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"At the end of the Italian summer,
It rains fast and it rains hard.
The wind blows right through you,
It tears you apart...."
- italian summer (stevie nicks)

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~ ❝you're a goddamn queen. what could i give you that you don't already have? ❞

❝ your heart.❞ ~

[- sarah bahbah]

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YOU ARE NOW READING
ITALIAN SUMMER
a timothée chalamet book
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"and a soft whisper was heard amongst the quiet, 'may i cry now?', asked the timid heart." - my notes

.・゜゜・　　・゜゜・．

SELENE VERCELLI WAS a thunderstorm caged in the body of a small italian girl. she was loud, boisterous, bright, and at times a bit frightening. but to some she brung a sense of comfort. a feeling of solace and vulnerability that only she could pull off while being so poise. she was the girl who people remembered. the type to be someone's muse. selene lived life by the way of air. she didn't fancy having to plan everything as she felt it lost some fun. she was careful and still carefree. she was never one for having a list or taking notes. instead she wrote songs. and sung them with all the passion in her heart. to her it was sad she could sing as if she was in love but wasn't but those who didn't know her found it fascinating. that was until she met a boy one summer. then all the songs seemed to be about him.

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TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET WAS a boy who liked to think he had it mostly together. for all he was concerned, he was somewhat aware of how the next few years of his life would be and that was fine with him. he never truly understood being able to wander around not knowing if you're going back to you're own home when the night is over. he always had a plan. he always felt he needed a plan. yet deep down he longed for the feeling of wanting to experience the feeling of waking up in a bed that wasn't his own and staying out until past 2am. that was until he met the girl who was thunder on legs and shook up his world. all those plans flew out of the window.

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the pair went together like puzzle pieces. it was clear to everyone except for the pair. maybe it was their stubbornness or it was maybe it was the ever looming fact that whilst selene called italy her home, timothée called new york his. would they be able to discover that maybe home is a very general term and maybe it's been right in front of them all summer long?...

.・゜゜・　　・゜゜・．

or...

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IN WHICH...
𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰'𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥. 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.
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.・゜゜・　　・゜゜・．

I NOW PRESENT...

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╭━ ⋅𖥔⋅ ━━✶━━ ⋅𖥔⋅ ━╮
THE CAST OF
ITALIAN SUMMER
a timothée chalamet book
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☆。*。☆。

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

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ೃ࿔ SELENE AUBREY VERCELLI. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: cindy kimberly] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝ i truly do hope i find you in my next lifetime pretty boy. you're much fun. ❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪ 🪐🛵📀❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜
[the singer]
"and you asked me to dance, but i said, 'dancin' is a dangerous game'..."
▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❪*⋆✧.❫ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃

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ೃ࿔ TIMOTHÉE HAL CHALAMET. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: himself] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝ do you ever get tired of dancing in my thoughts? it's quite rude how you stomp my brain.❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪📺🚬🧸❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜

[the actor]
"because summer's gone, i'm alone wishin' for your call, startin' to freak..."
▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❪*⋆✧.❫ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃

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ೃ࿔ BRIGETTA RAYE ZINCOLLI. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: sydney sweeney] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝ try not to bring home any babies. we're already raising nico.❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪💒🩰💐❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜
[the painter]
"you're my, my, my, my kind of woman. my, oh my, what a girl..."
▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❪*⋆✧.❫ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃

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ೃ࿔ NICOLAS QUINN BOTELINI. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: ross lynch] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝ don't ever be afraid to fall dear. fall all you want. just do it with caution.❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪🌌🛋📘❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜
[the photographer]
"fear is just a part of love, and one thing i found,...is love is what you deserve..."
▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❪*⋆✧.❫ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃

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ೃ࿔ SEBASTIAN MICHAEL STERLING. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: lorenzo zurzolo] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝ you're a fool if you let fear push you away from happiness. now go, i'm trying to eat my pizza.❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪⛓🎬🗞❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜
[the filmaker]
"makes me wanna blow the candles out, just to see if you glow in the dark..."
▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❪*⋆✧.❫ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃

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ೃ࿔ CASSANDRA LUCILLE REYNOLDS. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: tashi rodriguez] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝okay now wait a sec, how'd you get an italian girl before me?!❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪☁️⛲️📑❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜
[the artist]
"holding onto feelings, i'm not used to feeling. 'cause, oh, they make me feel alive..."
▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❪*⋆✧.❫ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃

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ೃ࿔ ALEXANDER GIAVANO REYNOLDS. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: reece king] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝you're definitely not gonna get the girl looking like a washed up teletubby. was that too harsh?❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪📟🍃👒❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜
[the fashionista]
"god is real, he was sleeping in my bed last night. we were naked with the radio on, played him my favorite song..."
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&
to be introduced later...

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ೃ࿔ ISABELLA DAYE VERCELLI-CARLINO. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: devon lee carlson] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝here's your pizza kiddos. made with extra love.❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪⛺️🍊📙❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜
[the pizza shop owner]
"you're so golden. i'm out of my head, and i know that you're scared, because hearts get broken..."
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ೃ࿔ LORENZO FRANCIS CARLINO. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: arón piper] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝he's doing well amour mio , but if he doesn't like my pizza he's got to go.❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪🎒🎸☎️❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜

[the pizza shop owner's husband ;)]
"nobody's gonna regret this for you, if it don't make you smile. i watched your skeleton shake all evening, and bless your heart for tryin...'"
▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❪*⋆✧.❫ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃

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ೃ࿔ JAY MONÉT EVANS. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: destiny joseph] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝you two are as sweet as honey! sorry i gotta put the poem metaphors away...❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪🌂🔮👾❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜
[the writer]
"i've been in love with her for ages, and i can't seem to get it right. i fell in love with her in stages, my whole life..."
▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❪*⋆✧.❫ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃

▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❪*⋆✧.❫ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃
ೃ࿔ ITALY. ೃ࿔
[portrayed by: beautiful italy itself] ❪↯ ᵅ•༄✿❫ ❝home sweet home.❞

❛ ━━━━━ ~ ❪🧺🍂📚❫ ~ ━━━━━ ❜
[the setting]
"springtime when the air is thin, we're getting antsy and they're noticing. while everybody's off partying, we're watching stars over ice-cream..."
▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃ ❪*⋆✧.❫ ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

AUTHORS NOTE:
~ hello! thank u all for reading! if you're new welcome! i hope u enjoy! and if you're coming back after the editing, welcome and it's good to see you again! i wanna take this time to thank you for all the reads and love in the book. this book means a lot to me so it's nice to see it meaning something to you all as well. i hope the book makes you smile, laugh, maybe even tear up a bit lololol. but nonetheless...i hope you take a trip to italy and see the love story unfold first-hand. so excited and fyi i love reading comments so they're welcome! stay safe, healthy, and use your voice for good. drink some water and eat as well. & enjoy!
- <3

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"she was wrapped around his mind whilst he was wrapped around her finger..." - my notes ;)