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My stomach does a dip Did Peter tell her what happened between us?

She gives ht, Lara Jean"

"Good night," I echo

Despite her kind sotten in trouble There was a hint of reproach in her voice--I know I heard it Don’tWas Peter very upset by what happened between us? He didn’t make it out like he was Annoyed, h to talk to his mom about it But maybe he and his mom are really close I hate to think I may have already oing

It’s pitch black out, not ain soon At ot’s bedrooht is on upstairs Across the street I can see Ms Rothschild’s little Christmas tree lit up in the

Peter and I are warm and cozy in his car Heat billows out the vents I ask him, "Did you tell your mom about hoe broke up?"

"No Because we never broke up," he says, turning the heat down

"We didn’t?"

He laughs "No, because ere never really together, re, but I don’t ask, because he puts his arain "Don’t be nervous," he says

I give him a quick kiss to prove I’m not

"Kiss oes husky

"I did," I say "My letter told you I did"

"Yeah, but--"

I kiss him before he can finish Properly Like I mean it He kisses back like he means it too Like it’s been four hundred years And then I’

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AFTER PETER DROPS ME OFF, I run inside to tell Margot and Kitty everything, and I feel like a purse bulging with gold coins I can’t wait to spill

Kitty’s lying on the couch, watching TV with Jamie Fox-Pickle in her lap, and she scrah the door In a hushed voice she says, "Gogo’s crying"