Marianne and Connell are seeing other people and realise (too late) that their break-up was due to a misunderstanding.

Connell visits Marianne at her family's summer home in Italy, where tensions between her and Jamie are at an all-time high.

Marianne, studying abroad, pursues an unhealthy relationship.

After a tragic event, Connell struggles with severe depression. Marianne remains a lifeline for him from abroad.

Marianne has returned to Carricklea for the summer. She and Connell spend their weekends together, even though he is still living in Dublin. After a night out together, they start to discuss their friendship and inevitably their attraction.

Marianne and Connell are back in Dublin and together as a couple. Life is calm and they are at ease with each other. Then Connell receives news that he has been offered a place to study in New York. Neither of them know how to process the news and so they decide to let it sit.