Garden Spells

Sydney invites Claire to come to the reservoir with her, Henry, and Bay. Claire feels anxious and thinks about how she is like her grandmother in disliking social activities. Sydney invites Tyler to come with them, embarrassing Claire. She feels that their time in the garden has established a connection between them, but she doesn’t know how to relate to him after physical intimacy. Sydney mentions that their grandmother used to visit the reservoir with boyfriends when she was young, and Claire is shocked. She realizes Sydney saw a different side of their grandmother than Claire did.

The reservoir is crowded with people enjoying the summer day. While the others swim, Tyler tells Claire a story of how, when he was a teenager, he embarrassed himself in front of a girl he liked at the pool.

Later, Claire feels the need to explain herself to Sydney and shares that, when Claire was young, they lived a transient lifestyle during which Lorelei slept with and stole from several different men. When they came to Bascom, Claire was so grateful for the stability that she never wanted to leave. She was jealous that Sydney was born in Bascom because she thought that meant Sydney belonged in the town, and Claire didn’t.