during the school prom in junior year, Betty and James go despite James not liking crowds, James sees Betty dancing with another boy which makes him feel jealous, he leaves the prom and Augustine pulls up to comfort him. Over the summer after junior year, James and Augustine start a secret relationship that's eventually seen by Inez, who tells Betty about it. Over the course of the summer, James and Augustine grow more distant despite Augustine still feeling real love for James. When school starts again for senior year, James breaks up with Augustine and tries to get back together with betty, but he then finds out that Betty knows because Inez told her. Betty breaks up with James and James is left heartbroken. James constantly tries to get Betty back but Betty is constantly rejecting him, even going so far as to change her homeroom class so she doesn't see him. Eventually sometime during senior year Betty is having a party as it's established she's very outgoing and loves crowds, James gets the courage to show up and ask for her forgiveness, simultaneously taking the blame and rejecting it (you can't believe a word she says most times but this time it was true, I'm only 17 I don't know anything). It's unclear if Betty takes him back but we can easily assume she didn't. Augustine is left heartbroken after being used as a rebound for a relationship James was still in, Betty is heartbroken because she was cheated on, and James is heartbroken because he was rejected. Each character starts their part of the story by making a mistake that becomes an even greater mistake, dancing with another boy when your boyfriend is already socially anxious, hitting on someone you know is in a relationshipJames was still in, Betty is heartbroken because she was cheated on, and James is heartbroken because he was rejected. Each character starts their part of the story by making a mistake that becomes an even greater mistake, dancing with another boy when your boyfriend is already socially anxious, hitting on someone you know is in a relationship, and cheating on your girlfriend. But over the course of the story each character is left with broken hearts and a love triangle that can't be fixed I got this from a yt comment
