A dramatic roll of his eyes and an exasperated groan out of her son's mouth was enough to make her laugh even when she knew she shouldn't encourage his behavior. There was still so much she had to learn about being a parent. For the first time in his entire life, she actually wanted to know more about her son, wanted to spend more time with him. It worried her to no end that he was about to go off to the castle in the middle of such uncertain times. She desperately wanted to believe that the truce would be effective and followed to the letter by all parties involved, but she was pragmatic enough to know that truces were often disregarded. After all, she knew better than most what it was like to go to Hogwarts in the middle of a war. As much as the parents might have desired to keep them out of it, children were often dragged in.