though it might be harder that day because it was raining hard and it also made all the things they carried alot of heavier then usually.  On page 27 i read the four page chapter called Love. In this chapeter Jimmy cross goes to an old friends home from the war and discuss about what happened and the drank cofee and smoked cigarettes the whole day. When they would talk about things that troubled them they would be silent for a long time and they change the cofee to gin. Jimmy cross's friend also asked him about Martha and what ever happened. He had said after the war they ran into eachother in 1979 at a college reunion and he spent the whole day with her about 8 or 9 hours. He told her a few times he loved her but she was just say nothing back. He said that she had told him that day she finished nursing school and she had been to different countries helping out people. He said that there was a banquet and a dance that day and they did those things together. Also after he told her he loved her she would stay silent and look at her watch and say it was getting late. So then he walked her back to her dormitory and dropped her off. He said so badly he wish he could have brang her back to his room and spend time with her but he couldnt. Then after he told the story Cross's friend told him to write a book or story about what happened and as he got into his car Cross's friend said to him make sure you make me out to be handsome and great and the best platoon leader ever!