Deep End

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual content.

Scarlett drafts a personal essay for her med school applications and shares it with Maryam. Maryam suggests she be more direct about her experiences, but Scarlett isn’t sure she can. At practice afterward, Scarlett’s glad to see Pen, who congratulates Scarlett on her research project that she heard about from Lukas. She admits they’re still good friends but aren’t ready to tell people about their breakup. They met when they were 16 and Pen is still attached to him even if she doesn’t want to date him anymore.

The friends run into Lukas after practice. Scarlett tries to ignore how attracted she feels to him. She’s also surprised when she notices the scientific map she drew on Lukas’s hand over dinner is still there. (She was explaining a neural network to him regarding their project.) She texts him afterward asking about it and he teases that it’s his good luck charm. Scarlett understands because her tie-dye shammy is lucky, too.

Scarlett tells Sam that Victoria was injured during practice. Sam wants to know how this makes Scarlett feel. Scarlett says she’s worried about Victoria but isn’t personally afraid of the dangers of diving (96).