Part 2, Chapter 7 Summary

The Professor is waiting for Jeff when he arrives at the Baltimore airport, but Jeff has emotionally gone inside himself, to a small room where he locked the memories of his day and night spent on the island beach. When the Professor asks after Melody, Jeff feels rage surging against his locked room, but inside it he feels safe. He feels that if he didn't have the room, he would fall apart into broken pieces. Protecting the room becomes Jeff's only project - he stops playing the guitar, talking to the Professor and participating at school. He begins riding the rollercoaster at the amusement park whenever he can, and the excitement of the feeling is the only thing that compares to the excitement of being on the island. He skips classes to ride the rollercoaster, and begins flunking his courses and...