"That's quite how it goes, Charlie Weasley!" She laughed, then gave a mock scowl for a moment. "You would do no such thing!"
But then she was back onto the subject of her mother, and smiled sheepishly. "I know..it's just.." She stared at her best mate for a long minute, fingers wrapping around her drink tightly. "Oh, Char..we had been fighting for so long. And I thought I'd be able to just jump into this new world an' enjoy the peace. But peace is nearly as frightening as war, yanno?" Not that things were entirely peaceful, she knew, but still. From one extreme to another seeming extreme. It had been harder than she thought it would be. "I didn't know if there was a place for me here is all."
She looked down for a moment, then glanced up with a small and wry smile. "Mum reminded me that I have this habit of making a place for myself. And here was no different."