He gave her a lingering kiss to her forehead before pulling her completely into his lap, pretending like her simple statement didn’t completely bowl him over. At the same time, a pang of sadness rippled through his body as he remembered his mother. With the battle, Azkaban, the transformations, his new relationship with Granger and Remus, life had been so overwhelming that he hadn’t properly grieved her death. He knew he should visit her grave but that meant contacting his aunt Andromeda and that was another big step he wasn’t sure he was ready to take.