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Hi, I'm Zelda from Michigan.
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Before I continue with my story, please like and subscribe.
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My brain works a little differently than most people's.
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When I was in preschool, I thought it was a good kind of different.
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I was already teaching myself to read and do math.
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I also had a perfect memory.
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I could point and remind my parents where certain stores and markets were.
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I even helped them remember long Wi -Fi passwords.
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But once I got to first grade, I noticed something was off about me.
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Every time I talked to someone, they acted like I'd said something weird.
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One time, Mom invited a friend of hers over, and I started asking her questions I was curious about.
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How'd you get that bald spot?
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Have you ever gotten pregnant?
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Do you ever pee in what I was saying and left dinner early.
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Mom was super embarrassed and Dad tried to tell me that my questions were rude and too personal.
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Next time you meet someone for the first time, ask questions like "Where are you from?
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What's your job?" Dad gave me a bunch of example questions I could ask, but soon I learned I didn't know how to act around people at all.
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And whenever I tried to make friends, I just ended up annoying them, whether I talked too In 10th grade,
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I got used to not having friends.
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Zelda's like a robot.
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What planet did that weirdo come from?
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So instead, I studied super hard and became number one in my class.
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I won tons of science fairs and awards for school projects.
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My whole life was books and homework.
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Then one day, something happened totally out of the blue.
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Skyler, the most popular guy at school, asked me out.
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"It's so fun being in biology class with you.
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You're funny and interesting and, hands down, the smartest person I know." I had no idea how to answer, but from that day on, Skyler treated me like a queen.
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He bought me jewelry and roses and always wanted to be my lab partner.
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Two weeks later, we started dating,
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and everyone was super She's gonna ruin him socially.
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We were the talk of the school.
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Every day, I ask Skylar why he chose me out of all the girls he could have dated.
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And he always told me the same thing.
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You're different, Zelda.
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I like that about you.
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Why don't you believe me?
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I tried to take Skylar for his word.
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So on his birthday, I planned a huge surprise for him.
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I googled how to write a love poem.
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I spent hours thinking of the most romantic things I could tell Skylar.
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Finally, the day arrived.
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I brought speakers to school and stood up on a cafeteria table.
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Today is my amazing boyfriend's birthday.
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Skylar babe, I've written you a poem, as a token of my love.
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Your eyes are like starlight, your skin's pale as moonlight.
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My sweet Skylar, I went on and on and bowed when I finished.
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That's when everyone burst out laughing.
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I looked to Skylar, but he was heading out of the cafeteria.
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I ran to catch up with him.
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Babe, why did you leave?
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Don't you love the poem?
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I don't get it.
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Why did you read it to the whole school?
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That was the most embarrassing moment of my life.
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Why?
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'Cause you're embarrassed of our love?
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Embarrassed of me?
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That's not what I said.
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God, why are you so stupid, Zelda?
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Everyone was right about you.
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Skylar walked off angrily, and tears filled my eyes.
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Why didn't I just.. put the poem in his locker or something.
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or read it to him on a date.
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I was so sick of being a chronic moron.
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I came home early that day from school.
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My parents were working in the living room.
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Then suddenly, the house started shaking.
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We were having an earthquake.
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Within a few hours, half of our house was destroyed.
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And the next day, the earthquake was all over the news.
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Then, all of a sudden, my picture popped up on the TV screen with my first and last name.
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And next to last seen yesterday evening after the earthquake.
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Uh, Mom?
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Dad?
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What are they talking about?
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I-- I don't know.
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What kind of mistake is this?
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"The reporters must be talking about another girl !" and used Zelda's picture.
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My parents rushed to the computer in their bedroom to Google my apparent "missing report."
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But when I checked social media on my phone, I saw I had thousands of notifications.
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Kids from school had posted everywhere online how worried they were about me, and how amazing I was.
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Best of all, Skylar had posted about me saying he prayed they'd find me.
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I'd gone from being totally alone to the most loved person overnight.
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Before I knew what I was doing, I walked to my parents' room.
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We can't tell anyone this story is fake.
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Look what everyone's saying about me.
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They love me, for once!
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I have to hide in this house and pretend to be missing.
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Zelda, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard.
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It's not crazy.
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My life is hell!
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I deserve to have people appreciate me for once.
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Pretending to go missing is the only way I can have that.
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My parents argued with me for hours.
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Then suddenly, we heard a bunch of neighbors outside our door.
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I ran to hide in the closet while my parents answered the door.
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The neighbors showered them with sympathy.
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You two are going through so much with Zelda missing and your home almost ruined.
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Let us help you out.
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We'll give donations to repair the damage to your home.
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I overheard the neighbors offer thousands of dollars in donations.
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It sounded like enough to pay for the damage.
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I guess that's why I overheard my parents agree, and why later they told me they were in on my plan.
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I hid in the basement all day while reporters and journalists came to our house.
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I was glued to my phone, as more posts about me flooded my newsfeed.
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Half of them were from Skylar.
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He was mourning me.
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I found an old mask in my closet.
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I dressed all in black and took the bus to school.
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Skylar was probably crying about me.
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I had to see it for myself.
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I walked around the courtyard to see Skylar sitting on the bleachers with his friends.
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I hid under the steps.
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Poor Zelda's still missing.
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Maybe she's writing me another love poem.
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My sweet Skylar, your eyes are like starlight.
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I told you guys I could get that weirdo to date me for two months.
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Now pay up.
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$200 each.
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I watched in horror as all of Skyler's friend gave him $200.
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My head was spinning, and I had to keep from crying.
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I ran from the bleachers and wandered the street for hours.
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Of course Skyler had never liked me.
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Instead, he dated me as a joke. For money.
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I decided then I wasn't going to let Skylar get away with it.
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The next morning, I started to walk out of the door with my mask on.
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I was going to find Skylar and let him have it.
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Zelda, why are you carrying your school backpack?
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You're not leaving the house, are you?
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I'm wearing a mask.
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No one will know it's me.
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That's ridiculous.
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You could get this whole family in trouble.
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This going missing scheme was your idea.
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I'm still allowed to leave the house.
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I'm not going to stay cooped up in my room forever. or not.
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"Zelda, wait.
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If you're going in disguise, let's at least make it believable.
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I'll help give you a little makeover." But in the end, we didn't just do a makeover.
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I decided to completely transform myself.
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I got a whole new wardrobe, fake eyebrows, eyelashes, and a black wig.
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But I covered all of it up with a mask and hoodie.
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When I got to school, a couple of kids approached me wondering who I was.
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"Uh, are you new here?" "Why are you wearing a mask?" "Because I like wearing masks.
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I'm like a mugger." at me, bro !" The kids walked away quickly, and I was glad.
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All I could think about was Skylar.
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I followed him around the whole day, hiding under stairs and even sneaking into the boys' bathroom.
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But Skylar just seemed like his normal, popular self.
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Just a hot guy who'd rejected a dork like me.
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Maybe I was the problem, not Skylar.
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Then suddenly, I saw Skylar in the alleyway, smoking giant backpack.
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I paid you 50 bucks to date that emo girl.
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You should have paid me a thousand bucks to date that freak.
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It hit me.
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Skylar was in a gang.
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I wasn't the only girl he'd bet on for money.
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Their backpack was full of loose bills and even some gold jewelry.
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They were stealing, too.
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I ran away before anyone could see me.
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When I got to the cafeteria, all the girls stared at me and started whispering,
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"That girl's probably wearing a mask and a mask too if I had an ugly face.
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I felt my skin boil.
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I'd been this school freak my whole life.
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I wasn't gonna let it happen again.
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With that, I unzipped my hoodie to reveal my black dress and black wig.
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I took off my mask and tossed it to the ground.
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I could feel all the kids in the cafeteria turn their heads in my direction.
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And finally, at the corner lunch table, I saw Skylar.
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He waved me over.
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Hey there.
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You new here?
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Because I think I would have remembered seeing someone as pretty as you.
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I decided to hang out with Skylar the whole day.
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I wanted to know everything he'd been up to.
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All of a sudden, Skylar turned red, and he was dead silent.
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Had I said something?
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Had I blown my cover?
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Z, I gotta tell you something.
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I'm a mess.
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I've reached rock bottom, especially after I lost my girlfriend.
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She's missing.
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I don't think they'll ever find her.
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Only a girl like you will help me get better.
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Can you be my girlfriend?
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Sure.
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I'll be your girlfriend.
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Skylar and I spent the entire week together.
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He could have won the Academy Award for leading a double
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life he took me on romantic beach walks into crazy expensive restaurants Skylar was sweeter than he ever was when we dated.
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Then one day, I got really sick and couldn't leave my bed for days.
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I barely checked my phone and didn't talk to Skylar at all.
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When I was well enough, I checked online and saw no one had posted about me going missing the past few days.
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And when I went back to school, I didn't hear my name once.
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I was waiting in line at lunch next to a couple of girls.
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I decided to bring the new story up. So?
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People still remember that missing girl Zelda, right?
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What missing girl?
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That missing girl Zelda from the news?
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She's probably missing for good.
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What reminded you of her anyway?
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For once in my life, I couldn't speak.
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Everyone had forgotten about me.
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Just like that.
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People loved me and celebrated me for a bit.
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And then it was over.
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I couldn't think straight.
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I searched the school to go find Skylar.
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And when I did, he was kissing another girl.
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That's when I totally lost it.
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I sprung onto Skylar and tackled him to the ground.
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You're a cheat.
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You're a fraud.
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You're a liar.
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Skylar tried to fight me off and crowds of kids gathered around us.
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Get off me, you psycho!
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You're not going anywhere until you tell the truth.
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Until you tell everyone here that you're in a gang and you break girls' hearts for money!
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I pinned Skylar to the ground and he started to cry.
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Okay, fine.
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I'm in a gang where people pay us to date girls as a joke or for revenge.
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We've also stolen money and expensive jewelry.
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Everyone gasped and started whispering.
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Some girls Skylar had dated began to cry.
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else genius if you had actually cared about me you would have been able to recognize
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that i'm not zi i'm zelda your old girlfriend
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that you dated for a bet with
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that i took off my wig zelda what what is happening
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right now i was never missing okay i hid in my bedroom
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and lied about it for attention i wanted to feel loved
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and appreciated for once in my life but it doesn't matter because everyone girl.
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Kids had gathered all around the courtyard and had heard everything.
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Some of them were laughing, others were whispering, but wherever I went, I could feel stares.
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My secret was out and posted everywhere online.
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I was getting attention again, except bad attention this time.
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Everyone thought I was a heartless witch, and they were right.
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How could I do something so selfish?
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All of a sudden, I saw my parents walking towards me.
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Someone had called them.
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Kids started pointing at me.
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You know what?
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I get it.
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I messed up.
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I'm sorry, okay?
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I wish I didn't care so much about what everyone thought of me.
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But I want to be better.
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And the truth is, I like who I am, even with all my weirdness and my problems.
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I need to remind myself of that.
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But both my parents hugged me.
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"You did the right thing by admitting your mistake, sweetie.
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And we're sorry we agreed to let you do this.
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We should have been the responsible ones.
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We promise we'll always be there for you.
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And we want you to know we're proud of you.
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We love you, Zelda.
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Thanks guys.
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I needed to hear that.
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I love you too.

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Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “I have 2 identities”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Skylar, missing, zelda, mask, parents. Questo video contiene 258 frasi e 2329 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 13:26. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 173 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Solo il 79% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
mask sostantivo/mæsk/maschera, mascherina
poem sostantivo/ˈpoʊ.əm/poema, poesia
cafeteria sostantivo/ˌkæ.fə.ˈtɪ(ə).ɹi.ə/caffetteria, mensa
jewellery sostantivo/ˈd͡ʒʊ-/gioielleria, bigiotteria
backpack sostantivo/ˈbæk.pæk/zaino
embarrassed aggettivo/ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/imbarazzato
earthquake sostantivo/ˈɝθkweɪk/terremoto, sisma
bleacher sostantivo/ˈbli.t͡ʃɚ/gradinate
makeover sostantivo/ˈmeɪkˌoʊvɚ/riconversione
overhear verbo/oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ/origliare
courtyard sostantivo/ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/cortile, corte
stare verbo/stɛɚ/fissare
donation sostantivo/doʊˈneɪʃən/donazione
buck sostantivo/ˈbʌk/Maschio di cervo, antilope
gather verbo/ˈɡæðɚ/raccogliere, bottinare

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
take off verbotogliere
end up verboandare a finire, finire
get away with verbofarla franca, cavarsela
get off verboscendere
go through verboattraversare
hands down avverbioad occhi chiusi
mess up verboincasinare
run away verboscappare, fuggire

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • How'd you get that bald spot?
  • Have you ever gotten pregnant?
  • Why don't you believe me?
  • Don't you love the poem?
  • You're not leaving the house, are you?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoHave you ever gotten · I've written · I've ever heard
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawas destroyed · was glued
Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passatowas already teaching · was saying · was heading
Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppothe most popular · the smartest · the most romantic

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 61 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, you're, didn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: earthquake /ˈɝθkweɪk/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, sympathy /ˈsɪm.pəθ.i/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: donation /doʊˈneɪʃən/, eyelash /ˈaɪlæʃ/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, socially /ˈsoʊʃəli/, selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: cafeteria /ˌkæ.fə.ˈtɪ(ə).ɹi.ə/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, biology /baɪˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/, overhear /oʊ.vɚˈhɪɚ/, heartless /ˈhɑɹt.lɪs/, hug /hʌɡ/, homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: mask /mæsk/, backpack /ˈbæk.pæk/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, earthquake /ˈɝθkweɪk/, starlight /ˈstɑː(ɹ)laɪt/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: mask /mæsk/, cafeteria /ˌkæ.fə.ˈtɪ(ə).ɹi.ə/, backpack /ˈbæk.pæk/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/

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