"Ev-an. It’s a portkey. Fine but if we take them will you go with me?" He nodded. She groused, "I haven’t done this many in a side-along in a while. It’s going to hurt. Link their arms around yours. And I'll wedge the bumper here, and you might as well take the ferret carrier."  She looped the strap around his neck, pulled a long chopstick out of her sleeve, then wrapped her arms around his waist. It was nice. "Do you trust me?"  