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In the restaurant's ladies' room, Mitzi proceeds to tell Jamie the story of the death of her longtime "best friend", her pig, the story which includes the new wrinkle that the pig spoke to her before he died. Meanwhile out in the dining booth, Bondurant tells William that he is in love... not with Mitzi, but with Jamie, this news which is passed along to both Mitzi and Jamie when they emerge from the ladies' room. The one person seemingly nonplussed by the news is Mitzi. In private, she later divulges to Jamie the reason partly for her reaction is a secret that she has been keeping, that secret which she has not yet told Bondurant and which she probably will not tell him based on her belief that he has been accepted into Julliard. Bondurant has told another story to William about Julliard, which leads to them breaking into Massey Hall for some emotional comfort. With Mitzi and Jamie alone at the apartment while the boys are off at the theater, Mitzi concludes the story of her pig, the punchline which has more of an emotional resonance based on the events of the evening.

Mitzi, Jamie, Bondurant and William meet nine year old brother and sister Gogol and Margaret Atwood, who have just been abandoned by their parents who left them $65 for care and feeding. The reason for Gogol and Margaret's abandonment: they are "day kids", who will age a lifetime in twenty-four hours. Beyond the rapid aging, day kids also have extraordinary intuition. Although the four do not come to any conclusion in their discussions about what to do about Gogol and Margaret, they can't help but be ensconced in their lives, trying to make their one day as special as possible by indulging their often strange requests, or die trying. As Gogol and Margaret experience exhilaration and heartbreak, Mitzi, Jamie, Bondurant and William may come to some conclusions about their own lives, some of those conclusions which may have to be pointed out to them by wiser older people that have experienced a lifetime in one day.

Bondurant has checked himself into the hospital as he has lost what he calls his "blow" - his ability to produce air to blow into his trumpet - especially problematic as he has an audition in six hours. The hospital doctors diagnose it all as psychosomatic. Regardless, the person he calls for support to come to the hospital is Jamie. Although his friends know what Bondurant's issues are, he has to come to the realization himself. With the advice given to him by Dr. Little "Jr.", Bondurant may come to some other realizations about his current life. Meanwhile, William and Mitzi are together at the diner when William has to deal with what is only the latest crisis in his mother's therapy-filled life. With Jamie and Bondurant elsewhere, William and Mitzi are able to discuss their respective girlfriend and boyfriend cheating on them with each other. While William tries to explain to Mitzi why he is feeling the way he is feeling about the matter, the obvious issue of whether they should have sex together, in part as revenge, arises. In her marijuana induced high, Mitzi receives another message from the now deceased Albert the pig on the subject, which may be a little more accurate about the situation than Albert's last message to her.

Mitzi and Bondurant, and Jamie and William, as couples, are both spending the evening in at the girls' apartment having sex. Bondurant comes to the realization that despite the sex still being good, that something is not quite meshing between him and Mitzi, the most obvious manifestation to him being that they are no longer climaxing at exactly the same time, which they always did in previous sexual encounters together. Without telling the other, each deep down believes the problem may be the secret they are keeping from the other. After what William believes was another in their amazing sexual encounters together, Jamie finally divulges to him that she has never yet reached orgasm with him, despite she not seeing it as being a problem as she still enjoys their sexual encounters. After relaying a story to him about what the issue may be, Jamie ultimately takes control of the situation to her benefit. William may be a bit more of an active participant in the mental side of getting her off than she realizes.

While Jamie and William are out for a romantic stroll, Jamie as opposed to William is captivated by the full moon. The moon becomes a focal point for the evening as arriving at the diner, they find that it is empty as everyone has made their way to the observatory, to where they have all been drawn. When Jamie and William arrive at the observatory, they find the reason for the gathering is so that the collective can destroy the moon for metaphysical purposes. William has to tell Bondurant about the act because of a specific connection the moon has to his trumpet playing about which only William knows among their group. This evening, Bondurant has a gig, with not only Mitzi there for support, but the spirit of Roy Eldridge aka "Little Jazz" in the audience, LJ who he needs to impress. With all these events occurring, both Jamie and William, and Mitzi and Bondurant are compelled to discuss the state of their respective relationships, which may or may not be reaching their natural conclusions based on revelations, and all affected by the power of the moon.

It's the Thanksgiving weekend. Mitzi and Bondurant are spending the weekend at Bondurant's father's cabin in rural Manitoba. Mitzi hearing some strange noises outside leads to Bondurant confessing to her some information about both his parents, previous information that he had passed along about them not being totally truthful. With this information in hand, Mitzi and Bondurant may eventually learn that there is perhaps a bigger picture to why they are back in Manitoba at this time. Meanwhile, Jamie leads William on a mysterious physical journey to what is a special event being held in his honor for those largely in literati to praise his book. Largely in speaking to another event guest named Roman Roman and watching William objectively from afar, Jamie may get a better perspective of the state of their relationship in the process.

Bondurant rushes into the diner - where Jamie now works following her journey of relationship self-discovery about what she believes William thinks about her - to confront William upon Mitzi's chemical-induced confession that she and William recently had sex with each other. Bondurant does not know, however, that Mitzi and William's sexual encounter was largely revenge sex on their mistaken belief that Bondurant and Jamie recently had sex with each other, which Mitzi now knows did not happen, but which she has failed to tell William. In the mêlée, the truth of Bondurant and Jamie's sexual history is revealed. Other truths come to light, including with relation to Jamie and William's book, and about Mitzi's pregnancy and abortion, which leads not only to the question if either couple's relationship can survive, but whether the friendship between the four can survive. William in particular asks his father for advice on the matter, Mr. Wilson's extreme response which is solely meant to demonstrate a point, but which William may see in a different light.

It's been three weeks since the revelations surfaced that strained Mitzi, Jamie, Bondurant and William's collective friendship. Each of the four sees his and her own life in a clearer sense, each message about their life delivered in a different way. Bondurant receives an "official" perspective on his trumpet playing, which isn't quite from the source he believes. Jamie, who has been dating Roman Roman, sees her life in his sculpture. While William tries to write a letter to Jamie expressing what he believes to be his true feelings while contemplating suicide using one of the dueling pistols given to him by his father, William is shocked into the reality of the situation. And Mitzi sees karma in a milkshake. With these situations at the forefront of their individual thoughts, the four may converge again for good or bad as Mitzi goes into labor.