Hesper was clearly flustered; Sirius was not unused to seeing her flustered, but he did feel bad about it happening at her first Coming Out Ball. She wasn't even the center of attention at this one — how was she going to handle being a Seventh Year and debuting at it?

He didn't answer her question. "Would you like for me to ask you to dance?" Sirius said; his tone was somewhere between amused and serious.