broken up with beverly, alan runs into tommy a month later while jogging in griffith park and invites him for a night out; the two have a fantastic time, drinking and doing drugs along the way. at alan's invitation, tommy stays over at alan's apartment. they sleep in separate rooms until alan, in the middle of the night, joins tommy in his bed, claiming the couch is too uncomfortable; tommy leaves to go sleep on the couch. in the morning, tommy tells alan he has feelings for him and can't see him again. tommy also confronts alan about his own curiosity, prompting alan to defensively blurt out, "i'm not a fag like you, okay?" tommy walks out. feeling horrible about what he said, alan proceeds to call him nonstop, but tommy won't come to the phone.