The chapter opens with a conversation between the narrator and his friend Lucrecia, who is now a student at Coudray High School in New York City. The two discuss the recent events that have taken place in their lives. The narrator explains that he has been spending time with his friend, but that she has stopped talking to him lately. He explains that his mother does not want him to speak to her, because she thinks that she is too provocative. The conversation also touches on the subject of love, and the narrator says that he hopes to find his "soulmate" in the future. He then turns to his teacher and asks him to show him his love cards. The teacher tells him that he should turn over his cards and see what the cards say. The first card says "change," the second says "lovers," and the third says "fate." The teacher explains that the first card means death, the second the lovers card, and that the third means you will have to make "some choices." He tells the teacher that he will bring the cards to school the next day.