"You're probably right. From what I hear, a baby is very time-consuming. I keep having to look in my peripheral vision for anything amiss." While the kids loved George's inventions, and Neville got a good laugh when the students weren't looking, he actually did have to keep an eye out so they weren't being disruptive.
Neville wasn't ever good with being subtle. So with a sigh, after she'd finished justifying his outward appearance back when they were at school, he scratched the back of his head and continued. "I'd like to take someone out, and I'm unsure about the whole thing. I just wanted to know what you saw in me that the others didn't." That was the honest truth of it, he needed a spot of courage from one of the only women who'd ever shown him interest, even if had just been friendly.