Blankets

The chapter opens with a dark scene in which Phil pretends to pee on Craig while they’re in bed together. Craig falls for the prank and takes revenge by peeing full force on Phil. Soon, the two boys are both peeing on each other in a fit of rage and then their mom walks in. She is disgusted and horrified and puts them both in the shower. It is the first time either of the boys has ever showered before, as their parents only let them take baths, and Craig compares the experience to an attempted baptism to cleanse their sins. He cannot scrub off the feeling of filth, and the experience haunts him years later.

Craig finishes painting Raina’s wall—a portrait of the two of them sitting in a big tree together. After the painting is finished, Craig confesses his love for Raina in a moment of passion. The images cut to a scene where Raina’s dad goes to pick up Ben from school and Ben lashes out, angry at the thought of his parents’ divorce. It then cuts back to a splash of faces as Raina takes Craig to see her school for the rest of the morning.