"I don't really need a valid reason. Your guard -- I see he was a new one, thank you -- probably thinks we're doing more than holding hands and sitting close. Your parents aren't likely to wander this way, and if they do, we should hear them coming in time to move apart a little."
Pansy settled next to him, right up against his side. "Right now, I simply don't have it in me to act as if this isn't what I want when I do." Desperately. "At least not when it's just us." Her eyes begged him to understand.