Mel is adamant that this wasn’t real love, but Terri is sure that it was. Terri recounts how her ex-boyfriend, Ed, used to beat her while telling her that he loved her. The four friends are drinking gin and tonics and talking about love, which Mel (a cardiologist and former seminarian) believes is spiritual in nature. Or maybe, after hearing about all the troubles Mel and Terri have gone through, he's a bit worried about the road ahead for his marriage.Two married couples- Mel and Terri, and Nick and Laura-sit around Mel and Terri’s kitchen table as the afternoon sun streams in through the window. Maybe, because of all this talk about love, he feels closer to his wife than ever. We hate to be negative, but we have to ask: are these two headed for rougher waters? Can they really have such smooth sailing for the rest of their lives? Nick the StethoscopeĪs we discuss in "What's Up With the Ending?", the final lines of the story-in which Nick describes sitting in the quiet darkness, listening to "everyone's heart"-suggests… something. She's easy to be with." But we know from Terri and Mel's example that love is rarely, if ever, easy. We know this because he tells us straight up, "In addition to being in love, we like each other and enjoy one another's company. Nick's love for Laura is shown as steady, uncomplicated and drama free. Through smiles, kisses, and asides to the reader, Nick shows us and tells us that he loves Laura, or at the very least, believes he does. Yet, he does throw his own example into the mix. More importantly, Nick never says how he feels about Terri or Mel's examples of real love. But in terms of personal details, that's about all we get. And we know he and Laura were recently married. He is Mel's best friend and might be a lawyer, since he met his wife Laura, a legal secretary, "in a professional capacity" (30).
He mostly reports on the conversation and the amount of gin left in the bottle at any given moment.
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