In this chapter, we learn that the narrator is a "ditz" . He's intelligent, but he's also a "disguised ditz." He tells us that his mother always tells him that he looks smart, but that he is actually "a ditz" because he has "foolish things" in the past. He says that this is only their first meeting, and that he already knows about his ex-boyfriend. He also says that his brother is also a ditz, because he works in a hospital. The narrator says that he'll be glad to have conversations with him during his break. After talking to his mother, he feels "all the uneasiness and bit of inferiority" gone. He thinks that his family background doesn't matter at all, since he is "competent enough" for aaron. He tells his mother that he has to "get that shameless side" of himself that he used to have. He asks her if she likes him a lot, and she says that she does. She says that when she signs business contracts, she just takes 60 percent and takes 40 percent . She thinks that no one could be more cool than that, since no one pretends to be stupid and no one is stupid at all. She adds that she's going to "take a shower" , and he says that "dreams are shattered." He asks his mother if she loves him, and her response is always the same: "keep me company if mommy and daddy loved me, kiss me, hug me, love me." The narrator tells his father that he and his father don't force him to meet their demands, but they do allow him to do whatever he wants. He wants to know when he will be able to speak, and his mother says that if he continues like that, he will start speaking