Dean was smiling, so Lavender surmised that Dean's review had gone well, or at least things hadn't got worse; she was pleased for him.
"Um..." Lavender had the grace to look slightly embarrassed. "I kind of wimped out on going on a run this morning, so I thought I'd go for a bit of walk." She drummed her fingers on the bench. "As you can see, that's going swimmingly," she joked.