It was blatantly obvious to Draco that Pansy had desperately tried to read his intention in asking her to join them, and he couldn’t really blame her for that. In fact, Draco himself wasn’t sure if whether or not he wanted her to join them, but the idea of spending time alone with Harry, even if it was in public, seemed too much like they were going past the act that his father was expecting them to partake in.<br/>It just seemed safer to have Pansy with them.<br/>“You know, we<span style="font-style: italic">are</span>trying to appeal to a conservative crowd, so I figured that it would only be proper,” he stated, his way of telling Pansy that he did in fact want her to tag along.<br/>In a way, it would also serve to cement his relationship with Harry in the media, letting them know that their lives were properly intertwined.