How can i buy Lion again when its already on my Air?

Hi.
I have the new Air with Lion pre installed. This is my first mac and i didnt make an Lion backup install drive when i first got it and now i need to reinstall Lion.
Im not sure why but when i try to switch on FILE VAULT it says it cant do it and i have to fromat the HD and reinstall Lion.
I go to the app store to try to buy Lion but all it says is Installed so i cant get it.
Does anyone have any suggestions for me?
Thank you very much!
Kaato.

Use the restore partition:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/recovery/
Note, if you aren't backed up, you may lose your data.  If data recovery is important, check this FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html#RECOVER

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