Charlie woke up the next morning, Connor's arm was around her, she lifted his arm as gently as she could. He stirred slightly but fell back asleep. She breathed out with relief and went to the bathroom to get dressed. She came out and Connor had gone. He jumped out at her and pinned her against the wall by her wrists, she winced, the pain from the cuts was almost unbearable. "Next time, wake me up" He growled. "For fucks sake Connor, can't you leave me alone for one minute?" Charlie mumbled, struggling against him. "No, you can't be trusted and stop struggling" He said, pushing her wrists harder against the wall. All her energy disappeared and a wave of dizziness washed over her. She blacked out.

She woke up in the hospital wing. Charlie sat up quickly and saw Connor sitting in a chair next to her. He smirked at her. "I swear when I get out of here, Connor I will fucking kill you" Charlie whispered. He looked around to see if Madam Pomfrey was watching, she was and so he stood up and hugged Charlie. "You'll pay for that," He whispered in her ear. "Do your worst, I don't care" She whispered back. He slumped back into the chair "How long have I been in here?" Charlie asked, casually. "Around 2 days" He said.
Madame Pomfrey came over and asked how she was doing. "I'm fine, I feel better now, I must have just not eaten enough" Charlie lied. Madame Pomfrey discharged her.

Charlie walked quickly out the door to the hospital wing, leaving Connor behind. He ran up behind her and slipped his arms around her waist from the back. She stopped walking and turned around to face him. "Connor, if you don't get off me right now I'll"
"You'll do what? Hit me? I'd like to see you try" He interrupted. She shoved him off and walked away. He followed her back to the common room, which was teeming with people. Charlie sat down in-between her two best friends, Starsky and Badger. "Hey guys" Charlie said, smiling. "Hey Charlie, we missed you during lessons so we did the nice thing and saved all your homework for you" Starsky grinned. "Ah well thanks guys" Charlie said, sarcastically. "Oi Charlie, I want a word" She heard Connor say. "Ha. Not a chance" She said, watching him. He went behind the couch that her and her friends were sitting on. "You'd better come or you will get worse than your already going to get" He whispered in her ear. Charlie rolled her eyes and got up. She went over to him and he grabbed her arm. She swung her right fist back and hit him square in the face. He stumbled backwards, clutching his nose, it was bleeding badly. Charlie sat back down with her friends, everyone was staring at her. She ignored them and struck up conversation with her friends about the lessons she had missed.

"Sorry guys, I'm tired, think I'll turn in" Starsky said, getting up. "Ok, we will be up in a minute" Charlie said. Starsky climbed up to the girl's dormitory. She sighed, miserably to herself. She and her boyfriend, Ron had had an argument earlier. She heard a noise behind her and turned around swiftly. "Connor? What are you doing in the girl's dormitory?" Starsky asked, shocked. "Shut up" He said. He grabbed her and covered her mouth. She tried to kick him away but it didn't work.