The narrator tells Henry that he'll be back soon, and he asks if he's nervous about going out with Sam. Henry tells him not to be so nervous, because it's a good thing they're not kids. Henry says that he feels like Sam is acting more like a grown-up than he has ever been, and that's why they've been fighting so much. He also says that Sam doesn't have the same "thoughtless" personality that Henry does. Henry asks if the narrator has been making up his own image of Sam, and the narrator says that maybe he hasn't been so sharp with his social skills. He says that when he first met Henry, Sam would stare out his window all day, waiting for Henry to come out of the house. He'd wait for days, and then he'd leave, and Henry would tell him that he wasn't coming out to see him. The narrator asks Henry to try talking to Sam instead of thinking about him, because he knows better.