The narrator tells us that he's going to spend New Year's Eve with his mom, who's been working on a new baby for a long time. He's also going to meet his dad, who has to go out with a client for a party. The narrator asks if he can join him, and he says he'll join him. The two of them are having a little chat, and the narrator asks him to write a note to his mom asking for cotton candy. He wants to know what the note will say, so he whispers it to himself.