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

Maggie Carson nervously signs her paperwork before going skydiving. Her instructor, Jake Griffin, notices she’s anxious and assures her he’s done hundreds of tandem jumps before. When he asks her why she wants to skydive, she admits that she’s dying and wants “to experience life to the fullest” (5). (Maggie has cystic fibrosis and diabetes.)

On the flight, Maggie and Jake flirt. She’s impressed that he’s a doctor and flattered when he asks her out for dinner. Finally, they jump.

Sydney Blake wakes up and remembers her night with Ridge Lawson. After years of an emotional relationship, the two finally slept together. His brother Brennan and best friend Warren invited her to Ridge’s concert the night before so that Ridge could perform the songs he wrote her, profess his love, and start their new relationship.

Sydney finds Ridge writing lyrics in the living room and joins him. Because Ridge is deaf, the two use their phones and computers to talk about last night and their relationship. Sydney is glad Ridge doesn’t regret it. He recently broke up with Maggie—his girlfriend of six years—and she knows he still cares about her.