In November, Lauren and Mila visit a flea market for fun. Throughout the day, they chat about relationships. Mila again offers to set Lauren up on a blind date, but Lauren isn’t sure because of the situation with Ryan. She starts looking around the market and imagines Ryan dating every woman she sees. Mila notices that she is distracted. Lauren assures her that she is fine, but even Lauren herself isn’t sure whether this is the truth.

On Monday, Charlie calls Lauren to say that he is coming home for Christmas and that will soon be a father. Natalie, a woman with whom he had sex on a plane en route to Lauren’s birthday party, recently told him of her resulting pregnancy. Charlie plans to move home to LA so that he and Natalie can raise the baby together. Lauren is shocked because Charlie is only 25 and has never been in a committed relationship, but she congratulates him. Before hanging up, she assures Charlie that he is going to “be a great dad” (173).

At work the next day, Mila tells Lauren that she and Christina have been fighting. Over coffee, they discuss Mila’s marriage.