to all the boys i've loved before

8

lara jean's pov:

the next day, school

"are you sure?" i ask tings, worried about the video.

"it was only on for like 10 minutes!" tings reassures me.

as we walk towards my locker, i see a whole group of people crowding around it. my heart beats faster. what's happening? me and tings push throught the crowd to see someone stuck a picture of me and peter in the pool. that person also wrote "not so innocent, huh lara jean?" tings immediatley rips the page off. i stand there frozen. i pull out of the crowd and start walking down the hallway, i don't even know where i'm going. i bump straight into someone, i look up and see it's peter.

"are you ok?" he asks me worried.

"no." i reply.

"wait, what happened? please tell me lara jean, i want to help you!"

"just look at my locker, or ask tings."

tings comes running up beside me.

"what happened?" he asks tings.

"this." she shoves the picture right in front of his face. "on her locker and they wrote not so innocent huh, lara jean?" mimicking gen. i slightly laugh.

"what?" he says, snatching the picture right out of ting's hands.

"hey everyone, listen up! not that it's any of your buisness, but lara jean and i did nothing in that hot tub, so if i hear anyone talking about lara jean im gonna kick all of your asses. we did nothing. understand?" peter yells, to a whole hallway of students.

i smile at him.

"you ok?" he asks me.

"yesh, i just you know, need to talk to her."

"who?"

"the person that did this. come on we both know who it is.'

"let me talk to her." he sighs.

"no, i need to. ok?"

i go look for gen, and find her in the girls bathroom. she's always there reapplying her make up.

i get mad at her, and even after a few minutes she still doesn't admit she did it. what a bitch. she claims that i "stole her boyfriend", and i'm just like "honey you broke up with him."

oh well, i don't really care about her and i guess the picture wasn't that bad, i have peter.

i get a text from peter:

p-sorry had to run to class!
p-see you in math :)
p- what did gen say?
li- she didn't admit it ;(
p-bitch
li- hahahhHAhAhahhHa
p- 😂

after school

i need to tell him. i liked peter and since our "relationship" is over, he deserves to know. currrently, im sitting in my room eating a freshly baked pile of snickerdoodles. we're friends though. could this ruin our friendship? i already know he's interested in someone, he told me in the hot tub. right before he kissed me?! hes such a player. i decide to drive to peter's house, and tell him everything.

"hey lara jean! what are you doing here?" peter says, opening the door with his signature grin stuck on his face.

"i need to tell you something."

"sure, come in."

we sit on the sofa. oh my god im going to chicken out.

"i baked snickerdoodles, and i drove here, and i..uh.., kitty wants you to come to her next swim meet?" i saw awkwardly. great job lara jean.

"uh sure, i would love to. but is that all you came her to say?"

i look down at my feet, im not going to be able to keep this inside forever. im gonna tell him.

"i like you." i whisper. "i like you, peter. and im not joking i like you in real life, and I know you're interested in someone and that's ok, i just thought you deserved to-"

peter cut me off by kissing me softly on the lips. "i like you too, lara jean. and i thought you would understand that the someone is you."

"really?" i say suprised.

"yeah." he says slightly chuckling, "i like you covey. really."

i sigh, beaming at him.

"you're adorable." he says giving me a light peck on the lips. i laugh and lean my head onto his shoulder.

"so, lara jean, would you like to be my girlfriend?" he says in the most casual way.

i turn my head to face him and look him deepn in his dark brown eyes. "i would love to be your girlfriend peter, your real one."

me and peter end up eatin snickerdoodles and watching"brooklyn 99" on his laptop. as soon as i get home, i happily scream and tell margot, and call tings and lucas. then, i go to sleep with a big smile on my face.