Alfie looked a little horrified that he'd done something wrong. It was just that this was the first time he'd ever had to take care of something himself - maybe he should have asked Ellie. She'd probably be better at that. Weren't girls better at taking care of things.
Or Audrey, he reminded himself. His girlfriend. He should ask her. Even if the idea of having a 'girlfriend' still made him sort of twitchy.
"Oh. Wow. Yeah... I feel like a right idiot now, but I guess I'll owl and order one?" He could probably get the money from his mum for something like that. It seemed a stupid sort of thing to write for now, though, with everything else his mum had to worry about.