The narrator wakes up in the middle of the night, having had a "wet dream" in which he is "not a middle-schooler anymore" . He wonders if sex is the only thing that keeps him going. He asks the waitress at the cafe where he works if she is working extra hours today. The waitress tells him that she is, but that she has a feeling that she needs help. The narrator asks her to help him clean up the mess he has made, but the waitress refuses, saying that she does not want to "impose the more people" she has on her. The girl asks if she can help, and the narrator says that she cannot, because she is afraid to "swamp slap pant" , which is a term used to describe a person who slaps a woman's clothes. The girls ask the waitress to help them carry the bags, but she refuses, thinking that she will be hurt if she slaps the woman.