Managing to keep a relationship through high school was a pain in general, but it was worse between Abbey Bominable and Heath Burns. Exact opposites, the two had faced many an encounter through their times together, from Abbey slamming the window on Heath for throwing rocks at it (at the Bloodgood estate) in the middle of the night, to Heath having to adjust to his weekly accidental freezing. The biggest encounter was months after their graduation, though, when Abbey made the hard decision to continue schooling in Salem- as well as moving in with her elemental lover.
The decision had been met with varying levels of shock, especially considering their paticulars. Abbey's furniture had always mostly been made of the same crystal she wore on her neck, while Heath had to have his room (and his books, and his dinnerware, and his shower) fireproofed just for safety. The most supportive was Abbey's dad, by far, who gave her his blessing though he added a sly comment to the end about how she should 'fear the change in heat', something Abbey understood in general but not entirley. The best news about the move was the fact they could split the rent, though. Both of them (luckily enough) had managed sports' scholarships, Heath's covering his schooling entirley, and Abbey needing the aide of a secondary scholarship for transfer monsters to complete it.
The planning was flawless, though. Not only did they get to be together, experiencing life by eachother's side, but they'd have their own haven. Anything they liked could be hung on the walls, and anyone they wanted could be invited over, within reason. Abbey had quickly put a house-wide ban on Manny unless he conformed to wearing horn-gaurds, and likewise, Heath put a firm ban on any of Cleo's servants if only becuase they weirded him out.
None the less, the young couple reveled in their freedom while they had the time to. They'd even managed to work out a way to sleep in the same bed, through the clever use of a half-crystal, half fire-blanket contraption which just barely worked though they dealt with the slight problems and remained content, if only for the fact that it was the choice to do so.
Heath first noticed a problem, though, when Abbey suddenly stopped wearing her favorite perfume (aptly titled Eau de Yak). when he confronted her about it, she shrugged and replied, "Smell strong, makes stomach sick."
When their game night came up, everyone meeting in two groups to play, Heath pulled Ghoulia aside for a mintue to ask what she thoughts, but Ghoulia even seemed uninterested, suggesting it was the adjustment to the multiple tempratures as Abbey froze six of the board pieces together after throwing Clawdeen into the pit of scargoyles. Heath shook his head, unsatisfied, as Manny proudly annoucned how he was going to crush every monster in the house as he wore bright pink, lace adorned pillows on the tips of his horns.
As time went on, Heath noticed things getting stranger, though. For the first time, he witnessed her eating something that was less than frozen, and at one point during the first few weeks, she even took something off of his plate and swallowed it- despite his natural inclination to spicy foods and her preferance of the cold. By far the strangest thing he witnessed was during the fifth week of their stay, movie night.
The movie for the night was Moonstruck, a love square involving werewolves, because Heath thought a cheesy romance movie would be fun, and it was! The only hitch in the fun was when near the end, Abbey pulled her knees to her chest and started crying, something that startled Heath immensley. Though he didn't touch her (for the fear of being frozen), he leaned over with concern, asking what was wrong.
"Not know," she managed, between tears. "Happy endings not usually so sad."
Heath decided against commenting that it was a movie they'd both watched before, during high school, instead sighing and pulling the blanket from the back of the couch and wrapping it around her so he could give her a hug and suggest she go to sleep. Abbey nodded slightly (in turn, not commenting that Heath had been oddly tactful in this situation) before heading to bed.
After she left, Heath freaked out.