((Short chapter, but covers a lot of the questions that everyone's wanting to know. Discover why Lily rejected James. Blah and you know the rest.))

JAMES POV

I glanced at my watch wearily. All the afternoons passed so quickly. I mainly stayed in my dorm, muttering to myself. I never did go back to dating after seeing that unreadable expression on Lily's face that day.

Even though I tried not to speak to Lily, we were after all Head Boy and Girl so we had to work together many times. I tried to avoid her eyes and hair, for those were the things about her that physically made me entranced.

Why'd she have to be so dang pretty? And nice, caring, full of fun…

It was a Hogsmeade weekend that day. I stood outside in the front of the castle, waiting for my friends to come so we could go to Hogsmeade together. Sirius was bringing Jessica, Remus was bringing Serena, and Sharrie was there too, with no one. Lily looked at me, and softy said Hi to me. I averted my gaze away.

We went to The Three Broomsticks, where we each got a hot butterbeer. I drank it up, loving the taste of the warm sticky liquid that tasted like butterscotch. I felt better than I had in days.

But the strange thing was, when we stepped back out of The Three Broomsticks, Lily wasn't with us anymore. We looked back in the shop, but she wasn't there as well.

"Hey let's split up!" Serena said.

"Let's meet here in 20 minutes." Sirius instructed. He pulled Jessica away.

I went off searching by myself. I remembered something. The little bay that Lily and I went to the night I showed her the marauder's map.

Turns out she was there. She was sitting on a tall rock, with her eyes closed tightly and her hair being whipped out behind her.

I tapped her gently. To my surprise, she started talking.

"You know James, the reason why I never did want to go out with you or go with you to the dance as your girlfriend was because I didn't want to take you away from your life. Your perfect life. I wasn't worthy enough for you. I'm not worthy enough for anyone." She paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and continued. "Even if I was ever worthy enough for you, I didn't want to just be a snogging partner. And I was afraid our friendship would be lost forever..

"Truth is, James, I liked you ever since the first year I came here. You were so outgoing, such a great seeker, and I really didn't want to take that away from you. I preferred to stay in the background, watching you play your best during Quidditch.

"When I found out that you were Head Boy, I was pleased, I have to admit. I wanted to get to know you better. But then we got closer. I knew where this was heading, and I wanted it to continue, but I stopped it. When you admitted to me that you liked me during the Ball, I knew I had gone too far. I was going to take you out of your great life. I was being selfish, not even thinking about your life, only mine.

"And so I rejected you. I saw that you became hurt, and you started hurting everyone else. I told myself I had to tell you the truth. The real truth. I really like you James. Really."

She opened her eyes. I listened, surprised. Then I told her. "I'M the one not worthy for you, not the other way around. You are the most unselfish person I've ever met, so what do you mean by that?"

Her eyes grew wide. I couldn't help it. She looked so pretty. So beautiful with her eyes all glowing and her radiant red hair streaming around us. So I did something I really wanted to do for a long time. I kissed her gently on the lips. And she didn't pull away.

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