In this short scene, the young narrator laments the fact that he is unable to live with his friend. He complains that he has always relied on him for his meals and that he does not keep things neat and tidy as he and his friend do. He laments that if they were to live together, he would be the only person on his mind, and he would not be able to think of his friend all the time. He sighs that he cannot just let his life be his friend's, and that they are about to graduate from college and be eligible to graduate.