"Yeah, I got that." He was frustrated, so incredibly pissed off that when it came down to it, he had to chose. He loved Lavender, had conflicting feelings about what she was to him but the fact remained that he loved her. Marcus, it was more complicated. He cared about his brother in law, had some amount of attachment to him and liked the sex but he wasn't sure he could classify what they shared as love. He was confused and he thought taking a step back would help but in reality it only made it harder.
"I can't be the third here anymore than you can be the third for me. You will have a family soon.." He frowned as he spoke about the Minister, knowing he spoke the truth. "How long is it going to take? How long do we have to worry about this? I can't compromise Isolde or the triplets." He wanted to get angry and rage but all he was feeling was frustrating acceptance.