Alfie didn't know why he cared, really. He wanted to protect it, maybe? And protect himself, because if Goyle's blackmail had taught him anything it was that there would be some people queued up to give them a beating, no matter how nice his friends were about it.
He squeezed Julien tighter though, and didn't say any of that. "Well, it was sweet anyway, getting something from an admirer and whatall."