to all the boys i've loved before

3

lara jean coveys pov:

gym-i hate gym class. right now me and tings are running laps.

"covey? hey hey, i need to talk to you." peter kavinsky says to me running in the track.

wait WHAT?

"me? ok..." chris smirks and continues running.

"what's up?" i ask.

"this?" he shoves a letter right in my face. then i recognised it, it's my love letter.

i feel light headed, how did he get the letter? my life is over. i fall onto the floor.

"covey! covey! lara jean? are you alright?" peter shakes me awake.

"i just wanted you to know that this is never going to happen, i get it i just broke up with gen but-"

i cut him off "those letters were a mistake, i never meant to send those. everything i wrote in there is fantasy, can we just pretend this never happened?"

"love to." he smiled and helped me up.

"thanks." i mumble.

suddenly, i see josh running towards me. he is holding a love letter too. holy shit.

"i'm sorry." i whisper before i kiss peter.

josh looked confused and then walked away. i pull away, say sorry to peter again before running back into the school. leaving two boys confused. how did those letters get out? i take deep breaths in and out, resting besides my locker.

"lara jean?" lucas comes up to me.

"i'm flattered i really am, but you know i'm gay right?" he said. no, i didn't.

"oh of course, yes i actually wrote that letter a long time ago, can we forget about it?"

"sure." he says handing me the letter.

"thank you so much." i smile.

after school

straight after dropping kitty off at home, i drive myself to the diner. i stress drink an ice tea, thinking of what to do.

"um her covey." peter says, sitting next to me.

my eyes widen and i almost spit it my tea.

"peter! what are you doing here?" i ask.

"i need to talk to you. please?"

"sure."

"1. why did you kiss me?"

"basically i kissed you because another boy was around and he got a love letter too and i didn't want him to think i was in love with him."

"2. there are other guys?!"

"there are five guys in total."

"dang ur a player, 3. who is the mystery guy who 'was around'."

"um... josh sanderson."

"wait, isn't he dating your sister?"

"yeah. well they broke up. i need to prove that i don't like him. i only likes him in the past tense, you know."

"yeah ok. can i propose a deal to you, lara jean?"

"um ok."

"what if we pretended to date?"

"what?"

"with this i could make gen jealous, and you could prove to josh your not in life with him. then after, we can fake breakup and life can go back to normal."

"um... that's actually kinda smart. let me think about it. i'll tell you tomorrow ok?"

"ok." he says getting up.

"peter."

"yeah?"

"i'm so sorry."

"it's cool." he smiles.