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00:00The summer had always felt endless, like the ocean waves that never stopped rolling onto the shore.
00:06But this time, everyone knew it was different.
00:09This was the summer where hearts would finally break, where choices couldn't be undone,
00:15and where the love triangle that shaped everything would reach its sharpest edge.
00:20Episode 11 isn't just the end of a season, it's the end of innocence.
00:24The sun was slipping lower into the sky, painting Cousins Beach in shades of orange and pink.
00:32For a moment it looked like everything was perfect, like the world was holding, its breath before it all shattered.
00:39Belly walked barefoot along the sand, her toes sinking into the warm grains,
00:44the sound of the waves matching the racing beat of her heart.
00:48She told herself she wanted peace, but deep down,
00:51she knew peace could never last when it came to Conrad and Jeremiah.
00:55Back at the summer house, Jeremiah was sitting on the porch,
00:59strumming a guitar he didn't really know how to play.
01:02He laughed at himself, the sound soft, almost nervous.
01:06Belly stopped to watch him for a second, noticing the way he tried to fill the silence.
01:12The way he tried to hold on to something that was already slipping away.
01:16Jeremiah had always been her safe place.
01:19The one who made her laugh when she felt, like crying.
01:23But even now with his boyish smile, Belly could see it in his eyes.
01:28The fear of losing her.
01:30Inside the kitchen Conrad leaned against the counter,
01:34staring out the window as if the ocean itself had answers he couldn't find.
01:38He looked tired, worn down by the weight of everything left unsaid.
01:42He had been carrying regrets all summer, letting them eat away at him.
01:47And now the time for silence was almost over.
01:50He knew it.
01:51Belly knew it.
01:53Jeremiah knew it.
01:55The whole house seemed to know it too.
01:57For one brief evening though, the world was pretending.
02:01Laurel cooked dinner like it was any other summer night,
02:04setting the table with care,
02:06trying to keep the fragile threads of family from breaking.
02:09Stephen cracked jokes, louder than usual, forcing laughs that barely held together.
02:15But in between the laughter, in between the clinking of silverware and the passing of dishes,
02:20there was tension so heavy you could almost touch it.
02:24When Belly looked, around the table she saw not just her friends and family,
02:29but a story that was reaching its final chapter.
02:31The memories of summer's past clung to every chair, every glass, every whispered look across the table.
02:39And yet no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't escape the truth.
02:44This wasn't just another dinner.
02:46It was the last one before everything changed.
02:50Later that night as the cicadas sang outside and the air grew cooler,
02:55Belly found herself alone on the deck.
02:57She leaned against the railing, staring up at the stars,
03:01wondering how love could feel so big and so fragile at the same time.
03:05The calm around her felt like a lie,
03:07a soft lull before the storm that she knew was waiting,
03:11just beyond the horizon.
03:13The night air at Cousins was heavy,
03:15the kind that made every sound sharper,
03:18every silence louder.
03:20Inside the house,
03:22the laughter from dinner had faded into quiet.
03:24The walls seemed to hold on to the tension,
03:28stretching it,
03:29echoing it.
03:30Conrad stood at the top of the stairs,
03:33his hand gripping the railing as if he needed something to anchor him.
03:36From below,
03:37he could hear Belly's soft voice as she teased Jeremiah about his off-key guitar playing earlier.
03:43Her laughter floated up,
03:45sweet but cutting,
03:46because it wasn't for him.
03:49Conrad closed his eyes.
03:50He remembered summers when that laughter,
03:53had been his,
03:54when the world felt certain,
03:56when Belly looked at him like he was all she ever wanted.
04:00But he had ruined it,
04:01piece by piece,
04:02with his silence,
04:04with his fear,
04:05with his walls.
04:06He wanted to run down those stairs,
04:09wanted to fight for her,
04:10but every step forward felt like it carried years of mistakes behind it.
04:14Jeremiah meanwhile leaned back on the couch,
04:18his arm casually draped along the cushion.
04:21But his eyes betrayed him.
04:23They followed Belly everywhere,
04:25soaking up her smile,
04:27memorizing every look as if he was afraid she might disappear.
04:31His love wasn't quiet like Conrad's.
04:34It was loud,
04:35desperate,
04:36willing to risk everything.
04:38Yet even he could feel the shadow,
04:40of his brother between them.
04:43Conrad didn't need to say a word.
04:45His presence alone was a reminder that Jeremiah's love had always been a second choice,
04:50in Belly's heart.
04:52Belly felt the weight of both of them pressing in on her.
04:55Though she,
04:56didn't show it.
04:57She tried to laugh,
04:58tried to make the moment feel normal.
05:00But inside she was unraveling.
05:03She cared for Jeremiah.
05:05He had been there when Conrad wasn't.
05:07He had been steady when everything else broke apart.
05:10And yet,
05:11every time she caught Conrad's,
05:14eyes across the room,
05:15every time she felt the silence he wrapped around himself,
05:19her heart stumbled.
05:20How could she choose when the choice itself felt like tearing herself in two?
05:26Upstairs,
05:26Laurel sat by her window,
05:28watching her daughter from a distance.
05:30She knew this storm well.
05:32It was the same kind of storm she had faced in her own youth.
05:35A storm of love and loyalty,
05:38of promises and regrets.
05:40She wished she could shield Belly from it,
05:42but some lessons couldn't be taught.
05:45They had to be lived,
05:46even if they left scars.
05:48The night deepened,
05:50and with it,
05:51the cracks widened.
05:53Jeremiah offered to walk Belly to the porch swing,
05:56his hand brushing,
05:57hers,
05:58a spark of hope in his touch.
06:01She didn't pull away.
06:03But across the yard,
06:04Conrad stepped out into the shadows,
06:06leaning against the wooden post,
06:08his eyes never leaving them.
06:10The porch light flickered above,
06:12casting them all in a glow that felt less like warmth and more like a warning.
06:17The triangle was no longer silent.
06:19It was alive,
06:21pulsing with jealousy,
06:22with longing,
06:24with unspoken words.
06:26Cousins Beach had seen storms.
06:28Before,
06:29but none like this.
06:31And everyone knew.
06:32It was only a matter of time before it broke wide open.
06:36The storm finally broke.
06:38It wasn't the kind that raged outside with thunder and rain.
06:42It was the kind that lived inside them,
06:44waiting for the moment to explode.
06:47The porch swing creaked,
06:48as Belly sat between Conrad's silence and Jeremiah's fire.
06:53Her heart pulled,
06:54in both directions until the weight became too much to carry.
06:58Jeremiah leaned forward first,
07:01his voice rough but steady.
07:03I can't keep pretending this doesn't hurt,
07:05he said,
07:06his eyes locked on Belly.
07:08I love you, Belly.
07:10I've always loved you.
07:13But if you're just waiting for Conrad to wake up and decide he wants you again,
07:17then tell me now.
07:18I can't stand in the shadows forever.
07:20The words hung in the air like smoke,
07:24thick,
07:25and impossible to ignore.
07:27Belly's lips parted,
07:28but before she could answer,
07:30Conrad stepped out of the shadows.
07:32His jaw was tight,
07:34his eyes dark,
07:35but his voice
07:36was softer than either of them expected.
07:38You think I don't love her,
07:41he said quietly.
07:42You think I don't want her?
07:44Jeremiah,
07:45you don't know how much I've wanted her.
07:47I just,
07:48I didn't know how to hold on without breaking everything else.
07:52Belly's chest rose and fell,
07:54her heart hammering as the brothers faced each other.
07:57This was the moment she had,
08:00feared and longed for all summer.
08:03The truth was finally on the table,
08:05raw and dangerous.
08:07Jeremiah stood,
08:08fists clenching.
08:10You had your chance,
08:11Conrad.
08:12You pushed her away.
08:13You broke her.
08:14And now you think you can just step back in?
08:17No,
08:18not this time.
08:19Conrad didn't flinch.
08:21You're right.
08:22I pushed her away.
08:23I was scared.
08:24I was stupid.
08:25But don't pretend you're here just because I wasn't.
08:29You've loved her because you knew she'd always love me.
08:32The words hit harder than any punch.
08:34Belly's throat tightened as tears burned her eyes.
08:38She wanted to scream at them,
08:39wanted to tell them both to stop.
08:42But the truth of it all pinned her in place.
08:45She couldn't deny what Conrad said,
08:47not completely.
08:49Stop,
08:49it,
08:50Belly finally whispered,
08:51her voice breaking.
08:53This isn't love,
08:54not like this.
08:56You're tearing each other apart.
08:58And you're tearing me apart too.
09:00For a moment silence fell again.
09:02But it was not the silence of peace.
09:05It was the silence before a choice.
09:07Before a line was crossed that no one could return from.
09:11The porch light flickered once more,
09:14shadows bending across their faces,
09:16as if,
09:17even the house itself was holding its breath.
09:20This was no longer about summer.
09:21It was no longer about what had been.
09:25This was about what would be.
09:27About who Belly would become.
09:29And who she would choose to stand beside when the dawn came.
09:33The night stretched on,
09:35but the storm inside had burned itself out.
09:38Leaving behind something quieter,
09:40heavier.
09:41Belly sat alone on the porch swing now.
09:44The echoes of Conrad and Jeremiah's voices still ringing in her ears.
09:48Her heart felt raw,
09:50like the tide had pulled it in two different directions,
09:53and left her stranded on the shore.
09:56She wasn't just,
09:57choosing between two boys.
10:00She was choosing the version of herself that would carry into tomorrow.
10:04Jeremiah came first.
10:06His steps were heavy,
10:08his voice tired but honest.
10:10He knelt down in front of her,
10:11taking her hand in his.
10:13I can't keep fighting, Belly.
10:15Not like this.
10:17If you love me,
10:18tell me now.
10:19Tell me I'm enough.
10:21His eyes searched hers,
10:23begging for an answer,
10:24for something to hold on to.
10:27But Belly's silence said more than words ever could.
10:31Slowly,
10:32painfully,
10:32Jeremiah let her hand slip from his grasp.
10:35He stood,
10:36his face breaking and whispered,
10:38I'll always love you,
10:40but I can't be second forever.
10:41Then he walked away,
10:43disappearing into the night,
10:45his shadow swallowed by the trees.
10:48Moments later,
10:49Conrad stepped onto the porch.
10:51He didn't come close,
10:52didn't try to touch her.
10:54He just stood there,
10:56the weight of everything hanging between,
10:58them.
10:59His voice cracked as he spoke.
11:01I thought letting you go was the right thing.
11:04That if I stayed away,
11:05you'd be happier.
11:07But the truth is,
11:08I've been lost without you.
11:10And maybe,
11:12maybe I don't deserve another chance.
11:14But I need you,
11:16to know, Belly,
11:17I never stopped loving you.
11:19The porch light above them buzzed,
11:21casting shadows across their faces.
11:24Belly took a deep breath and said softly,
11:27I can't promise tomorrow.
11:29I can't promise forever.
11:30But I can't keep pretending I don't feel this.
11:33And with that,
11:35she reached for his hand.
11:36And Conrad's shoulders sagged in relief,
11:39the fight in him finally giving way to hope.
11:42From the upstairs window,
11:44Laurel watched quietly,
11:45her face unreadable.
11:47She knew love like this didn't come without scars.
11:50But she also knew her daughter had
11:52chosen her path,
11:54just as she once had.
11:56The night ended not with fireworks,
11:59not with music,
12:00but with silence.
12:02The kind of silence that felt final,
12:04like the closing of a chapter.
12:07The summer house stood still,
12:09holding its secrets,
12:10its memories,
12:11its ghosts.
12:12Belly,
12:13Conrad,
12:14and Jeremiah
12:14had walked through the fire of love,
12:17and nothing would ever be the same.
12:20As dawn broke,
12:21the beach stretched out before them,
12:23empty and endless.
12:24The summer had ended,
12:26but its mark would stay forever.
12:28And in a voice heavy,
12:30with both loss and longing,
12:32Belly whispered to herself,
12:34Some summers you never forget,
12:36and some summers never let you go.
12:38The morning light crept into cousins like a secret,
12:42soft and golden,
12:43wrapping the house in a warmth that felt almost cruel.
12:47It was the last morning,
12:48the kind of morning where everyone pretends not to notice how quiet things are,
12:53how fragile every goodbye feels.
12:56Boxes were stacked by the door,
12:58the smell of coffee lingered in the kitchen,
13:01but the house itself seemed to sigh,
13:03like it knew its story had changed forever.
13:07Belly moved through the room slowly,
13:09touching the backs of chairs,
13:11the edges of photo,
13:13frames,
13:13the walls that had carried every laugh,
13:16every fight,
13:17every whisper of love.
13:19Each step was a memory.
13:21Each corner was a ghost of Summer's past.
13:24She wanted to freeze it,
13:26to trap the moment like a seashell,
13:28but time was already pulling it away.
13:31On the porch,
13:32Jeremiah loaded his bag into the trunk of his car.
13:35He didn't look back at the house,
13:38not once.
13:39His jaw was set,
13:41his eyes hidden,
13:42behind sunglasses,
13:44but his silence said everything.
13:46This was the end of something for him,
13:49an end he hadn't wanted,
13:51but one he couldn't escape.
13:52For Jeremiah,
13:54leaving meant survival.
13:57And maybe,
13:57in another summer,
13:59in another story,
14:00things,
14:01could have been different.
14:03Conrad carried his bag last.
14:05He paused at the door,
14:06his hand resting on the frame,
14:08eyes scanning the room as if trying to memorize it all.
14:12When he looked at Belly,
14:14there was no grand gesture,
14:16no promise of forever,
14:17just a quiet understanding.
14:19They had chosen each other,
14:22but choosing didn't erase the scars.
14:25Love,
14:25for them,
14:26would never be simple.
14:28And maybe that was what made it real.
14:31Stephen cracked one last joke as he tossed a box into the car,
14:35his laughter echoing louder than it needed to,
14:38a shield against the truth.
14:41Laurel stood by the gate,
14:42arms crossed,
14:43her smile proud but tinged with sadness.
14:45She knew this was the end of childhood,
14:48the end of summers where everything felt endless.
14:51As the car pulled away,
14:53the camera would linger on the empty porch swing,
14:56swaying slightly in the breeze.
14:58The beach stretched out beyond,
15:00wide and eternal,
15:01as if to remind them all that the world moves on,
15:04whether hearts are ready or not.
15:07In the background,
15:08Belly's voice whispered,
15:10almost like a letter to herself.
15:11Every summer is a chapter.
15:15Some are sweet,
15:16some are bitter.
15:17But this one,
15:18this one will live inside me forever.
15:21Because this was the summer I learned that love doesn't end when the season does.
15:26It stays.
15:27It changes.
15:28It grows into something you never expect.
15:31And sometimes,
15:32it hurts.
15:34But I wouldn't trade it.
15:35Not for anything.
15:37Just before the screen fades to black,
15:39a single envelope appears on the porch floor,
15:42slipped through the door in the early morning.
15:45Belly never sees it.
15:47The camera lingers on the name written across the front in familiar handwriting.
15:52A letter.
15:53From someone unexpected.
15:55And then,
15:56silence.
15:57The season ends not with an answer but with a question.
16:00The summer house stood silent now,
16:03emptied of voices,
16:04emptied of laughter,
16:06dust motes floated in the sunlight spilling through half-open curtains,
16:10and the faint scent of salt water clung to the walls.
16:14Without them,
16:15it was just wood and glass and memories.
16:18But memories have a way of echoing long after the people leave.
16:23Belly's journal lay half-hidden under her pillow,
16:27its pages filled with scribbled thoughts,
16:29pressed flowers,
16:30and half-finished sentences.
16:33She hadn't written the ending.
16:35Maybe she couldn't.
16:36Maybe she didn't know how.
16:38Because endings are never neat.
16:40They're messy,
16:41jagged,
16:42unfinished.
16:43They don't tie everything together.
16:45They leave you wondering,
16:47aching,
16:47waiting for what's next.
16:49Down at the beach,
16:51the
16:51tide erased their footprints as if the summer had never happened.
16:55But the ocean remembers.
16:56It remembers secrets whispered in the dark.
17:00Tears shed under fireworks.
17:02Promises made on sand that could never hold them.
17:05Cousins was no ordinary place.
17:07It was alive.
17:09Breathing with every heartbreak,
17:11every kiss,
17:12every goodbye.
17:14And somewhere,
17:15far away,
17:16Jeremiah stared out of his window as the world rushed by outside his car.
17:20He replayed every word,
17:23every look,
17:24every
17:24moment he had lost.
17:27He told himself he would move on.
17:29He told himself he had to.
17:31But the truth was written in the way his hands gripped the steering wheel.
17:35He wasn't ready to let go.
17:37Not of her.
17:39Not yet,
17:39Conrad,
17:40in his own quiet way,
17:42carried,
17:43hope like a fragile flame.
17:45He didn't know if it would last,
17:46if the fire would fade before it could warm them both.
17:49But for the first time in a long time,
17:52he wasn't running.
17:53He was willing to stay,
17:55to fight,
17:56to risk breaking again.
17:58And belly,
17:59she stood between the past,
18:01and the future,
18:02knowing that no matter how much had changed,
18:05Cousins would always be the place where she became herself.
18:08The place where love was both a wound and a gift.
18:12Her voice,
18:13soft and steady,
18:15closed the chapter.
18:17Some summers never leave you.
18:18They follow you even when you're miles away.
18:22They shape the person you become.
18:24And maybe,
18:25just maybe,
18:26they're,
18:27only the beginning of something bigger.
18:30This summer ended.
18:31But the story,
18:33isn't finished.
18:34The camera would fade to the horizon,
18:37where the sky kissed the ocean,
18:39endless and uncertain.
18:41A letter unopened,
18:43a love unresolved,
18:44and the promise of another summer,
18:47waiting just beyond the waves.
18:49The summer house stood still,
18:51as if holding its a breath.
18:54The rooms were empty,
18:55the porch swing swayed in the wind,
18:57and the ocean carried on as it always had,
19:01untouched by the chaos of love,
19:04loss,
19:04and choices.
19:06To anyone else,
19:08it was just a place.
19:09But to them,
19:11it was everything.
19:12Belly's voice,
19:14broke the silence,
19:15soft and steady,
19:16almost like she was speaking to herself.
19:19Summers don't last forever.
19:21They slip away,
19:22like the tide pulling back into the ocean.
19:25But the feelings they leave behind,
19:28those stay.
19:29The laughter,
19:30the heartbreak,
19:31the impossible choices.
19:34They shape you in ways you don't see until,
19:37long after the season is gone.
19:39A montage plays,
19:41Jeremiah driving down a lonely highway,
19:44his face unreadable.
19:46Conrad watching the ocean,
19:48hope flickering like a fragile flame in his eyes.
19:51Laurel packing away the last dish,
19:54pausing just long enough,
19:55to touch the edge of the table,
19:57remembering.
19:59Stephen laughing too loudly with friends,
20:01masking the ache of change.
20:03And Belly,
20:04standing barefoot in the sand,
20:06the horizon stretching before her.
20:08Her voice continues,
20:10layered over the crashing of waves.
20:12I don't know what comes next.
20:14None of us do.
20:16But I know this.
20:17This summer will never let me go.
20:20It's,
20:21a part of me now.
20:22A part of all of us.
20:24The camera lingers on the unopened letter
20:26lying on the porch floor.
20:28The inked name catching the sunlight.
20:31A secret still waiting.
20:33A future still unwritten.
20:35As the screen fades to black,
20:37Belly's last whisper drifts through the silence.
20:41Some stories don't end.
20:43They just wait.
20:45For the next chapter.
20:46The sound of the ocean swells one last time.
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