It starts as a joke — something easy, something harmless. Bella Hines and her best friend have always been inseparable, the kind of duo everyone questions. Too close, too comfortable, too natural. So when people tell them to just date already, Bella laughs it off, throwing an arm around her like it’s nothing and calling her “my girl” without a second thought. At first, it’s all playful — fake flirting, teasing comments, and jokes that everyone else takes more seriously than they do. But over