Natalie observed Ferrol casually throughout the meal, not seeming overly interested. She noticed the way he kept Peter with him, and though she could sense the obvious affection her friend felt for his nephew, she couldn't help but wonder if Ferrol had Peter as some sort of shield.
After the meal, the family seemed to spread out; Amy, Thomas, and Nicholas going outside to play a sort of pickup game of Quidditch, Theo and Pansy took tea and hot cocoa outside with Peter to watch, and no one really wanted to know where Nathan and Mandy had run off to.
It gave Natalie an opportunity to talk to Ferrol alone, though, and she took the chance. Coming up beside him, she put an arm through his, and smiled sideways at him.
"Come for a walk with me?" she asked, though she'd already started pulling him toward the door.