In this chapter, the narrator reflects on the fact that she is the only person in the world who gets her up and gets her sexual chemistry with her childhood friend. She goes for a walk with her friend, and the only thing she can think about is the ring on her friend's finger. She wonders what will happen if her friend is cured of his disease, and she finds someone else to love. If they were to get together, she wonders, everything would go back to the way it was before.