Pansy smiled at her friend, gentle and knowing - or perhaps exasperatedly. Even though she understood Draco to be joking, it was, in fact, the unfortunate truth. Pansy could almost imagine she looked like the disapproving mother of the bride, the way she felt herself look at Draco.<br/>She certainly didn't blame Draco for acting on Lucius' biddings, but she did harbor great resentment towards Lucius. In her opinion, Draco had been better of feigning bisexuality and posing with her on his arm.<br/>"Is your act any good, then?" she instead started, knowing well they were beyond the point of arguing whether or not Draco should even partake in it. Rather, it would be a matter of making Lucius regret it. For once, she looked at Harry for a reply.<br/>Her smile, in turn, disappeared. "Perhaps I differ from Lucius in that matter, but I'd rather be left out of it if you're visibly uncomfortable."<br/>The question made Harry wonder if he was looking visibly uncomfortable right now.<br/>Pansy wasn't wrong in asking; in fact, Harry had wondered the same thing ever since he'd first arrived at the gala last night. It made him glance over at Draco, searching for either input or support.<br/>"I hope not," he replied, not knowing what else to say. Pansy probably knew better than he did, having seen how they photographed together. "Draco doesn't make me uncomfortable, but yeah, its still very -"<br/>He glanced at Draco, hoping to make himself understood. In the back of his mind he knew the only thing making it uncomfortable is the fact that there were witnesses to it. Whe he parted his lips to elaborate, his ears felt hot at the thought. "It's not a comfortable context."