<div align="center">(http://i933.photobucket.com/albums/ad179/sprinkletinkle/15c9ea53-901b-4677-8b54-410adca7c467.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: times new roman;">Lily Luna Potter<br/>&gt;&gt; Scorpius and her cat<br/>&gt;&gt; From her room to Amsterdam</span></span></div><br/><br/>Lily could tell him. That was the problem, she thought she understood it now, why she tolerated him, why she let him buy her things and why she kept them. And she might have done just that but then he'd said that it all had just meant he'd thought of her as a good friend. They'd been friends as children but as they had gotten older they had drifted apart as often is the story. They were friends. She realized now that he was simply a flirt, a tease, it was second nature to him as breathing was to her. He flirts with everyone and everything and thinking about it, she couldn't grasp why she had thought it was any different to her. But then, the answer came to her. Because<em>she</em>had feelings and had tried to project them onto him unconsciously. Her shoulders sagged as she felt the weight of guilt and embarrassment wash over her, removing the anger.<br/><br/>She realized right now that she had to go. Just get away and if she went right now, it would be perfect because she would have three days to wash him out of her mind. Lily stood up suddenly, causing Scorpius' hand to drop. Going to her smaller duffel bag, she unzipped it and removed some of the junk she wouldn't be needing and began stuffing underwear and other things. She paused and looked over at Scorpius, "You're right, it wasn't fair for me to do that. I was letting my personal feelings cloud my judgment. I apologize. Please, go," she said, looking somewhat chastened and also as though she was fighting the urge to flee. She resumed jamming things into the bag until it was full of what she wanted.<br/><br/>"Look, there's no need to buy me gifts anymore. It's better that you don't. Take the locket, use it to remember simpler times," Lily walked to the door and pulled it open for him, her expression was strained by this point. "I'll catch you another time. Bye, Scorpius," with that said and him out, she shut and locked her door. Lily made good use of the time and changed her clothes, then grabbed her bag and left the room, securing it behind her. The cat sat at her feet, looking up at her quizzically.<br/><br/>"Come Aisling, let's explore Amsterdam," she said to the cat and swiftly moved down the hall, to the main staircase. In ten minutes time she was driving her muggle car out of the gates and didn't look back at the campus as she left.