After all this, his father's concern seems downright ridiculous to Scorpius. He's about to go up to Albus" room, where a friend is waiting for him, a person who has nothing to do with drugs, binding curses or any other nightmares of his existence, the most normal thing he's done in a long time. Maybe it won't be like living his life to the fullest again, but it will be a step in the right direction, and all his father can think of is to make him even more insecure.