Ugly Love

Rachel and Miles’s parents initiate a serious talk and announce their plans to wed. In response, Miles tells them that Rachel is pregnant. Their parents are upset and want to know who to blame. Miles tells them it was him, and his dad is filled with rage. When Miles tells Rachel he loves her, his dad punches him and throws him out. Miles comes back and apologizes. He explains how they met and fell for each other before either of them knew about their parents’ relationship. Lisa wants Rachel to have an abortion, but it’s too late for the procedure. Both of their parents hate Miles, but Miles is happy they’re not hiding the truth anymore. He tells Rachel that he loves her.

Tate hasn’t seen or heard from Miles in three weeks, and the holidays passed without event. She’s been regularly studying with her friends from school, Chad and Tarryn, often. That night, Tarryn doesn’t come with Chad to study. When Miles opens the door and sees Chad going into Tate's apartment, he is furious. After Chad leaves, Miles comes over and demands to know who Chad is and whether Rachel has been physically intimate with him. Tate is upset that Miles has the audacity to be mad with her and yells at him. She lies and proclaims that she doesn’t want to be a part of Miles’s “serious issues.” Miles gets upset and wants her to make him leave, but she can’t. Instead, they have deeply-intimate sex. Miles stares into her eyes during the act, and afterward Tate feels like a “self-aware fool.”

Corbin comes home and sees Tate and Miles together. Corbin is angry and asks if Miles loves her or plans to, and Miles whispers “no.” Corbin tells Miles to leave. Later, Tate and Miles talk about their arrangement, and Tate finally establishes her one rule: Don’t give her false hope for a future. Miles apologizes but maintains that he doesn’t want to lie to her. The truth is that he wants Tate but is not interested in love. He explains that he can’t handle a complicated relationship and needs to keep things simple. Tate calls him out on his behavior, and they agree to end their sexual relationship if they can’t maintain simplicity. Tate quietly realizes that Miles has feelings for her.

When Tate chats with Cap, she tells him what happened with Corbin and Miles. Dillon gets off the elevator and is rude to Cap, then tries to flirt with Tate. Tate and Cap make a joke at Dillon’s expense and high-five.

Rachel and Miles have decorated the nursery yellow to be gender neutral. Miles’s dad makes a snarky comment about the color, but otherwise, the parents avoid talking about the baby with Rachel and Miles. The teens go to graduation, and when they get home, Miles shows Rachel the letter he got approving them for family housing at the university. They are excited and relieved to move out of their parents’ house and live together. When Rachel asks if their parents have approved, Miles reminds her that as adults, they no longer need to ask for permission. Rachel insists that they make the announcement immediately, and Miles and Rachel tell their parents together.

Corbin still hasn’t spoken to Miles but understands the arrangement he has with Tate. Tate is trying to make herself change to accept Miles’s rules. Miles asks her what her full name is. She tells him, and he tells her his name. They trade superficial, basic questions, and Miles admits he doesn’t like being away from her so much with his job. They kiss, and something changes for Tate. She feels like she’s kissing the real Miles for the first time. When they’re done having sex, Tate feels suspended, unsure of what to do. She thinks of herself as a “stupid girl.”

Corbin doesn’t like Tate’s arrangement with Miles and fights with her about it. Miles checks on her, and although Corbin is angry with Miles at first, he asks why Miles couldn’t have just been gay and laughs. Tate goes downstairs to hang out with Cap while Corbin and Miles work things out, but she runs into him on the elevator. He’s going upstairs to his room, and Tate rides with him. Tate asks Cap why someone wouldn’t want to love again, and Cap suggests that sometimes people lose themselves in the past. Before she can ask more, the elevator arrives at the 20th floor, and Cap steps off and the doors close.