My seventeenth birthday came faster than expected and as promised Teddy took me to Diagon Alley the day before. We walked around with our ice cream for quite a bit, avoiding Knockturn Alley the whole time though, and talked as we normally would.
"What do you say we get out of here?" Teddy asked. "I know the perfect spot for me to give you your present."
I nod my consent and he Apparated us out. When I first landed in the yard I couldn't quite get my bearings, but then I turned to see the house and little gnomes walking around in the garden. "Why did you bring me to the Burrow?"
He pulled on my hand and we sat down in the middle of the backyard. "This spot right here is where I first kissed you. We fell in love in this very yard and I can't think of a better place for us to be right now."
I looked into his now purple eyes and saw the first of the night stars reflecting in them. "That's very romantic of you." A sweet kiss is placed on his lips.
"You're going to think I'm a real sap when you open this." He put a little box in the palm of my hand with a simple bow tied around it. "It's nothing really fancy, but it carries a great meaning."
I untie the bow and slowly lift the lid. Inside the box is a little silver heart locket with a little design on one side that made it look as though it could be floating away. On the inside the word love was on the left side and there was a picture of Teddy on the other side.
"What do you see?" he asks.
"The picture of you, of course."
"It's not a picture. The locket is charmed so that you see the thing you love most reflected back at you. When I was younger I would see my parents or Gran in there, but lately all I see is you. I wanted you to have it before I left so that you wouldn't forget how incredibly handsome I am." He gave a low chuckle and wrapped his arm around my waist. He kissed my cheek and ask, "Do you like it?"
"I love it. Will you put it on for me?"
"I'd love to." I held up my hair and after he clasped the two ends together he kissed my neck. "I'm really going to miss you, you know?"
"Not as badly as I'll miss you." Tears began to spring to my eyes, but the look on his face said how badly he did not want me to cry, yet he knew what I felt. "I love you, Teddy."
"I love you too, Victoire."
