To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before

Lara Jean is trying to fix her hair before fourth period when Lucas Krapf approaches her. He says he thought she’d like to have “it” back and offers her the letter she wrote. Lucas insists Lara Jean doesn’t have to explain herself; he was honored to get the letter, but he is gay. He asks her to keep it private, since he’s not totally out yet. He also doesn’t want to have to explain his sexuality to everyone, just like Lara Jean probably doesn’t want to have to talk about being biracial with everyone. Lara Jean grins at Lucas. He gets her. They walk together to class, and Lara Jean just shrugs when Lucas asks about Peter.

In her letter to Lucas, Lara Jean compliments him on his exceptional manners. She laments that she doesn’t know what kind of girls he likes and that she doesn’t know anything “substantial” about him. But Lara Jean figures that since he’s a writer, he has “deep reserves of emotion.” She writes that Lucas is very special, and that more people should know how special he is.