Gene is going back to visit his old school in the first chapter and starts having flashbacks of what his life was like back then. In these three chapters, we quickly learn that Gene and Finny are good friends. We also learn that Finny can talk his way out of things, including wearing a pink shirt and wearing his school tie as a belt. In these chapters they form the "Super Summer Society of the summer session". In this new society they hold meetings and every meeting will start out with a jump from Finny and Gene off the tree even though Gene never loses his fear, he still jumps.
Another thing created in these chapters is a game called "blitzball" which Finny made up, but there is never a winner. We find out how athletic Finny is in these chapters, but we also find out that he doesn't think sports should be about winning or losing. We find out how he feels about sports when he breaks the school swimming record, but doesn't want anyone to know. After Finny breaks the record, they go to the beach where Finny tells Gene they are best friends. Gene fails to do the same for Finny, so he doesn't get to tell him he thinks they're best friends too.
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