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I am so sorry for not updating yesterday- I had a sort of awful day (read AN at the bottom for details). Here's Chapter 11- it's much shorter than all the others, but I ended on a good note and didn't have a lot of time. Anyways, it's short and sweet, so enjoy!
Chapter 11- Confessions Over Cocoa

"Mmmmm..." James woke up the next morning, stretching his arms to find that he wasn't in his bed. Then he remembered- he had stayed up late, long after Sirius had returned to his dormitory, to work on Lily's essay. He had gone over it again and again, trying to make it sound like Lily had really written it. Then after he had bewitched his handwriting to look like hers, he had glanced at the clock to see that it was after midnight. Instead of wasting all that energy getting into his room, he had crashed on the couch.

But wait- he didn't remember wrapping up in a blanket. Or taking off his glasses. Who was that next to him? Crap- he'd done it again. Now Lily would never forgive him. He fumbled around, looking for his glasses and throwing them on. Strangely enough, it was Lily on the couch next to him. Apparently she had come back to their common room and fallen asleep reading her book. Had she been waiting for him to get up? He could only hope so.

James stood up and moved his blanket from him to Lily, gently taking her book out of her hands and after marking her page, placed it on the table. He had a thought to make breakfast for Lily, but realized they had no kitchen. But it would be quite nice for Lily to wake up to breakfast, or at least some hot chocolate.

Inspiration struck him in that moment as he crept out of the portrait hole and made it all the way downstairs to the kitchens. House-elves were running around, cooking up a storm.

"Can Sunny help James Potter, sir?" A tiny, wrinkled house elf stopped him.

"Hey Sunny!" James said, smiling at Sirius, Remus, Peter, and his old friend. "Yeah, I was wondering if I could get some breakfast to take back up to my common room. It's kind of important."

"What would James Potter like, sir?" Sunny asked as her friends gathered around her.

"Umm...maybe some hot chocolate. And some donuts or other pastries. Maybe some toast and marmalade, too. If you can swing it," James requested.

In record time, James' little friends had whipped up a basket full of breakfast and placed it in his hands. "Is this what James Potter wanted?" Sunny asked, her large green eyes twinkling.

"Yeah. Thanks a lot, Sunny," James said with a smile.

"Where is James Potter's friends?" Sunny asked. "Where is Sirius Black and Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew? Is they who James Potter gets breakfast for?"

"Nope. Not this time, Sunny. This is for a girl."

"Oh, Lily Evans? Lily Evans is a nice girl. Does James Potter like Lily Evans?"

James nodded. "A lot."

"Well, Sunny hopes James Potter's breakfast makes Lily Evans happy," Sunny said.

"Me too, Sunny," James said as he left. "Me too."

Back in the Gryffindor common room, just as many fifth years were rising to work on their homework, James crept through his portrait hole, happy to see that Lily was still sleeping peacefully. She looked better than she had looked last night- her skin had regained that rosy glow. James thought that the light from the fire made her look a bit like an angel as it lit up her soft red hair. He shook his head, snapping out of his daze as he began to set up the breakfast that Sunny and her friends had put together for him.

James couldn't help but smile- those house elves always outdid themselves. They had given him a thermos full of steaming hot cocoa and mugs to put it in, a plate full of donuts and pastries, and a platter full of toast with a jar or orange marmalade- Lily's favorite. They'd even added a bag full of marshmallows, because in his first year, James had complained to them that their hot chocolate wasn't like his mum's- it needed marshmallows. Ever since, the Hogwarts house elves had kept a large stock of marshmallows, just for James' hot chocolate.

Just as James was finishing setting everything out, Lily began to stir. James watched as Lily stretched her arms far above her head and yawned, then opened her beautiful green eyes. She was alarmed at the sight of James watching her, and immediately yanked the blanket up over her.

"You're up," she said nervously.

"Yeah. I got breakfast," he said, gesturing to the table full of food.

"Oh, that was... unexpected," Lily said.

"Were you waiting for me to wake up?" James asked.

"Umm...yes, actually I was," she said, sitting up.

There was a brief silence, which James ended with, "Do you realize that's more than we've said to each other in the last week?"

Lily laughed. "Yeah. It is." She looked at the cups of hot chocolate longingly. "Is one of those for me?"

"Yeah. Go ahead." James watched as she looked into the cup and frowned. "What's wrong with it?"

"It needs marshmallows," she said simply. James smiled as he pulled out the bag. "You got the house elves to give you my secret stash!" Lily said with a smile.

"YOUR secret stash?" James asked.

"Yeah. My first night here, Jez took us down there because her brother told her how to get to the kitchens, and we had hot chocolate and talked there for the longest time. I was homesick for my mum's hot chocolate- she always puts lots of marshmallows in it. Ever since then, they've kept a big bag, just for me." James was shocked. "Something wrong?" Lily asked.

"Yeah, I always thought that was my stash," he said.

Lily smiled. "You too?"

James nodded. "But I guess it was yours first," he admitted. "Want a pastry?" He held out the plate.

"Thanks." Lily smiled at him, making his heart soar.

They sat in silence for a while, eating and sipping their marshmallow-filled hot chocolate. James finally decided to break the silence.

"So why were you waiting here for me to wake up?" he asked, really wanting to move things along.

Lily looked back and forth between James and the cup of cocoa she held in her hands. "Umm... I wanted to talk to you, actually," she finally said.

"Me? Why?" James asked.

"Because... umm..." This was going to be a lot harder than she thought. As she struggled to gather her thoughts, she glanced at James. She was so flustered, yet he was waiting patiently, his brown eyes hopeful.

"After that whole...thing last week," Lily began. James shifted around nervously. "I kind of... blew things out of proportion. I never gave you a chance to apologize or anything. I just told you off and got upset. But while I was being upset, curled up in my bed and crying, I had a lot to think about. I noticed that I was crying over you and Emma kissing when I had no claim over you whatsoever. We didn't go out, I even said I hated you. I realized that I was crying because-" Lily stopped and took a deep breath. James was still listening patiently, his hazel eyes never leaving hers. Lily silently cursed herself for looking at his eyes. She could get lost in those eyes for hours...

Snapping out her trance, she continued. "I was crying because last week, I began to see that you really had changed, and because of it, I could see the real you- the smart, funny, nice guy who helped me with my homework, opened up to me while we were on patrol, and stood up for me against hi best friend. And I realized that I kinda well... liked him."

James tried to hide the explosive joy that was creeping up on his face, but couldn't. He wanted to say something, but Lily began talking again before he had a chance.

"And it tore me apart when I realized that I had ruined every possible chance that he'd ever like me again, because I was so mean to him, and there's no way he could ever like someone so cruel and insensitive. I just hope he'll accept my apology because I'd really like to work things out with him."

Following Lily's lead, James said, "Well, to tell you the truth, he thought that he was the idiot for being so stupid as to let another girl come near him and to hurt the girl he liked like that. It tore him apart, too, wondering how she could ever like him after he had done that. But she has nothing to worry about- he accepts her apology, and he still likes her."

It was after James said this that the sparkle returned to Lily's bright green eyes. She smiled and whispered, "Really?"

James nodded. "Really really." He smiled back, and with a stroke of daring, reached across the sofa and took her hand in his. Lily looked a little nervous, but didn't take her hand away. "I'm sorry for everything, Lily," said James.

"No, don't be. It's me who should be saying I'm sorry," Lily told him, shaking her head.

"How about we both just say we're sorry and stop worrying about it?" James offered.

Lily laughed a little. "That works."

James knew he shouldn't, but all of the sudden felt his face being drawn closer and closer to Lily's. The weird thing was, hers was coming closer to his all on it's own, too. Their lips were so close...

"Wakey-Wakey Head Boy and Girl!" Sirius shouted as he burst into the common room. Lily and James moved apart quickly, both feeling slightly embarrassed. Sirius came in and saw them sitting there. "Well I guess I didn't get invited to breakfast for... two." He began to notice what he had walked in on. "OK. Yeah...really sorry, guys. If I would've known, then I wouldn't have but... yeah, I'll just go now." Sirius began to head for the door, his cheeks quite pink.

"No, Sirius, it's OK. Come back," Lily called to him.

Sirius poked his head back in the door. "No, it's OK Lily- really. Just enjoy your little breakfast date."

"But we have some extra toast and marmalade," Lily said.

"Is it orange?" Sirius asked, his eyes wide.

Lily nodded.

"Well then! Good morning, boy, girl," Sirius said with a smile as he came and sat on the sofa between Lily and James. "How are we this beautiful day?" He began to pour himself a cup of hot chocolate and buttered a piece of toast.

"Good," Lily said, looking at James and smiling.

James smiled back. "Yeah. Really good."

OK, so I hope you enjoyed reading that as much as I did writing it. I wrote it during free time in Algebra 2 with my friend Jessica saying, "WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!" (She's my editor and personality inspiration for Jez who is obsessed with this) It was so nice to come home to those lovely reviews after a not so lovely day back at school. Basic Drawing was funny and...OK; Gym kind of sucked- I still don't understand why we have a class based on how fast we can run and junk; Algebra 2 was sort of OK; Then Biology was OK- kinda boring. But then I met up with my best friend Rachel (sounds familiar? She's my Rachel inspiration) at her locker and we complained to each other and she gave me an awesome CD that she burned me, full of awesome songs that inspired me to write more. Then I watched the OC (Seth's a total pothead, which I don't like- the first time it was funny, now it's just stupid, and I think Johnny really got hurt or died, to all OC fans)Today was much better- I wrote all of Chapter 12 in school. Classes were also better today. So, I'm sorry, but here it is- Chapter 11! Hope you liked it. Please review! I'll try to put Ch. 12 up tomorrow. Thanks a million, Emma.