One night, they go to a bar called Old Freddy's and watch an old-ish stripper do her thing onstage.He disapproves of drinking because he doesn't like it when people lose control. That's not really Owen's idea of a good time.

Most Gravesend seniors go to Boston to go boozing with their fake IDs (made by our pal Owen).As seniors, Owen and John have the privilege of traveling to Boston on Wednesdays or Fridays if they feel like it.We learn that this year is the first time in their lives in which Owen and Johnny have really started to become cranky with one another.Owen is really big on faith, in case you couldn't already tell. John tells Owen that with practice they can start landing the shot in three seconds Owen insists that they can do it with faith, not practice.Owen is like, 'see what a little faith can do?' Owen completes the shot with a second left to spare. They practice the shot again with the clock set for four seconds. John is getting pretty fed up with Owen.Owen keeps coming up with excuses why he should go to UNH instead of Harvard or Yale – he should look after his parents he should be near Hester, too.Owen infuriates John by announcing that he figures he'll end up at the University of New Hampshire, too: ''I DON'T SEE HOW I CAN LET YOU FEND FOR YOURSELF,' he said' (7.13).John thinks it's unfair of Owen to expect him to go through the whole process of applying to Harvard and Yale only to be rejected. Owen tries to persuade John to try to get into a better college than the University of New Hampshire.He's also been offered a full scholarship to the University of New Hampshire, even though he didn't even apply there. Owen and John are in the midst of applying to college. Eight years after the fact, he verbally tells John what he suggested when he symbolically mutilated John's stuffed armadillo: 'GOD HAS TAKEN YOUR MOTHER…MY HANDS WERE THE INSTRUMENT. Owen and John are nineteen-year-old seniors at Gravesend Academy.

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