Alyssa and Barty have been friends since they first arrived in Hogwarts and both got sorted into Ravenclaw. They have always been there for eachother and care about the other deeply. During seventh year Barty’s dad becomes more abusive towards him, and Barty has bruises on his body and deep bags under his eyes from not being able to sleep from nightmares about the abuse but he doesn’t tell Alyssa and she worries about him.