It's the day of the pep talk, and pep is psyched. She's been giving herself pep talks for weeks now, and she's finally decided to give it to her twin brother. She tells him that she and her friend, lucien, have been friends since the beginning of the school year, and that he tells her about problems between his mom and his dad. She says that if she tells him she likes him, he has to trust her and value her friendship. The worst thing that could happen, she says, is that he turns her down. She also says that she hopes that he doesn't turn her down, because he'd do more harm than good if he did.