![]() ![]() The narrator reflects that they speak Spanish to each other, which bothers him, because none of his girlfriends ever spoke Spanish. Harold and the narrator reflect on how out of their league Girlfriend is, who "was too beautiful, too high-class for a couple of knuckleheads like us" (112). The next day, the narrator tells his friend Harold about Girlfriend's breakup with Boyfriend. The narrator starts to feel bad for Girlfriend, but he also admits that he is numb to this sort of thing after breaking up with Loretta. The narrator goes into his bathroom, which is right above hers, to listen to her cries. ![]() The narrator can hear Girlfriend from his apartment, which is right below his. The narrator heads to his apartment, and he can hear Boyfriend finally leave and Girlfriend crying loudly in her apartment. The narrator thinks that their relationship reminds him of his ex, Loretta. Every time Boyfriend heads to leave, Girlfriend starts crying again, asking him why he's doing this. The narrator reveals that he knows Boyfriend, and assumes that he actually wanted "more space to cheat" on Girlfriend (111). The boyfriend, who the narrator refers to as "Boyfriend," tells his girlfriend, referred to as "Girlfriend," that he wants space from the relationship. When he awakens, he hears his neighbors having a loud fight on the floor below him. On one of these incidents, the narrator wakes up in his hallway. At the beginning of "Boyfriend," the narrator explains that when he smokes weed it causes him to sleepwalk. ![]()
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