The Summer I Turned Pretty

At three in the morning, Belly—and probably everyone else—hears Conrad get home and put loud music on in his room. Belly goes to ask him to turn it down. She enters his room and, studying his football photo, asks why he quit. He insists he never liked it—Mr. Fisher wanted him to play—and asks why Belly quit dancing. In reality, Belly quit because Mom and Dad were divorcing, she wasn’t having fun, and she was embarrassed of her breasts. But she tells Conrad that she was really good and teases him about being a poor dancer. To prove her wrong, Conrad jumps up, twirls her, and reminds her that he once taught her “some moves.” Belly is confused by his sudden good mood. She tells him to turn his music down and leaves, thinking of how difficult he makes it to not be in love with him.