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Hey what's up you guys it's Dorothy and welcome back to my channel.
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In today's video we're gonna go into chapter two of Five Survive by Holly Jackson
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and I know I've got a floofer with me.
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We are still dog sitting so this is the dog we are dog sitting.
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She is such a spoiled girl.
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She has to be with someone constantly.
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Oh my goodness, thank you.
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So yeah, but we're gonna go into chapter two of Five Survive today so let's get right into this video.
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This video may contain sensitive topics and foul language.
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If you do not wish to continue, please click off the video now.
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You guys have been warned.
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Chapter 2 A strange yawning in Red's gut.
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The sound hidden by the wheels of the road.
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She couldn't be hungry, could she?
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They only stopped for dinner at a rest stop a few hours ago, but the feeling doubled down, twisting again, so she reached out for a bag of chips in front of Maddie.
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She removed a handful, placing them carefully in her mouth, one by one, cheese dust coating her fingertips.
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Oh yeah, Simon said, standing up and settling out of the booth, heading toward his bunk beyond the mini -kitchen,
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and youse all owe me seven bucks for the snacks I got at the gas station.
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Red stared down at the chips left in her hand.
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Hey, Maddie leaned over the table.
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I'll cover you for the snacks.
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Don't worry about it.
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Red Swallow looked down even farther to hide her eyes from Maddie.
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Not worrying wasn't a choice.
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Not one Red had anyway.
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In her darkest moments, those winter nights when she had to wear her coat to bed, over two pairs of pajamas and five pairs of socks,
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and still shivered anyway, Red sometimes wished she were Maddie LaVoy.
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To live in the warm house is thought as though it
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belonged to her to have every single thing they had
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and everything she didn't anymore stopped
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that she felt the flesh in her cheeks shame was a
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red feeling a hot one just like like just like guilt
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and anger why couldn't the kinnies heat their home on guilt
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and shame alone but things would get better soon right real soon
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that was the plan what it was all for
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and then everything would be different how freeing it would be to just do
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or think and not have to double think or triple think
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or say no thank you maybe next time to not beg for extra shifts at work
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and lose sleep either way to take another handful of chips just
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because she wanted to red realized she hadn't said anything yet thanks she mumbled keeping her eyes to herself
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but she didn't take any more chips it didn't feel right she just have to live with
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that feeling in her gut
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and maybe it wasn't hunger after all no worries maddie said
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there see she didn't have any maddie had no need for
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worries she was one of those people who was good for everything first try well apart from this time
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that time she insisted on taking up the harp unless red was one of maddie's worries it did seem
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that way sometimes are we in south carolina yet red said
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changing the subject one thing she was good at not yet
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oliver called behind though he wasn't the the lavoie she'd asked
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soon i think we should be at the campsite in around
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40 minutes woohoo spring break simon yelled again in a high pitched voice
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and somehow he had another bottle of beer in his hand the refrigerator door swinging open behind him.
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I got it, Arthur said, passing an unsteady Simon in a narrow space between the sofa bed and the dining table.
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Clapping him on the back, Arthur darted forward to catch the refrigerator door and pushed it shut.
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The dim overhead lights flashing against his gold -framed glasses as he turned.
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Red likes his glasses standing out against his tan skin and curly dark brown hair.
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She wondered whether she needed glasses.
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Far away things seemed to have gotten farther and fuzzier lately, another thing to add to the worry list, because she couldn't do anything about it.
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Yet, Arthur caught her looking, smiling, and he ran a finger through the light stubble on his chin.
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Given up on 20 questions, have you?
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He asked them both.
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Red forgot her person -plated thing, Maddie said, and that made Red think.
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Wasn't there something else she'd forgotten, something she wanted to ask Maddie?
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Chip.
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Maddie offered the bag to Arthur.
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I'm good, thanks.
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He backed away from the bag, almost tripping over the corner of the sofa bed.
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A look clouded his eyes, and now that she was looking, was there a slight sheen of sweat on his forehead.
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Red didn't normally catch these things, but this one she did.
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Did that mean she looked at him too often?
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What's up?
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She said, deathly allergic to cheese puffs.
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No, thankfully, Arthur said, feeling his way as he sat down on the sofa bed.
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Oh, yes.
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Red needed to ask Maddie about which side she slept on.
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Arthur just had said something.
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She hadn't listened.
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Best to go with a well -placed, with a well -placed, huh?
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I said, at least I don't feel as dizzy as Simon probably does.
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Car sick, Red said.
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Well, RV sick.
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No, it's not that.
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Arthur shook his head.
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Probably far too late to be telling you all this, but I'm not that great with tight spaces.
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He looked around at the crammed -in furniture in the compact kitchen.
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I thought it would be wider.
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That's what she said, Simon interrupted.
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For God's sake, Simon, enough with the office references, Maddie said.
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He's been doing that since middle school, before he even knew what it meant.
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I'm standing right here, Mads don't - third -person me.
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Can you all shut up for a second?
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Oliver spoke over Maddie's rapport.
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Retort.
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We're trying to navigate over here.
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Red turned back to Arthur.
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Well, good thing you're not spending a whole week in the cramped RV.
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Oh, wait.
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Red smiled at him.
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I know, right?
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Arthur was Simon's friend, really, but he was all of theirs by now.
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He didn't go to their high school.
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He went to one in South Philly, but he and Simon were on the same basketball team,
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both joined last year sometime red guest arthur didn't didn't much like his friends at his own school
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because he'd been coming to all of their parties
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and hangouts since senior year began and that was okay
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because she liked having him around he always asked how she was
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and how was her day even though red usually answered with lies
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or exaggerated stories with only faint traces of the truth he showed interest
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when red wasn't interesting at all and there was
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that time he dropped her home after the new year's eve party
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and let her sit in his car warming up in the
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dry air of the heater before she had to go inside the cold house
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and find whatever mess her dad had left for her arthur
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didn't know what was happening he thought they were just talking
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talking the night away at two in the morning outside her
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house a small kindness he never knew he'd given her she
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could have she should have given get she should give him
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one back we'll be at the campsite soon i think she said you can get out
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and stretch your legs in the great big outdoors I'll come
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with you yeah Arthur smiled it'll be fine his gaze dropped
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from her face to the table where she was resting one hand I was meaning to ask you earlier
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but I didn't want to distract you from driving what does your hand say oh red blushed raising the hand
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and rubbing at it self -consciously realizing as she did that
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that there was something written on the back of her hand on the back of
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that one too to do lists everywhere even on her own body to do lists
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and never get done lists i've got two for one special
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for you she said on your left hand we have call
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it at &t ah i see fascinating what about he asked
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you know red said just to check in with them
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and see how they're doing whether they're they've had a good day arthur nodded
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or a smile that matches hers
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and did you do it red pursed her lips looking at
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the empty box she drawn near her knuckle no she said i ran out of time
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and hand number two on hand number two red said drawing with surprise we have to the very elaborate
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and detailed instruction pack you must have done
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that one arthur said just about she replied like it was a joke
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but she was telling the truth this time packed literally right
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before she left the house this morning no time to even
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double check her bag against her list she'd been too busy
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making sure there were enough there was enough food in the house for her dad
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while she was away well if you
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if you did it why haven't you checked it off arthur
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said pointing at the small empty box on the see -through
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flesh of her hand here he stood up grabbing one of maddie's pens from the table
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that she used in an earlier game of hangman he uncapped it
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and leaned toward red pressing the felt tip against her skin
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gently he drew two lines a check mark in the little
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box there you go he said standing back to admire his handiwork red looked at her hand
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and it felt stupid to admit to herself
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but the side of the little check mark did change something
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in her small minuscule a tiny firework bursting in her head
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but it felt good it always felt good checking off those
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boxes she held out her hand proudly for maddie to examine
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and got the nod of approval she was looking for arthur
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was still watching her a look in his eyes a different one
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that red couldn't decipher brazil nuts red said arthur's face screwed
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up what i used to be allergic to them as a kid but i'm not anymore
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it's that weird isn't it that weird that a person can just change like
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that she said fidgeting with the front pocket of her light
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blue jeans she'd been sitting here in the same in this
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spot a long time now too long my my parents had to write it on my hand
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so I wouldn't forget also does that pattern
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and the curtains remind anyone of something she touched the white
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and blue curtain hanging down next to her running her hand
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between the pleats it's been bugging me all day can't work out what it is a cartoon
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or something it's just a random pattern Maddie answered no it's
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something it's something red traced her finger over it like the
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silhouette of a character she couldn't quite place from a book she read at night
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or a tv show either way best not to think back to the to
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that time to when she was little
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because who else might be there tomatoes arthur said saving her
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from the memory give me a rash around my mouth only
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when raw though he straightened up as did the wrinkles
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and his white baseball jersey navy on the arms anyway i think i better help with the direction.
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I'm sensing that Simon is being a hindrance.
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I'm doing a stellar job.
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Thank you very much, Simon said.
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Looking over Oliver's shoulder at an iPhone with a marble orange case must be Raina's.
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There was a map on the screen, a blue dot moving along a highlighted road.
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The blue dot was them, the six of them, all 31 feet of the RV.
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thank god it wasn't a red dot blue was safer arthur
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settled to the front blocking red's view of the screen her
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eyes falling instead to maddie who gave her a not so subtle wink huh
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maddie's sister silently nodding at her over
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so slightly arthur's direction checks all the boxes she whispered stop
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it red warned her you stop it they both stopped
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because just then maddie's phone rang an angry wasp buzz against
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the table the screen lit up with the view from the front camera The off -white ceiling
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and a silver of the underside of Maddie's chin across the
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top was the word mom in FaceTime video with a slide -to -answer button waiting patiently at the bottom.
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Maddie's reaction was instant, too quick.
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She tensed, bone sharpening beneath her skin.
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Her hand darted out to grab the phone, holding it up to hide it from Red.
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Red knew what she was doing.
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She always knew, though.
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Maddie didn't know she knew.
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I'll call her
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when we get to the campsite Maddie said almost too quiet
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to hear over the wheels pressing the side button to project the call looking anywhere
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but at red mom like Maddie thought red would split open
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and bleed just to see the word it had been the
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same for years in freshman year Maddie used to take the kids to the side
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and tell them off for saying yo mama jokes in front
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of red she didn't think red would ever find out it
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was a forbidden word a dirty word she even got we
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are talking about the murmurs parade in front of red how
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ridiculous except the thing was maddie wasn't wrong red did bleed
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just to see the word to hear it to think it
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to remember the guilt leaving a crater in her chest blood red is her name
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and red is her shame so she didn't think of it
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or remember and she wouldn't look to the left to see her mom's face
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and a reflection in the window no she wouldn't these eyes were just hers
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that is the end of chapter two i will see you guys in the next video bye
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Grammar & Expressions in Context
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- "Youse all owe me seven bucks": The informal "youse" (a regional plural of "you") is common in casual speech. Notice how it’s used to address a group, a useful alternative to "you all" or "you guys."
- "She has to be with someone constantly": The structure "have to + verb" emphasizes necessity. Practice this to talk about obligations, like "I have to finish my homework" or "They have to leave early."
- "Not worrying wasn't a choice": This double negative (using "not" with "wasn't") creates emphasis in informal contexts. It’s similar to "Worrying was unavoidable" but sounds more natural in spoken English.
Common Pronunciation Traps
Watch out for these tricky sounds and accents:
- "Floofer": The speaker pronounces this playful term for a dog with a soft "oo" sound (like "fluffer"). Don’t overemphasize the "f"—keep it light to match the casual tone.
- "Maddie LaVoy": The last name "LaVoy" is likely pronounced "luh-VOY" (with the stress on the second syllable). Misplacing stress here could make the name unrecognizable.
- "Kinnies": If this is a regional or character-specific term, focus on the short "i" sound (like "kin-ees") to avoid confusion with similar words. Listen closely to the speaker’s rhythm to mimic it correctly.
Practicing these with a shadowing site or by replaying the video will help you nail the nuances of natural speech.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | He's been doing · it's been bugging |
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to be · used to take |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have been warned · they've had · haven't you checked |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | have been warned · is thought |
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Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.