if only i'd known

"I see the hurt. I see the pain. I see the sparkle dim and the hope vanish. I see my hand slowly curling into a ball with his heart trapped inside, and I see the world, which once was ours, crumbling at our feet...

I see happiness through everyone's eyes but my own."

Sometimes, our minds are our worst enemies.

Towards the end of their junior year in college, Aviva and Eli discover just how true this statement can be.

They were the picture-perfect couple, envied by their peers and having a love so deep it didn’t seem real. But when Eli starts to blame himself for Aviva’s worsening depression, their relationship takes a major fall. She’s distant, and he’s hopeful, but is his persistence enough to win her back? Is it enough to salvage what they once had?

Most of all, is it enough to save Vi from herself?

In an attempt to protect the people she cares about most, Aviva would argue that it’s not. Nothing would be able to save her from the debilitation of her mind. Not even her doting ex-boyfriend.

Eli will soon discover that she’d be right.