Dominic smiled back at both women, already very pleased that he'd asked for company today. He didn't mind driving alone but it did feel like it had been an age since he'd spent much time with people his own age. Going home for Christmas was not negotiable in his family and though he loved his parents, his aunts and cousins tended to be a bit... conservative for his taste - and of course, the effort of maintaining a lie as to what he actually did with his life got tiring fast. "Individually it is," he agreed, holding out his hand for Genie. He wasn't uncertain about this part at all and honestly he trusted to his magic, his general fitness and stamina to make it through four back-to-back apparitions. "We can't apparate straight to my car, people could be around, but there's a side street just opposite." It was expensive to keep a car so close to London, but to Dominic it was worth it.
"I'll be back," he said, with a wink to Melinda before he and Genie disappeared from the street. Despite the unpleasant feeling of being squeezed through a pipe, he wasn't even winded. He did take a few minutes just to make sure Genie was alright and that she'd make extra sure no one happened to stumble down the alley. In a flash, he was back at Melinda's side. "It never completely stops being unnerving," he said as he offered her his hand in turn. "I remember when we were learning Goldstein kept 'helpfully' listing the probability of trying to apparate into the spot someone was standing."