Audrey did not particularly appreciate having her declaration of love met with confused staring. It made her very, very anxious and, until this past ten days, Auds did not have a lot of experience with the sensation.
And then he answered her in such a way that made her certain that he hadn't understood what she meant because, they were Slytherins, there was absolutely no way that this could be so easy.
"No, Will, you don't get it," she said, pushing herself up into a sitting position. "I'm in love with you. And I know we always said that we weren't and that if we were then we'd know it. But I was and I didn't have a bloody clue until you were lying here on this bed and I thought you were gone forever. I'm such an idiot, Will, I really am."