The narrator is embarrassed and scared because she has set up a "blind date" with Sikes. Sikes is upset, she says, and they're going to the same bus. The narrator doesn't want to go on a blind date, but Sikes wants it anyway. The teacher comes in and tells Sikes that he's welcome to learn anything he wants to learn, even if it's not cross-stitching or embroidery. He also tells the narrator not to trust Sikes too much, because Sikes isn't one to let his guard down.