i) 'sleeping with the enemy'

[Isabella O'Malley]

& -- -- TOWLER, NINETEEN (HALFBLOOD)
& -- -- SPENCER-CHANG, EIGHTEEN (HALFBLOOD)


" sleeping with the enemy "

Since her fourth year, TOWLER had a crush on SPENCER-CHANG. She got teased because he's a year younger TOWLER always had older guys interested her - her friends told her to concentrate on them. The older guys were experienced. For a while, TOWLER listened to them.

SPENCER-CHANG never knew how TOWLER felt about him. He was in the dark, but that didn't stop him from being friends with the older girl. He probably fancied her, but never admitted it, not even to himself, until one night when TOWLER came to him. She'd had a rough break-up with her boyfriend and needed a shoulder to cry on. SPENCER-CHANG was there.

Shortly after, they were a couple. The relationship continued, even after TOWLER had graduated. It took an odd turn at some point during their year apart. Things were strained and SPENCER-CHANG was changing. He must have snapped over something because then he started becoming abusive towards TOWLER. She had her reasons to stay. Will they eventually work through their problems? Will TOWLER leave her love? Will SPENCER-CHANG man up and stop being a bully?