James had spent the whole day pretending he'd forgotten the date. It had almost killed him. But he had bought her something and note told her to wear it straight away.

After about fifteen minutes after he'd seen Lily go upstairs, he wandered up after her. He opened and closed the door to their bedroom as quietly as he could, locking it silently and placing a few silencing charms around it too. For what he had planned, they were bound to be noisy!