Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual content.

Scarlett travels to Houston for the world championship. During practices, the championship coach Mei gives Scarlett pointers on her form. She’s impressed that Scarlett is diving again and wants to invest in her.

That evening, Scarlett and Lukas meet up in Lukas’s hotel room—which is two floors up from Scarlett’s. After they have sex, he asks her to spend the night. She hesitates. Lukas insists she doesn’t understand why he always wants to be near her.

Scarlett and Lukas travel to Amsterdam for World Aquatics. Scarlett is enchanted by the city as she and Lukas spend some time exploring. They meet up at the aquatics center where they run into another swimmer with whom, Lukas admits, he and Pen had a threesome. They tried to mix up their sex life by inviting thirds. Lukas says Pen always found their thirds until Lukas noticed Scarlett and suggested they invite her to join them; Pen didn’t end up asking because Scarlett was with Josh at the time. Scarlett is surprised but flattered.