"You only say that because they haven't directed their looks of 'I'll corner you in a dark hallway and kill you dead'-looks at you," Michael replied dryly and, almost in reaction to that particular memory, took a large gulp of his drink. The twins had always seemed to have a bit of a problem with him dating Ginny. So did Ron for that matter.
However, when he looked back up at Lavender, Michael found his smile again. "So you're proposing we're doing some sort of 'Harry and Sally' deal?" He thought for a moment, then shrugged. "Sounds good to me." In fact, it felt really nice having someone to look out for him. It wasn't exactly that Michael needed help keeping girls off his back - he wished - but there was the matter with Cho Chang and she was really pretty and he always felt himself melt when she looked at him with her gorgeous, sad eyes. Michael gulped. Perhaps one more try. With Cho. Cho wouldn't use him as a rebound. She wasn't that kind of girl.
Michael never realised that he was blushing as he thought of Cho.