If there was one thing that Padma absolutely loved about Dudley, it was his smile. Somehow it had the power to make you feel safe, protected. Yet at the same time it made her weak in the knees. It was one of those smiles that had double meanings, and you usually didn't know which one until it was too late.
She felt like now was one of those times. When Dudley had picked her up from the music shop for their date that evening, he had that smile on his face. The one where she would be kept guessing until he deemed it fit to let her in on the secret.
The entire night went by like any other. Their words laced together in entertaining conversation as they had dinner and even more as they walked the streets of Little Whinging. It wasn't until they were back at the music shop that Padma became enlightened.
Fairy lights decorated the entire store with red paper hearts and silver streamers hanging from the ceiling. When they walked in that eighties music they loved played softly. Then and there Dudley took her by the waist and began whirling them around. Padma smiled brilliantly as she fell a little more in love with his smile.