Fifteen months later, in Middletown, Connecticut, at Wesleyan University, Arthur is two months into his first year of college. Ethan isn’t picking up his phone, and Arthur is trying to check on him since he and Jessie just broke up.

He’s supposed to be at a party hanging out with his friend Mikey, whom he has kissed before. Feeling attractive, he decides to FaceTime Ben, trying not to think about Ben in a sexual way. He tells Ben about Ethan and wonders if he should visit him. The conversation turns to their dating lives, and Ben explains that he’s single. They’re surprised that Dylan and Samantha are the last couple still together, but Ben points out that he and Arthur are still friends. Arthur loves being his friend and thinks it could be what the universe wanted for them.

One month later, Ben posts the final chapter of his novel on Wattpad. He FaceTimes Arthur, who says he’s proud. Ben passed summer school and made it through senior year. Dylan and Samantha attend college in Illinois, while Ben attends school in the city.

When Ben says he doesn’t know what’s next for him, Arthur asks for a sequel, though Ben wonders if he should stop while he’s doing well.