When she was locked alone in the cupboard, she had been desperately frightened. Everything about her world had just been turned completely upside down. She didn't even know if she was going to live to see another day. And the screams she kept hearing... she didn't even want to imagine what was happening. In her desperation, she clung to anything that was the least bit hopeful. Augustus was a friendly voice in the darkness when she was all alone. She built him up so much in her head that it was no wonder she fell for him, believed that there was something there. She did love Augustus, but it was borne out of desperation. Was it any wonder that they never could quite get their relationship to work? Everything would've been different if Antonin was outside her cupboard. The chemistry that was already there could've become something much more if they'd had the opportunity to watch it develop.