A/N- I own nothing including Kenny Chesney's song "You Had Me From Hello"

The Christmas ball was approaching and it just so happened to be a masquerade. James had been wanting to ask Lily, being still obsessed with her since the first time he laid his hazel eyes on her six and a half years before.

One word, that's all you said
Somethin' in your voice caused me to turn my head.
Your smile, just captured me
And you were in my future as far as I could see
And I don't know how it happened, but it happened still
You asked me if I love you, if I always will

Flashback

She was walking past his compartment on the Hogwarts train and she heard people being loud so she stopped for only the briefest moment, and that's when he caught a glimpse of her emerald green eyes, and her hair as red as a summer sunset.

"Hi," James said in amazement at her beauty. "I'm James, James Potter. This is Pad- I mean Sirius, that's Remus, and that's Peter."

Realizing she was staring, she said, "Oh, hello, I'm Lily, Lily Evans."

"Well hello, Lily Evans, it's nice to meet you…Will you go out with me?" James said with a smirk.

"Uh…" She paused and shyly but fast said, "no." and with that she was gone.

"I think I'm in love." James said.

Well you, had me from "Hello"
I felt love start to grow
The moment that I looked into your eyes, you won me
It was over from the start
You completely stole my heart
And now you won't let go
I never even had a chance you know
You had me from "Hello"

End flashback

As James spotted Lily in the heads common room alone, he wondered if he should ask her now or wait until the time got right. Wait, he thought, this is the love of my life, Lily Evans, the Christmas Ball is only a few nights away and if I don't ask her now, there might not be another chance.

Just then, Professor McGonagall entered their common room and told them to round up all other Gryffindors and bring them to the Great Hall. Damn, well so much for that he thought.

"Ok!" Lily and James said in unison, Lily's was happy, while James's was gloomy.

"Right then, off you go."

Inside, I built the walls
So high around my heart, I thought I'd never fall
One touch, you brought it down
The bricks of my defenses scattered on the ground
And I swore to me I wasn't gonna love again
The last time was the last time, I let someone in

While walking to the Gryffindor common room, James was agonizing over if he should ask lily to the ball or not. He had just gotten on good terms with her and he didn't know if he should jeopardize it or not. Lily abruptly stopped, causing James to topple over her. "Ouch!" she scolded

"Sorry." he said offhandedly, getting up fast.

"It's ok," she said, trying her best to be civil.

"Here, let me help you." he said, holding out his hand.

Lily looked at him skeptically. "It's ok, I won't bite, I promise." James said playfully. Lily smiled slightly, took his hand, but, instead of pulling herself up, she pulled him down, got up and ran. "Hay!" James said in shock.

But you, had me from "Hello"
I felt love start to grow
The moment that I looked into your eyes, you won me
It was over from the start
You completely stole my heart
And now you won't let go
I never even had the chance you know
You had me from "Hello"

"I didn't say I wouldn't bite!" Lily said, still running as she ran around the corner, she bumped into a figure all too familiar, Severus Snape. As she fell to floor for the second time, she said, "Omigod! I'm so sorry I should have watched where I-"

"Yes, you should have watched where you were going, Mudblood!" Snape sneered.

"I said I'm sorry geez!" She said as she got up.

Just as she got up, James was rounding the corner. "Lily, are-are you ok?" he said, eying the scene, and seeing Snape with a smirk on his face.

"Yeah, fine." she said coldly eying the boy with greasy black hair.

"Well, well, well. What's this, Prince Potty coming to save his Mudblood?" Snape shot.

"Don't you even start Snivellus." James shot back, just as coldly.

"James, let's just go. Snape get to the Great Hall, McGonagall's orders." she spat.

"Whatever Mudblood." Snape muttered under his breath as he walked towards the Great Hall.

"Thanks," Lily said shyly.

"For what?" James said

"For sticking up for me." she said a bit louder now.

"For doing what's right?" He asked heroically. "Don't worry about it."

Lily started to blush. What was this feeling, why was Lily Evans blushing at what James Potter said, and since when did she thank him? As they walked into the Gryffindor Common Room, she was thankful that she wasn't alone with him anymore.

"Ok, Professor McGonagall wants everyone in the Great Hall." James announced. "Lily, you go up to the girl's dorms and I'll go to the guy's, alright?"

"Oh, right, ok, yeah," she said, snapping out if her trace like state. James eyed her and strode off to the boy's dorms. Lily sighed, and then went up to the girls dorms to get the remaining Gryffindors. Once up in the dorms, a flood of memories hit her like a ton of books. She thought about her first day at Hogwarts, and how she was so intimidated, and bout the boy that had asked her out on the train. The same boy that was now waiting for her downstairs. She thought about how she had denied him for six years, and now that he had laid off the arrogant comments, and jokes, and torturing people, how he was really a decent person. And then Lily thought of something she had never thought about before, she thought about herself being with James. The boy that she had hated since the first day he had tried to woo her. She thought about his eyes swallowing her, and how much she wanted to be in his embrace again. She had been in his embrace before, when he would sneak a hug from behind, and how much she told everyone she hated it. But truth be told, she had secretly loved him holding her, his warm body wrapped around hers, his hands wrapped around her small waist. She longed for that now. She felt as if she were all alone.

"Lily? What brings you here?" asked a fifth year by the name of Ariana. She was beautiful, she had long brown hair with natural blond pieces of hair that looked golden when the sun caught it. She had bright blue eyes and she was skinny.

Lily, being torn away from her trance for the second time in ten minutes started, "Oh, I was just-um Professor McGonagall wants to see everyone in the Great Hall."

"Ok," the girl replied "I'll just get Maria and we'll head down."

"Alright." Lily said and headed back downstairs. As she almost reached the foot of the stairs, she spotted James flirting with some girl, and wasn't paying attention and fell down the last few steps. As she pushed herself up onto he knees, she saw a dark figure in front of her.

"Lily, are you ok? You've been off today is everything alright?" James asked as he helped Lily up off of the floor. He looked at he wearily.

"Yeah, just a bit tired, that's all." with a reassuring nod and smile.

"Well, we best be going, McGonagall will want us there soon." He said gently

"Right." she said, still embarrassed from her fall.

That's all you said
Somethin' in your voice caused me to, turn my head
You had me from "Hello"
You had me from "Hello"
Girl I've loved you from "Hello"

I'm working on the next chapter so please r&r me for new ideas...what do you think or want to happen?