Albus smiles at the arrival of his cocoa (with whipped cream and chocolate shavings), glad and relieved and a little lighter for having talked this all out with Lily.

He's not sure there are very many other people he could talk to.

(He had once thought that Scorpius could have been another one of those people ...

Though he isn't sure he wants to rule it out completely yet either. At least not forever.)

He takes a sip of his cocoa.

In the end, continuing to use the door to get to this place might not be so bad an idea after all.