Selina saw the look in his eyes when he talked about his parents. It was true that they made him unhappy, but as he had pointed out they were his family- his blood family. She understood better than anyone what that bond meant and his reason behind going. Although she had wished he would stay.

When he read the letter his eyes lit up at certain parts and he, toward the end, looked quite emotional. What had her father said to him? And then his response was even more puzzling.

"Wait... what did you say?" Did he really just agree and joke about it? "What did he say to you?"

"He said that on two conditions I would be allowed into your home.
1) I must do house chores
and 2) I have to keep a eye on you and Demitri but he called Demitri a SNAKE.

I feel really honored to be allowed in your own house, and to have your father right to me on his own accord, makes me feel like I am really wanted...But I might be back 7th year-so your 6th year.
I hear when you turn 17 thats your day of age...I will come back-I promise.I rarely break them."Adam said with a smirk.

Selina tried to keep up with what Adam was saying. She was to say the least confused. "Wait, let me see if I get this straight... he called my boyfriend a snake?" Selina joked. "In all seriousness, your going to Mexico City. But coming back your seventh year? Did I get that right?" She quietly hoped she had not. She wanted him to stay, but to voice that opinion would not be right. It was his right to dictate his own life.

"Gryffindor=Lion
Raveclaw=Raven
Hufflepuff=Badger
and Slytherin=Snake.Our house animals.

I am considering coming back 7th year, so then that way I graduate with my class. Get it?"Adam asked her in a drawing voice.He hoped that this idea of his would liften her spirits just a bit, she was not the only one heartbroken at this school .

"I am . I am, I know it's crazy but I'm going.Besides I can make some new friends-make more room for people to enter my life...Meet some Mexican..."He stopped himself before hormones kicked in too far.

"Thank you captain obvious. I am aware of the different house mascots. You did not have to enlighten me. I'm not that daft.

"And as for you coming back seventh year... I guess I get it. I mean once I moved somewhere wouldn't it be hard to leave my new surroundings and try to re-assimilate to the old. Not that I don't want you to come back... because I do. But this whole situation is just messy."

When Adam went on about the Mexican Selina gave him his best sister glare. "There had better be no Mexican girls. Or I swear... I like Kurumi thank you. No need to change up countries on me."

Selina did have one more request. She grew very serious and asked, "Adam? At least stay the summers with my family. We can go to Diagon Alley and visit Fee, Hugo, Eino... Kurumi..."

"Sorry I just thought, you hadn't read up on that stuff yet."Adam said chuckling slightly.

"Sorry...but with me being in a new world I think dating Kurumi will be treading on thin ice.Maybe it's best to break it off with her and come back 7th year and just surprise her.
This boy wants to see how it's like in Mexico."He said with a half smile but more aware that Selina just might smack him in the eye if he fully smiled at the idea.

"I will come for summer...If I can find a Mexican Wizard community and floo myself to your house- Kurumi though, lives in Japan which will be more difficult..."

His smirk about Mexican girls gained him a slap in the chest from the tiny redhead. She raised her eyebrows at him to say stop being a tough guy, you're bad at it. She then smirked at him and joked, "Who'd want to date you? Kurumi is just too nice to see how messed up you are. Kidding, totally kidding."

At his agreement to see her in the summers she beamed. As for Kurumi, "That is smart. I mean I like her a lot, but if you don't end it... it will never end for her. She will hold onto you even when you're gone."

Patroclus?

Patroclus on the team?

We would have to wait and see, thought it was going to be constantly on his brain until the list was posted on the Common room wall.

Uh Oh.

"Yeah it's been a great start to the year, but..." taking a breathe Patroclus got to the point, "I mean it must be hard to deal with the fact that Marie has a new guy on the go.....you two were pretty serious and it ended suddenly. I just want to see if you were OK with everything." Patroclus had been there at the Ball last year, when Marie and her new fella were sucking the faces off one another, and Carter had been there too. It was about time Patroclus spoke to either one of them to figure out what went down.

"So are you, OK?"

Adam listened intently. Was she really saying what he thought she was saying?
"Are you saying that at the end of the school year, I should break up with her?"He asked her aghast at the thought.

To separate himself from his soul mate was difficult to imagine and to do it to her was even worse-she would not only be devastated but in a way she won't be able to go on that much.She would change and be someone different, he wouldn't be there to listen to all her troubling thoughts-something he had trouble with too-but he lifted the moment.

He nearly fell to the corridor floor."I can't do that to her."He said weakly.

"If you are going to leave... you have to. It isn't fair to either of you. Kurumi would be devastated without you. But if you left the state of your relationship opened ended you would give her a false hope. I know that this is hard for you to hear, but Kurumi would need to move on. Holding onto you would be poison in her life. She would need you and not be able to have you. And if you did not tell her that that was not un-okay she would gladly spend her teenage years pinning after you. The problem is you are not going to be there. You are not going to be there for all of the important things and landmarks every teenage girl hits. No matter what you do you will miss those moments. Kurumi and you will change, but not together. And without you two being together the change will be apart. You won't both be on the same page.

"I'm sorry- but she'll grow apart from you. You know that. And to hold her down to a relationship that includes two people never seeing one another is cruel. And if you thought about even thinking about doing that I would never forgive you.

"If you are going to leave- leave. Don't hold onto something here that you are leaving behind." Someone had finally said it. If Kurumi was truly his soul mate why was he leaving? A soul mate was someone you could not live without and leaving was being without her. Adam should have wanted to fight to be by her side. And they both knew deep down he did not want to, or he would have took up her offer to stay with her family. And yet she could not begrudge him for his choice as much as she wanted to.

Selina made Adam feel like he was 10 and not 13-how was she so much wiser than him.

Anyways, he listened intently, daring not to blink because blinking he would miss a part of her speech.

If he broke up with Kurumi, life would end, but he'd move on, but she's have a much more difficult time. She always came up to him for every thing, and perhaps his little dramatic side is what kept her sane at times, because she needed to correct and teach lessons to others to feel good about herself.

Then Selina said she would never forgive him if they broke up.That was fierce.His eyes were stinging a bit.
OH no he was crying in front of his little sister, but he didn't care much, she had already see him cower and then cry just a few days back.

"Selina...Last month of school...I'm gonna do it...I think it's best because its hard for us to stay in contact being so far apart- it wouldn't be the same."He said at long last.

Selina nodded her head. She was glad that he saw it realistically, the way she saw it. If he had made Kurumi attached to a relationship that was no longer existent she would never forgive him. And although she was sad to see him go he was doing the right thing in breaking up with her. Sure, she would have to pick up the broken pieces of the little Asian girl, but to leave her with a shred of hope would not only be cruel but wrong.

"I think that is best. If you are going to go, and right now it sounds like you are, you need to break up with her. And I promise I will be there to keep the piece together the best I can."

And now for the hardest part, "Adam I also think once you break it off that needs to be done. You can write post to me and Hugo and Fee and stuff. But I think Kurumi needs to be isolated from you. I know it will be hard, but the more she is reminded of you the harder it will be for her to move on..."

"Thanks for that. It will be hard for her to get on her feet once I move. But I will be visiting during summer- should I isolate myself this year, or forever?This is all very new to me, so sorry for the questions."He said sorry in advance."And Fee will be there also-you know incase you get too busy with Kurumi and Demitri."He added for her sake.

ISOLATE?"He asked in a weak way, even though it came out a bit loud."I have to isolate ourselves to make it easier for the both of us..."He said repeating what she had advised him. Adam began wiping his wet cheeks away.

Selina's heart shattered at the sight of a teary Adam. It was a sight she had never seen before and she felt like crying with him. Sure they had been weepy when he got his letter and they had been weepy when they had become siblings. But in both of those instances she did not see his eyes. He had either turned away from her and had burrowed his head into the Great Hall table. Now she had a full view of him as he cried.

Without a word she went over and held him. No words were spoken. What could she say? She just needed to let him know she was there for him and that she would always be there for him.

Finally pulling away she cupped his cheek and tried her hardest not to cry, "Adam, I-I..." But no words surfaced.

"I'm so sorry about all of this. You should not have to go." Her reserve and steadfast opinion on his decision was quickly crumbling. "It isn't fair to you. Everyone who loves you is here and we-" But Selina stopped herself. She was the strong one and the one who Adam needed to be strong. Under no circumstances could she crumble. So she composed herself and said, "I think that would be best. I know it is hard, but when the school year ends it has to be time to let her go. Until then you both should enjoy each other's company. Try not to think about it. Pretend it does not exist because if you two do you will both try to compensate for lost time. That might result in you two rushing the natural course of your relationship. Let it run smooth and live out the days in happiness."

For the first time ever Selina was crying along with Adam.And in a odd way, it made him feel better, she couldnt bottle up all those emotions and at long last she was showing what she had been trying to cover up these past days.She had always been the strongest of the two and now Adam was finally seeing another side of her, the redhead fiesty girl was now thw weeping angel along with Adam.

"It's not fair. But I think you are making me understand the situation a whole lot better. Selina we have only been there for each other now a few months and i feel like you really are my sister- I mean a really supportive and teasing sister.So you've made my last year here, thus far, pretty entertainting, and I thank you for that."He said petting her hair.

"You make sense when you say spend everyday we have together the fullest it can be, and try not to think of the future cause that will only make it worse.And I will do extra special things for everyone, but you and Kurumi most. Promise me on that."He said smiling slightly.

As Adam pet her hair she let out a little sob. It was so unlike her. She was raised by a family full of men. In her house it was be tough or be taunted. Part of her was grateful for this mentality because it made her stronger and yet another part of her had wished she could really open up more. Sure she was always handing out advice and being sentimental. But she never really ever showed her emotions or her true ones. And Adam was just at the cusp of seeing her emotional side. It scared her.

The only person in the world who had ever seen her vulnerable was Demitri and possibly Elektra and Violet, but even the pair of them had only scratched the surface. Now while Adam pet her hair she was bursting at the seems to be emotional and tell him what she really thought. But he needed her support in his decision. It seemed that she was the only one who agreed with him about his need to leave. Everyone else had overreacted and was not pleased. He needed someone to understand.

"I'll hold you to that. Besides we both know that anything special for me is food related. Candy, ice cream, you name it. I'll be thrilled with that."

"I'll make you an Ice Cream Sundae on your birthday. Which is?"Adam asked, trying to steer away the conversation.

Anymore Mexico City chat and he was gonna be depressed permantely for life.

Selina was somewhat grateful for the change in conversation. All of the continuous talk of his leaving was ruining the time they had while he was staying.

"December 3. Right before Christmas holiday. Speaking of which, when is yours?"

"Mine is July 15...So I won't get to spend it with any of you guys."He said with a slight grimace.
"Are you staying or going for Holidays- I don't want to go back home until I finally have to."He added darkly again.

Selina looked at him and said, "I was planning on going home. You should come! My Dad would love to have you stay with us. Besides you should have one family moment before Mexico City."

"Are you saying I am like family to you?"He asked a bit honored- and if it weren't true his heart would begin aching again.
"Not after all they've done to me- I couldn't go back just to have them ruin my holidays."He said looking down sullenly.

"Did you think I was joking when I offered for you to stay in my home, when my Dad wrote a personal letter to you saying whatever he said to you, and when I made you my sibling? Adam, I want you to feel at home with my family. Although you choose to go with your parents, we wanted you to stay with us. We, my mother included, all appreciate how much you mean to me. And both my parents were willing to open their house to you. Of course I am serious about you being like family. And if you came to me tomorrow and said that you had decided to move in with my family the offer would still be yours. I respect you. That is hard to come by from me."

"Well no. But I just don't want to interupt during the holidays the most important time of the year, ya know?"He told her.
"I thought the sibling thing was serious but not so serious...I mean...You're the one helping me out lately."

Now he felt more loved the Skylars WANTED him to be there. It was a big choice but maybe he would drop by them, she had to live in London and he in Oxfordshire- it wasn't too far away, now was it?
"Thanks. I don't think no one but Kurumi has ever respected me."

"You would not be interrupting, you would be enhancing the holidays if anything. My entire family would love to have you and all of my male cousins would love to have another guy to hang out with. Especially my cousin Miles.

"And I meant what I said about the offer. It stands strong for the holidays or if you decide you don't like Mexico City or if you decide you do not even want to go. My house is always open to you." Selina smiled. She wanted to be clear that Adam was always welcome. Besides that's what family is for.

"And yeah, I respect you... don't mess that up." Selina smirked.

Marie and Mia were on their way back from the owlery heading down to the Great Hall. Marie was running ahead of Mia acting as if she was scared of the girl for teasing her about her letter to Nik. Like Marie would ever be afraid of Mia.

Rounding the corner she came to a sudden stop when she seen two very familiar Gryffindor students ahead of her. Patroclus and... Carter. Inching her way back around the corner she stood there spying waiting for Mia to catch up with her.

Her curiosity getting the better of her she peaked her head around the corner just in time to hear... 'Marie has a new guy on the go.' What the hell did Patroclus mean by that? James wasn't a guy on the go, he was her boyfriend whether certain Lions or She-Snakes wanted to admit it.

Pulling her head back around the corner she lent against the wall listening very carefully to what the boys were talking about. If Carter even said one bad thing about James she would.... well she didn't know yet what she would do but it probably wouldn't be pretty.

And where was Mia? How slow was that girl?