Bellyjere

Bellyjere is the het ship between Belly and Jeremiah from the The Summer I Turned Pretty fandom.

Canon
Belly and Jeremiah have known each other their whole lives. Their mothers are best friends and since Belly was one the families have spent every summer together at the Fishers’ summer house in Cousins. The summer is Belly’s favourite time of the year, where she feels most herself and at home. Belly, her older brother, Steven, Jeremiah and his older brother, Conrad, are all like family and really good friends. Since she was little, Belly has had a crush on the quieter brother, Conrad, while, unbeknownst to Belly, social butterfly Jeremiah has harboured feelings for her.

The summer Belly turns 16, everything changes. Always a bit shy, Belly hopes to have more of a social life this year and finally get together with Conrad. Boys start noticing Belly and when they finally arrive at the summer house, Jeremiah is surprised to see how much she’s changed and tells her so, before engulfing her in a big twirling hug, as both are so happy to see each other. Steven initiates a ‘belly flop’ where the boys pick up Belly and throw her in the pool. Later, Jere comes to her room and asks if she’ll come to the beach with him for a swim. He tells her he waited to swim all day so he could go with her. Belly says yes and they walk to the beach, talking and catching up. Jere wants to race Belly to the water but she tricks him and gets a head start. They run into the waves, play around and tease each other. At dinner, Steven is insecure that Jeremiah got buff and Belly calls her brother on it, complimenting Jeremiah.

Later at night, the boys are headed to a bonfire at the beach. After face timing with Taylor, Belly decides to go and sneaks out. When she gets to the beach, Steven's annoyed she turned up and shoos off an older guy hitting on Belly. Steven and Belly argue and she falls, embarassed that everyone is looking at her. Jeremiah intervenes and tells Steven to cool out about taking Belly home, successfully. Jeremiah tells Belly he's glad she came to the party, but is called away by two girls. Belly meets a guy she knows from camp and after the cops break up the bonfire, she tells the guys that Cam can take her home, but Jere refuses it. To spite them a bit, she kisses Cam before getting in the car and Jeremiah looks irritated. After the cops bust them and bring them home and they're sent to bed, Jeremiah knocks on the wall between their bedrooms. Belly knocks back and they both smile in their rooms.



Belly starts her debutante instructions at the country club. She runs into Jeremiah as she arrives wearing one of the deb outfits Susannah bought her. Jere doesn't even recognise her at first as she says hi, and when he chuckles a bit, Belly asks if she looks ridiculous to which he assures her she does not, she looks beautiful. This cheers Belly and Jere offers to escort her to the tea. When they arrive, Jeremiah flirts with the instructor, who comments that Belly is late and Jeremiah smooths it over with his charms, introducing Belly to her. Belly later gets ready to go on her first ever date, with Cam. As she says goodbye to the guys, Jeremiah looks up and excitedly gets up as he sees her, complimenting her as he twirls her while she smiles at his compliment. Steven tells Jere to stop flirting with Steven's sister. Later on, Steven and the guys are bored and he comes up with crashing Belly's date, which Conrad is excited about, but Jeremiah decidedly is not into it. He's dragged along and they arrive just as Belly and Cam are about to kiss, teasing her. Belly gets mad and Jere tries to diffuse the tension, saying they're just teasing. She tells them to leave and they do.

Quotes

 * SEASON 2


 * SEASON 1

Songs

 * SEASON 2
 * tiebreaker | THE HEAD AND THE HEART
 * belly and jere kiss! 2x07.


 * dream about you (feat. halima) | BIEN ET TOI
 * belly and jere have fun at finch. 2x07.


 * treat me | CHLOE
 * belly and jere flirt and almost kiss. 2x06.


 * doin' time | SUBLIME
 * belly skates and almost falls but jere catches her. 2x06.


 * delicate (taylor's version) | TAYLOR SWIFT
 * belly and jere play in the pool. 2x06


 * die for you | JOJI
 * belly and jere fall asleep next to each other. 2x05.


 * heaven | NIALL HORAN
 * when belly gets dared to kiss him, jere flashes back to the moment he saw her again last summer. 2x05.


 * nikes | FRANK OCEAN
 * belly and jere have a moment in the screening room. 2x05.


 * sweet child o'mine | GUNS 'N' ROSES
 * belly and jere on the tower of terror. 2x04.


 * bunny is a rider | CAROLINE POLACHEK
 * playing on the radio as bellyjere drive to see aunt julia. 2x03.


 * ode to a conversation stuck in your throat | DEL WATER GAP
 * deciding to get pies. 2x02.


 * coffee breath | SOFIA MILLS
 * belly tries to talk to a stoic jere on the ride to cousins. 2x02.


 * SEASON 1
 * are we still friends? | TYLER, THE CREATOR
 * First kiss in the pool. 1x05.


 * your type | CARLY RAE JEPSEN
 * jere and belly in the car. 1x03.


 * you let me down | ALESSIA CARA
 * jere drives with belly. 1x03.


 * rollercoaster | BLEACHERS
 * racing to the beach. 1x01.

Fanon
From the book fandom this is the second most popular ship after Belly/Conrad. The show fandom is more evenly split, however, as time is devoted in the first season to both Belly’s relationships with the brothers, as well as Steven being around and spending time with the guys when he was basically gone for that summer in the books. Belly/Jeremiah shippers like how open Jere is with his affection for her and that Belly and Jere are best friends, who have fun together and trust each other.

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Media

 * The Summer I Turned Pretty stars discuss that mic drop kiss: 'It's pretty massive' (ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY • AUGUST 2023)


 * 'The Summer I Turned Pretty': In a World of Conrads, Choose Jeremiah (COLLIDER • JUNE 2022)