The next morning, the narrator wakes up in the middle of the night and realizes that he has a dream about the two of them kissing. He tells himself that it was just a dream, and that he is going to count to three to prove that he did indeed have a dream. He then realizes that his mother was right when she said that he fought back against his bullying. He realizes that this is what he has been getting for bullying him, and he vows that he will not let it happen to him again.