Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Inside the tent, Chloe sees that Red has decorated the tent with fairy lights. Upon seeing the display Chloe understands how much effort Red has put into the entire trip “to make this a wonderful experience instead of a checked box” (309) and realizes that she is in love with Red. She tells Red she adores him, and they have sex for the first time. When they finish, Red tells Chloe to wake him up if she cannot sleep that night, to which Chloe does not respond because she is already asleep.

They arrive back at Chloe’s apartment the next afternoon. Red cooks for Chloe and as the two settle back into bed for a nap Chloe tells him “I rather like you, Redford” (321) to which Red responds: “No one says my full name as much as you do [...] You throw it around like rice at a wedding” (321). Chloe teases him about mentioning weddings but Red thinks about how he does want to marry her. A knock at Chloe’s apartment door interrupts this train of thought and Chloe leaves the bedroom to let her sisters in. Chloe, mindful of the last time she made a blunder in introducing Red to family members, asks whether he would like to meet them.