There was something about the other woman that stirred protective instincts usually reserved for her child. It unnerved her a bit because she didn't normally feel like that around other adults, except maybe Scorpius.
"Doesn't have to be here," she said. "Or at all. You have a right to tell me to get lost." Orion was watching the other woman with large eyes, not frightened, just fascinated, his head tucked against his mum's shoulder as he gnawed (and got crumbs all over her) on his treat.
"I just feel like I owe you more than a scene in the restaurant, which I really didn't mean to happen."