When Melissa suggests a game of rock, paper, scissors at the end of their first eat-in dinner at Edward's apartment, he has no idea what kind of night he's about to have. His uneventful life as a part time college student and occasional math tutor is upended by their roller coaster relationship.

During one of their rocky periods Joey, one of his math students, begins interfering in Edward's personal life. The intrusion leads to an unexpected and shattering climax, and the fallout irrevocably changes Edward. A subsequent tragedy in Melissa's life, and his response to it, transforms his understanding of where the two of them are headed, bringing them closer than he had ever thought possible.