I want to spend Christmas eve with you" , says the narrator. He wants to spend the day with her, even if he doesn't get to go out with her. He's sorry that he didn't give her a proper answer when she asked him out, but he's learned a lot in the past month. He promises to make sure that she gets home safely and sound. He tells her that they've been reading about the food scene in a magazine, and he says that he'd been dying to taste it. The narrator is glad that he said his dream was to "conquer the world of food someday" . He says that these places are "fun at night time" and that he can't believe they're the only place left in the world that's not overrun with people. He asks how he knows that today is his birthday, and the narrator apologizes for dragging him around all the time. He also tells the narrator that it's been a "special day" for him all along. He knows that his birthday has always been a holiday for everyone, even though it was "a little more fun" when he was with christ