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Jeremy, who trains for marathons as a hobby, helps Maddie train for her upcoming seven-and-a-half-mile hike at Alpine Lake in Idaho. She also begins wearing a high-altitude mask as she works from home to train her lungs for the trip. Though he expresses concern over Maddie going alone, she insists she will be fine but feels guilty that she still hasn’t told her best friends about Dom or vice versa.
Maddie has noticed a distance that has settled between her and her friends since Josh’s diagnosis. While she formerly would have been invested in Jeremy and Tula’s lives, she has now retreated into herself. Maddie decides it’s time she starts living again, and it begins with reconnecting with her friends. She invites Jeremy and Tula to go book shopping with her tomorrow.
Two months after the twins’ graduation, Dom arrives in Seattle to stay with Maddie in her condo before their Idaho trip. When he arrives, they immediately have sex after the long period apart.