"Whatever you need. I don't want you leaving the school without Auror detail though, of course, so when you're ready, then just let the Headmaster or your Head of House know, and they'll send for me, all right?" Alice offered.
She stood up readily, hugging the girl who was a few inches taller than her, but still seemed young and small, somehow. She reached up to pet the bright hair gently. "Don't worry about me," she promised. "I know it doesn't help, but I was only a little older than you when I lost my brother, and it was the hardest thing I ever had to get through, when it happened, but now I can look back and remember him, and it still hurts, but it's easy to remember the good things more than the bad ones. It just takes time. And I'm so sorry there wasn't more we could do."