In this short scene, the narrator tells us that he is invited to his brother's house by the boy's older brother, who is a practicing physician. The narrator is excited to be invited, but he is also nervous that his mother will not answer the door. When the narrator asks about his brother, he learns that his brother is still at practice and that he has not yet returned home. He also learns that the boy is a friend of the narrator's from school, and that the two of them have not yet begun to date. He tells the narrator that his feelings for his brother are still one-sided, but that he won't tell his brother about it.