Use a 45 degree PVC elbow at the water pump, attached with a short hose nipple. Then connect the flex hose to the elbow. The hoses will hide the elbow from view and all people will see is an extra couple of hose clamps.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!