Twelve days after first receiving an email from Noah, and one week after their first phone call, Sally begins a long drive to Los Angeles to meet him. She’s nervous about looking disheveled after so many months in quarantine, but Noah looks different too because he shaved his head. Even though Noah has told her he’s long been attracted to her, Sally isn’t altogether sure that their reunion is meant to be romantic or sexual, though she wants it to be. She stops a few times along the drive and makes it to California in about two days.

Finally, Sally arrives at Noah’s mansion in Topanga Canyon. Noah shows her around and brings her to her room. Sally wishes they had clarified the nature of the visit. She isn’t sure if her separate room indicates that Noah isn’t sexually interested in her or that he wants to respect her space. Sally makes the first move and kisses Noah. After he gives her a Mad Lib designed especially for her, they discuss the kiss, and Noah admits that he doesn’t want to make her feel pressured, especially after the time things got awkward between them at TNO’s after-after-party. They kiss again, and Sally suggests that they jump the gun and have sex.