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  1. Why Are We Like This by

    Fandoms: The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV 2022), The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy - Jenny Han  

    22 Mar 2026

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    For a second, it feels absurd. Shaking his hand. As if she hadn’t been naked in his bed less than four weeks ago. But Belly reaches out anyway. "I’m Isabel,” she says evenly. “But all my friends call me Belly.”

    There’s the slightest pause. He raises an eyebrow, just a fraction, just enough to register. “Nice to meet you,” he says.

    Just like that. Like they’re strangers.

    So that’s what they’re doing. Good.

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