Ouch! That hurt, even if she knew it was true; maybe moreso because of that.
"I know. Rose should have been planning whatever kind of wedding she wanted, and we should have been visiting each others homes; swimming and playing Quidditch and dancing and getting caught kissing by our parents, or not.." lots of other things too.
"Okay, I get that, I know what it's like to feel helpless." Uncle Terry dying, her mother not wanting or loving her, she understood not feeling like you could control or fix things. "Sorry, I didn't mean to sound old, or like your mother, because that's just...ICK!. I mean I'm sure she's nice and all but..." Yeah, Ick was the only thing that came to mind about Hugo thinking of her like his Mom.
"But I feel helpless too, about Rose and about you."