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And Ilya telling Shane "You don't like me" and Shane immediately responding "Yeah, I do. I like you maybe a little too much".

Let's dissect this line,shall we? Conrad has ALWAYS been in love with Belly (pretends to be shocked) but hasn't told her until episode 7 in this season. This line tells us exactly why. Their timings have always been fucked up. Especially the jere fiasco in season one that made Belly feel guilty over choosing Conrad. Conrad didn't want to enhance her guilt by telling her he loved her before Jeremiah approved. So, he tells jere his CHEST PHYSICALLY HURTS TO NOT BE ABLE TO TELL HER HE'S IN LOVE WITH HER. But before he can properly say it, susanah's condition worsens and prom happens then funeral happens. It all get's fucked up and he can't tell her.

The same happens throughout the entire season 2. We can SEE in scenes Conrad's chest literally hurts to not be able to tell her. All he does is in her best interest. Whenever he feels like he fucked it up with her and she doesn't want him anymore. Later after his exam when he tries to tell her again he sees her making out with his brother in his college campus against his car. So he uses his defence mechanism and pushes her away. Then he pretends to not love her because he thinks Jere will treat her better.

HE DOES THE SAME IN ENTIRE SEASON 3. PRETENDING IT DOESN'T HURT HIM TO NOT BE ABLE TO BE WITH HER OR LOVE HER. UNTIL THIS POINT.

She says that Conrad doesn't even know her anymore, but she's so obviously angry that he can see right through her. That he knows she doesn't want to get married to Jeremiah, that he knows she doesn't want to get married at the country club, that he knows that Belly wouldn't and shouldn't be putting up with any of it from Jeremiah.

She's mad that it was Conrad who found Rosie. She's mad that it was Conrad who was there with her to go look for all the wedding stuff. She's mad that it was Conrad who convinced her mom to come to the wedding and to the shower. She's mad that it was Conrad who was there at Christmas. She's mad about it because she has to face the fact that she's romanticized her life with Jeremiah and now it's all been crumbling down.

Yes, she romanticized Conrad when she was a teenager. But now they're adults, and she's not romanticizing him anymore and she's mad about it because it means that her feelings for him are real, that she's truly in love with him and she hates it. Because she doesn't want to be.

Conrad IS Laurel. stoic. always does what's right. never shows emotions. tries to stay neutral and level headed. will do ANYTHING for the people they love and WILL fight when the people they love are being mistreated.

Belly IS Susannah. makes choices off her feelings. never considers others but also considers others too much. let's herself being swallowed whole by another person just to avoid change. loves spontaneity and adventure and FUN.

Susannah always said Belly was her special girl, and Laurel always said Conrad was her special guy, but now it all makes sense.

They are each others mothers.

And Jeremiah is his dad.

no wonder Laurel hates Jeremiah and Belly sm. all she sees is Susannah marrying their dad and seeing every mistake be made all over again.

“I would have been there for you through everything.”

He even admitted to this last episode and we see him trying to change that. He tells her he got fired. He allowed her to see a more vulnerable unsure side of himself and she didn’t balk. She was able to make him laugh and reassure that he doesn’t need to be perfect.

What do you mean Jeremiah had a whole plane ticket before Belly found out?

What do you mean the whole thing comes to light just cause Belly was there when the conformation email arrived?

What do you mean he immediately became defensive and escalated the situation beyond what it was meant to be?

What do you mean he was blaming Belly for him not telling her about the whole vacation?

What do you mean Belly thought he was going to be with his dad and that THEY ARE GOING TO MEET UP?

What do you mean he broke up with her over nothing as she wasn’t even mad just confused and the whole thing felt so heat of the moment?

What do you mean he didn’t reach out to Belly before Cabo and try and smoothed out the whole thing and have a proper conversation where they aren’t fighting? But sit down like adults before he left for Cabo?

What do you mean he has horizontal discussion with another girl like a week after this not once but TWICE?

What do you mean he came back, brought a cheap bracelet as a sorry gift and started ‘I was so mean. So bad. Woo is me!’ The moment Belly stepped in?

What do you mean that when Belly told Jeremiah they weren’t broken up actually he didn’t say, ‘No, we were actually’? CAUSE EVERYBODY SEEMS TO JUST NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT BELLY SAID AFTER CABO WHEN THEY FIRST MEET THAT THEY WEREN’T ACTUALLY BROKEN UP AND HE NEVER CORRECTED HER!