So that means that there are four more electrons that can fit into our p orbitals because the p orbital can have a maximum of six electrons. So if we go up here, that means that we want, or carbon wants to gain four more electrons so that its electron configuration matches that of neon. So we basically want to attain this electron configuration. Carbon wants to attain this electron configuration. So that means that it is very likely that it will gain four electrons to form our perfect electron configuration. So if this carbon had four electrons floating around this atom, that means it would gain those electrons, and these electrons would steal the remaining two p orbitals.