“It’s really not that hard!” Alicia laughed; as much as she loved doing some things alone and enjoyed the occasional shopping trip on her own, she loved being with Liam and Isla even more. Besides, it was her life, and it had been her life for the past six years. “Petrificus Totalus and other variations of bodybinds are really handy. As are calming potions,” she joked with a nonchalant shrug. Those solutions, however, weren’t any she had ever applied to her children and she was pretty sure that Susan knew that. “You know, same tactics as capturing dark wizards. Are you joking, Bones? How could you possibly think that that’s any easier than what I do?”
“Well, we don’t have the same skiing opportunities either, so it’s really… That made the hip-deep snow seem like no problem at all.” Looking at Susan she smiled at the compliment; yes, Adrian probably was lucky to have her, but he wasn’t the only lucky one in this. She was lucky to have met him, to have been given a second chance to get to know the man who had been a right git back in school, and not only that, but he had given her a chance to, which had led to him becoming such an important part of her and the twins’ life. “King’s College,” she said, mentally shaking off her reverie, “so I’m staying in town. It’d be silly to try for somewhere else, when that’s one of the best places to learn, right? What’s happening in your life? I’m ashamed of how long it’s been.”