We Were Never Here

On a date at a bar, Aaron eagerly asks Emily for details about the trip, but Emily responds vaguely. She explains a small part of the truth, saying that Kristen is upset that she won’t go on the backpacking trip with her. Shortly after this date, she tries therapy for the first time even though her neglectful and unkind parents raised her to believe therapy is for weak people. Avoiding any incriminating details, she tells her therapist, Adrienne, about her complicated feelings about Kristen, saying that Kristen has always been the only person who tells her the truth when she is in a bad relationship, such as her relationship with Ben, or another past boyfriend, Colin.

When Emily later goes to a yoga class with a work friend, Priya, she sees that Kristen commented on one of Priya’s Instagram posts about the class. She begins thinking about how, for the first time, she is glad Kristen lives so far away, as she doesn’t understand why Kristen seems so chipper and unbothered after Chile.

The very next morning, however, Emily’s doorbell rings as she gets ready for work, and she opens her front door to find Kristen standing on her doorstep.