Bree Camdem enters Nathan Donelson’s apartment with coffee and breakfast for the two of them. In the kitchen, she bumps into Kelsey, Nathan’s girlfriend of a few months, who always pretends not to remember her. Kelsey is rude to her, comparing Bree to one of Nathan’s stalker fans.

Nathan and Bree have been best friends since high school, when they met while running on the track. Nathan was kind to Bree and offered to run with her, even though he was a good-looking jock and quarterback of the football team and Bree was a loner who was too focused on ballet to have a social life. She realized that she was in love with Nathan when he kneeled down to tie her shoe for her during a run. She’s loved him ever since. Now, Nathan is a famous NFL quarterback with a massive apartment (though he always had money, as his parents are affluent), and Bree is still a ballet dancer living in a dumpy, small place five blocks away. Both Bree and Nathan had lofty dreams in high school: Bree wanted to attend Julliard and be a professional ballet dancer, while Nathan wanted to become an NFL quarterback. Nathan’s dream came true, while Bree’s did not.