AN: Chorus Two! Thanks for reading! The next chapter is intense. I'm almost done with it, and so I'll probably post it sometime soon.

Do you remember we were sitting there by the water?
You put your arm around me for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Do you remember all the city lights in the water?
You saw me start to believe for the first time
You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter
You are the beat thing that's ever been mine

Mine – Taylor Swift

After the escapade on the bench, Lily let James lead her around the gardens. He showed her all of the places that he knew and remembered. Eventually, they made their way to the lakeside. Lily sat down next to James, thinking about what he had said to her. She knew that he was right, and that her parents never really did have true love, but Lily still wasn't sure that she believed that there was such a thing. She did know one thing, though. Something James said had gotten to her, because she did feel different. Something had changed again, and this time she had a funny feeling that it was for the better.

They sat down on the sand and James looked out towards the water.

"Isn't it beautiful? All those lights? Almost like a show," he said quietly.

"Yeah, it is," she replied.

"Almost as beautiful as you," he said with a grin.

She grinned right back. "That was too cheesy, even for you, James."

"Nothing is ever too cheesy for James Potter, love."

She raised her eyebrows at the name. She was surprised that the name didn't actually bother her. In fact, she sort of liked it.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" she asked him, after a few moments.

"Like what?"

"Like… Like… Like you know something I don't," she replied.

"Well, that's simple. It's because I do."

"What is it? What on earth do you think you know that I don't?" she said, smiling at his antics. She was quite sure that they told each other everything.

"Well, Lily, I know how you feel. About me. I can see it in your eyes. Just now, you looked at me, and I realised that you love me. You don't need to say it. I just know that you do. I guess my little speech on true love worked, huh?" he said, with a smugness that only he could pull off.

Lily wondered what exactly he meant by his speech "working," but then she remembered that he had promised to never stop trying to prove to her that they had true love. She turned it over in her mind a few times and realised that he was right.

"Hey, James?"

"Yes, Lily?" he asked, his eyes sparkling.

"I love you."

Lily saw the joy in his eyes as she said the three words he had been waiting to hear. He slowly leaned closer to her, and when he was about an inch away from her lips, he whispered, so softly that she strained to hear him, "I love you, too, Lily." With that, he leaned forward and kissed her.

When they came up for air, James looked her in the eye and said, "Marry me, Lily, because I want to spend the rest of my life with you, however long or short it may be."

Again, she said the one word that James loved most.

"Yes."

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