"To get him to quit following me around, Tom," she didn't even feel angry with him anymore as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders, bringing his forehead down to hers to feel his breath against her lips she closed her eyes. "He means nothing to me. People were talking, we needed to keep up appearances, they could separate us. They may be muggles, but they know where to hit us where it hurts. We've made that perfectly obvious in the past years."