"I'm sure she'd really like that. I know having Lavender around always makes things better." When they were younger and just starting Hogwarts Padma had worried once or twice about Lavender taking her place but she knew perfectly well that it was a stupid thought. She knew that would never happen, here, now, she just wanted her sister to be happy.
"You're not in the way." Padma insisted quickly. "You're never in the way." She said leaning forward to kiss him. "It's hard being such different ages, but that's more because we've always been the same age, and it's hard not related the same way."