If Only You Were Mine

Cedarbrook is a small college town. Brandon is 19, an undergraduate, bright and introverted, the sort who is available to everyone and noticed by no one. His best friend Sarah is the opposite, loud and sociable. Nobody knows, Sarah least of all, that he has been in love with her for years. They get through classes, parties and decisions about the future together, and Brandon regularly puts her ahead of himself. Then Sarah takes up with Mark, who is charming in public and jealous and controlling the moment he feels threatened. Brandon asks her to leave him and she does not listen. He stays anyway, and promises himself he will keep her safe. The relationship keeps getting worse, up to a final fight in which Mark turns violent.