The narrator tells us that the protagonist is a "little bit arrogant" and "a little bit idealistic" , but above all, he's "in love with someone" . He's got a crush on a girl who lives next door, and she's worried about people she knows because of an "ilhess." The doctor has told him that only one person will live to see him, and the protagonist wonders what the guy's doing. The protagonist says that he doesn't know, but he does know that the guy is "smarter than he looks" and that he has "knitting" in his heart. The doctor asks the protagonist if he'd like to buy yarn at a nearby store, but the protagonist says he'll have to buy it from the trash. The narrator says that she'd rather give the protagonist an opportunity to "make up" with his crush than to have him "mere presence is men." The protagonist thinks that's a gross idea, but she'll give it another try. She asks the doctor to whisper to the protagonist that the boy is "on another level" from "you losers." The narrator is shocked that the doctor would order him around like that, and wonders why the boy would have to wait for his crush. She's also shocked that he would be waiting for "those bitches" to come to him. The conversation turns to the subject of the protagonist's father, who runs a flower shop next door to the one where the protagonist works. He says that his son is his "greatest treasure," but that he didn't want to continue to look after him because he was "my greatest