The Rom-Commers

Emma spends the night driving around town and ignoring Charlie. The next day is her birthday and, still mad at him, she doesn’t wake Charlie up to go swimming. Yet, to Emma’s surprise, Charlie is already awake and attempting to cook breakfast for her. Her father had emailed Charlie to tell him about her birthday and the breakfast they make for her every year, and Emma felt like Charlie was guilted into the celebration. Emma goes for a swim without him, saying she will clean up the mess later, but she comes back to find that Charlie has made the biscuit donuts she has every year for her birthday. Charlie sees that she is acting weird and asks if it's about meeting Margaux, whom he says drags him out to regular meetings to ask about his health because she feels guilty about the way she left him. Charlie tells Emma that he is genuinely grateful for her being there, inferring that she thinks he was guilted into making the donuts. The donuts are great, and Emma says she has to make them for his birthday, which is months later. However, Charlie says he will be officially cured of cancer while she is in LA after the fifth anniversary of his last treatment, so Emma plans to make a whole meal for him instead, and Charlie says it’s a date.