- In the opening poem, Lennie talks to the "half-mom" painting, and imagines her mother living in the sky.
- After summer band practice, Joe and Lennie go for a forest walk; Joe is still creeped out by the sounds of the trees.
- Joe asks about Lennie's mom and is baffled by Lennie's lack of anger at her mother's abandonment.
- Then he decides she is forgiving, unlike him, which as you can imagine, makes Lennie nervous.
- Lennie takes Joe to a bedroom set in the middle of the forest—her secret place.
- They climb on the bed.
- Joe asks if Lennie's a virgin, and he says he wants to be her first. Lennie is so overwhelmed that she cries—but in a happy way.
- They are really into each other, so they make out some more.