Justin managed to hold himself back at first from saying she looked nice, not because he knew Sally would just argue him on it (although that was one of the reasons) but, mainly because he knew Sally would point out ‘her’ appearance really shouldn’t be a factor tonight anyway, not when they weren’t really doing that thing he wanted them do be doing. But, then there was the whole fact that Sally always looked nice, that Justin couldn’t help, but convince himself that it would just come out sounding casual anyway. So he said it, but made sure to add on, that she “-- would be happy to know apparation was an option tonight." As well.
Justin knew it meant something, the way they did this, the way the knew exactly how to push and pull to get the exact desired effect (usually annoyance), he also knew, that Sally didn’t think it should work like that; with them anyway and that was why she kept pushing him away. But, for the sake of the evening, Justin decided to keep his thoughts to himself. “Ever done side-along apparation before?”