The next day was very nerve-racking. Severus really wanted to ask Lily to ball, but he was too nervous.

"Ok... pluck up the courage and ask her, Severus! Just ask her." He thought. "How could I say it? Would you come to the ball with me? No. Please, come with me? No! Lily, I was wondering if you wanted to come to the ball with me? Yes, that's it!" He saw her walking to Potions class. "E-Evans!" She turned and smiled. Her smile made him blush again.

"Oh, hey, Sev!" He ran up to her. "What is it?" He tried to talk, but his mouth was so dry and no words came out. "Severus? Are you okay?"

"Well... I... uh... um... I was wondering if maybe you would... like... um... go to the ball with me?" He added quickly. She stared at him. "You don't want to. Oh, that's ok. I'll just be going then!" He was about to run off, but she grabbed his arm.

"No, Sev. I would love to go with you!" His spirits lifted. "You've got perfect timing. James asked me a bunch of time last night and I turned him down. I told myself if he asked me again, I would say yes! But, lucky you!" She giggled.

"Yeah. We better get to class." She nodded and they walked to class together.

During potions, they had many moments. When Lily dropped her pencil, Snape and her went to pick it up, they found their faces so close to each other. Second, they had to share ingredients and accidentally touched hands when grabbing snake skin. And thirdly, he was walking from the ingredients table to his desk, and Lily was walking to the table. She tripped and he caught her. James watched with a glaring look.

"What a day." Severus muttered. "This was the most nerve-racking day of my entire life. I can't wait for Christmas."

The school year was going by so fast, it was already December Severus was looking through his trunk.

"I should have something to give her." He muttered. "If I'm lucky, maybe I'll get to kiss her, instead of pillow." He thought, blushing. Someone came into the room.

"Hey, Sev." Lucius Malfoy, the prefect was standing at the doorway. "You going to the ball? Who you taking? I'm taking Narcissa."

"I'm going with... uh... L-----" He started. Lucius interrupted him.

"You're going with Lestrange? I mean I know she's Narcissa's sister, but she's so nuts." Severus shook his head.
"No. I'm going with... L-Lily Evans." Lucius fell to the ground laughing.

"You're seriously going with that mudblood?" He flinched. Severus slapped his trunk shut, gave Lucius a glaring look, and went down to the Great Hall. He heard James and Lily arguing.

"No, James!" She yelled.

"Oh, come on! Just come with me to the ball!" Sirius was sitting at the table, eating snacks. To him, it was like watching a movie.

"I'm going with someone else!"

"What? Who?"

"S-Severus." James fell to the floor. Sirius looked as if the main the character of the movie just died.

"What? Snivellus? Why?"

"He asked me. Ok? Now bye." Lily left to the common room. Severus tailed after her.

"Evans." He started.

"Go away, James!"

"No, it's Severus." She turned around, tears flowing down her face.

"Severus? I'm sorry. I just..." She looked into his black eyes, as he looked into her green ones. He yearned to kiss her. But if he had to do it, he would kiss her at the dance.

"Well. Bye. I'll pick you up around 8:00 outside your common room next week." She gave him a wave and left. He left back to the Great Hall. He sat with his fellow Slytherins.

"Hey, Snevillus!" Bellatrix called out. "You going with that mudblood Evans to the ball?" The slytherin table roared with laughter. Severus sank into his desk, his whole face red. James was watching from afar.

"Does that mean we're not going to the ball?" Sirius asked, munching on an apple. Peter was doing homework, and Lupin was too interested in his book to even care.

"Oh, we're going to that ball." James replied with an evil smirk, which Sirius returned.