The morning after, the whole family is up and gathered. Willa and Maya share coffee on the couch while Jamie and Rocky's mom cook breakfast. Rocky and Nick set the deck table for a communal meal in the pine-scented air, the mood relaxed and affectionate.

Over pancakes and bacon, conversation drifts through small worries: the cat knocking over Mort's water, a flushed paper towel, and whether Mort is fit to drive Rocky's parents home. Nick offers to drive them and take the train back, but Mort proudly refuses. Willa urges them to mask up at rest stops, and Mort casually drops that he thinks he recently had Covid—his only symptom being a plain-tasting boiled egg—prompting laughter and Rocky's familiar exasperation at her parents' habit of withholding news.

Jamie then announces, with Maya, that they are getting married. Rocky, already privy to the pregnancy, carefully manages her reaction. The family celebrates: Willa volunteers to be best man (and bring a cute girl), Rocky's mother asks about a ring, and Jamie shares a tentative plan for next summer—after Maya's coursework, and with a four-month-old in tow. Rocky offers their Cape or home yard, then is gently corrected: the wedding will likely be at Maya's parents' house in New Jersey, who have already been told.

Rocky feels a small pang at no longer being the central family, then reminds herself that her children are present, sharing everything. As they clear the table, her mother offers to mend Maya's deliberately ripped shorts, confessing she doesn't always understand the world anymore. Rocky agrees, leaning against her mother in a tender, grounded moment.