Promise Me Sunshine

Lenny remembers when both she and Lou shaved their heads after Lou’s first cancer diagnosis. In another flashback, she thinks about when Lou went to her first job interview after her remission. In another vignette, she remembers taking Lou to hospice on the Staten Island ferry.

Lenny recounts the brief history of her love life as she watches Miles sleep and wonders when she started falling in love with him. She gets completely ready to leave his house before he is even awake but acts awkwardly when Miles finds her since she is unsure about the status of their relationship. Lenny has a hard time imagining changing anything about her relationship with Miles, especially because their entire relationship is built on the assumption that they’re just friends. Miles questions whether she is okay during the whole ride back to the city, but Lenny only promises that she isn’t feeling like she did when he rescued her from the ferry. Lenny asks for just a little bit of space, and Miles leaves.

Unsure how she is feeling, Lenny decides to do something she has been putting off: going to Lou’s grave. For the first time since her death, Lenny feels like she needs her best friend, but she is physically unable to step into the cemetery.