She didn't dwell on the fact that she wasn't there for her friends when the war came. The only thing she completely regretted was not being there for Alix. She'd cared for all her friends, but she would have told them all the same thing, to get the hell out of dodge. If they didn't do it, well, then that was on them. She may have been sorted into Gryffindor, but she knew when it was best to cut and run. An impending war with a mad man seemed like the absolute perfect time. It was only more perfect when he was targeting people like Patricia and so she'd left.
"It's terrible that things were so bad for you too. I'm sure that the only people who enjoyed what was going on where the elitist snobs and sociopaths." She could think of a few that were still around from what she was hearing. There was a savage glee in her that neither of them were with the Ministry any more and it appeared that neither one planned on going back. If she had her way she'd have only the bare minimum to do with them. She knew she couldn't cut the Ministry out completely, but she'd do her absolute best to keep them cut out as much as she could. Somehow she doubted they'd keep it clean and good.
His words made everything right. Even if he still had any sort of anger at how she'd done things she knew that they'd be able to work through it. Things would be right between them. The two of them. It wasn't just going to be Patricia now or just Alixandr. It was going to be them, Trish and Alix, Alix and Trish, again. Merlin she wanted to kiss him again. She wanted to drag him home with her and never let him go. She wanted to spend every waking moment with him. Nothing else mattered to her, not right now. Just him. It was always just him for her.
"You're the only one there has been for me too. Just you. No one there." Oh she'd been asked before and she was certain he'd been asked to. She'd calmly told them no and explained she had someone waiting back home that she wanted to go back to someday. No amount of them trying to rationalize with her worked. It was part of the reason she'd used Alix's last name while she was down there. It was more proof to her that he was the only one for her.