"I'm not sure I want every step, though I'd probably hear you out. Probably just to make fun of you later and use it as blackmail, but.." Penelope grinned at her friend; if Hermione blushed any deeper, she was taking the girl to St. Mungo's.
"Ah, yes," she started, reclining back on the couch with a dramatic flip of her hair. "I am wanted and adored by many. Percy is one of the crowd. I had to threaten his position at the Ministry by telling him I was going to purposely mistranslate for the Chinese. And then I threatened to cry...just to get him to come talk to me." Penny exhaled. "I don't want that sort of drama in my life, so I thought we'd talk it out early rather than pretend it was all okay and have him go on a killing spree or something down the road."