Why Conrad over Jeremiah(TSITP)- Part 1?
All over the world people are debating about whose team are they in, team Jeremiah or team Conrad. Both the brothers are always looking out for Belly, no matter what, they both love her, care for her and want to make her happy.
Jeremiah has always been the best friend to Belly, she is lovely and cheerful around him, they are fun and enjoy each other’s company quite well.
But maybe its not enough in love. Love is a deeper and more emotional feeling. You have to put someone above themselves. You fully committ to the person and your world revolves around them. You can’t think of anyone else and see someone else as you see them and care for them . And this is the case with Conrad and for that matter Belly too. I’ll tell you exactly why.
Belly has always loved Conrad, adored him, thought of him and waited all year to see him in the Summers, when they visit to the Susannah’s Beach House. She has a place assigned for him in her heart. She wants him to see her the way she sees her. She wants him to want her. She craves him wholeheartedly.
Conrad has always been the person she could look upto for everything. He has been her person. We all know she loved him because she has repeatedly talked about it to Taylor, her best friend. But how can we say that Conrad didnt? The kind of quiet, mysterious person he was, he always kept things to himself, i feel he never really understood what that feeling was, until that Summer.
But maybe we all know why did he behave the way he did. He knew about his mom’s cancer coming back. He was hurting, he was disturbed, he couldnt tell anyone about it, not even his mom. He was lonely enough. We cant blame him for acting that way throughout. After all, he was just a 16 year old kid, acting all mature and responsible.
And by the time he could tell his feelings to her, Jeremiah has already told her about what he felt, and seeing Conrad denying happening anything between them, she felt moving on from him was the right way around and accepted Jeremiah.
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But once Conrad finally accepted how he felt about her, we all know how head over heels she was about it. The kiss on the beach, Conrad being expressive about it, him saying- “you’re it for me Belly”, was all so magical. And the fact that he really meant it.
We all expected a happy ending for both of them but it wasn’t easy for them going forward. With Susannah’s treatment and her condition, Conrad wasn’t the best boyfriend he could be. And they broke up.
Next Summer, when things were beginning to get better and Conrad thought he could he could finally propose to her, Jeremiah again had to come first and tell her about it. She had also started to get attracted to him a little and so she leaned on what felt right. He saw them kissing and was shattered into pieces. We all saw what happened just after that. Conrad’s jealous ass couldn’t take it and he behaved childish and immature, just opposite to what he was.
But as he was a big brother and has promised to take take care of him to his mom. He had to give in and forget about his love and move on.
Cut to 4 years later, we see a lot has changed, Belly and Jeremiah are in their final year of college and are happy. But Conrad hasn’t really moved on. He is taking therapy. He avoids visiting them. He looks better though, more mature and responsible, as if he ever wasn’t. Also has some aura fr.
But when he comes back and sees Belly and she sees him, they realise they can never really not love each other. But none of that matters anymore because Jeremiah as already asked her to marry him and she said yes to it.
Conrad was really hurt but wasn’t surpised. With Jeremiah being busy at his dad’s firm and her mom not accepting her decision, Conrad really helped her with the wedding shopping, cooked for her, cancelled his flight, kinda rished his career, to be with her so she isn’t lonely, even convinced her mom to be a part of the wedding, which no one could.
All of this until he got to know that Jeremiah cheated on Belly. He had to tell her that and stop her from doing that to herself. She just did not deserve that. He could never see her being hurt. He was annoyed and really angry on Jeremiah. But when he told her about that, she said she already knew. He could not take that. He asked her not to marry him and in the heat of the moment he also expressed that he loves her, he has never stopped loving her and the fact that he thought she knew.
On the same night, Belly had also confessed to Taylor that she has only ever imagined Conrad, and nothing else, she knew whatever happens, a part of her will always love him and she can never not love him. There was always an unspoken connection, a vibration between them which could never match with what Jere and Belly had. It was much beyond and much deeper.
