Chapter 3 Summary

After Kate and Dave buy furniture for the bedrooms, Dave recruits moving help from the Blood and Guts Couch Potatoes, a group of professionals from Washington DC with whom Dave plays backyard football. With promises of beer and pizza, Dave bribes the Couch Potatoes into helping. Dave introduces each of the men to Kate.

Kate and Dave enjoy an easy attraction to one another. Dave explains himself in further detail, mentioning his former employment as a wedding photographer, which he found boring. Kate says she loves her music, but sounds wistful.

The Couch Potatoes easily move in the furniture. After they leave, Dave jokes with Kate about marriage. She asserts that she would rather be boiled in oil. In spite of this, Dave claims he loves the cello and attends her evening concert. Kate feels Dave's presence in the audience. He watches her...