Mass Effect: avoided Ashley Williams in ME1, but expressed interest in ME2(spoilers!)?

Okay, to start off, my Shepard character is a man. That statement is not an implication to anything beyond this question or the video game I'm asking about.

I avoided Ashley in Mass Effect 1(talking to her right after Captain Anderson debriefs you for Eden Prime doesn't count towards romance, FYI) until I talked to her about Kaidan's death. The second time I talked to Liara T'Soni, when she asks if me and Ashley were together and if I'm interested in her(T'Soni), I chose to tell her that the thing with Ash was "private," and that I just wanted to be friends with Liara.

In Mass Effect 2, when I had the opportunity to talk to Kelly about my reunion with Ashley on Horizon, I told her I missed Ashley, and that I did have strong feelings for her(the option I clicked was "yes," and what Shepard really says is something along the lines of "we've been through a lot together".

I bought Mass Effect 3 today, but have not started it with this profile(I'll be playing through with my "renegade douche bag" profile first).

I'm not at all confused about what happens before Mass Effect 3. What I want to know is while I denied the build up of rapport in ME1 with Ash, and expressing interest in her in ME2, will it be possible to start a romance with her in ME3, when no other romantic interests are pursued?