Gatsby has been separated from Daisy for 5 years and now he finally has the opportunity to reconnect with her through Nick. As Nick has just returned home from a night on the town, he is greeted by a very anxious Gatsby as he enlists his help to set up a meeting between the two. After agreeing to do so, Jay then realizes that Nick does not have the same means of upkeep as he does at his house and immediately requests for his lawn to be cut and to decorate his house with dozens of flowers to impress Daisy. When the day finally comes, Gatsby is so nervous and jittery that as soon as Daisy arrives, he leaves Nick’s house only to walk around and ring the front doorbell so as to not make it seem like he had been waiting for her. Jay is so disgruntled that he is not as suave as he usually is, as he insists to Nick “this is a terrible mistake”, for he is unable to cover up his feelings for her through a lie as she is the only person who knew him before his wealth, implying that she is the only one who knows the true Jay Gatsby.