"Hey Lily…" Severus said quietly as he approached Lily. She'd been lying on her back on a hill next to Hogwarts.
"Hi Sev." She sat up and flashed a breath-taking smile. Severus got warm inside. "Come sit!" Lily patted the ground next to her. Severus did that.
"So… Uh… The Yule Ball…" Severus had been trying to work up the bravery to ask Lily to the ball.
"Oh! Hang on!" Lily turned to her bag and grabbed a present wrapped in red paper that matched her hair. She gave it to Severus.
"Happy Birthday." Once Severus took the present, she hugged him. "Sorry it's so late. I couldn't find anything you'd like when it was your actual birthday…" She stopped to think for a minute. "So I guess it's just a present." She laughed her cute laugh that always made Severus fall in love with her even more.
Severus opened the present to find an 'Advanced book of Potions'. Quickly, he took out his quill and tried to think of something to write.
"What should I put?" Severus asked Lily.
"Well, why not just Severus?"
"Well… What is someone took it and, because I'm the most hated person here, they'd burn it?" Lily got her You-Have-A-Point face.
"I'm sure you'll think of something." She smiled in enthusiasm.
"I guess…" A silence fell between them.
"So the Yule ball?" Lily asked.
"Oh right…"
"What about it?"
"Um… Well… I was wondering if you… were already asked by someone…"
"Yeah, by that James boy."
"Oh… I guess you'll be going with him I suppose." Lily's laugh scared Severus.
"No way in HELL would I go to the ball with him! That Sirius boy asked me to, but again I said no." Hope was rising in Severus.
"Well… I guess… I wanted to ask you…. Ahhh…" Severus stopped.
"If I what?"
"Maybe, if you want, you don't have to but… Maybe you could go… to the, err… ball with me…" Lily got a wide smile.
"I'd love to."
"Really?" She nodded. "I'll uh… see you tonight!"
"It's a date. You'll be my half-blood prince." Lily smiled then got up to go to class.
The minute Severus saw Lily's red hair disappear around the corner, he started to celebrate.
"Half-blood prince! Of course!" Quickly he wrote 'Property of The Half-Blood Prince'.
The bell rang.
"SHIT!" He jumped up and ran to class.