Silkie, a small town girl, and her life-long friend and sometimes boyfriend, Nathan, are standing on a bridge looking over the rails at the river below. They stand on the bridge in an awkward and anticipatory silence as Silkie considers her and Nathan’s history with each other, gathering enough courage to have a difficult conversation about whether or not Nathan will be a man she can rely on, moving forward. After the two light cigarettes and vacantly discuss work, Silkie imagines her future life with Nathan with their house and children, how Nathan would love all their children equally— even the first child that isn’t his. Silkie then shares with Nathan the story of how her and Johnny, her ex-boyfriend, met while she was with another boy, Riley Summers, and the different times they were intimate, leaving her pregnant. As Silkie talks, Nathan angrily interrupts, upset by the details of Silkie and Johnny’s relationship. Silkie erupts with emotion, calling Nathan a coward, and he slaps her. After he slaps her, Nathan asks Silkie if she’s coming with him, at which point she gathers herself and follows. When Silkie returns home, her mother asks if she had taken care of her business with Nathan. Silkie responds that everything is all settled.