Unable to avoid facing Valentine's Day with all its trappings of pink, romance, and high expectations, Scorpius considered himself lucky that Rose was not one of those fussy girls with unrealistic demands. She was not the type to insist on indulging her vanity in order to be happy. Nonetheless, Scorpius had his own dignity to maintain, and he would not be caught dead in a sappy pub like Madam Puddifoot's - the usual destination for couples on Valentine's Day - even if Rose had asked him to go.