now
- Feather spent last night in the hospital with a twenty-four-hour bug, and Bobby was scared sick. His day went horribly awry—almost got locked in the bathroom, left his backpack in the taxi, couldn't get ahold of his parents.
- Now he is scared, so much so that when his mom calls to check up on him, he starts crying—quietly, though, so she won't know.
- Because Mary won't be back until the next day, Bobby goes to his downstairs neighbor, Coco, for a little rest.
- As Bobby returns to his own apartment in the morning, he looks around the room and misses who he was before Feather came along.