Lara Jean and Peter

The Best Friend

The car rider was short. Extremely short.

I had only gotten through two of my irrational scenarios before my surroundings started to look familiar. That's when it really sunk in where I was, and what I was doing.

"Oh my god. Why am I still in this car?! What am I doing?! Hollis, you need to turn this car around now before things start to happen and a start to make a fool of myself in front of my ex-boyfr-"

Maggie's groan of frustration interrupts my externalized-internal crisis ramblings and she hits my shoulder from the backseat.

"Lara Jean, if you don't shut the fuck up right now, I'm going to punch you in the face. Peter is clearly not over you," she pauses, earning a complying nod from Hollis. "See, even Hollis can clearly see it. Dude was all over you during Spring Break, and he had a girlfriend for God's sake! Do you realize what I'm saying? That Greek god of a man never got over you in the first place, so just make your fucking move instead of freaking out over nothing!"

I gulp as my eyebrows knit together trying to process what she said. I can't help but admit that she does have a point. There wasn't one day I didn't see Peter during Spring Break. It was always a group of guys including him, though, so... is that even applicable?

I groan. Then I sigh. And finally, I shrug, accepting what my friends are telling me. If what they were saying was true, which is very unlikely, what do I have to lose? Other than my dignity.

I smile a bit, reacting to Maggie's comment about Peter's looks. He really could be a Greek god. He is very handsome.

"Fine. I'll do it."

Whoops and cheers fill the car, and I can't help but hug my knees to my chest as I think about what I'm about to do. I mean, confessing you're – still – in love with your ex-boyfriend is a lot of stress for one day.

"Finally! Lara Jean Covey – hopefully Kavinsky soon enough – grew a pair!" Maggie slaps me on the back in a congratulatory fashion. "I'm proud of you, babe!"

I can't help but roll my eyes at Maggie's comment while Hollis pulls into a spot, completely amused with this whole situation.

"Okay. So, what's the game plan?" I quirk an eyebrow at Hollis, who's looking at me expectantly.

"What game plan? Was I supposed to have a game plan?" I stare at Hollis, confused by this new development.

"What do you mean 'what game plan?'? How are you going to do it? Where are you going to do it? When are you going to do it, like before, during, or after the game? Are you guys going to... you know... do it afterwards? Things like that." She waves her hands around in an elaborative manner, bringing a finger to her chin to make sure she hasn't forgotten anything. She turns to Maggie for help, who just holds her hands up in a surrender, shaking her head as if to say you got everything I knew of.

This is not good. This is really not good. I never thought about all these things, being too caught up in the moment of it all. Now that Hollis has mentioned all of these things, I realize exactly how unprepared I am. I don't even know what I'm going to say. Do I hint to him about it before telling him? Do I just say, "Hey, by the way, I know you just got out of a relationship and everything... but I'm still in love with you and realized how much of a mistake I made letting you go. Just wanted to inform you."?

I search Hollis' eyes for any sort of answer to my questions, maybe even answers to hers, but Maggie speaks up. "I don't think you should prepare. Winging it isn't that bad. And the whole surprise thing's kinda romantic, so the whole not-so-prepared-for-this makes it even more romantic." She looks down at her hands dramatically before scowling at herself. "Lara Jean, I've been hanging out with you too much. Look at what you've turned me into."