Jamie sighed. He wasn't in a good place to think rationally about his father. But, he tried to listen to what she was saying anyway because something had to give and he had a feeling that something was going to be his pride. "I don't want to fix him. I hoped...I wanted to stop him from going down that path, save him from himself, I guess. But, I don't think even that's possible. He's already so far down it and the people closest to him all enable him. My aunt and uncle. Draco Malfoy. I mean, don't get me wrong. I think he's happier with Malfoy than he ever was with Mum. He actually wants to be with Malfoy, while he and Mum weren't even speaking terms when he's from."
Looking up he gave her a half-hearted smile. "There's no war, but I'm already like him, Savannah. He started that training when I was a kid. Maybe not fully. I hope I'm capable of seeing the world a little more...realistically? But...I don't know. I just...don't know. And the worst part is, after this, I don't think I can trust him, or them. He talks about family, but the first thing he said to me today was 'what you know now is too dangerous'. Then accused me of wanting to start fights because I got upset. And they just enable him, Uncle Ron and Aunt Hermione. Even Malfoy. For all he hates it, he's as bad as the press with The Chosen One. All three of them have bought into this idea that he's the only one who can save us all. And now he's the Minister it'll be worse than when he was simply Head Auror."
He reached up and took her hand, squeezing gently. "I'm glad we can still be friends, though. And I know Al and Lilu would do exactly as you say. But, they shouldn't have to. It's why I tried to do as much as I could for them, to give them a chance of at least a few almost normal moments, the things he should have done. And, Mum."