Perks Of Being a Wallflower: The Conversation
September 20th 1993
Dear friend,
I know it has been a year and a month since I last wrote to you, I'm sorry about that; I wanted to just tell you some of the events of the last year. Firstly I made a new friend, Meggie, she is a freshman this year, and I actually approached her because she sort of reminded me of myself on the first days, weeks, months of my freshman year. It was great to finally be able to speak to someone I could relate to and incidentally she was one of Michael's relatives, a second cousin or something. She is very kind and beautiful but not as beautiful as Sam, who I miss greatly. Sam has visited me a few times in the last year but not a lot because she is busy with college and her new…boyfriend.
As well Mr Anderson had decided to go to New York during the holidays that year I was in hospital, he has sent me tickets to go to his new play, and my mom and dad have agreed to take me to the show. I really hope it is good, well it must be I mean Mr Anderson was great at his teaching job so he must be great at this job.
I will right to you soon, because right now I'm a bit emotional thinking about Mr Anderson and Sam, and just in case you haven't noticed I have added a return address for once so feel free to write back.
Love Always, Charlie
September 25th 1994
Dear Charlie,
Thank you for finally giving me the return address. My name is Dr Burton, I am your Doctor, remember me from the hospital, I never knew who you were until that meeting. I really loved the way you could just release every thought from your mind on to paper but couldn't have simply told me during one of our meetings. Charlie, through these letters I have discovered a whole lot about you, and you know I even read about the drugs. You shouldn't have taken them but that is off the subject.
I want you to know that this thing we had going throughout these letter exchanges will always be there. Okay? Now I must really go, and I don't want you to stop writing. This letter may be short but I have put thought into every sentence much like you did.
Love Always, Dr Burton
September 27th 1994
Dear Dr Burton,
You were the one I would spend countless hours writing to, about absolutely anything no-one else actually wanted to know. And now I know who you are I think I could have probably just talk to you in person. I have to say though that I thought that this person I was writing to would have been a person who had went through something similar to what I had gone through.
Anyways can I still tell you about the last year through these letters? I would still find it more comfortable to do it this way. I will write about some of the events in this letter.
Well after a while of me and Meggie being friends we started to go to some of those special places Patrick, Sam and I went to last year. I was surprised that she had never been to Big Boy before, and I even took her to see the Rocky Horror Picture Show in which I now starred in. Rocky Horror wasn't as good without Sam, Patrick and Mary Elizabeth.
She said she had really enjoyed the show but found the part when I felt, Sarah, a new girl in the show who played Janet's, breasts a tad awkward. I'm really just hoping that this doesn't turn out like what happened between me and Mary Elizabeth, because I sort of think that Meggie thinks I'm her boyfriend.
Now I must leave because Sam is in town and we have agreed to meet at Big Boy, will wait for your reply.
Love Always, Charlie