When Mariana explains that she has to go to work, he replies: "It seems boring." (46) This shows him to be a lazy man and characterizes him well. Besides being lazy he is also a disorganized man. He explains that he forgot his wallet. His excuse is being a busy musician. He is also trying to get out of the situation by implying not to inform the insurance company. He's definitely trying not to get in trouble, whether it's passing situations or whatever the reason may be. In the story Jake is a huge liar. Mariana asked a lot of questions like, “do you have insurance?” (46) And of course he responded with the wrong answer he should have had. He got away with giving the wrong information. He felt bad but described himself as free. When talking about this, it seemed to readers that perhaps it was a flirtation. The way they talked and encouraged each other with the characteristics they were mentioning could be that they just were