If you feel that would be too awkward then there's not much to be done.

It's ridiculous, really, if they weren't all breathing down our necks I should have liked for you to accompany me to the Yule Ball. As it is it doesn't make any sense to do so, but I've already talked with Peter Parker about staging a photo to send to our respective parents to shut them up. Whether or not we actually go together.

It probably makes more sense for us to go with other people, doesn't it? Or will that attract more attention?