"Perhaps we might...expand on matters a little?  Arrange to keep this year as quiet as we can, so to speak."<br/><br/>He gives her a more direct look, his eyes lingering on hers, her lips, her damp hair, the hollow of her throat and the graceful line of her neck...<br/><br/>"I haven't spoken to the other prefects about this.  Not yet.  But if you and I can come to an agreement, it should be that much simpler to convince the others, don't you think?"<br/><br/>He suddenly shivers a little.<br/><br/>"I...I am detaining you unduly."