GOOD GIRLS; jmrf ✓

100. confess your love

G O O D G I R L S,
chapter one-hundred

third person.

"hey.. jonah.." penelope approached the boy as they were leaving the math classroom, ready to begin heading to their next period classes.

"hey nel," he slightly smirked as he turned to look at her, shooing the guys he was with off.

"could we talk quickly after school please?"

"yea," he nodded. "i'll text you where to met, i'll drop you home."

"no thanks," she quickly shook her head. "i'm going with aurora, she's dropping me.. home," she hesitated, not wanting to tell him she'd be at her work that afternoon.

"whatever."

"i'll just meet you near your locker after class, okay?"

"sure"

"alright.."

she awkwardly walked away from him, weaving her way through everyone to make it to her next class. while jonah was just left there slightly confused on why she was acting so strange when she was just making out with him not even a week ago and starting to get all giddy around him again.

penelope then spent the next few hours, trying to focus on her work when she was stuck thinking of how she could approach the conversation with the jock in a way that he would actually listen to, unlike the other times she tried to end things.

her friends all knew about her plan, and were all supportive off it but it was just a matter of if the girl would actually follow through with her own word too and not cave into his desires once again.

and as the final bell of the day rung, she made her way from the classroom to spot the two agreed to meet. her friends staying standing around close by, while jonah slowly made his way to his locker.

"so you ready to confess your love for me?" he smirked, leaning one arm up against the locker as he looked down into her eyes. she could feel her cheeks begin to heat up and her heart race, her mind instantly scrambling just from his simple actions. "tell me you're done with that boy who's just gonna leave you for england?"

"i'm here to do the exact opposite," she blurted out, following by some more quick breaths as she tried to calm herself down.

"oh, i see how it is," he folded him arms, the same expression still on his lips. "you're trying to make me jealous."

"no jonah, i'm done with you.."

"yeah well, every time you say that you seem to come straight back to me," he shrugged. "even since this guy's been around.."

"i know i do, and each time i kept saying i mean it, yet i still came back to give you another chance," she admitted her own fault in why it happened. "but i actually do mean it this time.. we're done."

"you just continued to hurt me and treat me poorly- i honestly should have ended things the second i found about your friend's bets but i was so into you that i just let you do all that too me and forgave you so easily because i just wanted something."

"c'mon nelly, i'll treat you well this time."

"no. i'm not giving you another chance. you had your chances and you ruined it. i'm not going to be hurt by you again when there's another guy interested in me, who's physically proven that he'll actually treat me well, and not just saying 'trust me'."

"also it's inappropriate to keep pursuing someone who's one, seeing someone else.. and two, has told you multiple times that they're done," she added. "i'm sorry that i gave you the wrong impression when i was drunk last week. you know i love taylor, of course i was going to cave. but i really do mean it this time, we're done."

he scoffed, "i'll give it a week before you come crawling back to me-"

"i won't after you treated me."

"you're acting like i fuckin' abused you or something," he chuckled. "penny, i got with another girl for silly dare when we weren't ever dating. so actually think about it.. i never cheated on you, i didn't 'treat you bad', i was just being a teenage guy, so be it."

"so be it?! i get that we weren't dating but still, it's just polite and the right thing to be focused on just one person when you're interested in them."

"if you think about it, i was just preparing you for how all guys really are," jonah shrugged. "so when 'loverboy', fake brit, jude cheats on you and breaks your heart, i hope you come running back to me to apologise and say i was right."

"i'd rather be single than ever get back with you."

"you sure about that?" he raised a brow.

"yeah.." she nodded with a satisfied smile on her lips. "in the wise words of my favorite person, doctor taylor alison swift.. this is exhasting, you know. we are never getting back together. like. ever."

jonah was honestly speechless that she, the innocent girl that no one knew or show any interest in, was breaking up with him, the football caption, the guy all the girls would obsessed over.

but all penelope was left to do was, subtly nodding as she hoped all she said finally got through his mind, and walked away from him. not once looking back.

AUTHOR'S NOTE!
the final chapter 🥲

i'll get the epilogue out
hopefully tmrw i've almost
finished writing it :)